TRAUM Schallplatten

Valtteri Valimaki contributes a stunning electronic piece suffused with calm and melancholy the kind of composition that could easily score an Alain Delon film. It’s elegant, cinematic, and quietly moving.

French producer Andy Meyer has lived through all the classic stages that shape an artist first as a club goer, then as a DJ, and eventually, after 2010, as a producer. Known primarily for his harder edged techno, he reveals here a more nuanced side, one that reaches beyond genre boundaries, blending intensity with emotional sensitivity. French producer Andy Meyer unfolds “Persephone”, a track that links contrasting moods into one continuous flow, unorthodox, highly artistic, and emotionally precise.

Uccelli resurrects the minimalism and emotional clarity of the 1990s with “Resplendent”. Its simplicity is striking, its emotional depth immediate. There’s a directness here a purity of intent that speaks to every old school heart.

Belgian duo Tweaken, once known for their hard-edged techno, have long been exploring the melodic side of the spectrum. With “The Gathering” they step fully into the Traum universe, tunneling through layers of sound and texture. The track feels like a musical excavation unearthing fragments from different worlds and weaving them into a journey through time.

Haunami, the Japanese producer, returns to Tour De Traum with an ambient piece that evolves through a live, drum-like rhythmic framework. The sounds meet, mingle, and drift apart again, creating a shifting, abstract universe, fluid and alive, filled with fleeting connections and dissolving contours.

No Tour De Traum would be complete without RAUB! The Dutch duo represented this time by Kas Arts and Roland Buurmann continue their tradition of crafting enchanting electronic music inspired by the visionary sound of 1990s British duos like B12 and The Black Dog. Yet they carry that aesthetic lightly into the present, making it entirely their own. Each contribution feels like a gift to the series timeless and full of life.

QuiQu, who appeared on Tour De Traum many years ago, return with “New Hope”. For much of its length, the track unfolds as a minimalist rhythmic piece, echoing the computer-generated timbres of the 1980s. Only in its final third does it open into a wild techno opus. A thrilling transformation that rewards patience with release.

With “Chocolate90” Perceptron takes us back to the simplicity and raw charm of the 1990s. A decade defined by its innocence and directness. The track embraces that clarity: unpretentious, beautifully plain, and instantly communicative.

Frasseck & Freitag, known for their solo EPs and many Tour De Traum contributions, return with one of their most energetic works yet. “Waste What Is Left” is high octane and rhythmically relentless. A seamless, forward driving dance of determination. It’s pure kinetic energy, a celebration of movement itself. No peace for the wicked.

breakbizz, also known as Helge Hoffmann, carries a remarkable backstory. Once recognized in Berlin’s streets for his graffiti on S-Bahn trains, his path eventually turned from visual rebellion to sonic creation. His music channels that same restless energy, driving rhythms, flowing delays, and sharp, interlocking synth lines. His track “Accident & Error” for Traum Schallplatten captures a sense of forward propulsion, balancing airy textures against a pulsing core. There’s an almost apocalyptic undertone here, but it’s punctuated by moments of light a constant rise and fall of emotion that feels alive and human.