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TALEN is four people, connected by a long-lasting friendship that was forged in the garvitational field of everything concerned with music and music production (record store/radio production/DJs BUX and AUNT ONE, producers BOBPHONIC and UPPER°NOISE).
The music made by TALEN is defined rather by a process than by an aim or a given format and sound, using analogue instruments and toys to produce an arsenal of soundbytes, to later deconstruct the very same in the digital domain (with the subversive joy of the futuristic sniper). The result could be called dubstep taken hostage by rock’n’roll, freely oscillating between „listening“ and „club“ music.
TALEN cannot deny their own musical roots and influences – the Vienna connection (Sofa Surfers), or all things that can be subsumed under the term „dirty disco“ – which are also reflected in the choice of first rate remixers.
The project name „TALEN“ was chosen to evoke a wide range of associations. It is said that the name of Swiss iconic figure (William) Tell has its root in the word „talen“ (which used to mean „child-like/naive“ in an old dialect). Swiss timing and precision and Swiss craftmanship are called into mind. But also words like „to tell“ or „tale“ or „talent“ seem to lurk around the next linguistic corner, as does „Tal“, the German noun for ‚valley’.
The 4 musical authors’ claim to local roots is nicely contrasted with their fictional travels and real musical guests from around the world, and the result is truly building bridges and igniting musical fireworks in the heads of the listeners.
2009 will see the release of the following TALEN works:
- kingston book (2 TALEN tracks and 2 remixes)
- new york book (2 TALEN tracks and 2 remixes)
- CD featuring all 8 songs, plus 4 bonus remixes
Features:
Sizzla, Cutty Ranks (kingston book) / Oddateee, Sensational (new york book)
Remixes:
Stereotyp, Markus Kienzl, (kingston book) / Bit-Tuner, Al Haca (new york book) / Alien Entertainment, Dillon Dug, Markus Kienzl Bonus Remix (bonus remixes CD version).

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