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A-Sim, born Simon Hamelin, is a fresh electronic music producer from France. His productions wind up somewhere between UK bass, electro and techno with a focus on the rivalry between the dark and sweet side of all textures coming from electronic instruments. He released stuffs on R&S, Eddy Larkin and Rawax.

Ghost of Skye glides between lost innocence and joyful tears. It shines like a blurring star, like the glowing glass of your last drink on a late night.
My Opinion (even if you don't care) is the rotating, meditative call to prayer pumped on detroit electro steroids. Take my hand and dive into oblivion.
Unpeaceful Mind re ects our apocalyptic erra. The neverstopping dark and anxious pressure of society. The need of relief. Of escape. Of freedom.

All tracks mastered by Pole at Scape Mastering in Berlin.

Our final Excursion of 2018 is one for the 'heads'. NameBrandSound provide us with two very different versions of one dancefloor destroying bruk riddim - 'A Heads Excursion'.

NameBrandSound is IG Culture and Alex Phountzi. They've been releasing music as a duo since 2014, from their debut EP on Technicolor/NinjaTune, to releases on their own Arena Yard imprint, and remixes for the likes of Blue Lab Beats, Neue Grafik and Miraa May.

The duo entered the foray as integral players in the West London broken beat scene; their individual careers dating back to the nineties and working extensively on projects such as New Sector Movements (IG Culture) and Bugz In The Attic (Alex Phountzi), amongst numerous others. Heavily associated with the infamous CoOp club nights at London's Plastic People, this year saw the launch of their own 'CoOp Presents' record label, which aims to showcase new talent in the broken beat scene and beyond, drawing in musical influences far and wide, from jungle to jazz, dancehall to soul.

'Shrunken Heads' flips an eighties classic, containing one of the biggest basslines ever laid to wax that'll be instantly recognisable to everyone and their mum. This is a sure-shot floorfiller - you know, the kind that appears twice in a lifetime... On the flip, 'BeBop' takes the same riddim and transposes the vibe to a slinkier affair, complete with jazzy stabs and soulful vocal punches - a solid five minute roller. Two grooves that are guaranteed to never leave your record bag.

Strictly limited edition vinyl only - no sleeping!

'Enclave' is the first Hyperdub EP by Angolan producer Nazar, whose musical world centres around the extreme violence, injustice and omnipresence of a repressive state during and after the 27-year Angolan civil war, simultaneously exploring the hope, resilience and pride in a country torn apart by conflict.

His own unique take on Angolan Kudoro music inverts the form, weaving the sounds of warfare among cold synths, cascading percussion and swells of noise, which he calls Rough Kuduro. On 'Enclave', Nazar transports the listener to a bygone dystopia fed by the oral histories of those who lived through the conflict, including his father, a politician and reformed army general.

'South Border' establishes the EP, then leads directly into the frantic 'Warning Shots', a broken 130bpm Kuduro beat. On 'Airstrike', the pace drops back down with a slow burning Batida rhythm recounting the stories of numerous airstrikes endured by his mother, aunties and older sisters. The track concludes with the repeated 'it just takes a sec and it's done, you're outside the bunker you're gone'. Title track 'Enclave' references the thousands of unnamed dead lost in the conflict, with Nazar's distorted vocals referencing the divide between the South and the North caused by colonialism and colourism. 'Konvoy' is a unique club heater best suited to forward thinking DJs, which also features on Burial & Kode9's forthcoming 'Fabriclive 100' mix. The EP concludes with the beautifully hopeful 'Ceasefire', an ambient track featuring Nazar's father reading from a journal he kept during his guerrilla years, recounting a treacherous journey from South to North Angola.

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Fokuz Recordings' Eighty Eight - This is Fokuz is the labels 2017 Various Artist compilation including tracks by label regulars Anthony Kasper, Satl, Mutt, The Vanguard Project, Silence Groove and remixes by Break, Gerra & Stone and others. For the 12'' vinyl sampler drum & bass legends in the making Spectrasoul and Technimatic pick up remix duties for Phaction's Fantasy and Departure by Anthony Kasper. Two quality soulful and intricate cuts for the DJ's aiming to make dope moves.

Eglo Records are proud to present the second official solo album by the forward facing producer and vocalist Steve Spacek. The album, entitled 'Natural Sci-Fi' originally began production in 2005, shortly after the release of the now classic 'Spaceshift' album (which included the J-Dilla collaboration 'Dollar'), but was never completed. Over the last few years Steve has added a some tweaks and changes - including a new song and guests vocalists Oddisee and Natalie Slade - eventually finalising the project and readying it for its release in 2018. The album continues the post Spaceshift vibration of Steve's signature production style and effortless vocal delivery. Swinging spaciuosly from past to present, packed with soul, sounding as fresh and relevant today as it did when it began back in 2005.
Since the albums inception Steve has released projects with Mark Pritchard as one half of Africa Hitech on Warp, an instrumental LP as Black Pocket for his brother D-Bridge's Exit Records and a concept LP as Beat Spacek for Ninja Tune. Following a string of EP releases for Eglo over the last two years we are thrilled to finally be able to bring to you a full length release from one of the UK's most unique and talented artists.

A Must Have For All BassHeadz !

'Music of the stars' and 'music to get lost to' are words thoughts expressed about Tross' music. The band have always had the ability to place the listener in a bubble of introspection and escapism.. in the most positive way! Hence such opinions.

The band members themselves rate the joys of discovery and not looking back, two of the leading factors in creating their sound - no hesitation, no regression - and this comes clear on their second full length album The Overview Effect, released on Hoga Nord Rekords. Captured on this album is the feeling of true presence created when musicians play together and not for themselves to prove their skills for each other and the listener. No show off - just boogie! Thanks to this holistic take on creating music, the sound is kept airy and the few overdubs made are carefully executed.

The band focuses more than before on rhythm. On The Overview Effect, Tross have fallen deeper into Disco and Jungle Funk, approaching the nerve of their live appearances clearer than on their previous records, creating dance music for spaced out kids.

So. Cancel all your meetings, stretch flat out, put on the first track, Synthesis, and feel the warmth of the earth's core brake through the soil and embrace you like a soft blanket in a harsh reality.

Very Special And Highly Limited Project From The Fundamental Records Camp, Produced By Different Artists That Will Remain Anonymous If They Choose To. Words About The Project: ''the Main Aim Of This Project Is, On The One Hand, To Provide The Artist With Complete Anonymity In Order To Create In Absolute Freedom And, On The Other Hand, To Offer The Listener The Work Of The Artist Without Any External Distortions. The Use Of Words To Describe Or Define Music Is A Senseless Task. Most Of The Time The Intention Of Descriptive Text Is Not To Shed Light On The Work Of The Artist, But Rather To Serve As A Promotional Tool To Drive Sales And Increase Recognition. This Often Has The Unfortunate Result Of Limiting The Creator And His Work. Music Is All We Need, Any Other Additives Are Completely Dispensable. This Project Is Also A Tribute To The Legendary James Stinson, An Artist Who Was Blessed With The Gift Of Creating With A Mind That Was Completely Free From Prejudices. He Took His Music Beyond The Imaginable. Beyond Any Name, Label Or Genre.''

Very special and highly limited project from the Fundamental Records camp, produced by different artists that will remain anonymous if they choose to. Words about the project: ''The main aim of this project is, on the one hand, to provide the artist with complete anonymity in order to create in absolute freedom and, on the other hand, to offer the listener the work of the artist without any external distortions. The use of words to describe or define music is a senseless task. Most of the time the intention of descriptive text is not to shed light on the work of the artist, but rather to serve as a promotional tool to drive sales and increase recognition. This often has the unfortunate result of limiting the creator and his work. Music is all we need, any other additives are completely dispensable. This project is also a tribute to the legendary James Stinson, an artist who was blessed with the gift of creating with a mind that was completely free from prejudices. He took his music beyond the imaginable. Beyond any name, label or genre.''

Very special and highly limited project from the Fundamental Records camp, produced by different artists that will remain anonymous if they choose to. Words about the project: ''The main aim of this project is, on the one hand, to provide the artist with complete anonymity in order to create in absolute freedom and, on the other hand, to offer the listener the work of the artist without any external distortions. The use of words to describe or define music is a senseless task. Most of the time the intention of descriptive text is not to shed light on the work of the artist, but rather to serve as a promotional tool to drive sales and increase recognition. This often has the unfortunate result of limiting the creator and his work. Music is all we need, any other additives are completely dispensable. This project is also a tribute to the legendary James Stinson, an artist who was blessed with the gift of creating with a mind that was completely free from prejudices. He took his music beyond the imaginable. Beyond any name, label or genre.''

Kowton & Parris in deep concentration...

In accordance with relativity, they are in some sense interchangeable, but we do know that they form co-equal parts of a larger 'thing' called space-time, and it is only within space-time that the most complete understanding of the motion and properties of natural objects and phenomena can be rigorously understood by physicists. Space and time are to space-time what arms and legs are to humans. In some sense they are interchangeable, but you cannot understand 10,000 years of human history without including both arms and legs as part of the basic human condition.

Forever cursed with 'deep-' and 'tech-house' labels by the press due to decisions taken 10 years ago before he had any idea how this industry worked, Avatism returns mildly angrier than ever before with 'Ate-Up', an EP the producer actually started writing during an MDMA-induced lucid dream after Vakant label boss spiked his drinks in 2011. To give his poor soul some credibility, we've enlisted AQXDM (Aquarian & Deapmash, fresh from their storming debut on Bedouin Records) and the mysterious Maenad Veyl (Veyl, Pinkman, Death & Leisure) on remix duties.

Banoffee Pies Records drop their third Beats release 'Samba Del Sol' with Clifford Brown & Jeen Bassa Ft. Ella Mae Sueref - The album is influenced by Carnival and Latin sounds with Hip Hop drums and Soul roots - meeting in middle ground as an expression of the production duos upbringing, John's heritage in Mauritius and Cliffords childhood in South America. Partnered with Ellas Spanish language fluency and soft Badhu acclaimed voice as previously heard on the single 'Stop Rewind' credited by the like of Gilles Peterson and Mr. Scruff.

The tracks were recorded on Garageband by Clifford Brown and Jeen Bassa with 2 Karaoke Microphones, mixed in Bath and later buried on a hard drive for over 6 years never to be heard again. Sliding into the forgotten darkness of lost tracks and rediscovered in 2017. The production, originally just an instrumental, was then found and reignited, revamped with a vocal insert from the wonderful Ella Mae Sueref.

The 10 track album demonstrates a flurry of drums, latin inspired sampling, and mesmerizing vocals from start to finish. For the music and the lovers. Living room jams made in smoke. Banoffee xx
In Loving memory of Anna Sueref.

To sign off 2018, Malka Tuti are releasing a mega 4- tracker ep by Khida, in collaboration with their old time friend from back home Mihai Balabas. The 4 different tracks were written over the past few years, slowly plotted produced and perfected, each in its own 'twisted' direction. There are no dancefloor killers here, but instead 4 very unique voyages, experimental sonic excursions in time and space. It was the track Chloe that caught our attention, back in 2015. It's not a typical Khidja track, but the musicality and the composition in it reminded us of lost balearic moments. It made us reminisce on summery Sunday mornings back when life was still a bit more innocent, and naive. Out of our infatuation with that track came the idea of 'sitting on it' until the right tracks will be ready, and here we are, more than 3 years later.

Limited Edition White with Red vinyl w/DL
For fans of Electronic / Jazz hybrids like: Anenon, Arve Henriksen and RinneRadio

Transformation is the debut album from Parisian multi-instrumentalist Axel Rigaud.
Rigaud's style as a whole is the exploration of the crossroads of electronic music and jazz. By blending steady big bottomed analog synth arpeggios, shuffling beats, and swirling jazz influ- enced reed instruments Rigaud makes the juxtaposi-tionional a compelling and interwoven whole.
Only a few moments on the album does one genre eclipse the other. Even when this happens one finds that the sax or flute are being electronically manipulated or the elec- tronics have that all to special swing.
While seemingly new ground for n5MD Miles, Coltrane and Weather Report are often in the rotation at n5HQ. So it makes perfect sense that Rigaud has found a home for his debut on n5MD.

Deena Abdelwahed's first album is shifting the epicenter of contemporary electronic music south: 'Khonnar' will be released on November 16, 2018 by InFiné. Pronounced 'Ronnar' (an essential detail so as to avoid facile misinterpretation by French-speakers) it is a term that makes the most of Tunisia's cultural and linguistic spectrum. It evokes the dark, shameful and disturbing side of things, the one we usually seek to hide, but which Deena instead sticks our noses in with her debut. It is a testament to Deena's coming into her own as a world citizen, and as an artist. A self-construction made of frustrations and constraints, borne of retrograde mindsets, which are not the prerogative of either the East or the West, and which she tirelessly strives to expose and break. Throughout the 45 minutes of 'Khonnar", Deena breaks down the codes of bass, techno and experimental music, and writes the manifesto for a generation that does not seek to please or to conform, taking back control of its identity - with all the attendant losses and chaos. A new creative world order is taking shape, a new tilting point between north and south, the response of a connected and liberated youth who takes the control of the new decolonization. About Deena Abdelwahed A Tunisian producer and DJ, Deena Abdelwahed arrived in France at the age of 26 after earning her stripes on the Tunis scene and as part of the Arabstazy collective.

Das französische Label Infiné ist dafür bekannt, elektronische Musik jenseits ausgetretener Pfade zu veröffentlichen - hier wird Techno und House neu definiert. So passt es ganz gut, dass die aufstrebende tunesische DJ und Underground-Produzentin Deena Abdelwahed bei dem Lyoner Imprint eine Veröffentlichungsplattform gefunden hat. Abdelwahed performte in den letzten Jahren zwischen Boiler Room und Berghain in allen namhaften Clubs und hinterließ bei der globalen Dance-Gemeinde mehr als staunende Münder. Nach der im Frühjahr 2017 veröffentlichten EP "Klabb" präsentiert die Tunesierin mit "Khonnar" jetzt ihr sehnlichst erwartetes Debütalbum.

Was beide Tonträger vereint: sie verbinden nordafrikanische Klangelemente mit elektronischen Sounds, haben jedoch mit Weltmusik nichts am Hut.

Shaolin Deck Master Farron Is Up Next On French Imprint Renascence With A Four-tracker By Way Of Hammering Introduction, Featuring Extra Fatality Material From Bristolian Daredevil Hodge On The Flip. By The Second The Needle Drops, Expect Thunderous Echoes To Fill The Sky And The Heavy Air To Crack Into A Downpour Of Pressurized Kicks, Swift Breaks And Sustained Industrial Clang, Eventually Dissipating In A Dubby Mist Of Big-room Reverbs And Faded Nostalgic Tapestries. While 'veem' Engineers A Fine Combination Between Floaty Pads And A Heavyweight Mechanical Stomp, 't-junk' Rushes Further Headlong Into Old-school Ravey Breaks Terrains, Tinged With A Remotely Extracted Hint Of '90s Ambient Tech For Good Measure. Flip Sides And 'yenoh' Guides You Into The Barren Corridors Of A Rust-eaten Steely Maze, Each Face Of Its Walls Conducting The Groove As Some Venomous Plague. Topping Things Off In His Usually Spectacular Manner, Hodge Takes 't-junk' Into The Zone With His Tried-and-tested Mix Of Gut-churning Brizzle Bass, Rawboned Drum Programming And Transfigured Horn Blasts Ready To Sound The Revolt On The Dancefloor With Optimal Impact. Better Like It Rough, Chaps - There Will Be No Surrender.

Bleu Nuit (BN) is glad to welcome back Ghini-B — half of Nice-based duo Gabardines (BN02) — and his Over By The Corner EP on the occasion of the fourth release of the label.
With Over By The Corner, Ghini-B stays in line with Bleu Nuit's breakbeat and minimal musical identity.
On the A-side, whereas Streets Ain't Gonna Die For You (A1) drives you with its twitchy rhythmics and voice samples, Buchholzweg (A2) unveils straightforward beats and a rough kick drum.
On the B-side, MRLHT (B1) bears a similarity to the musical structure of both tracks of side A while introducing ethereal chords, whereas UK's Morning (B2) appears rather minimalist.

As one of NYC's most innovative individuals, Incienso are happy to announce Kiki Kudo's debut full length EP 'Splashing'. Operating seamlessly between the mediums of music, food and general vibes, her new release follows up the 'Mineral Sequences' mixtape on Good Morning Tapes, plus a track on Physical Therapy's allergy season compilation 'Physically Sick Vol 2'.

After starting music production just last year with one sole piece of hardware (but DJing in NYC years before), these are some of the wildest songs in time. A self-described mix of 'Nanotech Pop, Synth Jams, Kitchen Wave, and Listening Techno' - somewhere between the experimentalism and anything-goes ethos of the downtown scene, the out-there exploration of City Pop, and a world all of her own.

On Board Music Comes Back With An Original Ep From Finnish Artist Mesak. Articulated Over Ambient Sounds, Idm Ballads, Futuristic Techno Textures And Unrefined Electro Beats This New Release Unrolls A Pure Masterclass Of Electronic Music. Also Known For His 90's Electro Classics Within Duo Mr. Velcro Fastener, The Veteran Producer Teams Up Here With Fellow Finnish Artists Mono Junk, Claws Costeau And Horns Specialist Antti Hevosmaa To Display His Impeccable Expertise In Crafting Rhythm And Sound. The Release Also Comes With A Splendid Full Cover Artwork From Berlin Based Painter Natacha Mankowski.

The new FEMUR release features the Swiss duo SAVAGE GROUNDS, agents of a dirty, raw and miserable sound. 'Es un flash electrónico' is a true exercise of proximity and freshness combining mid-tempo landscapeses with stimulating accelerated bursts. The release consists of 3 original tracks and a remix by Esplendor Geométrico, which elevates the original called 'Última línea' to another dimension.

The main motivation behind the creation of ORACULO RECORDS label was to release directly the material produced by the label managers Nico Caban~as and Vanessa Asbert under SYNTHS VERSUS ME alias so to celebrate the reference OR50 they present an EP with a selection of unreleased material on vinyl, including their very acclaimed and awaited version of "Goodbye Horses". This record is available as gift / free digital download at ORACULO RECORDS bandcamp. It arrives on 12" EP format and produced in a ONE-OFF truly ultra limited edition of 150 copies lacquered pressed on 180 gr. high quality solid black vinyl. All tracks have been specially remastered for LONG CUT vinyl by Eric Van Wonterghem.

Emotional Rescue returns to the music of Takenoko, the Bordeaux based synth-pop project from 1982-1988, to follow their LP collection L'Amour Est Mon Arme (ERC062), with an EP of remixes from Dresden's cult-like producer, Sneaker DJ.
The meeting of Takenoko and Sneaker offers a perfect marriage of left field cold wave tones, inventive drum programming and pop lyrics, with a master-mixer, programmer and DJ of today.
Following releases on cult labels like Uncanny Valley, Rat Life and Frigio as Sneaker and numerous labels such as Macadam Mambo, Bordello A Parigi and Bahnsteig 23 under several pseudonyms, Sneaker first contacted the label after his trance-inducing, drum heavy remix of C Cat Trance , with the suggestion to research an idea to create a reissue / remix project out of a band he had discovered, Takenoko.This was soon expanded to become a stand-alone album and remixes EP after the discovery in the vaults of a cache of unreleased songs. The breadth of styles found on L'Amour Est Mon Arme is matched with these "Mixes", as Sneaker takes 3 of their singles and indelibly puts his marker on them.
Starting with his retake of their second single, Lee Harvey Oswald, he reworks their pop ode to the Kennedy tragedy and strips it groove back for a near 9 minute vocal-meets-discodub that lets the lyrical structure remain, before stretching it out and letting the instrumental interplay between keys, guitar and rhythm machines glide before bringing it all back for finale.
Next, their 1988 single Trans Amor Express is given what is becoming a trademark Sneaker treatment. In a similar vain to his remix of C Cat Trance, here he rips the original apart to extend a single vocal refrain with the raw percussion elements for mind-inducing results.
Finally, his mix of the anthemic John Wayne is almost gentle in comparison, adding 909 overdubs but letting much of the original stay, showing again a modern mastery of mixing desk technique and craft.

Born In Windsor Ct And Based In Bushwick Brooklyn, Acemo Is A Rising Producer / Dj In The Nyc Underground. Growing Up In A Nuyorican / Dominican Household Ace Was Raised On Salsa And Soul, Playing In Latin Jazz Youth Ensembles And Marching Bands. A Multi-instrumentalist And Lifelong Musician, Ace Started Producing In 2009 At Age 16. After A String Of Releases Culminating With The 'black Populous' Full Length On Bootleg Tapes, Acemo Returns With An Eponymous 4 Tracker On Vanity Press, Showcasing A Clean Style Of Production Balanced With Dirt And Grit.

As our maiden voyage into an expansive vat of unreleased music by Polish composer Andrzej Korzynski, Finders Keepers Records presents his previously unreleased electro/orchestral/experimental score for Andrzej Zulawski's surrealist 80s horror classic, Possession. These 25 cues were written and recorded exclusively for the 1981 award-winning film starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neil, but due to the progressive, stark and modernist nature of the finished film less than half of them made it on to the actual director's cut - leaving many of the tracks on this spackage totally unheard outside of Korzynski's studio.

The intended Possession score in its entirety marks an important axis in Korzynski's career where his various musical disciplines overlap. In one respect it marks his first forays into to synth driven electronics and disco drum machines, while other tracks epitomise the well honed techniques used in previous Zulawski scores, such as Third Part Of The Night and The Devil, which rely on his inimitable orchestral arrangements and combination of clavinet, Rhodes, piano and electric guitar.

This is the first time any of this music has been released outside of the films original context and is packaged on CD, 12" vinyl and conceptual green compact cassettes housed in miniature clamshell cases reminiscent of the films original VHS release that briefly adorned UK video shops in the early 1980s (before being banned by over excited censors as one of the unproscecuted 'video nasties' in the infamous 1983 tape cull). The important restoration of Korzynski's music aims to shed new light on the seldom manufactured productions of the composer whose vast cinematic catalogue warrants overdue global status alongside other golden era Eastern European composers such as Kryzstof Komeda, Jan Hammer and Zdenek Liska - not to mention the best of the French and Italian soundtrackers, such as Roubaix, Vannier and Nicolai.

Duplicated and carefully remastered directly from Korzynski's original master tapes this album boasts the uninhibited studio experiments and retains the pre-cut ambience.

German newcomer Ausschus debuts on Haunter Records with a 6-track offering, throwing in elements from the whole spectrum of contemporary experimental music. The subtle yet intense melodic work, put in the midst of bit-crushed drones, metallic clangs and slow hard beats, allows him to explore both negative and positive affections. Ausschuss' use of space, reverb and harmony gives solidity to the sound, creating a proper environment in which insight and growth can happen freely.

Six fresh, nervy experiments with grime, ambient, d&b, garage and glitch, bristling with ideas and drama, by this up-and-coming producer from Monza, for the Milanese label Beat Machine, plus a heavy remix by Bristol prodigy Walton, stepping up from Hyperdub and Tectonic. Beautifully presented, too: white vinyl in hand-painted fluorescent sleeves.

2023 Repress
Re-cut from original Peter Christopherson approved masters.

The Ape of Naples is Coil's highly celebrated final album completed by Peter Christopherson following the tragic death of Jhonn Balance in 2004. Often noted for being a fan favorite, The Ape of Naples uses Balance's final recordings and material recorded at Trent Reznor's studio in New Orleans to create a deep, heavy masterpiece.

This re-press is packaged in a heavy duty jacket with Ian Johnstone's original artwork coated in a custom spot gloss. Each LP is housed in a printed inner sleeve and side D contains all three original etchings. Ape's lyrics are spread across the gatefold.

* "The Ape of Naples” is a deeply emotional and uniquely rewarding album. In its immediate accessibility it is somewhat reminiscent of their mid-1980s classic “Horse Rotorvator”
* The Infinite Fog version is the third Coil record receiving the fully remastered and enhanced 3LP/2CD treatment supervised by Danny Hyde.
* Includes 9 additional rare or unreleased tracks.
* All of the original material has again been carefully and sympathetically remastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Jessica Thompson who has been previously lauded for her splendid job on its sister release “The New Backwards”.
* The 3LP comes in heavy trifold cover, CDs in 6-sided Digpaks with booklet and posters.

ESKA is the most talked about, revered singer you've never heard of.

Possessing one of the best and most memorable voices in the UK right now, ESKA weaves together diverse musical elements - hints of folk, soul, psychedelia and electronica and pairs them with stirring lyrics, born from burning passion. ESKA has created something pure and timeless which echoes past traditions while at the same time managing to surprise with its stunning originality. In the UK, ESKA's music has already created a buzz; receiving strong radio support from tastemakers such as Gilles Peterson, Lauren Laverne and John Kennedy.

Having built an inimitable reputation as a writer and performer through collaborations with such legends of the game as Grace Jones, Cinematic Orchestra, Zero 7 and Bobby McFerrin together with performances in some of the world's most famous venues and festivals, its time to discover ESKA's own unique sound in full force. The self-titled debut album ESKA hosts production credits from cult British electronic artist Matthew Herbert (known for remixing Björk, R.E.M. and Yoko Ono), Louis 'slipperz' Hackett and Dave Okumu of The Invisible (previous winners of iTunes 'Album Of The Year' in the UK).

Kingdoms welcomes Finnish composer, producer, visual artist and filmmaker Hannu Karjalainen. His recording career now spans over a decade, beginning under the pseudonym Hannu and later under his full name for 'A Handful Of Dust Is A Desert' on Karaoke Kalk. Now, this seven track mini album on Francis Harris' Kingdoms sees Karjalainen continue his explorations in new directions - touching on field recordings, soundscapes and esoteric instrumentation to build a truly meditative and moving record. 'Drift' begins with 'Sermon to the Birds', featuring beautiful plucked strings and ambient atmospheres, before 'Carnivorous Flower' casts us into enormous otherworldly dronescapes. 'Untitled #34' brings about a beat of sorts, but deeply deconstructed to a crawl, allowing acres of space between the hits and sub bass pulses. 'Sunless' is, conversely, a ray of light - bright, weightless pads provide the feeling of being completely cut adrift. Segueing into 'Nightfall', the tones become a little duskier and more intense, building throughout the track. 'That Obscure Object' is another trip into the space, as white noise and fragments of melody intersect. The album ends with 'The Nile' - a treated piano plays a haunting melodic sequence, seemingly suspended in air. It's a beautiful, emotional conclusion to an album that encourages the listener to take the time to experience its many pleasures.

Krikor Is Back On The Label With A New Six Tracker. Following Up His Pacific Alley Lp From Last Year, We Now Get Pacific Alley In Dub, Taking Tracks From The Lp And Re-working With Ample Echo And New Riddims Strictly Made For The Dancefloor. Spacious Pads And Linn Drum Claps Are Run Through The Board As Voices Ping Back And Forth In The Chamber, Equally Blissed Out And Trippy Turning These Tracks Into Completely New Freaked Out Compositions. Summer Jams Guaranateed

The hyper-chromatic music of Matt Cutler marks him out as a true
impressionist; as Lone, he drizzles brightly coloured melody through his tracks with all the reflexive skill of a master painter daubing inks and pigment across paper. On Cutler's fifth Lone album, Reality Testing, released on R&S, he sends notes and chords rippling delicately into space before allowing them to disperse, each oozing beautifully away into the background fabric of the music. Combined with rhythms that ebb and flow, shifting from propulsive club constructions to beatific coastal hip-hop, it's a sensuous, immersive, heady experience, and easily his most accomplished and selfcontained work to date.

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Losoul returns to action with his first long player in almost ten years, and delivers a stunning collection of compositions for the Hypercolour released 'Island Time'. Otherwise known as Peter Kremeier, the German producer has mesmerized us for many years with his organic and emotive house music, largely released on the influential Playhouse label, but of late has seen him release singles for Karat and Tardis Records, as well as his very own Another Picture label. Fans of Losoul won't be disappointed, as a diverse yet utterly familiar sound aesthetic pours out over the album's seven tracks in his own inimitable style. The jazzy broken beats of 'Gold Tooth' shine with their micro-sample chops, whilst 'Mean Time' is a dense and dubby slow stomp, teasing the drums with space echo and injecting sparse bass work where it matters. Inventive, spongy house grooves are delivered on 'Boppin Lower' and 'Square Down Smoother' whilst the album closer, 'Lava In You' is a master class in ambient sonics and shimmering keys over a lo-fi swinging groove. It's been over 20 years since Losoul's signature single 'Open Door', and the German producer continues to pour out honest and rewarding music.

Circadian Rhythms releases thus far have embodied conceptual formats with this latest offering being no different, tackling the issue of mental health that is becoming alarmingly frequent within todays world. This being in the form of a USB EP from Spanish producer Plata (inspired by his own battles with bipolar), a follow up to his rapid sellout collaboration with Mssingno for CR's first ever release. However this is more than an EP, the track listing initially advertises 3, when in fact there are 30+ tracks, encrypted in a file format designed by the artist. These will be distributed on and offline (through QR codes) and can only be extracted with software on the USB, as a ploy to encourage physical engagement with music as opposed to streaming in mass consumption.

It's easy to eye collaborative records between two established artists with either a weary sigh or a degree of cynicism. In an age where a track or record seems to perform better directly in relation to how many artist names are on the digital byline, it can often feel like engineered circumstance or a desire to exponentially boost appeal comes before any natural create endeavour. In the case of 'On Reflection' however - the new record by Derwin Dicker AKA Gold Panda and Jas Shaw, one half of Simian Mobile Disco, the venture, under the moniker Selling is rooted in a long-standing friendship and prior creative history.

It's easy to eye collaborative records between two established artists with either a weary sigh or a degree of cynicism. In an age where a track or record seems to perform better directly in relation to how many artist names are on the digital byline, it can often feel like engineered circumstance or a desire to exponentially boost appeal comes before any natural create endeavour. In the case of 'On Reflection' however - the new record by Derwin Dicker AKA Gold Panda and Jas Shaw, one half of Simian Mobile Disco, the venture, under the moniker Selling is rooted in a long-standing friendship and prior creative history.

The new album from Danish electronic trio System is a special kind of collaborative effort with piano magician Nils Frahm. His purpose-built improvisations on synth, organ and piano served as source material for the members of System (Thomas Knak, Anders Remmer & Jesper Skaaning), who merged his warm acoustic tones with their minimalist digitalism and set out to translate their distinctive clicks 'n' cuts electronics into vivid soundscapes. Over two years in the making, the resulting nine tracks are as sonically intriguing as they are touching. Ranging from the mellow bliss of the title track to echoes of 90's and 2000's electronica and ambient sequences frequented by mesmerizing movements and sounds. The blending of piano and digital tones and noises into emotive pieces might instantly recall the work of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, though System and Frahm come to quite different results.

Thomas Knak met Nils Frahm at one of his concerts in Copenhagen. They stayed in touch, exchanging thoughts and ideas. Two years later, Anders Remmer was also introduced to Nils. From then serious ideas for a collaboration formed. As Nils was a fan of System's self-titled debut album (released in 2002 via Pole's Scape label) their talks centred around Dub and minimalism, elements that constitute most of System's music as well as their side and solo projects. This in mind, System began producing sketches and brought them to Nils´ Durton Studio in Berlin in December 2015, where they recorded ten hours of him playing keys and effects to their drafts. Back in Copenhagen, they decided to change direction. - As Nils had told us about his fascination with our debut album, we tried to rediscover this minimal clicks 'n' cuts era. But hearing Nils playing to our rhythmic beds, we felt the need to scrap those beats and instead head in a more cinematic direction.'

So they started building new pieces from the Durton recordings, maintaining some of the minimal and static quality while new layers of synth sounds and noises created a richer and more organic quality compared to older System albums. The solo projects of Thomas (Opiate), Anders (Dub Tractor) and Jesper (Acustic) always relied on steady beats or rhythmic material, so the productions of 'Plus' with their focus on acoustic and melodic elements, ambient layers and cinematic moods, sees them pushing forward into new areas.

This way, the trio avoided copying what they had already done years ago, when they built a reputation as Denmark's prime originators within electronic music in the 90's and 2000's. 'Plus' is a triumphant example of collaborative experimentation and may be the dawn of a new era for System: - For us it was really satisfying to focus more on actual sound rather than rhythmic aspects. There is a lot of potential in this field, so it would only be natural for us to pursue this, maybe as a series of collaborations with other people who's music we admire.'

A true holy grail of Italian post-industrial music, The Cop Killers' sole, eponymous tape is remastered and issued on vinyl for the first time via Alessio Natalizia's Ecstatic label (see also the essential Trax Test compilation also on Ecstatic). Fetching triple figures on the 2nd hand market (there's a copy on 'scogs atm for
£300) this is an indispensable slice of '80s Europe's underground experimental rhizome.
A n important release for Ecstatic and one very close to their heart, 'The Cop Killers' was originally presented in 1982 on the legendary Trax label as 'the first (and last) spoken word 'industrial opera' in (anti)rock history'.
It features the industrial power trio of Trax co-founder Vittore Baroni and label regular Daniele Ciullini assisted by UK's Mark A. Phillips (Five Times of Dust) in supposing a sci-fi narrative set in a not-so-distant future society '... where all ethical and moral values had been reversed'.
While clearly drawing influence and literary license from classic sci-fi by Orwell, Ray Bradbury and William Burroughs, the trio also take cues from the Marquis De Sade and the not-so-distant history of Italian fascism to offer a subtly coded and subversive warning against right-wing ideologies. In the process The Cop Killers distinguished themselves by preferring to plants seeds of hope amid the rubble of their peers nihilistic/apocalyptic visions, implicitly turning the album into a sort of 'pacifist parable'.
The political aspect wouldn't be half as crucial without the music, though. A coarse blend of Italian-accented english vox with backing tracks ranging from jaunty synth figures to cloven drum machine malfunctions and noisier wig-outs, it was mixed on a dual cassette deck and mixer from numerous tapes in just over 90
minutes, and successfully carries the narrative and its message to the point it's become such a sought-after classic - not just for its obscurity, but also its charged energy, a condensation of candescent anger focussed into a pointedly oblique yet smartly allegorical condemnation of fascism.
Vittore Baroni: 'As a music journalist and fan of radical and avant-garde audio researches, at the start of the 80s I was becoming increasingly bored by the mannerism of so many industrial and noise bands, and also annoyed by their gratuitous and stereotyped use of images of death, Nazism, war, with titles and texts soaked in right-wing ideologies. I wanted to produce an antibody to this depressive trend, with seeds of hope well
concealed under a nihilistic-apocalyptic 'industrial' camouflage.'


a2 Cop Killer Theme / Calma Atmosphera
a3 Starsky And Hutch Are Dead
a4 Crime & Punishment
a5 Ultrax Theme

b2 Our Daily Raid
b3 Bel Fra Gore
b4 Warhead Talk Show
b5 Subliminal Sexual Screams

Ukrainian label Muscut celebrates its anniversary - Muscut X (10) Test Pressign II - is the tenth record in a row. The first release was published in 2012 on 7 inches and was called simply Test Pressing. Like six years ago, the current vinyl is a compilation of Muscut's 'residents', as well as new friends of the label. Test Pressing II is 12 inches on which there are exactly ten tracks. Both sides are significantly different in color of mood. Party A starts with dub-drone sketches of key figures of the Odessa underground - Wildstyle Crew and Bryozone. Then we hear the mantra-like M2 - the work of the creative union of Nicola Ratti, Mads Emil Nielsen together with Nikolaenko. The Canadian sound-artist Mark Templeton continues the line of rhythmic textures crowned with unhurried percussion - it is in all senses of Soft Education at number four. The first part is completed by an exquisite curtsy from the Andrew Pekler label frequenter called Underwater Nocturne as a soundtrack for the perfect tea ceremony.

The second side confidently sets a completely different compilation rhythm from the very start - the tribal tribal dance from the Berlin project Native Instrument instantly introduces into a trance. It is followed by a warm, enveloping minimal synth track from the Ukrainian trio Nisantashi Primary School. The middle of the second side is decorated with the pensive house-ballad of St. Petersburg producer Fadeev known as AEM Rhythm Cascade. Another Russian settled next to him - Muscovite Oleg Buyanov, aka OL, with a massive broken dub Nutmeg. The final composition consists of burning afrosint motifs from luminary Odessan Vakula.

"No words needed really, just get yer gurners out!"

Wow, how time flies. I can't believe I am putting out record number +ive already. This release comes from star of the future Adam Pits. I have known Adam for a long time as he was a few years below me at school and then proceeded to go to uni in Leeds like I did. He is from the same crew as Breaka, and there must be something in the water up there because these guys and the rest of their mates are producing the best shit in town right now. It is a privilege to put out Adam's +irst piece of wax because these two tunes are dynamite from start to finish.

All three tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms. Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...

BOMB!

Comma And A.fruit Land Two Unadulterated Bangers On Rua Sound, Backed With The Unmistakable Sounds Of Tmsv And Itoa On Remix Duties.

Oakland's Comma Roars Out Of The Blocks On His Rua Debut With A Crushed-up Glitchy Cut Entitled Gasworks. Comma Rams The Heavier End Of The West Coast Beat Scene Into The Uk Hardcore Continuum, On A Track Buzzing With Furious Energy.

If You Don't Know Itoa Yet - It's Time To Catch Up. Exit Record's Latest Addition Brings His Singular Production Style To The Remix With Whip-sharp Drums, A Colourful Sound Design, And Fresh, Unconventional Arrangements.

A Producer In Ascendency, Russia's A.fruit Serves Up The Darkness On The Flip With A Stepping Growler, Sodden With Bass. Her Production Is Tightly Bound Together By D.e.'s Intense Vocal And Delivers A Punch.

Rua Regular Tmsv Picks Up The Pace On The Remix, Rounding Off The Ep With Dancehall-infused Dread-rave Vibes, Like Only He Can.

Support From Deft, Fixate, Tim Parker, Breaka, Mister Shifter, Dolenz, Yorobi, Executive Steve, Coco Bryce, Hyroglifics And More.

Börft's long run & superb sublabel Ufo Mongo presents the 4th Synthesator LP - this edition by Daniel Fagerström. With many years in between one can get a hold of an exeptionally catchy synth-music LP - while lingering in the curve of typical "analog synth music" these tracks are sonically senseful, melodically giving and one of the live drum tracks (A3) are so well paired with the synths the execution should have been on a "Missing" poster since 1975

DJ support from Mala, Toddla T, Moresounds, Simbad and more.

DJ Madd continues his futuristic bass explorations on Dub-Stuy with his second solo single for the label.

Dub-Stuy closes 2018 with a new 12' from DJ Madd, a regular contributor to the label whose productions can be heard on the label's riddim series and countless dubplates. For his second solo release on Dub-Stuy, the producer delivers a two tracker featuring some of his first productions written with hardware, including the Roland TR-8 drum machine. The two 170 bpm bass-heavy rollers follow from the forward-thinking hybrid dub Madd first displayed on his 2015 label debut, 'Kingdom'.
'Dub Champion' kicks things off with ominous horn stabs and vocal samples leading into Madd's trademark style: swift percussion, catchy leads, subtle effects and chest-rattling bass. A robust riddim for the late night dancefloor shifts.

Backing this up is 'Ghetto Sound,' an energetic instrumental number that unfurls with dubby effects and a tight combination of funky rhythm and bass. Watch for the second drop for a subtle nod to reggaeton and afrobeats polyrhythms!

Dub Champions SP is another tightly packed single in line with Dub-Stuy's commitment to current dancefloor sensibilities rooted in dub music.

Bun The Grid Catapults Into Fall With Its Second North American Signing, Brooklyn's Doctor Jeep. After Several Years Exploring The West Coast Festival Halftime Sound, Jeep Returns To His Love Of Bristolian Polyrhythmic Club Tools.

vault Of Glass' Channels Underwater Atmospherics In A Dark, Broken- Beat, Warehouse Style, While Collaborator And Tour Partner Fixate Joins The Fray On dorado' - Summoning Disembodied Voices And Frantic Breakbeats To Hypnotize Late-night Ravers. Switching The Energy With A Modern Dnb-meets-dancehall Vibe,

emergency Broadcast Test' Features Washington Dc's Cirrus. On The Flip, Two Remixes Add An Uptempo Flavour To vault Of Glass': Hyper-active Juke From London's Hyroglifics, And A Punishingly-heavy Hip Hop Twist From Calgary-via-detroit Veteran Sinistarr.

Early Support From J:kenzo, Fracture, Roska, The Librarian, And More.

Bristol-based producer Drone finally makes his bow for Coyote Records with the release of new four-track EP, 'Light Speed'. Written over the first six months of 2018, 'Light Speed' forms Drone's most accomplished and absorbing release to date, bringing new textures, layers and depth to his music and to the club - a space where his beats have been a mainstay in the sets of producers like Kahn & Neek since debuting on Hear Other Sounds in early 2017. A regular at Coyote's Bristol parties over the course of 2016 and 2017 and inspired by the clinical, freeze-dried grime of label contemporaries like Last Japan, as well as Sector 7 bosses Boofy and Lemzly Dale, Drone has probed, honed and developed his sound to marry the raw impact of his early beats with detailed, widescreen scope. There are nods to the soundsystem culture of his new home city of Bristol on the coarse textures and booming, dubby low-end of 'Narroways' for example, while title-track 'Light Speed' captures the icy, shimmering Coyote sound aesthetic in full view. B-side tracks 'Probiscus' and 'Fangz' continue this theme apace, bleeding into one another like patchwork to showcase a grime sound moulded by the club, but finessed away from it. Born in Hastings, Drone has spent the last three years studying Music Production in Bristol, during which time he's guested on Rinse FM, released on London's Hear Other Sounds and Boofy and Lemzly Dale's influential Sector 7 imprint, as well as self-releasing a limited edition USB - comprised of a slew of unreleased beats - in February 2018.

Now that the dust is beginning to settle a bit after the incredible reaction to our mammoth 5th Column LP project, we are pleased to announce a 2 x 12" release from one of the most exciting minds on our roster, and it's an absolute stormer. Forest Drive West's productions have always been essays on the balance of groove and complexity, and the balance between airy fluidity and cavernous weight, but these five tracks here are the mature work of a producer who is a master of the tonal vocabulary of soundsystem music.The five tracks on the Set Free EP veer between abrasive amen carnage, apache breaks chopped and refracted, throbbing sub bass, and a rhythmical dexterity that catapults him into the vanguard of practitioners of the art.

A strange confluence of sound that sounds part Krautrock synth label Brain records, part Hyperdub.   Techno haze and synth wormholes with spectacular sound design that has banged at Berghain and soundtracked winter night drives.

Greenspan is known mainly for his work with Junior Boys and Jessy Lanza and Taraval is a longtime touring member of Caribou, but both have released several 12' and EPs of electronic exploration over the past few years. 

Inspired by synthesizer minimalists like JD Emmanuel, Cluster and John Carpenter, the two attempted to create a type of dance music with hardware that was indebted to their influences but did not feel intrinsically retrogressive. The idea was to make a type of raw synthesizer and drum machine music that could be listened to beside the hypermodern techno of Pearson Sound or Actress.  

The cover art is a tribute to a mysterious mural that looms over the Hamilton Ontario area where the album was recorded.
Each of the five tracks on the EP were edited down from much longer recording jams which were done with hardware sequencers in real time. The recording was done completely off the floor with no overdubs or added material after the fact. As this release might appeal to synthesizer hobbyists and enthusiasts it seemed appropriate to compile a list of the instruments used in the original recordings. they are as follows: Arp Odyssey  Pioneer Toraiz SP 16 Eurorack Modular System Roland JX8P DSI Tempest Simmons SDS8 Roland SH101 Roland Jupiter 6 Yamaha CS50 Oberheim OBXA

Kid Lib Returns to Sweet Sensi Records alonside new label signing, the mysterious Dub & Wheel bringing 4 cuts of old skool 8-bit Amiga jungle.

New artist Kiljoy hits hard like Spirit and bangs riffs out like Digital! The elusive artist's debut on Function Records brings the best of the oldschool into 2018.
Banging amen breaks face off with the riff sound from the '92 classic, Anasthasia, building this Bad Man into a frenzy. On the flip, Air Raid's haunting hook and direct breaks propel you deep into the war zone. Tight bassline work from Kiljoy, ready to shell down

Aurora Borealis proudly presents the debut album from Maze & Lindholm, 'Where The Wolf Has Been Seen'.
Combining the talents of P.Maze, one half of noise/techno duo Orphan Swords, with fellow Brussels-based producer and musician Otto Lindholm, 'Where The Wolf Has Been Seen' is a meditative and claustrophobic work for electronics and double bass.
'Where The Wolf Has Been Seen' will be available on deluxe 180g black vinyl housed in a reverse board heavyweight sleeve with spot varnish and download code, limited to 300, in addition to limited CD and digital formats.
The four parts evolve and spread outwards, throbbing bass drones colliding with slowly bowed arcs of keening strings that make for a deeply immersive listening experience. 'Where The Wolf Has Been Seen' explores the boundaries of the modern classical and electronic disciplines, with slowly shifting and expanding compositions that thrive on the tension between.
Mastered by James Plotkin and cut for vinyl at The Carvery, East London. Cover photography by Solal Israel.
Otto Lindholm : Brussels-based producer evolving between drone music and modern classical , Otto Lindholm employs an array of loop pedals and electronic effects in partnership with his double bass to produce a range of rich and voluptuous tones, emotions, and elongated melodies. Otto Lindholm came to light in 2016 with his debut eponymous LP (Icarus), a "stunningly beautiful" record (FACT). His second LP 'Alter' (2017 Gizeh), was introduced on BBC6 by Mary Anne Hobbs as an "Extraordinary new LP. Deeply meditative". Early 2018, he opened the new Houndstooth compilation "In Death's Dream Kingdom". « The set opens with Otto Lindholm's Cain - all Ligeti / Xenakis style doom and dirge and cooling solar flares ». (THE WIRE) « Cain by Otto Lindholm with its tortured voices and shards of cello, is like William Blake soundtracked by Arthur Russell ». (MOJO). Upon invitation of Stuart Argabright, he has collaborated on the new Black Rain EP that is due on Blackest Ever Black at the end of this year.
P.Maze is half of the duo Orphan Swords. Described as 'a brutal hypnosis' by Ransom Note, Orphan Swords music has been released on Aurora Borealis, Desire Records, Clan Destine and Instruments Of Discipline. The duo has collaborated with Ike Yard, Helm, SHXCXCHCXSH, Emptyset, and many more. Earlier this year, Orphan Swords was invited to live score the Walter Van Beirendonck show at Fashion Week Paris. That meeting resulted into a techno-driven menacing album to be released in 2019. The art cover curated by Walter Van Beirendonck will present a painting of Wouter Steel. Next to the furious maximal output of Orphan Swords, P.Maze is exploring a quieter and much more minimal side. The collaboration with Otto Lindholm represents his first official output under that moniker. A solo debut album is in the works for 2019.

Nightmares On Wax Legt Eine Unglaubliche Selektion Hin, Die Dem Hörer Einblicke In Seine Innerste Gefühlswelt Und Exquisiten Geschmack Gibt. Mit Seinem Track "good Ship" Feat. Steve Spacek, Dem Remix Für Fat Freddy's Drop Sowie Den Neulingen Creative Principle Integriert Dj E.a.s.e. Drei Exclusives, Die Diese Zusammenstellung Einzigartig Machen. Ein Weiterer Kern Seines Sets Repräsentiert Mit Dem Duo Children Of Zeus (manchester), Steve Cobby (hull) Und Dem Chuggy-disco-projekt Chieftain (hull, Birmingham) Seine Nordenglische Heimat. Afro/latin/disco/funk/soul/jazz-produzenten Rund Um Den Globus Ergänzen Diese Ausnahme-kollektion: Dim Zach (griechenland) Mit Einem Phänomenalen Synth-sample (imagination "just An Illusion"), Bosq (usa/kolumbien), Massimo Vanoni (italien), Soulphiction(berlin) Und Ladi6 (neuseeland). Mit Nightmares On Wax Feiert Die Musikliebhaber-serie "back To Mine" Eine Triumphale Rückkehr Als Cd Und 180g Doppelvinyl Mit Ausführlichen Track-by-track-linernotes Vom Dj Persönlich.

Last year Julien 'Redeyes' Salvi showed off his versatility on his Blueprints EP. He now takes it one step further with the release of 'Broken Soul', his first full length project for The North Quarter. Through twelve sincere tracks, the Toulouse-based artist showcases an action packed storyline co-starring some of the most sought-after vocalists in the game. Not only do Manchester legends DRS and Tyler Daley make appearances, but there are also features by fresh NQ signee Abnormal Sleepz, HMD, KinKai and Juga-Naut as well as NY underground Hip Hop phenomenon Milano Constantine. Rap, Soul and dusty Jazz flavour is woven through diverse tracks in both tempo and intensity. The Redeyes signature shines bright however, effortlessly capturing current aesthetics and eclecticism. This album shows a veteran artist comfortable in his craft and is not just at home on Lenzman's imprint, it possibly signifies the quintessence of The North Quarter philosophy

From Alex Reece To J Majik, From Dillinja To Goldie, The Influence Of Jazz Has Been A Constant And Shadowy Presence In Drum & Bass. We Can Hear Its Echoes In The Samples And Instrumental Palettes Of The Early Liquid Funk & Atmospheric D&b Championed By Fabio's Creative Source, Bukem's Good Looking Records And The Legendary Moving Shadow Or, More Obliquely, In The Smoky, Late-night Moods Of Source Direct, Dj Trace And Hidden Agenda.

The 20th Century Journey Of Jazz From Its West African Roots Through To Its De Facto Role As The Soundtrack To A Nocturnal, Urban Existence Is Reflected, Amplified, Distorted And Intensified In Drum & Bass, With A Constant And Fertile Interplay Between The Fleet-footed Improvisation Of The Former And The Rigid, Machined Discipline Of The Latter.

The City At Night Is A Complex Place, Beautiful, Chaotic, Intimidating, Peaceful, Terrifying. It Is Through This Lens And These Tensions That We Come To An Understanding Of Rq's Music. It Is The Latest Incidence Of Jazz's Dark, Metropolitan Portraits Melting Into Modern Electronic Production, Resulting In Dance Music That Has Drifted Far From The Dance And Begun A Journey Inwards.

Rq's Debut Lp For Blu Mar Ten Music, 'solid Ground', Occupies A Darkly Dreamlike Hinterland, Located Somewhere Between The Retro-futurism Of Photek And Alice Coltrane's Jazz Psychedelia. Fragmented, Distant Beats, Rippling Modal Patterns And Restrained Astral Basslines Provide Rhythmic And Harmonic Anchors To A Constellation Of Timbres And Textures.

'solid Ground' Seeks A Freedom From The Meter, Instrumentation And Other Conventions That Codify Drum & Bass, Creating Instead A Meditative And Transcendental Rendering Of The Genre. The Album Is Compelling And Mysterious, Constantly Suggesting Cosmic And Urban Musical Forms That Switch And Glide Into And Away From Each Other, Forming A Multi-directional Flow Of Reflective, Mystical Moments. 'solid Ground' Is A Spiritual Transformation Of Functional Dance Music, An Extraordinary Exercise In Metaphysics.

Rq Himself Is No Newcomer To The Scene. Not Just A Producer And Dj, As An Accomplished Graphic Artist His Visual Work Has Graced The Sleeves Of Releases On Metalheadz, Commercial Suicide, Samurai Recordings, Valve And Many More. He Is Also Resident Designer For London's Leading D&b Night, Soul In Motion. He Has Released A Range Of Ambient And Leftfield D&b, Including The Incredible 'shimmer' / 'traces' On Blu Mar Ten Music In 2015.

Well Street Records maintain their progressive, broken-beat ethos with a classy & dynamic techno trip from elusive producer Ruff Cherry

Skyence Ist Nach Seinem Seinem Debütalbum "untrodden Soil" Zurück Auf Modularfield. "companion" Bildet Die Logische Weiterentwicklung In Einer Symbiose Aus Cineastischen Soundwelten, Dichten Atmosphären Und Gebrochenen Beats. 5 Tracks In Form Einer Schwarzen 12" Vinyl. Eine Reise Durch Raum Und Zeit Auf Der Suche Nach Künstlicher Und Natürlicher Schönheit.

Originally released digitally back in 2016 and now available physically on Pro dubbed c70 cassette with risographed artwork & encased in coalesced molten candy floss blue and pink expandable foam The Modern Institute and Domestic Exile invite you to view a new album:

Another exhibition at The Modern Institute.

As communication is becoming less and less trustworthy - and one could say, purposely and progressively emptied out of meaning through politics and mass media - we search for meanings that lie elsewhere.

How can we free ourselves from set definitions enforced by spoken language's power structures This current exhibition (or rather the works within it) deal with the relative non-state and impossibility of that passage. This sort of empirical navigation can't be discovered through an unavoidable application—its compass is the unconscious knot that throbs in your lower gut when you learn your therapist's office is one level up from the fine French bistro where you first met.

In this new ambitious Exhibition by The Modern Institute, the subtle frictions of—faux—eel skin, ostrich, snake, crocodile make for a tactile image of vital interiority; and keep one from slipping haplessly through the ceiling cracks.

The Modern Institutes recent awards include Werkbeitrag, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia; Weiner Werkstipendium (Art Prize) City of Zurich, CH; and Art Prize 2011, Nationale Suisse Credit, Basel, CH; the recipient of a selection of very important awards such as the Spanish National Radio prize 'El Rojo Crítico', J. Vettriano Excellence Achievement, and scholarship from the Pièce Montée Fondantion in Paris. The Modern Institute have been awarded by a number of institutions including Arts Council Britain and Helvetia Arts Council, and National Council of the Kingdom of Iceland.

Tim Reaper and Dwarde make an immediate return (literally, this is available at the same time as Volume 6) with four more banging jams, and a warm welcome to Fringe for his Globex Corp bow!

Logical Direction recordings Beatz EP Vinyl Edition Volume Two

DJ Krush's latest album 'Cosmic Yard' see's the abstract hip-hop pioneer step back to his instrumental roots. Sinister beats, sci-fi tinged keys and collaborations from long time cohort Toshinori Kondo come together to form an album that while referencing the past looks the future straight in the eye.

HOVE's first record on Light of Other Days gets a second pressing. The first pressing was self-distributed and only 150 copies were made. Enjoy!

HOVE's debut EP is full of fuzzy melodies fused with shimmering arpeggios and reduced cosmic beats. Produced at the Light of Other Days headquarters in the heart of Zurich, HOVE developed his sound out of various live-jams, which he recorded onto a Tascam Cassette Recorder. These recordings alongside numerous field recordings build the foundation of the EP Journey to Arendal.

Influenced by the sound aesthetic of early electronic producers from the 80's and 90's, as well as contemporary House, Disco or Techno, HOVE's music always has a certain kind of warmth to it. Dusty, shuffling grooves meet woozy guitar chords while crystal clear synth melodies are paired with field recordings of rivers, birds or nocturnal city atmospheres. «Journey to Arendal» is out on January 29th, 2016 on Light of Other Days.

Hyperion became a cult hit in the underground scene during the last two years. The combination of warm melodies, grooving bassline and loud breakbeat is spot on and proves to provide for a timeless feel. That's why the record became more and more sought after and is going for big money on cogs, if one pops up that is. Gerd had to go through 500+ DAT tapes to retrieve original masters of the 4 tracks off this second It's Thinking EP he produced with two high school friends, Dirk & Mark, in the early 90's. It took us a while to prepare this package but finally here it is: remastered and sounding better than ever!

Composer, Synthesist And Producer Matt Robertson Is Set To Release His New Album 'entology' Via Tape Club Records On 16th November 2018. It Follows His Warmly Received 2016 Album 'in Echelon', Described By Mojo As "nils Frahm's Modern Classical Meets Jon Hopkins' Grainy Techno", "an Album Of Symphonic Electronica And Leftfield Techno Thats Cinematic In Scale" In Mixmag And "magnificent Wild Sound" By The Line Of Best Fit.

As Musical Director For Björk, Cinematic Orchestra And Anohni As Well As Working With Lamb, Emiliana Torrini And Bat For Lashes, Matt Has A Wealth Of Experience Collaborating With Some Of The Most Exciting Artists In The World. Working With A Collection Of Vintage, Modern And Diy Synths, And Combining Electronic Music Production With Classical Composition And Cinematic Soundscapes - Artists, Producers And Film Composers Alike Seek His Enveloping And Distinct Sound.

"i Love The Idea That Not So Very Long Ago, The Idea That A Species Could Become Extinct At All Was Laughed At. In The 17th Century, Fossils Were Believed To Be From Mythical Creatures Like Dragons. In 1796, George Cuvier Presented The Idea That A Species Could Have Existed And Now No Longer Existed, And He Was Laughed At By Scientists. Darwin Then Suggested That Evolution Did Not Need Catastrophic Events To Explain Extinction - More That It Was Due To Perpetual Competition In An Overcrowded World.

I'm Adopting The Word "entology" To Be An Awareness Of Our Current Period Of Geological Time Being An Extinction Period, Where An Extinction Period Is Defined As A Time When A Significant Proportion Of Species Die In A Geologically Insignificant Amount Of Time. I Was Trying To Imagine The Obvious Desolate Spaces Of A Post Apocalyptic World, But Also The Slightly More Opaque Vision Of The Fact That So Many Things Are Becoming Extinct Around Us Without Us Noticing, Or Even Being Aware Of Their Existence In The First Place.

The Idea Is Of Desolation But, Because Of The Awareness, Also Of Hope."

- Matt Robertson

Moritz Simon Geist, media artist and robotic musician, publishes his first record. It is the world's first techno record played entirely by self-made futuristic robots. All of the sounds on his records are played by robots: small motors that beat on metal, futuristic 3D-printed robo-kalimbas, salvaged parts from old hard drives that click and cut. It took Geist several years to build, tweak, test and play all his DIY robotic instruments. His 'Sonic Robots' try to push the boundaries of the imaginable. He did so already in 2012 with his well-known oversized 808 robot - an iconic drum machine gotten real, 4 by 2 meter, filled with robotic parts which play the instruments live and in front of the audience. Now, Moritz Simon Geist goes even further to discover the unknown and futuristic world of techno robotics. For this quest he teamed up with the berlinian sound wizards from Mouse On Mars and dug deep in the history of mechanical music and experiments of early electronic music. On the Album "Robotic Electronic Music" Moritz Simon Geist extends the futuristic approach to music making he introduced in his first EP. The opener "Entropy" could already be found on his EP, a bassy club-track, played by robotic kalimbas, a psychedelic pattern of tonal glasses and pneumatic hi-hat patterns. It is also featured in the main video, but even without a visual part, listening to his music, a sound world opens up which is unheard before: in definition, reference and organic nature. Geist: "When you listen to robots playing, you realize, that they sound precise, but in contrast to digital sounds they transport an immense organic feeling. No beat is like the other, everything is played with actual acoustic physicality and thus actual error. On the same time, the repetitive nature of the robots make it perfect for playing electronic music. Its industrial and organic at the same time." The track "The DNA of Drumming" explores the combination of ritual drumming and robots. Moritz Simon Geist took several tuned drums and let robotic actuators play rhythms, combining everything to a reduced slow stomper that slowly moves in a hypnotic manner. "In G# (Katze läuft über Klavier)" is a direct reference to Terry Riley's "In C". The song starts with a robot hammering on prepared piano strings, being slowly filled with robotic marimbas, glasses, robotic shakert robots and Moritz' own invention, and mechanic relay synthesizer, which plays notes and melodies with mechanic tongues. It's the warmest song on the album and the only one featuring stronger melodic movements.

What Moritz Simon Geist came up with is a stunning record of what is possible today - to explore the sound of mechanics that keeps on filling our world. Geist creates a smashing soundtrack for both the precise automation and physical fragility that shapes today's society.

Tired Of Those Balearic Parties Where Everyone Moves Slowly And Wear Floral Shirts Try The New Shelter And Shake Your Molecules All Night Long ! Robot Dance, Bosa Rhythm And Plaisir Guaranteed On Krew G.g.g, A Slow Electro Ballad Interact With A Familiar Italo Theme Mixed By A Weird Ass Dub Wizard. Meet Your B-boys And Experiment These New Tricks On Bigmove Where 808 Beat Sounds More Like Phased 505 And Classic 303 Bassline Is Played On Dx7, Nifty Samples And Weird Pads Adds Up To Create A Strange Ambiance Shelter Didn't Seek To Parody Or Exaggerate 80's Break And Electro But Just To Push It In Directions He Thought It Didn't Explore Well Enough. This One Maxi Definitely Feels Like A Big Move. Trust Us This Time Shelter Is Gonna Break Your Club !

a splashing, refreshing new series from RSS Disco's Mireia Records. Packed with four summery, gleaming tracks on this first entry, moving your feet on the beach and your hips by the pool. Das Komplex and Manuel Binder ft. Julian Stetter dazzle with their groove and stirring playfulness while RSS Disco and Conga Fever deliver the soothing companions that will tingle your balearic sentiments. This kinda love is a once in a lifetime groove! Visually, Mireia records is always on the lookout for the extraordinary. We'll Sea' offers beautifully marbled purple vinyl, housed in a heavy clear sleeve, hand stamped labels and a sticker.

* Adding to an already impressive collection of VA albums, Horizons Music returns for another part of their 'Dream Thief' series.

* Featuring producers both past and present, those who've already released on the bourgeoning imprint and those making their first debut, it's an impressive portfolio of music. Horizons have a reputation for selecting only the most ground-breaking ability and this LP is no exception. They've proved yet again that their A&R skills are second to none, cutting through the more commercial sounds and providing tunes which resound across a huge listenership. They're a label who've been standing at the underground's forefront for quite some time now and if this album's anything to go by, they're looking to make even more of an impact in the not too distant future.

* There's a huge collection of records on this forthcoming LP. Whether it's the gritty sonic of neuro pioneer Amoss on 'Yuzu', or electronic technician Break's offering 'Headway', there's a taste for every palette on the jammed track listing. Chris SU switches up his signature technique on crashing roller 'Where's My Place' and Mikal with the heavyweight sound of 'Beyond'. Particular stand outs on the album include Silent Witness' 'Totem', a rolling number that focuses heavily on percussion and ingenious drum strokes. All eyes have also been on veteran Digital recently, and it's easy to see why throughout 'Spark Cut', a grinding jungle anthem which shows no mercy.

* It's a rattling, tribal drum & bass record which breaks out of any constraints. Showing just how ingenious and unique each artist proves to be throughout the album, it demonstrates Horizons' expert eye for talent.

To celebrate their second anniversary, Cracki Records released the compilation 'Mémoires d'Eléphant # 01' including unreleased or hidden tracks of Cracki artists with exclusive tracks from Renart, Larcier and l'Impératrice.

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An introduction to Zru Vogue's world. A percussive no wave, minimal and funky electro. Oscillating between psychdelic rock and modern postpunk. "Assembly For Body Movements" regroups tracks composed in 1981, 1984 and 2011.

M.E.A tends to develop an interest to music that never seen light, through the most large electronica spectrum. Here's MEA-0002.

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'Limpid as the Solitudes' is the steeply immersive second collaboration between Shelter Press co-founder Félicia Atkinson and like-minded, explorative spirit Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. Both highly regarded for a sensually tactile approach to sound, they bring the best out of each other in an abstract, spectral form of songcraft indebted to shoegaze as much as concrète dreamscaping, millennial glitch works, and downtown drone classics.
Following from Felicia's superb 'Hand In Hand' album and Jefre's 'Fragments of a Season' side with Alexis Georgopoulos (Arp), the Franco-American duo humbly dissolve their egos into a sublime suite of hypnagogic drowse belied by a sense of widescreen detail and unpredictable arrangements that simultaneously beckons eyelids to half mast whilst encouraging listeners to
remain in the waking world. This gentle push and pull of forces is a wonder to undergo, with an uncanny capacity to make time feel elastic, even polymetric and vertiginous.To describe the album as ambient would indicate a much too passive engagement with the sound - leave it to play in the background and you'll miss a lot of the joy. Felicia and Jefre describe the record as a series of postcards - 'things and sounds that happen vertically as a slow ascension, vessels communicating in dreams'.
The first half breaks down to three pieces where fractured snatches of field recordings emerge over viscous drone beds and diffuse daubs of original instrumentation. Together, they resemble a form of sonic picnolepsy of overactive minds (yours and ours), where we attempt to fill in the gaps of their keening and precipitous collage of field recordings and original instrumentation, but soon enough succumb to their dream logic between he fragrant open space of 'And The Flower Have Time For Me', and the swirling axis of 'Indefatigable Purple', where Félicia's ASMR murmurs mingle most beautifully detached bass pulses under a canopy of smudged keys.
But to be honest that all feels like preparation for the subtly keeling sensation impressed by the B-side, a 17 minute drift into vaporised sentiments that requires the connective tissue of your
body and massaged senses to become complete.

Antoine Harispurus was raised by a robot called V.I.C.T.O.R. The robot took care of little Antoine and early on he gave him music lessons and also the right equipment, for example a Roland 808. Robotic, mechanical precision became significant for Antoines music and soon he left the safety of his mothers toy store for the huge European club scene under his new pseudonym 'Golden Bug'.

This year he releases two songs as a 7 inch vinyl and in digital format on Hoga Nord Rekords. The A-side, 'Viaje A Tenderloin' sounds like the inside of an East German military liaison in 1975 where the tabulating machines haven't had service since the raise of the Berlin wall. On the B-side 'Hitodoma', guest vocalist Jessica Ho is plays with her voice in a bubbly way above Golden Bugs characteristic metallic, world music influenced sounds and beats. The music would fit perfectly in a vast alien mountain landscape.

In conclusion, the music on this 7 inch is the sound of human and robot in close symbiosis - Golden Bug is music by robot and human for robot and human

HELIXIR "Undivided" album 12" sampler, incl. a remix by Millie from Millie & Andrea, exclusive to this vinyl version.

Back in his early days, Kevin Martin a.k.a. HELIXIR gets his first strong musical experiences by listening to Frank Zappa, AFX, Quasimoto or Plastikman.

Drummer, bassist and guitarist, he founds in 1997 the experimental Jazz Rock combo Maelstrom, and soon finds interest in working on sound montage on a Tascam mag-tape . Kevin also discovers the computer universe and starts to explore new possibilities for his music. A new world appears, a natural extension of the instrumental world, where Kevin can experiment new techniques and blend his creativity.

Kevin cuts, pastes, distorts notes, beats, waves, genres and effects. He explores, and as part of the Strasbourg's Sens Inverse Crew, starts
to play Live his own productions at parties in the east of France and in Germany. Recognized for the quality and versatility of his productions,
his style is impossible to label, or simply as the 'Helixir' style.

Master of programming, sound mixing, bass science and EQ, Kevin always surprises and never do the same thing twice. Just listen to his
four 12"s on 7even Recordings and you'll find different tempos, Dub, Breakbeat, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Indus and Techno flavours. Mala,
Untold, Mary Anne Hobbs, 2562, F, Ramadanman or Brendon Moeller support his music.

Kevin is exploring, and it's the only way of living music for Helixir.

With Undivided, HELIXIR takes us on board for this sonic exploration. A real and deep incursion only possible with a long player project.

This album is not a track compilation, this is a story, a musical trip, a vehicle to bring you somewhere else.

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LIKHAN', author of three sold out twelves on 7even Recordings including the first 'Terre / Uwill' release on the label and the classics 'Qumran' and 'Redlight', is back with 'Boxin' and 'Boston'.

Pioneer of bass music in France for almost 10 years now, his productions have always ignored borders and have been recognized for their melodic quality and musicality. Notably supported by Mala Digital Mystikz on his Dubstep productions, this true underground artist is constantly innovating in the studio.

For this release, LIKHAN' offers us two of his best Dub House / Dubbage cuts. Blending House and Garage flavours to massive basslines and Dub skanks, delays and echoes, 'Boxin' and 'Boston' are unique tracks, and as usual with LIKHAN', impossible to label.

The London players have already adopted them on their turntables: T.Williams and Don Morris from Deep Teknologi, DJ IC and Slackk are rinsing 'Boxin' and 'Boston' at their shows and on Rinse FM.

Melly Aka Dj Aprés Ski With Four Tracks Of Cerebral Club Music Only For The Headstrung. Highlights From Where To Now And Jheri Tracks Alumnus Include The Tripped-out Meandering Tease Of 'shrubbery' And The Space Bass Of 'mineral Water', Which Closes The 12' On A Locked Groove. Mastered By Someone's Dad Cut At Schnittstelle. Artwork By Mel Keane.

Raggatek sery from Astrofonik goes Picture Disk !

achim Nordwall marks 20 years of his iDEAL label with 'The Black Book', a blinding sweep of original material from JASSS, Stephen O'Malley, Ramleh, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Carlos Giffoni &
Prurient, Ectoplasm Girls, JH1.FS3, JS Aurelius, Autumns, John Duncan, and many more.The story of iDEAL starts out in London 1998, when Nordwall was living the hardscrabble life: working in an underwear shop near Liverpool Street station; living in a filthy Bayswater apartment; scoring industrial records from the Music and Video Exchange; getting drunk in cheap pubs, and dreaming of starting a new record label and platform. He called it iDEAL, and 180 releases, 20 years later, it has become an invaluable node for non-standard, wayward expressions of modern electronic noise in all its mutable variation.
iDEAL's success and longevity may well be down to the way that Nordwall treated it as a social and artistic home, offering a place where mutually exclusive styles could bed down away from the
mainstream or the genre police, and feed into a much larger, work-in-progress definition of fringe music. 'The Black Book' extends, in the spirit of the label, an idealised compilation of disparate possibilities connected by a sense of musical mystery and chaotic energy.
To focus on just a few highlights, the ever unpredictable JASSS makes a notable inclusion with the serene vignette of LP opener, 'Parental Youth', while Jim O'Rourke unfurls 17 minutes of gloaming post-industrial drone with 'In Regards'. Label friend Jonathan Uliel Saldanha contributes the tense, searching horns of 'Siren Frontier', and Ectoplasm Girls cook up the grim, thrumming electronics of 'Neuropean'. John Duncan parses the airwaves to find the curdling organism of 'Shortwave6', and Frederikke Hoffmeier (Puce Mary) and Jesse Sanes seduce with the narcotic drone-pop of 'At The Bottom Of The Night' as JH1.FS3, alongside a powerful rhythmic oddity from Stephen O'Malley,
a stark death rattle from Trepaneringsritualen as Týr × Reið × Vend with 'nd þau né átto, óð þau né hfðo', and Norn Iron's Autumns 'Lose It' on a mucky acid 'floor swille.

Long live iDEAL!

Ring-a-ding-ding. Phone Traxxx Coming Through With The Finest Polyphonic Ringtones And Ukg. Strictly For Citizens Of The Syncopation Nation - These Beats Swing Harder Than Your Parents On Holiday.

Noise To Meet You, Spanish label of recent creation, was born with the intention of offering the most personal sensitivity of electronic music.

In this first reference, we can find a complete selection of Electro tracks in which artists of the stature of Synth Alien or ElectroBerlin, seconded by new talents as Module 3F, Vronsky, Astro Quake or Ticco Ross, show its best version to welcome a project that promises musical joys to those who are real lovers of the genre.

Boomkat Editions is honoured to present a first vinyl edition of Akira Rabelais' sophomore album, 'Eisoptrophobia' a spellbinding, uniquely decayed rendering of solo piano pieces by Erik Satie and Bela Bartók. The 2001 release forms a poetic farewell to the
20th century and a bittersweet embrace of new technological possibility. It's required listening for lovers of The Caretaker's haunted ballroom elegies, Stephan Mathieu's electro-acoustic microphony, or indeed the original, classical pieces.
First released in 2001 on CD by Ritornell, a sub-label of Mille Plateaux, 'Eisoptrophobia' is an early iteration of Akira applying his Argeïphontes Lyre software to classical music, and opening a fascinating schism between the original object and his modern, subjective perspective in the process. This process would also generate rarified and haunting results on Akira's 'Spellewauerynsherde' (2004) CD, which was coincidentally issued on vinyl by Boomkat Editions for the first time in 2017.
The original piano recordings of Satie and Bartók pieces were made at Wave Equation Studios in Hollywood, California, and subsequently transformed with Argeïphontes Lyre, Adobe After Effects, SoundHack, Peak, and Pro Tools with beautifully elusive results.
The recognisable melodies here ring out in myriad new ways, sometimes fractured and indented by patinas of crackle that echo the original contours, while, at other times, they're smudged into mind-bending obfuscation or spectral, timbral thizz. They have
the uncanny capacity to resemble exhumed artefacts, dug up after decades of decay, and riddled with potently psychedelic mycelium ready to spore on the listener's mind.
In its unique process and disjointed effect, 'eisoptrophobia' is arguably an album without precedent, and one that never ceases to yield anything less than a deeply reflective, perhaps even transformative experience with keener ears.

a1 | Notturno
a2 | Troisième Gnossienne
a3 | Aphorisming, Second
a4 | Rhythme Bulgare
a5 | Aposiopesis
a6 | En Y Regardant À Deux Fois
b1 | Gymnopedie No. 1
b2 | Gymnopedie No. 2
b3 | Gymnopedie No. 3
b4 | M2s Broken & Together
b5 | Berceuse
b6 | Bociumeana
c1 | Cinquième Gnossienne
c2 | Première Gnossienne
c3 | Aphorisming, First
c4 | Notturno (Lovely)
d1 | Quatrième Gnossienne
d2 | Aphorisming, Third
d3 | À L'Orientale
d4 | Impromptu In Second Person
d5 | m2s M7s (Fragmented)
d6 | Pe Loc
d7 | Sarabande No. 2

Limited to 150 hand numbered copies with screen printed artwork! This is what happened when Keimpe Koldijk (one half of Bebe Fang) and Wouter Venema (musician and visual artist) locked themselves up during the summer 2011 in a 14th century church in the village of Blessum. This Frisian village, in the northern part of Holland, consists of less then 100 inhabitants. In this tranquil and withdrawn environment the musicians recorded their improvisations on the church organ (which is the second oldest in Europe) accompanied with subtle electronics and a few other instruments. The result is a stunning experience of free spirited music. Meditative soundscapes, lo-fi ambient music and drones including accidental recorded sounds of the surroundings during the sessions.

More than a great Release!

Brian's pioneering Ambient album from 1975 has been Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London and is now presented in a gatefold sleeve on 2 heavy weight albums which are played at 45rpm for a superior listening experience. Now housed in a gatefold sleeve with an Obi and Abbey Road Certificate. Contains a Download Voucher.

Brian's pioneering Ambient album from 1978 has been Half Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London and is now presented in a gatefold sleeve on 2 heavy weight albums which are played at 45rpm for a superior listening experience. Now housed in a gatefold sleeve with an Obi and Abbey Road Certificate. Contains a Download Voucher.

The demons of night are out again: Seoul's one-stop shop creative collective Byul.org returns this fall with its third international album, entitled Nobody's Gold, out via Alien Transistor (worldwide) and the group's own Club Bidanbaem imprint (South Korea). Comprising 14 new songs, it's a dizzying, haunting affair that channels the group's manifold influences and references points (from post-punk to Stockhausen and back via club culture) and yet sounds intriguingly coherent.

Moving in and out of the shadows, Nobody's Gold breaks forth as pure sonic landscape - a universe of its own, folding and unfolding into both more experimental patterns, yet also with occasional hooks and dark catchy structures, gracious build-ups flickering among the hazy roar and thunder. After the screak and squeal of 'Lamb with a Wolf Mask,' the foreboding sounds of 'The Museum of The Two of Us' segue into a synthesized party tune about a missing friend being chased by police ('Nari Yuko Yin'), one of several vocal tracks with a sinister edge. Taking things up another notch, 'Friendly Enemies' is probably the closest this group will ever get to creating a stadium-ready anthem. On the other end of the spectrum, 'The Place Where Designers Go To Die' is a magnificent void with an immense and irresistible undertow...

Never too jolly (not even while 'Day Drinking at a Seaside Town' or during takeoff via epic pop tune 'Bats We Are'), Nobody's Gold compiles soundscapes with a very tangible, corporeal presence - iridescent sonic sculptures placed in unlikely settings (e.g. outer space, see: 'Dirty Dirtiness'), born at the fringes where night blends into day and vice versa.

Inspired by everyday life, half-remembered drug/club experiences, Pascal Quignard's disturbing La haine de la musique, Stockhausen and Bill Evans, the new LP sees the collective remain true to its DIY foundations while repeatedly questioning our listening habits and 'the exaggerated love for the concept of love,' as they put it.

Founded around the dawn of the millennium as a group of poetry-loving friends who'd occasionally meet for drinks, Byul.org has long become an extremely prolific and versatile collective within Seoul's scene: Main song-writer TaeSang Cho and his mates Yu Hur, Jowall, YunYi Yi, SuhnJoo YI, HyunJung Suh, and SoYoon Hwang went from publishing to recording, from releasing tunes to design, art direction and more. Although their list of clients includes Atelier Herme`s and the Venice Biennale (they did the Korean Pavilion twice), the group still remains a drinking circle of close friends at its core: Pals who simply like to create and carouse and dream and live and perform and play tunes together.

Mu¨stesna is an Istanbul based independent record label founded in 2018 with an aim to reveal and re-evaluate the underrated sounds which was either forgotten, or not yet discovered.

Their first release comes with a selection of tracks recorded between 1995-2006 by Etnik Sentetik, the infamous electro synth-pop band from Istanbul. This 8 track LP offers a dark journey of uncanny sounds, fostered by 90's influenced raw electro-acid beats and eerie vocals.

Earlier this decade, when Óscar Silva chose his alias Jibóia, he was already thinking of the variations his music would take on in each record. Jibóia is Portuguese for Boa constrictor and at his fourth record we got used to his instincts and ability to change over his sound and search for different collaborators to reach his intentions. After collaborating with the likes of Makoto Yagyu, Sequin, Xinobi, Ricardo Martins and Jonathan Saldanha in his previous records, in OOOO he goes deep into interconnecting his music with other musicians/past collaborators.

Joined by Ricardo Martins (Lobster, Pop Dell'Arte, BRUXAS/COBRAS, among other projects) and Mestre André (aka O Morto, Alacrau and Notwan), Óscar intended to create a record that sounded like Jibóia with the direct collaboration of the musicians that accepted the invitation. And what does it mean to sound like Jibóia A fluent and rich dialogue between outer-world sounds mixed with a free jazz approach to rock, living in the limbo between what is fiction and reality. Meaning, it's music that's doing soul searching without any space or time barriers.

It flows as it should and in OOOO it's no different. Inspired by the philosophy of Pythagoras and his concept Musica Universalis, that speaks about an inter spatial harmony created by the movement of the planets and the sound frequency it creates. It's a poetic theory that imagines the sound produced by the movement of the planets and what we can listen to when we listen to the universe. The first three tracks are a reference to those frequencies and the last one, Topos, references an idea of accomplishment, of arrival and the sum of the experience.

Synth Wave Duo MängelExemplar from Düsseldorf creates analogue and melodic New Wave Sound in an early 80's style.

NormCore emotions from two Bristol lovers and Dreamers that involves the deliberate choice of unremarkable or unfashionable casual electronic music. Odd Shy Guy & Rose Again after several Mango Juices..

Emile Facey (Plant43) has been at the forefront of electronic for more than twelve years. During that time the British producer has released on a host of seminal labels, expanding his style and sound in new directions. Although Plant43 is typically classified as a purveyor of electro, behind those driving rhythms and steely percussion a tenderness has always been present, an emotion expressed in lilting melodies and complex harmonies. It is these melodies and harmonies that come into focus on Plant43's debut ambient album. On "From Deep Streams" is a rich and textured tapestry of synth work, a soundtrack that organically unfurls from nightime woodland walks and city stargazing to mindful solitude. The eight tracks offer the listener a calming journey into stillness, an excursion through gentle audio currents and a moment to pause and take in an inspiring vista of sound. Recorded over the space of 3 months, this album gives the quiet, the subtle and the sometimes underappreciated centre stage whilst casting light on yet another side of Emile Facey's ever-evolving music.

The new album by respected underground figure, composer and producer Ricardo Donoso "Calibrate" proffers the highest of fidelity, with blockbuster sci-fi levels of production value and bombast. Donoso channels sonic spirits across fluro pointillism, futuristic industrial tribalism and more serene moments of synthetic reflection