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Collection of psychedelic dub songs that sensitively touch acid fields. Defined by low pressure beats and choral vocals, recorded during the pandemic in 2020. Collaborative project by meritxell, oriol, ignasi and juns. Pressed throughout three 7" packed in a handmade sackcloth box. Download code printed on plantable paper.

Mysticisms presents Dubplate, a series of (sporadic) releases to showcase the blurring of genres between breaks, house and dub, even techno, wrapped around and within that oft-misunderstood take on digital reggae, the sound of Digidub.

To begin, label favourite Persian acts as selector, with 5 rare archive cuts that typify the producer and sound of the series. From the digital dubbing of Dunya - here in a previously unreleased Extended Mix - to the warped groove and monster bass of D Dub Retwist, this unique link between rave, breaks and sound system culture is clear.

As always Persian aka Peter Reilly, moves across styles with ease, offering the warm roots vibrations of Jacob Dub and Augustus, alongside title cut, Space Within Art - here in Dubplate Mix - a street soul breakbeat and sampledelic mash up, all touched with the heavy hand of dub.

An open expression within a loose framework, Dubplate #1 acts as guide and educator. Where cultures clash, morph and grow, embracing the diaspora through music; Arabic melody meets Jamaica riddim meets English hedonism in a Soundclash.

Digi the Mystery.

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Two dub edits "Bad" and "Badder" deconstructed from the track "Badman" with DRS, from legendary Mark Ernestus and exclusively released via his Hardwax Record store on 29th January and via Bandcamp on Feb 12th. "Getting to work with Mark Ernestus is a real honour, I collected his and Maurizio Von Oswald's work for many years and still do," he remarks. "It's hard to avoid the influence of these guys in electronic music across genres and so it is a real pleasure to have Mark do his thing with the Badman tune which I think sounds closely related."

lack Girl / White Girl make their debut on Balkan with a set of four jackers. Ty & Karin know how to inject just the right amount of funk without losing any of the direct-to-dancefloor energy. Edition of 303 hand numbered copies.

Picking up support from Ben Sims, MCMLXXXV, Ciel, Erol Alkan, Kikelomo, Cici, Noncompliant, FYI Chris, India Jordan, Fault Lines, Erika, Freshta, Jason Kendig, Joris Voorn, Justin Robertson, Matthew Herbert, Chrissy, The Analogue Cops,Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Nikki Nair, Stacy Sexton, Scuba, Roska, Alan Fitzpatrick, Ame, Hassan Abou Alam, Addison Groove, Gene Farris, Claude Vonstroke & more

Born out of the head of three lost souls stuck between Maison-Lafitte, Place des Fêtes and the Island of Patmos, Les Cyclades are making music with electronics, wind apparatus and found sounds. Expect proto-balearism, saxophone techno and good disposition sounds.

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Stemming From A Period Of Reflection And Adaption, 'of Time And Actuality' Expands Imbue's Embrace Of Fusing Contemporary Minimal House Grooves With Original Instrumentation, Resulting In A Multi Layered And Modern Interpretation Of Electronic Music.

The Miami-based Trio, Consisting Of Maximiliano Cortes, Ignacio Vallejo & Eduardo J. Alvarez, Presents 'of Time And Actuality' As The Second Vinyl Release ('imbue'- Feb. 2017) On Their Eponymous Imprint, And Third Overall ('abstractions' - Digital, Dec. 2017). After Several Collaborations Receiving Notable Support, 'ota' Features A Joint Composition With Rojid (uvar, Algorythmic, Why So Series) Titled 'everybody'.

Kylin Tyce, Tom Frankel, Dayne Harper, Anania. Such a huge vibe from this guys in UK Garage sound. Welcome !

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We are happy to introduce FREKOBA to the Mojuba label universe, an outlet with a refined focus on danceable music, to emphasise the unifying elements in underground social dance culture. The label starts off with a new series by Sven Weisemann called Limerence ToolZ, to delivery pure dance floor ready material to inspire not only the dancers but also and especially the DJs to work the ballroom all together as one, as a community!

echocord 20th anniversary special release

echocord records marks a momentous twenty years with an exclusive release, featuring 12 iconic artists on a limited edition triple clear vinyl, for dub-techno lovers and collectors.This vinyl series celebrates artists who continue to inspire the echocord journey, from 2001 to 2021 and beyond.

Over the past two decades, the Kenneth Christiansen helmed echocord imprint has been at the forefront of the dub-techno scene, discovering and developing sophisticated artists globally.

The twelve-track release is an exploration, from energetic dub techno, with cuts like Luke & Jeff Hess’ “M1 Dub”, grad_u’s “Pacific Lair”, and Idealist’s “Ride” to more esoteric passages with Forest Drive West’s “Signals”, Mikkel Metal’s “Lakam Dub” and Brendon Moeller’s “Slow Return”. Heavy dub vibrations resound in Babe Roots feat Another Channel’s “Gunman” and Deadbeat’s sub-driven “The Old Doom and Gloom” while Fluxion turns it to a jazzy, dub house wave with “Slide”.

“To me music is life, thank you for your support keeping the sound of echocord resonating” –Kenneth Christiansen

On behalf of re:discovery records, it is with great excitement that we announce the Adham Shaikh compilation titled 'Early Works 92-94'.

Adham Shaikh is a treasured ambient, dub and keyboardist artist out of Vancouver Canada who's early to mid-90's tracks found their way to seminal labels like Instinct, Dossier, Interchill and his own label Modulation Elektronik.

This collection represents a choice selection of key early works that begins with 'Ascend', whose spacey dub atmosphere is one of the 1990's hidden ambient dub gems. 'Vapor' complete's the a-side with its other-wordly trip into organic and spatial dub ambience. The b-side features the 16+ minute magnificent ethereal odyssey 'Windgate 11:11', that has been a fan favourite for over 25 years now. The 22-minute peak track named 'Oberon (Greymatter) that spreads across the C side was taken from his debut EP 'Realignment' of his Modulation Elektronik label in 1993. Perhaps the most proto-techno track on here, it is prime example of the freeform expression of the time in ambient dub. The last track featured here is one that shares the same title; Adham Shaikh's most revered and most beloved album 'Journey to the Sun'.

Limited 50 copy Silver Press

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Gary Romalis returns on HOUSEWAX. This time he brought with him Frole Boss, Lello di Franco on board. Together they present us the "Pressure EP". Big piece of House Music - worth to check!

Listeners who know much of anything about Bryn Jones’ work as Muslimgauze know that he was prolific in both his work and in the way he sent out his work to labels and other interested parties (it’s one of the reasons some of that body of work is still being sorted through and released 20+ years after his passing). Fittingly enough for an artist that feverishly productive and often taciturn to the point of frustration, he didn’t tend to give much more information than handwritten track titles on the sleeve of a DAT.

Why he would submit multiple copies of the same or similar tracks to those he worked with, often in totally different configurations, is now a permanent mystery, but it does lead to Jackal the Invizible, essentially a compilation of material from multiple other releases* that Jones had also submitted at the time on its own DAT. All of the songs here were released at least 20 years ago (a few over 30!) and as with practically all Muslimgauze releases they were limited and/or hard to get ahold of now. Jackal the Invizible is both a way to issue those tracks on vinyl as the Archive Series has been consistently doing, and in interesting look into how Jones would organize and sequence his albums.

The track listing here was faithfully reproduced from the way Jones titled these tracks on this submission, which is how you get Fedayeen’s “Bharboo of Pakistan Railways” here called “Fedayeen Bharboo of Pakistan Railways 2001” (although that album came out in 1998 and Jones sadly was not making anything by 2001, only leading to more questions). This compilation as with most of his work was submitted without comment, so it can be asked, was it intended to be a compilation? Had he at some point decided he preferred these tracks in this arrangement rather than on their other tapes? Did he produce so much work and/ or was so disorganized he simply forgot this batch had been mailed off before? Did he have a standing arrangement with his postal worker and just handed him whatever was closest to the door each week? (Well, probably not that last one.)

One thing we don’t have to question is the quality of the tracks here, regardless of familiarity. The new juxtapositions can be quite striking; shifting suddenly from the harshly distorted blurts of “Resume and Shaduf Fatah Guerrilla 1999” to the cooly nocturnal atmosphere of “Abu Nidal 1987” and then to the dubby bass pulses and rattling hand percussion of “Hand of Fatima 1999” (possibly the most misleading to longtime listeners - it has indeed been heard on it’s almost-namesake album, but there it’s known as “Mint Tea With Gadaffi”) is an experience unlike much else in Jones’ oeuvre, even though all three modes are ones he has worked in before. The result doesn’t touch on every single mode explored throughout the vast body of Jones’ work (you’d need a box set for that), but does prove to be a multifaceted experience that also serves as an excellent introduction to or refresher on Muslimgauze as a whole.

Psssh Records returns with the second instalment of a trilogy of releases from label owner Dauwd. The EP matches two original cuts from Dauwd with a remix from Optimo head honcho, JD Twitch. In keeping with the labels initial release this three tracker offers a plethora of sounds, from the dub tango of "La Nota" on the A side, to the proper dusty house business of "Steve" on the flip, with JD Twitch bringing the full rukus on the remix. Check it.

Another heavyweight on LINIAR - this time by Niko Maxen to be out early May. Vinyl only!

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Impressive compilation with amazing sounds.
Priku, Livio & Roby, Sublee, Suolo.

Fluxion continues to carve his own musical path, taking us all together to a personal journey in his inner world, moods and moments, showcasing the importance of being influenced by none other than real life moments, people, expectations, joy, dreams and disappointments. Expressing what comes from the inside, instead of the outside, creating a more intimate work, is at the main focus of the artist since his previous album Perspectives that came out on May 2020.
Artistic development happens from within, not from repeating formulas of the past, but embracing and mixing life events, alongside different styles of music culture, and creating personal stories, outside of trends, that's what keeps the music interesting.
On Parallel Moves Fluxion flows through various emotional states, and through blending of styles and expanding the borders, he manages to create variety listening to the album which is essential on an LP. But even with the variety the music bears the Fluxion sound aesthetic making it it an enjoyable listening experience, that requires more listens.