Tracks

1. Verkehrs Funk
2. Train Track
3. Start | Stop
4. Walking
5. Underground
6. Bicycle Track
7. Driving
8. (empty)
9. La Bête Noire (CD Bonus Track)
10. Kör Adamın Gazeli (CD Bonus Track)

traffic || jammed captures a fleeting moment of intensity as mockART take the stage at the Rush Hour Kulturfestival, presented by Heussenstamm Stiftung. Recorded on September 8, 2024 at Atelierhaus Orber Straße in Frankfurt, the performance unfolded in close contact with an attentive and responsive audience.

The music was written exclusively for this evening. Each piece reflects a different presence in the urban flow, the figures who shape, slow down, and define the daily rush hours of our cities. Recorded live by Jörg See and later carefully mixed and mastered by rabirius, the album retains the energy and immediacy of the performance while standing firmly on its own as a cohesive album.

That night, mockART were Christoph Dorner, Ümit Kaya, and rabirius.
La Bête Noire and Kör Adamın Gazeli appear as CD bonus tracks, performed as encores during the concert and previously released digitally as the single La Bête Noire (Alive).

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Tracks

1. La Bête Noire
2. La Bête Noire dans sa grotte (with Pharmakustik)
3. Les angoisses de la Bête Noire (with The Given Ghost)
4. La Bête Noire pense à quitter sa grotte (with Baco_Giovanni Cristino)
5. La Bête Noire rôde dans la ville (with Urhixidur)
6. La Bête danse (with Ubaldo)
7. La Bête Noire dans les sous-bois (with Andreas Ehinger)
8. La Bête Noire et le Roi des Ânes (with Mark Daelmans-Sikkel)
9. La Bête Noire attend (with Felix Helix)
10. La Bête en transe (with Christian Strobel)
11. La Bête Noire cherche de la nourriture (with Baco_Giovanni Cristino)
12. La Bête mange (with Senglar)
13. Les enfants de la Bête Noire (with Wilfried Hanrath)
14. La Bête danse à nouveau (with D-Haze)
15. La Bête joue (with Boris Donkson)
16. La Bête Noire (Alive)

mockART thrives on collaboration. After inviting other artists to remix our album views || interrupted, we were fascinated by how radically different the results sounded on views || remixed – each remix standing confidently as a track in its own right.

That experience sparked a new idea: what if several artists reworked the same track? We chose La Bête Noire – a piece that has, over time, become something of a mockART classic – and handed it over to a group of diverse collaborators. Once again, the transformations surprised and inspired us.

The remixes don’t just reinterpret the original – they expand it, unfolding a kind of narrative. As the track evolved in the hands of others, it began to tell the story of the black beast in many voices and moods. Each version is a chapter in that unfolding tale.

The album is framed by our original version and a live recording captured during our performance at the Rush Hour Kulturfestival, curated by the Heussenstamm Stiftung in 2024.

This is La Bête Noire—remixed, reimagined, retold.

The Collaborators:

Pharmakustik, The Given Ghost, Baco_Giovanni Cristino, Urhixidur, Ubaldo, Andreas Ehinger, Mark Daelmans-Sikkel, Felix Helix, Christian Strobel, Senglar, Wilfried Hanrath, D-Haze, Boris Donkson

Special thanks to Jörg See for recording “La Bête Noire (Alive)”.

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Tracks

1. La Bête Noire (Alive)
2. Kör Adamın Gazeli (Live Version)

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The saga of La Bête Noire continues. This time, the beast comes alive. Literally.

This version of La Bête Noire was recorded live on September 8, 2024 at Atelierhaus Orber Straße in Frankfurt. That night mockART was Christoph Dorner, Ümit Kaya and rabirius. Kör Adamın Gazeli is not related to the Beast. But the track taken from Men Who Lost Their Heads was also performed that night and is included in the release.

Tracks

1. He Staggered
2. Across The Floor

He Staggered Across The Floor came about as an experiment. Christoph and rabirius were experimenting with flute tunes that they looped through various effects. The resulting sounds where recorded and fed through the loop. So expect something noisy and minimalistic.

The CD version of the album comes with an exclusive cover by renown artist Sonja Ackermann. She painted, sprayed and glued to create a variety of artworks so every CD cover is unique. You can see a selection of her works here:

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Tracks

1. La Bête Noire cherche de la nourriture (with Baco_Giovanni Cristino)
2. La Bête mange (with Senglar)

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The saga of La Bête Noire continues. This time, the beast continues roaming the city, but looking for food. When it finally finds something it will start to eat.

This release features two collaborative tracks. The title track is a remix by Baco_Giovanni Cristino, who has already met the beast. The second track has been masterfully remixed by Senglar.

Tracks

1. La Bête Noire rôde dans la ville (with Urhixidur)
2. La Bête Noire danse (with Ubaldo)

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The saga of La Bête Noire continues. This time, the beast emerges from its grotto, prowling through the town and even hitting the dance floor.

This release features two collaborative tracks. The title track is a remix by Urhixidur, who previously reimagined our song The Takeover. The second track has been masterfully remixed by Ubaldo.

Tracks

1. La Bête Noire dans sa grotte (with Pharmakustik)
2. La Bête Noire pense à quitter sa grotte (with Baco_Giovanni Cristino)

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After being impressed by the diverse range of remixes we received for our previous album, views | remixed, which breathed new life into the original tracks, we’ve embarked on a new experiment. This time, various artists have been tasked with remixing and reimagining the same track. We’ve chosen La Bête Noire, a standout from our album Reflux Ux Bisou and one of our most beloved tracks.

While we’re eagerly awaiting all the remix versions to come together, we’ve decided to give you a sneak peek. Introducing “La Bête Noire dans sa grotte,” remixed by Pharmakustik, alongside “La Bête Noire pense à quitter sa grotte,” a remix by Baco_Giovanni Cristino.

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Extended version of The Whispering Wind. The original version you can find on the compilation One Minute Compositions Vol. 4. The B-side track is Baker, Koji Je U Tijestu?.

Tracks

1. (Trapped) Between Towers
2. Parklife (Whispered Remix)
3. White Window (Medicine Lake Remix)
4. The Takeover (Urhixidur Remix)
5. B-Ebene (No Way Out)
6. Departure (Morteza Jahangiri Remix)

After completing views | interrupted Christoph Dorner and rabirius thought about what might have happened if they had involved further artists in the project. While discussing this, the idea to release a remix album was born.

The band is really ecstatic about the remixes. They think that Whispered, Medicine Lake, Urhixidur and Morteza Jahangiri all gave their best to create a new track in its own right.

The album is more than mockART expected. To them, the album surpassed a remix album and became a new work in its own right. It further shows what can be accomplished when different musicians work together and try to create something entirely new.

It features the singles Parklife, The Takeover and (Trapped) Between Towers.

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Here is the new remix taken from our forthcoming remix album. The Whispered Remix was created by Stéphane K. Vandezande. You can find the original version on our latest album views | interrupted.