Artist: Isomer Transition
Title: Mission to Mars
Catalog Number: TRANS.007
Type: Digital EP
Format: 160 kbps MP3
Duration: 28 minutes
Size: 28 meg
Link:

Mission to Mars, the first episode in the “Behind the Shadow of the Moon” story series, is now available as a free 160 kbps download on transelectronic.net. If you prefer 320 kbps or WAV format you can purchase them from Beatport.

Behind the Shadow of the Moon is the story of a group of renegades scientists that are racing to Jupiter to save a mysterious planetoid from being destroyed. Releases in this series take the form of audio narratives, with the song titles representing ’scenes’. You can read Captain Rethan Doepfer’s journal entries and other story snippets here.

This is a digital release on transelectronic.net of a previously released EP. In addition to this site the music is available via iTunes, eMusic, Beatport and other fine digital retailers. The reason that I am giving these tracks away is that it makes me happy to have people listen to my work. If you like the tracks, make a donation to my paypal account (rjvaleo@gmail.com) or simply email me and let me know what you think.

Listen to the tracks:
Deep in Space - 6:00
[audio:http://www.transelectronic.net/downloads/it-mtm/01_Deep_In_Space.mp3]
Loop Me Through to Control the Mains - 6:38
[audio:http://www.transelectronic.net/downloads/it-mtm/02_Loop_Me_Through_to_Control_the_Mains.mp3]
The Exploration of Region 13 - 5:49
[audio:http://www.transelectronic.net/downloads/it-mtm/03_The_Exploration_of Region_13.mp3]
Space Madness - 6:26
[audio:http://www.transelectronic.net/downloads/it-mtm/04_Space_Madness.mp3]

Download this release as 160 kbps mp3s - CLICK HERE

Purchase this release on Beatport as WAVs or as 320 kbps mp3 - CLICK HERE

Isomer Transition Live in NYC @ LESS, Jan 26 2008

Title: Live at LESS Jan 26, 2008
Artist: Isomer Transition
Catalog Number: TRANS.006
Type: Live Performance
Year Recorded: 2008
Format: 267 kbps VBR MP3
Duration: 1 hour 07 Minutes
Size: 128.9 meg
Link:

Recorded live at Igal, Eddie and Vadim’s weekly minimal techno party on the lower east side of NYC at The Annex. Their night there is called, appropriately enough, LESS. They even use the << as a “logo” of sorts.

The night is one of the better weeklies in NYC for techno, and I have had the honor of playing at LESS several times. The crowd is always into the music, and people come there to dance, amongst other things.

This set, recorded 2 days after my 3o-somethingith birthday is particularly special to me as it is all new material never played out before. For this performance I used Ableton Live for audio, an M-Audio sound interface, and both a Drehbank and Trigger Finger for control. I hope that you enjoy.

The cover art for this release was donated by my good friend Ilan Katin. He is a graphic designer, and VJ that is currently residing, in all places, Switzerland.

Title: All Mixed Up
Artist: Isomer Transition
Catalog Number: TRANS.004
Type: DJ Set
Year Recorded: 2006
Format: 238 kbps VBR MP3
Duration: 49:52
Size: 85.4 meg
Link:

This live performance was recorded in May 2006 at my friend Patrick Gallagher’s art opening at the Halcyon Record shop down in Dumbo Brooklyn. The idea behind the performance was to take a lot of my material from all of the different monikers I have produced under and do a DJ style Live PA with it. I did a lot of pre-production, culling tracks from as far back as 1995. No joke! I took loops from tracks recorded to DAT, to cassette, and random field recordings. It is a deep and dark heady journey through the transelectronic universe.The tracks used in this mix are from the upcoming “Mixtapes” and “Tapes and Trackers” series’ of releases scheduled for early April. The individual tracks will be available for download on this site then.

TheReturn of Gel & Weave
…for one night only

Magda | Mike Servito | Igal Nassima | RJ Valeo

Tuesday,November 13 2007
Bar 13 (35 E. 13th St. NYC 9pm - 4am |$10)

We’re excited to announce the return of Magda and her infamousparty, Gel & Weave. This isa one-time only event takingplace on Tuesday November 13th 2007. Now, we know thisisa bit of a strange day to do a techno party with Magda,Mike Servito, Igal Nassima,and RJ Valeo. A Tuesday ofall days! But, the stars aligned to make this thing happenandwe hope that you will come out and join us for what promises to be a really greatnight of music, featuringsome of the best talents that Berlin, Detroit and NYC have to offer. So take Wednesday off, grab your activator, and be prepared to get your snake on!

Magda // Minus, Berlin

Currently residingin Berlin, a relative stone’s throw from her hometownof Zywiec in Poland, Magdaseems to have found a city thatmirrors her own attitude to life - no restrictionsandcer-tainly no compromise. It’s a philosophy that also flowsthrough her musicproductions and her DJ sets and has madeher a vital artist on the Minus roster.Her ability toguide the audience through the dark recesses of contemporaryminimalismbefore delivering them back safely into thelight means her name is never far fromthe lips of discerningclubbers and fellow DJs alike.

Mike Servito // Blackbx/Burnlab, Detroit

A Detroitlocal favorite for years, Servito has finally madethe move to Brooklyn. As a DJ,he is best known for thevariety in his sets and his impeccable musical knowledge,traitsthat have steadily earned him the respect of hispeers. As he grew up Detroit, hewas influenced by localradio at an early age, and began DJing over a decade agoduringthe heyday of the rising De-troit electronic musicscene. Servito has played inNYC many times including theBunker, this past August, as well as at the originalGel & Weaveseries, back in 2002.

Igal Nassima // LESS, NYC

Originally fromIstanbul, Igal moved to NYC to pursue his passionfor dance music. The growing minimaltechno movement inNew York City proved to be a proper home for his glitchy,offcenter style of Djing. Influenced by the concrete ofthe city, the rawness of Brooklyn’sstreets, and his passionfor techno, he created loft.n.space, a late-late-nightafter-hoursparty series hosted with fellow NYC transplantand DJ, Vadim. He has played alongsidethe talented DJsand producers such as Ryan Elliot, Ryan Crossan, HakanLibdo, TimXavier and Nick AC. Igal currently holds courtat NYC’s latest addition to the undergroundminimal technoscene with a residency and curatorial seat at LESS.

RJ Valeo // Moodgadget, NYC

Valeo, bornin New York, is a seasoned producer and performer,perhaps best know for his seminalalbum “September” onthe UK’s Type Records. Recently, in contrast to previous releases,he has been focusing his meticulous beat programmingand production skills on craftingsubtle and heady techno.His latest explorations journey through the subtle interplayofrhythm & bass and minimally placed melodic elements,leading the listener tofind solace in the negative spacesinbetween these juxtaposed of his productions.As all ofhis music has been, these pro-ductions are influenced bythe minimalismof microsound, glitch and idm, industrialand new wave, and by technology itself.

The Return of Gel & Weave is brought to you by vivianne’sprojects and transelectronic.net

With the preceding decade’s technology explosion, particularly in the arena of home computing, it has become easier than ever to compose and record music. Unfortunately, as most of us know, it has as a result also become harder than ever to find really good stuff in the sea of song that is being created. Social networking sites like Myspace alone are a labyrinth of sub-par and half-baked ideas, but that didn’t stop electronic label Moodgadget Records from embarking on the daunting task of weeding through the Myspace dumpster in search of a genuine soundmaker. Luckily for all of us the hunt paid off in the form of a talented Brooklynite composer.

Isomer Transition, whose real name is RJ Valeo, has composed four songs in a blend of techno and house styles for the Moodgadget EP Mission to Mars. Some of the beats crafted - although typically techno in their bass-snare 1-2-1-2 pattern and middling tempos - are the overall primary hot draw here. “Loop Me Through to Control the Mains” and “Deep in Space” each start out simply, with thumping drum programming lathered on thick enough to warm up anybody harboring any frigid suspicions as to whether or not Valeo is of ‘real deal’ caliber. Rest assured, frosties - Isomer Transition is legit.

The beat construction on this painfully short joint is most easily likened to that of Matthew Dear’s Audion: dirty, danceable, and constantly building. With each new set of 8 bars, Isomer Transition throws in subtle new sounds like crisp offbeat hi-hats, further subdivided bass drum rhythms, and all sorts of sonic touches (hand claps, ambient curtains, quickly tapped clicks & clacks). In all four roughly six-minute tracks there are no down (read: shitty) moments and the only disappointments with Mission to Mars is it’s aforementioned brevity. One can only look forward to bigger developments from this artist and more gem-like finds from his determined parent label.

Reviewed by Josh Zanger
Joshua Ian Zanger, a native of rural Chicago, rocks many a world with his writing, style, and generally sweet aroma.

link to review

Isomer Transition: Mission to Mars
Moodgadget

Can machine funk be simultaneously cold and warm? The four minimal techno tracks on the Mission to Mars EP, Isomer Transition’s (RJ Valeo) follow-up to last year’s Future Days release Shadowland, certainly suggest as much: the songs’ shiny surfaces may be as cold as deep space, but their earthy dance quality bespeaks bodily warmth too. The sleek textures and punctuating starburst blasts of “Deep in Space” place it in a dance club at some distant docking station but the irrepressible funk of its skipping stomp and bass rumble reveals an all-too-human physicality at its core. “Space Madness” batters rubbery percolations and snappy beats with meteor showers of warped synth lines, while “The Exploration of Region 13” guides a swinging disco groove and slithering bass line through silken stratospheres. Merge the drum machines and synth acid of Plastikman with the pristine elegance of Kraftwerk and the result might sound something like Isomer Transition.

September 2007

Link to textura.org review.

Next is a great Techno EP sent from Moodgadget Records. The Mission To Mars EP by Isomer Transition contains four quality deep Techno tracks. “Space Maddness” is the standout with a sound really reminiscent of “Baby Kate” by Heartthrob. Check it.

Isomer Transition - Space Maddness // Moodgadget Released August 18th.

Last but by no means least is a brand new track from ill-ec-tro-nic favourites Modeselektor. These guys can do no wrong at the moment…

Link to review here.