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Karl Zeiss — Currency

admin — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:35:11 +0000

“New York’s Red Antenna is one of the few North American labels to tap in to the Tuetonic strain of minimal Techno. Still, despite the crystaline ring of project alias Karl Zeiss – the duo of brothers Tee and Dan – Currency views the world through a lens that’s been irreparably gunked up, and Zeiss’s sound draws as much from the dirty urban grind of downtown New York as it does the clockwork mechanics of Berlin.’Guilder’ sets up a chirpy, faux-naif arpeggio in opposition to a woodblock strut. “Markka”, with a huge, flanged bassline, beats out of a sluggish electro patter flecked with backwards hi-hats and ghostly little whippoorwill cries. ‘Drachma’ is a rumbling, almost Trance-oriented shredder, with open hi-hats wheeling like knife toothed blades, and ‘Lira’ rounds out the coin-op quartet with a clunky, grimy lo-fi House chug.”
- Philip Sherburne. The Wire, 2004

Guilder

Lira

Markka

Drachma

Candy Chang — Typography

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:28:06 +0000

“From the hipshakin’ “Letterpress Express”, like a Russ Meyer soundtrack, to the all-in assault of “Bravo Futura”, as always the artwork is incredibly well packaged” – Syntax

“Bubbling stripped down acidic electro with swelling basslines and dark pop moods.” – Sonic Groove

Serif side

Telegram 41
El Lissitzky’s Revenge

San Serif side

Bravo Futura
The Letterpress Express

Com.munikation — 1 Westbound

admin — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 20:16:10 +0000

“Listening to Com.munikation is an exercise in forgetting all you know about electronic music. It’s a supercollider in which techno on the verge of information overload splits minimalist House into a million luminescent Electro particles; it’s an echo-laden deep bass groove pouring out of art gallery installations that gets the clicks’n'cuts kids doing the bump’n'grind. Taking inspiration from Chain Reaction, he fluidly sketches out space in audio; but whereas Berlin’s best sonic architects limit their compressed beatscapes to familiar environments, he ventures deep into expansive worlds of sound unknown. Maps sold separately.”
- Jason Olariu

“Quality techno house, crisp drums, and smooth washes of synths keep up the beat, think introspective city lights drive at night and mixed drinks. Check out ‘Gateau’ for a more dancefloor trip. Covers are hand cut and stamped with care.”
- Sonic Groove

“New label out of New York with a wonderfully packaged ep. Definite Kenneth Graham meets funky/minimal Cologne style house/techouse on main cut, while on the flip is a building Berlinesque dub workout with deep synth drops. Inside cut is a cool bassy houser with woodblock hits and noise fx drops, the bassline is the hook here. Last cut is a reprise style minimal work.”
- Syntax

Driver side

in.communikation

Contrôle

Passenger side

Gâteau

Moment for Moment

Karl Zeiss — Berlin-New York

admin — Sun, 02 Feb 2003 18:14:40 +0000

“Raw bass rumbles over echoing voices and analog reverberations. Juicy electronic twangs, blips, and bassline grooves. Catch the classic “jack” sample to keep you movin. For fans of Chain Reaction / Perlon / Trapez. Covers are hand cut and stamped with care.”
— Sonic Groove

New York Side

Canal

Verrazano

Berlin Side

Markt

Luftbruecke