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MARIENBAD is the international collaboration between electronic producers Martin Mclaughlin and Benjamin Gibson. The two musicians began working together while living in Europe in 2005 and 2006 and while roaming the streets of Amsterdam and Paris, the pair conducted endless sound experiments in an attempt to express the moods and energies of such urban landscapes. The expierience helped form the foundation of Marienbad.

After two years of working and traveling abroad, Gibson and McLaughlin returned to Canada with an arsenal of new sounds and ideas. Named after the 1961 French New Wave film, Marienbad developed a unique blend of 80′s acid house and swaggering disco by fusing together analog synthesizers, drum machines and organic instruments. Their remix of Heat by TMDP combines robotdisco from different galaxies. It’s completely cosmic yo.

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MP3: TMDP – Heat (Marienbad mix)

The original, Heat, communicates with a number of terrestrial landscapes earthly bodies for another robotdisco jam. Diva vocals loop over analogue funk and some horn stabs that haven’t been filtered or flared. By keeping the brass, Marienbad gives us new noodlings by combining a number of universal dancefloors.

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MP3: Marienbad – FUNHOUSE

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