Dense

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:

Monday October 20th:
-JOE LALLY (FUGAZI) & ENDUSER, live at Dense on 7PM sharp. From accoustic set to breakcore in two hours.

Tuesday, October 21st:
-PETER KIRN, with a special set by this contributor to createdigitalmusic.com, to show you how it is or should be done, starting at 8PM.

Both gigs are free and take place at the Dense record shop on Petersburger Str 81. Please attend and spread the word.

We’re on time this week, which means that the amount of new releases listed below is kept quite reasonable.

The momentum obviously belongs to Broken Note, a british dubstep duo coming out this week with a record on Ad Noiseam (“Crux / Zealot”) and two on Peace Off (a split 12″ with Starkey and the “Fueling The Fire” 12″), for some very heavy and gritty dubstep. In the same aisle, be sure to check out the new record by the great Funckarma (“Dubstoned vol. 2″, still on Ad Noiseam), as well as Headhunter‘s debut full length CD, “Nomad”, out on Tempa.

Another “heavy” hitter and important release this week is “Dolores”, the new album by Germany’s favorite doomy and droney Bohren And The Club Of Gore. On a totally different and much more joyful note, Sebastian‘s “Remixes” on Ed Banger is here to wake everybody and pack the dancefloor real tight.

Techno fans will rejoice with the new Deadbeat full length album, “Roots & Wire”, when they don’t check the new Tiger Stripes 12″ on Liebe*Detail or the new DJ T on Poker Flat. And those of you more into drum’n'bass shouldn’t pass on ‘s new record on Holland’s Prspct label.

And finally, we’ve finally also have something you can show to your grandparents to explain what kind of music you listen to: “Recomposed”, a.k.a. Carl Craig and Moritz von Oswald‘s take on Ravel & Mussorgsky (out on Deutsche Grammophon) is here as well.

Here’s the list. See you at the store on Monday and Tuesday:

DUBSTEP & DUB:
Broken Note – Crux / Zealot – 12″ – Ad Noiseam – 7,90 €
Funckarma – Dubstoned vol. 2 – 12″ – Ad Noiseam – 7,90 €
Broken Note / Starky – War In The Making / No Struggle – 12″ – Ruff – 8.90 €
Headhunter – Nomad – CD – Tempa – 17,90 €
The Others – The Otherside – 2LP – Dub Police – 17,90 €
Compilation – Pinned vol. 1 – 12″ – Proboscus – 8,90 €
Tes La Rok – Mental Block / Warehouse – 12″ – Mode Recordings – 9,90 €
Compilation – Dubfiles – Dubstep Documentary – DVD+CD – Dubfiles – 20,90 €
Threnody – Tags & Throw Ups-Vol. 6 – 12″ – Urban Graffiti – 8,90 €
Djunya – Dream Awake – 12″ – Insect – 8,90 €
F – Phase One / Icon – 12″ – 7even Recordings – 8,90 €
Zion Train – Remixed 2 – Life That I Choose – 10″ – Universal Egg – 8,90 €
Leon Switch / Kryptic Minds – Minor Nine Remixes – 12″ – Defcom Records – 9,90 €
Pacheko – Tryout / Bi-Polar Bear – 12″ – Lo Dubs – 8,90 €
Cyrus – Rule / Influence / White Sands – 12″ – Southside Dub Stars – 8,90 €
Compilation – Elders – 12″ – Jahtari – 8,90 €

TECHNO & MINIMAL
Tagträumer – Capisce / Quelle Belle Epoque – 12″ – Black Fox Music – 7,90 €
Markus Lange & Daniel Dexter – Where Is My Mind – 12″ – Black Fox Music – 7,90 €
Trick & Kubic – Near – 12″ – Black Fox Music – 7,90 €
Compilation – Berlin 2.000 – 2LP – Bpitch Control – 10 €
Tokra Thaan – Blade Runner – 12″ – Black Fox Music – 7,90 €
Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald – Ravel & Mussorgsky Recomposed – CD – Deutsche Grammophon – 19,90 €
Gianni Vitiello – Elation (Koletzki & Meindl Rmx) – 12″ – Killa Beat – 8,90 €
Toxic Twin – Zima – 12″ – Killa Beat – 8,90 €
Skinnerbox & Elle P – The PV sessions – 12″ – Doxa – 7,90 €
Speedy J – Krekc – 12“ – Novamute – 7,90 €
M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade feat. Laurie Anderson – O Superman! – 12″ – Get Physical – 8,90 €
Nadastrom – Pussy EP – 12″ – Dubsided – 9,90 €
Loco Dice – Pimp Jackson Is Talking Now – 12″ – Desolat – 9,90 €
Gonno – I don’t need competition – 12″ – Beyond – 9,90 €
Deadbeat – Roots & Wire – 2LP – Wagon Repair – 17,90 €
Spektre – Pacemaker – 12″ – Rotary Cocktail Recordings – 9,90 €
Mike Lennon – Whateversclever – 12″ – Friends Electric – 7,90 €
Los Updates – First If You Please – CD – Cadenza – 17,90 €
Deadbeat – Roots & Wire – CD – Wagon Repair – 18,90 €
Woody – Whatever #2 – 12″ – Fumakilla – 8,90 €
Osborne – Air Pistol – 12″ – Spectral – 8,90 €
Tiger Stripes – Hooked rmxs – 12″ – Liebe Detail – 8,90 €
DJ T – After Dark – 12″ – Poker Flat – 8,90 €
Margaret Dygas – See You Around – 12″ – Non Standard Productions – 9,90 €
Krater – Harmonic Tremor – CD – Klitekture – 14,90 €

ELECTRO & BREAKS:
Sebastian – Remixes – 2LP – Ed Banger – 19,90 €
Stereo MCs – Black Gold – 12″ – Graffiti Recordings – 8,90 €
Moabeat Underground – Future Bootz Vol. 2 – CD-R – 9,90 €

INDIE & (POST) ROCK:
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Dolores – 2LP – Pias – 18,90 €
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Dolores – CD – Pias – 18,90 €
Women – s/t – LP – Jagjaguwar – 17,90 €
Garda – Die, Technique, Die – CD – Schinderwies – 14,90 €
Bodies Of Water – A Certain Feeling – LP – Secretly Canadian – 17,90 €
Slaraffenland – Sunshine EP – CD – Home Tapes – 13,90 €
Grails – Doomsdayer´s Holiday – CD – Temporary Residence – 18,90 €

BREAKCORE:
Broken Note – Fueling The Fire – EP – Peace Off – 8,90 €
DJ Hidden – We Are Haunted / The Signs – 12″ – Prspct Recordings – 8,90 €
Cyclo S9 feat. Search & Destroy (Biochip C.) – Cry! (blue transparent) – 12″ – Monotone – 10

ELECTRO & BREAKS:
Milosh – Remember the good things – 12″ – K7 – 8,90 €
Cabaret Voltaire – Yashar Remixes – 12″ – Novamute – 8,90 €

FOLK:
Castanets – City Of Refuge – LP – Ashmatic Kitty records – 17,90 €

HOUSE, DISCO & NEW JAZZ:
Morgan Geist – Double Night Time – CD – Environ – 19,90 €
Low Motion Disco – The Low Murder Is Out – 12″ – Eskimo Recordings – 9,90 €
Theo Parrish – Love Triumphant / Spacebumps – 12″ – Sound Signature – 9,90 €
Theo Parrish – Going Downstairs pt.1&2 – 12″ – Sound Signature – 9,90 €

Double feature at Dense next Monday: we’re bringing the in-store gigs back with shows by two  high profile musicians.

First, we’re happy to have Joe Lally, the bass-player of the great Fugazi play an exclusive accoustic set to present his new, post-Fugazi material.

Joe Lally will be followed by another special set by Enduser. This essential name of the breakcore / d’n'b scene will showcase some of his new material.

The whole thing will start at Dense at 7PM sharp, and the entry is free, as usual. Be there on time, the whole thing will be over at 9PM.

The seminal Maria club is turning 10 years old this week, and Dense is celebrating together with our neighboors and friend of Shitkatapult.
Save the date: on September 12th (next Friday), the Dense DJ Team will perform to open a Shitkatapult-driven night at Maria, together with Strobocop (also of Dense and Karaoke Kalk), Daniel Meteo, Fenin, Max Monatana and T.Raumschmiere.
That’s all happening at Maria/ Josef and starting up at midnight sharp. Be there, unless you want to wait ten more years.

New tip of the moment: Dense recommends the “Femmes’r'Us” party taking place at Radialsystem V on Wednesday (9th of August). Playing there are MC Chickaboo, Flore and DJ Ravissa, as well as the Femmes with Fatal Breaks crew. It all takes place during the “Feminism in Pop Music, Culture and Film” festival organized by this team, which is taking place from today (August 7th) till the 16th of August. Moreover, be sure to watch the videos shown during this event, as one was shot at your very Dense store in preparation for this festival.

This Thursday, your favorite dealers for music, crack and hand-made gun replicas (aka Dense Records), in collaboration with Big Mean Robot Entertainment, proudly present you a spontaneous bass tidbit at the NBI club in Prenzlauer Berg:

KARSTEN PFLUM (rump recordings / worm interface)
SLAM52
HECQ (hymen / bigmeanrobot )
LAMBENT (stillavailable)
DJ DISCOXX (stillavailable)

Karsten Pflum und Slam52 both represent the cutting-edge of danish electronic music. With three full releases and a bunch of EPs in his bag, Karsten Pflum pays with his music a tribute to the glorious times of IDM, without losing the focus on the future of the genre. But we have heard rumors, that he got addicted to the wobble sounds of dubstep and that he will present some of his newest material at the NBI… Slam52 in turn, is a young star rising, with a first remix appereance on Cock Rock Disco. He will present his blend of vicious dubstep, dark amen breaks and industrial mayhem. Bass junkies have to check him out fo’ sure.
They will be supported by Berlins very own Hecq and Japans beat ambassador in Germany, Lambent. Hecq is not only one of the hottest and most profilic IDM artists right now, but he is also a sound designer with an impressive portfolio. Lambent just stoked the world with his first release on Stillavailable Records full of smooth and dreamy hip hop awesomeness.

Such an event won’t come any time soon, not even in Berlin. 5 € is the price, 9.30 pm the time, NBI the location.

Be there or be square.

NBI Club
Schönhauser Allee 36
10435 Berlin
Kulturbrauerei

Dense will host another in-store gig on Saturday, July 12th. This time, we’ll celebrate the release of the
“Pencilbreak” book, a thick collection of breakcore-related artwork
edited by our good friend of Belio magazine

Performing live will be IDM / Breaks wizkid Karsten Pflum and Spain’s crazy Computadora .
Come early, as the whole thing will start at 20h, and remember, the  entrance is free.