PoleGroup is proud to present the modular Spanish maestro Ribé on the upcoming LP Las Noches. With ten tracks, Ribé explores the scientific side of techno and its sound, all while extracting the best from his massive patch panel.
The Portuguese techno virtuoso is back again with his very own recipe about how the music of the future should sound like for his new project. Listen to the premiere of the spacey titular track from the Lewis Fautzi Intense Mechanism EP now.
Our 275th Global Vibe Radio episode features the cerebral and captivating, deep techno sounds of Spanish label boss, producer and DJ Reeko.
Number 060 in the PoleGroup catalogue is tight and sharp, and it’s no surprise to see that Oscar Mulero is the mind behind this creature, offering three cuts of merciless techno exercises both physically and digitally.
The gang of four that is SelecciĂłn Natural (Oscar Mulero, Reeko and the Exium duo) have a new waxed weapon in their arsenal and as expected, it bites.
The release date of this record, was supposed to be the celebration of PoleGroup’s 10th Anniversary with a massive weekend party at Tresor Berlin… but it is not. Things have made a twist and as you may have perceived there is not much to celebrate together, physically, as the label likes celebrations to be done. There will be days to celebrate whenever we can gather together again. In the meanwhile enjoy this slice of vinyl.
This week’s Global Vibe Radio episode is a masterclass from Granulart Recordings label boss and PoleGroup mainstay Kessell.
Here, he delivers a mix featuring tracks by Casual Treatment, Shifted, Hi-Kuze, Kessell, Oxygeno, Eric Fetcher, Mike Storm, Oscar Mulero, Reeko, Stanislav Tolkachev, Albert Chiovenda, Temudo, NĂžrbak, Linkan Ray, ASH, Alternate Current, PWCCA, Codex Empire, Ontheground, Kurohyo, Lewis Fautzi, Vil, Matt Mor, Inigo Kennedy.
PWCCA has been making waves in the proper techno community lately.
Coming from Madrid, this veteran producer has been releasing under diverse aliases since a long time and has been in the tracklists of the most innovative DJs around on a constant basis. For this digital release on Oscar Mulero’s Warm Up Recordings, he provides an extended player comprising of 9 cuts ranging from cosmic landscapes to bleepy and space inspired techno, also including proper rythmic tools.
The 195th Global Vibe Radio voyage sees PoleGroup mainstay and Faut Section label boss Lewis Fautzi at the helm for one hour of high-intensity, trippy, mental techno.
Lewis Fautzi has had a meteoric ascension in the global techno scene like a projectile fired into space at the speed of light. Establishing the norm of releasing on well-respected labels, in 2013 his first noteworthy edition came on Soniculture, a label from his home country Portugal.
This week’s Global Vibe Radio episode comes from a talented young artist from the North of Portugal: NĂžrbak.
Spanish techno veteran Oscar Mulero delivers a specially-curated mix for our 184th Global Vibe Radio episode.
Oscar’s DJ career has been as prolific and long-lasting as the evolution of dance music. As a key figure in its development, Oscar has always absorbed new trends and kept his finger on the pulse of electronic dance music, from the end of the ’80s right up to the present day. It is impossible to understand his genius without taking into account the tireless work he has carried out behind the decks for three decades now. Production-wise he’s been releasing records since the late ’90s, with countless 12″ vinyls and several studio albums, as well as many remixes for the best players in the scene.
Oscar runs Warm Up, his very own imprint, since 2000 as well as the label PoleGroup Records since 2004, both of which have reached the 50 releases mark. On 2013 he started a series of live A/V performances under several project names like Light and Dark, Biolive and Monochrome AV. Recent years also saw the explosion of SelecciĂłn Natural, the project he founded alongside his PoleGroup colleagues Exium and Reeko, as well as touring far and wide, reaching every corner of the globe from Los Angeles for WORK presents to the depth of South America, from every significant techno city in Europe to far-flung Japan, all cementing his status as one of the most respected and sought-after techno pioneers of the last two decades.
Meeting Oscar in LA earlier this year was somewhat of a surreal experience for me personally. I had long respected his artistry and had lost myself on dance floors in Europe listening to him play on several occasions and, not knowing what to expect ahead of picking him up at LAX, my mind raced through various subjects we could possibly talk about. With three decades of industry experience, what would he be like? What would he think of LA and the party that night? Was he as “hardcore” as he looked in the pics with his tattoos and punk-rock style?
Needless to say, at least to anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Oscar, all my expectations and doubts were thrown out the window the minute we introduced each other. The man in front of me was kind, attentive, talkative and as genuine as they come. He was as interested in me, and the LA techno scene he was about to play for, as I was in him and his music. He may have been doing this for 30 years and he has likely “seen it all,” but the impression I got as we got to know each other more, was that of a young artist still eager to prove himself, of an artist with a clear mission in mind when it comes to techno.
Oscar returns to the United States on Nov 8th and 9th to perform two important gigs, info for which can be found below.
11.08 PoleGroup Night at Basement in NYC // Tickets HERE
11.09 Obscure 3 Year Anniversary in Chicago // Tickets HERE
Our time together impressed me so much that we kept in touch, and he immediately took up my invitation to contribute to 6AM’s mix series as well as to sit down for an exclusive interview to accompany it. Read on for our chat with Oscar as well as the track listing for this exclusive mix, which you can also find below.
