Release date 1 June 2006
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In the past eight years, Background Records, internationally acclaimed as being one of the most instrumental and most consistent label to focus on minimal electronic music in all its faucets, is regarded as one of the essential platforms on the global front for providing a cultural conduit for minimal electronic ... [more]

Release date 7 August 2005
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Stefan Schwander, aka Antonelli Electr., aka Repeat Orchestra, aka Rhythm_Maker, returns with the danciest release on Background in a long time.

The Every Now And Then, Anger EP contains four Detroit styled melodic techno tracks, oldschool flavoured, while still being up to date with today's production techniques. In the studio a ... [more]

Release date 1 January 2003
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More state of the art, dance floor related electronic music from Background Records. Featuring Akufen, Ben Nevile, Sutekh, Dave Miller, Andy Vaz, Rhythm_Maker, B. Helvetica, si-cut.db, Portable and DB.

This 6th release in the series follows the ideal of keeping one eye on the future of techno by combining body and ... [more]

Release date 1 June 2002
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Demonstrating the future of advanced electronic music from all over the world, spotlighting the genre from different angles.

Featured artists: Akufen, Sutekh, Geoff White,Todd Sines, Dean Decosta, Rhythm_Maker, Donnacha Costello, Submania and Mitchell Akiyama.

This 4th chapter in a series of experimental flavoured electronic music releases follows the ideal of keeping one ... [more]

Release date 1 January 2001
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Düsseldorf's Stefan Schwander (aka Antonelli Electr.) presents his first techno album under his Rhythm_Maker alias.

"Landing" takes the listener on a journey through different musical landscapes, ranging from experimental side trips to deep excursions through the fields of minimalism and harmony. But the music here works equally as well at home ... [more]

Release date 1 September 2000
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This EP features a solid dance floor mix of the track 'Peel' from Rhythm_Maker's debut album, 'Landing'. It's a guaranteed crowd mover that's been heard on the dance floors around the globe. The track builds up slowly to a powerful 4/4 techno anthem in an old school Detroit influenced vein.

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Release date 1 January 2000
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Rhythm_Maker, here at his very best, delivers a brilliant EP. Full of emotion and repetition, designed for the dance floor.

Patience is the message.

Release date 1 June 1999
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Background continues to diversify its output with the Futuristic Experiments series with contributions, bursting with talent, from Rhythm_Maker, Gramm (aka Jan Jelinek), Dean Decosta and Submania.

All four artists deliver another outstanding demonstration on how to combine the mental and the physical in music.