Name: Oderbruch
Brand: Shed

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OSTGUTCD47

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Limited edition

Release date

2019-11-29

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4250101409356

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Shed

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Techno / Electro

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Ostgut Ton

Ostgut Ton is the record label of Berlin's Berghain club. With a label code of LC 14600, Ostgut Ton has established itself as a leading force in the electronic music scene. Known for its diverse roster of talented artists and performers, the label consistently delivers high-quality releases across various genres such as techno, house, and experimental music.

Since its inception, Ostgut Ton has been at the forefront of pushing boundaries and exploring new sonic territories. The label's commitment to artistic integrity and innovation is evident in every release, making it a go-to destination for music enthusiasts seeking cutting-edge sounds.

With an authoritative presence in the industry, Ostgut Ton continues to curate exceptional releases that resonate with both underground aficionados and mainstream audiences alike. Whether you're a seasoned fan or just discovering electronic music, Ostgut Ton offers an unparalleled listening experience that will leave you captivated.

Shed, a German techno DJ and producer, was born in 1975 in Frankfurt (Oder), GDR. He is the founder of Berlin-based label Soloaction Records, established in 2004. Shed's unique sound has made him one of the most respected figures in the electronic music scene.
With influences ranging from Claro Intelecto to Vril, Shed has created a distinctive style that blends deep chords with atmospheric textures. His productions are characterized by their hypnotic rhythms and intricate sound design.
Known for his captivating live performances, Shed has gained a loyal following worldwide. His collaborations with other artists such as efdemin and Deepchord have further solidified his reputation as an innovator within the genre.

The fifth studio album by Shed aka Rene Pawlowitz centers thematically on the Oderbruch region in former East Germany where the producer and DJ grew up and continues to split his time (when not in Berlin.) Both the album and track titles as well as the artwork by Arnim Tölke [Ectoplasma (Oderbruch)] reflect Pawlowitz’s deeply personal associations with the borderland’s marshy landscape, as well as enormous political and historical changes the region underwent as the last Eastern front during World War II – and, later, following the dissolution of the GDR. Nevertheless, Oderbruch is not a concept album. Instead, it’s an ambivalent ode to the area in which Pawlowitz’s family has lived for generations. It’s a musical reflection on place and personal history: meeting up at the local gas station, a view to the water, techno rattling the closed windows of cars peeling out toward Berlin or the next local party, cruising along rural parkways flanked by trees with fruit ripe for picking, past weeping willows and abandoned factories where industry once thrived. Outside buzzes with the sounds of nature inextricably linked with childhood memories, but also a landscape defined by the bloody defeat of the Nazis at the Battle of Seelow, ushering in the fall of Berlin and with it, the entire fascist regime. The album’s nine tracks are inspired by the intertwined nature of the subjective and historical, which ring through Shed’s idiosyncratic take on breaks, bass, techno, symphonic ventures, ambient and hardcore. But unlike Shed’s previous records, Oderbruch incorporates broad pastoral landscapes – left behind and returned to. Both fit Shed, who under various aliases (Head High, Hoover, Wax, The Higher, WK7, Equalized, The Traveller) has long influenced a number of dance music scenes in Berlin and beyond.

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