December was a busy time that’s why I were far away from the blog and I apologize for it. To make me forgive and with the complicity of the excellent German artist Sternrekorder, Valerie offers you a new exclusive selection of rare and unreleased tracks. For those who do not still know the universe of Sternrekorder and its wonderful compositions, his first album ‘ Weissensee ’ is always available on Astro Chicken Records. I also take advantage of it for you recommend the last album of Hyboid (Astro Chicken‘s Boss) “Where Androids come to die” and his sublime limited edition 180 grams white vinyl! My best wishes for 2012!

Sternrekorder – Mixtape Winter 2012

Playlist:

01 – Rheingold – Rein (1980)
02 – Rheingold – Computerbeat (1984)
03 – The Human League – Seconds (1981)
04 – Simple Minds – Love Song (1981)
05 – New Order – 586 (1983)
06 – Killing Joke – Love Like Blood (1985)
07 – Rheingold – Pirata (1980)
08 – Sternrekorder – Painless (2011 unreleased)
09 – Boytronic – Broken Heart (1985)
10 – Вадим Храпачёв – Полёты во сне и наяву
11 – The Human League – Open Your Heart (1981)
12 – Sternrekorder – A Short Circumstance (2007 unreleased)
13 – Yazoo – Goodbye (1982)
14 – Boytronic – You (1983)
15 – Michael Garrison – Departure (1982)
16 – Kaoru Inoue – Valley Of Lights (2005)
17 – Sternrekorder – Maschine 8 (2006 unreleased)
18 – Karat – Musik Zu Einem Nicht Existierenden Film (1979)

I evoke regularly the quality of the Intergalactic FM broadcast, then you can imagine my enthusiasm when one of his most faithful contributors, Casionova (Magic Waves), recently sent me a special selection for Valerie. With the style of the big guards of the Italo soul (David Vunk, Fred Ventura, Flemming Dalum), this mix will make you discover the prodigious wealth of his playlist.

Casionova – Valerie X’mas Mix

Playlist:

01. JOE MARAN – Give Me A Break
02. WITCH ELIZABETH – My Destiny (Instrumental)
03. ONE-TWO-THREE – Runaway (Instrumental)
04. SUSAN MORGAN – Take My Love (Instrumental)
05. BRANDO – What Now My Love? (Flemming Dalum edit)
06. I.M.S. – Nonline
07. POPTOWN SYNDICATE – Protection
08. NATASCHA KING – On Ice (Remix)
09. MARK OWEN – This Moment (Instrumental)
10. LOUI$ – Pink Footpath
11. CHAPLIN BAND – Il Veliero
12. CHEAPS – Moliendo Cafe (Instrumental)
13. EDDY TRAUBA & MM GRECO – Maccaroni Radio
14. TOMMY BOW – Dance Tonight (Instrumental)
15. SKY CREACKERS – You Should Be Dancing (Instrumental)
16. IMAGE – Hot Stuff
17. TELEX NEWS – Forever
18. MANHATTAN PROJECT – That’s Impossible
19. HOT COLD – I Can Hear Your Voice
20. JOLI BAND – Paradiso
21. CYBER PEOPLE – Polaris

The Electric Youth mixtapes are rare, and on Valerie, “The February Story Mix” had marked the spirits. For the release of their 1st Ep “Right Back To You“, which contains some excellent remixes of DVAS and Sarah Sarah, Electric Youth offers you this new exclusive mix. It’s the opportunity to discover a little more the musical universe which populates the imagination of our favorite duet, who are preparing an album planned for 2012… Deeply the next year!

Electric Youth – A Real Human Being Mix

Playlist:

“A’s Side”

01- M83 – Where The Boats Go
02- Peter & The Magician – La Fiorentina
03- Gypsy and The Cat – Jona Vark (Plastic Plates Remix)
04- Naked Eyes – I Could Show You How
05- Luke Million – Journey Part II
06- LexiconDon – December Sunset (U-Tern Remix)
07- Julien Love – Baby All The Time
08- Miami Horror – Imagination
09- Electric Youth – Right Back To You (DVAS Remix)
10- Fleetwood – Family Man

“B’s Side”

11- Johan Agebjörn – Casablanca Nights
12- Captain Now – Oscar Mike
13- Keenhouse – Treehouse
14- Naked Eyes – A Very Hard Act To Follow
15- Missing Persons – Tears
16- Washed Out – Eyes Be Closed (Lovelock remix)
17- Владимир Пресняков – Острова

“End Credits”
18- Annie – Anthonio (Fred Falke Remix)

The mixtapes which I realize for College are for me the opportunity to share with you my last favorit songs. This episode # 8 entitled “License to Dream Mix” is another invitation to a journey in which you will discover rare tracks and artists’ works by which we follow carefully on Valerie. I take advantage of it to indicate the creation of a special section dedicated to mixtapes on the facebook page of College, you can find the whole collection there! Besides, thank you for your numerous orders on our shop, I shall try to answer it as fast as possible!

College – License to Dream Mix

Playlist:

01 – Stephen Falken – See The Unseen
02 – Ken Scott – Dancer (Single Version)
03 – Freak Electrique – Cloud Surfer (Remix)
04 – Electrick Dragon – Italian Inspiration
05 – College – Blue Camera
06 – Maethelvin – Looking For Love
07 – Young Monday – A Written Description
08 – Yellow Beach Balls – Kissing Tail
09 – Smackos – The Age Of Candy Candy
10 – Gianni Rossi – Theme From Star Vehicle
11 – The Parallax Corporation – Lift Off (Album Remix)
12 – Teenage Bad Girl – Keep Up With You (Lifelike Remix)
13 – Synergy – Warriors
14 – M83 – Midnight City

Before summer, a mysterious trailer had appeared on the Valerie’s Youtube channel to introduce the first issue of Stephen Falken‘s Phantom Tracks, a great collection of old tapes patiently restored. The wealth and the elegance of these works are a remarkable piece of art that our label is very proud to produce! Today, October 4th, you can get the digital version of this new release of our Composer Series division and, from October 11th, the collector’s CD will be available as a limited edition on Valerie’s store. To celebrate this event professor Falken offers you as a bonus this exclusive podcast. Enjoy and don’t forget to see Drive in your theaters!

Stephen Falken – September Remember Podcast

Playlist:

Aube – Groundloop 1
Philus – Kuvio 4
Global Communication – 4.14
John Chowning – Phoné
Moderne – Indicatif
Fumitaka Anzai – Ten Chan Toujou
EOD – Came, Went
Der Zyklus – Elektronisches Zeitechno
Denim – Running in the city
DMX Krew – The Game
Philippe Sarde – Les Choses de la Vie
Stephen Falken – Cool Feeling (Ending Credits)

Flemming Dalum devotes his musical expertise to a single musical genre, Italo Disco. It’s certainly for that reason that David Vunk (Moustache Records), who has already confided him the realization of two EP as well as a fantastic mixed compilation ” The Holy Grail of Italo ” in 2009. Flemming is thus an expert in his domain and in the inviting on Valerie for an exclusive mix, I knew that he would pick up us rare tracks. And it is thus a mission achieved with these 42 tracks adjusted with silversmith’s precision, the melodic journey which he proposes us indeed promises to be unforgettable!

Flemming Dalum presents Magic 80′s – Mix for Valerie

Playlist:

DJ BERT & EAGLE – I Am Your Master (Fleet 1980)
KID MACHINE – Replicants (Unreleased)
SOMA HOLIDAY – Shake Your Molecules (Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L’Acier 1984)
JERRY CO – Mathematic Dance (BMG 1987)
FLYING D.J. – Marylin (Sound Of Italy 1985)
KID MACHINE – Dragon (Unreleased)
ASTRONUT – Astronut Communications TRS EDIT (Carrere 1980)
LOST YEARS – Closure (Unreleased)
DIABOLO – Long Vehicle (CNR 1982)
ROLAND SEBASTIAN FABER – Gegenstrom (Upcoming Aube release 2011)
ANTARES DESTINY – Offworld Solutions (Unreleased)
BILLY WOOST – Body, Body Love (New Polaris 1977)
MIKE SALTA – Voices INST (Unreleased)
ANN STEEL – My Time (Durium 1979)
SYNTHIA – Intermezzo Playa Super (Unreleased Bijou productions)
SILVER BOY – Silverboy (Delivery 2011)
MARZIO DANCE – You Can Do It (Fulltime 1984)
DANIELA POGGI – Break Up (Polydor 1985)
MANHATTAN PROJECT – That’s Impossible (City 1986)
FREDERIC BERGAMASCHI – Demo Track 4 (Unreleased)
SILVER BOY – Disco Hit! (Delivery 2011)
ROLAND SEBASTIAN FABER – Society (Upcoming Aube release 2011)
GAZEBO – Queen Of Burlesque (I Venti d’Azzurro 2011)
LOST YEARS – Connections (Unreleased)
FREDERIC BERGAMASCHI – Demo Track 2 (Unreleased)
DIABOLO – Keep Quiet (CNR 1982)
MR. GROOVE – Number One (ZYX 1984)
PH GROOVE – Nighthawk Fever (Upcoming release on Relux Rimini)
NEW PARADISE – Manimaniac (Ibach 1985)
THE TRICK – Africa (Disques Vogue 1984)
ÜDYTÜ ÜTZELTRÜK AND HIS MALE HAREM – Kairo (CR 1983)
JUNO GANG – Electric Ghost (UBS 1988)
PH GROOVE – Future Shock (Upcoming release on Relux Rimini)
SAVINO – Andromeda Vs Tr808 (Unreleased)
PH GROOVE – Rocket Power (Upcoming release on Relux Rimini)
LECTRIC WORKERS – Robot Is Systematic (Mike Salta remix) (Unreleased)
CUNNING TOY– Searching (Not On Label 1987)
OSCAR PRUDENTE – Stadium (CGD 1977)
THE TRICK – Somewhere There’s A World (Disques Vogue 1984)
TONIC – Marylin En Jean (WEA 1982)
ROBERTA RAVASI – Devil Or Angel (City 1984)
THE CALEPS – Arcade Wizard (F1 Team 1983)

We can now speak about major event when we evoke the excellent selections which realizes Hyboid (Astro Chicken Records) for Valerie. It is indeed the third time when he honours us of a mixtape, this last celebrating the release on his label of the album of Sternrekorder (Weissensee-AC04) in limited edition to 250 copies and available here in a magnificent blazing red color. As usual, his selection is a delicate blend of rare and even unreleased tracks as ‘ To Night out at Milliways ‘ composed especially for this mixtape. Valerie and Hyboid wishes you an excellent back from holidays!

Hyboid presents Sternrekorder – Mix for Valerie

Playlist:

01 – Karel Svoboda – Let Raketoplánem
02 – Hubert D. Bartholomae – Epilogue / Prologue
03 – Klaus Doldinger – Das Boot
04 – Mark Shreeve – Icon
05 – Tangerine Dream – Das Mädchen auf der Treppe
06 – Tangerine Dream – Kiew Mission
07 – The Creatures – Inspiration
08 – Alphaville – A Victory of Love
09 – Sternrekorder – Well-dressed People
10 – Stern Meissen – Das Paar
11 – Michael Rother – Karussell
12 – Rockets – Galactica, La Femme de Métal
13 – Pond – Cassiopeia
14 – John Carpenter – Music and Dialogue from “Dark Star”
15 – Hyboid – A Night out at Milliways
16 – Harald Grosskopf – B. Aldrian
17 – Kraftwerk – Spacelab
18 – Sternrekorder – Reisekader
19 – Popol Vuh – Aguirre I
20 – Black Sabbath – E5150
21 – Heldon – Bolero Part II / III
22 – Supersempfft – Out of Time
23 – Karel Svoboda – Motiv Planety Země

I discovered the work of the Canadian artist Young Monday thanks to the great compilations of the label Radio Cosmos which revealed his highly melodic compositions. Seduced by the remarkable quality of its universe, I wished to invite him on Valerie and he has accepted kindly my invitation by delivering us this week a fabulous musical novel, doubtless one of the most exciting selections of the history of the blog!

Synopsis:

After the mysterious disappearance of Professor Gorodish from his research station in the remote wilderness of Northern Vancouver Island, two old friends set out in search of their lost comrade and to discover the circumstances surrounding his vanishing. On their journey through the dark forests and treacherous rocky coastline they find a secret observatory built by Gorodish where disturbing revelations on the future of mankind are discovered. Upon finding a cryptic note left behind by Gorodish with clues to his whereabouts, the friends set back into the forest, but the path ahead wont be easy. Will they find Gorodish? Will they ever make it back to safety? Follow these two friends as they continue their adventure into the unknown.

Young Monday – Gorodish’s Secret Mix

Playlist:

the road ends / the forest begins

Sauveur Mallia – Blue Lazer
Duncan Mackay – Gin Sing
Tik and Tok – The Tube
Anna – Systems Breaking Down (Dance Version)

a clearing in the woods / unexpected answers

The Advisory Circle – Nuclear Substation
Young Monday – Property
David Michael Cross – The Elohim
Oppenheimer Analysis – Radiance

a note is found / back into the underbrush

Nicolas Peyrac & Roland Romanelli – Rite
Young Monday – Spatial Wayfaring
Peter Baumann – Strangers in the Night

night falls on camp / weary friends reminisce

Bill Wyman & Terry Taylor – Black Notes
Anoraak – Nightdrive with you (Adeyhawke remix)

the final stretch / a figure is seen on the beach

The Hasbeens – Make the World go Away
Vulva – White BMW (Legowelt remix)
Frédéric Mercier – Aqualung

The space travel towards Mars are still a dream for human being but already some scientists study the possibilities of this adventure (see Mars 500 project) PDLT (The Outrunners) wished to retranscribe through its selection the weird and wonderful melodic outlines which could emerge from the imagination of future Martian missions.

The Outrunners – Welcome to Mars (PDLT Mix)

Playlist:

01 – Kenji Kawai – Nine Sisters
02 – Christian Gleinser – Fireplace
03 – Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Winds over Neo-Tokyo
04 – DMX Krew – Happy Birthday
05 – Human – Evil Knievel
06 – Chaotik Ramses – A Tribute
07 – Ghost Cauldron – Look back see forward

Some of you one can be already noticed but the second opus of Composer Series is in preparation! Stephen Falken will present soon the 1st volume of his electronic memories entitled “Phantom Tracks” in a limited edition! Other excellent news, the track “A Real Hero” whom I realized with my friends of Electric Youth will be on the soundtrack of DRIVE the new movie of Nicolas Winding Refn (September 16th USA and October 5th France) and already rewarded in Cannes Festival by the price of the best director! While waiting for to discover all these works, I have prepared this small selection of my last melodic feelings.

College – The Thunder Sentinels Mix

Playlist:

01 – Shuki Levy – Le Passage Secret
02 – Freak Electrique – Parsec
03 – Felix Da Housecat – Neon Human
04 – Johan Agebjörn & Le Prix – Watch The World Go By (Skatebård Remix)
05 – Bangkok Impact – Missionary On Mars
06 – Exchpoptrue – Lost & Found
07 – Breakbot – Penelope Pitstop
08 – Jam Xpress feat Dd – Gotcha Feelin (Lifelike Remix)
09 – Jakatta – One Fine Day (Cicada Remix)
10 – Michel Rubini – Graham’s Theme
11 – Antilles – You And Me
12 – College – unreleased
13 – Jean Michel Jarre – First Rendez-Vous
14 – Stephen Falken – unreleased