"Wonderful" , Says Groove

WAS welcomes Tobias Freund's NSP Label

 Tobias Freund has been involved in the music business as sound engineer and producer for the past 25 years. His love and knowledge of music is wide spread. Besides working in a commercial sound studio, he has been concentrating on many different musical ventures of his own: "Sieg über die Sonne" together with Dandy Jack (Martin Schopf), "„Atom™ & Pink Elln" works of improvised live performances with Atom Heart (Uwe Schmidt), "NSI. non standard institute" with Max Loderbauer, former part of "Sun Electric" and his solo project "Pink Elln, the electronic dream plant". "Tobias." is his latest solo work focusing on dance music with tracks made purely for the dance floor.

His latest release nsp 04 is rated in groove charts # 42 and on position #1 in Stefan Goldman´s July Charts.

Groove magazine says: wonderful ep

Russ Gabriel for Mobilee: The Fall Guy

  In three short years, Mobilee hasn’t only built out one hell of a roster; it has nurtured its expanding lineup into something resembling a family. It’s easy to feel proud after putting together a crew like this. But this time it’s our turn to be humble, as we welcome a true techno veteran to the fold: Russ Gabriel. Russ almost certainly needs no introduction: since 1993, he and his Ferox label have helped define the sound of UK techno, merging elements from Detroit and Chicago into a sound that stands confidently on its own. Russ had been quiet for a few years, until last year he announced the return of Ferox. Now he comes to Mobilee with a record that confirms his reputation as one of electronic music’s true, enduring greats. Recognizing that power isn’t all about brute force, both cuts hypnotize and seduce with elegant constructions and slowly shifting modulations. Simplicity and finesse rule the day. “React” opens with softly pumping chords and handclaps cloaked in faraway reverb, setting a muted, dusky mood. It builds almost imperceptibly, with minor-key detailing creeping in from the corners like spiders climbing wispy webs. Nimble sub-bass struts across the low end, more felt than heard. And that, structurally speaking, is all there is: this is a lesson in less-is-more. What makes it special is the way that Russ lovingly teases all the elements out of hiding, filtering and EQing as though catching light in an abalone shell. The track’s delicacy is offset only by a slow crescendo of 909 drums from deep in the mix. But forget about form—it’s the feeling that matters here. Raw and emotive, this is how techno was always supposed to sound. “The Fall Guy” plays with the same ideas—cottony chords, gentle syncopations, gauzy filters reminding you that sensuality is as much about concealing as revealing. This time, though, Russ stretches out and really takes his time, drawing the tune out to 13 minutes long—13 minutes that pass in an eyelid’s flicker. This is what hypnosis sounds like. Slowly, subtly detuned notes  lash up and dissolve into the fabric of the music. The track is a reminder that it's all in the fingertips, that house music isn't just a matter of rhythm, of the right chords, but of having the ear for detail, for having the patience to let the music exist at its own pace. A reminder that deep isn't just a state of mind: it's a state of being.

Love's Duel with Wagon Repair - Hrdvsion with a fantastic shot!

Hrdvsion’s second Wagon Repair release this year is an absolute epic. Combining his signature fervid IDM style with a patient developmental sensibility commonly associated with his brother Mathew, Canadian Nathan Jonson offers two new tracks as accomplished and mature as anything he has produced to date. Opener ‘Love’s Duel (The Seduction Business)’ is a slowly approaching storm, weaving melodies from disparate melodic tones and waves of rhythmic synth. Stuttering percussive blasts and a phased bass pulse steady the voyage as static jolts of lightning synth battle for control of the mix. Purposeful and enterprising, this eleven minute sonic saga is a trip worth taking. On the flip, ‘Melting Fire’ is an industrious IDM production with a percussive line reminiscent of ‘dirty south’ hip hop’s rattling hi-hat patterns. Stabbed intermittant synth lines interact with chimed metallic tones in a mechanised melodic drive.’Melting Fire (Inkwell Remix)’ closes proceedings, with Canadian duo Inkwell (Danksoul Recordings) transforming the original into a bass heavy floor pleaser. Charged by piston like percussion and wispy melodic synth, the bulging bassline offers warm respite from the original’s cold precision.

“Just when you thought you've heard it all from HrdVsion Nathan strikes again with a single that leaves you feeling like you just left your favorite video arcade after eating one too many Chunky beef Diablo's. A dynamo remix but it's all about the tasty freak originals for me! ” -Mike Shannon (Cynosure)-