Simulacra + Bonus Remixes

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1.	Occupations (Black Merlin Mix) 05:58	info
2.	Programming (VALIS Remix) 06:39	info
3.	Black Sun (Timothy J Fairplay Remix) 07:22	info
4.	Panopticon (Scott Fraser Remix) 07:29	info
5.	Occupations (Black Merlin "Member" Remix) 06:52	info
6.	Occupations (XULTUR Remix) 05:23	info

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For the final release in the first series of Especial, the label takes a detour across the Atlantic to San Francisco and latter-day synth / experimentalists INHALT for something a bit special: remixing 4 original tracks from their Occupations EP on Dark Entries that bring them into the label’s musical aesthetic.

With an EP already on Dark Entries, plus a release included on the inspiring World Unknown label, Occupations showed a progression in INHALT’s music to capture the sound of moderne electronique. Synth / Cold / Dark Wave, whatever the tag, this West Coast trio produce a clean, driven, electronic sound of their own, backed with the unique voice of Phillip Winiger.

When approached by mutual friend George Thompson aka Black Merlin, who, alongside US duo VALIS, had been commissioned to do remixes, Especial jumped at the chance to pick up the chalice and pass it to label friends and arc-remixers de jour Timothy J Fairplay and Scott Fraser.

The result is a remix EP that celebrates the ideas of Especial: to take influences of 80s New Wave, Synth Pop, Electro, Proto-House and the occassioanl touch of Disco and hold them into an up-to-date vision that respects but runs parellel to the modern obsession with all things House and forges it’s own way.

The “Frankie Says” hymn of Black Merlin’s remix sets the tone beautifully, before swatted by the bass electro retake of VALIS. TJF dons his hip slung bass for another inspired epic, before Glasgow’s answer to Dopplereffekt, Mr Fraser, spews hissing hats and electro beats to close an EP that is aimed at one place - dark dance floors.

*This release contains an additional Black Merlin remix, previously released on the limited edition Especial sampler "Eleccio Especial", and the previously unreleased Xultur remix of "Occupations".

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released June 1, 2014

All Original Works:
© 2013 Philip Winiger (BMI) // Matia Simovich (BMI) // Bryan Gibbs (BMI) //
Remixes:
© 2014 Emotional Especial

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INHALT Los Angeles, California

INHALT, German for “content”, is the main project of producer and songwriter Matia Simovich.

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