FORCE INC. MUSIC WORKS. N. AMERICA NOW OPEN

From Jon Berry
Sent Tue, Oct 17th 2000, 05:45

FORCE INC. MUSIC WORKS. N. AMERICA NOW OPEN

Hi all. Very pleased to announce that I am now working full time for German=
 label Force Inc. Music Works (and it's family of labels Mille Plateaux,=
 Postion Chrome, Force Tracks, Ritornell). In other words, we have=
 established a NYC satellite office that is acting for all N. American sales=
 and promotions. There's alot going on currently, the reaction and support=
 has been excellent so far, we have numerous projects underway and over 10=
 albums to release by years end.  Caroline Distribution will continue to=
 provide our labels with distribution in the USA and we are also working=
 closely with those fine Canadian distributors FAB. Feel free to call and=
 say hi. Please also note the new contact information.

FORCE INC. MUSIC WORKS
north america
631 east 11th st., suite 22
new york, ny 10009
phone: 212 353 5091
fax: 212 353 3297=20
xxx@xxxxx-xxx.xxx

With CMJ around the corner, indeed Force Inc. is well represented and think=
 the below events may be interesting to the many of you who will be in the=
 NYC area next week. If you want to meet up email or give me a call.=20


Thursday, October 19th 10pm-4am

Listen.com, Flyer Magazine, and XLR8R Magazine Present...
TAKE 'EM TO THE BRIDGE

Adam Freeland (Ultra Records) brought to you by Emusic
Twerk (Force Inc.) 1st NYC performance ++ SET TIME 1:30AM ++
ADNY (Turbo Records / Corner Shots Ltd.)
DJ Eclipse (Non Phixion / Fat Beats)

FUN (located at 130 Madison St. @ Pike St. under the Manhattan Bridge)
email or call me for an invite. I have liimited amounts so please respond=
 asap!!


Friday, October 20th 10:30 - ?=20

Sven Vath (Ultra Records)
Stewart Walker (Force Inc. Tresor) ++SET TIME 11:00PM++
John Selway (Ultra Records)

TWILO (located on 27th street bet. 10th and 11th)
This is NOT a CMJ event. The guest list is very limited and only to press.=
 Come support Stewart's first appearance at  Twilo, expect an entirely new=
 set of music from him done specifically for this event!!


Saturday, October 21st=20

Marcus Miller
Twerk (Force Inc.)
Tomas (XLR8R)
Timeblind

TONIC (107 Norfolk St. between Delancy & Rivington)
Free and a killer night if your tired of the madness

Other interesting news...hopefully you all saw the great cover story in=
 XLR8R which brilliantly illustrated the California techno movement, that=
 Force Inc. has been a large supporter of this past year. In fact, XLR8R did=
 a fine label profile in the same issue! LUOMO "Vocal City" on Force Tracks=
 has taken the world by storm, SPIN and VICE gave the album fabulous reviews=
 in their latest issues, countless other publications have it running=
 shortly. Rumor has it that the 12" 's are warming up the house clubs (Danny=
 Tenaglia, Mateo and Matos in particular have been spinning tracks from the=
 album), not to mention it being caned over at Body & Soul!! The remix EP is=
 in the works with contributions from HAKAN LIDBO, MATHIAS SCHAFFHAUSER,=
 M.R.I. confirmed. Speaking of M.R.I., Force Tracks will be releasing their=
 debut full-length November 28th. Our biggest selling Force Tracks artists=
 for good reason - outstanding house. PLURAMON (Bit Sand Riders out now) and=
 kid606 (p.s. i love you out October 17th) just finished a massively=
 successful US tour helping promote their new albums on Mille Plateaux.=
 Other upcoming releases on Mille Plateaux include the return of SND and=
 TERRE THAEMLITZ. Force Inc. has been on a tremendous release schedule,=
 upcoming releases include a brand new 12" from STEWART WALKER, and new=
 albums from DONNACHA COSTELLO, UUSITALO (aka VLADISLAV DELAY), TOMAS JIRKU=
 (a new Toronto producer who wowed everyone at Mutek this year), and to end=
 this year the release of Force Inc.'s 200th release! Entitled "xxx@xxxxx",=
 a collection of new, exclusive tracks from some of the best on the label=
 composing uplifting techno burners that will be sure to bring attention to=
 the new wave of techno. Contributions are provided from Auftrieb (aka Mike=
 Ink/Wolfgang Voigt), Jasper & Kit Clayton, Vladislav Delay, Stewart Walker,=
 Twerk, *G* (aka Gez Varley), and others. And finally, a track from Thomas=
 Koner's (of Porter Ricks) Teimo album on Mille Plateaux can be heard in the=
 trailer for sci-fi film "Red Planet". Koner is also performing October 15th=
 in Montreal at the prestigious Montreal New Media/Cinema Festival.=20

If you got this far, thanks and feel free to contact me if your further=
 intrigued. Next year is our 10th anniversary. Events worldwide are being=
 organized to celebrate.=20

All The Best,

Jon Berry
Force Inc. Music Works N. America