Release date 26 March 2007
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Certainly the title of Vaz’s latest Persistencebit 12-inch suggests the close of one chapter and the start of another— the end of the experimental edged Sound Variation series and the start of bringing back the old school feel, which here is closest referred to as house - Vaz’s undeniable first ... [more]

Release date 5 February 2007
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The Andy Vaz “Sound Variation” vinyl series on the elusive and nameless label which is therefore entitled [- - -] delivers the long awaited last and final instalment, here with remixes by Oliver Hacke , Further Details , James Din A4 as well as Canadian 3 ... [more]

Release date 5 February 2007
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Andy Vaz is on something like a roll at the moment. The dust has barely settled on his Persistencebit EPs Lost & Recovered Data and First Aid Remixes(by Jan Jelinek, Anthony Shake Shakir, Mapstation, and Krikor no less) and already the Background Records head has another sterling trio of cuts ... [more]

Release date 1 November 2006
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The sound of this album could be described as dub-influenced, but largely stripped of the endless reverberant, delayed elements which largely define the genre. What remains is a collection of quirky jams which tumble about and squirm around to seemingly no end. There's a balance found in the contradictory worlds ... [more]

Release date 5 October 2006
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The Andy Vaz First Aid Course EP remixes are without a doubt a must-have survival pack. His first EP on Italian Persistencebit Records , remixed by four of the biggest global talents in the four to the floor game. Jan Jelinek , Detroit’s ... [more]

Release date 5 October 2006
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After his recent full length album debut, Repetitive Moments Last Forever , Andy Vaz returns with his latest 12” showing the undeniable connection between “Minimal Techno” and “Deep House”, sneaking in with a deep, impressive, almost old-school sounding groove. The 3 tracks follow the demands of the club-situation as ... [more]

Release date 30 September 2006
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Repeat Orchestra (aka Stefan Schwander aka Antonelli Electr., Rhythm Maker, one half of the duo Swimmingpool as well as being behind “a Rocket in Dub”) returns with another 12” in the purest form of his electronic soul, based around live-performances, orchestral instrumentations and deep house.

In a post-modern manner, the "Asafa ... [more]

Release date 15 June 2006
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Andy Vaz soundvariation vinyl series on the elusive and nameless label which is therefore entitled [- - -]

As the name of a record label usually represents a specific genre of musical releases of a specific sound, this series shall remain nameless. This series shall not be associated with any specific ... [more]

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 21 April 2006
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With his full-length album debut, Repetitive Moments Last Forever, Andy Vaz moves beyond the 12-inch format. The long awaited first album downplays minimal clickhouse and the free jazz-influenced experiments of his Soundvariation series, for a unique and fresh house style that favours soulfulness and strong, almost old-school, grooves over technical ... [more]

Release date 22 November 2005
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After releases on Background, Traum/Trapez, remixes for Akufen, as well as his debut album 'Subject Carrier', Oliver Hacke delivers his first house EP with four tracks spicked with steady beats, deep melodic chords and an overall Chicago house feel. Not only is this very well produced digital housemusic, it's also ... [more]

Release date 22 November 2005
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Chicago based producer Warmdesk returns with an astonishing 3 tracker that could roughly be described as reduced deephouse. However, it exceeds the genre with a rich, colourful palette of surprising, individual sounds, butter-smooth chords along with some of the most raunchiest basslines that you’ll ever hear outside of drum’n'bass. With ... [more]

Release date 17 October 2005
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Just like the previous First Aid Course EP on Persistencebit, People Inside/Outside showcases a more expansive and dance-based sound from Andy Vaz, in contrast to the self-imposed minimalistic style that runs throughout his Sound Variation series. The down-tempo 4/4 A-side track is deep as it can get, slow upbuilding, authentic ... [more]

Release date 7 October 2005
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Background began their operation with the release of Terrence Dixon's Bionic Man EP in 1998, almost 50 Background releases later they return with Terrence Dixon's long awaited Minimalism III EP, the follow up to his most sought after Minimalism II release.

Dixon is one of the old-breed producers hailing from ... [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 20 July 2005
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This eighth long awaited editon of the Andy Vaz Sound Variation colour series features a diverse and wide-ranging mixture of modern electronic music, from jazzy electronic clickhouse, to strong floorshaking minimal techno tracks, to almost oldschool-flavoured sounding housetunes. All tracks are infused with the electronic contemporary free-jazz approach which has ... [more]

Release date 13 May 2005
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Over two years since releasing his first fantastic EPs on Background Records, and remixing Anna Kaufen (AKA Akufen) to much critical acclaim, Dave Miller's long-awaited debut album is finally released...

Trademark pitch-shifted melodies buzz over complex minimal polyrhythms, chopped up trumpets scatter over slo-mo house beats, and low, low bass lines ... [more]

Release date 24 February 2005
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Antiguo Autómata Mexicano debuts with his first full-length album released on Background. Like Murcof, Antiguo Autómata Mexicano (AKA Angel Sánchez Borges) hails from Mexico but there the similarities end... Murcof has carved out a fairly unique niche for himself in the electronic field by drawing on the classical works of ... [more]

Release date 22 November 2004
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Although this is his Background Record debut, James has released countless full lenth albums, 12" and various remixes on his own imprint, Esel Records. His latest release delivers a very deep, Detroit-influenced, 5 track mini EP full of soulful tunes.This collection of down-tempo styled tracks, which are nevertheless risk-taking and ... [more]

Release date 10 November 2004
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A Touch Of Class, a subdivision of Background Records, returns with the deepest EP of the year. London’s Paul Hammond, of Reelsoon Recordings and a member of the UK based band Ultramarine (one of their releases has just recently been remixed by Carl Craig), delivers an outstanding 12" of ultra ... [more]