The term of Wunderblock is related to the concept by Siegmund Freud from his work “Notiz über den “Wunderblock” (1925). Freud regarded the Wunderblock as a perfect metaphor for the process of recording memories. According to Freud, the mind records memories continually receiving stimuli and transferring traces of that information to the unconscious to be stored as memories.
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Wunderblock is an
experimental techno project from Moscow, Russia. Three masterminds met up to create something new, all adding their different spice to the soup. Michael Teploff is known from the late '90s for his Ill Doggy project (Salo Records, Berlin), and as one half of Multipliar (together with Anton Kubikov a.k.a. In 2008 Michael has teamed up with producers Igor Ivanov and Vladimir Kochenov to push his own limits. The result coming out of this creative pool is not only proof of outstanding handicraft skills, but also the combination of several disparate sources of influence, far beyond the expected techno heroes. Pioneer composers within art music as well as film scores and visual artists have all played an indirect role in forming Wunderblock sound - an eclectic mix of techno, house and dub with a touch of ambience and a jazzy feel. The use of not only synths and drum machines, but also live instruments like acoustic and electric guitars, live percussion and wind instruments, adds to the organic flavour. In 2013 Wunderblock Records label was launched, and now it has a hundred high-quality underground techno releases, vinyl [WRLTD] and digital [WR] as well, which are being supported by the top techno DJ’s worldwide. After a powerful debut at Berlin's legendary landmark Tresor Club, Wunderblock has launched the series of the Showcases in Berlin, Moscow, St.Petersburg, Nantes, and more. In 2019 industrial techno sublabel Folgsamkeitfaktor [FSFR], and then in 2022, experimental sublabel IBID. Since 2021, Wunderblock headquarters is based in Berlin, Germany.
