Vinyl Tracklist
A1—Variations
B1—Selected Faces
B2—Atmosphere
Digital Bonus Tracks
D1—A Lost Era
D2—Glass
Release Date
Vinyl—November 8th
Digital—November 9th
Gesaffelstein's tracks have already received support from James Holden, Chloé, Damian Lazarus, and Laurent Garnier, to name a few, and this record is without a doubt his best yet. Every track on 'Variations' is a battle-tested bomb.
His sound is clearly influenced by New Wave and the Gigolo-era electro (2001-2) of fellow Frenchmen The Hacker and David Carretta, but it sounds like a fresh update rather than pastiche, revitalized and refined down to a modern and versatile core. These tracks work in Tiga's festival sets alongside some of the summer's biggest anthems, yet are equally at home in a more underground setting, e.g. Von Party's 5am warm-up before Ivan Smagghe at a London warehouse party.
The title track has the most attitude, establishing a palette of dark staccato basslines, crunching hi-hats, hands-in-the-air cowbells and trippy synth leads. “Selected Faces” and “Atmosphere” are arguably even more straightforward club weapons, their breakdowns creating just enough 'insanity' without getting annoying, their grooves dropping back in with a cool, restrained power that will win over hiss-weary DJs.
With remixes upcoming for Turbo and Institubes, a follow-up EP for Turbo in the works... if you want an idea as to how big Gesaffelstein will get this year, just think of him as 'Brodinkelstein.'
Cari Lekebusch
WELLNICE! Ima flaunt Rotor asap thats my fave on this pack :) Far out off the wall type of goodies!
Trevor Jackson
Terence is a master, industrial mentality & approach to his music which rarely fails to excite me. Sei A remixes are also superb.
Laurent Garnier
Ooohhh fuck, that's gooood. Terrence is on fire at the moment. THANKS for the promo.
Ivan Smagghe
PROPER TECHNO IT IS. GOOD.
Dave Clarke
Original is the most powerful, nice to play music on Turbo again!
Len Faki
Machina calling! Love what terence are doin' at the moment - full support!
Thomas Krome
Supported
Brodinski
This is SICK! Techno! Big support.
DJ Mehdi
When do you guys sleep??
AZARI & III
They all rock but I had to pick just one! Epsilon is taking me somewhere fucked up..and I love it!
Tracklist
01—Epsilon
02—Rotor
03—Epsilon (Sei A Light Remix)
04—Epsilon (Sei A Dark Remix)
Turbo proudly presents Terence Fixmer's Epsilon, two no-nonsense techno tracks by a French EBM and electro legend quickly making a name for himself as one of the new mega-producers in the techno arena.
Epsilon comes as a follow-up to Fixmer's fourth studio album Comedy of Menace, released last month on Speedy J's Electric Deluxe. It showcases Fixmer's refined style of big-room, percussion driven techno, while maintaining the hypnotic synthlines and industrial touch familiar to fans of his impressive 15+ year career.
Complimented by two strange and beautiful remixes by Turbo's Glaswegian phenom, Sei A, Epsilon is an EP with which we venture deeper into the groove of PURE TECHNO.
ZZT is Zombie Nation and Tiga. Zzafrika is Nature's Coolest Joke.
What is the most dangerous thing in the world? A Mediterranean Secret.
We will NEVER reveal the identity of the Superproducer behind these hyper-compressed festival bangers. Non-disclosure forms have been signed. Silencers have been purchased. Because Turbo is, if nothing else, a haven for mystery and puzzling reticence.
Guess all you like, so long as you’re guessin’ on the dancefloor, contorting your body into the shape of a Question Mark to the big, blunt beats and massive, Italian-style leads.
We have relieved you of the burden of knowing. Of pushing that informative fact-boulder up the mountain of your mind. You don’t have to understand anything anymore. You are free.
In celebration of the end of Planet Turbo's summer run, we're releasing an EP of remixed classic Turbo tracks that we've been 'caning' on tour.
Tiga - You Gonna Want Me (Hey Today! Remix)
Possibly the most shameless party record we've ever put out. 100% crowdpleaser. Dutch-style claps on the kickdrums, sing-along pop breakdown, and high energy synth hooks. Hey Today! have delivered a mega-hit. Early support from Dutch-house oven Laidback Luke as well as the regular Turbo Illuminati: Erol Alkan, Thomas Von Party, and Tiga, i.e. the only people that currently have it.
'Essential New Tune' on BBC!
Chromeo - Don't Turn the Lights On (Carte Blanche Late Nite Mix)
Carte Blanche (Mehdi and Riton) crank out a top-shelf banger, already getting big plays by Tiga and Brodinski.
Proxy - 8000 (Diplo Remix)
Proxy's easternmost stylings meet butt-bouncing American fun. Can already see the Major Lazer girls dancing to this… mmm...
Popof - Chomper (Matt Walsh Remix)
Dark, driving rework of a Popof classic by London's Matt Walsh, who has been busy on the remix front and has a highly touted new collaboration with Zhao due for release soon.
Boy 8-Bit - Yard Birds (The Finger Prince Remix)
A stunning remix by Australia's Gus Da Hoodrat under his new guise as The Finger Prince.
"I've heard the future and his name is Prince Fingers." - Tiga
Montreal’s premier electrotharios are back, rocking the dimmer switch with their latest single “Don’t Turn the Lights On”, from the forthcoming LP Business Casual, out in September.
Aeroplane slows down the tempo and glides the waterbed out onto the dancefloor with their disco-heavy mix. Christian Martin freaks the bass to an ovation of frantic handclaps, while Proxy proteges Noise Invaders break out the airy Italo synths and twitchy Russian robot rhythms.
This pack gives you the tools you need to smuggle Chromeo’s unmistakable smoothman crooning into any kind of set. Enjoy.
Erol Alkan "BIG"
A-Trak "Whoa this is good... this guy just keeps improving, it's kinda scary to witness. Demo mix is the one for me."
Christian Martin "Where f*** did he get these sounds from?!?!?! Loving all of them but Yard Birds is some next level shizzle"
Steve Aoki "Organic"
Tocadisco "Cool stuff"
Riotous Rockers "This is absolutely superb release and my favourite (i think!) for turbo this year. All tracks are great, i prefer the demo mix to D1 but like the breakdown in D1 a lot. B1 is more suited to my sets with a really building house vibe. Boy 8 bit gets better with ever release and thats no lie! 9/10"
Azzido da Bass "I love it"
Feadz "Great release (again) damn you TURBO : )"
Turbo is proud to announce a great new ep by everyone's second favourite Cornish redhead, Boy 8-bit. Musically, he fits in very well for a label that keeps it's feet planted in different worlds; his tracks are 'big and loud', but they keep a sense of reserved funk, melody, and playfulness that feels all too rare at the moment. His productions have attracted the support of Diplo, Fake Blood and Annie Mac, and his DJing has earned him the right to take a crack at the latest in Bugged Out's 'Suck My Deck' series. 'Yard Birds' is a bomb. Tiga has been playing it at every festival this summer and the crowds have gone wild… now you can too!
"I am all AzariED! Full support. House music is back no more stage diving in clubs, let's DANCE"
Busy P
"4x great! love it"
Martyn
"These guys have transported me back to a time where music had feeling. Huge fan of indigo.....will be droppin this on my radio show and in the clubs."
Heidi
"Can't wait to use this tool pella. Great all around"
Seth Troxler
"Love A&III"
Erol Alkan
"Actually, all are my favourites. This is so good. Their best yet?"
Optimo
"Kinda makes the point of me making any more music totally redundent. A&III do everything I wanna do but without the jewfro and frown. Love this so much I wanna play with myself"
Trevor Jackson
"Ummmmmm. Wow ? yeah - that's it. WOW. Fucking WOW, holy fucking mother of the baby Christ WOW. WOW surrounded by a whole bunch of other WOW's going "FUCK! WOW!" Turbo - slow down you are about to hurt someone."
Gus Da Hoodrat
Turbo Recordings is proud to present its latest signing, AZARI & III.
AZARI & III’s first two singles were championed by an impressive cross-section of DJs and artists like Erol Alkan, Hercules & Love Affair, Michael Mayer and Friendly Fires. This broad-spectrum appeal led to Juno Plus featuring them on their “Ones to Watch in 2010” list, while “Hungry for the Power” ranked on Resident Advisor’s “Top 50 Tracks of 2009” poll. They've been courted by Trax to become the flag-bearers of a late 80s Chicago revival, made arguably the best 90s dance pop hit of the 2000s with "Reckless (For Your Love)", attracted the attention of Pitchfork and the indie kids, and yet they've only released two EPs. What they've got in the pipeline is going to blow people away.
Their first outing on Turbo showcases a more stripped-down club sound, the pop vocals subdued to lush moans, the tones darker and deeper than what you've heard from them before, but every bit as catchy and effective on the dancefloor. The Dub is an extended version with 10% more funk, 5% more 'jack', and 1% more jazz (our imposed limit).
The B-side reveals a new dimension to AZARI & III; further proof that these guys aren't one-trick nu-jacks but seasoned afficionados who have been trawling Canadian record stores for the past two decades, refining an aesthetic that doesn't imitate but rather re-invents genres in their image. "The Worker" is a legit warehouse techno bomb, a bit too full-on for the album, but perfect for a limited edition indigo-colored vinyl release on a label known for "bangers."
AZARI & III’s self-titled debut LP is slated for release on Turbo this winter.
