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#1
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Sabrine
Sabrine is a six-track ambient soundscape collection that tells the tale of a distant planet lightyears beyond Earth, where the planet's atmospheric dust is of a bluish hue and is believed to contain a dark pathogen causing environmental decay in a strange manner unknown to man.
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#2
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Determination
Finetune, an experimental electronic musician and producer known for live performances, has dropped a fresh EP called 'Determination.' It's a mix of five tracks created at different times, reflecting the artist's musical journey. This marks the seventh addition to Finetune's collection and the first release under the label RADI MIRA I LUBVI, known for conscious electronic music. You can catch the official release on all streaming platforms by November 25, 2023. Under the pseudonym Finetune is Michael Dop, a versatile artist-DJ, producer, visual creator, and the mastermind behind the electronic label and crew, Slowdance. Finetune's vibe is all about intelligent electronic music crafted through improvisation using modulators, live instruments (even classical ones), and their digital counterparts. 'Determination,' the new EP, stays true to this vibe. It's a musical exploration of resolve, emphasizing the need for hands-on experience to navigate the overflow of information. 'Understanding knowledge involves living it. Sometimes, we need a certain push to act, turning potential into action-it's how we truly grasp knowledge. This EP is about that shift, from consuming information to making moves.' (Finetune) The EP, 'Determination,' houses five tracks-a mix of electronic tunes perfect for contemplation and insights that might have slipped your notice before. Some tracks are born from impromptu experiments using a VST sampler with piano bits, while others explore the depths of modular synthesizers and the analog Sequential Ob-6. The EP reaches its peak with the fourth track, 'HOW DO I KNOW YOU,' featuring an unrehearsed cello performance by Iskandeor Hannanov. Listen to Finetune's EP 'Determination'
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#2
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Solitude Remixes, Pt. 2
Samer Soltan returns with the second remix pack taken from his album, 'Solitude'… Squire & Pole Position kick things off; their remix of 'Is This A Dream?' is an indie, tribal combination with a tank full of Tenaglia-vibes that's more than qualified to rev any dancefloor. Mehill returns to the Renaissance fold following his debut on their recent Merin VA with two electronica cuts of 'Time Machine', which further confirm his broad studio-skills, both in terms of genre and feel. Fec's Cursed Re-vision of 'Damar' wraps things-up, a masterful remix aptly timed and titled for the witching season. More seductive than Morticia Addams, this is an EP set to scare-up clubland support for the foreseeable future - all aboard the remix ghost train!
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#4
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False Face Must Hide What the False Heart Doth Know
False Face Must Hide What the False Heart Doth Know: Bedouin Records Selected Discography 2020-2022
Sorcery, Gaul Plus, Maze & Lindholm, Constantine Skourlis, Haku Sungho, Chaperone, Ryo Murakami, Vaal, Hiiro Issiki, Mars89
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#4
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A Break In Time
The stunning debut ambient album from Fred Everything's new project All Is Well. A Break In Time A Break In Time is an ambient album written during the lockdown as a sort of calming therapy / meditation exercise. The project quickly took form with a unique sonic identity and message inspired by this feeling isolation felt during that time. The album is about fragility, naivety, contemplating our vulnerability but also of our resilience and the feeling of alone/together. This album might have taken less than a year to make, but it's a culmination of influences drawing back to his early 90s growing up in Québec City. He was then known simply as Everything, performing live in Raves and Chill Out Room, armed with nothing but a 909, an SH-101 an Ensoniq EPS and a Quadraverb. His love for ambient music never faded. With early influences such as Carl Craig seminal "Landcruising", Warp's "Artificial Intelligence" and Black Dog Production "Bytes", this album bridges the gap between here and there, now and then : where time stands still. This is a collaborative release from Compost Records and Drumpoet Community. About All Is Well All Is Well is Frédéric Blais's latest musical playground, known to the world of Electronic Music for the past 25 years as Fred Everything. He initially started this new project incognito with acclaimed releases on labels such as Drumpoet Community, Compost, Permanent Vacation, Mule Music and Prins Thomas's Internasjonal. Under that alias, he also collaborated with Lauer and Martin Iveson (Atjazz). An exploration into a more electronic universe, this new platform allowed him to create freely within different genres free of expectations. As a DJ, All Is Well performed in Paris with Trentemøller and Live at Mutek Festival in Montreal where he premiered the songs from his forthcoming album on Compost, A Break In Time. His releases have gained strong support from people like Dixon and Âme.
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#5
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Dicasmia
Emanuele Porcinais work as WSR has alway sat to reconcile the contrasting worlds of electronically generated and re-generated sounds and physicality itself, integrating acoustic instruments within digital frameworks and allowing the virtual and the material to compenetrate each other. Released by Stray Signals, 'Dicasmia' is a new chapter in this research. By sculpting noises obtained through guitars, bass guitars and cellos, Porcinai has dug himself an introspective mine of aural ore posed to slowly sucking its surrounding space in. Melodies form from clouds of smoke riddled with literal heavy metals while impacts and scrapes form uneven percussive poems. The amassing layers of dissonance eventually favor the emergence of musicality and beauty, making for an eventually uplifting sonic venture that strives to exorcise the melancholy of separation.
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#6
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Before New Angels
Before New Angels is the debut album by Swills & Phil Mills, a Dutch mixed electronic duo in which vibrant talent and solid experience swirl together in a hazy cloud. Ten cinematic ambient tracks that combine the imaginative power of Biosphere and the hallucinatory club DNA of Huerco S and GAS. Take for instance a track like Common Parlance. It's a centerpiece and forms the beating heart of Before New Angels. With its elongated, shuffling chords and deadpan kicks it seems to come from an early Wolfgang Voigt recording. Utrecht-based Sabine Willems is the newcomer of the two. Her work is experimental and does not conform to any genre. She likes to challenge herself by keeping her instrumentation to a bare minimum. Phone recorded samples of the world around her sometimes serve as a building block. But where her earlier tracks still contain rhythm, Before New Angels is virtually beatless. Phil Mills is the experienced side of the duo. He's from the North of The Netherlands. Anyone who dives into his musical past will come across dance productions that date as far back as the early nineties. Mills' experience pays out on Before New Angels, where its layered melodies and slow evolving arrangements never smother the minimalist compositions. Is this one of the better ambient albums of 2023? We tend to think so. You better lie down and feel for yourself
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#6
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Intimate Entropy
Weith returns to BT with Intimate Entropy, a new exclusive album comprising sixteen tracks. The result of two years of composing and research, Intimate Entropy traverses a wide sonic landscape, ranging from drone pieces to tension-filled meandering journeys. Dense and rich in details, Weith presents an introspective, melancholic, and immersive listening experience.
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#6
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New Values
Standards & Practices is thrilled to announce an exciting new release from veteran producer and label owner Jonathan Krohn, otherwise known as Stave, and Bristol-based producer Tavis Hitchcock, who writes and releases music under the name Karkossyn. Karkossyn's superb debut EP ("Troubled Youth") for the like-minded and consistently excellent UVB-76 imprint led to a conversation about a possible collaboration, which has resulted in "New Values" - a 12-track split cassette which highlights and showcases both artists approaches to blackened, scorched-earth electronics. Stave's contribution is a solid summation of his craft and acts as a potent reminder of his range and abilities as a producer: from the cacophonous, arrhythmic "62523" to the simmering, coiled tension of "Relearn / Forget", there's ample evidence here of an artist operating at the height of his powers; the expansive, surprisingly moving "Rolyy" ends the first half on a powerfully lyrical note. On the flip side, Karkossyn begins with the bleak atmospherics of "Hidden Heart", which soon gives way to "Break The Fall", a heavy dose of Scorn-esque breakbeat-driven bass weight. "For The Floor" ratchets up the tension to an almost unbearable degree, and the droning, cinematic ambience of "Memento" and the dense, pulverizing "Ruins" finishes the split EP in an elegantly brutal fashion. Digital and Cassette Tape Stave: Tracks 17 Recorded and Mixed Chicago, USA Karkossyn: Tracks 812 Recorded and Mixed Bristol, UK Design by Common Name, NYC Mastering by Steve Bailey at rrreplica c+p Standards & Practices Records, 2023 STANPRAC009
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#7
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Of No Fixed Abode
'Of No Fixed Abode' gathers fragmented recordings by the Madrid duo of Pablo Miron and Juan Vacas, the multi-disciplinary artists behind the collective Real No Real (realnoreal.org) and Ediciones Fontenebro label. Working with field recordings, found materials, instruments such as Violin and Harmonica and by manipulating old radios, turntables and reel to reels the pair have been performing across the world of late taking their collage style process with them. 'Of No Fixed Abode' uses cross-continental sound diaries from the 2019-2022 period and has been central to shows at venues and festivals around Europe and South America. Contributing to the wider field of post-fluxus 'broken music', the duality of natural sound and decaying, processed tape loops along with gentle instrumentation across the record follows in the footsteps of the Dieter Roth school, Anne Gillis, Leyland Kirby or Henry Krutzen yet is anchored in a charming restraint in which each element seems to fall into place perfectly. Miradasvacas have a long history with presenting experimental music through shows on Madrid's Radio Relativa, concerts and gatherings across the city and self-published mixtapes and sound art, though debut here on 12th Isle with their first proper album. Far-flung gallery sonics at their finest.
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#7
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BlackHole+
Downtempo techno stars The Connection Machine return with stunning re-release, featuring unreleased tracks and Legowelt remix of classic Echoes From Tau Ceti. Four years after the re-release of their debut The Dream Tec Album on U-TRAX, the Dutch downtempo techno duo The Connection Machine returns with a second highly anticipated re-release. BlackHole+ contains remastered versions of most of the tracks on their original The Black Hole EP, released on U-TRAX in 1995, plus five tracks from their highly sought-after EPs on Tabernacle Records: Lost Connection and Lost Machine (with electro outfit Lost Trax on the flipside). The original Black Hole EP had black labels and all details of the release were added as a computer-spoken track on the b-side. For this re-release, this track was removed and a Legowelt remix was added of the still immensely popular track Echoes From Tau Ceti. The CD, cassette and digital versions will bring even more goodness in the form of two brand new tracks (Theorems, Theorems and Together), bringing the total number of tracks to eleven. As usual with U-TRAX releases, the cassette version boast yet another previously unreleased bonus track, Thinking Machine 23, plus the original 13 minute version of 8 Minutes.
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#9
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Auf Monte in L.E. #2
Bauarbeiter der Liebe (Love Builders) managed to hack the usual club night. The combination of back-to-back DJ action by Lutzer and Tille with interspersed improvisations by Pätte from trumpet, keys or bass works multidimensionally. Playlist and dancing crowd unite euphorically and the atmosphere is particularly special when the music is filtered out and Pätte's trumpet reverberates through the room. Then these fleeting moments arise in which you feel that this is the right place at the right time with the right crowd. Patrick Föllmer, Lutz Hartmann and Tilmann Jarmer have already released music together as "Lilabungalow", "Klinke auf Cinch" and "Alfred Quest". Bauarbeiter der Liebe sound more like a club by comparison. The EP "Auf Monte in L.E. #2" was created again in just 24 hours in Leipzig, in Lutz Hartmann's studio. Unlike a high school crush, "Not Romantic Love" hits different. "You Don't Make Hit Records That Way" shows how not to do it, and "Ruff & Fun" simply lets loose with a relaxed grin.
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#10
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Sun Tickles
Seoul duo Salamanda arrive on Wisdom Teeth with their latest and most focused LP yet: 'In Parallel' - a vividly textural and immersive record that brings a new level of clarity to their typically psychedelic, expansive approach. Since arriving in 2019, the pair - comprised of friends Uman Therma (aka Sala) and Yetsuby (aka Manda) - have been fast at work mapping out their elaborate, dream-state sonic world - prolifically honing their sound across four albums and over a dozen singles to date. Across their already-extensive discography the pair have established a few key calling cards. Mallet instruments and tuned drums play out playful music-box melodies. Thick washes of gaseous ambience invoke otherworldly or ancient soundscapes. And buried fragments of found sound and manipulated vocal give their otherwise synthetic compositions a warm sense of first-person narrative. Ambient and Reich-school minimalism are the music's most obvious sonic touchstones - yet the pulse of contemporary club and pop music have never been totally out of earshot. All of these themes come in to play here - but 'In Parallel' signals a step well beyond Salamanda's work to date. Since 2022's 'ashbalkum' (released on Wisdom Teeth alumni Tristan Arp's label, Human Pitch), the duo have toured extensively: at classical institutions like London's Kings Place as well as DIY club dens like Manchester's White Hotel, all via a series of globally renowned festivals like Mutek, Nachti and Dekmantel. Their creative set-up has grown steadily alongside to incorporate a whole suite of new machines, processes and perspectives, taking their music in bold new directions in the process. The clearest development here is in the duo's use of vocals - a shift that has been slowly taking place over their last few records, but that comes to a head on In Parallel. The album's lead single 'Homemade Jam' is the closest the duo have come to writing an all-out pop track: its buoyant beat and autotuned vocals sounding like something SOPHIE and Charli XCX could have written after a particularly potent batch of mushroom tea. It's a razor-sharp slice of alt-pop that offers a mouthwatering first look at what happens when Salamanda's sprawling, unbridled creative energy is distilled right down into something concentrated and polished. At other points their sonic explorations lead them to embrace a more upfront approach to rhythm, skirting closer than ever before to the dancefloor in the process. The meandering drums and vocal chops on 'Paper Labyrinth' are underpinned by a firm 4x4 pulse, while the dembow groove of 'Tonal, Fluid' would feel right at home in a Nick León or DJ Plead set. 'In Parallel' is a record about connection, and the warmth and nostalgic simplicity of friendship is felt vividly throughout. Its title refers to the harmony the duo have found between them as friends and collaborators - and sonic parallels are traced throughout the record as testament to this. Motifs come and go before reappearing at later points: take, for example, the melody underpinning 'Sun Tickles', which returns in a different key and tempo on album closer 'Mysterious Wedding'. Parallel lines are traced between each artist and through their music, linking back to their past and pointing ahead to the future. Only Salamanda know where these will take us next.
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#11
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Stay, Temporary Home
"Less is more" the motto applies to Luxembourg's most intriguing newcomer Arthur Clees, whose approach is minimalist, rich, hypnotic. Clees is a young prodigy drummer / percussionist / vocalist with a multitude of performances and sessions under his belt. The 20-year-old musician manages to inspire very different people with his tracks. No Wonder: There's both depth and a tremendous upward pull at the same time.
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#11
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Escape
Poland's Adam Nickey drops something fabulously Retro with this rolling-breaks-meets-trance hybrid, taken from Solarstone's acclaimed Pure Trance Vol. 10 compilation. This is something of a throwback to those nineties' days when Hybrid, Rabbit in the Moon and Banco De Gaia were in their zenith, the strobes were hot and the lasers pierced the smoke, lighting up our eyes.
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#11
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Atmos
In 2022 we journeyed to the center of the earth with Agartha, Lasha Chkhaidze's first album. This time we go the opposite direction, and fly towards the outer edge of the atmosphere. Atmos, the latest offering of the young and talented Georgian artist, sees him explore the ether. Subtle and intricate layers are weaved together on the course of six tracks. This ambient album offers a completely different artistic direction compared to his previous work. Where melancholia and piano dominated Agartha, we are throughout Atmos taken into an otherworldly environment. The LPs atmospheric undertone combined with its glitchier elements brings it into a lightly psychedelic dimension. With its really beautiful soundscapes and subdued intricate ideas, Atmos will undoubtedly please listeners of finely written ambient. Lasha Chkhaidez is a gifted musician capable of crafting evocative music, The Intergalactic Institute for Sound is glad to present his deeply immersive experience to the public.
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#13
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FATHOM
FELTs sixth volume extracts another fascinating mineral from Guy Brewers Carrier alias, further descending the wormhole of darkside minimalism with his most obfuscated rhythmic explorations yet. FATHOM witnesses Guy Brewers unrelenting distillation of precision electronics develop beyond prior incarnations into unclassifiable mutations. Carrier is his sonic vessel in this new era, liberating his prior restrictions to highlight the outer kinetic recesses of experimental sounds that finds a natural home on Perkos ever-evolving FELT imprint. The title track twitches along in hallucinatory abstraction, circling the depths with glitched-out programming and fogged-out atmospherics. The Cusp narrows its gaze, meditating on a tense drum rollage that teeters on mellowed menace. Markers then forms a mechanised rinse-out of rumbling subs and plummeting steppers momentum. Trooper unfurls in a finale of future-shocked half time rollage and arpeggiated textures that affirms Carriers unwavering vision in sound and style.
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#15
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Depo
The new EP "Depo" by Toki Fuko, released on the South Korean label Oslated, is an exciting musical project consisting of five variations of the track. The idea of creating an original ambient version of the track originated from an interactive video installation at the RZD Museum in St. Petersburg. Link to the video installation: https://vimeo.com/275864896 After the release of this video, Toki Fuko had new ideas for other variations of the track. As a result, the EP became a collection of diverse interpretations and experiments around the original track. This album immerses the listener in the depths of electronic music, creating an atmosphere that allows one to fully enjoy the sound textures and emotional experiences that permeate each variation of the track. "Depo" is a complete immersion into the atmosphere of a sound landscape, allowing the listener to discover new facets of sound art and delve into the unique world of Toki Fuko. Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
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ON & ON
Public Possession turns 10. What holds it all together? Comedy & Rhythm. Find us in between the sun and the moon. Onward, forward, don't step backward. The source is everywhere. � Where (Who) Am I? An angel with an UFO. � Toot, Toot, Beep, Beep.... � Maintain a child's mind � Listen, talk, see � Archaeology (dig it) � WOW (curiosity) � Easy & Difficult � Mix It Up � Soft Education � Love Unlimited We are not doing this alone. The biggest thank you goes to the P.P. Team & all label artists. To many more years!!
Andras, Tambien, Franziska Konitzer, Bell Towers, 5am, Coper, Samo DJ, Eden Burns, DJ City, Nice Girl, Mr. Tophat, Mainline Magic Orchestra, Olaf Nicolai, Salamanda, Aiden Ayers, Martin Brugger, World Gym
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#19
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Depo
The new EP "Depo" by Toki Fuko, released on the South Korean label Oslated, is an exciting musical project consisting of five variations of the track. The idea of creating an original ambient version of the track originated from an interactive video installation at the RZD Museum in St. Petersburg. Link to the video installation: https://vimeo.com/275864896 After the release of this video, Toki Fuko had new ideas for other variations of the track. As a result, the EP became a collection of diverse interpretations and experiments around the original track. This album immerses the listener in the depths of electronic music, creating an atmosphere that allows one to fully enjoy the sound textures and emotional experiences that permeate each variation of the track. "Depo" is a complete immersion into the atmosphere of a sound landscape, allowing the listener to discover new facets of sound art and delve into the unique world of Toki Fuko. Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
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#23
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Keep Looking Where The Light Comes From
Following up last year's Acrobatic Thoughts album, Panoram delves even deeper into his own musical universe with Keep Looking Where The Light Comes From. We find the producer in confident form, exploring the fuzzy fringes of beauty and chaos. The result is an album that sounds even more like himself and yet surprising at each turn. Opening track Feathers sounds like only Panoram can, buzzy arpeggiated distortion takes flight somewhere in the direction of a distant multiverse where Animal Collective and Boards of Canada soundtracked Koyaanisqatsi. But the psychedelic drift is all Panoram's own, conjuring a stark sense of the uncanny with the repeated phrases. The digital guitar and vocal loops of I Can Only Repeat Your Love are practically on the brink of collapsing in on themselves, to the point where the structure begins to shift like a collapsing monument. Flat Stones nods towards ASMR, as flute and woodwind tones caress the ears and a whispered voice teases out an altered state. It's this dreamlike mood that pervades the whole album, a maximal effect that's wrung from minimalist compositions. The Wide House picks up the baton from Laurie Anderson to trip gently through different states of awareness, while the piano patterns of Blank Sheep float through the synth ambience like ideas entering an empty dream. There Is A Hole Here is another mutant loop that unravels as it proceeds - the rhythms turn into a pulse, and despite what the lyrics say, it does indeed mess around with your brain. Panoram balances dance tropes, classical composition, ambient drones and a washed out, fuzzy twist on avant garde pop, and manages to transform it all into a uniform whole that fits all those puzzle pieces together. Yet such is the assuredness of Panoram's production that it sounds effortless. At this point, the music is more like a midwife, manifesting your future self's enlightened consciousness with surreal effect.
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#23
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Empty Spaces
I couldn't tell you how we got to this moment. Whether for obvious reasons or random things beyond our control. In the unknown present where nothing means forever, and change seems a constant and inevitable thing, we will be wandering between these empty spaces.
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#24
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Drifting Memory Part 2
The saga continues! Anyone who thought they knew everything about Guy J was profoundly mistaken. His creative boundaries remain far from being reached. Following his groundbreaking "Drifting Memory Part 1," Guy embarks on the next stage of his sonic journey. In an era where algorithms often dictate customer provision through keyword and internet search methods, the importance of unpredictable human elements becomes especially critical in electronic music. As one of the globe's most influential DJs, Guy, constantly on tour, recognizes that true freedom of expression transcends conventional dance drum patterns. His formidable new release, "Drifting Memory Part 2," takes time to craft potent emotional content using layers of abstract synthesizers and sound effects. This immersive 17-minute instrumental masterpiece draws listeners into a meditative state, oscillating between the otherworldly and the primal. It's a captivating creation that defies fleeting trends, securing Guy's enduring legacy among the most esteemed musical innovators of the 21st century.
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#25
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Water Savage
The release number eleven, which is about to be launched on the Aureon Records' catalogue, features the musical project Tribu Oro as protagonist. Tribu Oro is the unique outcome of the fusion of two musical minds: Philippe Del Bosque (Philippe Bosmans at the registry office) and Michael Rittner (Miklosh), who started their Tribu Slow 'ethnic groove' parties in early 2016 in Malaga Spain, to bring about a change in the then Malaga's music scene. The four tracks making up the digital record are a mixture of diverse sounds, with a deep rhythmic experimentation and a great ability to write and manipulate the other fundamental phases of a composition, namely the harmonics and the melody. Aureon is the perfect platform to give voice to this project which, in return, enriches the catalog of the Italian label with its new and unique music.
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#27
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Inclusion
Inclusion (VA) In the pine ridges, the winds do blow With the rustle of leaves, they come and go The ridges stand tall, proud and green Home to many creatures, rarely seen The winds bring life, a breath of fresh air A reminder that we all must care Migratory birds, in flocks they soar Guided by nature, they travel more They remind us that we all must migrate To find our purpose, to fulfil our fate Inclusion is the answer to all life's woes To embrace all beings, and let them grow. Green fields stretch afar, Inclusion's reach, near and far, Nature's embrace, ours. Music by Unjin Yeo, Thomas Parker, Simon Huxtable, Tom Huthwohl, Guido Camino, Erik Mowinckel, Viktor van der Riet, Salva Coromina, Daniel Danieli, Javier Marimon. Mastered by Kizen Records Design by Off T. Photography by Romi Behl
Unjin, Barefoot, BLNDR, Forest On Stasys, Erik Mowinckel, Vand, Javier Marimon, Absis, Daniel[i]
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#28
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home (Wolf Lehmann Remix)
Jazz & Milk is delighted to announce the release of the second single from the highly anticipated "ifsonever Remixed EP." Austrian musician and producer Wolf Lehmann brings his unique touch to the remix, infusing the original composition "home" with a nostalgic energy reminiscent of the mellow downtempo vibes from the golden era of trip-hop. Maintaining the modern electronic essence of ifsonever's original creation, Wolf Lehmann skillfully blends elements of the past with contemporary sounds, creating a harmonious fusion that resonates with listeners across genres. Wolf Lehmann has a rich history in the music industry, having contributed his expertise to numerous projects over the past two decades. From his early days with bands like KILLED BY 9V BATTERIES and SEX JAMS to more recent ventures with MILE ME DEAF and VOYAGE FUTUR, Lehmann has consistently demonstrated his prowess as a songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer. With an extensive portfolio that includes collaborations with artists such as VOODOO JURGENS, FARCE, VAGUE, and the DIVES, he continues to surprise and delight audiences with his musical versatility. In 2022, the enigmatic producer ifsonever, also known as Daniel Helmer, garnered widespread acclaim for his self-titled debut album, a mesmerizing fusion of analog warmth, urban electronic ambiences, and hypnotic atmospheres that invited listeners to explore a spectrum of emotions, from tranquil serenity to captivating intrigue. Fast forward one year, and Jazz & Milk is thrilled to announce the release of the "ifsonever Remixed EP." This exceptional project showcases the enduring appeal of ifsonever's original compositions, artfully reinterpreted by four talented remix artists whoskillfully reimagined his tracks, invigorating the sonic landscapes heinitiallycreated.
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#28
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Lefelibata EP
When you think of electronic music in combination with Argentina you're most likely thinking about the many quality progressive house producers and DJ's emerging from the country. Newcomer ALU proves there's more than that by releasing his Lelefibata EP on Manual Deep. Three moody chilled out electronica / IDM cuts that will appeal to the seasoned electronic music listener without a doubt.
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#29
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At Well
At Well is the teaser single for All Is Well's upcoming debut album "A Break In Time". Inspired by Carl Craig's At Les, hence the title At Well, the track draws influence not only from Carl Craig's early albums (More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art and Landcruising), but also the early 90s Warp sound (e.g. the Artificial Intelligence compilations). It's definitely a nostalgia piece. The original album version is accompanied by the two DJ-friendly Night Versions for the clubs and features live strings arrangement played by Pete Whitfield. This was a highlight moment during All Is Well's live performance of the album at Mutek festival in 2021. About All Is Well All Is Well is Frédéric Blais's latest musical playground, known to the world of Electronic Music for the past 25 years as Fred Everything. He initially started this new project incognito with acclaimed releases on labels such as Drumpoet Community, Compost, Permanent Vacation, Mule Music and Prins Thomas's Internasjonal. Under that alias, he also collaborated with Lauer and Martin Iveson (Atjazz). An exploration into a more electronic universe, this new platform allowed him to create freely within different genres free of expectations. As a DJ, All Is Well performed in Paris with Trentemøller and Live at Mutek Festival in Montreal where he premiered the songs from his forthcoming album on Compost, A Break In Time. His releases have gained strong support from people like Dixon and Âme.
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#29
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Senses in the Sand
Supremely darkside selection by Karl O'Connor featuring exclusives from Regis and Mønic plus a dozen bullets from Pessimist, Overlook, Ipman, Killawatt and more, documenting a very specific moment in the mid-late 10's where a bunch of renegades from D&B, techno and bass music lurched into a no-mans-land of industrial techno, moody electronics, autonomic D&B, halfstep and noisy bass experiments. Now almost 20 years into its thing, osiris was established in 2006 by Simon Shreeve as a sort of dubwise cousin to Downwards' more industrial predilections. Long intertwined with Regis through his label but also their collaborative work as Cub, Shreeve's eye toward the hardcore continuum bleeds heavy into pretty much all the apocalyptic grot on show, veering from abstract noise textures to fully sunken, bombed out acid bass and peak-time rollers. We start around 2013 with a pair of missiles from Ipman and Killawatt, the former punctuating pile-driving snares and snarling synths, the latter somehow sounding like a classic Burial woodblock intro turned full moody, red-lining wobbler. Mønic's 'Blink' explores the elastic binds between dubstep and industrial/dub techno on a throbbing slow roller, while Dot Product tread into the sort of post-apocalyptic sci-fi territory claimed by the likes of Roly Porter. Pessimist's 'Pagans' more or less steals the show, going at it with churning subs and strafing hi-hats, while Overlook's scowling 170bpm D&B madness 'Former Self' is just pure aggy brilliance. The previously unreleased 'Skin Of The Sea' from Simon Shreeve & Regis finishes things off with something like industrial slowcore, taking a sort of autonomic template and slowing it down 1000%% into a growling crawler full of spacious stabs and scattered snares, deep in the echo chamber. 2023 Osiris Music UK
Overlook, Mønic, Killawatt, Kamikaze Space Programme, Future Materials, Dot Product, Pessimist, Adam Winchester, Icore, Ipman, Regis, Simon Shreeve, Karl O Connor
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#31
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Uchigawa Tankentai EP
With a title translating into English as "Inner Journey", Foodman's new EP is distinctly different from 2021's easy going and hyper-rhythmic 'Yasuragi Land' album. Here the atmosphere is almost cartoonish, with calm airy chords underpinninga kind of freely spontaneous approach to composition. On two songs, Foodman sings in what he calls his "old man voice", imported from his parallel work as an animation voice actor. 'Pichi Pichi' opens the EP with the Japanese couplet "I want to eat delicious potatoes, I want to make them crispy and delicious", before dropping the listener into the frantic 'Soukos', sounding like the performance artist Paul Mcarthy directing 'In The Night Garden'. 'Hosho Michi' and 'Harjimari' moderate the mood a little, with weird repetitive vocals and rhythmic synths pinballing around the speakers. Finally, 'Fuwari' closes proceedings in a more structured form, its rolling sounds and reverb create a tumbling hyper-rhythmic song.
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#33
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Uchigawa Tankentai EP
With a title translating into English as "Inner Journey", Foodman's new EP is distinctly different from 2021's easy going and hyper-rhythmic 'Yasuragi Land' album. Here the atmosphere is almost cartoonish, with calm airy chords underpinninga kind of freely spontaneous approach to composition. On two songs, Foodman sings in what he calls his "old man voice", imported from his parallel work as an animation voice actor. 'Pichi Pichi' opens the EP with the Japanese couplet "I want to eat delicious potatoes, I want to make them crispy and delicious", before dropping the listener into the frantic 'Soukos', sounding like the performance artist Paul Mcarthy directing 'In The Night Garden'. 'Hosho Michi' and 'Harjimari' moderate the mood a little, with weird repetitive vocals and rhythmic synths pinballing around the speakers. Finally, 'Fuwari' closes proceedings in a more structured form, its rolling sounds and reverb create a tumbling hyper-rhythmic song.
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#34
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Slices of Life
During the 22nd of February 2022, two years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we took audio snippets from our everyday lives documenting our homes and surrounding urban environments, our intellectual interests and our musical tastes. We also gathered pictures with our phones. Some of the audio sources were processed, some were not. Here you get slices of our lives from two different cities, New York and Berlin a glimpse of the fragmentation of our times through a broken sonic diary entry.
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#34
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Homemade Jam
Seoul duo Salamanda arrive on Wisdom Teeth with their latest and most focused LP yet: 'In Parallel' - a vividly textural and immersive record that brings a new level of clarity to their typically psychedelic, expansive approach. Since arriving in 2019, the pair - comprised of friends Uman Therma (aka Sala) and Yetsuby (aka Manda) - have been fast at work mapping out their elaborate, dream-state sonic world - prolifically honing their sound across four albums and over a dozen singles to date. Across their already-extensive discography the pair have established a few key calling cards. Mallet instruments and tuned drums play out playful music-box melodies. Thick washes of gaseous ambience invoke otherworldly or ancient soundscapes. And buried fragments of found sound and manipulated vocal give their otherwise synthetic compositions a warm sense of first-person narrative. Ambient and Reich-school minimalism are the music's most obvious sonic touchstones - yet the pulse of contemporary club and pop music have never been totally out of earshot. All of these themes come in to play here - but 'In Parallel' signals a step well beyond Salamanda's work to date. Since 2022's 'ashbalkum' (released on Wisdom Teeth alumni Tristan Arp's label, Human Pitch), the duo have toured extensively: at classical institutions like London's Kings Place as well as DIY club dens like Manchester's White Hotel, all via a series of globally renowned festivals like Mutek, Nachti and Dekmantel. Their creative set-up has grown steadily alongside to incorporate a whole suite of new machines, processes and perspectives, taking their music in bold new directions in the process. The clearest development here is in the duo's use of vocals - a shift that has been slowly taking place over their last few records, but that comes to a head on In Parallel. The album's lead single 'Homemade Jam' is the closest the duo have come to writing an all-out pop track: its buoyant beat and autotuned vocals sounding like something SOPHIE and Charli XCX could have written after a particularly potent batch of mushroom tea. It's a razor-sharp slice of alt-pop that offers a mouthwatering first look at what happens when Salamanda's sprawling, unbridled creative energy is distilled right down into something concentrated and polished. At other points their sonic explorations lead them to embrace a more upfront approach to rhythm, skirting closer than ever before to the dancefloor in the process. The meandering drums and vocal chops on 'Paper Labyrinth' are underpinned by a firm 4x4 pulse, while the dembow groove of 'Tonal, Fluid' would feel right at home in a Nick León or DJ Plead set. 'In Parallel' is a record about connection, and the warmth and nostalgic simplicity of friendship is felt vividly throughout. Its title refers to the harmony the duo have found between them as friends and collaborators - and sonic parallels are traced throughout the record as testament to this. Motifs come and go before reappearing at later points: take, for example, the melody underpinning 'Sun Tickles', which returns in a different key and tempo on album closer 'Mysterious Wedding'. Parallel lines are traced between each artist and through their music, linking back to their past and pointing ahead to the future. Only Salamanda know where these will take us next.
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#35
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Silencio
What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light & ethereal and dark & dissonant. As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 & AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihimäki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in Ölberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates & Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.
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#37
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Light-Layers
We are pleased to welcome back to Stripped Recordings a familiar name within the label roster over the years, Hertfordshire's XSPANCE (aka Myles Webb). Here he delivers a double delight of melodic electronic goodness with first up "Light-Layers" which comes with something of a bonus track as he revisits the first ever Noom (UK) single "Parallax" for a wonderful rework. Noom (UK) for those who are familiar is his alter-go. Mastered by Rob Small Mastering. Leeds. England
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#39
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Daidara bou
Hush Hush is honored to connect again with Japanese filmmaker, documentarian, and electronic musician Noriaki Okamoto to help present his second album under the Norio alias. 'Daidara bou' arrives one year after the release of 'Somebody' (HH148), Norio's debut album that introduced the world to his intricate, nuanced, and delicate "life-size" music. Norio's full-time work as a documentary videographer has closely correlated to his approach to creating music. With a multi-disciplinary focus on capturing natural, atmospheric, and honest moments, Norio's minimalist sonic paintings continue to flourish on 'Daidara bou.' Throughout the course of writing this album, Norio was inspired by the Japanese mythological creature Daidarabotchi. Also known as Daidara bou, Daidarabotchi is a gigantic yōkai who's larger-than-life legend thrives within the Gunma Prefecture, the mountainous area where Norio has lived since re-locating from his longtime home of Tokyo. With his documentarian work often taking him into the region's beautiful natural surroundings, including mountains, lakes, and hot springs whose origins trace back to the folklore tales of the Daidarabotchi, Norio began to meditate on this supernatural creature to help fuel his creative sessions. Norio had this to share about this unique influence upon his album: "I believe that "Daidara bou" is nature itself. It contains horror. And he is huge, a sort of symbol of the "foreign body." As a horrible foreign object, he will be feared and sometimes discriminated against by the world. But he himself is very pure and childlike. We see a lot in the news these days about trying to control nature. But it is no match for it. Nature is beautiful, capricious, and sometimes terrifying. Daidara bou" is "nature itself in the form of a giant." Nature does not have a heart, but he does. This is a bit of a comedy and a bit of a tragedy. What I wanted to portray in my album was "human nature." We think magnificent nature is beautiful and try to control it. And we feel threatened by foreign substances. But we have a human heart. I wanted to depict this dilemma through him." From the melancholic piano notes of album opener "Giant" to the gentle sighing fade of album closer "Negura," 'Daidara bou' showcases Norio's "like an ambient music" – as he describes it – over 10 hypnotic tracks. Ambient in its intimate and immersive tone, Norio's music exists within a fluid space that explores the introspective shades of IDM, downtempo, neo-classical, dream-pop, and post-rock. Along the way, Norio collaborates with Tokyo-based musician Satomimagae (RVNG Intl., White Paddy Mountain) and Yamanashi-based musician moshimoss, each artist adding their own distinctive human touch to his warm, authentic, humanistic digital music.
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#39
Feat. New Releases in Electronica
Remixes From the Clouds
Two classically trained musicians from vastly different traditions, MD Pallavi and Andi Otto came together to create a jewel of a record in 'Songs for Broken Ships' and Multi Culti have whipped up a stunning remix package for it featuring Simone de Kunovich, Auntie Flo, Peter Power, Kaleema and more. Hailing from Bangalore, trained in Hindustani music and poetry since childhood, MD Pallavi's beautiful voice makes an elegant companion to cellist / composer / producer Andi Otto's idiosyncratic and unconventional style. Andi's music has featured on labels such as Shika Shika and Pingipung (which he co-runs and curates) and, of course, Multi Culti, who released his previous album 'Bow Wave' which featured his first collaboration with Pallavi. While the heart of 'Songs for Broken Ships' showcased the duo's unique meld of cross-cultural folktronica and acoustic ballads with MD Pallavi's poetic Kannada verses at the core, 'Remixes from the Clouds' reframes these elements for a vast spectrum of electronic listeners and club go-ers. An ethereal hypnotic techno re-interpretation of 'Prayer to the Cloud' from Italian producer Simone de Kunovich. Scottish ambient maestro and mushroom aficionado Auntie Flo's ecstatic reinterpretation of 'Clockshop'. Multi Culti veteran downtempo wizard Peter Power's organic and earthy rendition of 'Prayer to the Cloud.' The mystic sounds of Kaleema breathing new percussive life into 'Clockshop'. The package concludes with a 'prayer-a-pella' version of 'Prayer to the Clouds', spotlighting MD Pallavi's vocals in their purest form, for DJs and producers seeking to slather their rhythms with spiritual voice. The Multi Culti imaginarium also present an expanded digital package that includes mixes from Hannah Lee, Bliz Nochi & Emil Jourjou, Migramara, and Poligra. In the words of Shawn Christopher: 'people from all nations, dancing together.' Celestial harmony, one 12' at a time.
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#39
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
All At Once
ORKA is a duo comprising Francine Perry from London and Jens L. Thomsen from the Faroe Islands. They crossed paths in the vibrant club scene of London, an immersive world that had a profound impact on their creative journey. ORKA's music draws inspiration from the Hardcore Continuum and UK sound system culture, blending it with elements of minimal techno, progressive electro, and ambient music, resulting in a diverse range of stylistic influences. Now ORKA emerges with their long-awaited new album. Once again, they greet us with their distinct blend of earthy tones and a bold, adventurous spirit, taking us to a realm bursting with neon-lit hues, pulsating club beats, and an abundance of sensory stimulation. Aptly named "All At Once," the album title provides a clue to the auditory and sensory experience that awaits the listener in this immersive record. ORKA has continuously evolved as a project over many years and iterations, embracing fluidity and a relentless quest for fresh sonic amalgamations. Their journey has been marked by a gradual refinement, stripping away layers to reach the core essentials. This transformative process has unfolded over the years, reaching from their site-specific, cowshed sampling and band-based expedition in "Livandi oyða" (2007) to the bold, innovative exploration of minimalist techno in "Vað" (2016). However, their latest release, "All At Once," signifies yet another remarkable leap forward in their artistic evolution. The seeds of this artistic progression were already planted in previous releases like the <13 EP (2017) and the hard-hitting techno single "Juno" (2018). However, it is with the arrival of the album "All At Once" that ORKA's vision fully blossoms, unveiling a vivid and expansive sonic landscape. This latest offering presents a glorious and vibrant tapestry, showcasing a maximalist approach to techno that pulsates with energy coupled with their signature meticulous attention to sound design, reflecting a deep awareness and intentionality in their creative process. If this album was to be thought of as a place, it would be a shimmering, futuristic, buzzing kind of city with vibrating night-time drizzle from above and endless glowing lights in the distance. Several of the tracks are built around cut-up vocal samples that are divided from their semiotic meanings and reconfigured as loops, and thus mined for their timbral and percussive qualities. Recurring collaborators South London duo LV (Hyperdub, Keysound, Brownswood) are featured on a handful of these tracks, mixing in their complex cocktail of grime and bliss. The result is a sort of queer erotic dance-floor mysticism, and the closest to a full-blown dance record that ORKA have ever made. There must be a club in that shimmering futurist city of the night.. and it is a collective, inclusive and alluring place. There is no need to fear any dancefloor exhaustion by listening to this album though, as there are also moments of floating cyber beauty and pure enveloping warmth to be found among its tracks. As always, following the artistic journey of ORKA is a joyous experience, filled with unexpected twists and turns that keep us captivated. The album also features collaborators Yann Tiersen, Quinquis, Ólavur Jákupsson and Kári Sverrisson, who performed live improvised overdubs at Eskal the remote island studio in Ushant. Using their voices, percussion, ORKA's original self-built instruments, and modular synths, these recordings add to the album the drive, depth and sense of space that comes from ORKA's live performances. Both Francine and Jens have established themselves as prolific producers and accomplished sound artists. Francine, in addition to her recent position as Mute Studios' Head Engineer, is the cofounder of the Omnii Collective, an organisation based in London that supports and empowers women, non-binary individuals, and trans sound enthusiasts. She has been recognised with multiple award wins, including the Oram Award in 2018 and most recently landing the Music Producer's Guild Rising Star Award in 2023. Currently, Francine is the musical director on tour with Romy from the band The xx. Jens, on the other hand, boasts an impressive discography with credits on nearly a hundred releases. He was also named as the Faroese Music Awards Producer of the Year in 2022. Jens is an integral part of Yann Tiersen's live band, and his innovative sound art has been commissioned by esteemed institutions such as the Southbank Centre and the European Researcher's Night. Recently, he made history by creating the first-ever subsea tunnel soundscape for the Eysturoy tunnel. As ORKA, Jens and Francine have twice been nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize. They are both tech enthusiast, sharing a passion for physically playing their live sets using hardware only. This makes ORKA's concerts intensely focused and adds a unique organic touch to their performances. Francine and Jens have built a partnership spanning the Atlantic Ocean, crossing genres, and across identities. The body is clearly the place they want to inhabit. By the sound of it, they are building the audible world they want to live in - and in "All At Once", we are lucky enough to share in it with them. "A unique force in music" Complete Music Update "One of the most individual and exciting acts to appear in a long time" Clash Music "ORKA are hard. They produce industrial vibes and possess a menacing intensity" The Quietus "Mesmerizing" Record of the Day "Music with brains, heart and balls" Dimmalætting 13th Aug – Novum Newcastle Festival 5th Oct - Iklectik, London release show
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#40
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Over It
Thommy Simmons returns to MRR with a sumptuous slice of electronica. Crisp breakbeat drums lay the foundation for luscious synth worth and a mesmerising vocal. Ideal for a sunset drive or a dreamy festival hands in the air moment, a real goosebumps vibe ensues with each and every listen!
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#41
Feat. New Releases in Electronica
Aeterno Modo
It is a good way to introduce Onur Ozman in his own words; deepness lies in emotion. Onur has been active in the Zurich electronic scene for years and has released on Isolate, Sum Over Histories and Moodmusic. With his debut album 'Aeterno Modo', Onur takes us on a journey of musical symmetry, form and function. Like the advance single Meta, the whole album is a multivisionary journey that can be enjoyed either in small portions or as an entire sonic universe in one go. This duality is one of his strengths: When you dissect a piece of his music, you discover more details, go deeper and find out more. Layering emotions, places and sounds is an art to be learned, and Onur masters it perfectly. The opener Freeman Dayson takes you to a warm and cosy place that nevertheless has rough edges and sets the tone for the rest of the album. White Hole takes the listener into the void and leaves no hostages sitting on the sofa. It's electronic dance music and that's exactly what the song does. Perfectly tuned synth work with hints of Detroit techno is a terrific opener on any dance floor. Meta, which has already captured the ears of the likes of Dave DK, Joris Voorn, Dj Three and Ame, takes us further into the darkness until the break comes and the sun implodes. Wonderful emotional music is all we can say. To keep things complex, Danuser raises the BPM into rave territory and literally rips off shirts with this weird anthem that will hopefully be understood by generations to come. Lux Aeterna keeps things strictly on the dancefloor, be it in your head - or in the Berghain with choral voices and dark synthesiser work. Proxima Centauri, with its hypnotic feel and deep bass, closes the album in style and shows the musical galaxy Onur Ozman is entering with ease, you might say. Aeterno Modo may be his first album, but thanks to The Powers That Be, it certainly won't be his last.
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#42
Feat. New Releases in Electronica
Dolda Byar
Helsinki-based artist Öjskog delivers his stunning debut album on Naarm's Southern Lights. Featuring a chain reaction of effervescent sonics, radioactive undertones and drone-infused currents, Öjskog transports the listener on a journey through a dark and paranormal sonic soundscape.
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#42
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Ever Glowing
The epic emotional journey of 'Ever Glowing' glints with a distant hum and iconic chord sequence which illuminates through progressive, expansive colour and overwhelming tsunamic tonal energy. Ever Glowing is the second single from transcendental debut album 'Far Light' by electronic producer Thomas Trueman. _______ In a world ceaselessly demanding our attention there emerges a musical journey that beckons us to pause, breathe and lose ourselves in a boundless cosmos of sound. Inspired by the vastness of deep oceans and outer space, 'Far Light' is the debut seven-track odyssey by sonic pioneer Thomas Trueman. Each movement is a microcosm of our evolving voyage. Some embrace us with warm harmonies while others immerse us in rich, mesmerising tones. Raw noise and texture intertwine with symphonic grace, offering a spectrum of sensations that mirror the ever-shifting tides of life. Witnessing 'Far Light' in a live setting is a transformative experience. Audiences become enveloped in a captivating embrace of sound, soothing and elevating the soul with a journey of the senses, dislodging deep-rooted tensions with waves of purifying bliss. More than just a collection of ambient electronic tracks, 'Far Light' serves as a refuge for the spirit — adapting, morphing, healing with each listen — and releasing the mind into our ever-expansive cosmos of thought and possibility. For the digital explorer, the Dolby Atmos version allows for an even deeper immersion into Trueman's sonic universe. Escape the relentless pace of modern life and find solace in the harmonious realms of 'Far Light'.
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#43
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Gather Thistles, Expect Prickles
Here is another EP from our universe comming straight outta Naarm / Melbourne. There is no way to hide the classic dub influence on all 4 pieces by DJ Chrysalis here - aspects of time ignorance and cosmic antologies already in the titles too. Let them fly
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#47
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KP Index
Artist: Octavcat Title: KP Index Label: VLSI Records Cat No: VLSI18 Format: Digital Release Date: October 27th 2023 Contact: vlsirecords@gmail.com Web: www.vlsimusic.co.uk The KP Index is a measure of disturbances of the Earths magnetic field. Presented in the range of 0-9, the lower numbers indicate calm, whilst 5 and above indicate a geomagnetic storm of epic scale. Sitting in the midst of a KP Index 9 storm we find Octavcat hunkered over hardware synths, firing only the finest selections of solar energetic bass particles and ionospheric oscillations into our craniums. Collapsing power grids, spinning compasses and explosive auroras cascade around us as we navigate our way via Polaris and the Tropopause. Oblique acid and angular synths poke us from all angles whilst encasements of warm pads and low end ensure a soothing journey through unstable solar winds. Tracklisting Xmit GW190814 Polaris RDA Of Vitamin Sausage Tropopause Tundra Noodle Effect Pie And Chips Composed and produced by Octavcat Mastered by Crimson Sun Audio
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#50
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Electronic Works
This vinyl release is a 2x12-inch with printed sleeve and inner sleeves. Also there is a a CD insert of all the tracks. Osmo Lindeman is one of the main developers of electronic music in Finland. He was active in Europe, USA and Finland from 50s to end of 70s.In the beginning Osmo Lindeman studied and worked as a modern classical composer. During the 1960s he shifted making electronic music only at his home studio.Lndeman is a Finnish hybrid of Monty Norman, Krzysztof Penderecki and Edgar VareseThere is no album of his electronic work before this.
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#51
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
In Parallel
Seoul duo Salamanda arrive on Wisdom Teeth with their latest and most focused LP yet: 'In Parallel' - a vividly textural and immersive record that brings a new level of clarity to their typically psychedelic, expansive approach. Since arriving in 2019, the pair - comprised of friends Uman Therma (aka Sala) and Yetsuby (aka Manda) - have been fast at work mapping out their elaborate, dream-state sonic world - prolifically honing their sound across four albums and over a dozen singles to date. Across their already-extensive discography the pair have established a few key calling cards. Mallet instruments and tuned drums play out playful music-box melodies. Thick washes of gaseous ambience invoke otherworldly or ancient soundscapes. And buried fragments of found sound and manipulated vocal give their otherwise synthetic compositions a warm sense of first-person narrative. Ambient and Reich-school minimalism are the music's most obvious sonic touchstones - yet the pulse of contemporary club and pop music have never been totally out of earshot. All of these themes come in to play here - but 'In Parallel' signals a step well beyond Salamanda's work to date. Since 2022's 'ashbalkum' (released on Wisdom Teeth alumni Tristan Arp's label, Human Pitch), the duo have toured extensively: at classical institutions like London's Kings Place as well as DIY club dens like Manchester's White Hotel, all via a series of globally renowned festivals like Mutek, Nachti and Dekmantel. Their creative set-up has grown steadily alongside to incorporate a whole suite of new machines, processes and perspectives, taking their music in bold new directions in the process. The clearest development here is in the duo's use of vocals - a shift that has been slowly taking place over their last few records, but that comes to a head on In Parallel. The album's lead single 'Homemade Jam' is the closest the duo have come to writing an all-out pop track: its buoyant beat and autotuned vocals sounding like something SOPHIE and Charli XCX could have written after a particularly potent batch of mushroom tea. It's a razor-sharp slice of alt-pop that offers a mouthwatering first look at what happens when Salamanda's sprawling, unbridled creative energy is distilled right down into something concentrated and polished. At other points their sonic explorations lead them to embrace a more upfront approach to rhythm, skirting closer than ever before to the dancefloor in the process. The meandering drums and vocal chops on 'Paper Labyrinth' are underpinned by a firm 4x4 pulse, while the dembow groove of 'Tonal, Fluid' would feel right at home in a Nick León or DJ Plead set. 'In Parallel' is a record about connection, and the warmth and nostalgic simplicity of friendship is felt vividly throughout. Its title refers to the harmony the duo have found between them as friends and collaborators - and sonic parallels are traced throughout the record as testament to this. Motifs come and go before reappearing at later points: take, for example, the melody underpinning 'Sun Tickles', which returns in a different key and tempo on album closer 'Mysterious Wedding'. Parallel lines are traced between each artist and through their music, linking back to their past and pointing ahead to the future. Only Salamanda know where these will take us next.
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#52
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Correct Me If I Am Incorrectly You
Berlin based Philipp Otterbach debuts on Offen with 'Correct Me If I Am Incorrectly You'. Post-music phantasmagoria for the world in which the past became more unpredictable than the future. Remember Cowboy Bob, Salaryman and Gary Floyd in that opium den in Fischeln? Deconstructed entertainment for hopeless romantics and testimony of Otterbach's unique artistic language. Written and produced by Philipp Otterbach Additional voices on B1 by Nadia D'Alo Drums on B3 by Freund Kern Mastered by Enrico Mercaldi Artwork by Percy Offen Music 2023
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#53
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840
Dear Stream with his EP ’840’ is back releasing music on Apparel Tronic, this time on the new 'White' catalogue, dedicated to Ambient and Experimental music, becoming its second release. The digital record, composed of five tracks, perfectly represents the Ambient soul of this incredibly versatile and extremely talented producer, who puts great care and attention into his productions, from the arrangement to the sound research. The EP also features the performance of artist Alina Rachkovskaya, who plays the cello on the track 'Cello & Organ Prelude'. ‘840’ is enriched with a visual part since the opening track, 'Vetka’, is accompanied by a black and white mini video made in 35mm, which gives a strong visual imprint to the project.
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#54
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
False Awakening Loops
Cling on to dear hope when enteringthe world of BOLT RUIN.His second installment on theInfinite Machine labelscores his parasomniac dreams with an unsettling ambient soundtrack of sheer apocalyptic beauty. On anewrelease dubbed'False Awakening Loops'the Belgian producer delivers an ethereal synth-heavy score to a non-existing motion picture film, where the borders between reality, multiple dreams and flashbacks of the protagonist are unclear. The concept of the record is rooted in BOLT RUIN'spersonal experience with episodes of parasomnia, acatch-all term forunusual events while asleep, like nested dreams and sleep paralysis. The follow-up to 'Ehkta' (Infinite Machine, 2022) sees BOLT RUIN reasserting himself as a crafter of cinematic landscapes with a singular voice. Continuing to explore theeerie waves of drone-infused electronics,he fearlessly interweavescinematic sound palettes, distorted field recordings, twisted industrial rhythms and crunching textures that come crashing down. Bound by depth in sound design, the EP contains six sonic equivalents of a loop dream, each envisioning a state of limbo where hope seems lost at first glance. But even in the most ominous of places, light is to be found. At the core of this record lies BOLT RUIN'spersonal experience withnested dreams and sleep paralysis. 'False Awakening Loops' is intended as the score to the mental dream images that linger in his mind as a forgotten script. Only an old monochrome photograph of a child on a wooden raft (see artwork by Bavo Hendrickx) serves as a rare physical trace to this parallel dream world. From here on, brief excerpts of scenes are what we have at our disposal: a protagonist is enchanted by alluring voices in a deserted forest and interrupts a ceremonial rite (Aevoid), doors follow each other one after the other in an endlessly looping dream (Ehkt), the blinding beams of a desolate lighthouse causes one to fall of a cliff (Phaer ft. Amenra collaborator and double bass player Innerwoud), a dilapidated mansion pushes one to question your own sanity (Wrekth) and an isolated cabin sailboat at a restless sea while indistinct sounds are creeping closer (Aerhk)... These are the eerie settings of the dreams that plague the main character of 'False Awakening Loops'. With such scenery in mind, the visionary compositions of BOLT RUINdeliver a new take on the horror score genrein an original and contemporary way. First single'Skevr'featuring theKenyan born, Berlin based sound artist and producerKMRU is a beacon of light built on long lost memories of people that used to be in one's life. The track is a dreamlike ambient cut that gradually bathes in the warmth of nostalgia withcrumpled and broken tape loops of a piano motif as the anchorage. A tension field between repetition and shifting alteration grows,while field recordings from both BOLT RUIN and KMRU fill the depths of the sound space.The deformed repetitive piano is like a dreamy memory that keeps revisiting in the face of new elements and delusions that interweave.
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#60
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Rosa Rugosa EP
Olof Dreijer signals a return to the dancefloor with the 'Rosa Rugosa EP', presented via UK label Hessle Audio. Lead track 'Rosa Rugosa' combines dreamy vibes and rubbery sounds with Olof's signature ear-worm synthlines, sitting comfortably alongside the label's extensive catalogue with a bassline that tears and splinters on the verge of breaking apart. Complementing the title track, 'Camelia' dials up the emotional intensity with gliding leads soaring throughout the breakdown while Cassia completes the EP with painterly splashes of colourful pads and gentle hand claps keeping the pulse. From his club focused work as Oni Ayhun, to his membership of the Swedish electronic pop group The Knife, Olof's music has always found ways to expand our ideas of what's possible in both instrumental electronic and pop music production, with an approach that is as inclusive and colourful as it is experimental.
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#65
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Funk the System
Funk The System! The recipe is simple: Dig deep, listen to your heart, record everything you got on a dusty old desktop computer, leave it to simmer for the time of a pandemic, and if its still fresh, serve it up on the finest plate of black wax! This collaboration started in Dusseldorf in the year 2018. Locked up for a week in the Flanger Studios, Wolf Muller and Credit 00 recorded everything: from the jaw harp to smartphone apps, chopping up GDR Jazz breaks and squeezing the Funk out of every synthesizer and drum machine at hand. You will hear the open mindedness towards all sorts of musical influences from the first note. Each of the five tracks showcases a wild mix of flavours: Disco Reggae, B-Girl Breakbeats, Protest Folk, Subway Funk, Tabla Rhythms, you name it... theyll take it and shake it! It is obvious these two got sonically socialized and educated by the multiculturalism of Hip-Hop in their early days. After the first Recording Session, the tracks fermented for some time until they were cracked open again. This time in Leipzig at Credit 00s Westend Workshop. Thats also where Rizmi from Birmingham joined the team and lent her voice to the title track. She reinterpreted the lyrics of the obscure German 1980s Workers Rock Song, that Wolf digged out for the Intro Skit of Funk The System. A long time in the making, Rat Life is very happy to finally publish this EP!
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#66
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Colpo
What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light & ethereal and dark & dissonant. As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 & AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihimäki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in Ölberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates & Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.
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#67
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Opaco
What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light & ethereal and dark & dissonant. As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 & AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihimäki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in Ölberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates & Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.
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#68
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
DreamySpaceyBlue
DreamySpaceyBlue is a new Bella Boo album, written and produced early 2023 when dark times demanded love, healing and forgiveness. Cozed-up, self-therapeutic winter-spring studio sessions resulted in Bella's most virtuoso work yet - a collection of dazzling, emotive recordings full of bright notes, deep vibrations and that signature "Boo mood". The album marks a distinctive step forward in Bella's sound: An amalgamation of the etheric sounds on her 2019 debut album Once Upon A Passion and the ruff and rugged dance tracks on her recent Looney Talks EP. DreamySpaceyBlue features appearances by a number of Bella's closest confidants in life and music. The album artwork, designed by good friend Lowe Steiner, portrays her daughter Bozi, who in her turn shot Bella's last album cover - a fitting full-circle arrangement for an album rooted in collaboration, intimacy and love. DreamySpaceyBlue arrives October 20 2023, on vinyl and digital via Studio Barnhus.
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#72
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UPP
This fall "Nice Girl's" highly anticipated follow up to "Ipsum" is finally going to be out. 2 years have passed since "Ipsum" was released, back then the wild 15 track long ride has been paraphrased as "mind boggling, tongue in cheek, spiritual & danceable" by RA. Ruby's second Album titled "UPP" is more lighthearted compared to its predecessor as she moves away from the somewhat darker, earthy tones of "Ipsum" to create a fun, quirky, bleepy and fast universe where pitched vocals meet breakbeats and cosmic melodies. The Album includes features by "Eden Burns" as well as "Michael Kime", who as it happens is Ruby's father ;) Enjoy!
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#73
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Models
On 'Models', Lee Gamble liberates sonic spectres to inform a suite of illusory anthems, subliming vulnerable, half-remembered fragments of dream pop, Soundcloud rap and trance in the process. Sung by cybernetic voices in an almost wordless language, his widescreen memories reverberate across the last few decades of pop history, smudging Elizabeth Frazer's surreal poetry into disembodied diva cries and Lil Uzi Vert's abstract, AutoTuned mumbles. Extracting haunted fragments of synthetic corrupted chatter and indecipherable non-words to sculpt dreamy pop simulacrums, Gamble takes the concept of the pop producer to its logical extreme; examining how intonation and language is engineered to monopolise our attention, his magical inversion of pop playing like a bewitching symphony of earworms
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#78
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Pichi Pichi
The naïve, cartoon-like feel of 'Pichi Pichi' is Foodman's attempt to apply a kind of unconscious 'free' way of making music, one which accepts whatever comes out, to be given form and shape later. 'Pichi Pichi' opens with the lines, in Japanese, "I want to eat delicious potatoes, I want to make them crispy and delicious".
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#79
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Blurring
'Blurring' arrives like a premonition of a hyperpop-trip-hop fusion that hasn't happened yet. Lashing a downcast vocal to undulating breaks and soundsystem-ready subs - it's saccharine and melancholy at once. Just as Tricky perfectly represented the mid-'90s by costuming vintage soul and rap with his visionary outfits, Gamble fits out his sonic mannequins in the drapery of the algorithmic age: DAW-fried vocal artifacts, mannered, hyperreal instrumentation and cavernous digital reverb.
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#81
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Suitcase in the Water
Its 6am on Sunday the 24th of January and Im driving vaguely towards the beach. Suitcase in the water is a tapestry of musical vignettes, field recordings and fragmented anecdotes that blur diary and fiction. On Monday 23rd of March 2020, police in England dyed the Buxton Blue Lagoon black to deter visitors from swimming in the former limestone quarry. Things now float in that water. Created during the pandemic by Jacob Dwyer and Sam Purcell, Suitcase in the water is a personal snapshot in time, and an insight into the private worlds of two remote collaborators.
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#82
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
For Lovers Only / Rain Suite
SG is none other than Andrew Pekler returning to faitiche with an album of sentimental guitar escapism. For Lovers Only / Rain Suite features ten tracks made using only an electric guitar and a handful of effects pedals (plus some additional recordings of rain) and finds Pekler once again attempting to reconicile his tendencies towards kitsch, experimentation and minimalism. What does Pekler's pseudonym SG stand for? Sentimental Guitar? Sound Gallery? Shy Guy? Sad Gnosis? Saudade Glamour? Soft Goth? We don't know, but we asked notorious Chicago romantic Sam Prekop for his take on the album – his reply: -- It's a wonder where the rivers go and far, how fast or slow. Just seconds to remember, who can forget, when you are lost. I think to recount every step, in both hands, eyes open, the clouds unfold, one two three. Every other step, just as well. Where the moss is soft, you know strong. How many hours, days? I could have been careful, did I forget? Never mind. Waking up, in these arms, where the rivers go, slow. One two three, one two three.
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#88
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Arrows Of Illusion
Saint Abdullah & Eomac is a long distance, ongoing collaboration between New York based Iranian-Canadian brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani (Saint Abdullah) and Ian McDonnell a.k.a. Eomac, based in Wicklow in Ireland. They tested the waters with their first album on Nicolas Jaar's Other People label last year, but 'Chasing Stateless' is their fullest expression so far. The creative mindset behind the album starts with bravery and eschews escapism. Says Saint Abdullah's Mohammad, "As a collective, we exist to test the revolutionary possibilities within sound and sonic storytelling. As a means to finding a vision of the future and for building cultural dialogue today. Our belief is that the expressiveness of this vision should be pushed to its utmost limits to reveal anew. I always felt that the intensity of the middle eastern soul needs to be revealed more potently. Ian and the Irish have it too. I suspect most historically oppressed cultures do." The music on 'Chasing Stateless' avoids easy middle eastern tropes — "I think what we're proposing here is that you don't need to water down our culture, you don't need to take only the bits that fit your idea of who we are, what we are. You ought to take it in its entirety." Musically, the album approaches established genres and re-orientates them towards middle eastern rhythm and melody with an iron soul. Songs are rough and intense. Rusty polyrhythms, daf drums wrapped in a thick coating of distortion or punchy kicks with micro-edited samples of middle eastern life spiralling across them. Mournful melodies are squeezed out until the music teeters on the edge of rhythmic collapse. 'Chasing Stateless' is rough and energetic but also tender and reflective too. It's a human sound, utilising technology but not about technology. Sample heavy with expressions of anger, sadness and hope present and deeply felt. The album's title speaks to a loss of collective societal imagination; of 'chasing status'. As Moh says "This generation, man, we're really good at putting up walls, despite all our openness. But where does this all lead to? What exactly are we chasing? This is where I especially love the name 'Chasing Stateless,' because if all this continues, we indeed will end up stateless, society-less, community-less, neighbor-less. Just a bunch of same-sies, living in an imaginary bubble, where we all look / think / say / CHASE the same things."
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#90
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Eulo Cramps
Introducing 'Eulo Cramps', Call Super's fourth album that sits at the epicentre of a multifaceted project titled 'Tell Me I Didn't Choose This' that draws on poetry, auto-biographical writing, painting and music. 'Eulo Cramps' lands digitally and on vinyl via Can You Feel The Sun on Friday 6th October 2023. Melting improv, free jazz and the distinctive sound Call Super has perfected over the years with the helping hand of the invention of their 'eharp', 'Eulo Cramps' is a channel where the producer-artist exorcised trauma and epiphanies around their own coming-of-age story. The album began as a way to understand themselves and their past; the intricacies of their personal suffering and their relationship with their body. Although it derives from the personal, while in the creative process, Seaton's mind often wandered to the green foliage settings of sprawling forests. These memory trees evoke an earthy quality to the album as it glitters with the calmness of inner peace, much like dabbled light filtering through trees Seaton so often visited in their mind's eye. The paintings series (which will be exhibited at a later date) tied to 'Tell Me I Didn't Choose This' express these ideas more deeply, the canvas acting as a physical space for self-interrogation. To explore their own multiplicity and to connect with other selves inside them was to reflect and ask questions like are we products of conscious choices or are hopeless chances thrust upon us. On this journey, Seaton considered if we kill off different versions of ourselves along the way or do those multitudes continue to haunt us in the present? The answer comes as a form of metamorphosis, self-acceptance and the need for real human connection. One to usually remain in solitude whilst producing, on this new album Seaton breaks this rule and invites the distinctive voices of Julia Holter and Eden Samara to add their ethereal elemental resonance on tracks "Sapling" and "Illumina" - the latter already noted as a Pitchfork favourite. Using their voices as a portal into Seaton's own personal sphere, they found respite in the falsetto of Holter and Samara. Whilst on "Goldwood" Elke Wardlaw, who is Seaton's neighbour of 10 years in their hometown of Berlin, lends her dulcet tones with a passage of spoken word that ebbs over Seaton's trickling melodies. Silence is an integral component of the creation of this album, and the spaciousness of "Ondo Helps Us Hear the Splinters" reflects this meditative nature. "Glossy Bingo Stain" focuses on the precarity of the body and appreciating one's unevenness and "Years in the Hospital" recalls more painful memories of childhood and the boredom that comes from waiting to be seen and waiting for answers. Even though Seaton's illustrious DJ career sees them play globally, the traditional dancefloor rhythms are a rarity across 'Eulo Cramps', "Fly Black Stork" fits this form more so whereas on the rest of the album, Seaton pulls you into more adventurous and experimental territory with the percussions forming as a distinctive fluttering constant like on "Clam Lute Wig" and "Coppertone Elegy". Not that this is in any way surprising, as with their previous albums the long-form releases tend to offer the space and clarity to go beyond the club walls. The saxophone, played by Seaton's father, finds itself at home once again on this record too. A riveting and personal exploration, this album is Seaton's most powerful and distinctive to date. With a summer filled with DJ gigs and festival bookings, stay tuned for where to catch Call Super next, with more news on this project to follow.
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#91
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Spirit Medicine
AI-34 arrives from Toki Fuko. Known previously for his contributions of deep and hypnotic techno, he presents on Astral Industries further development of his sound in this long-form work. A two-part sojourn into vibrant organic soundscapes and liminal sonic archaeologies, Spirit Medicine is an ethereal yet human-centric venture into the realms of consciousness. Soft chimes mark the opening, making way for expansive pads and the emergence of a bristling jungle panorama. Solitary flute melodies call out to the valley, riding over a bed of drones and earthy rhythms. Later juxtaposed with broadcasted voice samples, the natural fabric ruptures with exposed layers spilling through, only to fade back into the ether. Perhaps a memory, or the momentary glimpse of a parallel reality Part Two adopts an equally atmospheric flavour, substituting fauna and flora for deconstructed, psycho-somatic mysteria. Overall darker in tone, broken beats combine with avant-garde adornments, underpinned by a subtle existential narrative. Wading through a wilderness of eerie remembrances, their starkness is counterbalanced with a peaceful return - a form of clarity and reconciliation that the listener is offered in the final act.
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#93
Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica
Infinito
What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light & ethereal and dark & dissonant. As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 & AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihimäki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in Ölberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates & Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.
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