Published
Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 09:00
- The label will now focus on his own work and collaborations.
David Moufang, AKA Move D, is relaunching Source Records, the label he ran together with Jonas Grossmann.
Operating from 1992 through 2005, the much-loved catalog featured artists such as Baby Ford, Higher Intelligence Agency, Analog Tara, Jan Jelinek, Roman Flügel, Lowtec and numerous releases, under different aliases, from Moufang himself.
Source will resume in the coming weeks, with a string of six solo Move D releases entitled Pandemix Live Jams. The first three volumes are expected imminently.
RA spoke to Moufang about the relaunch.
Why was now the right time to restart Source?
Obviously, the pandemic had a good side effect, which was to decelerate the world in general and a traveling DJ's life in particular. So, despite the obvious downsides, I was very happy to finally get to spend some time in the studio again!
I've carried the idea of a relaunch for quite a while, but thanks to the circumstances I was finally able to aggregate some new material, which was a vital precondition, as I don't want to simply re-release stuff from our back catalog.
What are your plans with the label now?
The relaunch will definitely mean a major paradigm shift for Source Records, as I don't intend to revive it to its old status of always on the look out for new music and new talent. Without my ex-label partner Jonas Grossmann (also the other half of Deep Space Network), it could never be the same—he was responsible for anything visual, like artworks and videos, as well as for our general corporate identity.
Now, I just want an outlet for my own stuff and, of course, for collaborations, too. I guess, you could call this an auteur label. Something very personal—self-made graphics and visuals, small limited editions. Of course, I will continue to work with other labels in the future, too, meaning that I will generally keep Source for the more obscure, improvised and oddball stuff.
First, there will be series of six limited 12-inches focusing on my Pandemix Live Jams, as can be seen in my "Lockdown Logbook" on YouTube. There is also a new collaboration album, which I can not really talk about in detail, yet—hopefully to be released by the end of this year. Needless to say, we are all depending on the current situation regarding record pressing execution times.
How closely will the new material follow on from the last releases in 2005?
The later years of Source featured a lot of under the radar and deliberately less commercial and non-club related releases. (For instance: seltsam&strahler, Adrien75, Conjoint feat. Karl Berger). Although, I'm not intending to release any other artists, the artistic direction of the later period of the old label is still in line with what I would consider releasing today. The main difference being that the new SR will be a vinyl-only label, so no more CD albums. But albums of listening material on vinyl - yes please! (At least, as long as I can afford making them…).
Listen to "The Circle" from Pandemix Live Jams Vol. 3.
Pandemix Live Jams Vol. 1 Tracklist
A1 Unsocial Distancing
A2 Ston'd (feat. Telfort)
B2 On The Kerrier District Line
B2 F*cked In A Heartbeat
Pandemix Live Jams Vol. 2 Tracklist
A1 Jazz Is A Preacher
B1 Chocolate Fudge
B2 Ein Bett Im Hochbeet
Pandemix Live Jams Vol. 3 Tracklist
A1 The Circle
B1 Erotic Sky
B2 Space Shagging
Pandemix Live Jams Vol. 4 Tracklist
A1 Tides
A2 Freedom From The Mask
B1 The Golden Pudelizer feat. Rüftata 110
B2 Noqqin
Source Records will release Pandemix Live Jams Vol.1, 2 & 3 soon.
