INSTINCT RECORDS RECENT RELEASE NEWSLETTER (12/5/93) =================================================== CSERVE 72170,1753 26 WEST 17TH STREET #502 NEW YORK, NY 10011 This list is distributed by EMAIL only to persons who have expressed interest in our music. If you have received this in error, or simply do not wish to recieve this update, we apologize and will remove you from our list... just let us know. ==================================================== INDUSTRY PRIMER (Vol 1)! December & January are off season for indy labels when it's impossible to release records. Basically, since 90% of all record store retail space is controlled by 6 megachain conglomerates.... everything indy that you want placed on the shelves for the Holiday season has to be released by Thanksgiving.... after that, the only new release that the stores pay attention to are new Rolling Stones, Maddonna, or Kenny G. Then everyone goes on vacation, and returns to come to terms with the mess left behind by the Holidays... and before you know it, it's February and finally they are ready to look at new releases again! =================================================== MAILORDER UPDATE Our thanks to everyone for their patience. The Mailorder Catalogs have been shipping for the past month... a couple of hundred at a time. Over the past few years we've built up a database of thousands of names just based on the letters you've taken the time to write us, unsolicited! By way of apology for those of you who have waited so long, we've included a free sampler cassette with each catalog. So far, the response to the catalog has been overwhelming.. We know using checks or money order is a drag, but we're still trying to work out credit card processing... it's not easy to setup. In the mean time, we still have leave time for your checks to clear before we can ship. We've pressed up a new sampler CD with tracks from all our recent releases. This is available for $3.00 to cover manufacturing and shipping via the catalog To receive our catalog please send a self-addressed stamped return envelope to the address above. ==================================================== WHATS NEW? CABARET VOLTAIRE: * The new album will be a Double-CD set titled THE CONVERSATION.... more details as they roll in. DRUM CLUB: * Exciting news! Get ready for the US debut of one of the UK's most exciting progressive/electronic acts.... Their London weekly club, The Drum Club, of course, is one of the hottest spots right now. They've had two massive UK singles..."I Really Feel" and currently "Sound System"... we'll be releasing "Sound System" in Feb. with new mixes. Hopefully we can bring their massive MIDI CIRCUS tour to the US this spring. GTO: * THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG is slated for winter release featuring remixes by many of the top names in the Industrial, Alternative, and Rave genre's. INSTINCT AMBIENT: * Get ready for the launch of our newest imprint... so much of our recent music has been heading this direction, it's only logical. Instinct Ambient will showcase some of our exciting new Ambient Artists including Terre Thaemlitz, Dominic Woosey, Human Mesh Dance, and more. TOURS: * We're working hard on a GTO/CABARET VOLTAIRE lineup for the spring. * Also in the works, Winter dates featuring IRRESISTIBLE FORCE and NY's own PROTOTYPE 909 NEW COMPILATIONS: * TECHNOSONIC VOL 4 - February - Featuring hard trance from GRAYLOCK (otherwise known as JAYDEE "Plastic Dreams"), ENCEPHALOID DISTURBANCE, ADMASKI & TRANSFORMER 2, ASLI TANRIVERDI, and more from Belgium's ANTLER SUBWAY RECORDS * RISING HIGH: TRANCE INJECTION - February - Another Volume of uncompromising, hard hitting acid trance from the UK leaders at Rising High Records featuring the latest from Caspar "The Hypnotist" Pound, Irresistible Force, Influx, Syzygy, New London School Of Economics, Transform and more.... * KICKIN: HARDCORE LEADERS - February - Compiled from Kickin Records (UK) excep[tional HARDCORE LEADERS series.... presenting the undisputed best and hardest BREAKBEAT TEchno ever compiled in one place. A true snapshot of the sub-genre! ======================================================= CURRENT RELEASES: CABARET VOLTAIRE (10/15) * INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE (EX264 CD and Cassette) * PLASTICITY (EX255 CD and Cassette) "everything you will hear in the next 74 minutes is true...." 2 New albums from one of the most important pioneers of electronic/industrial music. Back at the front of your mind with their finest work in years, Cabaret Voltaire have stripped themselves of the baggage accumulated trying to please major label contracts and have stripped back and returned to their underground roots... and, not surprisingly, are once again, redefining the cutting edge in their own image. These are the first two LP's of a trilogy that will be complete with a spring release. Expect, spacious open textures rooted in minimalist grooves... brooding, post-techno algorithms combined with Cabaret Voltaire's signature twists and turns. Seriously, these records are excellent... in one fell swoop CV have regained their crown, showing newcomers like The Aphex Twin, and Black Dog Productions how its really done. * ESP VOLUME 2 - THE TRANCE GROOVE (10/15) * Sonic Records SNC2029 CD and Cassette The much awaited follow up and companion to volume 1 featuring 15 more exceptional trance tracks released from the Dutch ESP/Go Bang! record labels. A sonic tour de force, this compilation weaves a hypnotic spell featuring Cosmic Baby, Paradise 3000, Rising Sun, Black Scorpion,Nico, Ghetto Brothers (featuring Blake Baxter!) and more all blended into a seamless continuous fabric.... Hard to find on vinyl, this is the only compilation featuring these trance classics. All in all, a superb follow up that won't let down fans of ESP Volume 1, or Trancefusion. NY'ers check out the review in NY PRESS 12/1! * HUMAN MESH DANCE - Hyaline (9/30) * Instinct Records EX261 CD, and limited edition Vinyl EP The first full length artist CD (special $9.98 New Artist price!) from one our most exciting new ambient artists. Taylor 808 is 1/3 of rave act Prototype 909 and is responible for the sweeping soundscapes and trancey grooves of Hyaline. You may have heard his debut track on our CHILLOUT double album. You won't be disappointed by the album.... this is truly the cutting edge of post techno electronic sound. * OMICRON - Symbolis (9/30) * Instinct Records EX263 CD EP and Limited Edition Vinyl EP Introductory 5 track EP from another of Instinct's new electronic artists. Hailing from NY, Omicron brings a unique sensibility to this ear opening fusion of trance and ambient. Rich, warm, and loaded with good grooves, Omicron's spirited post techno vision hints at treasures to come. Includes WHALER as featured on the CHILLOUT double-CD. * DRAGONFLY - PROJECT II TRANCE (9/30) * Instinct Records EX260 CD, Cassette, & 4 track Vinyl EP 12 Tracks from Youth's new Dragonfly label based out of the UK. Youth has remained at the cutting edge of the underground since his pioneering days with KILLING JOKE. Later involved with the ORB, Brilliant, Blue Pearl and many of the UK's most innovative sounds... now the first compilation of releases from his new record label, DRAGONFLY. Driving, hard, uncompromising trance, all with a unique flavor. GUMBO's "THE QUICKENING" is a 9 minute tour de force and personal favorite. Also featuring BLACK SUN, GENETIC, MANDRA GORA, 1000 MICRO DATS, and more... * THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE - FLYING HIGH (9/30) * Instinct Records EX258 CD and Cassette Finally, the long awaited US release of this brilliant ambient album by Europe's foremost ambient DJ, Mixmaster Morris. Without question a beautiful and visionary album... extended sonic landscapes soar and unfold over the course of this 70 minute plus voyage beyond the boundaries of techno. This is truly the new electronic alternative.... Also hear Irresistible force on THE UNDERGROUND EP (EX256), CHILLOUT (the ambient compilation) and on RISING HIGH: TECHNO INJECTION's vol 1 & 2. 'I THINK THEREFORE I AMBIENT' * LISA CARBON & FRIENDS (9/15/93) * SONIC RECORDS SNC2025 full length CD Only Special New Artist Priced ($9.98) full length CD album. Truly unusual post-techno new electro swing! From the warped mind of Atom Heart and POD Communications of Germany comes the strangest fusion of trance, acid, and jazz i've ever heard. I can almmost picture, the LISA CARBON QUARTET playing in a bar in some strange episode of Star Trek: The NExt Generation... maybe this is the lounge music of the future. Another personal favorite of mine, with little or no commercial potential. From straight trance through electro salsa and bossanova grooves this is one cool record. Lisa CArbon is also featured on POD COMMUNICATIONS PRESENTS: ATOM HEART full length compilation LP on Sonic Records * CHURCH OF EXTACY: TECHNOHEAD * Sonic Records SNC2027 (CD/Cassette) Special Price Full Length CD and Cassette, only 9.98/6.98! Church Of Extacy's hardest yet, the Technohead EP.. in a special CD edition featuring all the previous CofE Singles together on one CD Single priced disc. 11 Tracks in all including the 6 brand new Technohead tracks! * PROTOTYPE 909 (9/15/93) * Sonic Records SNC2028 Full Length CD and Limited Edition Vinyl Another $9.98/EP priced full length New Artist series release.... Get ready for the new generation of American post-techno talent. Maybe you've already seen Prototype 909 dishing out their driving acid soaked grooves at a recent rave... if not, you are in for a treat. This trio is quickly emerging at the forefront of rave technology... uncompromising, edgy acid trance music at it's most intense. To my ears, it's the next logical step beyond the early Chicago pioneers, and the perfect meld of acid house and techno influences. Not for the fainthearted, but a truly rewarding, hypnotic excursion for those who are with the program. * KILLER TECHNO VOL 3 (TECHNO NATIONS) (9/8/93) * Sonic Records SNC2023 Full Length CD & Tape Volume 3 of our most succesful compilation series. You may have read the reviews of Kickin Records UK massive TECHNO NATIONS compilation... here is the US release. This is non-stop ear-bending hardcore, the best of the best featuring quite a few classics and hidden gems. Included are Joey Beltram/Hard Attack's "Wey Aah", Bald Terror's "Rotterdam", Planet E's "E-Vision". Also tracks from Defcon Situation 1, Total Output, Mind Candy, Brutal, Green Buddah, Scientist and more. 12 Tracks in all. Be warned, this compilation is an all out sonic assault, but if you like your techno harder, louder, faster.... we're quite prepared to deliver. * THE CHILLOUT COMPILATION (8/4/93) * Instinct Records EX257 - Double CD and Xtended Cassette An epic double-CD set on sale at regular single CD prices! Serious value, 150 minutes of sound! (100 minutes on cassette) Post Techno electronic music from some of the most important names in new ambient sound featuring The Irresistible Force, Moby, KLF, Meat Beat Manifesto (yes, they have a quiet side!), Young American Primitive, Mike Kandel of Existdance, Cosmic Baby, Earth to Infinity, Air Liquide, Moonwater and many more. 18 Tracks in all. A truly epic compilation and one we are quite proud of. * KICKIN' MENTAL DETERGENT (VOLUME 2) (7/28/93) * KX4103 CD, Cassette and Limited edition Vinyl EP 12 More tracks from the UK's hottest hardcore label! This is breakbeat techno at it's finest.. no filler. Return appearances from UK legends Wishdokta, K-90, and Zero Zero. More hot new previously vinyl only tracks from Ruff Rider, Tarsk, Twin Bass, Kicksquad, and introducing X-Static with thier stunning techno cover of Blondie's new wave classic "Rapture" (available on CD Single KX4104) Still out there: KICKIN MENTAL DETERGENT (VOL 1) featuring Messiah's "Temple Of Dreams" Also avail, breakbeat 4 track techno EP from RUFFRIDER "Crazy Ridims" (SEP004) * POD COMMUNICATIONS PRESENTS: ATOM HEART (The Techno Evolution * Continues) SONIC RECORDS SNC2026 CD, Cassette, and limited edition * Vinyl EP >From Germany's most unusual and most intense purveyors of hard trance comes this cutting edge compilation of post-techno electronic music. You may have heard Ongaku on Rising High Records, but they are a POD production, same with BI-FACE, and ATOMU SHINZO. Also featured is the quirky electro swing of the LISA CARBON TRIO, the hardcore attack of M/S/O, and much trance from ATOMU SHINZO, ATOM HEART, and URBAN PRIMITIVISM.