#27 Feat. Staff Picks in Indie Dance

The Folklor Nation imprint, borne out of the Folklor nightclub of Lausanne, Switzerland has established itself as a purveyor of cosmic tinged nu-disco cuts over its past eight releases with material from label bosses Adolpho & Franky, CYRK and remixes from the likes of Prins Thomas, Jonathan Kusuma and more. Here though the label once again welcomes more powerhouse producers in on remix duties for their new single 'Seven' with Permanent Vacations Benjamin Frohlich and Running Back's Chinaski stepping up, the release will also coincide with the club hosting the much-revered John Talabot for the club's 7th anniversary. The original mix of 'Seven' leads and sees Adolpho & Franky lay down their signature arpeggio fuelled, cinematic style across a six-minute cosmic journey through synthesis and retro tinged rhythms. Benjamin Frohlich follows to offer a more robust twist on the original with bumpy bass stabs and swinging house drums stirred in amongst the original's bouncy synth work. Lastly, Chinaski rounds out the release with his take on 'Seven' taking the influence even deeper into the past courtesy of lo-fi drums, additional playful vintage synth licks and a general early synthesis, eighties leaning aesthetic.

Adolpho & Franky

#57 Feat. Staff Picks in Indie Dance

Pascal Hetzel and Sammy Goossens better known to most as CYRK have been making their Electro, Techno and IDM tinged music together in Berlin over the past decade with releases on the likes of Cultivated Electronics, Running Back, Polari, Rawax, Science Cult and of course Folklor Nation where they return here following 2021's 'Out Of The Pink' EP. Title-track 'Twinkies' leads the release and lays down five and a half minutes of a raw, crunchy drum machine workout, plucked bass and murky synth swells alongside squelchy acid licks and ravey stab sequences. 'Escape To Uranus' follows next, employing a chuggy arpeggio bass line and shuffled drums at its core while mind bending lead lines and twitchy 303's further fuel the frenzied club feel of the composition. Brussels based artist DC Salas then reworks 'Twinkies' to round out the release, delivering a typically dynamic, cosmic and crisp interpretation, extracting the core of the original while instilling his unique dreamy aesthetic and ever evolving, cinematic feel to things.

CYRK