Ellen Allien's DJ skills are made available once again in her fabulous Boogy Bytes 4 mix. Following her contributions to the Fabric mixes (Fabric 34), and "My Parade" (BPC094), the long awaited new release on BPitch Control is finally finished and ready for all to hear! And we have to first say a big "YES!" because Ellen Allien possesses a striking intuition for being directly on the sound of the present and never subduing herself to a certain "Zeitgeist". Instead, she is known for shaping her own typology of sound, which at times might seem a bit too far out, crooked, more abstract or technoid than others, but is always her personal reflection of the NOW. As a DJ, Ellen Allien continues the long tradition of having an emotional and direct contact with the audience and she aims to wage all feasible facets possible in the interaction between dancefloor, airports, studio, office, and living rooms. It is important for Ellen Allien to "memorize" her favourite tracks for the club, but besides that, she never stands idle during the week, and thus the motif of motion carries through from her daily life to the mix. The newest mix is impulsive, yet equally subtle and described by Ellen Allien as "emotional, noisy, trippy, weird, and sexual".
The bass drum is not set into the foreground as it is not intended to dominate the feelings of the listener. Rather, Ellen Allien sketches a voyage that consists of bass lines, effects and the arrangement of the tracks among each other, leaving enough space for the listener's own perception of the music. Not only has the last year been a special year for Ellen Allien, but also for electronic music "made in Europe". And thus, that element resonates throughout the mix -- Ellen Allien begins with a poem by producer AGF (who also produces her new long player SooL) and finishes with the ballad "Twice" of Peacefrog's Little Dragon. In between, space is left for the development of concrete moves, and feelings of the last night spent at the club comes to mind. Furthermore, with the current Boogy Bytes 4, Ellen Allien follows seamlessly in the successful series of mixes by BPitch Control artists. The photographer Axl Jansen, a friend of the BPitch Control universe, did a perfect instant-action shot for the cover. Whereas in the previous releases Kiki, Sascha Funke, and Modeselektor stood behind the decks, now it is time to give room to ELLEN ALLIEN!
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