DJ Hell has unveiled his latest album, Neoclash, on International Deejay Gigolo Records, which sees the German artist ‘reconstruct’ the electroclash sound he helped to forge in the late 90s.
The 12-track album, which is out now in digital format, with a vinyl release set to follow in January, is described as a ‘cultural experiment – music as a medium for reflection, for structuring space and time, and as a vehicle for exploring the tensions between technology, the body, and perception. [It] is a manifesto for the aesthetic relevance of electronic club music, with strong old-school references in a new understanding.’
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Hell, aka Helmut Josef Geier, has worked as a DJ and producer since the late 1970s, with his International Deejay Gigolo Records label in the 1990s and 2000s serving as a home for avant-garde electronica from the likes of Tiga, Fischerspooner, Dopplereffekt, Vitalic, Bobby Konders, Miss Kittin, Tuxedomoon, and others. The label and its catalogue was intrinsically linked with the birth of electroclash, one of the new Millennium’s most prominent dance genres.
Neoclash pays tribute to the music that informed that era, with references to Italo disco, new wave, indie dance, disco, pop, Chicago house, acid, Detroit techno and experimental electronic music. The album also features two collaborations, Medussa with Donner Summer, and Why with Joyce Muniz.
DJ Hell – Neoclash is out now – check it out here.
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