Episode 47: Kling Klong

For the only Episode of Lava Lava for October, residents Barrientos & DVRS decided to focus in on one of Germany’s best underground labels; Kling Klong.  Founded by Martin Eyerer & Rainer Weichhold in 2005, the Augsberg-based label has become a mainstay for tech house inspired grooves and a home for techno lovers.  Over it’s life so far, Kling Klong has become a channel for releasing not only the 2 owner’s material but also a way to showcase some of the best underground talent from Europe and further afield.  With such a rich back catalogue it was a tough choice for this Label Focus, both residents picked out some of the big hitters of the label from Sidney Charles, Arnaud Rebotini, Patrick Zigon & Shadow Child.

After such a tech-oriented label focus, the Residents Mix started off nice and slow with a sick astral groove from the Dutch multi-insturmentalist Shook as well as a brand new track from the excellent Caribou and a fresh release on Glasgow-based label Tribal Pulse.  Just 2 days after their set at the massive Subcity Party at Glasgow’s Broadcast, Barrientos & DVRS had plenty of tracks to choose from that hit the spot that night, including Walker & Royce, Copy Paste Soul, Justin Martin and Dense & Pika.

The Top 5 for the fortnight wasn’t as mellow an affair as it normally is with so many big hitting cuts piling up in our mailboxes.  It all started off with some fresh house vibes from Bristol-based duo Blonde on Pete Tong‘s label FFRR and the new side project of Andre Crom as he collaborates with Chi Thahn to provide some hypnotising Berlin tech house sounds.  The number 3 spot was awarded to the brand new cut from the prolific Cyril Hahn with some absolutely gorgeous vocals courtesy of Rochelle Jordan and the Dutch trio Kraak & Smaak smashed up our 2nd place spot with a sick remix from the talented producer Blende.  Nicking the number 1 spot however was taken by 2 of our favourite artists and was definitely the standout track from the Lava Lava set at Broadcast.  Of course, what else but KiNK‘s astounding remix of Tiga & Audion could take that spot?

LABEL FOCUS: KLING KLONG
Martin Eyerer – Wicked Line
Arnaud Rebotini – Meshuggah
Sidney Charles – Home Territory
Cari Lekebusch and Zoe Xenia – Good Love Sweet Love (Shadow Child Remix)
Martin Eyerer – Bells A Go (Bushwacka’s ‘Just Be’ Remix)
Martin Dawson – Double Six (Ramon Tapia Remix)
Oliver Klein and Kolombo – Chica Chic (Loko Remix)
Oliver Klein and Martin Eyerer – Babylon (Patrick Zigon Remix)
Namito and Rummy Sharma and Max Prasad – Wade in the Water (Kolombo ft. Ashibah Remix)

LAVA LAVA RESIDENTS MIX
Shook – Vision
Caribou – Mars
Khen and Sonic Union – Driven By Demand (Pole Folder Remix)
Dense & Pika – Colt
Hackman – Carry On
DJ W!LD – Last Summer (Kerri Chandler Remix)
Kerb Staller – Siren Song (Club Mix)
Walker & Royce – Do Not Disturb
Copy Paste Soul – The Push
Pirupa – Get Lost
Bleeping Sauce – Set Time
Hanfry Martinez and Javier Carballo – Vamos Mi Nino (Matthew Styles Remix)
Daniel Solar – Shadow Chaser
Pezzner – Brooklyn New York (Justin Martin Remix)
Codebase – Acid Nouveau
Josh Wink – Are You There (Harry Romero Remix)
Sean McCabe ft. Jennifer Wallace – Something About Us

LAVALAVA TOP 5
(5) Blonde – I Loved You
(4) Crom & Thahn ft. Casey K – Where Do We Go
(3) Cyril Hahn ft. Rochelle Jordan – Slow
(2) Kraak & Smaack – Just Wanna Be Loved (Blende Remix)
(1) Tiga and Audion – Fever (KiNK Remix)