Discover 10 Deep Cuts From The Crates Of Hamburg Techno Duo Extrawelt
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# Discover 10 Deep Cuts From The Crates Of Hamburg Techno Duo Extrawelt
In October, Hamburg-bred duo Extrawelt released the final installment of
their trilogy for Cocoon Recordings. *Fear Of An Extra Planet* became
the occasion for the pair's latest tour, which continues [this weekend
with a date at Budapest's Akvárium club][1] hosted by our friends at
NVC. To gear up for the party, we tapped Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan
Raabe to select 10 of their all-time favorite tracks, which you can
peruse below.
**The Hypnotist, Pioneers Of The Warped Groove (Rising High 1991)**
[The Hypnotist - Pioneers of the Warped Groove (1991)][2]{:
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
"Listening to this for the first time was a revelation. Actually, it was
among the first batch of techno records I bought in Hamburg. When I got
back home, we just couldn't stop playing it again and again while
totally freaking out. It's unbelievable that this came out 27 (!) years
ago and everything in it still tickles my spine. Rest in peace, Caspar
Pound."
**Leftfield, Phat Planet (Hard Hands 1999)**
[Leftfield- Phat Planet][3]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
"Distorted drums are like a fetish: either you love them or you don't.
The whole *Rhythm & Stealth* album was our production reference for
years, and the distorted drums on 'Phat Planet' are definitely among the
most ass-kicking ones we've ever heard."
**Emmanuel Top, "Turkish Bazar" (Attack 1994)**
[Emmanuel Top - Turkish Bazar \[HQ\]][4]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
"*'The music was...'* and we lost it. The voice of Jim Morrison paired
with that barking TB303 always got us to freak out on the dance floor.
If music is a drug, 'Turkish Bazar' is pure acid!"
**Nico, "The Wire" (Missile 1995)**
[Nico - The Wire (1995)][5]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}
"Sometimes it just needs to be pure. A pounding kick, a driving bassline
and then some. And it goes on and on and on...and we surely hope it
never ends!"
**X-Dream, "Psychomachine" (Blue Room Released 1998)**
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt3uWh\_m5M][6]
"We took our first baby steps as producers with the help of Marcus
\[Maichel\] and Jan \[Müller of X-Dream\]. While friendship may blur the
lines between liking the art and liking the people who made it, we truly
admire their music. 'Psychomachine' is arguably their masterpiece.
Someone once compared it to Smetana's 'Die Moldau', which seems a bit
weird but is actually pretty accurate. It starts as a small creek and
becomes a majestic river. The dark soundscapes and the semitone
harmonies were unusual for an otherwise typical trance track. They
refuse to create that 'put your hands up in the air and lets party'
feeling that most DJs and producers are desperately going for. This
track is fueled with emotion, and in the end that's what we're looking
for in music---or any kind of art, for that matter."
**Wassermann, "W.I.R (Sven Väth Remix)" (Profan 1999)**
[Wassermann - W.I.R. (Sven Väth Mix) (HQ)][7]{: target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"}
"The original is already great, but for us this track was always about
Sven's Remix. It's nicely demolished but leaves the tenderness of the
original intact and even emphasizes it by creating a contrast with the
chord and emotive vocal. '*Es kommt von Herzen..*'"
**Biosphere, "Baby Interphase (Remix)" (Apollo 1993)**
[Biosphere Baby Interphase Remix][8]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
"There are so many incredible Biosphere records, and we could have
chosen tracks like 'The Shield', 'Novelty Waves' or many others. But
this classic is the pick. Can't get enough of those icy-yet-touching
strings. I love his stuff even today; my latest buy was the lovely
'Black Mesa' track from last year."
**Andrea Parker, "Ballbreaker" (Mo Wax 1998)**
[Andrea Parker - Ballbreaker][9]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
"Some say it takes darkness to see the light. Well, this is pretty much
as dark as it gets. This track is over 10 minutes long---and it's still
too short! We got lost in 'Ballbreakers' and its deep sound design for
hours. The reverb, the delay, the distortion, the distortion, the
distortion...Damn it, we want that distortion!"
**I-F, "I Do Because I Couldn't Care Less" (Viewlexx 1995)**
[I-F - I Do Because I Couldn\'t Care Less][10]{: target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"}
"Raw and pure as gold! The whole electro department has always had a big
influence on us too. We regularly make electro tracks ourselves, but
often we just don't find a proper place for them on our releases. I-F,
Carl A. Finlow, Drexciya, Freddy Fresh, Aux88, Anthony Rother and Two
Lone Swordsmen were probably the first wave of electro producers that we
admired, but the beat has never stopped. A lot of electro still finds
its way into my crates."
**Visit Venus, "Space Nazis Must Die" (Yo Mama's 1998)**
[Visit Venus - Space Nazis Must Die][11]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener
noreferrer"}
"In addition to loving the track title, we think this track is the
perfect example of how to create an arrangement. Everything fits: the
mix, the choice of sounds, intro, outro, the melody combined with those
massive drums...While everything by itself is arguably simple and
minimalistic, it really doesn't need a lot of to create emotion. And
there's plenty of emotion in this. Great track!"
*Find tickets and more information about Extrawelt's show in Budapest,
Hungary this Saturday, January 20 [here][1]{: target="_blank"
rel="noopener"}.*
[1]: https://www.facebook.com/events/284028612089340/
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF1CRDIWwB8
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GC_X_tI5kA
[4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrI9lNIVS8
[5]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsqUplp9_14
[6]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt3uWh_m5M
[7]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KljyWgu-ao
[8]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTDELs6g468
[9]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzPV80DT6kE
[10]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYKjolWTGcI
[11]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_GkQ1eX98
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text: '<p>In October, Hamburg-bred duo Extrawelt released the final installment of their trilogy for Cocoon Recordings. <em>Fear Of An Extra Planet</em> became the occasion for the pair’s latest tour, which continues <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/284028612089340/">this weekend with a date at Budapest’s Akvárium club</a> hosted by our friends at NVC. To gear up for the party, we tapped Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe to select 10 of their all-time favorite tracks, which you can peruse below.</p><p><strong>The Hypnotist, Pioneers Of The Warped Groove (Rising High 1991)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF1CRDIWwB8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Hypnotist - Pioneers of the Warped Groove (1991)</a></p><p>“Listening to this for the first time was a revelation. Actually, it was among the first batch of techno records I bought in Hamburg. When I got back home, we just couldn’t stop playing it again and again while totally freaking out. It’s unbelievable that this came out 27 (!) years ago and everything in it still tickles my spine. Rest in peace, Caspar Pound.”</p><p><strong>Leftfield, Phat Planet (Hard Hands 1999)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GC_X_tI5kA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leftfield- Phat Planet</a></p><p>“Distorted drums are like a fetish: either you love them or you don’t. The whole <em>Rhythm & Stealth</em> album was our production reference for years, and the distorted drums on ‘Phat Planet’ are definitely among the most ass-kicking ones we’ve ever heard.”</p><p><strong>Emmanuel Top, “Turkish Bazar” (Attack 1994)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwrI9lNIVS8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emmanuel Top - Turkish Bazar [HQ]</a></p><p>“<em>‘The music was…’</em> and we lost it. The voice of Jim Morrison paired with that barking TB303 always got us to freak out on the dance floor. If music is a drug, ‘Turkish Bazar’ is pure acid!”</p><p><strong>Nico, “The Wire” (Missile 1995)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsqUplp9_14" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nico - The Wire (1995)</a></p><p>“Sometimes it just needs to be pure. A pounding kick, a driving bassline and then some. And it goes on and on and on…and we surely hope it never ends!”</p><p><strong>X-Dream, “Psychomachine” (Blue Room Released 1998)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt3uWh_m5M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt3uWh_m5M</a></p><p>“We took our first baby steps as producers with the help of Marcus [Maichel] and Jan [Müller of X-Dream]. While friendship may blur the lines between liking the art and liking the people who made it, we truly admire their music. ‘Psychomachine’ is arguably their masterpiece. Someone once compared it to Smetana’s ‘Die Moldau’, which seems a bit weird but is actually pretty accurate. It starts as a small creek and becomes a majestic river. The dark soundscapes and the semitone harmonies were unusual for an otherwise typical trance track. They refuse to create that ‘put your hands up in the air and lets party’ feeling that most DJs and producers are desperately going for. This track is fueled with emotion, and in the end that’s what we’re looking for in music—or any kind of art, for that matter.”</p><p><strong>Wassermann, “W.I.R (Sven Väth Remix)” (Profan 1999)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KljyWgu-ao" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wassermann - W.I.R. (Sven Väth Mix) (HQ)</a></p><p>“The original is already great, but for us this track was always about Sven’s Remix. It’s nicely demolished but leaves the tenderness of the original intact and even emphasizes it by creating a contrast with the chord and emotive vocal. ‘<em>Es kommt von Herzen..</em>‘”</p><p><strong>Biosphere, “Baby Interphase (Remix)” (Apollo 1993)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTDELs6g468" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Biosphere Baby Interphase Remix</a></p><p>“There are so many incredible Biosphere records, and we could have chosen tracks like ‘The Shield’, ‘Novelty Waves’ or many others. But this classic is the pick. Can’t get enough of those icy-yet-touching strings. I love his stuff even today; my latest buy was the lovely ‘Black Mesa’ track from last year.”</p><p><strong>Andrea Parker, “Ballbreaker” (Mo Wax 1998)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzPV80DT6kE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Andrea Parker - Ballbreaker</a></p><p>“Some say it takes darkness to see the light. Well, this is pretty much as dark as it gets. This track is over 10 minutes long—and it’s still too short! We got lost in ‘Ballbreakers’ and its deep sound design for hours. The reverb, the delay, the distortion, the distortion, the distortion…Damn it, we want that distortion!”</p><p><strong>I-F, “I Do Because I Couldn’t Care Less” (Viewlexx 1995)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYKjolWTGcI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">I-F - I Do Because I Couldn''t Care Less</a></p><p>“Raw and pure as gold! The whole electro department has always had a big influence on us too. We regularly make electro tracks ourselves, but often we just don’t find a proper place for them on our releases. I-F, Carl A. Finlow, Drexciya, Freddy Fresh, Aux88, Anthony Rother and Two Lone Swordsmen were probably the first wave of electro producers that we admired, but the beat has never stopped. A lot of electro still finds its way into my crates.”</p><p><strong>Visit Venus, “Space Nazis Must Die” (Yo Mama’s 1998)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_GkQ1eX98" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visit Venus - Space Nazis Must Die</a></p><p>“In addition to loving the track title, we think this track is the perfect example of how to create an arrangement. Everything fits: the mix, the choice of sounds, intro, outro, the melody combined with those massive drums…While everything by itself is arguably simple and minimalistic, it really doesn’t need a lot of to create emotion. And there’s plenty of emotion in this. Great track!”</p><p><em>Find tickets and more information about Extrawelt’s show in Budapest, Hungary this Saturday, January 20 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/284028612089340/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</em></p>'
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# Discover 10 Deep Cuts From The Crates Of Hamburg Techno Duo Extrawelt In October, Hamburg-bred duo Extrawelt released the final installment of their trilogy for Cocoon Recordings. *Fear Of An Extra Planet* became the occasion for the pair's latest tour, which continues [this weekend with ...
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Rest in peace, Caspar Pound." **Leftfield, Phat Planet (Hard Hands 1999)** [Leftfield- Phat Planet][3]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"} "Distorted drums are like a fetish: either you love them or you don't. The whole *Rhythm & Stealth* album was our production reference for yea...
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A pounding kick, a driving bassline and then some. And it goes on and on and on...and we surely hope it never ends!" **X-Dream, "Psychomachine" (Blue Room Released 1998)** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lt3uWh\_m5M][6] . "We took our first baby steps as producers with the help of Marcus \[M...
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It's nicely demolished but leaves the tenderness of the original intact and even emphasizes it by creating a contrast with the chord and emotive vocal. '*Es kommt von Herzen..*'" . **Biosphere, "Baby Interphase (Remix)" (Apollo 1993)** [Biosphere Baby Interphase Remix][8]{: target="_blank" rel=...
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We got lost in 'Ballbreakers' and its deep sound design for hours. The reverb, the delay, the distortion, the distortion, the distortion...Damn it, we want that distortion!" **I-F, "I Do Because I Couldn't Care Less" (Viewlexx 1995)** [I-F - I Do Because I Couldn\'t Care Less][10]{: target="_bl...
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And there's plenty of emotion in this. Great track!" *Find tickets and more information about Extrawelt's show in Budapest, Hungary this Saturday, January 20 [here][1]{: target="_blank" rel="noopener"}.* . [1]: https://www.facebook.com/events/284028612089340/ [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...