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Asleep in the Garden of Infernal Stars is the second studio album by dance music pioneer Seven Lions. Featuring eleven tracks spanning melodic dubstep, drum & bass, psytrance and progressive, the project is a testament to Seven Lions genre-defying and boundary pushing production style. The album reunites Seven Lions with longtime collaborators HALIENE, Fiora and Kerli as well as singer/songwriters No/Me, Lilly Ahlberg and OAKS for expertly crafted vocal performances throughout. This album is about feeling increasingly out of place in the current media landscape and just really turning away from the noise and focusing back on what I love about music. Its definitely a statement of individuality and acceptance that I have no place in EDM other than the one I make for myself. – Seven Lions Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
Seven Lions, No/Me, Kerli, Lilly Ahlberg, HALIENE, Oaks, Fiora
2025-11-28 Global Underground
James Holden, Cornucopia, nthng, Thomas Gandey, Glusko, Guy J, Tantum, Stereo Underground, Ryan Davis, Dusty Kid, Unclubbed, Zoe Durrant, Skee Mask, Roswitha Nash, Oora, Pig&Dan, Will Saul, Joe Dukie, Yoav Shuella, Tom Day, Tom Demac, Real Lies, Lucy Gooch
Mango Alley proudly presents Leave The World Behind, the debut artist album from Maze 28 — a milestone that captures the evolution of his melodic, emotive, and rhythm-driven progressive house sound. Spanning 12 tracks, the album reflects the depth and maturity Maze 28 has honed over the years, with sound ranging from deep and hypnotic to dancefloor and vivid, perfectly balancing atmospheric introspection with confident, driving energy. The album consists of 6 original tracks and 6 collaborations featuring Ricky Ryan, Subandrio, Alex ORion, Weird Sounding Dude, GMJ, and Paul Thomas — names who have inspired Maze 28 and whose work he has deeply respected for years. Each of the established artists brings their own distinct touch to the release, expanding the albums sound palette with deeper grooves, captivating melodies, and refined dancefloor momentum. Leave The World behind is designed for both immersive listening and late-night club worlds. The heart of it is simple and sincere: a nod to the old-school roots — the timeless sound that continues to inspire and stays with us forever. This is where Maze 28 steps in and invites listeners to disconnect from the everyday noise and dive into a soundscape crafted with heart, precision, and purpose.
Maze 28, Ricky Ryan, Subandrio, Alex O'Rion, Weird Sounding Dude, GMJ, Paul Thomas
Iconic Icelandic techno mainstay Exos returns to Mutual Rytm with his fifth LP, Sweet Dreams. The 12-track record is the first album on SHDWs influential label and explores the past, present, and future of techno. Planet X label head and 20-year scene veteran Exos, hailing from Iceland, draws on his native countrys influences in his work, which explores the interplay between light and dark, warmth and cold. His high-octane sounds over the last 20 years have appeared on vital imprints like Tresor, X/OZ, and, of course, Mutual Rytm, with his releases for the label having been extremely well received, garnering support from the scenes key DJs. Whether dubby or hard, his techno is always authentic and channels the purity of the 90s style. This new album follows Exoss inaugural X- Release, the Infrared 10, the Icebreaker 12 from last year, and his track on the latest Federation of Rytm IV compilation. Its a real journey through all facets of his sound, including a trip back to his dub techno roots, ambient explorations, and emotional vocal pieces with lifelong memories fused into sounds that reflect the artists decades spent in Iceland. Sweet Dreams opens with an atmospheric intro in the form of a 28-year-old collaboration with his father. This full- bodied analogue ambient piece is rich with the mysterious tones of the Nord Modular and was recorded during their shared studio days at D17 in Reykjavík. The title track is a hypnotic, linear groove with icy synth modulations and glistening melodies. Hinn Víðförli then brings dub warmth while State of Mind recalls the spirit of the legendary Reykjavík club Thomsen, a cornerstone of Icelands late 90s underground scene. Glaður og Reifur and Fögur er hlíðinpay homage to the echoes of ancient Viking heritage, North of January conveys the cold of Exoss homeland, and Hvarvetna brings textured percussion and darker undertones before 101 After Dark slows to a bass-heavy broken beat exploration of texture and post-dubstep pressure. After the heady and atmospheric sound of The Dolphin Oracle, another key collaboration comes with Freefall, an emotional breakbeat piece featuring vocalist Amelia Rodriguez, who also lends her voice to Shock, a magnificent track that channels Exoss modern techno energy. The album closes with a haunting paradox, Paradise Lost, questioning whether our sweet dreams are truly moments of bliss or simply reflections of what weve already left behind. The three bonus digital cuts offer sleek minimalism, punchy deep techno, and suspenseful ambient.
Mango Alley marks 10 years at the Amsterdam Dance Event! Over the past decade, weve evolved from a simple VA compilation into a series of exclusive releases featuring some of the brightest names in progressive house, to hosting our very own ADE label showcase, to hearing Mango Alley tracks played across both major and intimate ADE parties — its been an incredible journey! and were happy you shared all those bright and memorable moment with us! To celebrate this milestone, were releasing a special ALL STAR Anniversary Compilation — a collection of tracks from the most iconic and influential progressive house artists who have been part of the Mango Alley story over these 10 unforgettable years!
swoof, Monax, Alex O'Rion, Rauschhaus, The Wash, Dabeat, Kamilo Sanclemente, Mango, George Alhabel, Dan Sieg, DJ Zombi, Guy Maayan, Michael Bennett, Beckers, D-Nox, Gai Barone, Tim Penner, Ruben Karapetyan, Subandrio, Kostya Outta, Weekend Heroes, Steve Slight, Dmitry Molosh, Max Graham, Second Sine, Sudhaus, Simos Tagias, Hobin Rude, Arc, GRAZZE, Resonance
Expand - Between the Desert and the Heart. This album was born from silence, from endless horizons, and from the hidden rhythm of both the desert and the heart. Throughout my life, the desert has been my teacher - holding me in moments of stillness, storm, renewal, and expansion, while reflecting everything I felt along the way. The desert gave me space to listen, and the courage to turn emotion into sound. For years now (and two albums), the desert and my heart have been walking this path together - expanding and contracting as one. The 10 tracks in this album are the map of that journey. May these sounds expand your heart, just as the desert has expanded mine. Peleg Special Thanks to : The Desert, Galia & Udi Swid, Keshet Casarotti - Calfa, Boaz Dekel, Ido Porat, Ido Ophir, Noam Tibi, Mikael Emok, Roza Gazsi, Michael Banel, Barak Brahami ,Ori Ben Dror, Itzhak Ventura, Sharon Mansur, Shahaf Efrat, Guy Webb, Eran Cohen, Omer Tabachnik, Ron Berber, Onam Yahav & Eyal Taub - You have a big part in this journey and it would never be the same without you.
Squid, KADMON (Live), Elberg, KELILA, Artmis, Pixel, Attalef, URA, יהודה קיסר
INZO and Blookah expand their collaborative project with Nexum (Deluxe Edition), featuring the brand-new track Blue Skies. Blending glitch hop, future funk, downtempo, and experimental sounds, the Deluxe Edition elevates the original release with fresh energy while showcasing the duos signature groove and atmosphere. Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
Inzo, Blookah, DijahSB, ProbCause, ALIGN, Lhasa Petik, Stephanie Nikolas
2025-10-10 Timedance
Shalt, Atrice, Batu, Ayesha, re:ni, Lechuga Zafiro, Bambounou, Skee Mask, Pearson Sound, Jabes, Koi, Duckett, Polygonia, El irreal Veintiuno, Jurango, Yushh, Daisy Moon, Marco Shuttle, Minor Science, Lurka, JASSS, 33emybw, Metrist, BadSista, Verraco
Neroli presents The First Circle Originally released as catalogue number 50, The First Circle celebrated Nerolis 20th anniversary with a special collection of songs from label artists and close collaborators. Inspired by the origins of the labels name, a tribute to Brian Enos Neroli, the album symbolically completes a full circle in the labels story. Featuring Kirk Degiorgio, Dego, Ian OBrien, Patrice Scott, Fred P and Aybee, with debut appearances from K15 and Linkwood, plus a rare collaboration between Volcov, Gerald Mitchell and Pirahnahead, The First Circle captures the warm, atmospheric and forward-looking spirit of the label.
K15, Kirk Degiorgio, Patrice Scott, Aybee, Ian O'Brien, Gerald Mitchell, Volcov, Pirahnahead, Dego, Fred P, Linkwood
Once again, we challenge the techno world with an avalanche of brilliant, daring, and risk taking electronic music. A collection that moves effortlessly from the subculture of club culture into the intimate bedrooms of music making artists. Some are just beginning their journey, while others have long since carved their place with remarkable soundscapes. The beautiful seagull cover picture comes from photographer Anna Fröhlich. The design was done by long time Traum graphic artist Yvette Klein. We open Tour De Traum 30 with a track by Arteforma, an artist whose recent EP on our Traum left a deep impression. This unreleased piece bridges the warmth of house music with the inventive edge of rhythmic techno. A luminous and soulful exploration of dance music in motion. Euripides, already known for his strong EP on Traum, continues his stylistic path here with a three dimensional sound that gives techno a rare sense of soul. An emotional force that leads into sonic territories rarely explored. Its a small gem of sound, refined and immersive. Alighted aka McLean Macionis is a forward thinking artist, composer, and technologist whose solo and collaborative works live at the intersection of music, engineering, and the human experience. For over a decade, McLean composed music for network television shows including Top Chef and The Real Housewives, working with clients like Cutting Edge Group. Under the moniker Alighted, McLean has released remixes on Kompakt and Palette Recordings. On Tour De Traum he presents a polyrhythmic and intricately constructed beat. Layers of reverb and melody unfold like subtle highlights across the track, creating an elegantly balanced and deeply atmospheric whole. fran&co returns with his latest work Luma. A piece built around hypnotic, deep sleeping moments that slowly awaken the listener. It draws us in with a delicate evolution of techno, house, and their interwoven DNA. A work both introspective and driving. With Cant Be Home Vaert debuts on Traum. A vocoder driven hymn drifting through deep waters, constantly regaining pulse and movement to stay rooted in the energy of the club. Swedish duo Dött ljus translate psychedelic perception into audio form, creating transcendent, mind-expanding moments of sound that blur the line between dream and dancefloor. Our new discovery from the United States, Stavros, steps onto the stage with a track full of passion. A delicate blend of joy and melancholy, hinting at his upcoming solo EP next year. From Brazil comes the formation of Hassio (COL), Diego Pay and Blue, merging driving techno energy with vocals that reach for the spiritual side of the genre. A compelling invitation to collective celebration. Jamin and ROUSEL contribute a powerful piece carried by expressive vocals and shifting rhythmic layers, emotional, dynamic, and always conscious of when to hold back, when to let go. Jan Steiner returns with his newest track Boneyard. A stunning universe of twisted sequences, shimmering tones, and forward-moving rhythms, all merging into a captivating sound experience. Jawoo, new to the label, surprises with an unorthodox rhythmic architecture, reimagining classical ideas through an electronic lens. KARAAL, who previously released a successful solo EP with us, are back with Peekaboo. A track that plays with concealment and revelation. Its sounds appear, vanish, and reappear in quick succession, creating bursts of energy that effortlessly lift the dancefloor. Olondro weaves quiet, introspective moments with melodic pirouettes. A balance that feels like being carried on invisible wings. BlackIsBeautiful returns, intertwining the textures of dub techno with a refined sense of synthesizer artistry. Subtle, delicate, and emotionally resonant, each small climax perfectly measured. WUKAH returns to Traum Schallplatten after his previous EP with us. His new track The Waves embodies a sense of electronic wanderlust a journey that rises and falls in rhythmic motion. Staccato-like bursts of sound accelerate and decelerate, shaping a pulse that ebbs and flows like the tides themselves. Its a composition built on motion, tension, and release true to its name, The Waves. MRKX delivers Metanoia, a deep and emotionally charged piece of house music, bittersweet, radiant, and evolving into captivating sonic shapes. Vellichor reveals a more introspective side with Shadow. This dreamy, purely electronic piece invites deep listening, sculpting sound with care and restraint, confirming once again his passion for shaping sonic forms that exist as much in imagination as in air. Lackluster, with whom weve released a solo EP before, contributes a track that carries Sueno Latino in its DNA, light and dramatic at once, shimmering with that timeless, dreamlike quality. Lazy love is a new artist from the United States who takes an unconventional path with Sun Behind The Cloud. He works with raw, edgy indie textures, shaping sounds that sometimes clash and scrape against each other, yet never destructively. Instead, they merge at just the right moments to form dense, expressive walls of sound that rise into brief emotional peaks before dissolving again, leaving only shimmering traces of what once was. Lightline returns to Traum after having contributed to earlier editions. His approach remains delightfully unpredictable. An unorthodox mix of sounds open to endless interpretation. Theres a sense of understatement woven into his work, appearing when you least expect it. At times, he flirts with elements of pop music, but always returns gracefully to the essential pulse of techno and house grounded, intuitive, and sincere. lux amor, a trio of musicians from Bremen, Germany, dive fearlessly into the slower spectrum of rhythm. Their track unfolds like a magicians act sounds appear from nowhere, revealed suddenly as if pulled from thin air. Theres something enchanted about their music: a blend of minimalism and mystery that gives it quiet power. Even through a long, epic break, they sustain tension and elegance, showing how much can be achieved with very little. data.data, the new collaborative project by Stefan Hauke and Michel Dieling, known from Tagmond, introduce themselves with patch me if you can. The track feels like a spontaneous dialogue part jam session, part conversation between two minds. Its playful, sometimes even a little nerdy, yet filled with moments of unexpected beauty. Its rhythmic interplay and machine-like pulse capture that rare, human spark that emerges when improvisation meets precision. MAQ, also known as Ilya Truskovsky, is a Los Angeles based music producer and film composer whose career has long bridged the cinematic and electronic worlds. Having co-founded Deja Vu Records in 2002, he has been making electronic music ever since, releasing two award-winning albums along the way. For many years, he devoted himself to the world of film, collaborating with Hollywood giants such as Aaron Zigman and Christopher Young. In 2022, he returned to his electronic roots, bringing with him the depth and precision of a seasoned composer.For Traum Schallplatten, he contributes Beyond The Veil a track that opens a window into his new electronic vision. It fuses cinematic passages with the pure timbre of synthesizers and the pulse of techno. The result is a composition in which contrasting elements converge naturally into one coherent whole, a reflection of his years of shaping emotion and atmosphere for the screen. Off Pop belongs to the first generation of Traum artists, and we were thrilled when, after more than fifteen years of silence, he reached out again two years ago. His new piece Like The Morning Sun mirrors the simplicity and imaginative spirit of his early work for the label minimalistic yet expansive, and infused with the sensibility of a new techno generation seeking to move beyond established boundaries. Danjel Esperanza returns after a solo EP on our label and several contributions to Tour De Traum, this time with a surprisingly dreamy work titled Wasserkringel. It drifts toward the cinematic, delicate, emotional, and built around a sense of slow, shimmering motion. Chrisik, the Austrian producer, returns to Tour De Traum with another masterfully crafted production. His music often revolves around a dreamlike, at times wistful atmosphere. A mood that here finds its counterpoint in a powerful, driving beat. This contrast gives the track a physical presence, carrying its emotional core beyond introspection and onto the dancefloor, where it unfolds with both precision and scale. Andy Moon, the tireless full blooded musician, continues his sonic explorations in his studio, surrounded by the hum of machines and guided by a constant search for the perfect balance, the finest possible combination that defines what he considers the essence of sound. His track Clouds And Concrete gathers together all of his acoustic research: unspectacular in form yet deeply concentrated, refined, and artistic in precisely the way we have come to expect from him. With Jazz Flight Cockpitcrew deliver a lounge inspired piece that lifts fragments and motifs from their own earlier works, setting them into entirely new contexts. Listeners familiar with their past productions will discover subtle, hidden references woven through the music, while for everyone else, it unfolds as something completely fresh and self-contained. Our man from Buenos Aires, flayman, continues to fly the flag for the city that once marked the beginning of Traum Schallplattens South American connection. Representing a young Argentine generation that looks both forward and back, he brings this duality into his music carrying traces of the past into the present. His latest track, What The Brain Tells Me To The Heart captures that spirit perfectly: melancholic yet full of depth, thoughtful and emotionally resonant, it bridges intellect and feeling in a way that is distinctly his own. Pavel Kosmonaut returns to Traum Schallplatten with his new track Astroboy. The piece stands apart from his earlier contributions to Tour De Traum light, buoyant, and full of playful motion. As it unfolds, the track twists inward, morphing its textures into something almost surreal before settling back into the magnetic gravity of techno. Patrick Muschiol returns to the label with a piece that celebrates classic melodic techno. L like Love pulses with playful energy, sometimes quirky, sometimes exuberant, yet carefully balanced. The track never leans on nostalgia; instead, it transforms familiar motifs into something fresh and positive, resonating fully in the present moment. Hughes Giboulay also rejoins the series, offering a piece that embodies the very idea of the Elektroniker. Diverse influences collide and intertwine as if guided by an invisible hand, forming a current of sound that is both heterogeneous in its details and beautifully unified in its overall flow. Ascet contributes Borderline Perception a track anchored in a steady walking bass and the logic of electronic flow. Here, sounds seem to fall from the sky loose, spontaneous, yet perfectly placed. Each fragment finds its way into the structure by chance or intuition, forming an associative chain that feels both accidental and precise. Lucas Solowsky makes his debut on Traum with an ambient electronic piece that approaches the listener gradually, shifting course with each passage. The track carries a strong sense of slow motion as if viewed through a magnifying glass, where subtle changes in melody and texture create a stream that feels unpredictable yet always finds its path. Its quiet vitality and freshness make it a captivating addition to this collection. breakbizz, also known as Helge Hoffmann, carries a remarkable backstory. Once recognized in Berlins streets for his graffiti on S-Bahn trains, his path eventually turned from visual rebellion to sonic creation. His music channels that same restless energy, driving rhythms, flowing delays, and sharp, interlocking synth lines. His track Accident & Error for Traum Schallplatten captures a sense of forward propulsion, balancing airy textures against a pulsing core. Theres an almost apocalyptic undertone here, but its punctuated by moments of light a constant rise and fall of emotion that feels alive and human. Frasseck & Freitag, known for their solo EPs and many Tour De Traum contributions, return with one of their most energetic works yet. Waste What Is Left is high octane and rhythmically relentless. A seamless, forward driving dance of determination. Its pure kinetic energy, a celebration of movement itself. No peace for the wicked. With Chocolate90 Perceptron takes us back to the simplicity and raw charm of the 1990s. A decade defined by its innocence and directness. The track embraces that clarity: unpretentious, beautifully plain, and instantly communicative. QuiQu, who appeared on Tour De Traum many years ago, return with New Hope. For much of its length, the track unfolds as a minimalist rhythmic piece, echoing the computer-generated timbres of the 1980s. Only in its final third does it open into a wild techno opus. A thrilling transformation that rewards patience with release. No Tour De Traum would be complete without RAUB! The Dutch duo represented this time by Kas Arts and Roland Buurmann continue their tradition of crafting enchanting electronic music inspired by the visionary sound of 1990s British duos like B12 and The Black Dog. Yet they carry that aesthetic lightly into the present, making it entirely their own. Each contribution feels like a gift to the series timeless and full of life. Haunami, the Japanese producer, returns to Tour De Traum with an ambient piece that evolves through a live, drum-like rhythmic framework. The sounds meet, mingle, and drift apart again, creating a shifting, abstract universe, fluid and alive, filled with fleeting connections and dissolving contours. Belgian duo Tweaken, once known for their hard-edged techno, have long been exploring the melodic side of the spectrum. With The Gathering they step fully into the Traum universe, tunneling through layers of sound and texture. The track feels like a musical excavation unearthing fragments from different worlds and weaving them into a journey through time. Uccelli resurrects the minimalism and emotional clarity of the 1990s with Resplendent. Its simplicity is striking, its emotional depth immediate. Theres a directness here a purity of intent that speaks to every old school heart. Nicolai Litz presents Phein a track that leans toward minimalism, reminiscent of the early days of Traum Schallplatten, yet expanded by the technical sophistication of modern production. Every frequency is carefully filled, every layer thoughtfully balanced, creating a rich and immersive depth of sound. The result is a contemporary form of deep house, refined, resonant, and glowing with quiet intensity. French producer Andy Meyer has lived through all the classic stages that shape an artist first as a club goer, then as a DJ, and eventually, after 2010, as a producer. Known primarily for his harder edged techno, he reveals here a more nuanced side, one that reaches beyond genre boundaries, blending intensity with emotional sensitivity. French producer Andy Meyer unfolds Persephone, a track that links contrasting moods into one continuous flow, unorthodox, highly artistic, and emotionally precise. Valtteri Valimaki contributes a stunning electronic piece suffused with calm and melancholy the kind of composition that could easily score an Alain Delon film. Its elegant, cinematic, and quietly moving. Douglas Fugazi steps into the Tour De Traum universe with a minimalist, piano driven melodic house track. Its subtle elegance and restrained power hint at new directions yet to be explored. Whether this is the first of many tracks to follow, charting a path of growth and evolution in this vein of music, only time will reveal, but the promise is already there. Fafarez has appeared on several of our compilations, and his latest contribution takes a slower turn. Built around an atmospheric, ambient pulse, the track moves without force or gesture, self-sustained, subtle, and quietly hypnotic. Its understated rhythm carries a touch of magic, as if glowing from within.
Arteforma, Euripides, Alighted, fran&co, Vaert, Dött ljus, Stavros, Diego Play, Hassio (COL), BLUEE, Jamin, ROUSEL, Jan Steiner, Jawoo, KARAAL, Olondro, Blackisbeautiful, Wukah, MRKX, Vellichor, Lackluster, Lazy love, Lightline, lux amor, data.data, Maq, Off Pop, Danjel Esperanza, Chrisik, Andy Moon, Cockpitcrew, flayman, Pavel Kosmonaut, Patrick Muschiol, Hughes Giboulay, Ascet, Lucas Solowsky, breakbizz, Frasseck & Freitag, Perceptron, QuiQui, RAUB, Haunami, Tweaken, UCCELLI, Nicolai Litz, Andy Meyer, Valtteri Valimaki, Douglas Fugazi, Fafarez
2025-12-04 Fresh Frequencies
Veak, Kyng of Thievez, Avoider, Futurist, Translate, 4CR, oSwick, Danny Jenk, DJ Direkt, MSDOS, Astro-D, JOELY, Robotscot, Chuck UK, ConsciousMind, One-Dread, MadRush MC, Dark Smoke, Karizmatik, ray uptown, Dj Zent, Toffee Tour, REALITY COMPLEX, Diablo Diangikis, Rob Fury, Subnotik, Soundz Familia, Jeff Otogon, Dj 2 Clean, Ill Dynamics, Nusense, DUNSTAN DMT, Izolator, Equilibrium, Duncan di Lago, Coloringbook, Mind Storm, Goa Doc, Bass Lotus, Top Cat, Uppressor
Joe Claussell reimagines 3 tracks from Patrick Gibin s 2024 successful debut album Strength In Numbers for Mother Tongue. These are not simple remixes but complete translations into the NYC legends own language where the words Cosmic and Spiritual go hand by hand. The depth of these new versions is another testament of Joes ability to always push the Sound to new heights! Let It Go is manipulated into a dancefloor opus rich of sonic surprises and magnificent synth workouts. Joint Purpose is present here in two versions, the deep and complex Teenage Music mix and the thunderous Dub Dub take which is exactly how its called: an epic out of body bass experience. In This Together comes in a full 15 minutes suite with tempo and mood changes wich echoes the best 70s fusion and finally in a more ethereal form (Voice Of Innocence Version) to close the double pack. A breathtaking travel into Claussell s endless creative imagination where boundaries are won and Music is a
We welcome K2T to Outer Edge with his varied and diverse No Rain, No Rainbow EP. In this release, K2T sets out to showcase the breadth of his production prowess. From the jazzy, soulful tones of Mr Famous, to the left field vibes of Do Geese See God and everything in between, he masterfully guides the listener through a journey of unique and rich palette of soundscapes. As label debuts go, this one is not to be (time) skipped! Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
Korben Nice returns to the label with a mystic EP called The Dark Lake. From the swampy, atmospheric opening to the deeper, immersive tracks like The Dance of Reality and The Dark Lake, the EP takes listeners on an enchanting journey. The final two tracks bring more energy and drive, guaranteed to make a serious impact on the dancefloor. The EP also features a remix by our good friend Ignez, a producer who has rapidly risen in the scene over the past years. His remix is packed with funky, hard-hitting sounds, a true crowd-pleaser for creating special moments.
Dutch producer Jordin Post teams up with Moon Kyoo on Pura / Esencia / Lenta 3, a dazzling three-track EP for Colorize. Across the release, the duo explore luminous progressive textures and intricate melodic detail, with Pura opening in radiant, euphoric form, Esencia weaving deep grooves with a hypnotic edge, and Lenta 3 closing on a more expansive, atmospheric note. Known for releases on Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep, This Never Happened and Colorize, Post has earned millions of streams, BBC Radio 1 support and Tomorrowland appearances, and here he finds perfect synergy with Moon Kyoo to deliver an EP that is as immersive as it is forward-thinking. Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
Its Not Tomorrow Yet reflects the journey from confusion and tension into comfort and resolution, through unconventional sound design, harmonic tension, and evolving textures. When I feel lost or unable to decide, I remind myself that tomorrow my mind and spirit will be calmer. This track is about depth, clarity, and inner journeys, a reminder that its not tomorrow yet.
Facta returns to Wisdom Teeth with GULP: a zippy, hi-def mini-album full of scrambled vocals, blown-out basslines, dripping synths and spring-loaded grooves that together map out his playfully psychedelic corner of contemporary club music. Written in a quick creative burst in late 2024, the record brings together a range of the producers distinct creative strands into a sharp, cohesive whole. Sitting snugly within the stylistic niche carved out by his A&Ring and DJ sets (alongside label co-founder K-LONE), we hear the influence of 00s minimal, tech house, UK soundsystem music, ambient electronica, dub and more rubbing shoulders in a way that feels effortless and personal. Many of the tracks began life as sketches penned on the road - dotting between festivals, European club shows, and on tour in Japan - and so the record carries with it a sense of movement and forward momentum, and feels populated by voices, memories, people and places. The Londoners characteristic approach to sound design and genre interplay are on full display here. Generative vocal hooks melt and warp into strange fluid forms, while synths stretch, detune, bend and dissolve into space before snapping back into shape again. Keyboards mirror human vocal formants, forming melodies that feel at once organic and alien. Basslines warp and distort, as if being re-moulded out of different synthetic properties. Across the record theres a commitment to expressing simple or familiar ideas in new and unexpected ways, whilst experimentations and innovations are presented clearly and intuitively. Cherished genre references are lovingly deployed as personal touchstones across the record - bleeping minimal- and tech-house; breakbeat dubstep and funky; Chicago house; dub techno - yet sounds and influences are combined and meshed in unexpected ways. Each track is tightly engineered and reduced down to its key elements, which are then manipulated, flipped, warped and pushed to breaking point. As is typical of Factas music, uncanny contrasts are worked throughout the music in unexpected ways. Warm, balmy moods come laced with seams of tension or uncertainty, whilst the records darker moments are handled with a light, playful touch. With 15 years experience writing, DJing and A&Ring under his belt, GULP is testament to Factas love of creation and curation - of seeking out, absorbing, experimenting, and channeling new sounds to create your own sonic world. A record borne of playful experimentation and happy accidents, GULP shines bright with a simple, pure energy - a testament to writing quickly and intuitively and, above all else, enjoying the process. The albums artwork features photography by award-winning Boston-based photographer, Pelle Cass, whose complex time-lapse composites present hyperreal yet impossible tableaus of seemingly simple everyday scenes - an approach that parallels the records blurring of the familiar and the unfamiliar. Casss work has been widely exhibited, collected, and published, including solo shows at Gallery Kayafas, Boston, the Photographic Resource Center, Boston, and the Houston Center for Photography, and in collections such as the Fogg Art Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He was twice a Critical Mass Top 50 photographer and has received two fellowships from Yaddo and one from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation.