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05.03.2013
Foals

Having just won “Best Track” at the NME Awards 2013 for lead single 'Inhaler', the band release their 'Holy Fire' album and hit radio with 'My Number' in Germany.

The first German shows supporting the album release in March are already sold out.

Our favourite quote on the album comes from singer Yannis Philippakis himself: "There are some heavier moments and some dirtier moments. It's swampy, some of the grooves are quite stinky." And a lot more…

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04.03.2013
Stefan Obermaier

Stefan Obermaier  stepped into the arena of international club electronica almost a decade ago. Born in Salzburg and a keyboard player since the age of 5, he - inspired by the Vienna Sound of the 90s - played and composed for various Funk & Jazz projects in the 90s but simultaneously developed a reputation as a performing electronic musician. At the time, this implied moving and installing bulky computers in venues - as functional laptops had not yet entered the market. In 2001, Obermaier moved to Vienna to study musicology, but left upon signing his first record contract in order to focus on his musical output.

Stefan has made a name for himself with remarkable solo releases, in-demand remixes (a.o. for Supermax, Mark Murphy, and M ('Pop Muzik') as well as his Gold selling 'Classic Reloaded Project' on which he pieced apart some of Beethoven's and Mozart's works, retooling them for the 21st century. He effortlessly fuses the cool, funky & dubby Vienna scene with a more energetic, strictly future bound tech approach.

His own label Drift Rec. was launched in 2012 with the crisp, uplifting house music of the Bagana EP, its successor 'Traveler' achieved Top 10 positions in the leading German (DCC) and UK (Cool Cuts) club charts and his third 2012 release, the Shishanna EP, also peaked at #2 DCC.

Stefan Obermaier has his own sound exhibition room at the world's first sound and music museum - the Viennese Haus der Musik. We look forward to a lot more from him in 2013.

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04.03.2013
Trentemøller

Since the release of his summer anthem ‘Physical Fraction’ on Steve Bug’s Audiomatique label in 2005, Anders Trentemøller has been globally recognized as an outstanding  producer and multi instrumentalist.

His 2006 debut album ‘The Last Resort’ struck a chord with audiences around the world, receiving numerous ‘Album of the Year' awards and significant worldwide sales. Remix honours include a Grammy nomination for the Trentemøller remix of Franz Ferdinand’s  ‚No You Girls‘. Live shows with his band included festivals like Glastonbury (UK), Melt (Germany), Lowlands (Netherlands) and headlining the Danish Roskilde festival in 2009.

Trentemøller continued to innovate and move forward on his second artist album ‘Into the Great Wide Yonder’, released 2010. Anders: “Of course I didn’t want to make the same record twice. That would have been boring. (…) I’d want the music to be more organic, warm and not typical electronic sounding”.

We are pleased and proud to accept responsibility for the global administration of Anders Trentemøller’s copyrights outside of Denmark together with our friends and partners at Edition Babelfish / SEN.

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19.01.2013
Fatoumata Diawara gathers Malian super-group to record 'Mali - Ko' (Peace / La Paix)

In response to the situation in Mali, World Cicuit artist Fatoumata Diawara has gathered together over 40 of Mali’s most renowned musicians in a studio in Bamako to record a song and video calling for peace.

Known collectively as 'Voices United for Mali' the group includes Amadou and Mariam, Oumou Sangare, Bassekou Kouyate, Vieux Farka Toure, Djelimadi Tounkara, Toumani Diabate, Khaira Arby, Kasse Mady Diabate, Baba Salah, Afel Bocoum, Tiken Jah, Amkoullel and Habib Koite amongst many others. The track is titled ‘Mali-ko’ (Peace / La Paix)

"The Malian people look to us,” the 30-year old said earlier this week. “They have lost hope in politics. But music has always brought hope in Mali. Music has always been strong and spiritual, and has had a very important role in the country, so when it comes to the current situation, people are looking to musicians for a sense of direction.”

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19.01.2013
Django Django rule German year end charts

Django Django deservedly rule the year end charts in Germany, iTunes Germany feature the band as best electronic newcomer of the year. Congratulations to the band and our partner Because.

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17.10.2012
Freibank artists at Amsterdam Dance Event

1700 artist from all over the world will play at the ADE from October 17 to 21.

On Thursday, October 18th, the new Knowmads Headquarter will be turned into an Oasis of electronic vibes provided by FormResonance Recordings.

Line-up: Gati Masina (live), Florian Schirmacher, Livio Pinna and Toby Gale at 'KNOWMADS HEADQUARTERS' Ferdinand Huyckstraat 64, Amsterdam

Other Freibank artists playing at the ADE:

Kruse & Nürnberg (liebe*detail) as part of the Rejected-ADE Special on Thursday, October 18th at 'STUDIO 80' Rembrandtplein 17, Amsterdam

The Mobilee-Crew with Pan-Pot, Sebo K, Anja Schneider, Rodriguez Jr. (live), And.ID (live), Ralf Kollmann and Sebastian Radlmeier on Friday, October 19th at 'HET SIERAAD' Postjesweg 1, Amsterdam

Systematic Recordings with Sleepy & Boo, Satoshi Tomiie, Robert Babicz (live), Marc Romboy, KiNK (live), Christian Smith and Max Cooper (live) on Saturday, October 20th at 'CHICAGO SOCIAL CLUB' Leidseplein 12, Amsterdam

Marco Resmann, Gunnar Stiller, ONNO, Sierra Sam (live) and Marcus Gehring from the Upon.You Record-Label on Saturday, October 20th at

'PAND14' Muntbergweg 14, Amsterdam Zuidoost

A Moon Harbour-Showcase with Matthias Tanzmann, Luna City Express, Italoboyz, Sven Tasnadi, Dan Drastic and Zohki & Roozlee on Saturday, October 20th at 'ODEON' Singel 460, Amsterdam

The Wolf + Lamb-Night Crew Love with Soul Clap, Wolf + Lamb, PillowTalk (live), Night Plane (live) and Nick Monaco will take place on Sunday, October 20th at 'MELKWEG' (Old Hall), Lijnbaansgracht 234 A, Amsterdam

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20.09.2012
Turbo Music Corporation

Publishing cooperation with Tiga's Turbo label

Recording artist Tiga founded Turbo Recordings in Montreal back in 1998. The label is about to hit its milestone 100th 12-inch release. The Turbo Century label retrospective celebrates the artists and music that have made the label proud over the years, and serves as an ideal introduction to the multi-faceted Turbo sound.

Freibank will handle worldwide administration of the label’s new publishing division.

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