The celebration of Ostgut Ton’s fifth birthday is a 2-CD compilation containing all new material from nearly everyone ever associated with the label.
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Cassy, Simply Devotion
October 29, 2009 – 10:01 AM
When Cassy Britton released the inaugural Panorama Bar mix back in 2006, her selection preempted attempts to blur the boundaries between deep house and minimalism. However, as her sets so fluently attest, the devil really is in the detail. The prevailing flavour on Panorama Bar 01, after all, was a tendency to fuse timeless reduced techno — Ø, DBX, Baby Ford — with the warm tones of Rick Wade, D5 and Redshape, not a convoluted combination of one-dimensional tinny mnml and coldly rigid interpretations of deep house. Given her previous form, it’s no surprise that she employs a judiciously sharp approach to track selection for Simply Devotion, her mix CD for Cocoon Recordings. This time however, it seems Cassy has been caught in the house headwinds.
Little White Earbuds Interviews Cassy
January 8, 2009 – 8:15 PM
When discussing her music, Berlin-based producer/DJ Cassy Britton admits she wanted to start “as simple as possible” to leave room for improvement and details as time went on. The simplicity tying together her productions for Perlon, Beatstreet, Uzuri, her own Cassy imprint and others is absolutely captivating, locking listeners into single-minded grooves too effective to […]
Check out Varsity Allstars this Sunday, ft. Cassy
September 5, 2008 – 12:34 AM
Chicagoans who salivated at the Afterschool Special line up are in luck: This Sunday Cassy makes her debut performance in Chicago during Listed Events’ Varsity Allstars at Moretti’s (1645 W. Jackson), supported by an insanely long list of DJs which can be found here. Show is 18+, starts at 12pm and lasts until midnight, and […]
A Degenerate Round Up
September 3, 2008 – 6:54 PM
Photo by Dave Surgan (ObsceneNYC) This past weekend Made Events served up Sunday School for Degenerates, a 26-hour clubbing marathon which left many with sore limbs, ringing ears and fewer brain cells, yet ultimately quite happy. While I can’t say I was in attendance the entire time (this Chicagoan rarely gets to club for five […]
Cassy, Cassy 02
July 13, 2008 – 7:37 PM
[Cassy] Panorama Bar’s go-to artist Cassy Britton has spent the last few years carving out a totally distinctive sound. 2006’s first installment on her self-titled label had seeds of it and 2007’s “Somelightuntothenight,” probably her breakthrough track, defined it. Cassy’s last release, “A Poem For You,” brought things to a whole new level. For an […]
Little White Earbuds April Charts
April 29, 2008 – 9:59 PM
Chart courtesy of The Economist 01. DJ Bone, “Sect 1” [Sect Records] (buy) This enigmatic three tracker defies placement in space and time, with a sound well versed in classic methods but as fresh as anything else out there. Here’s hoping whoever sent “Sect 1” to me is prepared to share its wealth with a […]
Tadeo, Cosmos Remixes
April 7, 2008 – 9:42 PM
[Apnea] Miguel Sar, better known as Tadeo, is one of the few producers making minimal techno whose work continually interests me post-mnml glut. His productions are often spiny and spiked with nuanced loops, making for tracks utilitarian enough for industrious DJs and bountifully ear-catching for those who go long and linear. His work for Cray1 […]
Little White Earbuds March Charts
March 30, 2008 – 9:03 PM
Chart via The Economist. 01. Robert Hood, Fabric 39 [Fabric] (
Cassy, Soul Saviour
November 16, 2007 – 9:22 PM
[Perlon] In a recent interview with the Ibiza Voice, Cassy explained her love for the Roland 808 and 909s: “Most of techno and house has been made with these two machines, so it’s a sound we’re familiar with. Even if you don’t know the machine, you recognise it immediately and it feels like home.” It […]