“There’s still a dancefloor functionality in these tracks, but pure techno is not the order of the day, and the results are thrilling from start to finish.” – Juno Records
Terence Fixmer has shared a brand new remix by German techno powerhouse Marcel Dettmann, a reworking of ‘Evolve’, one of the stand out tracks from Fixmer’s recent album, THE PARADOX IN ME, out now on Mute / NovaMute.
‘Evolve (Marcel Dettmann Remix)’ will feature on a new EP, Magnetic North, set for release on 16 July. The three-track EP also includes a remix of ‘Another End’ by German techno producer / DJ, and founder of Recorded Things imprint, Oliver Rosemann and a new track, ‘Magnetic North’, which explains Fixmer, “serves as a bridge between THE PARADOX IN ME and the sound of my future album, which will be lean towards the club, and be more techno, and hypnotic with raw sounds.”
Talking about long-time friend and occasional collaborator Dettmann’s remix, Fixmer explains, “Marcel chose ‘Evolve’ to remix, he always likes tracks when I put my voice to it. I love the way it starts with a dubby direction, before developing into electronic club sequence and bringing on the voice. Marcel is so creative, it’s an honour to share this remix.”
The new EP arrives on 16 July along with an extended edition of THE PARADOX IN ME, Fixmer’s second album for Mute / NovaMute. The new edition features three new tracks, ‘In Synthesis (Vocal Mix)’, ‘Razor Sharp (Version Two)’ and ‘Close to You (Live Version)’.
On THE PARADOX IN ME Fixmer stretches the limits of dance music by interlacing evocative, cinematic electronics with pounding, peak-time 4/4 pulses. “There’s always a fight between directions,” he says. “This album represents all the sounds I have within me.”
Fixmer burst onto the scene in the late 1990s, establishing the Planete Rouge label in 1998, and releasing a slew of influential 12″s under a pseudonym before Muscle Machine, his acclaimed debut album which pioneered a new genre that merging the sounds of EBM and Techno.
Not long later, he achieved a personal milestone, collaborating with Nitzer Ebb vocalist Douglas McCarthy for two albums as FixmerMcCarthy that bridged the gap between EBM and classic techno. And since then, he’s barely stopped for breath, remixing personal heroes like Front 242, Nitzer Ebb and Depeche Mode, as well as respected peers such as Ellen Allien, DJ Hell, Dave Clarke and Sven Väth, simultaneously building up a canon of work on CLR, Electric Deluxe, Ostgut-Ton and of course, Mute and NovaMute.
Fixmer’s passion for electronic music hums from every note and carefully engineered beat on the Magnetic North EP, and extended version of THE PARADOX IN ME, which plays almost like an autobiography, and assembles a world that’s tactile and strikingly visual, capturing the soul of the synthesizer in all its forms.
MAGNETIC NORTH EP
- Another End (Oliver Rosemann Remix)
- Evolve (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
- Magnetic North
THE PARADOX IN ME (EXTENDED EDITION)
- Test of the Times
- In Synthesis
- Razor Sharp
- Dark Enough?
- Another End
- Paroxysm
- Shore Break
- Ephemere
- Evolve
- Close to You
- Void Machinery
- Glacier
- In Synthesis (Vocal Mix) – NEW TRACK
- Razor Sharp (Version Two) – NEW TRACK
- Close to You (Live Version) – NEW TRACK
THE PARADOX IN ME – 12” VINYL – ORIGINAL VERSION
- Ephemere
- In Synthesis
- Evolve
- Shore Break
- Glacier
- Dark Enough?
