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.

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.

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 €.

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.

Ah spring feelings: we’ve definitely awoken from our winter lethargy and are getting better with our newsletter, as you might (and should) have noticed by now.

Before we begin, note that we will host a third in-store gig for the year this Saturday (yes, in about 48 hours) at the store:

ED FLIS (DURAN DURAN DURAN)
ANTON MAIOF
free in-store gig at Dense
Saturday, April 3rd, 7:30PM

We hope to see you there, as this will be the first collaboration between these two Berlin-based musician, as well as the first show at Dense for our good friend of DDD.

Let’s talk of records now: we’ve got a lot of new indietronica from German labels: new Dub Tractor CD and LP on City Centre, new Ember CD on Ahornfelder (from whom we’ve received a lot of backstock as well), various Seabear releases from Morr Music; there’s definitely some pretty cute tunes in the air for everybody here. This also applies to Shitkatapult’s first relesae of the year, the debut album by Notic Nastic, “It’s Dark But It’s Okay”.

What about dubstepy, you ask? How about a heavy 12″ by Matta on Ad Noiseam, a few Untold releases on his Hemlock imprint, the new Scuba album on Hotflush or the new “Cloud Seed” double LP by Vex’d on Planet Mu.

Before leaving the electronic aisle: yes, we do have the limited (and luxurious) vinyl edition of Autechre‘s new “Oversteps” album as well as the new Gonjasufi album, also on Warp.

Less keyboards and more strings: the guitar section now features a new album by Sunburned Hand Of The Man on Ecstatic Peace, Efterklang‘s new CD and LP on 4AD or a first split 12″ by our friend of Golden Disko Ship on Monika.

Here’s the list. We’re closed tomorrow (Friday) and on Easter Monday, but feel free to stop by the store on Saturday, both for these new records and the in-store gig.

ELECTRONICA, DUBSTEP, BREAKS & CO:
Krishve – Coil Of Wire / Universum Mittelwelle – 7″ – 6.90 €
Vectral – Alpha – CD – 12.90 €
The Steets – The hardest way to make an easy living – 2LP – 19.90 € – 679 recordings
Matta – The Lost – 12″ – 7.90 € – Ad Noiseam
Anne Laplantine – A little May time be – CD – 12.90 € – Ahornfelder
Daisuke Miyatani – Diario – CD – 12.90 € – Ahornfelder
Semuin – Circles and Elephants – CD – 12.90 € – Ahornfelder
Sinebag – Milchwolken in Teein – LP – 12.90 € – Ahornfelder
Books On Tape – Dinosaur Dinosaur – CD – 12.90 € – Alien8
Pan Sonic – Aaltopiri – 2LP – 19.90 € – Blast First
JSL – The Jack Cates EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Boka Records
Dub Tractor – Sorry – CD – 17.90 € – City Centre Offices
Dub Tractor – Sorry – LP – 17.90 € – City Centre Offices
Clouds – Protecting Hands Remixes – 12″ – 8.90 € – Deep Medi Musik
Breakage – Speechless / Justified – 12″ – 8.90 € – Digital Soundboy
Four Tet – Sing – 12″ – 9.90 € – Domino
Four Tet – Sing – 12″ – 9.90 € – Domino
To Rococco Rot – Forwardness Fridays – 12″ – 9.90 € – Domino
F-One – Murder Most Foul / Peoples Sound – 12″ – 8.90 € – Dubstar
RSD – Kingfisher / Love Of Jah Light – 12″ – 8.90 € – Earwax
Kraddy – Android Porn – 12″ – 7.90 € – Equinox
Fantastic / Mister Fox / Rich Reason – Plimsoul / Bleep Show – 12″ – 9.90 € – Hemlock
LV & Untold – Beacon – 12″ – 9.90 € – Hemlock
Untold – Stop What You’re Doing / I can’t stop this feeling – 10″ – 9.90 € – Hemlock
Scuba – Triangulation – CD – 16.90 € – Hotflush
Scuba – Triangulation – 3LP – 22.90 € – Hotflush
Ikonika – Contact, Love, Want, Have – CD – 15.90 € – Hyperdub
Tape & Bill Wells – Fugue – LP – 17.90 € – Immune
Dani Siciliano – Extra Ordinary (Matmos-rmx) – 12″ – 9.90 € – K7
Hausmeister – Unser – LP – 14.90 € – Karaoke Kalk
Two Live Jews – As Kosher As They Wanna Be – LP – 14.90 € – Kindred Spirits
Loscil – Endless Falls – 2LP – 21.90 € – Kranky
Polar Bear – Peepers – CD – 17.90 € – Leaf
Potuznik – Amore Motore (…Autobahn) – CD – 12,00 € – Mego
Fenn O’Berg – Magic & Return – 2CD – 22.90 € – Mego
Spank Rock – Put that Pussy on me Rx – 12″ – 9.90 € – Money Studies
Deru – Say Goodbye To Useless – CD – 13.90 € – Mush
Raffertie – Pumpin like Reeboks – 12″ – 9.90 € – On The Brink
Tiga & Zyntherius – Sunglasses at Night 2008 – 1 – 12″ – 9.90 € – On The Brink
Subeena – Picture / Spectrums – 12″ – 9.90 € – Opit Records
Ark – Caliente EP – 12″ – 9.90 € – Pias
Neil Landstrumm – Bambaata Eats His Breakfast – 2LP – 17.90 € – Planet Mu
Starkey – Stars – 12″ – 8.90 € – Planet Mu
Vex’d – Cloud Seed – 2 x 12Ó – 19.90 € – Planet Mu
Furreshu – Untitled/1993 – 12″ – 7.90 € – Project Mooncircle
The Q4 – Sound Surroundings – LP – 13.90 € – Project Mooncircle
Compilation – Skweee Tooth – 2LP – 17.90 € – Ramp Recordings
Falty DL – To London – 12″ – 9.90 € – Ramp Recordings
Shortstuff & Mickey Pearce – Tripped Up – 12″ – 9.90 € – Ramp Recordings
Atom TM – Music Is Better Than Pussy – CD – 18.90 € – Rather Interesting
Bjorn Svin – Browen – 2LP – 18.90 € – Rump
Bjorn Svin – Browen – CD – 16.90 € – Rump
Playdoe – Freeze Step – 12″ – 8.90 € – Rwina Records
Notic Nastic – It’s Dark But It’s Okay – CD – 14.90 € – Shitkatapult
Bodi Bill – No More Wars – CD – 14.90 € – Sinnbus
We Vs. Death – A Black House, A Coloured Home – CD – 14.90 € – Sinnbus
We Vs. Death – A Black House, A Coloured Home – LP – 14.90 € – Sinnbus
Compilation – Steppa’s Delight 2 v1 – 2LP – 24.90 € – Soul Jazz
Kode 9 / Digital Mystikz – Magnetic City / Wait – 12″ – 8.90 € – Soul Jazz
Erlend Oye – Unrest – 2LP – 18.90 € – Source
Eprom – Never – 12″ – 9.90 € – Surefire
Enduser / Teknoist / Broken note / Scheme Boy – The First One To Die Wins – 2×10″ – 15.90 € – Sustained
TRG – Know You Know – 2×12Ó – 15.90 € – Tempa
Peter Quistgard – Toztizok Zoundz EP – 7″ – 6.90 € – Toztizok
Les Rythmes Digitales – Jacques your body – 12″ – 8.90 € – Wall Of Sound
Autechre – Envane – Remix – 12″ – 8.90 € – Warp
Autechre – Gantz Graf – 12″ – 8.90 € – Warp
Autechre – Oversteps – CD – 17.90 € – Warp
Autechre – Oversteps – 2LP Box – 38.90 € – Warp
Dj Mujava – Township Funk Remixes – 12″ – 8.90 € – Warp

EXOTICA, NOISE, EXPERIMENTAL…
Jonas R. Kirkegaard – Quiet Works For Cello & Commodore 64 – SD Card – 10,00 €
David Grubbs & F.S. Blumm – Drawings – 7″ + Book – 13.90 € – Ahornfelder
Goblin – Suspiria (Pop-Up Cover – 180g Vinyl) – LP – 25.90 € – AMS
Peter Thomas Sound Orchester – Raumpatrouille – LP – 24.90 € – Bavaria
Batch Totem – Funktion #2 – 4″ lathe – 10,00 € – BIN
Diatribes & Barry Guy – Multitude – CD – 11.90 € – Cave12
Serge Gainsbourg – Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin – LP – 17.90 € – Doxy
Holzkopf – Pure Bliss No Earth – EP – 9.90 € – Eschaton
Max Goldt – There are grapefruits hearts to be squeezed in the dark – LP – 17.90 € – Gagarin Records
Arto Lindsay – Salt – CD – 11.90 € – Righteous Babe
Getatchew Mekuria / The Ex – Moa Anbessa – LP – 17.90 € – Terp
Sylvain Chauveau – Singular Forms (Sometimes repeated) – LP – 17.90 € – Type
Compilation – Afrosound of Columbia – 3LP – 31.90 € – Vampisoul

HIP HOP:
Seth P Brundel – Devil’s Pawn – 2LP – 14.90 € – Aesthetics
Dudley & Friends – s/t – 12″ – 8.90 € – All City Records
Talib Kweli & Madlib – Liberation – 12″ – 11.90 € – Blacksmith
2econd Class Citizen – A World Without – CD – 14.90 € – Equinox
Mr Dibiase – Cakeology – 12″ – 8.90 € – Fat City Recordings
Common – The People/The Game – 12″ – 6.90 € – Geffen
Common & Joy Denalane – Go! – 12″ – 6.90 € – Geffen
Kan Kick – Beautiful:Opus of love deeper than flesh – LP – 13.90 € – Project Mooncircle
Lewis Parker & John Robinson – The Unseen Trap – 10″ – 7.90 € – Project Mooncircle
Raaskalbomfukkerz – Primitieve Raaskal – 7″ – 6.90 € – Toztizok
Eprom – Eskmo – 12″ – 8.90 € – Warp
Gonjasufi – A Sufi And A Killer – CD – 18.90 € – Warp
Gonjasufi – A Sufi And A Killer – 2LP – 21.90 € – Warp

INDIE, FOLK, JAZZ & MORE GUITARS:
Efterklang – Magic Chairs – CD – 18.90 € – 4AD
Efterklang – Magic Chairs – LP – 18.90 € – 4AD
Magic Wand – Little Wings – CD – 12.90 € – Ahornfelder
Seabear – Lion Face Boy / Cold Summer – 7″ – 6.90 € – Anost / Morr Music
Hot Chip – One Life Stand – 2LP – 23.90 € – Astralwerks
Ember – Aurona Arona – CD – 12.90 € – Creative Sources Recordings
Archie Bronson Outfit – Fur – LP – 14.90 € – Domino
Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) – Heartland – 2LP – 19.90 € – Domino
Edith Frost – Calling over Time – LP – 13.90 € – Drag City
Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me – LP Box – 24.90 € – Drag City
Sunburned Hand Of The Man – A – LP – 17.90 € – Ecstatic Peace!
Ember – Oullh d`baham – CD – 12.90 € – Euphorium Records
Alela Diane – To be still – 2LP – 17.90 € – Fargo
Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson – Winter In America – LP – 12.90 € – Get Back
Raz Ohara and The Odd Orchestra – II – CD – 18.90 € – Get Physical
The Bundles (Kimya Dawson, Karrl Blau,…) – s/t – LP – 15.90 € – K Records
Sun Ra – On Jupiter – LP – 14.90 € – Kindred Spirits
Sun Ra – Sleeping Beauty – LP – 14.90 € – Kindred Spirits
Gowns – Broken Bones – LP – 15.90 € – Latitudes
Mount Eerie – Black Wooden – LP – 15.90 € – Latitudes
The Wisdom of Harry – Staying in with… – 10″ – 7.90 € – Lissys
Golden Disko Ship / Jasmina Machina – City Splits No.1: Berlin – LP – 13.90 € – Monika
Seabear – We Built A Fire / While The Fire Dies – 2CD – 19.90 € – Morr Music
Seabear – While The Fire Dies – EP – 11.90 € – Morr Music
Seabear – We Built A Fire – LP – 17.90 € – Morr Music
The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight – CD – 17.90 € – Morr Music
The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight – LP – 17.90 € – Morr Music
Compilation – Silke Arp Bricht Live 1994 – 2LP – 17.90 € – n.Ur-Kult
David Thomas Broughton – The Complete guide to Insufficiency – CD – 12.90 € – Plug Research
Elephant9 – Walk The Nile – LP – 16.90 € – Rune Grammofon
Magnolia Electric Co. – Trials & Errors – 2LP – 14.90 € – Secretly Canadian
The War on Drugs – Wagonwheel blues – LP – 12.80 € – Secretly Canadian
Pelican – What We All Come To Need – 2LP – 21.90 € – Southern Lord
Compilation – Minimal Wave Tapes vol. 1 – 2 x 12Ó – 18.90 € – Stones Throw
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Steps Ahead – 2LP – 19.90 € – Strut
Tony Allen & Jimi Tenor – Inspiration Information 4 – 2LP – 15.90 € – Strut
High Places – vs Mankind – LP – 15.90 € – Thrill Jockey
Gil Scott-Heron – First Minute Of A New Day – LP – 14.90 € – TVT
Cold War Kids – Robbers and Cowards – LP – 13.90 € – V2
Balmorhea – Constellations – LP – 17.90 € – western vinyl
Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here – CD – 17.90 € – XL Recordings

TECHNO, MINIMAL & HOUSE:
Sin – So Sad (Abe Duque Rx) – 12″ – 5.90 € – Abuse Industries
Maetrik – Underrate Dis – 12″ – 8.90 € – Audiomatique
Dani Casarano & Felipe Valenuzuela – La Tulipe – 12″ – 9.90 € – Cadenza
Ricarco Villalobos – Achso – 2 x 12Ó – 15.90 € – Cadenza
Michael Melchner – Four To The Floor – 12″ – 8.90 € – Cargo Edition
Sven Tasnadi & Juno 6 – Jam Sessions EP – 12″ – 7.90 € – Cargo Edition
Vera – People’s House – 12″ – 7.90 € – Cargo Edition
Robag Wruhme – Proviant – 12″ – 9.90 € – Circuscompany
Chris Liebing / Green Velvet / Qlex Bau – Kinda High / Auf und Ab / Arctica – 10″ – 9.90 € – CLR
Tres feat. Frank Lorber – Uno, Dos – 12″ – 9.90 € – Cocoon
Ben Klock – Tracks from 07 – 12″ – 9.90 € – Deeply Rooted House
Burnski – Me And You – 12″ – 8.90 € – Dessous
Various – Hoteleins-City – 12″ – 8.90 € – Dial
Skinnerbox – King Of Spades And Marmalades – LP – 12.90 € – Doxa
Nadastrom – Pussy EP – 12″ – 9.90 € – Dubsided
Souki – Monkey Sun EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Einmaleins Musik
Melohman & Javi Bora – Rmxs by Alejandro Vivanco – 12″ – 8.90 € – Fumalab
Mux Mool – Skulltaste – CD – 17.90 € – Ghostly International
Basti Grub – Lina, La Guitarra En La Noche – 12″ – 8.90 € – Hšhenregler
Trentemšller – Sycamore Feeling – 7″ – 7.90 € – In My Room
Cole Medina – Red Hot – The mole Remix – 12″ – 8.90 € – Internasjonal
Nima Gorji – Sometimes – 12″ – 9.90 € – International Freakshow
Bomb The Bass – Back To Light – LP – 17.90 € – K7
Nerk & Dirk Leyers – AtAt – 12″ – 8.90 € – Klang
Gui Boratto – Azzurra – 12″ – 8.90 € – Kompakt
Jason Fine – Future Thought (Ben Klock Rmx.) – 10″ – 9.90 € – Kontra Music
Dan Curtin – Mr Beat Do an E – 12″ – 8.90 € – Mobilee
Fagget Fairys – Feed The Horse – 12″ – 9.90 € – Music For Dreams
Claude Vonstroke – Seven Deadly Strokes – 12″ – 8.90 € – Neuton
Federleicht – Rosa Lee – 12″ – 8.90 € – Night Drive Music
Mosca – Square One – 12″ – 9.90 € – Night Slugs
Oni Ayhun – Oar 004 – 12″ – 9.90 € – Oni Ayhun
Arian Leviste – Better Get Used To It EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Palette
Jackmate & The Missing Linkx – Discodisco 2 – 12″ – 9.90 € – Pampa Records
Kenny Larkin – Narcissist – 2LP – 12.90 € – Peacefrog
Planetary Assault System – Archives 2 – 2LP – 9.90 € – Peacefrog
Melchior Productions Ltd – Gentleman Jack EP – 12″ – 9.90 € – Perlon
Dance Area – AA247 (Starkey Remix) – 12″ – 9.90 € – Phantasy Sound
Krause Duo – Up – 12″ – 9.90 € – Philpot
Julian Jeweil – Babou – 12″ – 9.90 € – Plus 8
Donnacha Costello – Before We Say Goodbye – CD – 18.90 € – Pokerflat
Fudge Fingers – About Time – 12″ – 8.90 € – Prime Numbers
Clouds – Timekeeper – 12″ – 8.90 € – Ramp Recordings
Pantha Du Prince – Stick To My Side – 12″ – 8.90 € – Rough Trade
Rezkar – Above The Clouds – 12″ – 9.90 € – Running Back
Humantronic – Very Dangerouus – 12″ – 7.90 € – Schallbox Records
Queen Atom – Blu Samba – 12″ – 7.90 € – Serialism Records
Gadi Mizrahi – Can’t Stop This Feeling – 12″ – 8.90 € – Simple
Lindstršm & Christabelle – Real Life Is No Cool – LP – 20.90 € – Smalltown Supersound
Bon & Rau – Cloverleaf Days – 12″ – 8.90 € – Smallville
Acid Pauli – Nymbiotic – 12″ – 7.90 € – Smaul
Acid Pauli – Den Mahlstrom auf – 12″ – 7.90 € – Smaul
Sound Stream – “Live” Goes On – 12″ – 9.90 € – Sound Stream
Elle P & Iftah – Sick Liar / Pink Painter – 12″ – 9.90 € – Souvenir
Sami Koivikko – Sapphire – 12″ – 7.90 € – Spectral
Compilation – The Very Best of Stil vor Talent digital 2 – 12″ – 8.90 € – Stil vor Talent
Wbeeza – Heavy Stuff EP – 12″ – 8.90 € – Third Ear
Deep’a & Biri – Emergence – 12″ – 8.90 € – Upon You
Tolga Fidan – Gaijin – 12″ – 8.90 € – Vakant
Kenny Larkin – Azimuth – CD – 16,00 € – Warp
Christian Prommer – Jaguar – Groove La Chord – 12″ – 9.90 € – White

VIDEOS:
Schlammpeitziger – Exotic Visuals And Tropical Videoworks – DVD – 16.90 € – Raum für Projektion

PRINTED MATTERS:
Skug – #80 – Mag – 4,00 € – Skug
De:Bug – #141 (April 10) – Magazin – 3.80 €

The free instore gigs at Dense are back, with no less than two of them happening in the coming weeks. Therefore, consider yourself invited to:

2ECOND CLASS CITIZEN
Friday, March 19th
7:30PM

and

HOLZOPF & PETER QUISTGARD
Tuesday, March 23rd
6:30PM

Both gigs are free and are taking place at the Dense records store, Petersburger Str 81 in Friedrichshain.

We’ll start the season with a rare live performance by 2econd Class Citizen, one of the main acts on the Equinox label, who will grace Berlin with this unique gig while on tour throughout Europe. Come and enjoy his delicate yet strong mixture of alternative hip hop and folk sensibilities this Friday at the store (yes, that’s in 48 hours).

A few days later on Tuesday, Canadian veteran experimentalist Holzkopf and his Dutch partner in crime Peter Quistgard will unleash some 8 bit, noisy and broken madness onto the store. It might be raw, it might be tongue-in-cheek but one thing is for sure: it will fit perfectly at Dense.

Remember, these are early gigs, and we will start on time. See you there for some live densing.

Unbelievable, we know: while this newsletter had been sent with metronomic irregularity for quite a long time, here comes a new one (short and compact), a week after the previous, long one.

There’s therefore fewer items in this one, but still several very worth mentionning. How about new records by no less than Starkey and The Bug, as a starter? New 12″ by Joy Orbinson, Terror Danjah or Jahtari’s Maffi you say? We’ve got them.

Not new per se, but mandatory and back in stock are a lot of records and CD by the essential Oval (and his So project). A lot of these items, such as the “Re:Systemisch” double CD have been hard to find for a long time, and we’ve had the luck to get a lot of backstock for them. Time for everybody to freshen up its knowledge of this important glitch artist.

And finally, we can’t close this newsletter without mentionning the absolutely breath-taking “Songs” boxset by Dense favorite Matt Elliott. Containing this artist’s three previous albums as well as a brand new one, it’s a feast for the ears and the eyes. The quadruple CD box is nice enough, but the very limited vinyl one is one of its kind, with seven clear-vinyl LP, each coming in their own dedicated sleeve. It’s not the cheapest thing we have at the store, but definitely one of the lushest.

Here’s the list. See you at the store, and keep on densing:

DUBSTEP, ELECTRONICA, BREAKS…:
Distance – Menace / Beyond – 12″ – Chestplate – 8.90 €
Julian Jeweil – Color – 12″ – Copyright Control – 8.90 €
Compilation – Deep Medi vol. 1 – CD – Deep Medi Musik – 17.90 €
Oval – Ovalcommers – CD – Form + Function – 14.90 €
Oval – ovalprocess – LP+7″ – Form&Function – 14.90 €
Badawi / Shackleton – El Topo / Dstry – 12″ – Harmonia Prohibitorium – 8.90 €
SO – s/t – CD – Headz – 14.90 €
Zebra Baby – War ep – 12″ – ITD Music – 8.90 €
Oval – Re:Systemisch – 2CD – Mille Plateaux – 14.90 €
Erik & Fiedel – Nous Sommes – 12″ – MMM – 9.90 €
Terror Danjah – Industry Standards part 4 – 12″ – Planet Mu – 8.90 €
Starkey – Rainy City / Beatingz – 12″ – Rwina Records – 8.90 €
The Bug feat. Flowdan – Run – 12″ – Swamp81 – 8.90 €
Oval – szenario (Japan) – CD – Thrill Jockey – 14.90 €
Oval – Diskont – CD – Thrill Jockey – 14.90 €
Oval – Szenariodisk – CD – Thrill Jockey – 14.90 €
Oval – Iso Fabric – CD – Thrill Jockey – 14.90 €
Oval – Dok – LP – Thrill Jockey – 13.90 €
Oval – Dok – CD – Thrill Jockey – 14.90 €
SO – s/t – CD – Thrill Jockey – 14.90 €
Oval – Pre/Commers – CD – Tokuma – 14.90 €
EVS / TMSV – DT08 / Subconscious Brain – 10″ – Tube Recordings – 8.90 €
Compilation – Junction – LP – We Love To Emerge – 13.90 €

INDIE, FOLK, DUB & MORE GUITARS:
Suicide – Live 1977-1978 – CD-Box – Blast First Petite – 33.90 €
MV & EE – Barn Nova – LP – Ecstatic Peace! – 17.90 €
Matt Elliott – Songs – LP Box – Ici d”ailleurs – 27.90 €
Matt Elliott – Songs – LP Box – Ici d”ailleurs – 119.90 €
Maffi – I Am A Robot – 7″ – Jahtari – 5.90 €
Picastro – Become Secret – CD – Monotreme – 15.90 €
Safeashome – Hateful Town / A Second Replayed Murder – 7″ – Safranin – 4.90 €
Balmorhea – Constellations – CD – western vinyl – 17.90 €

TECHNO, MINIMAL & HOUSE:
Rob Belleville – Sounds Of Introspection – 12″ – aDepth audio – 8.90 €
Joy Orbison – The shrew would have – 12″ – Aus Records – 9.90 €
Mendo – Encantos EP – 12″ – Cadenza – 8.90 €
Cottam – #3 – 12″ – Cottam – 9.90 €
Rene Breitbarth – Drive EP – 12″ – Deep Data – 7.90 €
Toby Dreher – Landmass EP – 12″ – Dekadent – 8.90 €
Less – It’s Not The Same – 12″ – Enliven Music – 8.90 €
K Boys – Everything – 12″ – Everything – 8.90 €
Emad Parandian – Marangai Waikawa / Scud – 12″ – Haknam – 8.90 €
Alex Sander & Rekardo Rivalo – Walk Like A Gypsy – 12″ – Killa Beat – 8.90 €
Richard Bartz – Astrodynamics Pt.2 – 12″ – Pastamusik – 8.90 €
The Analog Roland Orchestra – Midnight Till Noon – 12″ – Pastamusik – 8.90 €
Aux 88 – Black Tokyo 1 – 12″ – Puzzlebox – 8.90 €
Compilation – Butsu E.P. – 12″ – Restoration – 7.90 €
PVL – Purple Fall EP – 12″ – Samuvar – 7.90 €
STL – Things from the Basement – 12″ – Something – 9.90 €
Billy Love – Melloghettomental – 2×12″ – Sound Signature – 18.90 €
Motorcitysoul – Deliever Me – 12″ – Stir15 – 8.90 €
Stephen Brown / Club Lonely – Universal Consciousness 2.0 – 12″ – These Days – 8.90 €
Bea Tricks – be at risk EP – 12″ – Wagon Repair – 8.90 €

PRINTED MATTER:
Raoul Sinier / Sylvie Frétet – Les Aveugles – Book – Editions Fee – 22.00 €