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Last post for 2011

Berlin, December 30th, 2011

The end is near folks, 2011 is almost over and first of all we’d like to thank all our artists, partners and of course friends and fans that keep supporting us and helped to make 2011 a really successfull year. We hope that you stay with us in 2012 for much more leet shit to come! We have planned a lot and will focus to expand our empire to take over clubs around the globe and bring pure dancefloor elitism to the raving underground.

Our next vinyl is almost ready to be mastered and pressed, we just have to wait for a remix, before we can continue. Until that’s all sorted out, we’ll have some nice digital gems ready to hit the stores. The next few EPs are save and you can expect some leet tracks as usually!

Aside from that 0x7f is working on an APP for android devices that will enable you to stream our latest DJ – and Liveset’s directly from your mobile or tablet device! It will also display current news about our label and probably more features will be included. It is still in alpha stage, but once it is in beta we’ll make it available for download here, so anyone interested to help us beta test is welcome. Sofar there is no iOS support planned, but we will also make sure to satisfy the apple fanboys eventually… You see there is a lot planned and we have much more ideas that we’d like to make happen.

Thanks again for all your support and have a great time with your friends and loved ones on new years eve, see you next year!

Stay rebel!

[1337-023] 0x7f – As The World Burns We Watch TV.. EP


The year starts off with a new release straight from the 31337 management! Label head Stefan Klaas aka 0x7f presents his EP ‘As The World Burns We Watch TV’, a classy selection of tracks filled with ambience and mixed with a bit of tech-house and dub. 0x7f doesn’t follow any standards or trends and has a distinct feel for deep melodic tunes with lots of clicks and field recordings wrapped into complex minimalistic sound structures. 

While the title shows a critical view on parts of todays society, the EP doesn’t reflect negative thoughts and simply invites the listener to let the mind wander and thoughts flow. Along the 3 original tracks there are 3 fabulous remixes by Akiko Kiyama, Ditch and Sil from the Easy Changes duo. Akiko delivers a wonderfully unique remix of

‘Surface’ that brings in some fresh elements and turns the track around into a new and interestingly mysterious direction. A well structured flow with lots of true minimalism, carefully chosen patterns and straight to the point. Ditch presents a very creative, dark interpretation of ‘Virtualized’, filled with samples that leave some kind of industrial impression. A pounding beat that slowly comes out of the shadows, surrounded by a field of percussions and well selected cuts. Sil pushed the boundaries and made a remix aimed at the dancefloor. Well arranged and cut up percussions emerging between twisted samples and melodic bits and pieces that turn the original track upside down and inside out. Of course with the typical Easy Changes style.

[1337-022] Pheek – Mr. Steger’s Space Capsule EP


After working with Pheek for so long, we are more than happy to finally publish a release by our dear friend Jean-Patrice Rémillard! The EP is a wonderful mix of spaced out minimal techno, dub and ambient, creatively arranged with a complex minimalistic structure. Step into Mr. Steger‘s Space Capsule and prepare to escape planet earth with our astronauts Pheek, Hubble and Marc Neyen. Captain Pheek sets course to explore the unknown and you are invited to follow our artists into new imaginary worlds full of playful ambience and lovely repetitive beats.

Put on your spacesuit and get yourself ready for a wild ride that starts with the first track called ‚Making Organic Mechanic‘, an abstract and trippy voyage for your mind. Beware of organic elements turning into mechanic pads while we travel through deep space.

Enjoy the view, we‘ll be landing with the next track on a distinct planet soon. Once arrived you notice, that it‘s almost as if you could hear the solar winds, when you walk with Pheek through a lost world on the hunt for the unknown. Suddenly you hear a melody, where is it coming from? Turns out Pheek and Hubble brought their secret project EEBB to be launched into the orbit and its emitting sound waves. Watch the probe go into space while Hubble records the biosphere. Spheric noises surround you while following the team back into the spaceship.

All systems running, Hubble sets the coordinates for the trip back to earth. It almost seems like the engine is forming a pounding beat while we lift off. Now it‘s Mr. Neyen‘s turn to keep you entertained on the flight with an amazingly beautiful remix until we safely enter our own atmosphere. Want to be part of the next mission? Get yourself a copy of this wonderful EP and save yourself a place in Mr. Steger‘s Space Capsule!

31337 Records tours Russia

Berlin, October 5th, 2011

The 31337 Records crew is on their way to Russia: Sebastian Koch, Subjunk, Easy Changes and Sander Cast will be rocking the floors in Tver and Moscow this weekend! We hope that all our Russian friends will attend and party with us!

Friday, October 7th: Horoshiy Povod / Tver
Saturday, October 8th: MiR Club / Moscow

In other news, our next EP called ‘Mr. Steger’s Space Capsule‘ by our dear friend Pheek with remixes by Hubble and Marc Neyen will hit the stores the next weeks. We just have to finalize the cover artwork and press text, but of course we’ll keep you updated. For the 0x7f release (1337-023) there was a change in remixers and we now have even more as planned, so the remixers are *drum roll please!* Akiko Kiyama, Ditch, Sil (Easy Changes) and Omar Salgado. Now if that doesn’t sound like an exciting team to get the job done!

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Thanks for reading and have a nice time!

Akiko Kiyama

Japanese, Tokyo born Akiko Kiyama has been a prominent figure on the minimal techno scene since her first released productions in 2004. The first female minimal tech producer to have come out of Japan now lives and works from Berlin, Germany. Akiko grew up with an education dominated by music, a classically trained pianist and guitar player by the age of twelve, she went on to explore and teach herself how to fuse her classic skills with sounds created by electronic equipment. Over the years that followed Akiko fell deeper into dance music, eager to evolve and create electronically manipulated sounds and atmospheres, she began producing in 2002.

Kiyama’s first works were released in 2004; her debut EP ‘Dimension’ on London’s Sud Electronic received outstanding support from the industry and names such as Richie Hawtin, Sven Vath and Ricardo Villalobos. Inspired by such an overwhelming debut Akiko went straight back into the studio, the result of which was her ‘Like Ancient’ track being licensed by M-nus Records and going on to appear on Richie Hawtin’s DE9 Transitions Compilation. Akiko’s sound is a complex pattern of sounds. Raw and industrial, dark and moody, her signature sits firmly within the minimal style, but with a melodic structure that gives shape and structure.

It’s rare that a sound so minimal results in something so engrossing, something that sucks you in and keeps you listening intently on what’s going to happen next. Akiko’s tracks feel like stories, captivatingly told through her experimentation with sound. Now based in Berlin, Akiko holds a hefty 15 releases to her name on world renowned labels such as Contexterior, Thema, Lick My Deck and Safari Electronique amongst others. ’7 Years’, Akiko’s first solo album, released in 2008 on District of Corruption is an eleven track showcase of this artists complex talent. Live performances in London’s Fabric, Berlin’s infamous Berghain and many more worldwide; Akiko Kiyama continues to develop, produce and release as well as pushing the boundaries of minimal techno with her live set’s performed around the world.

[LEET 003] Cabanne – The Owls Are Not What They Seem EP


Time to clean the dust off your record players kids, there is a shiny new vinyl coming to town by non other than Cabanne, without doubt one of the most skilled house and techno artists of our time! Jean-Guillaume Cabanne owns a solid education as a Jazz musician and used to hold the guitar in various Paris underground funk bands.

He now has a solid 10 year experience as a DJ and live musician, touring around the world’s most reknown clubs and occasionally participating in improvised jams with Ark, Thomas Brinkmann, Daniel Bell, Audio Werner and most notoriously the Narod Niki live project initiated by Ricardo Villalobos. Cabanne also likes to engage in group activities, most noticeably with Ark as Copacabannark, with David Gluck as Ultrakurt or with John Thomas for his Blackstage project.

After countless releases on labels like Logistic, Perlon, Karat, 7th City, and his own Minibar and Telegraph, we are proud to present his latest work called ‚The owls are not what they seem‘. As soon as the first track ‚Gredingotte‘ starts, you will instantly notice the typical Cabanne style. Ass shaking beats with funky percussions, melodic bits and pieces on top of mystic pads and deep subs. Sprincled with vocal samples surrounded by an array of hats and toms, the A side is a leet club track, ready to hit the unwashed raving masses! The second track ‚Maki De Sade‘ is deep, spaced out and super trippy. A warped melody wandering through your speakers and fading into twisted cuts and freaky noises. Pure afterhour madness and the perfect B-side track.

Releases, tour dates and lust for more..

Berlin, July 8rd, 2011

It’s summer in Germany and naturally by day time it’s hard to work, but as children of the night we work perfectly fine after midnight. Of course we still find time to work on new releases and we’re especially happy to finally put out our 3rd vinyl record by Cabanne. It’s a pleasure for us to work with him and we feel he’s a perfect addition to the 31337 family! The record is currently being manufactured at Randmuzik and we should hold the first test pressings up into the air around next week. We are still hunting for the perfect cover art though. Aside from that a third of the label management, namely Sebastian Koch, is currently touring the United States and Canada. We should have announced his tour earlier and some dates have already passed (sorry about that!), but here are the remaining events:

09.07.2011 Sebastian Koch @ Kohanim Gallery (Atlanta)
16.07.2011 Sebastian Koch @ Full-Moon-Party Rancho del Rio (Colorado)
23.07.2011 Sebastian Koch @ T.B.A (San Diego) – CANCLED!
23.07.2011 Sebastian Koch @ The Would Shop closing party (Denver)

If you have the chance to attend any of these events, be sure to stop by and party with Sebastian! Anyways, last thing to mention is that we also have a few digital releases planned such as an EP by our Argentinean friend Ywi, Undefault and also a part of the management – 0x7f will prepare a new EP with remixes by Pheek and Sil (Easy Changes). We are also in the process of preparing some merchandise, but more on that later. Lots of exciting things to come, so watch out!

New artist: Cabanne

Berlin, April 15th, 2011

We are proud to announce yet another new member of the 31337 family – Cabanne.. Most of you will know him from his own label ‘Minibar’ and various others like ‘Perlon’, ‘Telegraph’ and ‘Hello?Repeat’.

Our next vinyl LEET 003 will feature 2 original tracks that we just received and really enjoy a lot! He is one of those producers that you instantly recognize. Quality stuff wether he produces or plays live. One of our personal favorites and so we are happy to welcome him on our label!

‘The owls are not what they seem‘, keep that in mind!

Sebastian Koch at Monoculture, Malta April 9th

Berlin, March 30th, 2011

Same day different country – on 09.04.2011 Sebastian Koch will play in Malta. We guess most of you will hopefully attend our Melodiami party, but if you can afford a flight to Malta – go for it! You surely won’t regret it and you could zip a coctail or two with sebastian in the sun, sounds fun no? Besides you would be able to enjoy his awesome set on a tropical island!

Quote from the event:

“A night of left-field experimental Techno.. Sebastian Koch’s sets could be described as straight minimal, at times dark but always groovy techno!

His sets have taken him to legendary techno clubs such as ‘Arena club’ and ‘Tresor’! With an increasing number of releases under labels such as ‘Klangscheiben’, ‘Numbolic’ and his own ’31337records’, he’s sure to set the place ablaze.. Berliner Style!”

Melodiami + 31337records present Someone Else at Levee Club, April 9th


Berlin, March 29th, 2011

The event ‘Melodiami‘ stands for a musical collective with the approach to present a conclusive concept on and next to the dancefloor. Therefor it took not only to spot the right location, which was definitely found at the Levee (the Ex Bang Bang Club) here in Berlin, but also to support artists and well known producers.

That’s why it’s a pleasure for us to present to you the American producer Someone Else. As his love for minimal techno solidified by 1998, Sean teamed up with Jay Haze and Bjoern Hartmann, and together they launched the ‘Tuning Spork’ label. While making dance music with field recordings became more and more his shtick, Sean grew close to Kate Iwanowicz (a.k.a. Miskate) and Sylvain Takerkart (a.k.a. Fusiphorm), and together they launched the ‘Foundsound’ and ‘Unfoundsound’ record labels. To this day, both labels continue to gain increasingly more recognition while offering a unique facet to the modern-day minimal scene.

Over recent years, Sean’s production skills have been garnering respect among internationally renowned DJs and labels alike, as reflected by his massive discography of releases and remixes for labels like ‘Musik Krause’, ‘Tuning Spork’, ‘Foundsound’, ‘Mo’s Ferry’, ‘Microcosm’, ‘Nummer’, ‘Kickboxer’, ‘Sender’, ‘Alphahouse’, ‘Roman-Photo’, ‘Level Non-Zero’, ‘Mule Musiq’, ‘Hello? Repeat’, ‘Revolver’, ’31337records’ and many others. This was accompanied by extensive world touring, and he was voted as one of the best live acts of 2006 in Groove Magazine. Sean continues to spin and play live all around North America, South America, Europe, Japan, Russia and elsewhere — including Fabric in London, Yellow in Tokyo, Rex Club in Paris and Panorama Bar in Berlin.

Another great artist we invited is Sven Laux, who’s career started in 1998 by creating music using simple computer programs and his first keyboard. In 1999-2000, electronic music became his style of choice and since his passion for sampling and looping tracks constantly grew he began to create his own special sound.

He has released and remixed on several labels like ‘Archipel’, ‘SpontanMusik’, ‘Multi Vitamins’, ‘Tropic’, ‘Mischievous Musique’ and ‘Leporelo’ just to mention a few. His current album on ‘Microcosm Music’ gained huge international respect and another album is going to follow soon on 31337records. In 2008 he started a new project, called ‘Offtopic’. Under this moniker he presents a very special non-dancefloor oriented sound, created by nothing more but pure improvisation.

Additional musical excesses are being provided by Jama from the Bar 25 family, Marc Pick and Coco who are an inherent part of the Berlin Dance culture with their ‘Betriebsfeier’, and many more.

Line-Up:

Someone Else (31337records, Foundsound / Berlin)
Sven Laux (31337records, Archipel, Microcosm / Berlin)
Subjunk (31337records / Berlin)
Jama (Bar25 / Berlin)
Coco (Betriebsfeier, Kreis.Studio / Berlin)
Marc Pick (Kammerflimmern, Kreis.Studio / Berlin)
Paul Primus (Melodiami, Kreis.Studio / Berlin)
Fabian Drews (Melodiami, Shovania / Berlin)