'From so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved'. Charles Darwin 'On the Origin of Species' 1859

Butane’s forthcoming album ‘Endless Forms’ is the future of electronic music, exploring fresh directions and true experiments in sounds, all the while evoking a myriad of warped sensations. His first LP for Crosstown Rebels, this heralds the arrival of one of the most dynamic artists of our times.

The title 'Endless Forms' is a homage to Darwin, the master of progress and discoverer of evolution. Identifying with his adventures, Butane AKA Andrew Rasse took inspiration and connected with Darwin’s concepts - “that all the complexity that surrounds us has developed from ultimate simplicity” - and embarked on his own wild discoveries.

Working from this notion, in an almost mad scientist approach, Butane has created a project that holds the beauty of simplicity, yet listen carefully and you can hear the intricacy of its craftsmanship. Beholding an eccentric and expressive story, unleashed from a pensive and peculiar soul.

The opening track, ‘This Is Your Brain On Music’ encapsulates the message of the album – “inquiry into the nature of things leads to new forms of artistic expression.”

‘Endless Forms’ drifts through the organic sounds of Butane’s production in tracks such as ‘His Story’ and ‘Mutation’, each creating new patterns in the engineering of modern techno. ‘Transmit The Music In Me’, ‘Almost Finished’ and ‘Idle’ further augment the atmosphere, taking industrial beats to encounter laid-back harmony.

Butane hails from the Midwestern United States, the birthplace of many great electronic music acts, but now resides in the heartland of modern electronic music, Berlin. Taking influence from evolution, he embodies a wide musical range, encompassing anything from seamlessly blended soul-led techno to warm, deep, cerebral house music.“I constantly change my techniques, exploring new methods, and considering new avenues towards making and understanding music.”

His second album (the first appearing on his own label, Alphahouse) delivers the true identity of Butane as an artist, taking in his untamed thoughts, lessons and surroundings. “My goal is to evolve as a person and an artist. I get bored with the same places, the same tastes, the same sounds. My music will always be an expression of my struggle to become a more complete person,we're constantly adapting. My music evolves with me.”

Also a pioneering DJ, Andrew uses vinyl, Traktor Scratch, samplers, effects, and whatever other new tools are available to craft his sets. Encountering many cultures in his travels, from Tokyo, Cape Town, Moscow, Mexico City, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Budapest, Rome and taking ideas along the way. Technically gifted, with an ear for deepness, Butane is not afraid to take the crowd where they need to go.

As a music producer, his tracks have been featured on some of the world’s most forward-thinking underground labels. Licensing original tracks to mix compilations such as Matthew Dear’s Fabric mix, Luciano’s HiFi SciFi on Soma, and Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost mix, it’s obvious that his peers in the industry hold his music in high regard.

Butane tackles music with profound emotion and relies on individual interpretation, “each time a piece of music is listened to, the listener is participating in the creation of meaning. I find it a romantic idea that my music can mean so many different things to different people.”

‘Endless Forms’ is a truly imaginative project, embarking into unchartered territory and destined to be heralded as a seamless blend of inspirational sounds from a highly astute artist.


TRACKLISTING
1. This Is Your Brain On Music
2. His Story
3. Nite Vision
4. Mutation
5. Transmit The Music In Me
6. Almost Finished
7. Idle
8. Adaptation
9. Inferno Jack

I realized most of the studio DJ mixes I've done are fairly deep and not totally indicative of the way I might play on a Saturday night in a big dark club, so I thought I'd make one a little bigger..

as usual, no tracklist.  I'm pretty certain that everything on this mix is available at your finer vinyl and digital music retailers.  dig deeper.

download

Here's a little DJ mix I put together for the Minitek Festival Podcast series.  It's a nice mix of deeper house and techno meant for Summer listening around the campfire.  Enjoy.

download here *new link*

Last mix of the 2-part series.  This one is warm and deep and full of emotion, for those Sunday evenings at home with that special someone....

Enjoy -

Engineered for Sunday

Since I haven't let many sets out this year, I figured I'd post another one for those of you who enjoy listening.  This was recorded at Bar Americas in Guadalajara Mexico last weekend.  I had my wisdom teeth removed the week before, and found out that tequila and percocet are a very hallucinigenic combination :)

I apologize for the temporary links - while I'm on the road I don't have access to my server.  As soon as I get back to Berlin I'll get a permanent link up.  If neither of the links work, please send me a quick message and I'll re-upload. 

http://www.sendspace.com/file/qd8pg8

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CKP2B445

Big thanks to my friends at Minimoo in New York for such an excellent party!!  For those of you who weren't there, just imagine five hundred of the city's best-dressed freaks going all out in a big dark loft on west 29th street until noon the next day.  I love New York.

I apologize for the temporary links - while I'm on the road I don't have access to my server.  As soon as I get back to Berlin I'll get a permanent link up.  If neither of the links work, please send me a quick message and I'll re-upload. 


http://www.sendspace.com/file/cf644i

http://download.yousendit.com/B0E09FDC6CFE0A9A

Bookings EUROPE: bine@spineakle.com
Bookings N/S AMERICA: andrew@alphahousemusic.com

---2007---
jan 1 Letsmoke, Brussels
jan 6 Piping Club, Geneva
jan 13 Klangwek Ost, Veilsdorf Germany
jan 19 Ego Club, Ulm Germany
jan 20 Becool, Barcelona
jan 24 Shanti, Moscow
jan 27 Krasnodar, Russia
feb 10 Dumb Unit/Vakant @ Watergate, Berlin
feb 16 Alphahousexy, Chicago
feb 17 Alphahouse, St. Louis w/ Junction SM live
feb 24 Retox Lounge, San Fransisco
march 2 Cine Colibri, Stuttgart
march 10 Alphahouse night @ 15th Floor - Berlin
march 24 Fuse, Brussels
march 31 Gazgolder, Moscow
april 8 Gomorrah - Berlin
april 15 Bar 25 - Berlin
april 20 Killer Robot @ Fiction, Cape Town, South Africa
april 28 Valencia Spain
april 30 Harry Klein, Munich
may 5 Dumb Unit vs. Vakant - Watergate, Berlin
may 18 White House Lounge & Spa Afterhours, Denver
may 19 Alphahouse night @ Upstairs Lounge - St. Louis
may 26 DEMF Detroit
may 28 Need I Say More pt.2, Detroit
june 8 Continental, Mexico City
june 9 Hardpop, Juarez, Mexico
june 15 Nave 9-10, Barcelona
june 17 Alphahouse Label Showcase - Off-Sonar, Barcelona
june 29 Minibus Weekend, Tbilisi, Georgia
july 4 America fuck yeah! Watergate / Berlin
july 15  Weekend Club Rooftop Afterparty - Berlin
July 19 Jessicat's Birthday @ Club der Visionaire
july 21 Panorama Bar, Berlin
july 31 Piping Club, Geneva
august 5 Electrosplash, Spain
august 25 Leipzig
september 8 MTW - Offenbach
september 15 Rex Club, Paris
september 29 Madgeburg, Germany
october 2 Maria - Berlin
october 5 Minsk, Belarus
october 6 Magma65 - Milan
october 10 Watergate - Berlin
october 13 Octapus Club - Pontavedra Spain
october 19 Foundation - Minneapolis
october 20 Alphahouse St. Louis
october 26 Anu - San Fransisco
october 27 Minimoo - New York City
november 2 Deeper Moods, Los Angeles
november 10 - Bar Americas, Guadalajara Mexico
november 17 - Alphahouse, St. Louis
november 23 - Australian tour TBA