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DOUBLE BIRTHDAY RELEASE !! KARLRECORDS celebrates its 10th birthday, ZEITKRATZER even its 20th! And the party starts with the necessary re-interpretations of early compositions by electronic pioneers KRAFTWERK. CD on ZEITKRATZER PRODUCTIONS, 180gr LP on KARLRECORDS.

Founded in 1997 by REINHOLD FRIEDL, ZEITKRATZER have since been creating an impressive catalogue of recordings that embraces 20thcentury avant-garde composers (CAGE, STOCKHAUSEN, LUCIER) as well as electronic artists (CARSTEN NICOLAI, TERRE THAEMLITZ) or underground experimentalists like THROBBING GRISTLE or COLUMN ONE. In their 20thanniversary year, the critically acclaimed ensemble will release a series of diverse albums that will explore new grounds in the typical, adventurous zeitkratzer way - the first of these albums is dedicated to KRAFTWERK and their early, kraut-esque albums "Kraftwerk" and "Kraftwerk 2". As KRAFTWERK never re-released these albums, ZEITKRATZER gave its best to cover the first tranche of the songs (second tranche to come...,).

Recorded in Marseille / France in May 2016, the six tracks reveal a bucolic and even psychedelic aspect of the ensemble that's mostly known (or feared) for its interpretatory and aesthetic acerbity. And yet there's no doubt that "Songs From The Albums "Kraftwerk" And "Kraftwerk 2" turned out a true ZEITKRATZER recording in the best and full meaning!

zeitkratzer directed by Reinhold Friedl

The Invisible have made their best album yet, in a career already garlanded with critical praise.
Latest single 'Life's Dancers' comes replete with a remix by man of the moment and close collaborator Floating Points.
Backed with the brooding synth-pop of brand new B-side 'First Time', also co-written by Floating Points, this is the sound of one of the UK's best bands at the pinnacle of their form.
180g heavyweight black 12' vinyl in 3mm spined sleeve.

Bring Back Records is a new vinyl only label dedicated for the all jungle/breakbeat hardcore lovers. First release will give you a fresh moods with oldskool flava! The music what we love and proudly want to show you. It's a single sided plate: A1 - 94-95 style oldskool jungle on 45 rpm. Vibes for the raiders, who's everyday digging and searching through the jungle music artifacts on vinyl in this crazy digital world. A2 is a pleasant bonus with dj tools for turntablists.

Having established himself through a consistent stream of quality releases for Uncanny Valley and the immaculate collection of Rat Life, Credit 00 - real name Alexander Dorn - bring sthe heat on NYH81. These are recordings taken from his old apartment, and feature a heavy dose of reference to classic Gertronica. From Can to Kraftwerk to Neu! to (now) Munich's Dopplereffect, this is some really nifty classic electro.

After his acclaimed Heatwave and Shadows mixtapes, Leonce releases Insurgency on Fade to Mind, the first official EP from the young Atlanta-based producer. Insurgency was born from demos and sketches first recorded in 2014-2015, inspired by Leonce's favorite elements of house music and his desire to recraft these influences into his own club microverse.

In Leonce's words: 'If house is a feeling, then Insurgency is me subverting that feeling across different tempo ranges and going into weirder and darker territory, like the classic raw house tracks that inspired me.'

Created as both a tribute to classical house and a critique of contemporary assembly-line dance music, the 9-track LP lovingly defies convention at every turn. Opting for deep shuffles and hypnotic progressions, his drumwork is allowed to breathe in this deeply personal spectrum, with carefully sequenced percussion and haunting melodic work. The digital version includes a bonus beats club mix of Snakes, with two additional tracks from Shadows included in the LP.

Like many of his peers working in and amongst QPOC club architecture, Leonce takes personal and direct inspiration from resistance movements in contemporary America. His tracks reflect his own resistance, first weaponized for his own DJ use. There is a natural darkness to them, speaking to struggles in his own life and the constant violence against POC and queer americans. Insurgency is an artifact of symbolic black rebellion, and a sign of what's still to come for Leonce's productions.

The legendary Rewind Records has returned with a new 12" from the one known as Lord Of The D.

Limited 300 copies. 'Neumond' - 7 inch representing sound researches by Pavel Milyakov, also known as Buttechno

"Neumond" -- 7 inch representing sound researches by Pavel Milyakov, also known as Buttechno"

Composed and recorded by Pavel Milyakov
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Label artwork by Ed Emshwiller
(from the movie "Sunstone" 1979)

Basement Records subsidary label Homegrown Records released a string of Anthems back in the day, these 16 tracks set the Rave Scene alight back in 1993, all of these tunes were played by the top DJs of the time including Top Buzz, Mickey Finn, Ratty, Tango, Swan-e, Phantasy, Kenny Ken, DJ SS, Seduction, Slipmatt, Stu Allan and Keith Suckling to name but a few.

All of these releases are now extremley sought after by the old skool vinyl collectors and most are commanding high prices, for the first time the tunes are now available on CD & Digital Release as well as two triple pack Vinyl Sets for the lovers of Vinyl.

Basement Records subsidary label Homegrown Records released a string of Anthems back in the day, these 16 tracks set the Rave Scene alight back in 1993, all of these tunes were played by the top DJs of the time including Top Buzz, Mickey Finn, Ratty, Tango, Swan-e, Phantasy, Kenny Ken, DJ SS, Seduction, Slipmatt, Stu Allan and Keith Suckling to name but a few.

All of these releases are now extremley sought after by the old skool vinyl collectors and most are commanding high prices, for the first time the tunes are now available on CD & Digital Release as well as two triple pack Vinyl Sets for the lovers of Vinyl.

2x12"

Existing at the very forefront of electronic music with his intricate production style and experimental sound design, Viper Recordings' own InsideInfo has continued to leave a lasting impression on the Drum & Bass music scene since his first Viper release back in 2008.
Now bringing together a mind-blowing amalgamation of genres, sounds and vocal talent from all ends of the spectrum, InsideInfo gears up to release his hotly-anticipated debut album on Viper Recordings; the self-titled 'InsideInfo' LP.
'InsideInfo' is more than just a Drum and Bass album. Left of centre, classy, and set to brush shoulders with some of the most expertly crafted electronic LP's of recent years, this LP shows us that the talented producer is at the top of his game.
Lending their vocal talents to the album, artists from a diverse selection of backgrounds, including Bleed From Within's Scott Kennedy ('Revenants'), talented electronic vocalist Fable ('Glimpse'), MC and 'Hench Recordings' frontman Jakes ('Renegade') and one of the industry's most favoured singers Tasha Baxter ('Time Will Tell'). Fans will also recognise singer, rapper and MC Miss Trouble featuring on the 2016 hit 'Revolution'.
In true InsideInfo style, 'Navigator', 'Conformity' and 'Spychase' bring some serious bass power, while tracks such as 'Creepy' and 'Lost You' keep up the astounding level of variety throughout; from techy up-tempo bangers to moody rollers. Another highlight is the eclectic 'Num Num' where InsideInfo battles against world renowned tabla musician Aref Durvesh, who has worked with the likes of: Sting, Beck, Jose Stone, and Nitin Sawhney. Spanning a diverse spectrum of sound like never heard before, InsideInfo brings us an LP which signifies the very driving force behind the evolution of modern Drum & Bass music.

undreds of releases and countless live performances littered the path that lead to 2012's Modern Jester, artist Aaron Dilloway's last major artistic statement as a solo artist and one his most well received documents since leaving Wolf Eyes, the prolific noise troupe that Dilloway co-founded in the late 90's with musician Nate Young. Within these pieces, we find a surreal treasure hunt that helps guide us through Dilloway's obsessions, neurosis and influences while also developing a splintered maturity of someone with great complexity stumbling through a well thought out, yet totally unplanned 'long game' of an artistic career. Since then, Dilloway has been busy collaborating with the likes of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Jason Lescalleet, releasing various short form sketches and running his retail outpost, Hanson Records, while slowly working on his next major album, The Gag File.

Introducing itself with the cover image of a posed dummy ready for his yearbook portraiture, The Gag File pick up right where Modern Jester left off; its identity is directly tied to an absurdly uncomfortable head shot that stays permanently fixed in the listener's mind whenever the album is summoned. The opening track, 'Ghost', sets the heartbeat for the record. A rogue pulse that becomes lost in a disjointed, trapdoor loop but becomes even more unorthodox as Dilloway introduces himself through parable of jumbled, confused vocals and phrasing. Past this point, nothing in this record is typical or expected.

Sudden, crude cuts from one piece to another and psychotic jumps in fidelity make one rethink the ideas of confusion and desperation as something more abstract rather than visceral. 'Karaoke with Cal' and 'It's Not Alright' have an intoxicated sense of depression, taking in the world's problems and regurgitating them back in hopes of finding some enjoyment. That enjoyment seems to be found in the non-music aspect of side B's long form party field recording, that loops in on itself making sure you never really know when the party begins or ends, regardless of one partygoers claim.

Nods to Dilloway's recent live performances have been unusually captured as the song 'Inhuman Form Reflected' doubles as a sound portrait of the artist's internal struggle with hysteria, but suddenly breaks away from a recorded song into an accidental segue way of someone on the edge. Most hallmarks of Dilloway's signature are seemingly here but not firmly imprinted into the recording. Instead, Dilloway used his methods of vocal manipulation and frenzied reference to tell a completely foreign narrative, one that subjects himself to naked uncertainty, audible anxiety and discourse.

For Fans Of...Wolf Eyes, Nurse With Wound, The Residents, Pete Swanson, Ghédalia Tazartès, Bruce Haack

* For the first release on the Wysing Polyphonic label three-piece Ectopia have created a suite of seven new works in which intricate cello and screeching and spoken word vocals are carried along on a wave of dark electronica, taking the listener on a journey into sad acid house, scratched DVDs, lipstick clogged with rolling tobacco and hangovers with absent lovers.

* Ectopia are Adam Christensen, Jack Brennan and Viki Steiri. Previous works have included sound-tracking Jack Smith's experimental film Normal Love (1963) and Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). They recently played a sell-out show at London's ICA in a Wysing Polyphonic showcase that also featured xname, SIREN and N-Prolenta who made their UK live debut.

* Wysing Polyphonic has emerged from the Wysing Polyphonic music festival, now in its 8th year, which has programmed the likes of Beatric Dillon, Elaine Mitchener, Hannah Sawtell, Helena Hauff, Holly Herndon, James Holden, Karen Gwyer, Klara Lewis, Nik Colk Void and Russell Haswell, amongst many others, play at the Cambridgeshire centre.

Ruins, monuments, and ancient sites of worship are multi-sensory experiences - at once residues of the sacred, the parchment on which the passage of time has been inscribed and templates for imaginative reconstruction, spaces in which to invest and immerse, to trade your bearings for an inexhaustible state of transition.

Over the course of three albums, Steve Von Till has, under the guise of Harvestman, provided the sonic analogue, casting his net for what might have been and yet still be. Both a personal meditation and a tuning fork for the most ancient and enduring of resonances, his latest album, Music For Megaliths, further expands his journeys along the sonic ley lines that run between folk, drone, psychedelia, the 'kosmische' outposts of krautrock and noise: not as an act of eclecticism, but of divination, giving voice to an underlying continuity that binds them all.

Recorded over a period of several years in the dawn hours of creation, Music For Megaliths is an aggregation of moments and recordings that have allowed themselves to spell out a greater whole. Utilizing repetition, manipulation and modulation, it's a hallowed frequency dial that ranges across the pulse-regulated drone of The Forest Is Our Temple, revving up like a generator powered by arcane currents, the blissful gaze of Ring Of Sentinels, Sundown's ominous waves of interference and White Horse's rite of dissolution and regeneration, nomadic and devout. Music For Megaliths is a crossing over, whose multiple routes are testament to a singular and sensuously dilated vision.

Artwork hand painted by Thomas Hooper

Ruins, monuments, and ancient sites of worship are multi-sensory experiences - at once residues of the sacred, the parchment on which the passage of time has been inscribed and templates for imaginative reconstruction, spaces in which to invest and immerse, to trade your bearings for an inexhaustible state of transition.

Over the course of three albums, Steve Von Till has, under the guise of Harvestman, provided the sonic analogue, casting his net for what might have been and yet still be. Both a personal meditation and a tuning fork for the most ancient and enduring of resonances, his latest album, Music For Megaliths, further expands his journeys along the sonic ley lines that run between folk, drone, psychedelia, the 'kosmische' outposts of krautrock and noise: not as an act of eclecticism, but of divination, giving voice to an underlying continuity that binds them all.

Recorded over a period of several years in the dawn hours of creation, Music For Megaliths is an aggregation of moments and recordings that have allowed themselves to spell out a greater whole. Utilizing repetition, manipulation and modulation, it's a hallowed frequency dial that ranges across the pulse-regulated drone of The Forest Is Our Temple, revving up like a generator powered by arcane currents, the blissful gaze of Ring Of Sentinels, Sundown's ominous waves of interference and White Horse's rite of dissolution and regeneration, nomadic and devout. Music For Megaliths is a crossing over, whose multiple routes are testament to a singular and sensuously dilated vision.

Artwork hand painted by Thomas Hooper

UNKNOT is the duo consisting of producer/dj Sciahri and composer/audiohead Emanuele Porcinai. UNKNOT01 is the first release on the duo's self-titled label. The music is derived from recordings of jam sessions taken on a semi-modular set-up and later contextualized, through arrangement, within a dancefloor-oriented framework.

The core of UNKNOT's sound is strictly bound both to Sciahri's solid techno background and to the mutable character of Emanuele's electroacoustic productions. The dialogue between such distant practices and approaches, brought to an extremely restrained setup, is what defines UNKNOT's musical identity.

UNKNOT01 is a stark, angular swarm of sounds, shaped within very structured yet experimental arrangements. Each track delivers propulsive, cryptic and poignant melodies disguised in the harsh and outright aggressive rhythmical patterns.

Manchester native Earl Grey makes his debut appearance with this double A side on Inperspective Records Dark, brooding and complex, Karmic Sprain is an eery and crisp network of free beats and cognitive chords interspersed with otherworldly effects and samples. On the flip, Dorsiflexion with rolling drums, drifting synths and stuttering vibes, this track muses on climates of mystifying warmth and spectral clarity. This is the 2nd of the 'Teddy Bear' Picture Disc Series with Original photography and design by Simon Van Stipriaan.

Earl Grey's debut release on Inperspective demonstrates his skillful musicianship, masterful breakbeat technicality and delicate production. With styles flipping between drum and bass and jazz, leaving an enticing atmosphere that is impossible to draw away from.

Gato Preto's debut album - Tempo' contains everything, what is exciting about the international club-culture: rockin Favela-Funk from Rio, roaring township-grooves from South Africa and Angola's technoid electro-hybrid Kuduro. Sound creator & Gato Preto producer Lee Bass creates the basis for Femcee Gato Misteriosa and her portugese power-punchlines.No matter if in some hip electro-shed of Paris, at Zakk in Duesseldorf or on an international stage at the "Nyege Nyege"-festival located on the river Nil in Uganda - as soon as the - black cat', Gato Preto in english, comes along there is no escape.Equiped with digital effect-devices and synthesizers, supported by african drummers and dancers, Gato Preto fascinate their crowd from the beginning til the end and convince everybody around that global bass-power and progressive grooves out of the world's metropolises are un-stoppable.














- Tempo' can be seen as an invitation to escort both global-bass-travellers on an imaginary time travel into the past and to join them finding and exploring their african roots.
All songs on the album - Tempo' are composed as a 12-piece audio adventure of producer Lee Bass and Femcee Gato Misteriosa. Each song has its own story. Starting with - Moçambique' dealing with the bloody colonial history of the country. - Dia D' already has become a global dancefloor hymn and is an hommage to the track record of african pop music during the last couple of years. "Polícia' is a collaboration with Ghana-rooted rapper Delasi and critizes worldwide police violence. "Barulho" is Favela Punk and was written with global bass buddy Edu K from Brasil. The song "Pirão' searches for long forgotten traditions, cook recipies and african art of healing, interpretes those components in a modern way.
In the end Gato Preto manage the time travel - back to the future'. As open and self-confident Afro-Europeans they come back from the past to forcast new trends at the global pop sky.

The very first release from the parisian HBT. The co-founder of the french record label DEMENT3D took inspiration into ambient and techno music.

PRSPCT's new hardcore orientated imprint's third release! I:gor takes you to the core and leaves you begging for mercy.

We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records is delighted to announce the release of Nino Nardini's experimental/musique concrète/sci-fi masterpiece MUSIQUE POUR LE FUTUR, available for the first time since 1970 and housed in a phosphorescent glow-in-the-dark heavy cardboard sleeve from...the future!



Originally recorded for Crea Sound Ltd, a sub-label of Louis Delacour's Neuilly imprint, MUSIQUE POUR LE FUTUR finds French composer, arranger, producer, possible time traveler, and all around music library legend Nino Nardini experimenting with synthesizers, percussions, prepared piano, echo, and special effects. Fans of electronic oddities, eerie cinematic audio-landscapes, Piero Umiliani or Bernard Parmegiani will rejoice at this full-length musical adventure that could very well be the soundtrack for a film in which characters from a 70s Italian horror movie visit a distant (forbidden) planet from a 50s sci-movie. It's bizarre, hypnotizing, slightly spooky, always out-of-this-world and goddamn BRILLIANT!



Nino Nardini, also known as Georges Teperino, had a very fruitful career in library music, much like longtime collaborator Roger Roger. He composed a very large amount of works for French and British libraries which continues to be featured in numerous programs (radio, tv, films) all around the world. His passion for electronic music experimentations began in the late 60s and kept going till the 80s.



Points of interests



- For fans of musique concrète, library music, early electronic, cosmic oddities, movie soundtracks, forbidden planets, synthesizers, Bernard Parmegiani, and Bruno Spoerri.



- Nino Nardini's masterpiece MUSIQUE POUR LE FUTUR LP available for the first time on vinyl since 1970 - housed in phosphorescent glow-in-the-dark heavy cardboard sleeve.



- 13th release from We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records (John Carpenter's Dark Star Soundtrack, Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass, Piero Umiliani's Tra Scienza e Fantascienza and Il Mondo Dei Romani...), label founded and curated by Olivier Ducret of Mental Groove (Miss Kittin, Brodinski, Kadebostany, Donato Dozzy...) and Stephan Armleder of Villa Magica Records (Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Christian Marclay, Stephan Eicher, John Armleder, Sylvie Fleury...)

LIMITED PRESSING - BLUE VINYL
* Luciano Nitri has been locked away working on his debut album for Horizons Music. The sampler is a glimpse of what is to come, with 3 shining vocal tracks, each have the power to be the lead track in their own right.

* 'Circles' is funk infused bassline, coupled with Lucy Kitchen's haunting vocal this track is the perfect tease and intro for the album.

* Visonobi takes no prisoners, with his heavyweight vocals laid on a sparse Nitri beat. 'Homage' is the calling card to throw some darkness on this single.

* The final track shows Nitri's liquid flex, soft vocals the track takes us on a journey, and yes this journey for Nitri has just begun. Circles the album is out soon!

'We wanted to have our album Outer Edges remixed by a lot of very different artists. When we made the album we went as far as we could within our own confines; exploring and stretching the outer edges. That's why we didn't do any collaborations on the album. With this remix package we asked a lot of very different artists to take that material beyond our edges, into their respective domains. We are really happy that they managed to take our music into completely different dimensions, with such exciting results!' - Noisia

Dutch electronic music trio, Noisia, have revealed the remixers for their forthcoming 'Outer Edges Remixes' album. Released on 7 April, the compilation brings together remixes of last summer's 'Outer Edges' studio album from the likes of Bassnectar, Ivy Lab, Machinedrum, Amon Tobin, Camo & Krooked, Mat Zo, Dyro, The Upbeats, Mefjus, and more.

Handpicked by Nik, Martijn, and Thijs, the artists range from across the electronic music spectrum, with many of the mixes taking the original versions outside of drum & bass entirely - something Noisia were keen to achieve with this project. Some tracks from 'Outer Edges Remixes' will be released individually via DSPs and streaming services towards 7 April, and Camo & Krooked's mix of 'The Entangled' is available now. Fans can pre-order an 'Outer Edges Remixes' bundle, including CD and 320 kbps MP3s versions of the album, and a limited edition t-shirt, via https://store.visionrecordings.nl/product/vsn029-bundle/

Noisia have had nothing short of an incredible 12 months. Last summer's 'Outer Edges' album became one of the standout artist releases of 2016, earning them 3 awards at the Drum and Bass Arena Awards (Best Producer, Best Album with 'Outer Edges' & best video with 'Mantra'), 'Best Album' at the UK Drum And Bass Awards, and contributed towards them receiving the Beatport award for 'Best-Selling Drum & Bass Artist'.

While Noisia have transcended their genre and grown into a phenomenon in their own right, drum & bass is at the core of Noisia's sound, but their visceral brand of electronic music has always ventured further, and the trio have continuously pushed boundaries through their own music and via collaborations with artists like Amon Tobin. This attitude extends outside of the studio and into the curation of the Noisia Invites events and their DJ shows, where they share stages with the likes of Skrillex, Andy C, Gaslamp Killer and Chase & Status.

Apollo are proud to present a stunning new project from NYC / Berlin based artists Soundwalk Collective AKA the trio of Stephan Crasneanscki, Simone Merli and Kamran Sadeghi.
Formed in Manhattan to produce concept albums, sound installations and live performances, they create immersive audio excursions from field recordings which they gather from all over the globe - previous works have seen them collaborate with Berghain, Nan Goldin, the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Patti Smith.

For 'Before Music There Is Blood' they have collaborated with the world's most prestigious music conservatories (the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (China), The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (Russia) and the Conservatorio di Musica S. Pietro A Majella in Napoli (Italy),
They entered the hallowed courtyards, corridors and classrooms of these three academies, recorded hundreds of hours of these elite students practicing and rehearsing to the highest standards of virtuosity.
'The piece questions what is music, composition, and ultimately what is harmony,' they explain. 'It is an attempt to capture notes out of their context - bleeding into each other through the walls, windows, courtyards and alleyway of the conservatory.'
These unexpected melodies are the result of an impromptu, anarchic musical composition of all instruments, where composers, centuries and civilisations are echoing each other in one acoustic space - ghostly fragments of conversation, skittering percussive stabs, burbling synthesis, oscillating swathes of droning strings and hushed, gauzy ambiance. Max Loderbauer supplies a stunning rework that lets the sunshine into the hallowed academic halls a percolating iridescent odyssey - A fitting return to Apollo Records for Max Loderbauer who produced a series of classics for the label in the nineties as half of Sun Electric.
To give Soundwalk Collective the last word on the topic 'Our microphones wondering through the architecture were the silent spectators of the music left behind.'

Floatin Slammin Balotelli Bazooks

Basement Phil setup the Basement Record Label in 1989 from his record shop
'The Record Basement' in Reading, and sister Labels Homegrown, 4 To The Floor, Basement House, Basement Classics, Nu Basement Records, Sound Of The Underground, Juicy Choons, Spotlight, Street Beats, Precious Material, Mystic Moods, Pivotal Entertainment, Pivotal Grooves, Pristine & Street Life.
* Distibution Companies
Vinyl Distribution 1991 - 1997 & Nu Urban Music (2000 - 2012)
* Phil recorded as a solo artist and also produced projects with Jack Smooth and recently Shadow Cartel. Phil released under the names Basement Phil, Jack n Phil, Mystic Moods, Beatmen and Darkstar.
* First of eight vinyl singles taken from the limited Basement Phil 'Past, Present and Future' boxset.

Clark verschnürt auf "Death Peak" die verschiedenen Stränge seines bisherigen Outputs, wenn er die euphorischen Melodien und Rhythmen der Warehouse-Raves mit neuen Gesangs- und Chor-Arrangements verknüpft. "Death Peak" legt somit das Spannungsfeld offen, auf dem Clarks musikalisches Vokabular basiert: "Ich liebe es einfach, diesen Wendepunkt zu finden zwischen zwei Gegensätzen - die Stelle, an der es kippt. Meine Tracks sollen scharfe Zähne haben, aber man soll sie trotzdem auch noch streicheln wollen. Sie klingen klassisch, uralt, aber scheinen aus der Zukunft hierher gebeamt zu sein, sanft und doch zerstörerisch."

"1979 follow-up to his Eclipse debut, Voyage Cerebral was the second effort by french synthetist Didier Bocquet. Like the first album, it was recorded on his own private studio and self-released, this time via legendary french custom label FVLM ("Faites Le Vous-Même", meaning "Do It Yourself"). Inspired by the first wave of german kosmische sound-travellers (Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream and the whole Berlin School spring inmediately to mind) but retaining that typical french urgency that places it close to Heldon / Pinhas, Lard Free or even Besombes / Rizet territory. In-your-face sequenced electronic music that sounds both spacy and violent at the same time whilst keeping a certain lo-fi, self produced vibe. Recommended to fans of all things kosmische' and synth music in general."

Detroit rooted techno and ambient 3 tracker from DLS, a new project from one that always stayed anonymous in his productions over 20 years.

Forrest James Ackerman was THE ultimate American science fiction expert. He was a magazine editor (the man behind Famous Monsters Of Filmland), a science fiction writer, a literary agent (he represented authors such as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury or L. Ron Hubbard, a.o.) and an avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia.

Frank Allison Coe was a famed sound effects editor in Hollywood. Films having benefited of his experience include Monsters Crash The Pajama Party, The Girl With The Hungry Eyes, The Agony Of Love, Barn Of The Dead, a.o. In addition, he also acted as a sound editor for many movies and even composed the soundtrack on some (Blood Shack, Lila, The Wizard Of Mars).

Joining forces together, Ackerman and Coe recorded Music For Robots in 1961. One side offers the electronic sound effects by Coe, on the other Ackerman narrates the stories getting into the spoken word genre, for the joy of fans of stuff like Andromeda Strain's soundtrack or Raymond Scott, Tom Dissevelt works.

Comes in ultra cool silver foil flipback sleeve in a limited edition of 300 copies only.

Pioneers of electronic experimentation in Venezuela, Musikautomatika is one of the best kept secrets in Latin America's experimental sound scene. They were formed in the late 70s by Luis Levin, Alvise Sacchi and Stefano Gramitto, and counted on the complicity of Mirella López and Gabriela Gamboa. They issued four albums (Musikautomatika -1983, Boston Tape - 1987, Kuba - 1987 y Frecuencias en peligro de extinción - 1993), which are nowadays highly sought after pieces among collectors from all over the world. Free improvisation and cosmic electronic music defines the path this collective of sonic travellers took.'

For fans of 60s-era INA-GRM concrète, electro-acoustic free-improv ensembles, Jean-Claude Eloy, Maurizio Bianchi and even the kind of melodies Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan explored on Song of the Second Moon.

1983s Musikautomatika is at last available again on a gorgeous limited edition that features a booklet with plenty of photos and text written by Luis Levin plus an interview with the band made by Luis Alvarado (Cazar Truenos blogzine / BUH Records).

Mannequin Records is proud to present an archival collection from the what could be considered the genesis of Orphx's unique sound. Inspired by early industrial music and new waves of noise from Japan and Europe, the compilation is gathers together some of the best material from their first two cassette releases along with previously unreleased tracks recovered from the original 4 track tapes. TIP!

"Inhabiting this grey area between late psych efforts and early PINA (private issue new age), 1977's Pythagoron TM is an electronic oddity originally marketed as some sort of musical narcotic ( a new invention that gets you high with sound' original ads read) sold via magazines like High Times.

Shrouded by it's corporate-like design are two enigmatic side long suites of droning electronics which evoke similar autistic synth experiences like early Conrad Schnitzler, Lorq Damon, Udder Milk Decay or the whole Pascal / Narco Records output whilst recalling also more articulate efforts such as Steve Reich's early opus, Charlemagne Palestine's sinewave experiments or Eliane Radigue's synthetic bliss.

A truly bizarre artifact which was apparently the brainchild of NYC's early media art collective USCO (The Company Of Us) which already pionered inmersive sound/light environments fusing mysticism and state-of-the-art technology back in the 60's. Intriguing period piece."

Raül G. Pratginestós (Fauni Gena)

Comes in original artwork printed on silver cover in a limited edition of 500 copies only.

2 track 12"release from Silas & Snare, on new label Kaizen. Mastered At Metropolis

Graceful compositions flow throughout. Steve Hauschildt's fourth release for kranky following his Where All Is Fled full length from late summer 2015.

The songs fluctuate from the serene calm of album opener Horizon of Appearances, to the pulsing hypnosis of Ketracel, and on to searing grandeur of album closer Die in Fascination, Throughout, Steve remains restrained and in complete control of his sound.

Strands is a song cycle that is about cosmogony and creation/destruction myths. The title alludes
to the structural constitution of ropes as I wanted to approach the compositions so that they consisted of strands and fibers which form a unified whole. This was so the songs could have the appearance of
being either taut or slack without being fundamentally locked to a grid. So the sounds/tones have a
certain malleability to them and sound like they're bending through time. It's also grittier and more
distorted than my previous albums.

I wanted to try and capture that moment in nature and society where life slowly reemerges through desolation, so it has a layer of optimism looming underneath. The music represents this by seemingly decaying at times but then reforms and morphs in a fluid way back to its original state. I was also inspired by the movement of rivers, particularly their transformative aspect and how they're in a state of flux and change, in particular the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland where I live, which notoriously caught on fire thirteen times because of industrial pollution in the 1960s and before. I was very interested in the dichotomy of oil and water and the resulting, unnatural symptoms of human industry. It's a very personal record for me as it is a reflection of my hometown where I grew up and where it was mostly recorded.

The new year has already seen 3 or 4 killer Deep Distance releases, some of which have sold out -without exaggeration- in a single day. The first pressing of the fabulous new Sula Bassana LP Organ Accumulator' was one. Mainland Europe gobbling these up leaving next to none for UK stores, upon initial release in January. This repress addresses that omission and will no doubt go super quick also.
Organ Accumulator' sees a welcome return to the label for Germany's SULA BASSANA following 2015's epic Kosmonauts' double set- separated by last year's mighty Shipwrecked' full length on the bands' own Sulatron label.
Although Organ Accumulator' reveals a more relaxed side to previous output, SB still tread firmly within the revered kosmische ground of motorik grooves, ambient trance and pulsing electronics. An absolute must for all fans of Schulze, Tangerine Dream, Cluster, the Sky label and so on, not to mention latter day heroes -and previous label mates- like Panabrite, JD Emmanuel, Cosmic Ground, Expo 70 etc....
Sula Bassana is pretty much the solo outlet for Electric Moon & Zone Six's Dave Schmidt- who wrote, recorded and produced everything himself on synths, sequencers, portable keyboards, smaller organs and drum boxes etc. Lichtbuendel' was recorded almost exclusively on a Casiotone 403, via a fat effects board and guitar amp, whilst tracks like The Frogs' tips it's hat to the soundtrack work of John Carpenter and Nebelschwaden' perhaps does likewise for the early work of Vangelis...

Ambient power duo Anjou's sophomore statement continues in the vein of their 2014 debut, unfurling a full hour of mesmeric synthetic drift and veiled melodic undertow.

Comprised of Mark Nelson (of pioneering post-rock experimentalists Labradford and Pan·American) and Robert Donne (of Labradford, Aix Em Klemm, Cristal) , the group work largely in long-form suites of sound, alternately spacious and dense.

The new LP's six pieces embrace flux and ambiguity: drones swell and shudder, hushed currents of noise glitch and dissolve, atmospheres congeal and liquify. As with the participants' prior projects, Anjou evoke a shadowed, mysterious mood, variously melancholy and transcendent.

The album is an accumulation of craftsmanship and experience, blurred forms traced in light and fog.

REPRESSED !!
After 10 years of pushing the envelope of Bass music, Leeds based J.Sparrowlaunches his own record label "Navy Cut".
"Navy Cut" promises to explore new territory in Sound System music by focusing on quality releases by some of the worlds talented producers.
NC001 introduces a new project between Leo James (Ruckspin, Author, Submotion Orchestra) and Ed Gooden (Quark).
"Speak Back" the A side is very reminiscent of early "Rhythm and Sound" featuringShanee Pink on vocals.
The B side ventures into a more sound system style Steppas affair featuring moody guitar by Ed Gooden.
To finish off this debut release Egoless, one of Croatia's finest exports completely flips the A side with a lively remix.
Future releases by Navy Cut will feature music by J.Sparrow, Author, RWild and guests.

After a flurry of hugely successful guest releases on other labels over the past 12 months the Neosignal boss man returns to home turf with a single set to keep summer ravers performing double handed fist pumps high into the sky at festivals and club dance floors across the globe. Phace reinforces his trademark sound and delivers two brand new D&B belters hot off the press.

Get ready for 'So Excited' and flip side murky tech cruncher - 'Lit Up'

ZOS KIA was formed by John Gosling (MEKON), John Balance (COIL) and Min - with guest Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (THROBBING GRISTLE). Their one and only album, Transparent, was released August 23rd 1983 in a cassette only edition on the now defunct Nekrophile label, Austria. They were the first released recordings of both COIL and ZOS KIA. It was reissued years later by COIL (Threshold House / Eskaton) in an edited edition. The entire recordings are now released on CD/vinyl for the first time and are completely remastered from the unedited tapes. Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks by AKE (pre-ZOS KIA).
The music on Transparent is genuinely unsettling and disturbing, with a more primal Industrial feel than the Coil album which followed, 'Scatology'. An essential insight into the very early work of these extraordinary artists and an undeniable link between Coil and Throbbing Gristle.

ZOS KIA was formed by John Gosling (MEKON), John Balance (COIL) and Min - with guest Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (THROBBING GRISTLE). Their one and only album, Transparent, was released August 23rd 1983 in a cassette only edition on the now defunct Nekrophile label, Austria. They were the first released recordings of both COIL and ZOS KIA. It was reissued years later by COIL (Threshold House / Eskaton) in an edited edition. The entire recordings are now released on CD/vinyl for the first time and are completely remastered from the unedited tapes. Includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks by AKE (pre-ZOS KIA).
The music on Transparent is genuinely unsettling and disturbing, with a more primal Industrial feel than the Coil album which followed, 'Scatology'. An essential insight into the very early work of these extraordinary artists and an undeniable link between Coil and Throbbing Gristle.

Lost Archives Special Vinyl Part I/V 'The Rhythm' feature Yamaoka, Skudge, Museum, and Jasper wolff

"A CELEBRATION OF 5 YEARS INDIGO ÆRA"

Over the course of the past five years, Amsterdam based label Indigo Aera has evolved in to one of the most trustworthy and respected contemporary Detroit techno labels around.

Apart from new music that's mostly analog based and highly energetic, head honchos Maarten Mittendorff en Jasper Wolff decent to the vaults of early day, soul-searching techno regularly, digging up forgotten gems to re-issue them with modern quality standards. Esteemed artists like Stephen Brown, Skudge, Steve Rachmad, Antigone, Louis Haiman and Kirk DeGiorgio all contributed to Indigo Aera, and there's more to come.

The Lost Archives Special consists of unreleased tracks from absolute legends, to music that has never been released in a physical form before, to fresh compositions of techno's most talented contemporary artists.

Horse Follows Darkness is the second record by Delia Gonzalez, her follow up to the album In Remembrance'.

The title is taken from a werewolf genre film her 8 year old son Wolfgang had created. At this time, Wolfgang also turned Delia onto a genre of cinema she had always resisted - the American Western.

Delia explains that what she observed was all relevant - the album is based on our personal experience of moving back to America (from Berlin) and the journey that followed. The record is a manifestation of that, and what one creates for themselves under the given circumstances. Coming back to America, I felt like a foreigner and NYC / America felt like the Wild West. Most Westerns from the 1960s to the present have revisionist themes. Many were made by emerging major filmmakers who saw the Western as an opportunity to expand their criticism of American society and values into
a new genre.'

The narrative of the record is one of re-encountering the frontier mentality that shaped the country but somehow never faded. This time as a foreigner. The genre of the Western remains pertinent, many of the same stories of that brutally deromanticised era are still relevant today. America hasn't changed - the cast, times and settings have, but we still hold onto the same ideal.

Horse Follows Darkness is essentially a modern electronic soundtrack for the Revisionist Western. Even the idea for the record cover is inspired by one of the most well known modern Westerns, Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs Miller.

The album was recorded with Abe Seiferth at Transmitter Park studios, which Delia likens to going to the finest tailor'. Abe became an integral part of the recording, playing guitar and helping to suggest experimenting with different synthesizers, something Delia was keen to do. Delia refers to Abe as a magical and incredibly intuitive collaborator' regarding the sound of the record.

The music that emerged from these recording sessions combines a range of influences - from the compositions of Erik Satie to 'Salon De Musique', the solo piano record by Su Tissue (of the L.A. punk band Suburban Lawns). The record also took on a much different shape and sound with the introduction of the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, as well as a vintage Korg Poly synth and the Roland SH-101. The golden era Krautrock recordings of bands like Neu!, Cluster & Harmonia were touchstones as well, the repetition, swirling soundscapes and locked-in rhythm tracks.

Over the last few years, Jimmy Billingham has delivered all manner of intergalactic explorations under the HOLOVR alias, releasing via such labels as Opal Tapes, Firecracker and Further. Now he brings his unique brand of semi-improvised, melody-driven bliss to Happy Skull for the first their first release of 2017.

HOLOVR productions variously echo the timeless feel of vintage ambient, 90's intelligent techno and mind-altering electronica, whilst remaining a truly unique proposition. This mixture of influences, ideas and sounds can be heard across the two tracks that make up HAPSKL012.

A-side "Melody 4 Your Mind" is a pure endorphin rush: a densely textured pulp of deep space chords, pitched vocal samples and fractured, post electro rhythms. On the flip you'll find the more forthright "You Belong 2", an undulating, constantly mutating epic that alternates between glacial, otherworldly beauty and psychedelic intensity. This is emotive, melancholic music for bleak times.

Jean-Michel Blais' 2016 debut album 'Il' (released 2016) landed on Time Magazine's Top Ten Albums Of 2016, debuting at #1 in the Classical Billboard Chart (Canada) and long-listed for a Polaris Music Prize.
CFCF was recently profiled in The New York Times and nominated for a 2016 Grammy Award for his remix of Max Richter's 'Berlin by Overnight'.
CFCF production credits and official remixes include How To Dress Well, Max Richter, Health, Crystal Castles.
What they're saying about Jean-Michel Blais and CFCF:
(CFCF's) own records are stunningly variegated... His influences are both esoteric and familiar. (His arrangements are) not designed to add danceability and bombast, but arranged to coax out emotional qualities... (His) songs are both breezy and cinematic' - The New York Times
Jean-Michel Blais strings together stunning improvisations and composed pieces that harken back to Chopin, Satie, and modern minimalists like Harold Budd... The music breathes, and it invites you to take a moment and recognize there's still plenty of beauty left in the world.' - Time Magazine
CFCF transcends such influences and the tags associated with high and low art, and instead seeks a true synthesis of all those silky textures' - NPR
Simply put, (Jean-Michel Blais') 'Il' is a masterpiece.' - Exclaim
(Jean-Michel Blais' 'Il' is) a succinct collection of minimal piano compositions that runs the gamut of human emotions: hope, sadness, joy and fear' - Noisey
sparse, windswept... like all of CFCF's music, it is exquisite in its details' - Pitchfork

Based in California, Banana Stand Sound has been wrecking expectations and setting forth new musical streams consistently for two years now. Its discography is a diverse display of tribal stompers, melodic groove spectacles and everything in between, which excites the label's unarguably exquisite taste. Over the years they've gained steady advocacy from institutions such as FatKidOnFire and TRUSIK among others, as well as by a long list of highly esteemed DJ's and producers from the likes of J:Kenzo, Benga, Compa, Skream and Joe Nice. Undoubtedly true to their promise of delivering bass, the fifth instalment of their series is another stellar foray into uncharted territory of musical expression. Residing in the realms of global bass music, the imprint has released music originating from USA, Canada, Japan and lastly UK. As the catalogue number dictates, the record is featuring five producers, all aligned in their sense for pushing musical boundaries. The resulting lunacy deserves to be heard by connoisseurs around the world.

2015 liquid. Real music for real spaces.
Shouts 2 P. Santo

FAV004 is finally upon us and it comes courtesy of L.A based Cheyne Taylor Bush A.K.A Tetrad who has been on fire recently, fresh off the back of an inspired and well received ZamZam release last year. Here he is joined by brother Dillon Bush A.K.A Ahkur on opener "Ashes Fall", a seriously dark piece of music and possibly Tetrads heaviest production to date. An eerie intro with a haunting vocal sample drop into an assault of pure dubstep pressure which is sure to ignite dance floors the world over.
Flip side "Crumble" is a more stripped back affair with a nod to the classic sounds of dub with its delayed snares, skanks and FX. What really sets this tune apart though is the overwhelming power of the sub, with a weight-line so devastating it could crumble cities let alone the dance!Here brothers Tetrad and Ahkur have succeeded in providing an outstanding plate, absolutely brimming with sound system material in its purest form. Essential.

Wilkinson smashes down the barriers of Drum'n'Bass with 'Hypnotic', fusing the genre he grew up listening to with pop sensibilities that appeal to a global audience, whilst experimenting with different tempos and genres. Always keen to champion new rising talent, Wilkinson has teamed up with some of dance music's rising stars including Shannon Saunders, Matt Wills and Karen Harding and established talent in the form of Wretch 32. Hailed as one of the brightest stars in dance music, 'Hypnotic' follows Wilkinson's debut album Lazers Not Included.

LP price is due to it being a 4 piece vinyl in slip case box. limited to 1000 copies

stamped whitelabel in stamped die-cut cardboard cover, including no less then twenty locked groove loops

Cubicolor present their debut album - 'BRAINSUGAR' - to be released on Anjunadeep ("One of the hottest electronic labels in the world" - Hype Machine). Cubicolor have emerged as one of the most exciting acts to come through the European underground in recent times. Championed by Pete Tong as one of his artists to watch, praised by Mixmag, Spin, Clash, and DJ Mag, and supported by a host of heavyweight DJs, Cubicolor look set to break through with their anticipated debut LP.
The striking and alternative sound developed across a string of
acclaimed EPs on Anjunadeep and a remix for Howling (Âme's Frank Wiedemann & Ry X) on Monkeytown Records has found it's way into maby A List DJ sets including Sasha, George Fitzgerald, Kölsch and Joris Voorn Launched in 2014 with 2 members, Dutch producers Ariaan Olieroock and Peter Kriek, Cubicolor now welcome British vocalist and former Duologue frontman Tim Digby-Bell following much loved collabs. In his
time with Duologue, Tim produced, co-wrote and sang on tracks
acclaimed by the likes of The Guardian, NME, and The Line Of Best Fit. On 'Brainsugar' we hear an evolution in Cubicolor's sound across a host of diverse and infectious tracks. Beautiful songwriting with brilliantly cohesive clarity, echoing their influences, Radiohead, Massive Attack and Moderat to name a few. Tim's lyrical depth and haunting vocal style shine throughout.

FKA twigs re-issues her debut release, 'EP1'. Originally released in December 2012, the incredibly rare EP was previously only available as a (long sold out) limited edition vinyl release, accompanied by a video for each song created by FKA twigs and Grace Ladoja. 'EP1' was the start of FKA twigs' incredible journey as a musician and performer.
Since its release the London-based singer, songwriter, producer, director and dancer has produced a series of highly-acclaimed works, including the follow up 'EP2', her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album 'LP1', the five song 'M3LL155X' EP and accompanying film and the recently-premiered 'Soundtrack 7' and 'Baltimore Dance Project' films.
In addition, FKA twigs has directed, soundtracked and starred in campaigns for the likes of Google Glass and Calvin Klein.

We're back again with Russian Artist, Module One. At just 22 years-old he's already had a stack of releases including an ambient album on Detroit Underground. 'Hometown' was written in the depths of Russia in a place called Novocherkassk, whose industrial cityscapes made a great impact on the overall sound of the album. Most of the tracks were written in a few takes. Most notably, the track 'Innermost Self' is a dedication to Module One's grandma who passed away a short time ago. Due to a tragic sequence of events, he was unable to see her before she fell into a coma. The track is overloaded with tension and fear as well as stark anxiety. Vinyl tastes better...

Hailing from the Ruhr Area in Germany, the Homewreckers have a long history to look back on. Numerous projects have involved the three band members Johannes Ehmann, Gregor Pottmeier and Krischan Wesenberg in the past 20 years always meandering between the realms of Jazz, Blues, Soul, House and Techno. Between the profound bags of DJs and the shelves of audiophile heads. Their unique sound spans from deep dancefloor oriented electronic music to film soundtracks that, amongst others, underlined the infamous productions of the artist Harun Farocki. Confusion EP is an excerpt of their upcoming album 'Machine Kiss' that sums up six years of research and work and melts the influence of more than 25 years of knowledge onto one record.

remixed by Wadadda, Karl Marx Stadt, LXC & Alex Cerb- Metamorphosis - Kick The Flame - golded marbled 12"

The fourth release on Bjarki and Johnny Chrome Silver's bbbbbb Records, comes hot on the heels of the first. Two and three are limited run, vinyl only, hand stamped releases to be sought out from your local dealer.
Bjarki returns as Cucumb45 with the 5-track EP 'Something Weirdcore'. On the surface there are elements of jungle, breakbeat, techno and rave, but to say this spans genres would be an understatement - it defies them.
The title track instantly commands attention with breaks samples offset against indecipherable robotic groans and melancholic chords, but a sudden change of drum pattern shows this is more than a reprieve of known territory - it's a voyage away from the limits of tempo and genre.
This theme is explored throughout the EP by way of unnerving stripped back techno (Akureyri), electro with subtle inflections of dancehall (Comatack) and even a big beat/dub influenced jam (Music for Advertising). As Cucumb45 plays with genres as we know them, so he does with the emotional resonance of the release. Frequently switching from euphoric to anxious, each track is a testament to his incredible attention to detail. Simply put, this is music for those who hate to be labelled.

DJ Bone is Differ-Ent.

But then again, he always has been. A pioneer DJ and producer hailing from Detroit, whose technical skills are perhaps only equalled by the upper echelons of the city's most advanced techno trailblazers, he's nonetheless forged a path only of his own. Eschewing commercial expectations, scene pressures and anything other than his own exquisite taste, Bone has earned a vital, dedicated audience while remaining comfortably and individually underground.

Despite his stellar reputation, Bone's recent studio activities have steered him towards a new, altogether more personal direction. In late 2015, Differ-Ent's arrival on Don't Be Afraid with the 'Differ-Ent(Hrall)' EP paved the way for its follow-up, 'M.O.M.:' both were forceful slabs of psychedelic outsider techno, with the latter taking on a tangible emotional resonance as it honoured the memory of Bone's late mother. 'M.O.M.' quickly became one of the label's best celebrated and widely played releases. Bone, typically self-sufficient and known to turn down remixes for huge clubbing brands, was impressed by the Bristol label's honesty and persistence. As he continued to rock parties internationally, Bone set to work on an LP embracing his deeper, darker and more cerebral side.

Not that 'It's Good To Be Differ-Ent has found Bone veering away from the dancefloor. "It's like, the natural vibe for me is always going to be funky", admits Bone. "It's going to swing, it's going to have that element of soul. But the Differ-Ent vibe is almost angrier. Determined, perhaps is a better word. I would typically just go to the studio when I had an idea. To the point where I say, 'OK, I'm going to do something, I'm going to make it happen.' But the process for Differ-Ent...it's kinda methodical. It's borderline predictable. But the thing that makes it Different is that it could go any which way at any given time. And it can be harder edged usually, or it can go in a soundtrack direction."

Film plays a significant influence on the landscape of Differ-Ent, with the record's more melodic flourishes sometimes designed to evoke the doubtlessly imaginative chase sequences swimming around Bone's mind. If Bone's usual movements are 'Do The Right Thing', his Spike Lee joint, then in his own words, 'It's Good To Be Differ-Ent' is his tribute to Paul Verhoven's 'RoboCop'.

"The only way I think the album evolved differently was the electro stuff", recalls Bone. "I was excited about that. Because that was a different type of electro as well. It wasn't a normal, 80s funk kinda electro. It completely separates you. It's still for the dancefloor, but it's almost as if it shakes you to dance, rather than coaxes you."

'It's Good To Be Differ-Ent' certainly feels powerful, mastering a mix of Drexicyan tones and drums that align more with a newer wave of house and techno experimentalists. Many of these, from Hodge to Ø/Phase, have been an influence on Differ-Ent, all sharing what Bone describes as a unique affinity with "creepy shit." It's his thunderous, occasionally paranoid but overwhelmingly positive contribution to a forward thinking European scene he has come to relate to on a par with his native Detroit.

Much of ''It's Good To Be Differ-Ent' has been inspired by Bone's frustration. Frustration with the modern political system as well as the creative conservatism of his own scene. In the studio, he has created a unique riposte. But the commercial pressure Bone has always avoided is only growing stronger. Is it harder than ever to be truly different

"It's harder for the majority of people", observes Bone. "For me, it's really easy. I've been preparing myself for this for years."

this acr 3004 will be released in december 2015 through toolbox and suburbantrash, on black stamped whitelabel in stamped die-cut cardboard cover, including no less then eighteen locked groove loops

Antimatter's third release is a new project by F-on & Bule, dedicated to slow drone techno with field recordings and other 4x4 experiments.

Foreboding title, foreboding sounds. Berlin's redoubtable Oliver Deutschmann joins the Hotflush roster with "In The Moment of Death We Have No Regret'. 3 club-ready weapons, one blissed-out ambient cut. Do we really need to describe them in flowery prose No. Just listen and play. Loud.

2nd album by Russia's Pavel Dovgal on Berlin's Project: Mooncircle label after collabo EPs with Ta-Ku and Krts. Featuring L.A. rapper Blu, Starving Yet Full (ex-vocalist from Azari III) Mujuice, Graciela Maria and Mitia Dedoni!The Aura' and the belief in it can be found in almost all cultures in one form or another. Often signifying fields of energy and spirituality, an aura is a luminous radiational halo surrounding a person or object. It is said that all objects and all living things manifest such an aura. In other respects the aura has also been described as a map of the thoughts and feelings surrounding a person.Pieced together from sounds and samples from all over the globe, the album's aim is to charge listeners with harmony and a feeling of connectedness to the world. Reflecting on his own attitude towards life and the importance of inner balance, Pavel attempts to share some of the spiritual experiences he made while traveling.The lengthy process of creation included numerous reworks of each track and intensive listening sessions in order to keep the balance between the essential details and those that are redundant to the album's atmosphere.The album includes collaborations with old friends like Mujuice, Graciela Maria as well as some newly added artists - L.A. rapper BLU, Starving Yet Full - ex-vocalist from Azari III and Mitia Dedoni, who created the haunting album cover.The Aura' comes out worldwide on limited grey-marbled vinyl (including download code).

* Haunter Records' 2017 kicks off with two new displays of aural expansion by longtime members of the Milan-based crew. Twin singles from Weightausend and Petit Singe that also mark the label's first ventures into 7" format. Through heavy use of darkened breakbeats and angular dynamics, each of the two producers sets out to have their unique sonic approach ring on throughout the sprawl.

Hazina Francia AKA Petit Singe returns to give a sign of what's to come in the very near future. Her transdimentional approach is always prone to punctuate the spiritually intense quality of her taste for melody with heavy barrages of drums organized into hard-hitting grooves. Each of the two tracks manages to balance in her world of feral beauty, pummeling the dancefloor while also dragging into psychedelic stupor.

black 12inch vinyl with stamped labels in stamped innersleeve

Who Whom is a new label from Paul Rose. The artists are various, the sound particular.
The first 12' comprises tracks by Isaac Reuben, Bleak, Markus Suckut and Antonio Ruscito, and is titled 'Curse of Sherwood'.

After three years punctuated by dodgy, European football streams and failing equipment, Bandshell's back In his public skin...

Just in time for the Australian Summer, Sydney's indie-electronic-popettes, Convaire bring the first and title tune from their highly anticipated debut EP, The New You

Local Action's first single of 2013 comes from DJ Q. It's Q's second release on the label, following the vinyl-only, instantly sold-out 'Brandy & Coke', and marks the first taste of his forthcoming debut album.

Q's been a legend to those in the know for almost a decade: his past single 'U Wot' was one of the biggest tracks to ever come out of the UK's bassline house / Niche explosion, and his BBC Radio 1xtra show was a must-listen for UK dance music fans. His recent productions (on Local Action, Unknown to the Unknown, Butterz and more) showcase a producer at the top of his game, able to turn his hands to grime, garage, pop and more, and 'Trust Again', a collaboration with Brit School alumnus Louise Williams is vocal 2-step made to perfection.

'Trust Again' features the first vinyl remix in several years by Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown, one half of the legendary UK garage unit Tuff Jam - check Oneman's Fabric CD or Ben UFO's all-vinyl session for RBMA to see how their influence is still felt today. Remixes also come from DJ Q (4x4 remix) and a shredding take by bassline house heavyweight TS7.

This AA side 12" single brings together two seemingly distant, yet somehow closely related zones of psychedelia. One side brings the original version of Magic Carpet Ride by Kontiki Suite, a dense and hypnotic epic culminating in a wall of guitar and harmony; just the way we like it. Far out.
On the flip, The Time and Space Machine, aka Richard Norris, fresh from remixes of DJ Harvey, Tame Impala and Bryan Ferry, stretches the original out into a cosmic psych jam from outer space. Guaranteed to get the hipsters swinging!

Rudeness from the A Colourful Storm camp by Mark - a new name to us but he sounds like a veteran of the game. Two chopped d'n'b steppas reminiscent of Goldie and Source Direct's finest work, surfacing and dissolving between tones and fissures which remind us of Bee Mask or OPN's darkest moments. Peerless productions miles ahead of the current jungle / breakbeat revival. Featured in label head Moopie's mix on Dommune this year.

The Ukrainian based producer follows up his remixes for GLENVIEW (for ONUR ENGIN's "NIGHT IMAGES" and LUSTY ZANZIBAR's "EMPRESS WU HU") with this 4 track EP of original tracks. A mix of deep and eclectic house: "AFFELAY IN TROUBLE", "PLAYAZ BREEZIN", the title cut and "RED RASH". Full picture sleeve. This is essential, don't miss it.

new reissue of acclaimed comeback album by Ghanaian legend which helped to relaunch his career includes new versions of Taylor classics 'Love And Death' and 'Victory Gatefold artwork includes Ebo Taylor track by track comments and new photos
Unavailable on 2LP for over four years

May 7th will see the inaugural release on Warm Records with a limited 10'' EP from Face + Heel. The label is but the latest extension of the Warm brand, which has been a mainstay on the London club scene for many years now. This year will see three releases on the label, all by Cardiff duo, Face + Heel. The first EP will be released on May 7th, with two tracks featured on the vinyl release (No Stars and One Hundred Years Deep), with an accompanying digital bonus track (Draggin' Your Chains).

Face + Heel consists of Luke Taylor and Sinead McMillan, whose first meeting (via Soundcloud) in early Spring 2011, followed by an eventual real-life encounter through a mutual friend, triggered an instant musical bond as the pair realised their mutual appreciation of Ricardo Villalobos, Laurie Anderson and Bill Evans (who Sinead still claims Luke is the spitting image of). Sinead's background in classical composition and her interest in live soundscapes sat well with Luke's career as a sound designer, song writer, and studio engineer, and brought an interesting mix of influences to bear on what has been an already fruitful creative partnership. Over three EP's on Warm Records in 2012, the Face + Heel universe will be presented to the world.

Following on from 'Au Seve' the undisputed soundtrack of the summer, 'Husk' will be released on January 21st through his own label Broadwalk Records.Speaking about the track Bashmore writes:
Hey this is Julio Bashmore. I'm back with a new track called Husk. Conjured from the bowels of Techno, polished with the fine gloss of New Beat and delivered to you in my usual uncompromising manner.

Lace Curtain is James, David & Mikey from Total Control, Rat Columns, Rank/Xerox, Eddy Current Suppression Ring et al, exploring an electronic world of pleasure, frustration and sadness. Bedroom dancers, synthetic singers, basement kicks in a romantic void. Influenced by the Germans, the Italians, pale British button pushers, glamorous alien pop futurists, Mid-Western sweat, NYC disco dreamers, undercover kings and queens escaping a dull grey world with rhythm and noise, sound and vision. 4-track EP with picture sleeve and digital download card.

French producer Moresounds makes a welcome return to Cosmic Bridge five years after his debut. The Paris-based dub scientist was one of the first artist Om Unit picked for the label and the co-sign helped launch his career, which has since included contributions to Astrophonica, Doc Scott's 31 Records, and remixes for Machinedrum as well as a growing touring schedule that saw him take his unique live show to Asia and America in 2016. Mutation Experts catches Moresounds in a more experimental vibe with four cuts that play with the rhythmic potentials of jungle in a different style. Ting N Tings sets the mood with rolling breaks in a sea of soothing pads, subtle loops, vocal samples, and recurring sound effects anchored by deep bass to create a subtle, implied tension. Mutation Experts makes use of a catchy melody to take the listener along and once again the mood is one of subtle changes and blissful exploration, a junglist daydream. Ruff Times is the darker of the tracks on offer, a creeping roller wrapped around a two-note melody and drenched in dub, a hypnotic descent down a rabbit hole. The EP closes with Positive Yourself a mellow, downtempo production that plays with African motifs and samples for a gentle return to reality. Mutation Experts offers a perfect example of how Moresounds combines the rhythmic appeal of jungle with the transformative potential of dub, sidestepping obvious signifiers to play with possibilities. Mutation Experts invites you to take a different trip with Moresounds as your guide

Superb Electro Dubstep, solid and dancefloor. Fat good surprising Belgium Autoprod. You gotta check this out.

Nomine returns with Blind Man, his fifth 12' for Tempa. Its three tracks offer his sparsest yet most atmospheric and immersive music to date, taking listeners and dance floors further still into the cryptic sound-worlds he's made his own throughout his releases to date.

What marks out Nomine's takes on dubstep and techno is his innate ability to use subtle sonic gestures to create a massive physical and emotional impact: in his hands, a brief flicker of struck hand drums or a fragmentary drift of melody can hit you as hard as a two-ton heavy blast of sub-bass pressure. 

That aesthetic underpins this EP's two lead tracks, 'Blind Man' and 'To The Sky', both of which carve out gigantic resonant spaces rich enough in detail to reach out and touch. The former's gently plucked strings and trickling water summon up a contradictory tangle of atmospheres, with meditative warmth mingling with inescapable creeping anxiety, all underpinned by seething sub-bass.

'To The Sky' is a beautiful, vast abyss of a track: Iustina's vocals drift through space amid reedy drones and environmental sound, conjuring up an unlikely nexus point between British electronic dark masters Coil and the rugged sound system intensity of Digital Mystikz. Finally, Nomine ratchets up the club energy for closer 'Nomine's Robot', a sleek, broken techno slow-burner built around an entire echo chamber's worth of reverberating drums - hypnotic dancefloor manna for the very early hours.

* Comprised of Australian artists Mark Groves and David Coen, 'Go To Hell, You Bastards !' is Seeping's debut release on Resistance / Restraint. Sparse and crawling vocals layered against serrated rhythmic noise.
* Mastered by James Plotkin (KK Null/Khanate)

NOTTINGHAM'S SPARE DROPING SOME DANGEROUS BEATS FOR WELL ROUNDED.

Deus Record's TV Baby remix package drops six varying yet cohesive reworking of the New York duo. To shed new light on three of the band's tracks, the label has craftily pieced together an international cast of electronic artists capable of reinterpreting the psychedelic and free jazz influences of the project for the dance floor. The resultant reworks give the tracks solid functionality while staying faithful to the
band's influences and standing firmly within the label's ethos.
On first drop Secret Circuit's penchant for melodic, euphoric sounds meets Free Tech head on, the LA producer's trippy, driving remix focuses on fine-tuning and blending the more musical elements and vocals, with kaleidoscopic results.
Former band mate and Rub n Tug's very own Tom of England turns the package on its head and drops a mechanical, Balearic meets Punk take on Wild Joy. Turning things off the beaten dance floor trail, the mix is as blissful as it is claustrophobic.
Trus'me is an artist who knows a thing or two about the collaborative aspect of the remix, he is also a man whose continually evolving creative process make his remixes so unpredictable and vital. Currently exploring spaced out dance floor dynamics, the experienced Manchester producer puts a Detroit spin on Klerin Priest, turning in a slice of broken electro funk with a distinct UK flavour.London-based Ivan Smagghe has long been a proponent of industrial sleaze and brings his vast experience to bear on his chugging, restrained, 'Crossed' remix of Klerin Priest. The Frenchman's 'Ghetto' mix is even more reduced and touches on the now resurgent minimal sound.
With musical cycles once again aligning towards a more stripped back, tripped out approach, both mixes tap into the essence of Smagghe's undeniable, electro-leaning influence on the darker dance floors of today.All four producers twisted, experimental and driving effort's ensure that all of TV Baby's musical ethos is explored across six varied and divergent tracks.

* Haunter Records' 2017 kicks off with two new displays of aural expansion by longtime members of the Milan-based crew. Twin singles from Weightausend and Petit Singe that also mark the label's first ventures into 7" format. Through heavy use of darkened breakbeats and angular dynamics, each of the two producers sets out to have their unique sonic approach ring on throughout the sprawl.

Matthias Girardi AKA Weightausend keeps on compiling his private neuroses in a process that seems to achieve catharsis through gloomy analysis and maniacal surgical dissection. Hammering down on his dubwise tendencies and his love for the dark side of jungle, he gives out his most club-oriented work to date, channeling two new bassy rollercoasters, including a new version of "Green Death".

Channeling a love affair with classic 90's hip hop, an affinity for otherworldly themes and an ear for raw funk, Barclay Crenshaw uses his given birth name to bare his soul and deliver a slowed-down, emotive collectiob of collaborations and instrumentals. This self-titled debut album is a left-field deperature from his better known allias, Claude Von Stroke, but the quality is undeniably the same. The themes of alien abductions and exploring of time and space are discovered and brough to life over ten tracks that sound like a mixture of gold rope chains and new age enlightenment. Modern organic beats mixed with gorgeous melodic movements and underlying grittiness create an experience that is eclectic, expressive, and expansive. Coded art furthers the sense of mystery and the unkown. Harking back to the past while gazing into the future.

- Composed by renowned swiss artist Marco Repetto (Grauzone w/ Stephan Eicher, Rephlex Records) , - For fans of Fax +49-69/450464, Rephlex, Tetsu Inoue, Electronic, Ambient and Chill Out. - - Strictly limited edition of 500 SADCD copies housed in heavy double digisleeve jacket.

Mental Groove Records is thrilled to announce Bigeneric's new double album entitled 'Spielmanda' in collaboration with the artist own INZEC imprint. Swiss artist Marco Repetto is the chromatic brain behind Bigeneric musical project and has a strong background in the burgeoning scenes of minimal synth (Grauzone with Stephan Eicher), early techno (Synectics on Aphex Twins' Rephlex imprint) and ambient / trance (Planet Love on Superstition). Spielmanda album reflects the artist deep love for nature, psychedelia, health and futurism. The title is borrowed from a book by Berner writer and myths researcher Sergius Golowin and is a fictional legendary and mystic place in the Swiss pre-alps, a place that Marco Repetto explores through the 16 tracks of this album that he has constructed and tested at numerous performances. A truly justified and bright +2 hours long daydreaming walk across the deep forests and infinitively colorful meadows of imaginary Spielmanda's landscapes and beyond, with Marco Repetto's heart rebel signature, a unique and modern mixture of technology driven hippie & punk culture. - 117th release from versatile swiss imprint Mental Groove Records (Donato Dozzy, Bruno Spoerri, Eduardo De La Calle, Kenji Kawaii, Orlando Voorn, Nate Krafft, Sinner DC, Orbe, Lugano Fell, Keiichi Tanaka, Tommasso Cappelato...)

Chad Valley ist ein außergewöhnlicher Songschreiber großer Popsongs mit Farbe und Freimütigkeit. Der Engländer kehrt nun mit einer erweiterten Vinylversion seines bislang erfolgreichsten Releases, der "Equatorial Ultravox EP", zurück. Gegenüber dem viel gestreamten digitalen Release, enthält die Vinylversion zwei Bonustracks und einen Cashmere Cat Remix des Highlights "Shell Suite", welcher im Blockbuster "Warm Bodies" gefeatured war.

After the humbling amount of love and positivity shown for our first release (BG001-'Detonate' by Dismantle, featured on Annie Mac's
"Class of 2012" compilation and it's b-side '2 in 1' to be featured on Joker's forthcoming Rinse compilation), Black Gold are thrilled
and very excited to announce their second release:
"The Zone" by Kutz. An atmospheric, genre busting monster which is not your standard 140 bpm number. "The Zone" combines
dancefloor sensibilities of whipped drum beats and heavy bass with the soundscapes of a John Carpenter movie. A natural
progression in the evolution and development of Bass music, "The Zone" brilliantly fuses the power of raw cinematic grooves with the
sophistication and lushness of a film score to devastating effect, making it both contemporary yet timeless.
On the AA side are two totally different tracks that still fit the Black Gold ethos of powerful bass driven electronica/dance music
"Rodeo" has a rocking groove that is D-I-R-T-Y and is just begging for hot summer nights and heaving dancefloors. The hooks just
dig in and take you with them on a bucking bronco ride that will leave you battered and bruised and wanting more.....4 minutes just
isn't long enough!
Bringing you down with a more minimalist bump, the last track is "Krystal Visions". Bootlegged to much acclaim (as ever) by Skream
last year, this is a fine piece of sparse techno, full of glitchy metallic stabs that home in on your aural receptors, ready for battle.
However understated atmospherics like echoes from "The Zone" soften the blows, making this a really wonderful piece of spartan
techno.

Das Londoner Trio Little Cub veröffentlicht seine neue EP "Loveless" als Vorgeschmack auf ihr Debütalbum "Still Life" (VÖ: 28.04.2017). In London genießt die Band bereits den Ruf, einer der aufregendsten Newcomer der Stadt zu sein. Gepflegt subversive Bescheidenheit, opulente und bewegende elektronische Einflüsse ganz im Einklang mit dem hausgemachten, progressiven Britpop-Feeling. So versteht sich das Trio auch als Kontrastmittel zu der etwas geistlosen Musik mit Pop Appeal, die sie sonst umgibt.

with his third album 'vin ploile' the bucharest, romania based producer, musician and dj petre in-spirescu captured a whole new audience in 2015 and reached out with minimal leftfield ambient sounds to music loving folks, that are not part of the world-wide dance music universe.
well known as one of the key figures of the romanian electronic dance music scene since his first ep 'tips' on luciano's label cadenza, inspirescu stepped away from club sounds that made him famous due to releases on labels like vinyl club, lick my deck or amphia.
also his two solo albums 'intr-o seara organica...' and 'gradina onirica', both released on a:rpia:r, the record label he initiated with his buddies rhadoo and raresh in 2007, do not have much in common with the sound of 'vin ploile' - a mesmerizing deeply musical album that he only tuned in with some elements of piano, string and wind instruments as well as analogue electronics.
at the end of 2015 his nine slow swinging arrangements where celebrated in many polls and now, just a bit more than one year after the release of 'vin ploile' petre inspirescu delivers 'vîntul prin salcii' - another longplayer enlarged with seven, up to epic twelve minutes long arrangements, that continue where 'vin ploile' ceased.
they all listen to the name 'miroslav' and only differ numerically in their title. you can call them ambi-ent. you can call them minimal music in the sense of classic compositions by steve reich or terry riley. they groove - sometimes more, sometimes less. and they spread the sounds of flutes or saxophones, delicate piano figures, organic jazz drumming, arpeggiated analogue synth-lines, mesmerizing strings, choral singing, alienated looped vocals and spaced out new aged spheres.
what unites them all is the way, the melodies dance upon and in each single tune. their beautiful tex-tures ensnare and they are continuously engaged with experimentation. a mystical album full of evolu-tionary music to which each listener is able to paint his very own emotional picture. moody, dark and at the same time light-flooded shape-shifting compositions - made for those who love to surrender them-selves to a gentle dance between experimentation and attractiveness.
the cover artwork for petre inspirescu's album was made again by the illustrator and photographer julian vassallo, who's artistic works fascinate with a touching spirit of distance, that captures the truth in each single motif. just like petre inspirescu's music, only that his art grooves with notes that tell somehow: there is no truth. there is only perception.

Phoenix will release their fifth album, Bankrupt!, on April 22nd in the UK/Europe and April 23rd in the U.S. on Loyaute/Glassnote Records. Bankrupt! is the incredible follow up to 2009's critically lauded Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which won the band the Grammy for Best Alternative Album, and has since been certified Gold. The track listing and album cover for Bankrupt! can be seen HERE.

Phoenix will return to the road this spring as well, with West Coast dates culminating in a Saturday night headlining slot at this year's Coachella. Tour dates are below. A pre-sale for these shows will take place via the band's Facebook page tomorrow, Tuesday February 5th, at 1 pm EST / 10 am PST. They will go on sale to the public on Friday, February 8th, at 1 pm EST / 10 am PST.
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Yally is a new project from Raime, who inaugurate a new series of one-sided releases from Boomkat Editions which will run over the next few months. It features two scudding, killer steppers productions from Raime's expert bladesmen, Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead on a rare away-day from Blackest Ever Black.
With a deep blue, skunked-out appeal right on the lip of late '90s garage and early '00s grime, London's dankest duo compound, reflect and relieve the choking intensity of their recent 2nd
album Tooth on the paranoid bruiser Burnt and its dread inversion Sudo, making up their most 'floor-dedicated session in more than five years of operations.

Drawn from muscle memory of 2-step's transition from champagne-soaked knees-up into paradoxically dense but spacious, stoned and impending sound designs, they form a sort of coming-to-terms with that epoch's innovations in much the same way that their Moin release firmly grappled with inextinguishable influence from the studio genius of Steve Albini and This Heat.
Burnt pins us by the windpipe with Stanley shanked hi-hats and ratty claps whilst cavernous,
amorphous subs bruise flesh and dislocated yelps of pleasure/pain break thru rictus jaws. Think
El-B or Hatcha echoing out of a graveyard slot on pirate radio circa '03.
With Sudo they pronate on the tightest, simmering halfstep; harnessing illicitly overloaded,
vintage Air Max PSI allowance with shoulder rolling organ motif and nerve-tying ligature, perhaps imagining the pre-echoes of earliest Hyperdub or a Black Ops joint that even Jon E Cash was too shook to issue.
Boomkat Editions began life in 2012 as an occasional series of diverse releases pressed up in limited runs and not tied down to any particular genre. Coming into the label's fifth year, and Boomkat's 19th year of selling independent records, the BK12X12 series will host a series of what we consider to be crucial platters from our favourite artists; producers and musicians who have defined, expanded and soundtracked modern musical spheres beyond the mainstream.

Anna Mayberry & David Psutka borrow from the folk tradition of "singer-as-revealer" but emphasize circular sound to present inclusivity to the audience. The imaginary mountain is an empty framework for distinct personal memories. LTD 200.

* The Blackout train has well and truly left the station already in 2017, and with the year's debut single from Black Sun Empire featuring collaborations with Noisia and Pythius the momentum that is being gathered so early is bordering on frightening.

* BSE have delivered another beautifully constructed single that blends the tough sound fans are used to with Noisia's brains and Pythius' brawn. The depth of knowledge and talent in tandem with BSE's creative capacity makes the single just the adrenaline shot the scene needed to jump start the year. 'The Veil' takes a more scaled back approach by pushing its energy through a souled out bassline, whilst Pythius' influence can be heard in 'Catalyst' as it swings violently, yet gracefully, through a string of hot tempered breaks.

* The great news is that this is not just a single release, but the prologue to an epic journey that Black Sun Empire are to embark upon in 2017, with the group stating recently:
'we're excited to announce we've been working on our next album and we're almost finished, can't wait to tell everyone more about it soon'

* As a statement this is incredible news, as many fans and peers have been waiting for a BSE longplayer for a while. However, when you look at 'The Veil'/'Catalyst' as the hors d'oeuvre and appetiser, the main course is guaranteed to attain Michelin star status.

AL ZANDERS & MOOMIN REMIXES

Following on from Casino Times' debut album Familiar Circles, WOLF Music enlist Al Zanders & Moomin to remix their favourite cuts from the album.
Al Zanders delivers a classy deep house version of Carlotta while Moomin throws a curveball with a Drum n Bass remix reminiscent of a classic LTJ Bukem track from the mid 90's.

* After storming the gates with his warmly received 'Tambacounda EP', Clap! Clap! returns to Black Acre to deliver his debut longplayer. 'Tayi Bebba' is a conceptual work that manages to balance a highly cerebral concept with making some good old-fashioned bangers. 'Tayi Bebba' is an album tour of an imagined island; each song representing a location, event or ritual. Sonically, it's a fast moving charge across the soundscape, fusing field recordings and found sound with incredibly surgical drum programming. Flavours of House, Footwork and Hip Hop punctuate your migration with a very specific sound palate, giving this amazing work a cohesive feel.

* About Clap Clap:
Clap! Clap!, aka Cristiano Crisci, is an internationally acclaimed producer and performer. One of Italy's brightest new talents, Clap! Clap! brings together disparate inspirations and styles onto the dancefloor of his mind. His music has been supported by Gilles Peterson and featured in GTA V, Boiler Room, Ninja Tune's Solid Steel mix series, and the FABRIC mix CD series. He has performed his energetic live shows across Europe and Japan and produced for Paul Simon.

* Clap! Clap!'s music is a unique blend of global dance and timeless sounds drawing from nature, traditional music, field recordings and the electronic savvy of modern centres like Chicago and London. At its core is the inspiration of everyday life, what Crisci calls 'the search for new flavours.' This approach anchors Clap! Clap!'s debut album, 2014's 'Tayi Bebba', the soundtrack to a tour of an imaginary island. Paul Simon discovered the album through his son, calling it 'a masterpiece' and leading him to approach Crisci for help with his latest album, 2016's 'Stranger To Stranger'.

* Tom Withers fiiiiinally returns with his 8th Klute album entitled 'Read Between The Lines'.

* Written in a stone hut on the Shetland Islands over the course of 2016, Klute, AKA Tom Withers soon realised he would need more than a bongo and a Ukulele to bring his vision to fruition.

* Plans for a 6 month residency at Air Lyndhurst Studios were placed on hold after he received their quote, so Tom retreated to his own PBJ Studio and - with the help of a revolutionary sub bass simulation pack, a computer and a grant from the Wessington Howarth Foundation for the incompetent- he shat out his 8th full length LP 'Read Between The Lines'.

* As is tradition with every Klute album, the music does not stop at Drum & Bass. Klute's love affair with a vast array of influences shine through every note and beat. Elements of Techno, Film Soundtracks, Library, Shoegaze, Experimental Jazz, 60's psychedelia and Ambient soundscapes are scattered across this entire work.

* Drumming is at the core of Klute's artistry, having nagged his Mum to buy him a drum set at the age of 12 (she finally relented believing it would be broken and ignored within weeks).
Tom's superlative poly rhythms and deeply melancholic melodies are central to this 15 track set. Aided along the way by Stamina MC, Robert Manos & hotly tipped new comer Naomi Pryor on vocal duties adding to what is already being seen as one of Klute's best albums yet.

* 'My main objective was to make a record that was equally exciting to listen to both loudly and quietly - equal parts physical and mental.

* The title 'Read Between The Lines' is an urging to look beyond the face value, not just in my own music, but with everything you experience in life. This album will grown with you the more you listen and experience it. The surface layers will reveal all manor of underlying textures and feelings. Im immensely proud of this work and I really believe people will enjoy it.'

* Klute receives support from Goldie, Doc Scott, Fabio, Friction, Mary Ann Hobbs, DJ Marky, Marcus Intalex, DJ Storm and many others

Gondwana Records are delighted to announce the signing of composer, bassist and producer Phil France. A key collaborator alongside Jason Swinscoe in the Cinematic Orchestra, France was responsible for some of the most heartrendingly beautiful music created in recent times. Co-writing, arranging and producing on the Cinematic Orchestra albums including Everyday, Man With a Movie Camera, Ma Fleur and also the triple award winning soundtrack for The Crimson Wing nature documentary, France's skills have always extended beyond his bass-lines. France who signed a three album deal with Gondwana earlier this year, is currently working on new material for release in Autumn 2017, but first up is a worldwide re-release for his debut solo recording, The Swimmer, a beautiful beguiling "soundtrack" for a film that hasn't been made yet. Originally released in October 2013 it is deeply emotive and epic in scale and draws it influences from the great second wave of film composers including John Carpenter and Vangelis, as well as minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass. France's skill, in this album, as well as his work with The Cinematic Orchestra, is in soundtracking human emotion - The Swimmer is full of heartbreak and recovery, strength, honesty and frailty, it is meditative and hopeful. The Swimmer will be released on 27th Feb 2017. The Swimmer will be supported by three remixes: Joy Of Brass - Mr. Scruff Remix The Swimmer - Graham Massey Remix (808 State) Transition - Kristian Gjerstad Remix Full servicing to all key media with reviews in Mojo, Record Collector, BBC Music Magazine, Jazzwise and DJ Magazine expected. The album and mixes will be serviced to all key international DJs with support from Gilles Peterson and Lauren Laverne on 6 Music, Ross Allen, Patrick Forge, DJ Lefto and beyond.

An innate facet of the human condition is the very personal way we choose to process our own fatality. Faced with dealing with the feelings of anxiety, death and fear after nearly drowning whilst diving in the South Atlantic in his youth, Ricardo Donoso chose to channel them into his creative process. The result was Scuba Death, a project that was fully realised on Donoso's widely acclaimed 2014 Further debut, Nitrogen Narcosis. After spending time devoted to establishing his Kathexis label as well as delivering a trilogy of albums under his given name for the Denovali label, Donoso returns to Further with a second Scuba Death offering, The Worm At The Core. The 36 minutes of The Worm At The Core expand on the creeping conceptual thrust of that Scuba Death debut, the title referencing the work of late 19th Century American philosopher William James. In his 1902 book, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature, James described the knowledge we all must die as 'the worm at the core' of the human condition, further adding that this universally-shared fear informs all our urges, be it creative or destructive. New Release Information Donoso continues to funnel this innate fear for positive, creative means on The Worm At The Core, which presents an important element of continuity from his previous journey to the depths as Scuba Death. The melodic strains that signalled the end of Nitrogen Narcosis on ten minute closer 'Rapture Of The Deep' resurface to shape the opening movements of The Worm At The Core on 'Paradox Of Finitude'.

Brand new Lurid by Anatolian Weapons, with a splendid Khidja remix.