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140g 1LP coke bottle clear vinyl in full color jacket 12" sleeve, insert, download card with 2-track EP featuring ONLY the Gene Tellem, Tama Sumo & Lakuti Remixes cut loud at 45. Red (PMS 199C) & Silver (PMS 877) print on white inner label in a stock white jacket with 10" x 3.25" in. hype sticker.
Includes unlimited streaming of Prelude Remixes
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Following the release of Barbie Bertisch’s debut album Prelude in June 2022, Love Injection is thrilled to announce Prelude Remixes via Love Injection Records, which features six artists new to the label, kicking off with a two-track 12” single followed by a full digital release. Love Injection is the label and fanzine Bertisch runs with her partner, Paul Raffaele. The duo are romantic about remixes as an artform and always intended to have reinterpretations be the next phase after Prelude. Often reduced to ways to extend a hype cycle, or disjointed add-ons, Love injection’s remixes exist in dialogue with the artist’s songs.
The 12 inch single will inaugurate the project, with Montreal’s Gene Tellem on the A side, and Panorama Bar residents Lakuti and Tama Sumo on the flipside. On the “GT Remix”, Bertisch gushes that “[Gene is] very good at creating and sculpting atmospherics in her productions. She really grabbed the song and took it to a different place.” Tellem's version of “After The Storm” is faster, elastic and pulsing with an almost primordial intensity.
Creative and life partners Lakuti and Tama Sumo take on “Fertile Garden (Emerge)”. Lakuti, originally from South Africa, got her start DJing in the Johannesburg house scene of the ‘90s. She is now based in Berlin and often DJs with Tama Sumo, who grew up in Bavaria and moved to Berlin in 199x and has been a staple in the scene there since. The duo, both residents of Berlin's Panorama Bar, turn “Fertile Garden” into an ecstatic, unrelenting beat-down, best fit for peak time.
For the digital release, New York-based Gavilán Rayna Russom (Voluminous Arts) remixes “Taking My Time,” transforming the aqueous dance track and puncturing it, infusing it with her signature entrancing, psychedelic synthesizer magic, and rooting it with kittenish percussion.
Dazzle Drums—like Lakuti and Tama Sumo—are another creative partner/life partner duo. Based in Tokyo, they’ve remixes “Woman of Contrasts,” featuring the renowned keyboardist Eric Kupper on keys. The combo is another link within the storied Japan-New York house music connection. Their remix is a softer, deeper expansion of Bertisch’s original.
Olive T, New Yorker currently based in Switzerland contributes two alternate versions of “Is This What You Wanted”, dubbed ‘late to the club’ and ‘headed home.’ Their remixes dabble in outsider electronic music, blending elements of classic New York house into their soundscapes and, in this case, delivering two distinct renditions of the propulsive track.
Finally, the package wraps with an offering from New York-based Discwoman affiliate Umfang, who takes on “Water Moves Slowly.” Umfang’s contribution is glossy, glitchy, yet faithful. A freaky mutation of the original.
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released November 18, 2022
All songs written by Barbie Bertisch from the LP "Prelude"
Mastered by Walter Coelho
GT Remix:
Remixed by Gene Tellem
Mixed by Fran Cathcart
Tama Sumo & Lakuti Remix:
Mixed by Tama Sumo & Lakuti
Pre-mastered by Gal Aner
12" cut and distributed by Dietrich Schoenemann at Complete USA
Pressed at Archer Record Pressing Co. in Detroit, MI
Digital distribution by !K7
Sync and licensing by Terrorbird Media
All photos by Guarionex Rodriguez Jr.
Design by Paul Raffaele
Raised in Buenos Aires and Miami, Bertisch has called New York home for most of her adult life. She is a DJ, artist, radio host, writer, and co-founder of Love Injection.
supported by 11 fans who also own “Prelude Remixes”
I read in an interview that the album was composed to provoke a sense of joy, and I feel that. It's startling how "fun" it feels; I think there's some magic in the arrangement and mixing, that elevates the sound design and melodies to great heights.. I can't work out how, which creates a glorious mystery on top of the great sounds. Octagonism
On 1980 Recordings, “4/4 #40” nails the ominous element of techno & deep house, delivering dance songs with an ominous edge. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 16, 2019
The esteemed producer gives a spirited salute to ’90s house in this one-off single, backed with a remix from German upstart techMOUSE. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 14, 2019
supported by 11 fans who also own “Prelude Remixes”
Moodymann creates innovative soul funky music with deep 70s inspiration. The vocals are simply outstanding. A step back in time, 50 years ago! Superb. jef37
