houztekk records 005 – release 07.12.2010
Press english: (german below)
Techno speaks its own language: in the cosmos of electronic music ‘Vintage’ does not represent shallow retro-style, but rather is one of the most precious adjuncts concerning electronic sound producers.
Of course, it centres on the intrinsic values of the equipment. Christoph Abele aka caTekk is very young but nevertheless an adept. For years not only resident-DJ of the legendary Club ‘Flex’ in Vienna but also Live-Act, sound engineer and together with his colleague Christopher Groove a promising producer-duo. Even though caTekk and Christopher Groove have only been working together since early 2010, they already produced for international scene headliners such as Felix Da Housecat or Marco Bailey. However, caTekk not only produces thrilling pieces for the just named heroes – his own releases on record labels such as Flex Schallplatten, Fountain Music or Estrela can be found in countless vinyl bags and DJ-charts.
Now the label Houztekk Records is releasing a long hidden jewel from caTekk’s live-repertoire. “Vintage Love” is created for the peak-time – it is not an overheating masher with cheap razzmatazz, but a deep Techno-bassmonster with pulsating breaks in a prodigious organic gown, which sounds as being tailored in Chicago or Detroit. Another caTekk-treasure named „Cogwheel Dancing“ also managed to get on the EP. This track easily teaches worn out, cranked out minimal-tracks, imposed on us everywhere, how to cite such aesthetics indeed but to revaluate them via incredible groove and splendid subtile modulations. Forcfully both pieces show the magnitude of caTekk as a producer. Every sound is rich in detail and powerful, has sufficient room and all traces are perfectly layered. So the love in the title is absolutely to be taken literally.
Patrick Pulsinger is the second act in league and as producer an unerring pass. A man, who as Cheap Records-legend and international Techno-star (M-Plant, R&S, Disko B, Compost, etc.) does not need an introduction. His remix of „Vintage Love“ deals with the subject from a completely different view. Pulsinger’s concentration on studio work during the last years is explicitly to hear. Here engines steam in heaps which the Austrian Techno-figurehead already used for own tracks and remittance works. Not only acts such as Hercules & Love Affair or Elektro Guzzi were produced with it. Major focus is put on impressive jazzy vintage-organ-chords and firm percussions – delicate sounds and vocals are drawn in. All breathes in a deep, organic and “rough” way, in a positive sense. Definitely something for gourmets.
The mastering of Dubplates & Mastering (Berlin) additionally improved the three tracks. The bouquet of these releases is like that of good wine: you positively taste the single flavours and feel the endorphins bubble.
Mastering: Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin
Available: 12“ Vinyl, CD, Digital bei allen gängigen Download Stores der Welt
Distribution: Dance All Day, Exklusiv Partner: Whatpeopleplay/ Word And Sound, Zero-inch
Presse Deutsch:
Techno spricht eine eigene Sprache: ‚Vintage’ bedeutet im Cosmos der elektronischen Musik nicht oberflächlicher Retrolook, sondern ist vielmehr eine der edelsten Beifügungen wenn es um elektronische Klangerzeuger geht. Um die inneren Werte der Gerätschaften dreht es sich dabei natürlich. Sehr jung und trotzdem ein Kenner ist Christoph Abele aka caTekk.
Seit Jahren nicht nur Resident-DJ der legendären Wiener Clubinstitution Flex sondern auch Live-Act, Tontechniker und mit seinem Kollegen Christopher Groove ein vielversprechendes Producer-Duo. Obwohl caTekk und Christopher Groove erst seit Beginn 2010 als Team arbeiten, produzierten sie bereits für internationale Szene-Größen wie Felix Da Housecat oder Marco Bailey. Aber nicht nur für eben genannte Helden fabriziert caTekk Spannendes – seine eigenen Releases auf Labels wie Flex Schallplatten, Fountain Music oder Estrela sind in unzähligen Plattentaschen und DJ-Charts zu finden. Das Label Houztekk Records veröffentlicht nun ein langgehütetes Juwel aus caTekks Live-Repertoire. „Vintage Love“ ist wie gemacht für die Peak-time – aber kein überhitzender Stampfer mit billiger Effekthascherei, sondern ein sattes Techno-Bassmonster mit spannenden Breaks in einem wunderbar ausproduzierten organischen Kleid, das klingt als wäre es in Chicago oder Detroit geschneidert worden. Ein weiterer caTekk-Schatz namens „Cogwheel Dancing“ hat es zusätzlich auf die EP geschafft. Dieser Track lehrt abgegriffenen am Fließband produzierten Minimal-Tracks, die man allerorts aufgezwungen bekommt, locker wie man diese Ästhetik zwar zitiert, sie aber mit einem unglaublichen Groove und herrlich ausgetüftelten Modulationen aufwertet. Die beiden Stücke zeigen mit Nachdruck welche Stärke caTekk als Produzent besitzt. Jeder Sound ist detailreich und voll, hat dabei genügend Raum und sämtliche Spuren sind perfekt geschichtet. Die Liebe im Titel ist also absolut wörtlich zu nehmen. Zweiter Act im Bunde und als Produzent ein treffsicheres Kaliber ist Patrick Pulsinger. Ein Mann, der als Cheap Records-Legende und internationaler Techno-Star (M-Plant, R&S, Disko B, Compost, etc.) keine Vorstellung benötigt. Sein Remix von „Vintage Love“ rollt das Thema von einer völlig anderen Seite auf. Dass Pulsinger sich in den letzten Jahren auf Studioarbeit konzentriert hat, hört man deutlich. Hier dampfen haufenweise Maschinen die das österreichische Techno-Aushängeschild bereits für eigene Stücke und Auftragsarbeiten verwendet hat. Nicht nur Acts wie Hercules & Love Affair oder Elektro Guzzi wurden damit produziert. Imposant angejazzte Vintage-Orgel-Chords und knackige Percussions stehen im Vordergrund – Feingliedrige Sounds und Vocals werden eingezogen. Alles atmet auf eine deepe, organische und „rohe“ Weise, im positivsten Sinn. Definitiv etwas für Feinschmecker.
Das Mastering von Dubplates & Mastering (Berlin) veredelte die drei Stücke zusätzlich. Das Bouquet dieses Releases ist wie bei einem guten Wein: man schmeckt förmlich die einzelnen Aromen und spürt die Endorphine sprudeln.
3 minuten samples als preview hier:
caTekk – Vintage Love [hztk005] by houztekk records
caTekk – Cogwheel Dancing [hztk005] by houztekk records
caTekk – Vintage Love – Patrick Pulsinger Organism DUB [hztk005] by houztekk records
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Christoph Abele is caTekk – DJ, producer and perfectionist.
Both as a DJ and as a producer, caTekk is renowned for his unerring instinct for creating a high level of suspense, for his sophisticated technique and his almost infantile playfulness. What matters to him are harmony, variety and expressing grand emotions, rather than superficial, stereotypical categories such as minimal, techno or electro.
caTekk´s move from Salzburg to Vienna in 2004 marked the beginning of a successful DJ-career. Immediately after his arrival in the capital, caTekk became a resident in the legendary Viennese club Flex, (thereby adding to the city´s electronic club scene). Together with Crazy Sonic and Ken Hayakawa, new projects were called into existence including the in-house label Flexschallplatten and the event series Alt Ctrl.
2010 marks the beginning of a close collaboration with his friend and mentor Christopher Groove. In addition to working on their own projects, caTekk and Christopher Groove also work with internationally renowned artists such as Felix Da Housecat and Marco Bailey. New ideas drawn from club-inspired experiences are constantly unfolding in the studio.
Patrick Pulsinger born 1970 in Weissenfels, former GDR, Pulsinger produces music since more than 18 years and is well known in many contexts, due to a broad range of international releases and live appearances.
The first solo releases on Disko B in early and mid 90`s evolved around the basic, machine and analogue synth driven idea of techno in its purest sense. The album Porno (Disko B), released in 1995, is considered as one of the classic techno albums of the 90´s and is still a favorite amongst collectors and techno enthusiasts. The combination of dance and listening music with a great variety in style, as well as the use of electronic and natural instruments with a hint of jazz is mostly reflected in parts of the „Dogmatic Sequences Series“, 1994 – 2006 (Disko B), but is also shown in productions for other labels like Cheap Records, Compost, M plant, R&S, Morbid, Trust, Vortex, etc.
Extensive research in analogue recording techniques, improvised music and exchange of musical ideas with jazz musicians brought about numerous collaborations and the release of the album „Easy to assemble – Hard to take apart“ (form and function/zomba) in 2002 and the all analogue project dp-S, together with Werner Dafeldecker. „Conjecture“ (BigBeak Recordings) was released on vinyl album in late 2009.
After his return from New York in 1993, Pulsinger founded the label Cheap Records together with Erdem Tunakan. Whereas it served as a playground for their own productions in the beginning, it later became a highly acclaimed, internationally recognized imprint for artists like Mika Vaino, Robert Hood, Christopher Just, Gerhard Potuznik, Louie Austen, Phillip Quehenberger, Susanne Brokesch, August Engkilde, Take Rodriguez and many more. Pulsinger was involved as co-writer and producer in many diverse projects on Cheap Records. The releases of Oebles, IO, Love The Machines, Restaurant Tracks, Lazermusik, Showroom Recordings, Sluts ‘n strings & 909 etc. reflect the wide scope that made the label home to so many different musical styles and bold experimentations, which took its protagonists around the globe as DJs and live-acts.