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