Almost five years after it's foundation, Elektrolux has build up a strong reputation
beyond the borders of Germany. The output of the Frankfurt based label ranges
from Ambient and Electro to Dub, often incorporating other contemporary musical
styles like House, Downbeat/Broken Beats or Drum'n'Bass. Many Elektrolux releases
work in the Club while at the same time serving the need for musical experiments.
The philosophy of the label, the unity of sound and vision, manifests itself
not only in innovative high quality music, but also in the pretentious cover
artwork.
The list of artists releasing on Elektrolux is long and incorporates projects
from Germany as well as from the UK, the USA, the Netherlands and even Iceland.
Acts like Full Moon Fashions (London) or the chill out specialists Aural Float
(Frankfurt) have received international acclaim, the US-german experimental
outfit Insect Jazz and multi media performers Supreme Particles have also released
first class productions on Elektrolux. Germanys leading Electro artist, Anthony
Rother, delivered a considerable club hit with his 12" "Redlight District",
Dub Mix Convention produced one of the best german Dub longplayers so far. Other
milestones of electronic music came from Frankfurt based projects Fresh Moods,
Subtonal and Syrinx 2600 as well as Babel from Iceland, Apollo 440s DJ Harry
K. and the Netherland's Quantum Leap.
Since 1996, Elektrolux is cooperating with the south german TV station Bayerischer
Rundfunk (BR), creating the well known audio visual "Space Night" project. Label
mastermind Alex Azary is not only responsible for compiling the various artists
series under the same title, he also takes part in the creation of the visual
concept. The latest CD-, vinyl- and video-collaboration, "Space Night Vol. V
- Earthviews VI", is well received by lovers of electronic music as well as
TV night programme watchers. The soundtrack is released by Eastwest and Elektrolux,
the tv special is shown every night on BR.
By the end of 1997 Elektrolux started the compilation series Ambient Diary,
Elektro Codes and Dub Backups with not only artists from the Elektrolux stable
but also associated projects. The success of the Volumes One was even topped
by Volumes Two, which were released in late 1998. The whole series (so far six
releases with 10 CDs) has become a standard in the collections of electronic
music lovers.
After the success of the recently released debut album by The Sushi Club, the
label has more new productions by acts like DJ Harry K., Autopilot, üNN, Drøn,
Index ID and Syncromatic Dubsters on the agenda. Also upcoming are the Volumes
Three of the Ambient Diary, Elektro Codes and Dub Backups compilations.
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