Achso

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Achso
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ReleasedDecember 12, 2005 (2005-12-12)
Genre Minimal techno, microhouse
Length49:50
Label Cadenza Records (CADENZA 08.10)
Producer Ricardo Villalobos
Ricardo Villalobos chronology
Thé au Harem d'Archimède
(2004)
Achso
(2005)
Salvador
(2006)
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Achso is an EP by Ricardo Villalobos. It was released in December 2005 on double LP vinyl by Cadenza Records. The album title and song titles are a wordplay in stylised German, "achso" meaning "oh" and "ichso", "duso", "erso" & "sieso" meaning roughly "I was like", "you were like", "he was like" & "she was like".

Track listing

CD pressing

All tracks are written by Ricardo Villalobos.

No.TitleLength
1."Ichso"13:44
2."Duso"12:45
3."Erso"11:31
4."Sieso"12:05
Vinyl pressing
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Sieso"12:05
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Erso"11:31
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Duso"12:45
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."Ichso"13:44

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