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Little Nobody Get Away From It All (Justin Robertson remix) [Hypnotic Room Special Edition] The propaganda hype from Hypnotic Room HQ... “It promises an escape that sounds anything but idyllic, as terse robot voices intone the title phrase over stuttering, minimalist break beats… a leftfield electronic delight that’s well worth getting hold of.” Thus assessed journalist Chris Downton in a glowing review that appeared last year in the pages of esteemed music mag, 3D World. The subject? Little Nobody’s iconic (and often equally iconoclastic) track, ‘Get Away From It All’. A year later, we asked Justin Robertson to remix the work, counting on his experience rebooting Bjork, Happy Mondays, Fatboy Slim, Luke Slater, Ben Mill and Felix Da Housecat, and thinking that the mix-master would have an absolute field day here – which he apparently did, snapping up the invitation without hesitation, giving the ingredients a good hard shake, and coming back with a mind-bending, cool, supremely innovative concoction that stunned everybody. FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE FAR MORE WORTHY THAN ME: (meaning I'm so chuffed I have to share it!) "The Original mix is filthy!" Orlando Voorn "Original is a nice and submerging tune, wicked when the kick drops in!" Luke's Anger "Really cool sound, this is the sort of tune that would make my night if dropped the right way in a set. Really playful vibes to rock the f**k out to..." Bill Hunter (BeatGeek Records) "Deep and dark techno in original mix. Whow!!" Satoshi Matsumoto (DJ Inkling) "That Justin Robertson remix is very nice." Steve Law (Zen Paradox) "Solid track!" Captain Funk (Japan) "Original has a great fat sound. I like it!" DJ Warp (Japan) "I like the original, and the JR remix rocks also." Dave Tarrida "Robertson’s production is 1st class here and the 2009 version of the original is just filthy!" Ben Mill (Bitch Shift) "Wow, this is nice! I love what Justin did to the original track." DJ Hi-Shock CHECK OUT THE SOUNDS AND/OR PURCHASE THIS SMOKING LI'L BABY HERE: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1455096-02.htm Any feedback from you guys always appreciated...

SON OF ZEV T.O.M.M.S. [iF?] Brand new, bangin' freestyle techno from one of the Second Wave of Melbourne producers, the indomitable and oft-inspiring Son Of Zev. SOUNDS + MORE INFO HERE FROM AUG. 29 http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1461837-02.htm Son Of Zev has now been making tunes and performing live sets for over 10 years on the job, and in his time has played the infamous Every Picture Tells A Story parties, as well as at clubs like Filter, Centriphugal and More Bass, and he's supported Luke Vibert, Spearhead, Scanner, Ben Sims and Squarepusher. TRACK-LIST 1. T.O.M.M.S (Original Mix) 2. T.O.M.M.S (Wolfgang Klein remix) 3. Missing Parts (Original Mix) 4. Missing Parts (Wolfgang Klein remix) Melbourne's SON OF ZEV interview: "The name itself is also a stab at what is currently being called 'minimal'. Minimal is a term that has come up in techno/electronica a few times in its history, but I believe the latest incarnation is a little shallow." READ MORE HERE: http://www.fun-in-the-murky.com/mt/2009/08/son-of-zev---mana-from-melbourne.html ...if you're interested, that is!

LITTLE NOBODY Like A Sturgeon [iF087] New stuff from one of the people behind IF? Records, plus a couple of rejigs never quite before released till now. SAMPLE SOUNDS + MORE INFO HERE: http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1461838-02.htm TRACK-LIST: 1. The Big Full Stop, Comma 2. Like A Sturgeon 3. Do You Know What My Brother Calls You? 4. Jass Muzak (Extended Mix)

Yeah, I've started to wear sunglasses when I look at it!!

Hey, thanks, since original mix is mine! Nice feedback. Shame you don't dig Pulsinger's mix, tho' - I love it.

Ha Ha Ha ...are you kidding, mate? I'm not a fan of Beatport at all; in fact the label I run myself, IF? Records, deliberately doesn't go through them! Juno Download, on the other hand, are cool dudes.

ENCLAVE Ironyism Remixes [iF085] Sizzling and overtly diverse remixes of the seminal Melbourne-made acid-tech track, sourced from producers back in Australia as well as from Japan and the UK. IF? RECORDS RELEASE DATE 30 JULY 2009. SAMPLE SOUNDS HERE: http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1454052-02.htm TRACKLIST 1. Ironyism (Little Nobody remix) 2. Ironyism (Cut Phobic remix) 3. Ironyism (Ben Mill remix) 4. Ironyism (E383 remix)

This baby's the latest from Veronica du Lac - with a rather sizzling remix by Bill Youngman. Sample sounds here: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/183519/because_it_pays_so_thin_bill_youngman_remix PROPAGANDA BOMB: "Veronica du Lac brings together Andrez Bergen (Little Nobody) and Kana Masaki (DJ Kana Kani) over in Tokyo, Japan, a collaborative pairing that pushes the perimeters of contemporary minimal directions by introducing orchestral tune-up flourishes, robotic vocals, tinkering sound frequencies, and a Green Velvet kick, to earth-shattering effect. Getting Bill Youngman in on the remix was something both Andrez and Kana aspired toward, and the Berlin-based Tresor veteran (and frequent Tobias Schmidt collaborator) has here let down neither: His remix is true to the intent of the original, then sears its way into the psyche in completely unexpected, lurching, mind-bending machine-made ways. It’s so glorious, it aches. Think techno made in the 22nd Century and you’re only part-way there." Etc.

This one's out as of this month, with big thanks to PATRICK PULSINGER, IF? and Hypnotic Room Special Edition: FUNK GADGET - BLAH BLAH (PATRICK PULSINGER REMIX + ORIGINAL) https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/179868/blah_blah Taking on the “twisted freaky techno” of Funk Gadget (Japan-based Andrez Bergen/Little Nobody), Austrian producer Pulsinger (who has released on labels like Disko B, Compost, Studio !K7, R&S, and International DJ Gigolo, as well as remixing people like DJ Hell, Chicks On Speed, Tosca, Tanzmusik and Ken Ishii) has here outdone himself. FEEDBACK: "Love the remix" (Dave Tarrida), "The Pulsinger remix is definitely top class!" (Claude Young), "Great quality remix by Pulsinger!" (Ken Ishii), "3 thumbs up!" (Paul Birken), "Funky jack" (Wyndell Long), "Sounds very cool" (Thomas Jaldemark, Donk Boys), "The remix is sick! Totally twisted freaky techno" (Orlando.B), "Yes, Patrick still rules!" (Commander Tom), "Both tracks are nice" (DJ Wada, Co-Fusion), "Funk Gadget stuff is fantastic" (Koda), "Love the Pulsinger remix" (Craig McWhinney).

LITTLE NOBODY - ROBOTA: THE DEAD CHANNEL REMIX SELECTION + 5 OTHER LONG-PLAYERS A joint release from IF? and Dead Channel (Leeds, UK) which features re-workings of one of IF?’s most successful tracks ‘Robota’ by Little Nobody (Andrez Bergen), a one-time ring in on the Noodles label, and featuring vocals from Toshiyuki Yasuda, one of Si Begg's favourite musicians. Robota is re-interpreted by a host of artists including: E383, Ben Mill, Chris Kubex, Micoland, Ant Orange, Prekids, Noisepsalm, Funk Gadget and Dave Blakemore, to name a few. This baby is entirely FREE (http://www.dead-channel.com/releases/channel031) - as are the other 5 brand new LPs on the Dead Channel roster, covering all bases of electronica, from techno through to dubstep. TRACKLIST 1. Ant Orange - Yo Momma Was A Snow Blower Remix // 2. E383 Remix // 3. Chris Kubex Remix // 4. Dave Blakemore's Robotic Dysfunction Remix // 5. Ben Mill Remix // 6. Noisepsalm Remix // 7. Micoland Remix // 8. Absolute Rhyme Remix // 9. Naffdogg's K9 Remix // 10. Batteries Not Included Mix // 11. Funk Gadget Remix // 12. Prekids Remix DOWNLOAD THIS BABY GRATIS HERE http://www.dead-channel.com/releases/channel031/

The Proper Blunted Boy Wonder STEVE STOLL hammers out 'Robota' with his signature sound on this monster remix. This one knocked us out - and the other remixes here from KODA, ELEKTRONAUTS, POLYGON PROMPT and DARKMODE are nothing to be sneezed at, either. Yum. Wanna have a sneak preview? CHECK 'EM OUT HERE: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/175628/robota_-_techno_mixes

This one's just out today as an exclusive on Beatport, thanks in very large part to the open-minded people at Sydney's Hypnotic Room imprint - and features a brilliant remix from DONK BOYS. IFFY BIZNESS COMPILATION 01. Andrez Bergen - Merian Cooper 02. CHIZQ - Broccoli 03. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Donk Boys remix) 04. ABiS - Days (Andrez Bergen remix) 05. Alkan - Bosphorus Breathing (Takashi Watanabe remix) 06. Ginza Spy - Dark Pop 07. Mumeishi - Profondo Prima (Schlock Tactile remix) 08. ABiS - Days (Chairman of the Board remix) 09. Ein Kleiner Schelm - Your Move 10. E383 - Radion 1 11. Enclave - Resynd (Sinhouse Edit) 12. Alkan - Bosphorus Breathing 13. Little Nobody - Juice and Jelly (2009 Kickback Edit) 14. Curvaceous Crustacean - Interstate 75 (Little Nobody remix) CHECK OUT SOUNDS HERE: https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/175222/iffy_bizness "With close to a century of IF? Records releases over the past 14 years, Hypnotic Room is proud to present a tribute collection of the more recent material from their coffers - 14 tracks, some unleashed over the past few months and others as-yet-unreleased, to celebrate 14 years of one very innovative, energetic and insightful record label. 14 years of absolute madness? For sure - more, please."

Did a rubbishy DJ/soundsystem set last weekend for the TTAK crew here in Tokyo, and you can download the 60-minute bugger right here, courtesy of the cool people @ Fun in the Murky: http://www.fun-in-the-murky.com/mt/2009/06/anrez-bergen-live-recording-tokyo.html ANDREZ BERGEN LIVE/DJ IN TOKYO 30 MAY 2009 Tracklist: 1. Andrez Bergen - Merian Cooper 2. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Bitch Shift remix) 3. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Wyndell Long remix) 4. Little Nobody - Robota (Jammin' Unit remix) 5. Veronica du Lac - Because It Pays So Thin (Bill Youngman remix) 6. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Luke's Anger remix) 7. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Donk Boys remix) 8. Funk Gadget - Blah Blah (Patrick Pulsinger remix) 9. My Exit Music - Donkey Powder 10. Little Nobody vs. DJ Fodder - Cocaine Speaking (Dave Tarrida remix) 11. DJ Fodder - Busted Piano (A Quickie Opening Movement) 12. Little Nobody - Fear Of A Black Bat 13. Little Nobody - Poiseworks (Funk Gadget remix) 14. Little Nobody - Metropolis How? 15. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Koda remix) 16. Little Nobody - Get Away From It All (AB- mix) 17. DJ Rush - Jack Your Body 18. Little Nobody vs. Someone B.I.G - I, Gottaman (Il Capitano's Contraband mix) 19. Luke's Anger - Working Overtime 20. Little Nobody - Compulsion (Gadget Cassette remix) 21. Little Nobody - Compulsion 22. Little Nobody - All Humanoids Must Not Escape 23. Little Nobody feat. Toshiyuki Yasuda - Robota (Paul Birken remix) 24. Little Nobody - Alright Already (Si Begg remix) 25. Little Nobody - Krinkle Kut 26. Little Nobody vs. DJ Fodder - Cocaine Speaking (Jason Leach remix) Messy as heck and warts included...

Totally agree!!

NEBOYSHA Timepass EP [iF095] More stuff from Eastern Europe, this time mesmerizingly cut-up and heavy by musician Nash Donson. Original track, plus remixes by Japanese acts Dick Drone and Prekids. CHECK OUT SAMPLE SOUNDS ONLINE HERE: http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1428783-02.htm 1. Timepass 2. Timepass (Dick Drone remix) 3. Timepass (Prekids remix)

KODA / POLYGON PROMPT Split 12-inch Minus Vinyl #5 Two killer tech tracks from the opposite side of the Pacific - diagonally-speaking. One from the original home of IF? Records, Melbourne (Australia) by Koda; the other by Polygon Prompt in Okinawa, Japan. CHECK OUT SAMPLE SOUNDS ONLINE HERE: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1428784-02.htm TRACK-LIST 1. Koda – Tilb (5:06) 2. Polygon Prompt – 24 (4:37)

VARIOUS MELBOURNE ARTISTS Zeitgeist: Melbourne 1995 [iF095] May 2009 marks the 14th anniversary since the first ever IF? release, IF001: the inaugural Zeitgeist compilation of way cool and happening 1995 Melbourne artists, including Voiteck, FSOM and Zen Paradox, compiled by label boss Andrez. We felt it needed to get out there again, as an archival reference as much as for the dateless quality of this work - so, here it is again, not touched-up at all, originally as it appeared almost a decade and a half back re-released in all its glory... well, minus the vinyl, CDs and artwork, but with a brand-spanking new catalogue number. And there’s that Thomas P. Heckmann remix. CHECK OUT SAMPLE SOUNDS AND/OR BUY ONLINE HERE: http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1429405-02.htm TRACKLIST 1 TDM Printerex (7:02) 2 TR-Storm Rise (11:57) 3 Sonic Voyagers Beyond The Infinite (Warp Cruise Remix) (6:44) 4 FSOM Welcome (Thomas P. Heckmann Remix) (6:51) 5 Amnesia Bellmaze (4:20) 6 Q-Kontrol vs. Faktor Bioplexus (8:49) 7 Voiteck Damage (7:54) 8 Zen Paradox Rise From The Depths (5:52) 9 Pura Manual Hamburger (5:24) 10 Soulenoid (feat. David Thrussell) Ra! (6:07) 11 Rapture The Joker Waves Goodbye... (2:54)

LITTLE NOBODY 'COMPULSION' (ORIGINAL MIX + LUKE'S ANGER REMIX) hroom-se007 This baby's out online today, so without further ado, here's the press-statement propaganda blurb thingy from Hypnotic Room Special Edition (apologies in advance!): Reared in Melbourne, Australia, in the early ’90s on a steady Detroit diet of Underground Resistance, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and Suburban Knight at a string of underground raves, Little Nobody - based in Japan since 2001 - never quite forgot those essential roots. So it really should come as no surprise that his brand new single ‘Compulsion’ is a shade nostalgic 15 years on and perhaps unwittingly channels all these essential people - then segues the flashback Detroit techno moment into a mesmerizing contemporary riff that clicks superbly. In a fit of equally canny thinking, Little Nobody enlisted current tech-funk wunderkind, Luke’s Anger - of Tigerbass Records fame, the label run by Kid606 - to do the brilliantly cut-up, eclectic, funked-up glitch-mix here that’s so 2009 rather than 1994. “I had a bash at it, and it all flowed really nicely,” Luke quipped, straight after finishing his version. 01. Compulsion (Luke's Anger Remix) 02. Compulsion (Original Mix) LISTEN IN, SAMPLE SOUNDZ, AND/OR BUY THE BUGGERS ONLINE HERE: http://www.elektraxmusic.com/hroom-sp007/ FEEDBACK: “I like the track, nice and slow.” BEN PEST (Bonus Round/The Black E, with Cristian Vogel) “Very UR for sure.” STEVE STOLL (NovaMute/Djax-Up-Beats/Proper N.Y.C.) “Definitely on the old school buzz, reminiscent of Suburban Knight.” DAVE TARRIDA (Tresor/Sativae/Missile Records/BPitch Control) “Very cool track!! You have to do that one on vinyl!!” PATRICK PULSINGER (Disko B/Cheap/Compost Records/Sublime Records) “For some reason, it reminds me of the Art Of Noise. I like the track.” ANTHONY SHAKIR (International DJ Gigolo/Disko B/Transmat/430 West) VIDEO-CLIP (ORIGINAL MIX) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R5F4PK0O6E LUKE'S ANGER INTERVIEW @ FUN IN THE MURKY http://www.fun-in-the-murky.com/mt/2009/04/lukes-anger-a-tasty-little-roller-interviewed-up.html

Nice one, mates.

I'm digging cassette tapes again - gotta love the hiss!!

A mix of Melbourne and Tokyo this week, with the latest releases from IF? Records, one of them the debut from Melbourne producer Alkan, and the other the latest from Tokyo cut-up breaks fiend, Alone Together. ALKAN 'BOSPHORUS BREATHING' (IF073) + ALONE TOGETHER 'MACINTOSH IS OUT OF MY LIFE' (IF074) + AVAILABLE ONLINE HERE FROM TODAY TO CHECK OUT, AND/OR INDULGE IN: http://www.junodownload.com/labels/IF%3F/releases/ TRACKLISTS 1. Macintosh Is Out Of My Life 2. Beginning Of Human (2009 Mix) 3. Beginning Of Human (Nana Mouskouri’s Spectacles remix) 4. Beginning Of Human (Prekids remix) 1. Bosphorus Breathing 2. Bosphorus Breathing (Bitch Shift remix) 3. Bosphorus Breathing (Enclave remix) 4. Bosphorus Breathing (Takashi Watanabe remix) 5. Bosphorus Breathing (Dick Drone remix) ALSO, FIND OUT MORE @ IF? HQ: http://if-records.weebly.com/

OUT TODAY, IN COLLABORATION WITH ELEKTRAX: ACID FLASHBACKS, PSYBORG-9 STYLE Your Soul Is Mine (Original Mix) Play Track Your Soul Is Mine (Biochip C remix) Play Track Your Soul Is Mine (Bitch Shift remix) "Great! Back to the DJ Ungle Fever days." (DAVE TARRIDA) "Biochip C remix is banging. Aceeeed!" (WYNDELL LONG) FIND OUT MORE HERE: http://www.elektraxmusic.com/elek029 Acid is most definitely back in the mix.

I started a label 14 years ago - have a read of the initial reasons here: http://www.myspace.com/if_records GOOD LUCK!!

Here at the sleepless home of IF? Records HQ we have three brand new releases online from 15 March, to (accidentally) celebrate the third month of the year, and we definitely think these are amongst some of our best releases ever. Then again, we always do. The first 2 of these, by KODA and E383, are solid, innovative techno - Melbourne style and Scottish style, by way of Glasgow, respectively. Simple as that, really. Think futuristic, dark, and stomping, with an acid lick or three: KODA - INDIX/REMIXES EP remixes by BITCH SHIFT, LITTLE NOBODY, SON OF ZEV + ENCLAVE [iF071] Check out the sounds here: http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1403351-02.htm E383 - RADION EP [iF055] Check out the sounds here: http://www.junodownload.com/ppps/products/1403354-02.htm The third release is a new one from Little Nobody, in which he quite clears wears on his sleeve both his affection for 1980s computer games and a love of kitsch B&W ‘50s sci-fi classics, in a ramshackle, relatively abridged journey that pastes together dub, breaks, techno, house and hip-hop with an array of suitably silly samples. Yum: LITTLE NOBODY - KAPITAN "L" [iF070] Check out the sounds here: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1403352-02.htm INTERVIEWS WITH THESE ARTISTS KODA http://www.fun-in-the-murky.com/mt/2009/03/koda-made-in-melbourne.html E383 http://www.fun-in-the-murky.com/mt/2009/03/e383-scalar-field-in-quantum-field-theory.html LITTLE NOBODY http://www.elektraxmusic.com/disquo-robota/ VIDEOCLIP FOR ALL HUMANOIDS MUST NOT ESCAPE:

Looks cool - shame I missed it!