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Juno Daily
on 14.06.2013 at 16:36pm.
Last edited: 14.06.2013 at 17:05pm.
French musician and producer Christelle Gualdi is not your average synth-fetishist. While her reputation was forged through a cluster of Stellar OM Source albums, many self-released, which played around with the almost endless potential of abstract electronica, her musical background is impressively academic. Before moving towards electronic music, she was a double bassist in the Konigin Katharina Stift Schulorchester, studied music theory at Universite Paris VIII, and spent time at the Conservatorie de Paris.
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Juno Daily
on 12.06.2013 at 12:00pm.
Last edited: 22.10.2013 at 18:27pm.
Scott Wilson talks to Christelle Gualdi about how J.G. Ballard, French film soundtracks and the involvement of Kassem Mosse helped to shape Joy One Mile, her new album for RVNG Intl.
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Juno Daily
on 06.06.2013 at 15:25pm.
Last edited: 06.06.2013 at 15:25pm.
Techno is rarely as thrilling as when it shocks and surprises upon repeated listens. After all, that’s what the genre was built upon; a futuristic mantra that sought to push forwards and expand the emotional and creative horizons of electronic music. Of course techno as a defining tag can mean many things in this day and age, from granite-hewn monochromatic slammers to beatless, synth-drenched sound baths, but this new record from Stellar OM Source seems most closely aligned with the lysergic funk of Juan Atkins in his earliest form, back when techno was a much more compact concept.
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Juno Daily
on 20.03.2013 at 12:33pm.
Last edited: 04.04.2013 at 18:19pm.
The label compilation can be a very big deal in marking out the story of a serious imprint. Since its inception in 2009, there’s no doubt that Boddika has been steering his treasured Nonplus stable with a razor-sharp instinct that has seen it become one of the defining outposts of the dubstep fallout. Rasping electro has sat next to deluded deep house, half-step drum & bass alongside decaying techno, rumbling 140isms against churning 110 bpm grooves.
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Juno Daily
on 24.04.2012 at 11:47am.
Last edited: 01.05.2012 at 16:26pm.
Introducing an artist to the world via a set of remixes of material not yet heard is a risky and rarely used method, but it can work. Back when Skudge were cloaked in all manner of faceless mystique, a brilliant Aardvarck remix of their then-unreleased track “Convolution” made for an instant mental entry on this writer’s internal notepad, as it probably did for many others, and possibly made a lot of people wonder who they were.
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Juno Daily
on 04.04.2012 at 17:57pm.
Last edited: 11.04.2012 at 11:46am.
Announced to the world via the cultural barometer that is the Hessle Audio Rinse show overseen by Ben UFO at the end of January, this release from Kassem Mosse and Mix Mup has been searing a hole in people’s expectations ever since. Mosse is no stranger to Will Bankhead’s label The Trilogy Tapes, having produced a highly prized cassette tape mix a while back, and it’s indicative of the widespread revere for the producer from Leipzig that Thomson’s semi cryptic announcement on Twitter prior to broadcast that “KM has done a TTT” had the persons who are into cool music very excited.
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Juno Daily
on 22.03.2012 at 18:32pm.
Last edited: 23.03.2012 at 09:31am.
A slew of new names have been added to the bill for this year’s Field Day festival in East London, with Kassem Mosse and Laurel Halo (pictured above) joining confirmed guests including Zomby, Grimes and Peaking Lights.
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Juno Daily
on 20.03.2012 at 16:26pm.
Last edited: 03.11.2015 at 17:15pm.
Hivern Discs have announced details of plans to release their first artist album, with the decidedly mysterious Barcelona based musician Mistakes Are OK granted the honour.
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Juno Daily
on 04.10.2011 at 11:12am.
Last edited: 05.10.2011 at 09:25am.
It seems like every time Kassem Mosse puts out a record it contains a surprise. Just when fans of his Workshop releases thought that they had found the creator of the ultimate raw and creaky house groove, Mosse goes and releases wiry acid on Omar S FXHE imprint under his real name (Gunnar Wendel) or hooks up with Instra:mental’s Nonplus label to become the latest darling of UK bass. Unsurprisingly then, this latest release for the latter shows yet another side to the maverick German producer.
The title track is the most conventional arrangement here, its acid line droning over heavy claps and a tracky rhythm. “GS02″ shows a darker side to Mosse’s house work, its stripped back arrangement belching forth malevolent bass licks and eerie synth lines that mysteriously disappear as quickly as they appear, while ‘”Inswanna” comes across as a middle ground between his house and bass productions. A repetitive stab rides over a bassline that weaves its way in and out of stepping drums, creating one of the most haunting pieces Mosse has made to date. The real surprise however is left until last. “Sleepworking” is so unlike anything he has made that this writer had to double take. Essentially an electro track, the heavy, oppressive bass and shuffling 808s provide the basis for the kind of creeping, niggling acid line last heard on Wagon Christ’s Phat Lab Nightmare. Combined with a truly evil low end, it’s enough to make even more seasoned house fans shit their pants in excitement.
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Juno Daily
on 01.06.2011 at 11:34am.
Last edited: 22.06.2011 at 09:10am.
Those who have followed German imprint Workshop Records will already be well aware of the label’s strong visual and musical aesthetic. Built around a core of artists – chiefly label bosses Even Tuell and Lowtec alongside Move D and Kassem Mosse among others – the Workshop sound touches on melodic, dusty and raw house and techno. The label was launched in 2006 shortly after Lowtec (aka Jens Kuhn) folded his Out To Lunch imprint. Every release since then has been imbued with the deepest of grooves, from the woozy narcosis of Lowtec’s Workshop 6 to Move D’s disco-sampling jam on Workshop 4 and the epic B-Side of Mosse’s recent Workshop 12 release.
A distribution hook-up with Germany’s home of discerning dancefloor music, Hardwax, gave Workshop the platform it deserved, and it has flourished. Given the attention to detail that accompanies every Workshop release – it’s the little things that stand out, like shrink wrapping, hand stamped vinyl and embossed text – it should be of no surprise to learn that one half of the label runs a boutique fashion label, with Even Tuell (real name Paul-David) having launched Airbag Craftworks back in 1995. Juno Plus editor Aaron Coultate caught up with Kassem and Even prior to the recent Workshop Records showcase hosted by London club types Electric Minds.
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Juno Daily
on 24.02.2011 at 16:25pm.
Last edited: 15.03.2011 at 13:09pm.
German producer Kassem Mosse pretty much owned 2010, consistently releasing records that touched on the raw, thumping end of house and techno. His remix of Commix was a particularly fine moment – indeed we here at Juno Plus crowned it our number one track of the year. His 12″ for Dial sub-label Laid was a melodic shuffling delight, while his remix of Braiden’s auspicious debut on Joy Orbison’s Doldrums imprint turned the mutant house original into a sublime piece of raw, dusky techno.
His influence should not be underestimated in the UK – he’s widely revered by dubstep and bass music producers as well as house and techno heads, and his sound appears to be what a lot of British dubstep-cum-house producers – most notably the aforementioned Joy O – are currently striving for.
Here Mosse (real name Gunnar Wendel) returns to the excellent Berlin based Workshop imprint, with “Track 1” hogging the A Side, characterised by a tense mechanical rhythym and a looped up female vocal which remains central to the track as Mosse adds deft analogue tweaks which create a cavernous sonic landscape. The real heat, however, is on the flip; first Mosse takes things unfeasibly deep on “Track 2” with chords that on first inspection appear to emanate from beneath the speakers, before the EP’s true gem, the all too short “Track 3”, brings the EP to a bruising finale with scorched kick drums juxtaposed against a gently undulating synth progression.
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Juno Daily
on 09.12.2010 at 13:35pm.
Last edited: 20.01.2011 at 17:17pm.
After a week in which we’ve cast fond glances back at our favourite labels, albums and more besides from the past 12 months, now is time for the pièce de résistance – our top 50 tracks of 2010. From sprawling disco chuggers delivered in one take to brooding techno, boundary pushing future bass and killer throwback house primed for sweaty dancefloors, there’s been something to suit everyone’s musical palette.
The collection you see before you are the 50 tracks that have soundtracked the past year at Juno Plus, and considering the site launched in late 2009 this serves as a neat little snapshot of where we are at. Our small team of contributors have all had a say, with the final list assembled through the kind of open, democratic process that would make Sepp Blatter blush. Some of the tracks included are obvious selections that will populate many a ‘best of’ list – and rightly so – but we’ve also taken time to include some of the less heralded but equally awesome tracks from 2010. Drum roll please…
Exciting news from RVNG Intl, with the NYC-based label preparing a new album from Stellar OM Source.
Kassem Mosse is the latest high profile contributor to Sounds Of The Universe’s Art+Sound label – stream the results here.
