Date: 22 Feb 94 23:39:52 EST From: JARED HOFFMAN <72170.1753@CompuServe.COM> Subject: INSTINCT NEWS 2/22/94 INSTINCT RECORDS RECENT RELEASE NEWSLETTER (2/21/94) ==================================================== 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. ==================================================== WELCOME TO 1994! Well we're finally up to speed and ready to let you take your first peek at the new years lineup we've been working so hard to complete. This year we expect to release over 30 full length albums... of which a growing number, about 15, will be in the fast growing Acid Jazz genre. All in all, the last half of '93 was a very bad time for Rave/Techno sales with the overall market declining to about 1/3 of it's former size.... much of this was due to the massive glut of 'me too' compilations from labels jumping on the techno bandwagon... too bad... they have truly hurt the market for the true believers... anyway, most of the trend jumpers are now leaving as quickly as they came in... so hopefully we'll see sales stabilize, and hopefully improve.... ==================================================== MAILORDER UPDATE Our thanks to everyone for their incredible response to our mailorder catalog... sales have been better than we could have ever imagined! We are preparing our new 1994 Catalog now which will be full of new releases and special savings offers. We're unloading all our remaining vinyl dirt cheap! ==================================================== WHATS NEW? * April release for the new CABARET VOLTAIRE Double-CD set titled THE CONVERSATION.... disk 2 is a single album lemgth ambient piece that will take your breadth away. * The brand new DRUM CLUB album, as of yet untitled, will be unveiled in May when we also release their 1993 debut album. Look for the first single in April with remixes by HARDKISS SOUND and REEL 2 REAL. * Get ready for the launch of our newest imprint INSTINCT AMBIENT ... featuring DREAMFISH, TERRE THAEMLITZ, MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE, BIG ROOMS, music from FAX and an everexpanding array of sonic soundscapes. * The best UK Acid Jazz from the London based DORADO RECORDS. Look for the GOLD SESSIONS compilation LP in March followed by compilations from the heart of the Acid Jazz scenes in Germany and Japan too! COMPILATIONS: CHILLOUT V2 - Another DOUBLE-CD set featuring Aphex Twin, The Orb, Orbital, Air Liquide, Sad World, Cabaret Voltaire, Visions Of Shiva and many more... TRANCEFUSION V2 - More cutting edge trance featuring DRUM CLUB, SABRES OF PARADISE, COSMIC BABY, ORBITAL, music from SUPERSTITION and from LAB WORKS... and more KICKIN: TECHNO NATIONS V2 - Another installment of the hardest hardcore from the UK leaders. f the most exceptional ambient compilations we've heard... from TIME RECORDS (UK) featuring COCO, STEELE, & LOVEBOMB and many other suprise guests. SOUL OF THE CITY: An Acid Jazz compilation featuring the most exciting music from Germany's pioneering YO MAMA RECORDS... one of the main forces on HAMBURG's worldclasss Acid Jazz scene. ============================================================= CURRENT RELEASES: * TECHNOSONIC VOL 4: A JOURNEY INTO TRANCE * Sonic Records SNC2030 CD & Casette (2/10) Volume 4 in our best selling rave compilation series ever. Once again, Belgium's ultra-hot ANTLER SUBWAY family of labels present 12 new tracks, always evolving, always at the cutting edge. JAYDEE appears in the guise of GRAYLOCK with the hard driving trance of "Acceleration". The long awaited TRANSFORMER 2 & ADAMSKI teamup "Sleepin With An Angel" is also included. On the harder edge, ENCEPHALOID DISTURBANCE's classic "Reneagte". Also features LORD's OF ACID'S OLVIER ADAMS and PAT KRIMSON (MODEL 3000, RAVEBUSTERS, ATOMIZER) Stretching from trance into the progressive side with ASLI TANRIVERDI (The Transformer 2 singer) and SISTER BLISS, PIZZARRO, VIBES OF RHYTHM and more.... * RISING HIGH: TRANCE INJECTION (2/10) * Instinct EX265 Double CD/Xtnd Cassette Quite possibly our best compilation ever! Seriously! One disk of the wickedest trance imaginable... a second disk of ambient. This is one massive tour-de-force... and 2CD's for the price of 1. From London's one and only Rising High Records... the latest from BALIL (BLACKDOG PRODUCTIONS), IRRESISTIBLE FORCE's remix of TRANSFORMATIONS, CASPAR POUNDS brutal remix of OBX's "Eternal Prayer". Also featured... NEW LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, SEQUENICAL, DREAMFISH, SYZYGY, CYBERTRAX, ESCAPE 3, PERRY RHODAN, R.D.1, TRANQUILIZER and more.. hearing is believing! * KICKIN: HARDCORE LEADERS (2/25) * Kickin' USA KX4105 CD & Cassette Hardcore beats from London's Jungle Underground scene.... this is a compilation of the fiercest hardcore breakbeats as compiled by the UK leaders at Kickin Records. This stuff is fast... 160bpm+! Slam hungry classics from TANGO & RATTY, TWIN BASS, NOISE FACTORY, RUFF RIDER, DJ ROYAL, OMNI TRIO, ELLIS DEE AND SWANNE and more. Only for the headstrong or truly braindamaged... and if so... essential listening! * THIS IS ACID JAZZ:NEW VOICES (2/25) * Instinct Records EX266 CD & Cassette The latest in Instinct's classic THIS IS ACID JAZZ series is a more in depth look at 6 of our most exciting up and coming Acid Jazz artists. Featured 2 tracks each by THE EXODUS QUARTET out of Washington D.C.'s hippest underground scene, from London, the JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET, the European godfathers of Acid Jazz, and THE NIGHT TRAINS. NY is represented with THE ACID BLUES PROJECT, CFM BAND and SWING MACHINE. These are smooth, jazzy grooves... with some excellent vocals. Less hip hop and more dance oriented as Acid Jazz compilations tend to go... * PLUG IN & TURN ON (3/10) * Instinct Records EX267 DOUBLE CD/Xtended Cassette Another Instinct DOUBLE-CD special.... at single CD price. Presenting the full Instinct Artist Roster for 1994 .... disk 1 is trance disk 2 is ambient presenting the depth and breadth of our lineup for this year.... features a 8 page booklet with info and photos of the artists... DRUM CLUB, CABARET VOLTAIRE, GTO, PROTOTYPE 909, HUMAN MESH DANCE, EVOLVE NOW, OMICRON, MOTHERING NOISE, MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE, and TERRE THAEMLITZ. These are the artists and the sounds that will be shaping the sound for 1994.... get in early, get in fast.... a classic compilation. Get to know... THE FACES BEHIND THE MACHINES... 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.