Heaven’s made of good music and free concert tickets.

Santa Claus is early, green and short-noticed this week: we have three tickets for the Harmonic 313 / Mark Pritchard concert tonight at Maria Am Ostbahnhof, to give away to three customers. This means that you have to come today to Dense, buy something, and ask for the ticket, and you’ll get in for free at Maria tonight. Be quick, we have only three tickets to give away, and this is tonight.
Then, we’re experimentating this week with a new way to present the newsletter. Gone is the precise pigeonholing into genre, and we’re putting the new stuff this week into three categories: the electronic stuff (you know, made mostly with computers and keyboards), ranging from techno to breakcore and hip hop, the rock stuff (with guitars and haircuts), including indie, metal, folk and kraut-rock, and the weirdo section, with all things noise, experimental and left of center. You’re feedback is welcome about this new classification.
Let’s see what’s new today.
Pounding the clubs are a bunch of new electro from France, including Jean Nippon‘s 12″ on Institubes, A-Trak‘s “Saw Whoa” on Kitsune or Tom Deluxx‘s remix 12″ on Bocon Records. Knob Twisters of the third kind will freak out to Ladyscraper‘s adequately titled “Thunderbox” on Deathchant and Evol Intent‘s ambitious “Era Of Diversion” triple LP, while straight techno kids should bounce or romance to Trentemoller‘s live CD (on Poker Flat), DeWalta‘s “Hide And Seek” on Kalk Pets, Fuckpony‘s “Shocked” on Bpich Control.
Moving on to the guitars section, things are rather down-key and melancholic this time around, for example with Mogwai‘s “The Hawk is Hawling”, Asva’s “Futurists Against The Ocean” double LP, or Young Gods‘s accoustic “Knock On Wood”, as well as three new releases on Kranky (by Benoit Pioulard, Windy & Carl and Christina Carter). Mind you, it might go a little crazy and a little mashed up with Chrome Hoof’s new single, “Pronoid”.
Experimentalists in search of extra crcrcrcr and bzbzbzbz might appreciate our stocking represses of some old Current 93 and Whitehouse gemms, or want to check out Psychic TV’s new CD and DVD double-pack, “Mr Alien Brain vs The Skinwalkers” and Jim O’Rourke‘s “Despite The Water Supply” 7″ on Touch.
That’s it for this week. And don’t forget the tickets giveaway taking place today. See you at 1PM at the store.
TECHNO, BREAKS, ELECTRONICS & HIP HOP:
A-Trak – Say Whoa 12″ Kitsune 9,90 €
Björk – Dull Flame of Desire 2 12″ One Little Indian 8,90 €
Cabanne – Keep Going 12″ Hello Repeat 8,90 €
Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald – Ravel & Mussorgsky Recomposed 2 x 12” Deutsche Grammophon 21,90 €
Chilled By Nature – Otherness 12″ LoEB 9,90 €
Compilation – 030303 part 5 12″ Marguerita Recordings 8,90 €
Compilation – In the streets 2 x 12” Deep Vibes Recordings 17,90 €
Compilation – Bicycles Are Your Friends 2LP+CD Peloton 25,90 €
Compilation – Kitsune Maison 6 CD Kitsune 20,90 €
Compilation – musick02 12″ Shitkatapult 7,90 €
Dachshund – Bon Appetit 12″ Harthouse 8,90 €
Desmond and the tutus – Kiss You On the Cheek 12″ Tigersushi 9,90 €
DeWalta – hide And Seek 12“ Kalk Pets 8,90 €
Dj Revolution – The Breaks CD Revolution 11,90 €
DKMA Presents Andrastea – Listen 12″ Plastic City 8
Dubbyman – Dubless Ep 12″ Yore 7,90 €
Electric Blanket – My Eyes My Heart 7″ Wankdorf 4,90 €
Electric Blanket – I Never Ate That Bird 7″ Wankdorf 4,90 €
Evol Intent – Era Of Diversion 4×12” Evol Intent 20,90 €
Falko Brocksieper – Fresh 727 12″ Sub Static 8,90 €
Felix Kubin & Pia Burnette – Detached From All Objects 12″ Gagarin Records 17,90 €
Flying Lotus – Shhh! 12″ - 10,90 €
Food For Animals – Belly CD Cock Rock Disco 15,90 €
Fuckpony – Shocked 12″ Bpitch Control 8,90 €
Hauschka – Ferndorf CD Fat Cat 17,90 €
Hervé & Kissy Sell Out – Rikkalicious 12″ Cheap Thrills 9,90 €
Hieroglyphic Being – The Bathroom Sessions Select 12″ Morphine Records 8,90 €
High Powered Boys – Sounds Of Cain 10″ Institubes 9,90 €
Homm & Popoviciou – Urban Ballroom 12″ Highgrade 8,90 €
Jean Nipon – Wild At Heart 12″ Institubes 9,90 €
Joakim – I Wish You Were Gone 12″ Versatile 7,90 €
Kode 9 / Digital Mystikz – Magnetic City / Wait 12″ Soul Jazz 8,90 €
Kode 9 / Digital Mystikz – Thief In The Night / Stung 12″ Soul Jazz 8,90 €
Ladyscraper – Thunderbox 12″ deathchant 8,90 €
Lee Jones – Soon 12″ Aus Records 9,90 €
LFO – Sheath CD Warp 13,90 €
M.I.A. – Kala (2cd) 2CD XL Recordings 18,90 €
Maga Bo – Confusion of Tongues CD Soot 17,90 €
Marc Antona – Simple Venus 12″ Mobilee 8,90 €
Marshall Jefferson vs. Noosa Heads – Mushrooms 12″ Soap 9,90 €
Martyn – Natural Selection/ Vancouver – Remixes 12″ 3024 9,90 €
Matmos – The Civil War LP Matador 20,90 €
Mikkel Metal – Peaks & throughs CD Echocord 19,90 €
Miller And Fiam – The other West Coast 12″ Background 7,90 €
Monster Zoku Onsomb! – Earth Eaters CD Solnze / Acidsamovar 15,90 €
Mr. Scruff – Ninja Tuna CD Ninja Tune 20,90 €
Myungho Choi – Moment By Moment 12″ A Touch Of Class 7,90 €
Niak – Another Shot / Seems Like 12″ Dock 7,90 €
Oliver Hacke – Mid-Atlantic EP 12″ Background 7,90 €
Osborne – Ruling 12″ NRK 8,90 €
Passenger Of Shit – Dingo Donga Up Ya Bunga 12″ Honk Kong Violence 8,90 €
Puppetmastaz – Mephistopheles 12″ Discograph 8,90 €
Quantec – Ray Of Hope EP 12″ Echocord 9,90 €
Quixote Feat. Lisa Li-Lund – Before I Started To Dance 12″ Versatile 9,90 €
Ricardo Villalobos – Vasco EP Part 1 2×12” Perlon 18,90 €
Ricardo Villalobos – Trompeta/Clarinete 12″ SED 10,90 €
Rolando – Hiatus EP 12″ Delsin 9,90 €
Rolf & Fonky – Donnacha Costello RMXs 12″ Persistencebit 7,90 €
Sebastian – Remixes 2LP Ed Banger 19,90 €
Seth Troxler – Sexplosion Ep 12″ Wagon Repair 9,90 €
SKOOZBOT – The Rising Sap 12″ Plus 8 9,90 €
Skream – Sub Island / Pass The Red Stripe 12″ Soul Jazz 8,90 €
Spank Rock & Benny Blanco – Bangers & Cash CD Downtown 9,90 €
Starksee – My Way EP 12″ Ekleroshock 8,90 €
Stryke – The Narrowest Of Paths 12″ Plastic City 8,90 €
Submania – Cut EP 12″ Background 7,90 €
The Bug – Ganja 12″ Ninja Tune 8,90 €
The Chap – Ethnic Caution 12″ Lo Recordings 8,90 €
The Cheapers – Wilderness Ep Part 2 12″ Upon You 9,90 €
The Legendary Pink Dots – Plutonium Blonde CD Roir 17,90 €
The Qemists (ft. Mike Patton) – Lost Weekend 12″ Ninja Tune 8,90 €
The Teknoist – Poissoned 2003 12″ deathchant 8,90 €
The Timewriter – Flicking Pages (Remixes) 12″ Plastic City 8
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them – Moon Song 12″ This Is Not A Exit 9,90 €
Tim Paris – Likely EP 12″ Souvenir 9,90 €
Tom Deluxx – Remixé part 1 12″ Boxon Records 9,90 €
Trentemöller – Live in Concert CD Pokerflat 13,90 €
TRG – Post Rave Blues / Less Music 10″ Tube Recordings 8,90 €
Warmdesk – Capricorn Rising EP 12″ A Touch Of Class 7,90 €
INDIE, METAL, FOLK & ROCK:
Benoit Pioulard – Temper CD Kranky 18,90 €
Windy & Carl – Songs For The Broken Hearted 2LP Kranky 19,90 €
Moha! – One Way Ticket To Candyland LP Rune Grammofon 22,90 €
Mogwai – The Hawk Is Howling CD + DVD Wall Of Sounds 20,90 €
Parts & Labor – Receivers CD Jagjaguwar 17,90 €
Christina Carter – Original Darkness CD Kranky 18,90 €
Parts & Labor – Receivers LP Jagjaguwar 17,90 €
Deerhoof – Offen Maggie LP Kill Rock Stars 17,90 €
Deerhunter – Nothing Ever Happened 7″ Kranky 5,90 €
CSS – Move 7″ Sub Pop 4,90 €
Aids Wolf – Lovvers LP Love Pump United Records 18,90 €
John Cale – Slow Dazzle LP Lilith 17,90 €
The Young Gods – Knock On Wood 2LP Play it again Sam 20,90 €
The Drones – The Minotaur Pic12” ATP Recordings 9,90 €
TV on the Radio – Dear Science 2LP 4AD 20,90 €
My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t anything LP Plain Recordings 18,90 €
Silver apples – Contact CD Phoenix Records 12,90 €
Joe Lally – There To Here CD Dischord 14,90 €
Joe Lally – Nothing Is Underrated CD Dischord 14,90 €
Compilation – A Visit to The Spaceship Factory 2LP Psychic Circle 10,90 €
Asva – Futurists Against The Ocean 2LP Southern 21,90 €
Chrome Hoof – Pronoid 12″ Southern 7,90 €
Studio – West Side Part 1 & 2 7″ Information 8,90 €
EXPERIMENTAL / INDUSTRIAL / EXOTICA / NOISE…
Björk – The Music From Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9 LP One Little Indian 27,90 €
Compilation – The History Of Rhythm And Blues CD Rhythm And Blues Records 12,90 €
Current 93 – Dogs Blood Rising LP Durtro Jnana 17,90 €
Current 93 – Nature Unveiled LP + 7” Durtro Jnana 19,90 €
Jim O’Rourke – Despite The Water Supply 7″ Touch 7,90 €
John Cage – Three Constructions CD Tomato 11,90 €
Max Tundra – Will Get Fooled Again 7″ Domino 5,90 €
Pierre Bastien – Visions Of Doing CD western vinyl 17,90 €
Psychic TV – Mr Alien Brain vs The Skinwalkers CD + DVD Sweet Nothing 19,90 €
Robert Fripp / Brian Eno – Evening Star CD Opal 15,90 €
Steve Beresford – L’extraordinaire jardin de Charles Trenet CD Nato 12,90 €
Steve Beresford / David Toop / John Zorn / Marshall – Deadly Weapons CD Nato 12,90 €
Suicide – One Day + Live At La Loco DVD Nocturne 10,90 €
Whitehouse – Asceticist 2006 LP Susan Lawly 18,90 €
First thing first: the in-store gigs are back at the Dense store. And behold, we’re not only having one of them this week, but two:
Lots and lots of new stuff for Dense’s first list in October (sorry for missing out last week).