Released: 11/10/10

01. Big Mind
02. Synchronicity
03. Unforgettable
04. Zen
05. Modern Times
06. Introduce Me
07. Daedalus
08. Beneath
09. In The Spirit
10. Spend Some Time

The production team of Florian Schirmacher and Helmut Ebritsch are weathered veterans of the vast electronic field. Florian’s production history covers many bases and collaborations, having started with Guido Schneider under the Glowing Glisses alias for his 2003 debut album, Silver Surfer, on Berlin’s Poker Flat imprint. Since then he has founded Wareika, Federleicht, Here Today and of course Hatikvah working with labels like Cadenza, Vakant, Liebe Detail, Buzzin Fly and Morris Audio to name but a few. Helmut is also one half the acclaimed Klartaum outfit, along with Nadja Lind. His solid contributions to the Klartraum releases have pushed them from strength to strength over the course of their productions. Helmut, also known throughout the electronic world for his skilful mastering technique, balances this duo with complete precision. Both artists work on lyrics and production, but the signing is left solely to Florian. Their sound is distinctly dub influenced, yet balances the soulful edge of the lyrics and chords with the dance-floor framed beats – a clever and fascinating combination, that allows them create their own spiritual dimension to a view of their idealistic future.
Synchronicity opens with Big Mind, a murky and introverted overture to Hatikvah’s debut album. Deeply dubby and mellow throughout, washing pads mingle happily with gentile chords and wandering percussion. Set on the sea front it paints a picture of serenity, thought and evaluation – asking questions of the Big Heart and Big Mind, the conection between the two and the balance in their production of sound and soul. Both are present and validated in Big Mind. The album title track, Synchronicity, sings soul from its depths. Heavyweight sub- sonics rise from the bass and warmth emanates from the delicate and understated synth work, allowing Florian’s profound, yet wanting lyrics to glide through with ease along with the cries of the evening Lark – fly away with me. At a mammoth thirteen and a half minutes long, Unforgettable is anything but. A sombre and heartfelt tale of lost love treads a meandering path through jazz influenced keys and chords. A higher tempo than previous outings, the pace is kept with clever and intuitive sequence changes that are subtle and soft on the ear. Zen then takes the tempo down and with it the heart rate. Great delays carry the keys and percussive elements off way in to the distance, creating a rich sonic environment from which slight and dainty percussion emerges.
Modern Times is given a complete refurbishment from the track originally released on the Suol imprint. Being one of the more dance-floor orientated tracks on the album, it carries solid rhythm, but retains a deep feeling found throughout the Synchronicity album. Following on, Introduce Me steps things up a gear and grows intensity. Daedalus brings us back down to earth with a beautifully crafted and emotive piece of music which brings playful connotations of lullabies and slumber through Florian’s solo Rhodes play. Beneath brings a combination of optimistic chords and vocals that sit amongst intelligent percussion and fx use. In The Spirit, the first single from the album, which includes Deepchord remixes, has a slightly more aggressive and rasping bass. Whispered vocals add more of a rhythmic effect than in previous tracks and allow space in the mix where everything has its place. Possibly the busiest track on the album, Spend Some Time brings close with layered vocals, guitars and several basslines. Together, it blends perfectly.
An album that is deep and intense in places, yet greenly optimistic in others, Hatikvah’s Synchronicity is undoubtedly one of the LP highlights of 2010.

Hatikvah on the Roof

Hatikvah on the Roof

what`s going on?
giving form an inner sign
on bridges
see the sky
kick the bark away
here the mark I say
seek evolution

perfectly you
and your state of mind
there is no hurry
to dance with
play
and fade away with
another sense of time

in a land of flames
upon a star
we are just a frequency

in a green sea
like covent garden
we`re a frequency

shelter the root
of our visions
as a frequency

comeback
as a frequency
invent ( erfinden)
me as your frequency

Arise here from the unforeseen
results out of our entity
a comeback in a frequency
seek evolution

what hill what sky can be
in a keen resolution

written by Hatikvah / Florian Schirmacher

Dj Responses so far :

Ashley Beedle - “Synchronicity is absolutely fantastic. The original mix is the one although the the other mixes and ZEN are not far behind.”

Liefko - (Afrilounge) - “Really a good piece of music all tracks and mixes are great!! Full support!”

Hernan Cattaneo - “Very good stuff, great original!”

Pawas - “Original and Brenden Moeller Dub….!!!!!”

Jimpster - “Brilliant release once again guys. Brendon’s mixes are spot on, especially the dub for playing out.”

Sian - “Moeller dub remix is ace..rad package. In fact Baalsaaaaal fellows have big packages!”

Deetron - “5* brendon moeller, yes!”

Ray Okpara - “I like the dub rmx from B.M. most, greetz!”

Matthew Dekay - “chopstick & johnjon is the mix for me…”

Arnaud Le Texier - “Synchronicity and Zen are the one for me.”

Ripperton - “Zen for me. The Barley Oeztuerk is a great remix, i really dig the v deep deep thanx!ibe on it! Deep deep thanx!”

Len Faki - “Full of deepness and light - support!”

Funk D’Void - “Fantastic dub techno track…Zen….”

Scope - “Wicked stuff again from Baalsaal!! Lovin all the tracks.. Chopstick & Johnjon prob being the most useful for the clubs! Really love Brendon’s mix thou.. Sounds like old Naked Music stuff.. Fuckin wicked.. Cant wait to drop that late, late night!! : ).”

Satoshi Tomiie - “Deeep deep deeeeep, and great build on Chopstick & Johnjon.”

Alex Flitsch - “Both original tracks are brilliant…great dubby and timeless soundscapes. The Block Barley and Engin Oeztuerk Remix is also very delightful. However, every track with Florian’s voice is a winner…”

Orde Meikle - (Slam) - “F–king love this guys stuff - a real big fan - super set of remixes - but the originals blaze - full support!”

Ramon Tapia - “Original and the Block Barley remix are awsome top pack you got here.”

Patrick Chardronnet - “Wunderschönes release!!”

Agoria - “HATIKVAH get my full support, i love so much his first single, this one is even better to my ears. May include it on the mix i’m workin on for the balance series.”

Danny Tenaglia - “Brendon Moeller Dub is my pick.”

Dave DK - “Nice release again, i guess my fave’s are “Zen” & the Brendon Moeller rmx!”

Davide Squillace - “Great Chopstick & Johnjon Remix!”

Alex Niggemann - “Nice deep tracks here…will play!”

Paolo Mojo - “All about the Chopstick and Johnjon remix. Excellent.”

Elio Riso - “Deep & mental music, great Original.”

H.O.S.H. - “The original and the chopstick and johnjon remix are both ace. deep deep deep!”

Shur-I-Kan - “Serious deepness, Dig what you guys are doing.”

Coyu - “Excellent as always. Baalsaal is going to be one of my fav deep labels.”

Gel Abril - “Great set of remixes emotive and soulfull each remix can find the time in a set tnx.”

Gruber & Nuernberg - “Nice deep EP!!! Synchronicity is a real nice dubby and deep Track. My favorite is the Remix from Chopstick & Johnjon - I love the deep-house sound of them. Thanks and we see us at our home - Baalsaal!”

Chloe - “Really nice EP.”

Across The Line - (BBC Ulster) - “Chopstick & jon Jon for me on this one, although the Moeller mixes are lovely too.”

Terry Francis - (Fabric London) - “chopstick & johnjon mix for me. Like it.”

Bart Skils - “Ohh yeah.. love the deep dubby beats!”

Guy J - “Beauty release . Loving both Originals and chopstick & johnjon and Block’s, great one thnx alot for good music.”

Marc Antona - “Great release!”

Daniele Papini - “Dub at its best, full support!”

John Digweed - “This release sounds good, again!”

Till von Sein - “Wow..block barley is of the hisssssel..didnt know this guy does stuff like this.bm’s remix also pretty cool chopstick & johnjon? nah man..this dude just suck,sorry.. ;)”

Andrew Grant - (Barraca) - “Just when you thought it couldn´t get any deeper.”

Steve Parry - (Juice FM UK) - “Original mixes are great - but deeeeeep! chopstick & johnjon mix is chunky, Moeller mixes are good… something about the Block Barley mix i really like - great intro too.”

Dinamo FM Istanbul - “One of the best labels around and one of the best releases of it. This is the best treatment package. Lovely tracks and sound. Ace!”

Jose Maria Ramon - (Ibiza Global Radio) - “Really good ones!!! Perfect sound for my morning shows on Ibiza Global Radio ;)”

Phonic Express - (RTE Ireland) - “Brendan Moellers work also seems to fit onto my sets somewhere along the way so this caught my attention straight away. For me its all about his dub. Gonna play this for sure. Im quite fond of the Chopstick remix too though. Downloading both now. Supporting.”

Ceoltronic Radio - (RTE Ireland) - “I love this label. Picked up a few of their records before. Great vibe to this EP. Sublime deepness Love the vocal also. My fav is Brendon’s Dub mix. All good though. Will feature on my show and play out.”

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Josh Wink – “Yes. The deepness. Would love to be able to play like this all the time.Looking forwrad to the longer sets where I can build with “All Dimensions, Hatikvah Rmx and Balancing.”
Greame Reedie – (Silicone Soul) – “Been a fan of Klartraum for a while now and this is wicked. Great deep techy vibe, loads of sweet sounds.”
Craig Morrison – (Silicone Soul) – “Love this perfect deep dubby warm up grooves esp the Hatikvah remix - looking forward to more from this label.”
Luciano – “I’ll play All Dimensions.”
Patrick Chardronnet – “FAT RELEASE!!! all dimensions-wonderful!!!! totality/balancing FAT!!!!
SIS – “Nice EP, I like all of them!”
Miss Kittin – “All Dimensions is a sweet track around the pool. Maurizio meeting Mixmaster Morris feeling…
Laurent Garnier – “Great organic deepness. Will play All Dimensions a lot.”
Deetron – “I really like the Hatikvah remix.”
Nic Fanciulli – “Cool release! Hatikvah mix for me.”
Benny Rodriguez – “All Dimensions sounds nice!”
Valentino Kanzyani – “Nice EP will use it!”
Gel Abril – “Liking the dub spacey vibe of the Hatikvah mix!”
Marc Antona – “All Dimensions. Very cool track!”
Cirillo – “For very deep floors indeed! 5/5”
Joel Mull – “Hatikvah Remix and Totality is nice. Deep and lovely release. I like the warm production. Baseline kick heath. For my deep house sets. :)”
DJ Hell – “Balancing sounds good and deep! Will try it out.”
Federico Grazzini – (Zoo Project Ibiza/Tenax) – “Good start for this new label, i like this release.”
Smokin Jo – “Very dark and moody Totality is awesome.”
Gregor Tresher – “Nice tracks! Original for me.”
Xpansul – “Great dubby minimal. Balancing is amazing, and All Dimensions remix is great too. WIll play.”
Pig & Dan – “Beautiful music!”
Chris Fortier – “Really good deep grooves!”
DJ Vibe – “I love Balancing!! Deep Deep Deep!”
Toni Rios – “Will play Totality. Nice track!”
Technasia – “Totality is my fave. Full support.”
Markus Enochson – “Nice! I like this deepness! Will play All Dimensions.”
Louis Osbourne – (Weekend Offenders/RTE Ireland) – “Very nice deepness, if anything a little deeper than I play. However, totality has quite a nice chunky sound to it and I may play this. Thanks.”
Tom Wax – (You FM Germany) – “Nice dubby techno on All Dimensions!”
Raveline Magazine Germany – “Nice dep work… love Original and Hatikvah.”
Steve Bug - “All Dimension is nice. Also like the Hatikvah rmx!”
Behrouz - “Excellent !!! really like all Dimensions both the Original and the Hatikvah rmx, and Totality.”
Paco Osuna - “Hatikvah rmx is very cool,nice for after hour sets,”
Orde Meikle - (Slam) - “BEAUTIFUL - YESSSS!!!”
DJ Yellow - “Deep, love this…Totality is the one for me.”
Anthony Pappa - “I like the “Hatikvah Remix” and l will play this out. Thanks.”
James Zabiela - “Sounds good, will react properly later…”
Davide Squillace - “Hatikvah Remix…great one!”
James Lavelle - “Really like Balancing here, really deep abstract sound great stuff thanks.”
Matthew Dekay - “Totality is the one for me in this package. Nice groove!”
Hernan Cattaneo - “Really good! Both mixes of All Dimensions balancing too.”
Marko Nastic - “Really dig Hatikvah rmx!”
Andrew Grant - (DC-10/Circo Loco/Barracca) - “All about the deepness. lovely music keep up the great work!”
Ambivalent - “I like Totally the most. I will play tonight in Chicago.”
Anderson Noise - “I really like Totality, I will play a lot!!”
Perc - “Some great stuff here but ‘Balancing’ is the killer for me. I’ll try and use it in my next podcast mix at the end of July. Full support. Thanks!”
Martin Eyerer - “Nice deep techno. WIll play and feature!”
Oliver Klein - “All Dimensions is great!”
Mark Henning - “Totality is really nice!”
Arnaud le Texier - “All Dimensions is deep!!! perfect!”
2000 and One - “LOVE IT!!!”
Chopstick - “Great release! warm vibes and deep chords.. gotta love it! like the original as well as Hatikvah remix.. balancing is also great!”
John Digweed - “Totality for me! Good stuff!”
Guy J - “Liking all dimension , great one , thnx!”
Tedd Patterson - “Hot hot ep! Love the throbby deepness of the original “All Dimentions” and “Balancing”. should do well.”
Danny Tenaglia - “Feeling Totality!”
D’Julz - “Balancing is very nice. Great!”
Misstress Barbara - “Totality is the one for me!”
Sian - “Hatikvah mix!!!”
Dance Dept. Holland - “Nice buildup track , all dimensions , like it.”
Jose Maria Ramon - “Very sweet music!!! Very nice for add on my radio shows on Ibiza Global Radio and perfect for beach sets in Ibiza!!! Respect!”
Karlos Sense - (Sonica Radio Ibiza) - “Is a very good DEEEEP!! Oh my God!! is very wonderfull. Full support in Ibiza..
Dinamo FM Istanbul - “Intelligent sound soft and killing, good grooves, nice mood very summerish and fresh i like it very much.”
Steve Parry - (Juice FM UK) - “Balancing is a wicked track - deeeeeeeeeeep!!”
Tsugi Magazine France - “Deep as i like for the summer!”

Steve Bug - “All Dimension is nice. Also like the Hatikvah rmx!”
Behrouz - “Excellent !!! really like all Dimensions both the Original and the Hatikvah rmx, and Totality.”
Paco Osuna - “Hatikvah rmx is very cool,nice for after hour sets,”
Orde Meikle - (Slam) - “BEAUTIFUL - YESSSS!!!”
DJ Yellow - “Deep, love this…Totality is the one for me.”
Anthony Pappa - “I like the “Hatikvah Remix” and l will play this out. Thanks.”
James Zabiela - “Sounds good, will react properly later…”
Davide Squillace - “Hatikvah Remix…great one!”
James Lavelle - “Really like Balancing here, really deep abstract sound great stuff thanks.”
Matthew Dekay - “Totality is the one for me in this package. Nice groove!”
Hernan Cattaneo - “Really good! Both mixes of All Dimensions balancing too.”
Marko Nastic - “Really dig Hatikvah rmx!”
Andrew Grant - (DC-10/Circo Loco/Barracca) - “All about the deepness. lovely music keep up the great work!”
Ambivalent - “I like Totally the most. I will play tonight in Chicago.”
Anderson Noise - “I really like Totality, I will play a lot!!”
Perc - “Some great stuff here but ‘Balancing’ is the killer for me. I’ll try and use it in my next podcast mix at the end of July. Full support. Thanks!”
Martin Eyerer - “Nice deep techno. WIll play and feature!”
Oliver Klein - “All Dimensions is great!”
Mark Henning - “Totality is really nice!”
Arnaud le Texier - “All Dimensions is deep!!! perfect!”
2000 and One - “LOVE IT!!!”
Chopstick - “Great release! warm vibes and deep chords.. gotta love it! like the original as well as Hatikvah remix.. balancing is also great!”
John Digweed - “Totality for me! Good stuff!”
Guy J - “Liking all dimension , great one , thnx!”
Tedd Patterson - “Hot hot ep! Love the throbby deepness of the original “All Dimentions” and “Balancing”. should do well.”
Danny Tenaglia - “Feeling Totality!”
D’Julz - “Balancing is very nice. Great!”
Misstress Barbara - “Totality is the one for me!”
Sian - “Hatikvah mix!!!”
Dance Dept. Holland - “Nice buildup track , all dimensions , like it.”
Jose Maria Ramon - “Very sweet music!!! Very nice for add on my radio shows on Ibiza Global Radio and perfect for beach sets in Ibiza!!! Respect!”
Karlos Sense - (Sonica Radio Ibiza) - “Is a very good DEEEEP!! Oh my God!! is very wonderfull. Full support in Ibiza..
Dinamo FM Istanbul - “Intelligent sound soft and killing, good grooves, nice mood very summerish and fresh i like it very much.”
Steve Parry - (Juice FM UK) - “Balancing is a wicked track - deeeeeeeeeeep!!”
Tsugi Magazine France - “Deep as i like for the summer!”

Technasia Digital Charts June 2009 - Hatikvah

6 HATIKVAH Modern Times (Preocoop remix)
From release: Modern Times
Baalsaal Music Germany

josh wink june charts

Top 10 - June 2009

1 - Makam - New York G - Sushitech Purple
2 - Gregor Tresher – Joker - Ovum Recordings
3 - Pezzner - Shasta (original) - Physical Graffiti
4 - Josh Wink - Minimum 23 - Ovum recordings
5 - Einmusik - Vom - Einmusika Recordings
6 - Donnacha Constello – Gatsby - Look Long
7 - Hatikvah - Modern Times - Baalsaal Music
8 - Martin Woerner - Full Tilt - (original) - Paso Music
9 - Culoe De Song - African Subway - Innervisions
10 - Penner & Muder - Are you lost (Chopstick & Till Von Sein Voodoo Dub) - Mood Music

May 2009 Top 10 - Estroe

1
Dusty Kid
Cowboys
Boxer Recordings
2
Alex Niggemann
Black Rose
Supernature
3
Peter Horrevorts
Labyrinth
(Steve Rachmad remix)
4
Hatikvah
Modern Times
(Efdemin remix)
Baalsaal Music
5
Maetrik
Envy
Dumb Unit
6
Matt Star
Keep on groovin
(Mark Henning remix)
Hypercolour
7
Florence & Wladimir M
The Vineyard
(Beat Pharmacy Dub remix)
EevoNext
8
Groove Garcia
Minarama
(Pig & Dan remix)
Khazuma Recordings
9
Mark Broom
Get Serious
Dekadent
10
Florence & Wladimir M
Evil
(Duplex remix)
EevoNext