the spaces left between the beats
Robag Wruhme
Robag Wruhme ∞
booking: VA034 Family Values ∞
Nico Purman – Xpress Yourself- Tolga Fidan – Linnz
- Alex Smoke – I73-Night
- DeWalta – Stringer Bell
- Robag Wruhme – Kuttenrolch 1996
- Anthony Collins – Boys S.times Cry
- Mathias Kaden – Circle Pit 2010
- Dario Zenker – Apollo 910
Tis the season for grilling, afternoon beers in the park, and the family reunion. What better way to spend a Sunday then getting into a fight with your drunk uncle over hot dogs and questionable shorts \ socked footwear combinations?
Tis also the season for Vakant the label, the mythos, the family to reunite and drop the blazing ‘Family Values’ compilation for your late summer revelry.
The unmixed compilation starts off with our distant Argentinean cousin Nico Purman. His ‘Xpress Yourself’ lands somewhere between Rick James and Francois K. Second is bro wonder Tolga Fidan who continues to impress with his ‘Linnz’ contribution. Not one to leave all the fun to the kids, Godfather Alex Smoke (VA001) gives his army of robots free rein and out the other end comes ‘I-73 Nightʼ, freaky yet reassuring like advanced techno should be. Rounding out the first half is our other prodigy DeWalta whose favorite pastime happens to be breaking subwoofers. His deep yet bouncing ʻStringer Bellʼ is sure to result in a run on replacement woofer cones.
The wise and the freaky family elder Robag Wruhme (VA002) bestows upon us ʻKuttenrolch 1996ʼ, a light and airy electro tinged piece produced solely on a Korg Trinity in 1996 while sounding just as fresh as if produced yesterday. Next up is visiting uncle by way of marriage Anthony Collins who imparts ʻBoys Sometimes Cryʼ showing his depth, musicality, and maturity. Then everyoneʼs brother Mathias Kaden presents us with a 2010 edit of his own first ever solo release, ʻCircle Pitʼ (VA004) which is as sick as the original was in 2005. Finally comes our Bavarian son Dario Zenker who puts a big red ribbon on the ʻFamily Valuesʼ package with perhaps his slickest, sexiest, and expansive track to date with ʻApollo 910ʼ.
So enjoy the Vakant familyʼs tech house fruits, partake in its freaky family love, but please try not to get burned.
VA Podcast 01 – Robag Wruhme’s Börneböll Mikks ∞
Robag Wruhme in the mikks.. A podcast beyond house and techno for the lion-hearted amongst you! Enjoy.
Vakant + Dumb-Unit @ Watergate, Berlin, 13.02.2010 ∞
the first vakant + dumb-unit 2010 comes along with a very special line up! robag wruhme is about to play his first official solo dj set in berlin ever. alex smoke, who is going to release his new album ‘lux’ on his own imprint hum+haw in march this year will drop another bomb live set as we know him, and we know him well! further acts that night are jeremy p. caulfield, maetrik, from karaoke to stardom & beaner.
here’s the resident advisor link with more information about the party.
VA028: Robag Wruhme – Abusus Adde ∞
Hello! Oing oing! Nuff nuff! In information like these always in it that is the record of the insanity and since longer becomes then always most announced dj´s down specified those part loves, as good judges or the record stands before the gebimmsle to have held itself because sooooo geil.
Now I would like to point out with these info. That this is a completely normal accumulation of music pieces here. I have the conventional added like bass, one drum, few hihats and in such a way taken and have then still in black white gepatscht around also somewhat scape to get purely. Reverbs I as always tidy aufgeruppt, decays in the infinite getunt and becomes green level-indicate gives it for me nich! … three pieces thus with which I very much exerted! Superior material is from it as I finds become! This is valid to flock it now with you. eMail writes me!!!! There I stand totally drauf!
Achso… like Steve Nose already meant: … B2 is always the best piece on ner record (correct!), Ricardo meant: all somewhat too hectically although A1 of lengthens “genuinly schön” would be, Richie has itself not yet announced… (think he stands not drauf) and it meant it more Svenner gespührt. And DJ Koze: I do not understand that, but you have my benediction…
Yours Robag… as: ” s Röllchen”
VA002: Robag Wruhme – Stekkrüben EP ∞
Gabor Schablitzki aka Robag Wruhme. What more can be said of this man responsible for lighting dance-floors and minds on fire for the better part of 2004. The Twisted, funky legend from Jena is back, and this time he´s delivering 3 tracks of cut up, hypnotic funk like never before. Purveyor of the goods is Berlin upstart label vakant who only a few months ago exploded onto the scene with a killer Alex Smoke EP : Simple Things..
Coming at you faster than Vodka fireball, is the Stekkrueben EP. This is Robag Wruhme´s dark winter magic. Smooth hypnotic sequences and trademark Robag edits, jerk and jostle you through micro cuts and dark dubs until you slip deep into the hidden groove.
A1 “Waffelekspander” is the prime cut: raw, meaty with a strong after taste. A nice slow building groove that shrinks and stretches the folds of time, dipping into warm sub basses and thrilling with moody reverbs and small sample cuts. Smooth and stable it¹s a track that everyone will hear in a
different way .. But wait there¹s something funny in the meat. It might just be track B1 “Stekkruebe” which comes on similar but veers into a much darker territory where silence is as precious as sound. The perfect track to transition into those early morning dancing hours B2 “Gnomon Lukks” ping
pongs its way through your brain, slowly spinning you round while it´s chunky bass line sneaks under your feet. Again the groove is hidden, but pulls it self together to deliver a strong sucker punch to the gut .. All in all, a commanding EP that demands attention, smart, confident and most of all fun.
