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Tuesday, 5th September 2000

Digitalism

Em Williams
James Weston
Tom Elkington

Warmup

Continuing our celebration of 10 Simple years we're very excited to have Digitalism of Kitsuné on 9th May, in association with Eclectricity.

Digitalism.
Hamburg duo Digitalism have been embraced by dance rockers and nu-ravers alike, but they're doing it on their own terms, writes Steve Mizek. If you’ve ever been into a record shop and browsed around only to find nothing worth your hard-earned cash, you know the disappointment that it can breed. Jens Mölle and Ismail Tuefekci, the duo also known as Digitalism, know the scenario all too well, but unlike most, they decided to do something about it. The pair met at a local record shop in Hamburg in 2001, where they would unpack 500 new but uninspiring releases each week. “We were oversaturated with records we didn’t like,” says Mölle. “So we thought, ‘We have to have something cool to play and we have to create it ourselves.’”

Read the rest of the Digitalism feature and interview on Resident Advisor.