Various Artists - Middle Eastern Grooves (Selected by DJ Kobayashi) (2LP) [Batov Records]

Format: 2x12" in gatefold sleeve.
CAT: BTR070LP

Damiano von Erckert's album The Past / The Future arrives on Aus Music this November, just in time for the winter season. TPTF is Damiano's third studio album and shows him precisely balancing rave euphoria with warmer, more intimate moments, moving naturally from deep Detroit techno to the more spatial kraut sounds associated with his homeland. The Past / The Future possesses depth, substance, and timelessness, all elegantly wrapped in the design of legendary artist Eike Koenig.

"The Past / The Future is for all independently thinking romantics and specialists in search of urban melancholy and that simultaneous feeling of freedom and safety. It's for those who find themselves in the dust and rain of the night's darkness. It is dedicated to people determined to conquer their inner fears and to readjust the orientation of their minds to banish stress, anger, and hopelessness from their lives. Finally, it is the soundtrack for lovers and fighters who wish to slow down time and create new patterns to open up unreleased dimensions in their lives as ravers, dancers, and night dwellers. It speaks of forgotten fragments of sounds from the past and the simplicity of the club."