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adapted from the press release by Ben Hogwood<\/strong><\/p>\n Collabs 3000\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Chris Liebing & Speedy J<\/strong>\u00a0(aka Jochem Paap)\u00a0-announce the\u00a020th Anniversary Edition\u00a0<\/strong>of their smouldering collision of taught techno rhythms and sonic abstraction,\u00a0Metalism,<\/em><\/strong>and the release of\u00a0tracks from their first collaboration in nearly two decades<\/strong>.\u00a0Metalism<\/em>\u00a0will be available in full on vinyl for the first time, and on CD and digitally \u2013 both with the original artwork by The Designers Republic \u2013 on\u00a014 November<\/strong>. That will be preceded by the \u20182025 EP<\/strong>\u2019, available now on vinyl (limited edition of 500), with the digital following on 7 November, via\u00a0NovaMute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The 2025 EP kicks off with \u2018Zwart<\/strong><\/a>\u2019, a track of driving kaleidoscopic techno burrowing deep into your brain and limbs, and \u2018Spiegeling<\/strong><\/a>\u2019, where propulsive techno rhythms, and minimal ricocheting melodies coalesce for this essential dancefloor track. Both cuts offer a tantalising glimpse of what these two these two Techno titans have been creating nearly 25 years after they originally joined forces for Collabs 3000. Artwork for the EP is a playful nod to \u2018Comedian\u2019, Maurizio Cattelan\u2019s controversial conceptual artwork and references the duo\u2019s \u201cbass banana\u201d, which is passed between them to signal whose turn it is to lead the beats.<\/p>\n Techno innovators, Chris Liebing & Speedy J, began their Collabs 3000 project in 2001, at Frankfurt\u2019s notorious U60311 club. Liebing and Paap, already key players in the European Techno scene, performed an off-the-cuff set that saw Liebing mixing out of a Speedy J live set and Speedy J bouncing off Liebing\u2019s selections behind the deck, creating an utterly unique set.<\/p>\n Soon after that set the pair recorded at Paap\u2019s studio in Rotterdam for a release for Speedy J\u2019s celebrated collaborative series on NovaMute, Collabs. The resulting 12\u201d helped to define the sound of early \u201800s Techno and their chemistry in the studio meant that they soon reconvened to record an album,\u00a0Metalism<\/em>.<\/p>\n The 20th Anniversary edition of Metalism<\/em> has been remastered by Chris Liebing, and comes housed in the original art by The Designers Republic. The eleven relentless, layered tracks that move from brutal tough drums and dancefloor bound techno to more experimental meanderings, combine the pair\u2019s mastery of subversive electronics and peak time techno and have lost none of their sheer power in the intervening years.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 20th Anniversary Edition of Metalism is available on double vinyl, CD and digitally on 14 November via NovaMute. Pre-order\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>HERE<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
2025 EP is out now on limited vinyl, and digitally on 7 November via NovaMute. Pre-save\u00a0HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n