"Sant You" and "Happy New Hear"

6 out of 20? Not too bad for a Years Ending!

 Today Resident Advisor published their top 20 Albums for 2008,
and we are happy to announce that 6 out of them are distributed by no other than yours truly…
So without any further bragging & boasting - let’s get down to business:

17. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]

One of my personal favourites this year, Dave Aju’s oral explorations sound like they were beamed out of Sun Ra’s mind, channelled through Bootsy Collins Bass, by the way of Dr.Dre’s MPC, straight into the feet of Berlin’s after hour dancers…

12. Deadbeat - Roots & Wires [Wagon Repair]

Another great record, Deadbeats “Roots & Wires” feels like an unreleased Basic Channel tape playing through King Tubby’s echo chamber, before being cut and rearranged by a crazy Ableton Live scientist…

09. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us? [Hello? Repeat]

This is more like your mind on a Sunday morning being amplified by thousands of little speakers fabricated with unknown NASA technology. Bruno Pronsato delivers a fine and rare example of “minimal” done right, no boring noodeling around with lame preset sounds, just some music with a heart and soul.

06. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus Music]

It’s not that often that you find someone using as many samples, breakdowns and ideas in their songs, while still being able to paint a picture as consistent and colourful as Lee Jones on this album. “Jazzy” in all the right ways…Gotta love the Zebra.

05. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]

Imagine some dusty disco records found in your parent’s basement being drenched in an acid bath cooked by Moodymann, hypnotising you into a state where you are at the same time grubbing through the ground like a mole while flying as high as the sky.

02. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville Records]

Creating a buzz like a bee, this is by far my favourite Album of 2008. A sound world of it’s own, with every listening you find new details, unexpected turns and sounds you didn’t hear before. Warm and gentle, sweet like honey, Move D and Benjamin Brunn managed to create an album which will surely be regarded as a classic in a few years time.

Stefan Goldmann and Dave Aju nominated for Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

The almost unthinkable has happened. The Albums of Stefan Goldmann "Transitory State" (Macro07) and Dave Aju "Open Wide" (CCCD05) have been nominated for the "German Music Critics Award" in the fourth Quarter of 2008. The Board of German Music Critics is not well known for picking electronic Artists to say the least, as far as we know they have hardly ever nominated an electronic Dance Release at all. Jazz, Pop or what they call "Nu and Extreme" being the most ccntemporary of their regular Top Lists. However it seems that even the Grandsegneurs of the Critics feel willing to acknoledge some more depth and longivety, some actual value, in todays electronic Music, a fact long time denied. Especially in our own Country, Germany. However, we want to say thanks and congratulations to both, the Critics Bord and Our 2 Labels for having made this possible. Respect!