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Part 3 of the MethLab Autumn Mix Series is here, and we have a very special edition in the form of a new announcement to the MethLab roster - Rawtekk!
Hailing
from Hamburg, and composed of accomplished professional sound designers Stefan
and Christine Westphal; Rawtekk is an incredible live act fusing intricate
electronica and live vocals. Their crossover style connects Drum and
Bass, Dubstep and Idm; fused together by the lusciously unusual vocals of
Christine – reminiscent of the surreal and enchanting styles of Bjork or Joanna
Newsom. Their output is sophisticated whilst remaining mainly focussed on the
dancefloor, designed to work in both club environments and more diverse festival
stages as a live act.
Their
debut LP ‘Sprouted and Formed’ dropped in mid-2013 on the highly respected
Medschool offshoot of Drum and Bass heavyweight label Hospital Records. This 17
track album represents their manifesto of diversity; with beautifully heavy Dubstep
in the form of ‘A Magnaminous Kind’s Will’, intricately heavy DnB in ‘Amber’s
Love Was Like a Marble’, pounding wonky Techno in ‘Skrotum Left its Dwelling’
or the lush ambient vocal-led Halo. The album has been widely praised as an
outstanding and significant debut, garnering them well deserved attention. The
release of the LP follows a considerable number of releases on labels such as
Syndrome Audio, Citrus Recordings, Disturbed Recordings and also including work
with collaborator Phace, who worked on both the ‘Stretch Pack’ / ‘Life Goes On’
release on the Subtitles label and also subsequently commissioned them to remix
the track ‘Angst’, from his Neosignal project. Further releases are set for
Medschool in the coming year, with reworked VIP versions of tracks from the
album amongst new material.
Rawtekk
have been performing all over the world in venues such as London’s world-famous
‘Fabric’, as well as many other notorious venues across Europe. They are also
producing sound and music professionally for companies while they
are developing their acoustic audio branding worldwide. Furthermore they
are producing commercial spots, soundlogos, imagefilms and they are developing
sample libraries and demo songs for Steinberg's Cubase, Halion, Halion
Sonic and Sequel 1-3.
