Acid Washed is a two-man process primarily, deteriorating sound amongst souvenirs, friends, home studios and analogue equipment. It follows the blueprint devised over the past year by two DJ’s keen on using modern and vintage equipment to create sophisticated electronics with a sharp pop aesthetic.

The project took off last summer in Brittany, welcoming guest artists Lippie and Christian Kreuz, then a whirlwind 48-hour session in Paris with Christophe Chassol, the long-time collaborator with heavy-hitters Sébastien Tellier and Phoenix, added synthesizer sparkle to the night-riding funk of Acid Washed tunes. The duo then flew over to Berlin for further collaborations with Barbara Panther and Xaver Naudascher from Supersoul Recordings and Death From Abroad.

The result is a fusion of late nineties French house vibes and DFA disco touches that acknowledges the influence of Chicago and Detroit without being overly reverential. Throw names like Steve Reich, Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk into the hat as well if you like, but don’t dwell on them. The list of big time collaborators queuing outside the hit-factory is getting larger by the day and shows no sign of dying down anytime soon.

www.myspace.com/weareacidwashed

Five years ago Popnoname (real name Jens-Uwe Beyer) moved from the pretty German island Fehmarn to Cologne to make his music thing. He produced music for several films and theatre plays before turning his focus to charmy but sometimes rough rocking electronic beats released by Italic, Firm and Kompakt. His always changing one man live-show with computer, guitar and microphone has toured all over the world.

www.popnoname.de


Firm records is a label based in Cologne Germany run by Thomas Schaeben. Releasing records since 2002, Thomas also records with HeikoVoss under the moniker of Schaeben & Voss for Kompakt who also act as the distributor for Firm. With a reliable roster of artists including Dirk Leyers, Justus Kohncke, Bozzwell, Heiko Voss, Geiger, Coma and a whole host of other talent the label has been going from strength to strength.


To find out more listen to Thomas having a chat with Bozzwell about Firm and what's to come in the future for the label.

www.firmrecords.de