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Daze Maxim is one of the masterminds behind Hello?Repeat record label…

dazemaxim — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:13:17 +0000

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alongside Jan Krueger which since 2005 has accumulated an array of genius music and producers. While superstar Djs take the face of the electronic music world, it is some quieter individuals that actually keep this world running. Daze Maxim is one of those people. Why I say that? If you try to find an interview by Daze Maxim you will see it is a bit of a hard task. Daze falls into the category of many [vinyl only] UNDERGROUND djs who do not care about how cool they look on a stage, or how many interviews they have given, that is just press attention… what you do find however are sets, podcasts… MUSIC! With people like Daze, it is indeed all about the music in its true and broader sense in its maxim[um] level of quality… it is about cultural exchange with people they meet or work with along the way, it comes from the heart, it is an innate thing…. just what music should really be about!
Well such is the way Daze Maxim’s DJ sets and music will leave you wondering what just hit you. For over a decade, he has held a reputation, especially amongst fellow DJs, as a guardian and pioneer of quality underground electronic music, Thanks to his slick productions on the coolest labels and wholesome live performances in the world’s best clubs. From Harthouse to Cocoon Recordings Daze is recognised as a deep thinking musician concerned with composition theory and true musical meaning as much as rocking a dance floor. This approach has led to his records gracing the box of many Djs and appreciators across the globe, these include Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin, Arpiar, Photek, Zip, just to name a few. You get the idea. More than this though, another of Daze Maxim’s successful works was also under his Heartz4 then included in many compilations.
The early Hello?Repeat track ‘Intimacy Girl’ remains an anthem to the nightmare-like minimal weirdness that followed and, refusing to be categorized by one particular sound, his One Million Shakers EP, especially Maxim Mudhole, was played by everyone in 2008 and became synonymous as the house sound of the Cocoon Terrace in Ibiza. Studio skills for Daze aren’t just limited to his own original work either. Take his production mastery on Patrick Specke’s smash ‘(G)oing (C)oncern (P)rinciple’ or his remixing and production collaborations with Hardfloor over the best part of the last two decades. This prowess makes Daze one of the most consistently booked artists for true underground clubs worldwide. Who else can say they’ve held residency at both Berghain/Panoramabar and Watergate in Berlin, as well events at Rex Club in Paris, Bunker in New York, Arma 17 in Moscow, Club Der Visionaire or Fabric London, and global tours that have covered North America, Japan and the best of the European underground circuit? Add in Daze’s jazz and contemporary music influences and you have one of the scene’s most avant-garde and experimentalist thinkers, whose music has such depth you’ll find something new every time you listen to it. Daze’s collaboration with Bruno Pronsato called “OTHERS”, started with a release on Musique Risquee which got an immense attraction. Not for nothing was OTHER’s debut release for Ricardo Villalobos’ a long time his “secret weapon”, as stated by himself. Followed then by and outstanding Release on Hello?Repeat, released in october 2012 which again sets new standards.

Daze Maxim joins Apollonia Music!

dazemaxim — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:20:53 +0000

Ardent vinyl purist, Daze Maxim joins the Apollonia family, while Dyed Soundorom makes his first appearance for the label.

The Hello?Repeat founder is officially the first new artist to be signed to Apollonia. His release comes on the back of acclaimed EP’s from label founders Shonky and Dan Ghenacia, together with a celebrated re-press of DJ Gregory’s POINT G classic ‘Underwater’.

Highly regarded by those in the know, yet still largely unheralded thanks to his preference to stay out of the media limelight, Daze Maxim has carved a reputation among his contemporaries of being a deep thinking musician as much concerned with composition theory and true musical meaning, as rocking a dancefloor. There was no better example of this than ‘Intimacy Girl’, the track he created under the Heartz4 moniker that became a favourite tune in 2008 for countless DJs and synonymous with the house sound of the Cocoon Terrace in Ibiza.

For his debut EP on Apollonia, Daze has created a hypnotic house gem driven by deep meaty bass and intricate multi-layered synth notes that pays dues to his masterful reputation when it comes to composition.

Heavier on the drums than Daze’s original, Dyed Soundorom delivers a stripped back, tech-friendly re-rub that reinforces his lofty reputation for balancing deep, evocative grooves with hiplashing rhythms to create a cut guaranteed to shake the floor.

Rounding out the package is ‘Tableara’, a cut that sees Daze go down a more contemplative minimal route, incorporating shaking percussion, sparse beats and a subtle moody synth line to create a brooding atmosphere that’d put it right at home in a grungy warehouse environment.

OTHERS – Dope Me / Does Caroline Know – Hello?Repeat Records

dazemaxim — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 13:51:18 +0000

OTHERS (Daze Maxim & Bruno Pronsato)

HELLO020 / 12″

Hello?Repeat’s 20th release comes from act that couldn’t be closer to the label, but at the same time has never appeared on it: Others. The duo consists of Daze Maxim, Hello? Repeat’s co-founder next to Jan Krueger, and Bruno Pronsato, the acclaimed “romantic techno” artist behind the label’s first album, 2007’s Why Can’t We Be Like Us (plus numerous records since then on DFA, Telegraph and his own imprint, thesongsays). Each artist veers toward weirdness on his own-consider Daze’s early 12-inch Intimacy Girl, released as Heartz4, or Bruno’s 40-minute epic The Make Up The Break Up-but together they take it to another level. Their only record so far is Take 1/ Take 2, an extended left-field house jam that pairs a floppy beat with the sound of Daze droning away on trumpet. Dope Me / Does Caroline Know? is a slightly clubbier affair-less Sun Ra and more Soul Capsule-but still possesses the air of strangeness that makes the duo so unique. Each artist leaves his mark within the first few measure of “Dope Me.” The steady high-hats and flawless kick drum are straight out of Daze’s playbook, while the nervous piano and 3 Chairs-style claps are unmistakably Bruno. As for the slurred vocal pleading “Dope me… dope me…”, that’s anyone’s guess. The track carries on for a solid nine minutes as half-melodies and quasi-hooks slide in and out of the mix. The B-side, “Does Caroline Know?”, takes us deeper and darker. The drums are plodding, the mood is ominous, and a series of dreamlike flourishes add to an already eerie groove. Like the A-side, it’s a surrealistic style of house that only these two could deliver. The artwork, as usual, is done by Daze Maxim.

Daze Maxim – Into The Box Assemble Music

dazemaxim — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:02:50 +0000

Daze Maxim -Into The Box

AS-02 / 12″

On Assemble Music’s second release, Hello?Repeat co-founder Markus Manowski aka Daze Maxim takes us on two extended house trips to destinations unknown.

To hear the dusty bazaar ambiance of ‘Can’t Go To The Box’ is to imagine the metalwork of Manowski’s long back catalogue left out in the desert for a decade, any sharp edges gently softened by the years, its sheen now tinged with rust: check the weary riff nonchalantly threaded through the track’s centre. Only experience can produce this balance of refinement and grit, with precisely controlled track-length modulations in tone loosened up by a casually shuffling beat. As either a warm-up or a cool-down, it’s a one-way ticket to different, unexpected climes.

You might think yourself in more household territory with the flip’s rolling rhythm section, but as the title makes clear it’s difficult to stay grounded. The elements on ‘Orbiting Closely’ gradually interlock to create the kind of percolating trap you’d expect to emerge from Chile, not Düsseldorf. Uneasy snippets of sci-fi film dialogue are ensnared in the web, mirroring the plot twists in the track itself.

Daze Maxim appears on DJ Kicks by Photek, !K7

dazemaxim — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:24:23 +0000

Tracklist:

01. PHOTEK – AZYMUTH
02. KROMESTAR – IN 2 MINDS
03. HOT TODDY FEAT. RON BASEJAM – I NEED LOVE
(MORGAN GEIST’S LOVE DUB)
04. DLX – MODERN MAN
05. DJG – HERE COME THE DARK LIGHTS
06. DUSTMITE & KURU – DARE
07. PHOTEK & PINCH – M25FM
08. PHOTEK – NO AGENDA
09. BABY FORD + EON – DEAD EYE
10. MARCO EFFE – SEXGAS (ARNAUD LE TEXIER RMX)
11. DJG – SAY SOMETHING
12. GUY J & MIRIAM VAGA – NO UNDER BUT YOU
13. DAZE MAXIM – TOMORROW UNIVERSE
14. SEPALCURE – TAKING YOU BACK
15. PHOTEK – LEVITATION
16. PHOTEK & KURU – FOUNTAINHEAD
17. SYNKRO – LOOK AT YOURSELF
18. PHOTEK – 101 (BODDIKA REMIX)
19. PARXE & GRINCHEUX – THE ART OF NOTHING PT. 1