Out Now

''Latch, Fasten, Secure'' is a new 3-track 12'' by Canada's Solvent, known for his melodic electro and vocoder pop releases on Ghostly, Morr Music, and his own Suction Records. For MinimalRome, Solvent debuts a new approach, so please don't expect any sweet Solvent melodies this time; in fact, don't expect any melodies at all. Here Solvent delivers 3 tracks of pure Bunker/Rephlex-style acid, monotonous and pounding. ''Fasten'' is the most straight-up acid track present, nothing but 707/606 percussion + x0xb0x squelch. ''Latch'' and ''Secure'' are more dark, abstract, dirty. ''Secure'' is epic madness, clocking in at over 16 minutes; at times slow and prodding, elsewhere growling furiously in sheets of distortion. Every track has been edited down from hour+ long hardware studio jams, with the computer acting strictly as a multi-track audio recorder. Solvent's customized acid box, a heavily modified x0xb0x, features heavily on every track, alongside classic techno boxes like the 808, 101, and Pro One.
Limited to 250 copies.

 

[MRX019] Solvent - Latch, Fasten, Secure 12’’


Produced by MinimalRome
Distribuited/Available thru Clone.nl
Artwork: Tilde
Master: Andrea Merlini

Tracklist: ( listen to the tracks )
a1) Latch
a2) Fasten
b) Secure

 

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Out November 2010

After the completion of the ''Studium Amphorae'' trilogy, Heinrich Dressel returns with a four-track release.
A compendium of crime-o-rama deliberate violence, with the Legowelt connivance.
Maybe the first chapter of a new Dressel series?

 

[MR018] Heinrich Dressel - Vicolo Cieco 12’’


Produced by MinimalRome
Distribuited/Available thru Clone.nl
Artwork by Tilde
Photograph by Emanuele Merella

Tracklist: ( listen to the tracks )
a1) Bodoni1977
a2) Fuga da Fossombrone
a3) Assalto a Campo Boario
b1) Vicolo Cieco
b2) Vicolo Cieco (Legowelt remix)

 

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The Hacker - Haunted (video edit)

The Hacker - Haunted (video edit)

Official videoclip from the homonym EP released in 2010 on MinimalRome's MRX series.
Produced by IF and CaneCane.
Directed by Ico Fedeli.
Track written and produced by Michel Amato.

http://www.zone-diary.com
canecane.com

Patiendum est.

Special Thanks: Rashomon Club Roma

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J.T.C. - Basturma Highway (video edit)

J.T.C. - Basturma Highway (video edit)

Official videoclip from the homonym EP released in 2010 on MinimalRome's MRX series.
Produced by IF and CaneCane.
Directed by Ico Fedeli.
Track written and produced by Tadd Mullinix, published by Songs of Brown and Brown (ASCAP).

myspace.com/jamestcotton
canecane.com

Patiendum est.

Special Thanks: Rashomon Club Roma

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Out March 2010

A newborn in the MinimalRome family sees the light.
MRX’s its name. A new series for clubbers in sick-leave.

Starting with two releases together, by J.T.C. and The Hacker.

 

[MRX016] J.T.C. - Basturma Highway 12’’

•  A1: Basturma Highway
•  B1: Overnight (Chrome Heads)

J.T.C. is the techno alter ego of Tadd Mullinix/Dabrye.
His style ranges from caffeine techno to dark ebm tunes to sick house.

This time Tadd brings two jacking 4/4 Chicago house monsters, embroidered here and there by dirty 303 loops, whistles, eerie vocal samples and crispy pads. Both amazingly packaged in a loud analogue production.

 

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[MRX017] The Hacker - Haunted 12’'

•  A1: Haunted (Original)
•  B1: Haunted (Feedback remix)
•  B2: Haunted (Banda Banetti remix)

The Hacker, l'homme de l'ombre, comes from a long way. Has released dozens of records on labels such Ozone, Missile, PIAS, Tiga's Turbo, Terence Fixmer's Planete Rouge and his own Goodlife Records. Has made remixes for artists such Marc Almond, Fischerspooner, Laurent Garnier, Air, Nitzer Ebb and gained a worldwide success with Miss Kittin.

"Haunted" is a Kraftwerk-style electro track, with an 808 punching pattern counterpointing a deep analogue bassline enveloped in rich, harmonic pads. Bringing cold atmospheres, in the mood of Dopplereffekt.

On the B side, the Feedback remix is an acid techno razorblade, coming straight from the "Sound of Rome" traditional path.

Also the Banda Banetti remix (a new MinimalRome open project) gyrates in the techno domain, with a deeply revised version of the original. A cluster of analogue sounds put together in a supercompact killer tune, designed for the sickest dancefloors.

 

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MRX records are limited to 250 copies and come in a printed sleeve with holes depicting a winged boy fighting against a bull, a figurative representation of the MRX precept: Patiendum Est (“one must endure”).

Distributed worldwide by Clone, in digital format as well.

A “circle of friends” edition (20 copies each), with poster and various inserts, will be made available. Write to orders@minimalrome.com to get details and pricing.

Download printable press release: [Pdf 1.4 MB]

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Where to buy

Italy → Disco Più Holland → Clone Godspill Rush Hour Germany → Hardwax Decks Deejay.de Deo Records Music Head Underground Solution Belgium → Flexx K-Records NEWS Distribution UK → Juno Rubadub Boomkat Vinyl Underground US → Groove distribution Japan → Underground Gallery Sleeping Bugz France → Nuloop Russia → Baza CZ → OK Markt Poland → Side One

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info@minimalrome.com
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New website coming soon. Stay detuned.