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Al-Haca was found in 1993 in Greifswald, a north – eastern outpost of just united Germany. In 2010 the collective decided to take it back to this foundation, the Soundsystem style and fashion that has been the first step in almost two decades of ongoing ventures in bass and time. The main fuel on this voyage was, to remain open to the countless different shades of Dub, Offbeat and Bass music: from rare early Dubbing experiences to contemporary and futuristic bassline driven expressions, from 70s Roots selections to Dubby Post Punk Experiments in the early 80s, from Steppers and Neo Dub of the raving 90s through the sheer endless universe of Dub Techno and to the uncountable strains of the ever redefining pressure of Dubstep – and beyond...
The seventeen years inbetween saw a number of Record releases, on the Birmingham based label Different Drummer, run by Rockers Hifi, and a very fruitfull collaboration with Stereotyp from Vienna which culminated in a series of releases on Klein Records, plus a number of remixes by and of Al-Haca. The Radio Slave remix of Sterotyp meets Al-Haca´s stomper “Blaze´n´cook” made it recently on Souljazz´s compilation Riddim Box 2.
Today, the members and allies of Al-Haca are spread over different corners of the earth, while the connection within the erected network still remains a core element of the collective effort to keep pushing this sound forward and beyond. The rootical side of Al-Haca´s further Dub excursions is presented by original founding member Alexander Pehlemann aka Selektah PEhLE. Two years ago he has settled in Leipzig, an hour south of Berlin and widely known for it's vibrant Dubstep scene. As the editor of the infamous ZONIC magazine, his gaze has long been directed to the eastern neighbourhoods and their take on the emerging and flourishing Subcultures in the post socialist neo Europe, which has led him to compile a sampler titled „Polska Rootz, Beatz, Dubs, Mixes & Future Folk From Poland“, released in 2009 on Eastblock Music. In order to frame and focus these wide and wild adaptations of Dub and related blends, he teamed up with long time Al-Haca cooperateur and Berlin based Bert Greif aka Bird's got the KEY, a Techno veteran and resident DJ of the FormResonance label from Hamburg. As a deadly DJ duo they are on a mission dedicated to shake the edges off every bassbin, with a collectors treasure, to serve weight beyond measure, to supply dances with pressure, to chase and praise the repercussions inside the echo chamber.

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Gegründet 1993 in Greifswald, kehrt Al-Haca 2010 wieder zu seinen Ursprüngen zurück: dem Soundsystem-Charakter, offen und offensiv alle möglichen Spielarten von Dub in historischer, aktueller oder gar futuristischer Gestalt darbietend, von 70er-Reggae-Klassik über dubby Post Punk-Experimente der 80er oder steppenden Neo Dub der ravenden 90er bis zum sich stetig ausdifferenzierenden Dubstep - sowie drüber hinweg. Dazwischen lagen Remixe für Die Ärzte oder Korai Öröm aus Ungarn, Plattenproduktionen für das Rockers Hifi-Label Different Drummer in Birmingham oder in Kooperation mit dem Wiener Stereotyp für Klein Records, eine zeitweise Aufspaltung sowie produktives Exil in Wien und nunmehr Malaysia. Schließlich erfolgte zum Fusion Festival 2010 die Rückübereignung des Soundstaffelstabs an Bird´s got the KEY, versierter DJ mit techno-affiner Vita und Resident-DJ des hamburger FormResonance-Labels, sowie Ur-Mitglied selecta PEhLE, der zudem u.a. Herausgeber des Magazins ZONIC, Compiler von „Polska Rootz. Beats, Dubs, Mixes & Future Folk From Poland“ und Osteuropa-80er-Subkultur-Forscher wie -Fan ist. Was nicht bedeutet, dass die kreativen Beziehungsfäden zu den produzierenden Aktivposten Arnd Wollmann und Christian Schwanz aka Cee gerissen wären, die da weltweit verteilt ihre eigenen Wege gehen - der freundschaftliche Netzwerkgedanke war bei Al-Haca immer grundlegende Basis und bestimmend für die stilistische Vielfalt wie die Verweigerungshaltung gegenüber allzu fixierenden Definitionen (und seien es solche des Marketings).
In diesem Sinne: Überraschung rules!

Back to the BASSics! Prepare fi Al-Haca Version 3.0!
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