[LON] LikeThat.Editions#1 Stefan Goldmann - October 11th '08
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[LON] LikeThat.Editions#1 Stefan Goldmann - October 11th '08
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Edition: A fixed number of impressions produced on the understanding that no further impressions (copies) will be produced later, or an open edition limited only by the number that can be sold or produced before the plate wears. Most modern artists produce only limited editions, normally signed by the artist in pencil, and numbered as say 67/100 to show the unique number of that impression and the total edition size.
Bypassing their normal East London warehouse sanctuaries above and beneath the Smokes grimy streets and passageways, LikeThat Music brings you their first London club night venture, LT.ED.
Focusing on an array of DJs, LT.ED will bring the freshest contemporary electronic clubmusic to the heart of London’s West End. Hosted at the legendary Bar Rumba, LT.ED will provide for spectators through collaboration with labels and showcasing this talent in a newly refurbished venue rising from the dust of the forgotten dance floor beneath Piccadilly Circus.
Our first LT.Edition#1 kicks off with none other than respected producer and DJ Stefan Goldmann direct from Berlin. Sublime minimal house and techno tunes and sets have dotted this long standing artist’s career having released for top notch labels like Classic and Ovum since 2001, Stefan Goldmann is one of Germany’s most respected producers and DJs today – especially after his ground breaking releases for Innervisions and Perlon. Creating a unique style of house beyond deep and future forward techno beyond minimal, Stefan has clearly set an unmistakable trademark of his own on the map of electronic music today. With his meticulous production and focus on quality he’s been running ahead of the pack, and being enthusiastically rinsed by top notch DJs from all across the board. His new album on Macro called the Transitory State has reached a 5* rating and an upcoming album on Classic is soon to be heard.
Furthermore in 2006 a now legendary series of 6 DJ sets by Stefan were commissioned and broadcasted by London’s own Lektric Forms Radio. In his radio sets, Stefan mixed anything from John Zorn to LFO. His club sets are equally challenging, representing a broad range of outstanding dance music instead of sticking to a narrow conception of one of today’s sub genres. Main spot frenzy is as much a strength of Stefan as his early morning sets at Berlin’s Panorama Bar.
In 2007 Stefan finally founded his own label Macro, with its debut “Aurora”. Macro was created as a boutique label showcasing very few artistically outstanding, carefully designed releases a year. The first release went straight to #4 on Groove Mag’s Top50 and received overwhelming support by everyone from Hawtin to Luciano and Lazarus, to Kruder and Steve Bug. Besides running the label and producing new material for Innervisions and Perlon, Stefan is DJing all over Europe, the USA, Asia and now taking a quick break in the English capital helping inaugurate LikeThat’s new night, LT.ED.
http://www.resonance.de
http://www.myspace.com/stefangoldmann
Not constant to leaving our guests alone, we welcome our resident Soho to the lineup alongside Pol Cahn.
Bypassing their normal East London warehouse sanctuaries above and beneath the Smokes grimy streets and passageways, LikeThat Music brings you their first London club night venture, LT.ED.
Focusing on an array of DJs, LT.ED will bring the freshest contemporary electronic clubmusic to the heart of London’s West End. Hosted at the legendary Bar Rumba, LT.ED will provide for spectators through collaboration with labels and showcasing this talent in a newly refurbished venue rising from the dust of the forgotten dance floor beneath Piccadilly Circus.
Our first LT.Edition#1 kicks off with none other than respected producer and DJ Stefan Goldmann direct from Berlin. Sublime minimal house and techno tunes and sets have dotted this long standing artist’s career having released for top notch labels like Classic and Ovum since 2001, Stefan Goldmann is one of Germany’s most respected producers and DJs today – especially after his ground breaking releases for Innervisions and Perlon. Creating a unique style of house beyond deep and future forward techno beyond minimal, Stefan has clearly set an unmistakable trademark of his own on the map of electronic music today. With his meticulous production and focus on quality he’s been running ahead of the pack, and being enthusiastically rinsed by top notch DJs from all across the board. His new album on Macro called the Transitory State has reached a 5* rating and an upcoming album on Classic is soon to be heard.
Furthermore in 2006 a now legendary series of 6 DJ sets by Stefan were commissioned and broadcasted by London’s own Lektric Forms Radio. In his radio sets, Stefan mixed anything from John Zorn to LFO. His club sets are equally challenging, representing a broad range of outstanding dance music instead of sticking to a narrow conception of one of today’s sub genres. Main spot frenzy is as much a strength of Stefan as his early morning sets at Berlin’s Panorama Bar.
In 2007 Stefan finally founded his own label Macro, with its debut “Aurora”. Macro was created as a boutique label showcasing very few artistically outstanding, carefully designed releases a year. The first release went straight to #4 on Groove Mag’s Top50 and received overwhelming support by everyone from Hawtin to Luciano and Lazarus, to Kruder and Steve Bug. Besides running the label and producing new material for Innervisions and Perlon, Stefan is DJing all over Europe, the USA, Asia and now taking a quick break in the English capital helping inaugurate LikeThat’s new night, LT.ED.
http://www.resonance.de
http://www.myspace.com/stefangoldmann
Not constant to leaving our guests alone, we welcome our resident Soho to the lineup alongside Pol Cahn.
this is what RA had to say about Stefans new album 'The Transitory State'
Stefan Goldmann follows his own path. His productions have invited all sorts of comparisons, but only serve to highlight the differences between him and other producers. His works are eerier, colder than those of, say, Âme; the dynamics are subtler and less predictable than those of the Border Community crew; and his tracks aren’t as showily out-there as, say, Villalobos.
The first disc here, The Transitory State, is a collection of works released over the past three years, but the lack of novelties is made up for by the fact that, put together in sequence, this album sounds wonderful. Goldmann's strength is partly in his sense of adventure, and every track follows its own path and logic, each feeling like a trip into the unknown.
Opener "Lunatic Fringe" sets a truly unsettling "Dies irae" choral work against malevolent acid keyboard lines for a totally arresting sound. "Prefecture" is perkier, but equally portentous; screams and coos ring out over tolling bells, heightening the sense of drama that pervades The Transitory State. "Radiant Grace" heralds a change of pace; a guitar riff slowly builds into a track that's expansive without being ostentatious.
Then there's "Aurora," a relatively straightforward house track that later turns into a beatless, rudderless soup—a moment that feels like Goldmann casting off his stylistic hooks, making a break from the 4/4 form, until…we’re into "Sleepy Hollow," which continues to sound jaw-dropping, despite having been heard so much over the past couple of years. Its perfect balance between driving rhythm and delicate tones, a gorgeous fluid bassline and glistening synths, still strikes a chord.
The pacy "Phraselab" leads into "Beluga," which has an exquisite sense of tension building, lifting and building once again, the two sensations more or less becoming one in those statically pulsing keyboard notes and clanging electronic bells. Time seems to distort as the teasing synths loop back over one another ominously. "The Bribe" takes up where "Sleepy Hollow" left off; and "Blood" is the essence of high-speed, tense drama. And low-speed closer, "Last Wave," sounds both methodical and threatening, sedate and vicious.
Which leads us to second CD, Voices of the Dead, which inhabits an odd twilight world of static tones and electroacoustic hums, a stripped-down soundscape of evil resonance; a kind of bare-bones ambient music. I wouldn't call it over-ambitious; on its own terms it's a success, an accomplished foray into little-explored sounds. In all honesty, I can’t imagine many people I know wanting to listen to this; I haven't learnt to love it yet. Nonetheless, I do find it hard to switch off once it's started.
The scale of this project might seem pompous to some, but Goldmann comes out of it well—his ambition is justified by the quality of the music. And whatever you think of the second disc here (and it seems guaranteed to split people down the middle), the first is doubtless one of the best house albums released this year.
Tracklist: Stefan Goldmann - The Transitory State
The Transitory State
01. Lunatic Fringe
02. Prefecture
03. Radiant Grace
04. Aurora
05. Sleepy Hollow
06. Phraselab
07. Beluga
08. The Bribe
09. Blood
10. Last Wave
Voices Of The Dead
01. Slit Trench
02. Antisyntax
03. Crossreference
04. End Of The Road
05. Izo
06. Turret
07. Markers Of The Black Lit Path
08. Ptolemaic Drift
09. Massenbach
10. Katorga
Words /
Robin Wilks
link>>> http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5451
Stefan Goldmann follows his own path. His productions have invited all sorts of comparisons, but only serve to highlight the differences between him and other producers. His works are eerier, colder than those of, say, Âme; the dynamics are subtler and less predictable than those of the Border Community crew; and his tracks aren’t as showily out-there as, say, Villalobos.
The first disc here, The Transitory State, is a collection of works released over the past three years, but the lack of novelties is made up for by the fact that, put together in sequence, this album sounds wonderful. Goldmann's strength is partly in his sense of adventure, and every track follows its own path and logic, each feeling like a trip into the unknown.
Opener "Lunatic Fringe" sets a truly unsettling "Dies irae" choral work against malevolent acid keyboard lines for a totally arresting sound. "Prefecture" is perkier, but equally portentous; screams and coos ring out over tolling bells, heightening the sense of drama that pervades The Transitory State. "Radiant Grace" heralds a change of pace; a guitar riff slowly builds into a track that's expansive without being ostentatious.
Then there's "Aurora," a relatively straightforward house track that later turns into a beatless, rudderless soup—a moment that feels like Goldmann casting off his stylistic hooks, making a break from the 4/4 form, until…we’re into "Sleepy Hollow," which continues to sound jaw-dropping, despite having been heard so much over the past couple of years. Its perfect balance between driving rhythm and delicate tones, a gorgeous fluid bassline and glistening synths, still strikes a chord.
The pacy "Phraselab" leads into "Beluga," which has an exquisite sense of tension building, lifting and building once again, the two sensations more or less becoming one in those statically pulsing keyboard notes and clanging electronic bells. Time seems to distort as the teasing synths loop back over one another ominously. "The Bribe" takes up where "Sleepy Hollow" left off; and "Blood" is the essence of high-speed, tense drama. And low-speed closer, "Last Wave," sounds both methodical and threatening, sedate and vicious.
Which leads us to second CD, Voices of the Dead, which inhabits an odd twilight world of static tones and electroacoustic hums, a stripped-down soundscape of evil resonance; a kind of bare-bones ambient music. I wouldn't call it over-ambitious; on its own terms it's a success, an accomplished foray into little-explored sounds. In all honesty, I can’t imagine many people I know wanting to listen to this; I haven't learnt to love it yet. Nonetheless, I do find it hard to switch off once it's started.
The scale of this project might seem pompous to some, but Goldmann comes out of it well—his ambition is justified by the quality of the music. And whatever you think of the second disc here (and it seems guaranteed to split people down the middle), the first is doubtless one of the best house albums released this year.
Tracklist: Stefan Goldmann - The Transitory State
The Transitory State
01. Lunatic Fringe
02. Prefecture
03. Radiant Grace
04. Aurora
05. Sleepy Hollow
06. Phraselab
07. Beluga
08. The Bribe
09. Blood
10. Last Wave
Voices Of The Dead
01. Slit Trench
02. Antisyntax
03. Crossreference
04. End Of The Road
05. Izo
06. Turret
07. Markers Of The Black Lit Path
08. Ptolemaic Drift
09. Massenbach
10. Katorga
Words /
Robin Wilks
link>>> http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5451
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Just a little reminder that the first instalment of our bastard child LikeThat Edition will be hitting the london night life this sat at the bar rumba with Mr.Stefan Goldmann.
Please send your names to>>likethat@london.com<< to get on the 8£ list.
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Please send your names to>>likethat@london.com<< to get on the 8£ list.
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