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Patrick Bodner and Philipp Jung together as M.A.N.D.Y. show off yet another reason to move to Berlin, if you are into Techno, with the latest Fabric 38 release. Tracks and remixes from Robag Wruhme, Audion, Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra as well as Booka Shade to name a few. It comes out on 2/12 which is 2 days from Valentine’s Day, so show that special someone that you truly do care about their cultural well-being and get them a gift that will probably last longer than your relationship. They also run the always great, Get Physical record label. The cover image above has to be the best yet in the series. Gotta work that one out for Halloween this year, or maybe XXXmas. Below, I’ve included the Robag Wruhme track from the mix.

Prefix Magazine has some live tracks from Celebration. Go check it out.

Just caught Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood and what an epic movie with great performances from the entire cast. The themes of oil and religion work perfectly in today’s setting. PT Anderson once again shows why is arguably the greatest director alive today. He has the ability to create a transient mood in each of his films that go beyond the words, music or setting. Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) scores the film and helps to create the eeriness present like a constant character in each shot . Good luck.

Robag Wruhme – Dopamin (Techno)

Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra – Kisses (Pantha du Prince Remix) (Techno)

Efdemin – Knocking At The Grand (Techno)

Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancers (Hip Hop)

Richie Hawtin’s Concept 1 series was a revolutionary achievement in terms of creativity, and the distribution by means of 12″ monthly singles limited to 2000 copies make it an expensive and quite sought after commodity to this day. The CD version has been remastered by one Stefan Betke (Pole) as well as the Variations by Thomas Brinkmann which is included in this double CD pack. The Concept series marks a moment of minimalism in music that still fits in nicely to the nature of techno today. The Brinkmann reworking with a custom made two-arm turntable, slowing the speed and separating the right and left channels brings out more of the genius contained in these recordings. Listen up, because these recordings are part of the reason that we are here right now in techno.

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now, for the music:

Aretha Franklin – The Happy Blues (Let Me In Your Life Outtake) – from the ‘Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul”, these recordings show a more stripped down version of songs from most of aretha’s career. it also displays the diversity of music from jazz, to standards, to soul and beyond.

Bangers & Cash – Loose featuring Amanda Blank – spank rock and benny blanco are on this 5 track EP which samples the work of 2 live crew. most of the tracks have been all over the interweb, but the sound quality has been pretty low. once you can hear the music especially the bass, this EP is the party continued. spank and amanda blank are two of the best mc’s out there right now.

The Celebration – Tame The Savage – the organ based drama is still there. guests from tvotr and the yyy’s are all here. the songs seem to be there, but katrina ford’s vocals seem to be lost or muddled in the mix. it’s hard to listen to the whole album.