{"title":"Dial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded by Carsten Jost, Turner \u0026amp; Peter M. Kersten (Sten\/Lawrence), the label Dial has become a prominent force in the electronic music scene. With a focus on quality and innovation, Dial has consistently delivered groundbreaking releases that push the boundaries of genre and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCarsten Jost, Turner, and Peter M. Kersten are all highly respected artists in their own right, bringing their unique perspectives and talents to the label. Their combined expertise has allowed Dial to curate a diverse roster of artists who consistently produce cutting-edge music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed via Kompakt, one of the most influential electronic music labels in the world, Dial has gained international recognition for its forward-thinking approach to music production. With a catalog spanning various genres including techno, house, ambient, and experimental sounds, Dial continues to captivate listeners with its distinctive sonic palette.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"perishable-tactics","title":"Perishable Tactics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first Carsten Jost album for 15 Years - his first since 2000’s “You Don’t Need A Weatherman…” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the interim he’s kept busy curating countless releases on Dial, the label he co-runs with Peter “Lawrence” Kersten, celebrated a 15 year label anniversary with an all-encompassing 2LP\/various artists’ compilation, released a gallery-edition album of his black ambient collaboration Misanthrope CA with Robert Kulisek, “Deathbridge\" and launched a new magazine project (also with Kulisek) named after the speed of light i.e. “299792458m\/s”. 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Being the first of its kind under his civic name, the long over-due association of Hamburg's cerebral label and its group of off-centre house and techno individuals with Frankfurt's favorite electronic music producer for the thinking man and woman, proved to be a seminal one. Now, that sort of 'Happiness Is Happening' again. Roman Fligel's follow up on Dial takes off, where 'Fatty Folders' landed: on a runway that acknowledges the roots of house and techno as well as its fruits, but leads to a different location. Exempt from the burden that a concept album can lay on its author, Flugel seems not to be concerned with the current trends, retro fashion or a pre-conceived topic. Free-wheeling and with a freshness akin to morning dew, he rather takes us by the hand and through ten tracks that sometimes feel like songs without a voice. Having said that, the strongest point of 'Happiness Is Happening' is that it has a voice. The voice of a maker who is not afraid to mix joy and pain, ambient textures with remnants dance floor euphoria, quiet spaces and loud places. So you have an almost Depeche-Mode-like ballad that the 'Friendship Song' is, next to the techno city ghost story of 'Occult Levitation'. Slow-motion robot disco ('Wilkie') appears as much at home here as the bulky 'Stuffy' or the sudden impact in 'We Have A Nice Life'. That list goes on and on. The most startling fact about Roman Flugel's tour de force is that its sum is as great as its parts. Nothing feels superfluous, ill-paced or forced here. Its a condensate of a life that has been spent in techno, house and its various mutations and archetypes with a sensibility for pop music, a consciousness of indie culture and an affinity for the avant-garde as such. 'Happiness Is Happening' is like a concept album without a concept. A testament to the fact that the concept of an album that works within the realms and boundaries of 'electronic (dance) music' can be so much more than a loose collection of 12- inches or just an exercise in style: it can be, after all, a piece of art and at its best comparable to a successful singer-songwriter album without words. Especially, when the creator of all his seems to be truly comfortable with himself and at his best. Then, 'Happiness Is Happening', indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dial","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50451495321931,"sku":"379057","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d152699f-a288-4c8e-87ab-9a3fec214d23_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727127304"},{"product_id":"films-and-windows","title":"Films and Windows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first new Lawrence album on Dial Records for 10 years! 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Throughout, his involving and human approach to electronic music feels more inviting and more necessary than ever. Rather than the dancefloors across Europe that Lawrence has so fruitfully soundtracked over the past few decades, the sound of \u003ci\u003eIllusions \u003c\/i\u003eis inspired not only by his endless, constantly unfolding creative process, but a flurry of underground club gigs overseas including Japan and Mexico. In these close spaces, warmth and intimacy generate the atmosphere, and \u003ci\u003eIllusions\u003c\/i\u003e is naturally blessed with a typically delicate touch that might surprise even long-time devotees of the artist. On close listen, acoustic instruments and subtle field recordings provide a natural bedfellow to Lawrence’s typically warm, earthy machine sound. 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