Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ssg special - Ulf Eriksson (Kontra-Musik)


Ulf Eriksson might not be a name many people instantly recognise, but he is the man responsible for what is one of the most consistently high quality techno labels about: Kontra-Musik. In 2010 Kontra did not have too many releases, but every one was spot on: a remix package of Jason Fine with powerful reworks by Oni Ayhun and Ben Klock, Gunnar Jonsson's gorgeous 'Muskelminne' EP (including 'Morgonanga', one of my favourite tracks of the year), an impressive debut from Kondens (made up of Andreas Tilliander and Stefan Thor), and Jason Fine's 'Colors' EP, which represents perhaps his strongest work to date. And how did they start 2011? With Dettemann producing some of his most interesting output of late, and now a series of Mokira EPs with originals being complemented by some killer remixes, which will conclude with the release of the Mokira album. All in all, a pretty good effort, if you ask us...

This is a long way of saying that if you look at what Kontra has been doing, it is pretty clear that whoever is behind it really knows their shit. So we were very keen to hear what Ulf, the label boss of Kontra, would do in a mix. The result do not disappoint. Bringing together a tight selection of quality techno tracks, Ulf creates a strong sense of atmosphere and space in his mix. This is mountain techno, one for dancing in the fog somewhere in the hills.

Ulf had this to say about it:

"The mix is featuring a lot of old and new Kontra-Musik tracks. Several are not released yet, but will be soon. It also includes a Mokira - Echospace remix, exclusive to this mnml ssgs mix. Mixed with the Kontra-Musik trax is music that I have played a lot through the years and that all have been important to me. Nothing necessarily new, hot and trendy but instead music with a long lasting quality. The mix is recorded in my living room on 3 technics 1210 decks, one pioneer 800 cdj and a Vestax PMC 50 mixer. No more no less..."

Ssg special - Ulf Eriksson (Kontra-Musik)

Full tracklist for the mix will be up next week. As mentioned, Kontra-Musik are very busy this year. At the moment they've got 3 x Mokira 10" coming out with originals and remixes from Silent Servant, Echospace and Redshape. I can strongly recommend all of these, the Redshape dub in particular. The Mokira album 'Time Axis Manipulation' will be out soon on digital and CD, and after that some more EPs from Jonsson/Alter and Kondens. And for anyone in/near Malmö, on 21 May there will be a Mokira release party at Inkonst with Mokira live, Marcel Dettmann and Ulf Eriksson DJ'ing. For more info, check the Kontra-Musik homepage and soundcloud.

Big thanks to Ulf for this mix. Enjoy!

12 comments:

  1. This is brilliant. I listen to a lot of mixes but this one really grabbed my attention; lovely, deep and immersive stuff.

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  2. Seriously beautiful mix, this one. I know I shouldn't spruik our own mixes, but shit, when techno is this much like a beautifully foggy dark forest, you have to tell it like it is. Thank you Ulf :)

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  3. This is one of the best sets i have heard on ssgs or anywhere else. massive props.

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  4. Thanks for posting. A very nice mix

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  5. totally blew me away, I don't normally comment! but yeah words fail me! stunning mix

    I agree with you PC it's just like a beautifully foggy dark forest .. but then towards the end the fog clears and you come to a clearing... the sun is coming up too I think!!

    thanks ssgs and ulf .. seriously made my day

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  6. Pure class. This is up there with the Dozzy DDKH mix. I'm about 35 minutes in and it is gorgeous.

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  7. Amazing set !! Thank you Ulf and mnml ssgs :D looking forward for a tracklist and to Kontra future releases.

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  8. Lovely stuff. Between this, the RA Lucy podcast and my discovery of the Anatomy Stroboscopic artifacts mixes, it's been a fun few day's listening.

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