Recondite (born ''Lorenz Brunner'' in

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) is a German

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producer, label owner and

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Biography

Brunner grew up in a rural area which is often named as a source of his inspiration. Besides the environment and the Lower Bavarian landscape, the population is also a direct influence to his work. This is true for the artist in general and for his alias Recondite in particular. In this surrounding Brunner created his first tracks in a small home studio. Following this early musical creative period, the young producer moved to Berlin in 2009. Brunner founded ''Plangent Records'' in 2011 and published tracks under the name Recondite. Already the first four-track EP (PLAN 001) received very positive national and international feedback. In the same year Recondite got his first gig at Panorama Bar/

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in Berlin. Further releases on his own label, as well as on Scubas Label ''hotflush'', followed expanded concert inquiries at home and abroad. Increased attention was given to Recondite by the album ''On Acid'', which was released in 2012 via the US label Absurd Recordings. Those tracks, influenced by the typical acid sounds, extended the musical diversity Brunners to another facet. The music press referred particularly to the fact that Brunner gave his own imprint to the previously known ''acid'' and created a "incredibly listenable" record. The appreciative echo that gave the music journals and the online portals, along with the ongoing success of his live shows, led Recondite to his first US gig at

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in 2012. With his second long-player ''

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'', released in 2013 on the US label

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, Recondite became a worldwide-booked live act. Since then he has constantly been seen on stages in Europe, America, Asia, and Australia. Among other shows, he performed live between

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and

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on the Time Warp Festival 2014. In the very same year he became a Resident-DJ of Richie Hawtin's ENTER.Ibiza 2014. Recondite does major events such as Melt!,

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and Time Warp just as club shows in smaller and mid-sized venues with correspondingly more intimate atmosphere. Recondite released his third album ''Iffy'' in November 2014, his fourth album ''Placid'' in November 2015, and his fifth album ''Daemmerlicht'' in February 2018.

Musical style

Recondite's diversity of appearances is reflected by releases on various labels such as Dystopian and Innervisions. These are driven by different variations of electronic music, but at the same time characterized by Brunner's own sound. Recondite performs live and is known for his sets adapted to the prevailing mood of the audience as well as to the divergent local conditions. This earned him a nomination for the ''DJ Awards 2014'' in the category "''Electronic Live Performance''". His musical style is attributed as

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and

acid techno Acid techno, sometimes known generally as "acid", is a genre of techno that was derived from acid house and developed in Europe in the late 1980s to early 1990s. It saw younger artists apply the "squelching" synthesizer sound of Chicago acid hou ...

. In fact, Brunner's musical output blurs the boundaries between these categories. The released Albums and EPs include melancholy and gloomy tracks, with a typically low bpm, and also veritable

tracks created for the dancefloor. According to this, the music press has difficulties in categorizing his style into a subgenre. The press has called Recondite's musical style e.g. "''moll techno''", "''

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-House''" (

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), "''meditative techno''" (

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), "'' Bayreuth in 4/4''" and "''

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in 808''" (De:Bug). Recondite uses

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and

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s. He works with the native ''Operator'' synthesizer from

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, which combines analog sounds and

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synthesis. Except in the ''acid test'' productions, no further synthesizer are used by Brunner.

Selected discography

Albums

* 2012: On Acid (Absurd Recordings, Acid Test (2)) * 2013: Hinterland (Ghostly International) * 2014: Iffy (Innervisions) * 2015: Placid (Acid Test) * 2018: Daemmerlicht (Plangent Records) * 2020: Dwell (Ghostly International) * 2022: Taum (plagent records)

EPs and singles

* 2011: Plangent #001 (Plangent Records) * 2011: Plangent #002 (Plangent Records) * 2011: Plangent #003 (Plangent Records) * 2012: DRGN / Wist 365 (Hotflush Recordings) * 2012: Plangent #004 (Plangent Records) * 2013: EC10 (Dystopian) * 2013: Stems (Ghostly International) * 2013: Waldluft (Trolldans) * 2013: Shift 003 (mit Julien H Mulder) (

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) * 2013: Plangent #005 (Plangent Records) * 2014: Psy (Innervisions) * 2014: Levo (Innervisions) * 2014: Nadsat (Dystopian) * 2014: Caldera (Hotflush Recordings) * 2015: Limber/Undulate (Acid Test) * 2016: Phalanx (Hotflush Recordings) * 2016: Corvus (Ghostly International) * 2017: Theater II (Dystopian) * 2017: Update (Hotflush Recordings) * 2018: Rainmaker (Afterlife Recordings)

References

External links

Recondite at Facebook

Recondite at Ghostly International

Recondite at Dystopian

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