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Year End Lists!

 Check out what our staff and a snapshot of some of our awesome Los Angeles-based friends enjoyed this year,  best of lists below!
Zane Landreth
Owner, Mount Analog
Artist Management 
them are us too – remain LP (Dais)
tropic of cancer – stop suffering (blackest ever black)
Anthony Naples – Body Pill (prohibito)
Coil – Backwards (Cold Spring)
Darto – Frontier CS (Ascetic House)
Trailblazer – Regret CS (River Girls)
Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol. 3 (Raster Noton)
Drew McDowell – Collapse (Dais)
Junior Fairplay – How Do You Like Me Now? (Emotional Especial)
Luca Lozano + DJ Fett Burger – Hands Of Doom 2 (Klasse Wrecks)

* Reissue of the Year – Current 93 – Swastikas for Noddy / Crooked Crosses For The Nodding God (The Spheres)

*Guilty Pleasure Of The Year – Drake – hotline bling

*Album Cover Of The Year – King Dude – Songs of Flesh & Blood – In The Key Of Light

*Label of the Year – DAIS

Brian Foote
Kranky Records / Audraglint
Recording artist as Leech

* gonno ‘remember that life is beautiful’ endless flight
* lief ‘taraxacum’ until my heart stops
* aci edits ‘/\\07’ aught
*karmelloz ‘silicon forest’ cleaning tapes
*amnesia scanner ‘angels rig hook’ gum artefacts
*j-zbel ‘how i made my mom & sis my sexbot slaves’ brothers from different mothers
*peder mannerfelt ‘the swedish congo record’ archives intérieures
*recycle culture ‘trapped goddess’ not on label
*netcika ‘color plus’ bootleg tapes
*plo man ’stations of the elevated’ acting press

Sam Bosson 
is too busy and is born and raised in Los Angeles.
Mount Analog / Lock / Blazing Eye / Human Particle / Condition + etc

1. Helen – “The Original Faces” LP
2. Russell Haswell – “As Sure As Night Follows Day” LP
3. Rrose – “Vanishing Pools” EP
4. Darto – “Soundtrack for Frontier” CS
5. Ron Morelli – “A Gathering Together” LP
6. Unified Right – “S/T” 7″
7. No Tolerance – “You Walk Alone” LP
8. Coneheads -“L.P. 1 Aka 14 year Old High School PC-Fascist Hype Lords Rip Off Devo For The Sake Of Extorting $$$ From Helpless Impressionable Midwestern Internet Peoplepunks” LP
9. Chain Rank – “Up Againt The Wall” LP
10. Rixe – “Coup & Blessures” 7″

Israel Vines
DJ / Producer
Teacher

1) Best performance = Talker opening for Regis @ The Bunker NYC
2) Best techno label of the year = Ilian Tape
3) Best festival = Great American Techno Festival, Denver
4) Best party = No Way Back Los Angeles by Dirty Epic and Interdimensional Transmissions
5) Best DJ mix = Karl Meier Juno Plus podcast
6) Best 12″ = Demdike Stare “Test Pressing 7”
7) Best thing I read on Resident Advisor = “I’m about to eat this whole pizza.” – Carlos Souffront
8) Best reissue = Coil discography
9) Best label design = SRX Series of Surgeon reissues
10) Best label packaging = Jealous God
11) Best artist = Broken English Club

DJ Lance Rock
Best known from the award-winning kids show on Nick Jr., Yo Gabba Gabba!, Los Angeles based musician, DJ and actor DJ Lance Rock, is also an electronic music aficionado.

He will have the opportunity to combine all his passions next year, as he is curating an all ages program for Moogfest 2016. 

Top 10 Music List 2015
(In Alphabetical Order)

Artist
Title
Label

Jon Brooks
“Walberswick”
More Than Human

Death And Vanilla
“to where the wild things are…”
Fire Records

Bruce Ditmas
“Yellow Dust”
Finders Keepers

The Egyptian Lover
“1984”
Egyptian Empire Records

The Great Sadness
“The Great Sadness”
Self Released

The Host
“Esalen Lectures”
Touch Sensitive Records

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
& Ariel Kalma
“We Know Each Other Somehow”
FRKWYS12/RVNG Intl.

Jonas Reinhardt
“Palace Savant”
Further Records

Claudio Simonetti
“The New Barbarians”
(Original Score)
Death Waltz Recording Co.

Various Artists
“[Cease & Desist] DIY!”
(Cult Classics From The Post-Punk Era 1978-82)
Optimo Music

Elon Katz is an vocalist and electronic musician from California. Best known for his Chicago project White Car and the collaboration with Beau Wanzer as Streetwalker, Elon is currently based out of Los Angeles and will inaugurate 2016 with music and performances under his birth name.
Powell’s Billboard, Diagonal’s 2015 releases, OPN Garden Of Delete, Mariah reissue, ADR Deceptionista, Rene Hell live, Gabi Sympathy, Tyondai Braxton HIVE1, user18081971/user48736353001 uploads, Errorsmith & Mark Fell Protogravity and whatever Beau put out this year…
Daniel Troberg
Producing, thinking and performing electronic music since the early 90s under different pseudonyms. Originates from the Aaland Islands. CEO of Elektron Music Machines INC., Los Angeles CA.
Top 10 LA eats:

1. Natalie Peruvian
2. Honda-Ya Izakaya Downtown
3. Mariscos Jalisco
4. Rickys Fish Tacos
5. Guisados Echo Park
6. Best Fish Taco In Ensenada
7. Zinc Cafe & Market Downtown
8. Beachwood Cafe
9. Tamales at Silver Lake Farmers Market
10. Pupusas on Vermont Saturdays

Gibby Miller is the co-founder and Los Angeles half of Dais Records, who alongside friend and partner Ryan Martin (NYC), has been steadily releasing new music and collectors’ reissues since 2007. www.daisrecords.com

Heathered Pearls “Body Complex” (Ghostly)
Lock: “Demo 2015” (No Label)
Copley Medal “Teskind” (Prime Ruin)
Varg “Ursviken” (Northern Electronics)
Seth Troxler “Evangelion” & the Siminski/Jonson remix (Rumors)
Rework “Missed You at L” (Items & Things)
Andras Fox & Oscar Key Sung “I Know What You Want” (Dopeness Galore)
Rose McDowall “Cut With the Cake Knife” (REISSUE: Night School / Sacred Bones)
51717 & Silent Servant “Jealous God 6” (Jealous God)
Tropic of Cancer “Stop Suffering” (Blackest Ever Black)
BONUS: Metal Gear Solid V “The Phantom Pain” (Kojima Productions)

Alex Kelman
Warp Publishing / Warp Records

Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (Aftermath)
Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete (Warp)
CFCF – Radiance & Submission (Driftless)
Floating Points – Elaenia (Luaka Bop)
Beirut – No No No (4AD)
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld – Never Were the Way She Was (Constellation)
Kelela – Hallucinogen (Warp)
Bjork – Vulnicura (One Little Indian)
Kamasi Washington – The Epic (Brainfeeder)
Death Grips – The Powers that B (harvest)

Honorable mentions:
Max Richter – From Sleep (Deutsche Grammophon)
Vito Ricci – I was crossing a bridge (Music from Memory)
Khruangbin – The Universe Smiles Upon You (Late Night Tales)

Drumcell, born Moe Espinosa in Los Angeles California grew up in a vibrant, yet culturally diverse neighborhood that still breeds inspiration in his work today. Moe came to circulate around the Noise, Punk and Industrial scene, playing guitar and synths in various bands until he discovered techno in the early ‘90s.
1: Duaa Svim – Nerve
https://resistancerestraint.bandcamp.com/album/nerve-duaa-svim

2: Ben Frost – Aurora

3: andy stott – faith in strangers

4: Alessandro Cortini – Risveglio

5: Surachai – Volume II
https://surachai.bandcamp.com/album/form-volume-ii

6: Umberto & Antoni Maiovvi – Law Unit – Death Waltz

7: Yapoigami – Drudged Torn Routine – Detroit Underground
https://detund.bandcamp.com/album/drudged-torn-routine

8: Room 506 – Drop Out E.P

9: Arboretum – Sycomore E.P & Vasunhara EP.

10: RASTHOF DACHAU – Prison Poems

Jimmy Maheras
Plastic Love, Los Angeles
Various – Workshop 21 [Workshop]
Levon Vincent – Levon Vincent LP [Novel Sound]
Downriver Psychic Divas – Dissecting The Rainbow [7777]
Cale Parks – Diego Maradona EP [Rothmans UK]
Cliff Lothar – Soul Plonk [Omnidisc]
Ken Gill – Love Moon [Alleviated]
Dimitri From Brooklyn – Dimitri From Brooklyn Edits Pt. 2 [Razor N Tape]
Mr. G – Sweatbox EP [Dungeon Meat]
Garrett David – A New Room [Gramaphone Records]
Trickfinger – Trickfinger [Acid Test]
Joshua Eustis
Telefon Tel Aviv / Sons Of Magdalene / Tropic Of Cancer
Autechre – AE Live, Nagano
Mark Fell and Gabor Lazar – The Neurobiology of Moral Decision Making
King Midas Sound and Fennesz – Edition 1
Rafael Anton Irisarri – A Fragile Geography
Grischa Lichtenberger – LA DEMEURE; il y a péril en la demeure
Kelela – Hallucinogen EP
Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
M.E.S.H. – Piteous Gate
Jlin – Dark Energy
Drab Majesty – Careless
Eddie Ruscha
Visual Artist /  Secret Circuit
1- Young Thug- Slime Season 1&2
2- Light Sounds Dark- Ideas Of Reference And The Luna Sea
3- The Gnocchi- Snaker 005
4- Moon B- Lifeworld
5- Dude Energy- Dude Energy
6- Danielle Baldelli- Cosmic Drag
7- Eartheater- Metalepsis
8- Phantom Posse- Home
9- Ruf Dug- Island
10- Eyeliner- Buy Now
Alessandro Cortini

Prurient-Frozen Niagara Falls
Richie Hawtin – from my mind to yours
Abdulla Rashim – a shell of speed
AFX:orphan deejay selek 2006-2008
Rafael Anton Isarri – a fragile geography
Powell – 11/14
Varg – Story of K
Basinski / Chartier – Divertissement
Anthony Child – electronic recordings from Maui jungle vol 1
Peder Mannerfelt – Variations EP

Mahssa
Owner, Mount Analog
Booking Agent, Surefire Agency
Finders Keepers Records US
Helena Hauff – Discreet Desires (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune)

Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls (Profound Lore)

Powell x Steve Albini Billboard

Lust For Youth – Better Looking Brother (single version – Sacred Bones)

Damien Dubrovnik – The Light Of God Shines Eternal’ EP (Jealous God)

Alejandro Jodorowsky – The Holy Mountain OST (Finders Keepers)

Helen – The Original Faces (Kranky)

Drexciya – Black Sea / Wavejumper Reissue (Clone Aqualung Series)

The Weeknd – The Hills (Single Version – XO/Republic)

Function – Berghain 07 Mix (Ostgut Ton)

Not Waving – Get Serious (Video & EP, Diagonal Records)

Masahiko Sato – Belladonna Of Sadness OST (Finders Keepers) and Film Restoration

Pye Corner Audio – Prowler EP (More Than Human)

Love (Directed by Gaspar Noe)

Year of Television: The Leftovers Season 2 & Master of None Season 1

Various: I Can’t Give You The Life You Want (Blackest Ever Black / Mount Analog)

Sean Horton aka Nordic Soul
Decibel Founder / Curator
DJ / Producer
Top Ten Electronic Albums of 2015

Dave DK – Val Miria : Kompakt
Kelpe – The Curved Line : Drut Recordingsfla
Howling – Sacred Ground : Monkeytown Records / Counter Records
Flako – Natureboy : Five Easy Pieces
Holly Herndon – Platform : 4AD
John Tejada – Signs Under Test : Kompakt
Cliff Martinez – The Knick Soundtrack, Season 2 : HBO, Inc.
Maribou State – Portraits : Counter Records
Colleen – Captain Of None : Thrill Jockey Records
Jamie xx – In Colour : Young Turks

Top Ten Films of 2015

Sicario directed by Denis Villeneuve
Ex Machina directed by Alex Garland
Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller
Room directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Beast Of No Nation directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
Brooklyn directed by John Crowley
The Assassin directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Carol directed by Todd Haynes
It Follows directed by David Robert Mitchell
What We Do In The Shadows directed by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement

JS Aurelius
ASCETIC HOUSE COLLECTIVE
Sonoran Lodge
Ecclus., xlii. 24
Gonçalo F Cardoso & Ruben Pater – A Study into 21st Century Drone Acoustics LP
Horrendous – War Is Still… LP
Drew McDowall – Collapse LP
Constrain – Option To Hide CS
Headband – The Mask CS
Gene Pick – False Restrictive Aspect CS
Pedestrian Deposit – The Architector LP
Varg – Under Beige Nylon LP
Helm – Olympic Mess LP
Rabit – Communion LP
Richard Chartier, sound artist, is considered one of the key figures in the current of reductionist electronic sound which has been termed both “microsound” and Neo-Modernist. Chartier’s minimalist digital work explores the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, perception and the act of listening itself. He has run the label LINE since 2000 publishing sound and video art editions focused on minimalism. He is also Pinkcourtesyphone.
>>>> favorite new releases of 2015
Willliam Basinski – Cascade (2062)
Best Available Technology – Excavated Tapes 1992-1999 (Vol. 2)  (Astro:Dynamics)
Frank Bretschneider – Isolation (LINE)
Carter Tutti Void – f(x)  (Industrial Records)
De Leon – /\\08 (Aught)
DVA Damas – Wet Vision (Downwards America)
Federico Durand – Musica Para Manuel (Hibernate)
Domenique Dumont – Comme Ça (Antinote)
I-LP-O IN DUB – Communist Dub (Editions Mego)
Internazionale – Armour of Stars  (Posh Isolation)
Richard Garet – 60″ cassette (Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Lumisokea – Mnemosyne (Alter)
Stephan Mathieu – Before Nostromo (Schwebung)
Meat Beat Manifesto – Kasm02 (Kasm)
Abul Mogard – Circular Forms (Ecstatic)
Moon Wheel – Okänt Land (Not Not Fun)
NHK – Program (LINE)
Haruo Okada + Fabio Perletta – 邂逅 [Kaikō]  (Farmacia901)
Pye Corner Audio – Stars Shine Like Eyes / Quasar II  EP (Death Waltz)
Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson – So Long (Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Spirits – Sabla (G.O.D.)

>>>>> favorite reissues of 2015:
Patrick Cowley – Muscle Up (Dark Entries)
Sherwood At The Controls (Vol. 1): 1979-1984 (On-U-Sound)
General Magic & Pita – Fridge Trax Plus (Editions Mego)
Julee Cruise – Floating into the Night (Music on Vinyl)
Étant Donnés – Aurore (Penultimate Press)
Mecanica Popular – ¿Qué Sucede Con El Tiempo? (Dead-Cert Home Entertainment)

>>>> favorite single:
Chromatics – Shadow (Italians Do It Better)

>>>>>> rediscovered favorites:
Jakob Ullmann – Fremde Zeit Addendum 4 (Editions RZ)
Eleh | Nana April Jun – Observation & Momentum (Touch)

Mario Cotto
DJ, Radio Host KCRW
Cotto Top 10 Comps of 2015

1. Beautiful Swimmers – Beautiful Swimmers (Trilogy Tapes)
2. Cease & Desist: DIY! Cult Classics From the Post-Punk Era 1978-82 (Optimo Music)
3. Joakim – Far Away Tapes 5 (Far Away)
4. Macadam Mambo DJs – Ultima Sensazione (Macadam Mambo)
5. Mangiami – La Compilation (Golf Channel)
6. Pilooski – 9 (Dirty)
7. Plastic Dance Vol. 1 (Finders Keepers)
8. Prins Thomas Presents Paradise Goulash (Eskimo)
9. Psychemagik Presents Magik Sunset Pts. 1 & 2 (Leng)
10. Science Fiction Dancehall Classics *compiled by Trevor Jackson (On-U Sound)

Jess Rotter
Rotter And Friends 

1. Finally releasing “This Record Belongs To __ “ and seeing kids reactions…
2. Pharaoh Sanders-Pharaoh (1976)-thanks Zach Cowie
3. Kurt Vile- B’Lieve I’m Going Down
5. Can I Go Now? The Life and Times of Sue Mengers
6. Doug Ashdown- Winter In America
7. John Martyn K-Holes (again)
8. Jim O’Rourke -Simple Songs
9. Willow- Branching Out (1974)
10. Doug Hream Blunt -My Name is Doug Hream Blount

Cali Thornhill Dewitt is an artist living and working in Los Angeles.
1. Stormzy – Shut Up (Fire in The Park)
2. Skepta – Shutdown
3. Alone in Istanbul with food poisoning
4. Lost in Tokyo w/ dead phone
5. Lost in Berlin w/ dead phone
6. Tamara Santibañez / Sons Of Anarchy poster
7. Wiki – Lil Me
8. Under Heavy Manners @ V1 Copenhagen
9. Trilogy Tapes
10. Grace Jones @ Hollywood Bowl
Wesley Eisold: Cold Cave / Heartworm Press

Helena Hauff – Discreet Desires
William Basinski – Cascade
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers – Anges & Ghosts
Ke/Hil – Zone 0
New Order – Music Complete
Drew McDowall – Collapse
Ramleh – Circular Time
Patti Smith – M Train
Drab Majesty – Careless
Alessandro Cortini – Risveglio
Tropic Of Cancer – Stop Suffering
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Sean Ragon and Ryan Martin – Live at the Wick, BK 7.22.15
The Velvet Underground – The Matrix Tapes

Alejandro Cohen
Dublab

Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv
Mark Van Hoen – The Worcester Tapes
Sela – Anniversary
Suzanne Kraft – Talk From Home
Stone Roses – re-issues by Light In The Attic
Bouquet – In a Dream
Biosphere Deathprod – Stator
Rollmottle – Fear Ritual
Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There
Kid 606 – Escape to Los Angeles

Matt McDermott is a Staff Writer for the online electronic music magazine Resident Advisor. His Dublab radio show, En Plein Air, airs on the second Friday of each month from 4-6 PM. He also helps throw the States of Being parties and DJs around town when friends ask him to.

Top Five

1. Chee Shimizu “Obscure Sound” book – I was at a friend’s house and saw this ridiculous Japanese record guide lying around and ordered it off Amazon Japan immediately. A bible of spiritual, floating, bizarre music. My roommate, a folk hero in his own right, compiled the hundreds of amazing entries into a YouTube playlist. Years of enjoyment even if the damn thing is in Japanese.

2. Highland Park – I’m the latest idiot to discover this neighborhood, but what I like about is that I can stumble into Super A at 11:00 AM and not feel like I’ve intruded on a private Yoga/Prius cult. (eg. Traderjoevia.) Honorable mention Huraches Azteca, Jugos, Estrella, Mount Analog, Truechord Sound Systems.

3. Suzanne Kraft – Talk From Home      pumpkin82     12 hrs 6 mins ago     Reply  There’s an “ambient/balearic/azy (sic)/gentle/elegant” overdose on this year’s album poll. Maybe it should have been called “Albums that we’ve played a lot as background music in RA office because they sound nice and don’t bother us while working”

4. Lena Willikens – Best DJ in the world, hipped me to #1, took me to A-Music in Cologne, told me about other great artists like Inga Mauer and Borusiade. Hopefully 2016 brings the boss back to LA.

5. Hot Mass – Played this Pittsburgh afterhours, located in a gay bathhouse, with my friend Damon Palermo back in January. Best club in the country. That’s all I have to say about that.

Amanda Siegel is a visual artist and experimental filmmaker. If you’ve attended a Mount Analog event in the last 2 years, you’ve probably seen her video work. A diehard Angeleno and former Mount Analog employee, Amanda prefers old stuff but maintains optimism for the future of music.
Top 10 Releases of 2015

Ilitch – 10 Suicides (Reissue, Superior Viaduct)
Thomas Leer – Private Plane / International 12″ (Reissue, Dark Entries)
Rüdiger Lorenz – Southland LP (Reissue, Bureau B)
Mariah  – Utakata No Hibi LP (Reissue, Palto Flats)
Charles Cohen – Brother I Prove You Wrong LP (Morphine)
Ride For Revenge – Ageless Powers Arise LP (Bestial Burst)
Maoupa Mazzocchetti – A-Morality EP (Unknown Precept)
Tropic of Cancer – Stop Suffering EP (Blackest Ever Black)
V/A – Bureau B Kollektion 4 LP (Bureau B)
Rule of Thirds – S/T LP (No Patience)

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Top Two Podcasts:

You Must Remember This, produced by Karina Longworth
Everything Is Stories, produced by Garrett Crowe, Mike Martinez, and Tyler Wray

Cooper Saver / Far Away
Fulltime Nerd

1. House of Doors – Starcave – Mood Hut
2. Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold – Fishpowder Dance – Love Circle
3. Mike Simonetti – Bossa Nova Civic Club Bootleg – 2MR
4. VA – Rhythms of the Pacific Volume 2 – Pacific Rhythm
5. Florist – Phenomena – All Caps
6. Eric Duncan & Justin Vandervolgen – Hard To Breathe – Happy Family
7. Gonno – Obscurant – International Feel
8. VA – Sounds From The Suburbs – Butter Sessions
9. Rex The Dog – Sicko – Kompakt
10. Antigone – Cantor Dust – Token

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Three Year Anniversary!!!

Mount Analog is 3 years old, and to celebrate we are having a little shindig with some of our good friends coming by to DJ! AND ALSO A SALE!!!!

12-1 Pete Swanson
1-2 Devendra Banhart
2-3 Tahl Klainman
3-4 SONNS
4-5 COLD CAVE
5-6 Telefon Tel Aviv
6-7 Fanon Flowers
7-8 White Visitation (L.I.E.S)

plus 15% off everything in the shop all day long, and for our out of town friends, you can use the promo code THREEYEARS at check out on our webshop to get the same discount.

 

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DVA DAMAS – Wet Vision EP

Upcoming on Downwards Records North America is ‘Wet Vision’ from DVA DAMAS. Taylor Burch (whom also plays in Tropic Of Cancer’s live outfit) has propelled this curiously cool cult Downwards fixture into an inimitable “technoir” soundtrack of a deviated youth future, for the next generation bande a part. Available now. Limited to 300 copies, first 100 on white vinyl via Mount Analog only. Exclusively manufactured and distributed by Mount Analog. Landing early February along with the second pressing of Marshstepper ‘A New Sacrament Of Penance’, also available to order now.

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Pre-Order Jealous God 05 – In Aeternam Vale (Mount Analog Exclusive Version)

The Pre-Order is now up for Jealous God 05!

PRE-ORDER HERE

Jealous God 05 – In Aeternam Vale (Mount Analog Exclusive Version) 12″ + Mix CD + Limited Edition Artifact + Newsprint Zine

JG05

A1 // Title : V8 (33 RPM)
A2 // Title : 62,54hz (33 RPM)
B1 // Title : 808TS (45 RPM)

Art Direction and Illustrations By
Josie Renee

Issue 5 Mix by
Kerri LeBon

Limited Edition Artifact (Jealous God patch), Colored Vinyl, and Newsprint Zine exclusive to Mount Analog version.

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Two Year Anniversary Sale!

We are two years old this weekend…. And incredibly grateful to be here. So much to be thankful for, from the stories shared, important music heard, to the people we’ve met and impact we share on a truly global, diverse scale: Thank you. For 24 hours on July 13 (Sunday) take 15% off online using promo code 2YEARS. Come say hello and enjoy the discount in person between 12-6pm. Here’s to many more years of endless discovery!

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Droid Behavior x Mount Analog – Interface 48 x Nuit Noire VIII – July 5th

Interface 48 / Nuit Noire VIII

LA’s premier techno label Droid Behavior and Mount Analog collaborate on a unique Interface / Nuit Noire experience for July 4th weekend. This event will feature many LA debuts, exclusives and follow ups from world class talent. Droid resident Drumcell will also round out the bill on warm up duties. Please rsvp to rsvp@droidbehavior.com to ensure entry.

music by:

Marcel Fengler (Official)
Henning Baer
Bradley Milton aka Alien Rain live PA
Sigha
Orphx live PA
drumcell

*video by OKTAform + Mount Analog

$15 – $30 | 10 pm | 21+

*presale tickets available in-store at Mount Analog and Mount Analog online for no fee:

http://climbmountanalog.com/products-page/acid/interface-48-x-nuit-noire-viii-presale-tickets/

*All ticket sales final, no refunds unless cancellation of event

*Once presales sell out, we will have tickets available at the door for walk ups

http://www.droidbehavior.com/ / http://www.climbmountanalog.com/

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ARTIST BIO (INFO)

MARCEL FENGLER (Berlin – Ostgut Ton – DJ set)

Techno according to Marcel Fengler has nothing to do with being a go-getter or having an alternative career, it is way more than means to an end: it is his definitive and concentrated passion.

In Marcel Fengler´s world, opposites attract. Ambient and electronica are equal parts in his sets that owe as much to the UK´s progressive school of relentless techno as they do to that special `Berghain sound´. A dictum created by music journalists and a description that is a diverging as Berghain´s resident DJs. Being one of them since day one, Fengler made his very own and self-confident contribution to that sound. He really knows his craft. Fengler´s DJ sets are characteristically offensive and dynamic, hard and consistent, but also surprising and emotional. In a realm that is dominated by technology and machines, his bright personality and the human aspect stay visible. You can feel his personal touch.

A similar versatility can also be found in his studio work. Marcel´s fondness for synth pads goes along with gloomy electro, hard and steady-paced techno doesn´t compete with his sense for moods and deepness. His search for different parts that work as a whole is as visible here as it is in his DJ style. Marcel Fengler looks for quality over quantity. Nothing leaves his studio that hasn´t passed this test. Neither artificial shortage of releases nor coyness, this behaviour is essentially Marcel Fengler: passion before purpose.

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HENNING BAER (Berlin – Grounded Theory / K209 – DJ set)

Berlin has no shortage of producers, DJs, and party promoters, but few match the quality, consistency, and enviable range of Henning Baer. As founder and resident of the esteemed Grounded Theory party and booking agency, Baer has been at the forefront of presenting innovative electronic music in Berlin while boasting vivid DJing and production skills that have made him an in-demand artist in his own right. Recently celebrating Grounded Theory’s 25th party, Baer has a reputation as a thoughtful curator that is reflected in in the thunderous techno he’s released on his own K209 imprint, as well as on Adam X’s Sonic Groove and Psyk’s Non Series.

K209 was set up in 2011 in collaboration with Milton Bradley, with the first releases receiving rave reviews on Resident Advisor and leading to Baer being named one of Tea And Techno’s “Ones To Watch for 2012.” Baer’s techno is raw, dirty, and uncompromising, with an immersive energy that has made him one of Berlin’s most sought-after DJs. In addition to his own Grounded Theory parties, Baer makes frequent appearances at Tresor, Arenaclub, and Stattbad, as well as becoming a recent favorite at the renowned Berghain, where his sets explode with ballistic energy well into Monday morning.

Baer is moving onward and upward in 2014, with high-profile records such as his just-released Seltene Erden on Sonic Groove and more coming on K209 to add to an already significant discography. K209 releases continue to fly off the shelves at Hard Wax, with key selectors recognizing their quality and effectiveness as dancefloor weapons. As a DJ, producer, and promoter, Henning Baer is sure to be shaping the face of techno for years to come.

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SIGHA (Berlin / UK – Our Circula Sound / Avian – DJ set)

Sigha is one of the Key figures to emerge from the newly resurgent UK Techno scene. Releases on James Ruskin’s Blueprint Label, Hotflush Recordings and Remixes for CLR, Perc Trax, Mikrowave, Echocord, Shifted’s Avian Label, and Token to name a few have blurred the lines between the abstract and the dance floor. A huge supporter of Vinyl, he set up his Our Circula Sound stable in 2010 to create a home for his specific vision of Techno. Sigha’s sound blends traditionalism with a deep take on sound design and atmosphere, and his ability to translate this into uniquely balanced DJ sets has seen him play regularly at the world’s most prestigious venues.

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ALIEN RAIN (Berlin – Don’t Resist The Beat – Live PA)

Alien Rain is the result of Berlin techno producer Milton Bradley’s acid endeavours. Milton Bradley debuted in 2009 with his own imprint Don’t Resist The Beat!. Since then there have also been releases on Perc Trax, Prologue, Zooloft and others with music ranging from subtle beat experiments to industrial four-to-the-floor power tracks.The Alien Rain project has derived in a series of 12″ records, leading to conceptual live performances.

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ORPHX (Ontario CA – Sonic Groove – Rich Oddie as Orphx Live PA)

One of the most highly respected acts in both techno and industrial circles, Orphx have been developing their signature fusion of hypnotic rhythms and experimental noise for the past twenty years. Using modular and analog synthesizers, software, location recordings and feedback circuits, Rich Oddie and Christina Sealey draw upon the darker, psychedelic fringes of electronic dance music and combine these elements with the experimental aesthetics and themes of early industrial music.

Orphx have gained an international following as one of the pioneering acts within the European ‘rhythmic noise’ scene and more recently came to the attention of techno fans through a series of acclaimed 12″s on Adam X’s Sonic Groove label along with remix work for artists like Perc, Oscar Mulero, Traversable Wormhole and Svreca.

Oddie and Sealey have performed around the world and are renowned for improvised live sets that combine software with modular synth hardware. Appearing at venues and festivals like Berghain, Tresor and Mutek, they have shared the stage with artists such as Alva Noto, Laurie Anderson, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Monolake, and Pan Sonic.

Orphx has released nine albums and numerous singles on vinyl, CD and cassette that have had a significant influence on many of the artists in the present wave of industrial techno. Building on a sprawling back catalogue that stretches across the divisions between industrial, ambient and techno, their recent output has demonstrated that they are both pioneers and innovators in the fusion of rhythm and noise.

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DRUMCELL (Droid Behavior / CLR)

Drumcell is the founder of Droid Recordings and co-founder of Droid Behavior along with Vangelis and Vidal Vargas of Raíz. Since the mid Nineties Drumcell has been a firm believer in the power of techno and over the past decade become one of the America’s greatest champions of Techno and electronic music.