TAKE A STAND REMIXES (KOBOSIL/JONAS KOPP/COSMIN TR

Ellen Allien - Take A Stand Remixes Barcode: 4260600220185 Tracklist: A1. Take A Stand (Kobosil Remix) A2. Take A Stand (Cosmin TRG Remix) B1. Take A Stand (K˜ Alexi Shelby Remix) B2. Take A Stand (Jonas Kopp Remix) Ellen Allien™s šTake a Stand› receives four remixes that highlight and amplify the original track™s unrestrained power. From Kobosil™s anthemic rave bomb to Cosmin TRG™s atmospheric take on it or K™ Alexi Shelby™s Chicago-style house rendition and Jonas Kopp™s hypnotic percussion rework, this versatile remix package elevates the vigour of šTake a Stand› to new levels. KEY SELLING POINTS: - Marketing and promo via BPitch Control (240.000 receivers +), Facebook (122.000 +), Twitter (32.000 +), Soundcloud (69.000 +), YouTube (12.000 +), Instagram (10,6 +) - Marketing and promo via Ellen Allien Social Media (1.163.000 receivers +), Facebook (920.000 +), Twitter (30.200 +), Soundcloud (84.000 +), YouTube (6100 +), Instagram (230.000 +), Charts (Beatport u. a.) LINKS: www.facebook.com/EllenAllien www.instagram.com/ellen.allien twitter.com/ellenallien soundcloud.com/ellen-allien www.residentadvisor.net/dj/ellenallien www.youtube.com/user/EllenAllienTV www.discogs.com/de/artist/4281-Ellen-Allien LIVE: 12.10.2018 / IT / Movement Festival / Turin 13.10.2018 / FR / NJP @ L'Autre Canal / Nancy 18.10.2018 / ES / Mondo / Madrid 19.10.2018 / DE / Galerie Kurzweil / Darmstadt 20.10.2018 / PT / Club 118 / Barcelos 31.10.2018 / PT / LX Music Festival / Lisbon 02.11.2018 / NL / BAR / Rotterdam 03.11.2018 / FR / La Belle Electrique / Grenoble 09.11.2018 / IE / Button Festival / Dublin 10.11.2018 / FR / BNK Opening / Paris 11.11.2018 / DE / Berghain / Berlin 16.11.2018 / US / Good Room / New York City 17.11.2018 / US / Soul Tech Festival / Mexico City 23.11.2018 / ES / Nitsa / Barcelona 24.11.2018 / IT / Dude Club / Milan 30.11.2018 / BE / Rockerill / Charleroi 01.12.2018 / IT / Int™l Talent 20th Anniversary @ Polo Fieristico / Salerno 29.12.2018 / DE / Griessmuehle / Berlin Extended info: šTake a Stand›, Ellen Allien™s first release outside her own BPitch, is a focused yet gritty techno banger made for either getting lost in solitary ecstasy at a basement rave or finding unity on the floor of an abandoned power plant. It is a love letter to what has been and could be, but also a call to action with the future in mind. As a track and as a political statement, šTake a Stand› is ambivalent - and as such demands to be interpreted. With the šTake a Stand Remixes› EP for BPitch Berlin, four of dance music™s finest contemporary producers do exactly that in their own respective musical languages. Kobosil™s rework unites the young Berghain resident™s interest for both euphoric rave music and industrial brutalism in one track: He turns Ellen Allien™s shouted slogan into a disembodied curse that haunts this lysergic peak time banger, which itself transforms Ellen Allien™s appeal for insurrection into a psychedelic mind trip. It™s rough and dark take on the original that not only channels but potentiates its energy. The Berlin-based Romanian Cosmin TRG, known for his stylistic versatility and unusual approach to techno, gives the piece another unexpected turn. His take on šTake a Stand› harkens back to the classic acid techno sound while at the same time highlighting the moody, atmospheric qualities of the original. Out of the four remixes, Cosmin TRG™s synth-driven contribution is probably the one that radiates the most pessimism, making it feel even more urgent. The B-side is opened by none other than the windy city™s Keith Alexander Shelby, here under his K™ Alexi Shelby moniker. Known for his solo work as well as his collaborations with the Chicago aristocracy from Felix da Housecat to Larry Heard and Robert Owens, Shelby™s rough rendition of šTake a Stand› serves as proof that house and techno were once but two sides of the same coin: in a little under eight minutes, he distills the sheer ecstasy that once united the two genres into one thundering dancefloor anthem. A hard-hitting yet playful tune in true Chicago tradition, it skillfully combines looped vocal bits with a driving bassline and clattering percussion. Ron Hardy would have jacked to it, and he would have jacked hard. Jonas Kopp in the meanwhile reimagines ›Take A Stand› with his trademark precision. The Berlin-based Argentinian producer and DJ draws on the nervous energy of the track and turns it into a hyper-focused belter whose rattling percussion converts the explosiveness of the original into a highly hypnotic marching rhythm. After all, it is not his revolution if you cannot dance (yourself into a trance) to it. It™s a perfect coda for this versatile remix package that both highlights and amplifies the original™s unrestrained power.