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The Mover
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Mescalinum United, Alien Christ, Rave Creator,Turbulence, Ace The Space, Nasty Django, Cypher, Pilldriver, Marshall Masters
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"MARC ACARDIPANE, also known as The Mover and about twenty other names the last time I checked, is one of the great unsung auteur-visionaries of techno, making music that is awesomely cinematic, physically compelling, and deeply, darkly emotional. For a long time fan like myself, it's truly exciting to see him emerging from the shadows to a higher profile courtesy of Tresor, with this long (long long LONG!) awaited full length Mover album. As accomplished and atmospheric as ever, this album enriches a body of work that was already as impressively vast and as vastly impressive as Jeff Mills's or Richie Hawtin's. Big up the original Doomtrooper!" --- Simon Reynolds (New York Times, The Wire, Spin, Village Voice, author of 'Energy Flash' & 'Generation Ecstasy')
Open your Techno history books to 'Originator'... Born Marc Acardipane in Frankfurt, The Mover is Europe's most prolific godfather of the Underground, having since 1989 penned some of the most inspirational and pioneering Techno ever on his PCP, ACA, Cold Rush, Dance Ecstasy 2001 and other labels under the pseudonyms MESCALINUM UNITED, ALIEN CHRIST, RAVE CREATOR, TURBULENCE, ACE THE SPACE, NASTY DJANGO, CYPHER,PILLDRIVER, MARSHALL MASTERS etc...
Himself inspired by the powers of Detroit, especially that of X-101 (Mike Banks/Jeff Mills) and more so Suburban Knight's "The Art of Stalking", The Mover's own melancholic but deeply musical sound mirrors modern urban life (and lifelessness) and still remains experimental Techno far ahead of anyone's time as well as the inspiration for a wide array of influencial artists and DJs.
A statistic says that target groups of Techno supporters change every 2.5 years, so theoretically The Mover is just now beginning to enjoy Techno's "Generation 6" fandom... but he's not. The Mover is Techno's missing man from history, having intentionally disappeared from the media gaze years ago, shunning the press and remaining within his year 2017 sound of Phuture Techno he single-handedly brought to life.
Before the lines of 'club Techno' evolved as they have today, when back in the day 'Techno' referred to almost anything electronic including Breaks, Acid, Rave, House, Experimental ... when 'Techno' was one big European dancefloor experiment, The Mover was there injecting dark strains of originality into the big parties, widening borders for the purists and creating new fans from the uninitiated, among them writer/author Simon Reynolds who, although disappointed after fire marshals broke up Acardipane's first-ever NYC gig, told readers of The Wire "at least I can tell my grandchildren I once saw The Mover".
"We make music for large spaces. Hard, futuristic and without compromise." (Marc Acardipane, Ten Dance 11/02)
During the period 1989-1996, Acardipane's PCP and its sublabels released over 500 titles of which 300 were by Acardipane himself. Moves outside the PCP realm included The Mover's "Spiritual Combat" and the Aphex Twin remixes of Mescalinum United's "We Have Arrived", both gracing Belgian powerhouse R&S (1992). In Belgium his Marshall Masters guise went gold with "I Like it Loud" (70,000 copies) and "Don't Touch That Stereo" went number 3 in the Pop Charts with 30,000 sold. "No Sukkaz" charted at number 3 in Austria as well --- but although all that was achieved without ads, videos or marketing, Acardipane HAS cleverly and successfully flirted with the mass market: his "Frankfurt Trax Vols. 1-6" compilations were powerfully promoted and distributed by Sony and his later "Resident E" compilations were backed by Edel earning 3 appearances in the German charts and further promoted by Acardipane's "Resident E" party series and the self-published "E-Mag" magazine.
Not much was known about Acardipane before 1997, by submerging himself in the anonymous shadow world of 2017 he became harder to find and follow. PCP dissolved in 1996 and Acardipane moved to Hamburg, surfacing only in Northern Europe and Holland where he's revered as a god. But signs of life began to beat loudly once again in 1998. His and friend/producer Miro's ACA/Acardipane Records and the TV-advertised "Best of Marc Acardipane: 1989-1998" retrospective reintroduced the mystery man and his stark dedication to the sound. The Mover's "Frontal Frustration" LP on Tresor and current projects with Ministry of Sound and Things To Come have brought looks of disbelief from Techno's Old Guard. The story is far from over, the fascination about Techno's missing man lives on and with respect.
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