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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: DJ Stefan Egger
Title......: Sound Station EP
Rip Date...: Dec-31-2020 Cat.No.....: AP 001
Style......: Electronic Label......: Avec Plaisir
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: EP
Size.......: 52,4 MB Source.....: Vinyl
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
The Garda Lake in the early 80ies is possibly not be the first
place which pops up, when it comes to pivotal moments for European
dance & club culture. Whilst most of Europe was dancing to more
and more commercialized disco music, a handful of north Italian
DJs were trying to find an alternative form of dance music
embracing a spiritual and natural sound. Forward thinking club
residents like DJ Mozart, DJ Rubens, Daniele Baldelli, Ebreo, Pery
and Beppe Loda fused African and Brazilian music, Reggae, Ragga
and Bhangra with Kraut-Rock, space disco, US funk or British new
wave b-sides with a carefree and partly odd approach into their
so-called ôAfro/Cosmic Soundö. Records were sped up or slowed down
massively to create a slow-paced trancey journey somewhere between
90 and 110 beats per minute.
The first sound we consider as Cosmic Music was played at Baia
degli Angeli in Gabicce Mare / Rimini by DJ Bob and DJ Tom from
Philadelphia, who inspired DJ Morzart and Baldelli amongst others.
In the following years clubs like Cosmic, Typhoon, Melody
Mecca or Chicago became sacred places for a post-hippie
movement, getting lost in the rhythms of western dance music
blended with sounds from all around the globe. But the spirit of
the ôAfro-Waveô did not only attract a strong and faithful local
scene.
In 1980 the 15-years old Stefan Egger got bored by the routine of
the annual family vacation at the Garda Lake and started exploring
the city of Lazise on his own. Looking for excitement the young
Austrian asked some random alternative-styled guys for a good
place to hang out. He found himself at ôClub Cosmicô and instantly
got absorbed by the Italian Afro-Cosmic movement. No one less then
Daniele Baldelli was playing that night in an UFO-styled DJ booth,
surrounded by dancers and multi-coloured flashlights, blending
together hypnotic sounds from various genres within minute-long
transitions. It turned out to become a life-changing moment for
him and the kick-off of a whole movement, which he brought to his
hometown Innsbruck.
Overwhelmed by the welcoming inclusive music scene at Cosmic Club,
Egger bought his first Technics turntables. He started the ôAfro-
Meetingö û a series of own events û in Innsbruck, trying to
capture the feeling of his first encounter with ôAfro-Cosmic
Musicö. He wanted to overcome the provincial wooden disco shacks
with their chart music, which was predominant in these days. As it
turned out this was more than overdue. A whole generation of young
Austrians and Germans was craving for an alternative to the so-
called nightlife of these days. Just by word-of-mouth the ôCosmic
Musicô of DJ Stefan Egger and his fellas Hannes Alshut and Rob
Neureiter became an underground movement itself, which reached
Munich, Augsburg and û even û northern Italy. Egger started to
invite Italian djs to Austria. Vice versa he was booked in the
Italian clubs where his journey once started. Driven by the urge
to create a more and more transcendental sound by layering dance
music of the obscurest origins, Egger became an expert DJ
involving 3 to 5 turntables, live musicians, synthesizers and drum
computers. As his own definition of ôCosmic Musicô became clearer,
the various sources Egger used to draw the sounds from started to
slowly run out. The local record stores switched their focus
towards Euro-disco, hip hop, techno and house, so by the end of
the 80s Egger and his fellas were forced to produce their own
tracks and ôAfro/Cosmicô finally became an own genre.
After roughly 10 years of djing Stefan Egger founded his own label
ôSound Station Recordsô and released his first Maxi CD in 1987.
Until today the Sound Station catalogue counts more than 200
titles on CD and vinyl, most of them by Stefan Egger or his
various projects like ôCosmic Projectô, ôAfrican Projectô or
ôYaseô. Also tracks from his favourite Italian producers like
Fabrizio Fattori, DJ Ebreo, Meo, Yano or Corrado found their way
into the catalogue. Even though Sound Station never really aimed
for commercial success, the label had built a solid fan base that
remains active until these days. The label itself released music
until 2016 and became quite sought-after within a circle of
enthusiastic collectors.
With AP 001 we present four fully licensed and re-mastered tracks
taken from DJ Stefan EggerÆs early output on the Sound Station
catalogue. While the A-Side contains two almost unknown mid-tempo
bangers, the B-Side pays attention to StefanÆs more spiritual and
world-inspired productions.
www.discogs.com/release/16269823
p l a y l i s t
01 African Project - Karmagghia 07:40
02 Cosmic Project - Arena Shamen 06:36
03 DJ Stefan Egger and Tim Lorenz - Indian Love 06:18
04 DJ Stefan Egger and Tim Lorenz - Karmapas 06:38
27:12 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl