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Whether he is performing live sets or producing tracks in the studio, his passion for music shines through in every project he undertakes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"garden-party","title":"Garden Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoman Flügel’s debut on Running Back under his given name (Roman IV doesn’t count) is a wonderful confirmation of his outstanding position in the past, present and future of electronic music. Needless to mention all his merits (or monikers for that sake) and excessive in almost any style, \u003ci\u003eGarden Party\u003c\/i\u003e highlights his competence in the dance hall and sees Flügel in a jovial mood. Presented by someone who knows the roots of it all, you can hear and envision traces of disco, stories of Manchester’s Hacienda, memories of the night life in Frankfurt as well as the reflections in and of US-American mirror balls. But simultaneously, the rich content here also shows the blossoms of the seed, if one avoids the danger of retromania. This is serious fun and as uplifting as a garden party should be. Or based loosely on the creator’s thoughts: if ABC’s blue-eyed soul stems from punk and new wave, Flügel’s \u003ci\u003eLook of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a direct result of more than 25 years of kick drums .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Running Back","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50436760142155,"sku":"1088900","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/eb4e6659-2c45-4289-9b41-1051cdc411cf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726921355"},{"product_id":"happiness-is-happening","title":"Happiness is Happening","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn album by Roman Flugel is always a sensation. That holds true for his countless monikers and collaborations as it does for his 2011 Dial debut 'Fatty Folders'. 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. 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Shaped to be the vehicle for old and new \u003cstrong\u003eRoman Flugel\u003c\/strong\u003e music alike, unreleased surprises, and previously released sure shots from the archives, it’s the first time after his involvement in the seminal Playhouse and Klang label universe, that he tends to such an enterprise himself - with the help and support of Running Back records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, the journey of \u003cstrong\u003eRoman Flügel\u003c\/strong\u003e’s own \u003cem\u003eSister Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e label starts with the valuable \u003cem\u003eTracks On Delivery\u003c\/em\u003e series. Originally released on the third jewel in the Playhouse crown (Ongaku Musik) from 2000 to 2002, it’s a meditation on and contemplation of techno. Remastered, recut, and repackaged as a triple vinyl edition with the addition of two previously unreleased Patterns. Pristine sound design, hypnotic wizardry, and dry then architecture let all of them appear as if they haven’t aged a day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sister Midnight","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x3","offer_id":50474072670539,"sku":"1101773","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3a83fdc2-7ab5-450e-909a-5fd20983df2b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727433504"},{"product_id":"eating-darkness","title":"Eating Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoman Flügel is a magician. This statement is far from hyperbole. Just put the needle down on any record – I mean any! – of his ( collaborations included) since the early nineties and see for yourself: none of them are without that special effect. The magic works instantly. And as the thing with magic goes: it’s challenging to explain it. But I guess that is what makes it magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEating Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e is the title of his newest spell. Affected by the fundamental shock that any system got in 2020 – but not the result thereof – it is an album that could absorb it – as its name might suggest. Music and nightlife work hand in hand as escapism and as anchors or as the undercoat of social interactions. They enable people to deal with hardships as well as the burden and the joy of life. That is the starting point and hope of \u003ci\u003eEating Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e: the outlook and invitation to enrich each and everyone’s existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound to the single LP format and reminiscent of a time with format limitations, the nine tracks are testament to Flügel’s weakness for the art of pop music with the use of little and especially short motifs. Furthermore equipped with a clear instrumentation and without any camouflage, \u003ci\u003eEating Darkness \u003c\/i\u003ecorresponds to his idea of a virtual band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it happens, the opener is called The Magic Briefcase. That sits not only well with my first sentence, but pretty much embodies the album and Roman Flügel’s apparatus in an alternative title: Crystal clear sounds and melodies bounce on and off the dance floor, living room and club are pulled together and transcendental moments take turns with the tangibility of reality. After all, that is how a real magician allures you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Running Back","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50474277929291,"sku":"1117425","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50474279043403,"sku":"1117423","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/90b7d879-9e5a-4aad-aaa5-9e958f923da0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727435199"},{"product_id":"lucky-charm","title":"Lucky Charm","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagically delicious: Lucky Charm completes Roman Flügel’s personal -feel- good-tetralogy on Running Back. Joining Garden Party, D.I.S.C.O. and Mega for a quadrophony of fun, it is piano house at the core of the matter. Of course, Roman Flügel wouldn't be himself, if he would work carelessly. Imagine it prepared through the disciplines of molecular gastronomy. 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