Looks like Dutch-East are distributing this one
also.. should be interesting to hear.

>BEIGE
>I Don’t Either
>BAY5V (180g LP) / BAY5CD
>UPC: 1753-32792-2
>
>I Don’t Either is the debut album by Cologne's ultrafunk protegé Oliver 
>Braun. Composed of compulsive, playful electronica and skeletal house music 
>- and influenced as much by P-Funk and the clipped R&B of Timbaland as it 
>is by the fractured Cologne sound - this is the real future funk.
>
>Where much recent electronica relies on swathes of effects to bedazzle the 
>listener, Beige’s power lies in the way he strips the music down to a 
>radically funky minimum. Initially alien to the ear, Beige takes the 
>over-familiar elements of house music - the basslines, the vocal snatches - 
>and puts them back together in a way you’ve never heard before. The album 
>doesn’t give up its charms right away, but as you filter through the dense 
>layers of ideas, a strange sense of melancholy becomes apparent: it’s fun 
>(sometimes funny), but with emotional intent.
>
>The unassuming Braun was first brought to the label’s attention by Stefan 
>Betke (aka Pole), which was a pretty strong recommendation in itself. A 
>couple of early tracks appeared on Caipirinha’s superb Deutsche Funk 
>collection (curated by Bernd Friedmann), and the two tracks on last year’s 
>Osmosis compilation created a real stir. I Don’t Either will be followed in 
>May by the already legendary 'The Rhythm? The Message!' as a 12", with 
>another single to come. Beige has also
>contributed a track to the next installment of the Invisible Soundtracks 
>series.
>
>LP: CD:
>
>A1. 1. null to zero
>A2. 2. melodramatic system error
>A3. 3. hydro : porto
>A4. 4. yakumo dippel
>A5. 5. beige : 103
>A6. 6. runkelrübe blau
>A7. 7. beige 04/35/08
>B1. 8. the great krautrock swindle
>B2. 9. zubehört!
>B3. 10. jamaika fraktal
>B4. 11. freaky fuckin’ windows
>B5. 12. 12 A prt.07-2
>B6. 13. repro 01/14/04
>B7. 14. 18 inch black
>B8. 15. mono tonic mit eis
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