Dense

Dense braves the summer heat to bring you a new installment of their free instore gig, this very Saturday at 8PM.

Performing for us all will be Denmark’s Karsten Pflum, a name with which anybody interested in bass-heavy, intelligent electronic music should be familiar with (and if you’re not, here’s another reason to come and correct this mistake). With a new record out now on Ad Noiseam (and of course available at Dense), Karsten Pflum is in the spotlight and an act not to miss.

Completing the evening will be our good friend Puzzle(weasel), who has been performing at quite a few Dense-related events in the last couple of years. From fast IDM to energetic dubstep to wonky melodies, Puzzle is known for the efficiency of his material live.

The music will be great, the entrance is for free, the drinks will be cold, and you are all invited. We start at 8PM sharp, so don’t be late and see you this Saturday.

Don’t let the grey skies fool you: Dense is alive, well and throwing a new instore gig, no later than this Saturday. This time, we’ve assembled a line-up of no less than four new talents which will play some very up-to-date and exciting beats at the Dense store.

at Dense Record Shop
Saturday, May 21nd:

Illum Sphere (3024 / Fat City)
Puzzle (Tigerbeat6 / Contortion)
Silverman (One4ho / Semantica)
Paul Spymania (Spymania)

Music starts at 7PM sharp, free entrance.

Dense is happy to present an in-store gig by Illum Sphere, a fast rising british producer whose mixture of dubstep, hip hop and techno is getting quite a lot of recognition at the moment. You’ll hear from this guy again, but don’t miss this intimate first show at Dense.
Playing right before him will be the Danish-export Puzzle, whose wonky dubstep beats are tastier than Carlsberg, as demonstrated on several occasions at various gigs in Berlin.
Opening the ball will be the equally young and productive Paul Spymania and Silverman, active in the same audio territories, somewhere at the meeting points of dubstep, hip hop and all other kinds of electronica.

So remember to stop by the store, enjoy the gigs, check out some new records. See you on Saturday.

First, as we write these lines, we are getting very close to coming on air on Byte.fm. An hour long interview featuring a selection of tracks will be broadcasted during this station’s “Hidden Tracks” show on Tuesday, April 13th, at 8PM CET. This means that, if you read this line, you should click your way to www.byte.fm right now, or you have missed it.

Second, three of us are spinning the night away on Friday evening at the Altes Finanzamt in Neukölln. Marius Reisser (aka Daniel, also of the Birthday Parties crew), Nicolas Chevreux (also manager of Ad Noiseam) and Jade Monkey (also of Contortion) will play a fine selection of tunes, beats and riffs for everybody’s (and hopefully your) enjoyment there.

Third, we’re selling tickets to two very strong events coming out in May:
-the concert by Enduser, Venetian Snares and X&Trick at Berghain on May 14th (after which the aforementionned Marius Reisser and Nicolas Chevreux will DJ).

-the Friction Fest at Astra and Cassiopeia on May 7th and 8th, with such names as Bohren & The Club Of Gore, Efterklang, Wolves In The Throne Rooms and plenty of others.

We have only a limited amount of tickets for these events, and would strongly recommend you to get yours as soon as possible to avoid frustration and unreasonable price increase.

Finally, the music:
Several Dense-favorites have released music in the last two weeks: Enduser (already mentionned above, but who has also played at Dense last year) has a new 12″ and CD on Ad Noiseam (who also just released the first full length album by Roel Funcken of Funckarma), Andrea (of Millie & Andrea) has come up with a fifth record on Daphne, the always underrated Hermutt Lobby has a new record on Eat Concrete, and we can’t say enough good things about Vex’d “Cloud Seed” on Planet Mu.
That was for the breaks: more hip-hop, be sure to check “Space in Space” by Japan’s Olive Oil on Mule. Or if you are into soundtracks, how about Thomas Fehlmann‘s important (and Berlin-esque) “Gute Luft” on Kompakt. Ambient-fans will enjoy BJ Nilsen “The invisible city”, but only after we’ve all danced to Floating Points‘s “Peoples Pontential”. And that while we all wear our very-true “Vinyl kills mp3″ t-shirts.

Here’s the list. Keep on densing, and tune in to Byte.fm right now:

DUBSTEP, BREAKCORE, ELECTRONICA…
Enduser – 1/3 – CD – 7.90 € – Ad Noiseam
Enduser – 1/3 – 12″ – 7.90 € – Ad Noiseam
Roel Funcken – Vade – CD – 14.90 € – Ad Noiseam
Stenchman – Hans Hoist – 12″ – 8.90 € – Bovinyl Moosick
Ellen Allien & Apparat – Way Out Remixes – 12″ – 8.00 € – Bpitch Control
SBTRKT – Laika – 12″ – 9.90 € – Brainmath
Untold – Flexible – 12″ – 9.90 € – Brainmath
Mark Van Hoen – Where Is The Truth – LP – 12.90 € – City Centre Offices
Mark Van Hoen – Where Is The Truth – CD – 13.90 € – City Centre Offices
Miwon – A to B – LP – 12.90 € – City Centre Offices
Porn Sword Tobacco – Everything Is Music To The Ear – CD – 15.90 € – City Centre Offices
Dopplereffekt – Gesamtkunstwerk – LP – 17.90 € – Clone
Andrea – You Still Got Me – 12″ – 8.90 € – Daphne
Bonde Do Role & Diplo – Solta O Frango – 7″ – 5.90 € – Domino
Four Tet – Sing – pt. 2 (Moska Remix) – 12″ – 8.90 € – Domino
To Rococo Rot – Speculation – CD – 16.90 € – Domino
To Rococo Rot – Speculation – LP – 17.90 € – Domino
Funckarma – Dubstoned vol.3 – 12″ – 9.90 € – Eat Concrete
Hermutt Lobby – Bassfudge Powerscones – 12″ – 9.90 € – Eat Concrete
Loops Haunt – Rubber Sun Grenade – 12″ – 9.90 € – Fortified Audio
Badawi / Shackleton – El Topo / Dstry – 12″ – 8.90 € – Harmonia Prohibitorium
Untold – Yukon – 10″ – 9.90 € – Hemlock
Untold – I Can’t Stop this Feeling – 12″ – 9.90 € – Hemlock
Chasing Shadows / Jakes – Dream On / Boom Boom Bass – 12″ – 8.90 € – Hench
Jakes / Giant – Scanners / Drumstick VIP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Hench
James Blake – The Bells Sketch – 12″ – 8.90 € – Hessle Audio
James Blake – The Bells Sketch – 12″ – 8.90 € – Hessle Audio
Scuba – Triangulation – CD – 16.90 € – Hotflush
Kyle Hall – Kaychunk / You Know What I Feel – 12″ – 8.90 € – Hyperdub
Otto von Schirach aka Level SL – Tektonikal Turbulence EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Komadose
Cyclo S9 feat. Search & Destroy – Cry! (Blue Vinyl) – 12″ – 8.00 € – Monotone
Bok Bok / Greena – Night Slugs White Label Series – 12″ – 9.90 € – Night Slugs
Raffertie – Pumpin like Reeboks – 12″ – 9.90 € – On The Brink
Internal Tulips – Mislead into a field by a deformed deer – LP – 17.90 € – Planet Mu
Internal Tulips – Mislead into a field by a deformed deer – CD – 17.90 € – Planet Mu
Vex’d – Cloud Seed – CD – 17.90 € – Planet Mu
Vex’d – Cloud Seed – 2 x 12′ – 19.90 € – Planet Mu
Compilation – Skweee Tooth – CD – 15.90 € – Ramp Recordings
Starkey – Just A Million – 12″ – 8.90 € – Rwina Records
Inch-Time – Aurora – 12″ – 8.90 € – Static Caravan
The Arabian Prince – Innovative Life – CD – 9.90 € – Stones Throw
Compilation – Low Life – 12″ – 8.90 € – Subtrakt
Eprom – Never – 12″ – 8.90 € – Surefire
BJ Nilsen – The Invisible City – CD – 17.90 € – Touch
Eleh – Location Momentum – CD – 17.90 € – Touch
Jana Winderen – Energy Field – CD – 17.90 € – Touch
The XX – Islands – Remixes – 12″ – 7.90 € – Young Turks

HIP HOP:
Onra – Long Distance – 12″ – 7.90 € – All City Records
Daedelus – Righteous Fists Of Harmony – 12″ – 8.90 € – Brainfeeder
Slug & El-P – The Vapors Project – 12″ – 8.00 € – Counterflow
A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm – LP – 17.00 € – Jive
Olive Oil – Space In Space – CD – 19.90 € – Mule
Compilation (Peanut Butter Wolf) – Stones Throw 101 – DVD+CD – 19.90 € – Stones Throw

POST-ROCK / INDIE:
Dan Deacon – Spiderman Of the Rings – 2LP – 24.90 € – Carpark
Bonnie Prince Billy – Wonder Show Of The World – LP – 17.90 € – Domino
Serge Gainsbourg – Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin – LP – 16.90 € – Doxy
Yann Tiersen – Palestine – 12″ – 15.90 € – Ici d’ailleurs
Ef – Mourning Golden Morning – 2LP – 21.90 € – Kutter
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Mitleid Lady – LP – 16.90 € – Latitudes
Lali Puna – Our Inventions – CD – 17.90 € – Morr Music
Lali Puna – Remember / See The Wood For Trees – 7″ – 5.90 € – Morr Music
Lali Puna – Our Inventions – LP – 17.90 € – Morr Music
Liars – Sisterworld – CD – 15.90 € – Mute
Soley – Theater Island – 10″ – 13.90 € – Sound Of A Handshake
Soley – Theater Island – CD – 13.90 € – Sound Of A Handshake
Omar Rodriguez- Lopez & Jeremy Ward – ORL + JMW – CD – 12.90 € – Willie Anderson

EXPERIMENTAL / AMBIENT / NOISE / EXOTICA…
Ambarchi/O’Rourke/Haino – Tima Formosa – CD – 17.90 € – Black Truffle
Walter Carlos – Switched-on Bach – LP – 12.00 € – CBS
Sam Amidon – I See The Sign – LP – 17.90 € – Hvalur
Matt Rosner – Repeat – LP – 16.90 € – Miatera
Wendt – Unreleased Music For Visualizers – CD – 12.90 € – Miatera
Luc Ferrari – Didascaliers II – LP – 17.90 € – Sub Rosa
Indignant Senility – Plays Wagner Vol.2 – LP – 17.90 € – Type
Johann Johannsson – And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of The Bees – CD – 17.90 € – Type
Sylvain Chauveau – Singular Forms (Sometimes repeated) – CD – 17.90 € – Type
Peter Thomas – Chariots Of The Gods Of Jazz – CD – 10.90 € – Universal
DTV – Volkshaus – CD – 9.90 € -

TECHNO, HOUSE & MINIMAL:
Deadbeat – Radio Rothko – CD – 17.90 € – Agriculture
Tigerskin – Everybody Likes Ollie – 12″ – 8.90 € – Audiomatique
Les Petits Pilous – Bielle – 12″ – 8.90 € – Boysnoize Records
Ellen Allien – Pump – 12″ – 8.90 € – Bpitch Control
Cassy – #3 Endless Endeavour – 12″ – 9.90 € – Cassy
Putsch ’79 – Samasavel – Tyrell Remix – 12″ – 8.90 € – Clone
Markus Fix / Sven Tasnadi – Dark Side Of Bo / Nordsee – 10″ – 9.90 € – Cocoon
Compilation – Ritmo Especial – 12″ – 8.90 € – Comeme
Nemecek & Tomic – In Deep Blue EP – 12″ – 9.90 € – Consistent
Martin Buttrich – Crash Test – 2LP – 17.90 € – Desolat
Martin Buttrich – Crash Test – CD – 17.90 € – Desolat
Compilation – Dessous Best Kept Secrets 2 – 12″ – 8.90 € – Dessous
Compilation – 2010 – 1/3 – 12″ – 8.90 € – Dial
Compilation – 2010 – CD – 17.90 € – Dial
Floating Points – Peoples Pontential / Shark Case – 12″ – 8.90 € – Eglo
Kadebostan – The Souk EP – 10″ – 8.90 € – Fenou
Barem – Heyday EP (Paul Ritch Remix) – 12″ – 8.90 € – Foundsound
Douglas Greed – St. Eisbein EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Freude Am Tanzen
Marius Vareid – Vallefaret – 12″ – 9.90 € – Full Pupp
Prins Thomas – s/t – 2LP – 17.90 € – Full Pupp
Deer – Projectionist’s Nightmare – 12″ – 7.90 € – Giegling
Die Wiese Im Garten – Luise Und Die Strandpiraten – 12″ – 7.90 € – Giegling
Staub – Vril – 12″ – 7.90 € – Giegling
Audio Werner – Meanwhile – 2 x 12′ – 15.90 € – Hartchef
Basti Grub & N. Euss – Volume 6 – 12″ – 7.90 € – Hohenregler
Trentemoller – Sycamore Feeling – CD-S – 7.90 € – In My Room
Trentemoller – Sycamore Feeling remixes – 12″ – 8.90 € – In My Room
Aufgang – Barock EP – 12″ – 9.90 € – Infinﾎ
Matt Star – Ravedub – 12″ – 8.90 € – International Freakshow
Kreidler – Impressions D’Afrique – 12″ – 8.90 € – Italic
Thomas Fehlmann – Gute Luft – CD – 17.90 € – Kompakt
Thomas Fehlmann – Gute Luft – 2LP+CD – 17.90 € – Kompakt
Alejandro Vivanco – Roots – 12″ – 8.90 € – Leena
Salvatore Freda / Langenberg – Bruschetta / Jalousie – 12″ – 8.90 € – Liebe Detail
Vermittelnde Elemente – Palindrome/Villalobos Rmx. – 12″ – 7.00 € – Lo-Fi
Elektro Guzzi – Hexenschuss – 10″ – 9.90 € – Macro
Pikaya – Levante – 12″ – 8.90 € – Meander Music
Marcel Knopf – Dusty Dance (Remixe) – 12″ – 9.90 € – Mo’s Ferry
Claro Intellecto – New Life – 12″ – 8.90 € – Modern Love
Nick Chacona – The Wait feat. Brothers Vibe – 12″ – 8.90 € – Mood Music
Henrik Schwarz & Kuniyuki – Once Again – 12″ – 8.90 € – Mule
Robag Wruhme – Dreiklangkapriolen – 12″ – 8.90 € – Musik Krause
Big Zis – Suure Rﾊge Rmx 3 – 12″ – 9.90 € – Nation Music
Cristian Vogel – 1968 Holes – 12″ – 5.00 € – Novamute
Levon Vincent – Solemn Days EP – 12″ – 11.90 € – Novel Sound
Rocco Branco – Diamant / Gibbon – 12″ – 8.90 € – Platzhirsch
Uto Karem – Maschine Love – 12″ – 9.90 € – Plus 8
Donnacha Costello – Before We Say Goodbye E.P. – EP – 8.90 € – Pokerflat
Der dritte Raum – Rosa Rausch – 12″ – 9.90 € – Save to Disc Recordings
STL – Stl And His Quest For Sound – 2LP – 20.90 € – Something
Tiefschwarz & Cassy – Find Me – 12″ – 9.90 € – Souvenir
Compilation – Document Pt. 2 – 12″ – 8.90 € – Spectral
Anonym – Dam EP – 12″ – 9.90 € – Sushitech
Dominik Eulberg – Daten-ﾆbertragungs-Kabel – 12″ – 8.90 € – Traum
Traversable Wormhole – Traversable Wormhole 7 – 12″ – 9.90 € – Traversable Wormhole
Swayzak – The Missing EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Volt
Cobblestone Jazz – The Modern Deep Left Quartett – 2LP – 17.90 € – Wagon Repair
Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure – LP – 18.90 € – Wichita
Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions – 1 – 12″ – 8.90 € – Wichita
Compilation – Significant Others – 12″ – 9.90 € – Wolf + Lamb

T-SHIRTS:
Vinyl Kills MP3 – sizes M & L – T-Shirt – 19.90 €

PRINTED MATTER:
Rokko’s Adventures – #6 – mag – 3.00 €

You all have a month to grow your hair and practice your growls: Dense is now selling tickets for the Friction Fest, a two day (post-) metal which will take place in Berlin on the 7th and 8th of May, bringing to the city such people as Bohren & The Club Of Gore, Efterklang, Wolves In The Throne Room, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Amen Ra and a lot more. Hit the link above for more details, and hurry to get your tickets at the store.

Day tickets go for 32.50 €, and festival passes for 60 €.

(all right, that was easy, yes).

Twenty-two months later, we’re back on the air again: the always recommendable and constantly recommended Byte.fm internet radio station and its “Hidden Tracks” weekly show are bringing the spotlight on Dense again tonight (Tuesday, April 13th).

Tune in at 8PM C.E.T. for an hour of three-headed interview about Dense and a selection of fine tracks to be found at the store.

More information is here. Remember to tune in tonight.

We’ve been asked, so let’s answer once and for all: yes, we are selling tickets for the following event:

VENETIAN SNARES
ENDUSER
X&TRICK
+ DJ MARIUS REISS (Dense / Birthday Party)
+ DJ NICOLAS CHEVREUX (Dense / Ad Noiseam)

on the 14th of May in Berlin at Berghain.

The tickets cost 11.50 Euro, and we strongly recommend you get yours quickly, instead of wait and complain that they are sold out.