Strange Weather

Zauberstab Volume 1 is a compilation of electronic bedroom music made by contemporary artists that belong to similar sonic spheres, to be released in LIO Press, a new label based in Barcelona founded by Alicia Carrera. The A side feels like a holiday in an exotic landscape; the kind of place you don't want to leave. The B side then goes in a slightly deeper meditative direction, but not too far, since the sparking disco-infused psych exploration of 'Space Surfari' will hold you back from falling into the void of the unconscious. What comes next is the sound that would welcome a moonlit night sky. The C side slinks into a minimal synth oriented exploration, ending with the intergalactic hopeful drift of 'Har'. The last side will provide a comfortable seat on this hypnotic journey. 'Ete 2017' is an ode to the late summer nights, a mind-driving loop carried by gentle percussive sounds, filled with some bass deepness. The next tracks are the the right balance between a hug and a breeze of fresh air for your mind and soul. At this point you might find yourself wondering if it's a good idea to open your eyes or just keep them closed for a bit longer and thoroughly enjoy all of the details of this story. But, why not? This one is, after all, a record to build beautiful memories with.

https://soundcloud.com/konsistent
https://soundcloud.com/liopress

PREMIERE⚡Konsistent - Arpsquared [LÍO Press]

Just when you think you've heard all the Sleng Teng riddims.....
Taken from the Reducer 12" available on Bandcamp:

https://reducer.bandcamp.com/album/reducer-2

Private press industro-dub madness beamed from squat-life Northampton, circa the 80s. The first and last word in classic dancehall punk comes around for a SECOND issue 12″ scraped off the linings of the cosmic dustbin that tried to bury them.

Real relics acquired direct from Reducer guitarist and tape-loopist Hooly ‘the Human Aerial; Insant cop if you’re into: Eric Random, Jah Wobble & PIL, African Head Charge, any 80s post-punk to be honest.

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Reducer - Sleng Teng Masters

BUY VINYL/DIGITAL: https://fromnurserytomisery.bandcamp.com/album/tree-spirits

From Nursery to Misery crawl back to Dark Entries with Tree Spirits, the follow up to 2017’s Pixies In The Woods. The project was founded in 1987, when producer and keyboardist Lee Stevens invited identical twins Gina and Tina Fear over to record in his home studio in Basildon, Essex. Four years of prodigious studio experimentation followed, resulting in two full length cassettes (1989’s The Oak Tree and 1990’s Equilibrium), and a split EP with Nostalgie Eternelle in 1990. Stalwarts of the Mail Art scene, they also appeared on over 22 cassette compilations, home-dubbed in true DIY fashion, before splitting in 1991. 
The eleven tracks on Tree Spirits display From Nursery to Misery’s signatures: chunky drum machine patterns, playfully eerie synth melodies, and Tina and Gina’s stark, nursery rhyme-esque vocals. The lyrical content ranges from dreary to grim; they explore existential despair, sexual violence, and death through an acerbic, feminist lens. Inspired by the Bladerunner soundtrack and 4AD, Lee’s production is alternatingly warm and icy, like a glacier wrapped in analog tape hiss. Stylistically, the tracks range from charmingly miserable synth pop on “Cry Me”, to the clanging rhythmic industrial of “The Daily Raper”, and even a haunting flute driven instrumental with “A Summer Morning Trip Through The Misty Woods”. From Nursery to Misery are a pure expression of the British DIY aesthetic, which is made all the more captivating by the band’s own confession that they were just trying to make pop music!
All songs on Tree Spirits were remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The cover art by Eloise Leigh features a photograph of the twins posing dramatically in the woods. Included is a 12-page booklet with lyrics, liner notes, and an archival interview with the band, as well as a bonus 1.25” square pin featuring the band’s logo.

Tree Spirits

From Nursery To Misery - Tree Spirits SNIPS

https://soundcloud.com/lfttrax
https://soundcloud.com/leventepavelka
https://soundcloud.com/sameheads
https://soundcloud.com/osare-editions
Buy Release: https://sameheads.bandcamp.com/album/krumm
YouTube: https://youtu.be/AQDH15QGUwM

Amsterdam's Osàre! Editions and Berlin's Sameheads team up to present a spicey spilt-side release. A hot take on new wave-saturated punk, the record flirts with the raw sound of the underground, spiralling through free-wheeling experimentation and raucous evenings, powered by throbbing revelry.

First up, three-piece assemblage Taurus crank up an electrified automaton for 'Paket.' With a voice like a supermarket tannoy from a half-forgotten fever dream, Diana Barbosa Gil reels through the days of the week, accompanied by a minimalist, plodding melody. Exploring ideas of self-determination and authority, the band combines spoken-word surreality and in-your-face dance zeal. 'Spielen' captures their palpable chemistry on-stage – the track was recorded live during Sameheads event series Diapason, curated by residents Eva Geist and Ondula.

Turning over to the B-side, upping the ante and the tempo, Schulverweis follow in the footsteps of the Geniale Dilletanten tradition. Art-haus proclivities bounce along to an ear-worm beat in 'Schwarzfahren,' followed up by the bass-whistling wizardry of 'Ichbineinarzt.' Before going out with a bang, howl and a whimper via the aptly titled 'Blut.' Schulverweis' slick delivery is entirely instinctual, improvised in jam sessions over hypnotic loops produced using a children's Casio keyboard, discovered years ago in the dusty corner of a club.

The EP is a testament to the long-standing collaboration between the dual imprints, with Osàre! label boss Elena Colombi appearing frequently on Sameheads lineups. The pair are further united by their shared passion for explosive new talent and all things a little unconventional.

Krumm

Blut

PREMIERE: Schulverweis - Blut [Sameheads / Osàre! Editions]

Nazani

The earliest known recordings of thee great lost cosmic squatters / dub punks: Reducer.

reducer.bandcamp.com/album/nada-nuevo

"This cassette is a re release of a 2 track cassette Reducer gave away to the 1st 23 punters through the door at our 2nd gig in 1985. We have added 2 other tracks from the same recording session because we are lovely people who wish to share enlightenment"

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Reducer - Force Of The Source [1985]

Baptise & Pierre Colleu's "Dolphin Kid Remixes" on Nuearth Kitchen (NEK11) - two volumes, 12" vinyl + digital.

Dolphin Kid (Black Merlin's Romance In The Dark Mix)

from the Magnétophonique / Monte Split
DEPT11
~~ OUT NOW ~~

Magnétophonique - Moist Jungle Mist II (OUT NOW)

Next up on Nicolas Jaar's subscription-based label is this gem Lucrecia Dalt. Following on from her Syzygy LP in 2013, it's a prime slab of bass-driven minimalism.

Grab it via  http://other-people.net/ on Monday 27th October.

Lucrecia Dalt 'Esotro' - Boiler Room Debuts

Coming soon on: DE-001 - Various Artists - Destination Earth LP ..   Featuring:  Floris Vanhoof, Orphan Fairytale, Tave Exotic, Liquid Slug, New Root Canal, Superskin, Hantrax, Francesco Cavaliere and more.... available from alien friendly record shops all over the planet..

New Root Canal - Rational Thought

Black Merlin - Kosua [IOTG-005]

Back in 2015 George Thompson AKA Black Merlin started a deep love affair with the remote island of Papua New Guinea. After his first album ‘Hipnotik Tradisi’, released on Island Of The Gods; George was intrigued to find a place drenched in culture and untouched by the western world.

In 2016 George planned his first solo expedition, venturing out to meet the Kosua Tribe. Over the course of the next two years George would record the sounds of the Kosua people. From their daily lives, ancient dance customs and wildlife. During one of these trips he spent 14 days alone in the jungle, getting in and out of the Mount Bosavi crater and further 3 days inside recording and filming his experience. These recordings and experiences formed the basis of his second album, Kosua.

Released by:
Island Of The Gods
Album release date:
01 Nov 2018

B3 Fogomay'iu Village

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More widely known for his output as Steve Summers, Death Commando and Alan Hurst, NY-based producer Jason Letkiewicz unearths his Opposing Currents  alias - first and last heard on Chronditic Sound’s 2015 cassette compilation Non-Christian Referent, on his next solo LP for Amsterdam's @artificialdance

Opposing Currents – Lying Awake [Artificial Dance]

Wilson Tanner (Andras and Eleventeen Eston) return to shore with II - a new album of floating melodies, lightly salted. The 12 min odyssey Killcord Pts I-III battens down the hatches as these sailors eye merciless waves and blinding ocean spray, channelling Berlin-school electronics and sea legs.

Wilson Tanner - Killcord Pts I-III (ES013)

Električni Orgazam (Serbian Cyrillic: Електрични Оргазам, meaning Electric Orgasm) is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of new wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act. They were one of the most notable acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene.

Elektricni Orgazam - Krokodili Dolaze [Kompleks Edit]

https://lesyndicatdesscorpions.bandcamp.com/album/mimosa

B4 - Tu Souris

This track was apparently recorded by mistake, during our retreat at Elektron Musik Studion (EMS) in Stockholm in 2017.

Listen, about what happened in Stockholm | بخصوص للي صار بالسويد

https://bit.ly/2XGcPUf

Taken from @hhythemacumbas new album Camouflage Vector: Edits From Live Actions 2017​-​2019, out June 3, 2020 via @nyege-nyege-tapes.

Pre-order: https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/camouflage-vector-edits-from-live-actions-2017-2019

This release combines a series of live actions by HHY & The Macumbas, from November 2017 in a club in Barcelos to December 2019 in an oil tank in Tenerife Island, with a June 2019 open air performance featuring Adrian Sherwood on the mix in between.

HHY & The Macumbas emerged in 2008 from the cryptic SOOPA collective from Porto, a group of musicians and artists responsible for the early 00’s local experimental scene explosion. For the last decade, HHY&TM have been actively playing live with various ensemble configurations in venues, clubs and festivals all around Europe (Unsound, Primavera Sound, Supersonic, among many others) and released the albums "Throat Permission Cut" (Silo Rumor, 2014) and "Beheaded Totem" (House Of Mythology, 2018).

HHY & The Macumbas are a shifting musical entity where circular percussive mutations, brass riffs and electronics are dubbed by echoes in often sensory-overload live actions. Founded by Jonathan Saldanha, the ensemble works as a rhythm laboratory, in a constant research involving pressure, exhilaration, alterity and warped time perception.

Graphics by Laurie Pitt

Edited and mixed by Jonathan Saldanha during Covid-19 lockdown in Kampala.

Recorded by Jos

Mastered at Declared Sound

Released by Nyege Nyege Tapes

Camouflage Vector: Edits From Live Actions 2017-2019

Premiere: HHY & The Macumbas - Wilderness Of Glass Version [Nyege Nyege Tapes]

Two track preview from Selección Magnética compilation.

Late 20th Century outsider music from the outskirts of Buenos Aires featuring Alan Courtis, Pablo Reche, Quum and many more artists from the Argentinian underground.

More info at www.discrepant.net

Selección Magnética

Quum - Persecución (from Selección Magnética)

Single track from Senyawa's remix album "Alkisah Dikisahkan" due to be released on February 21st, 2021. This album is part of Senyawa's upcoming album "Alkisah" which co-releases by 43 labels around the globe.

Nursalim Yadi Anugerah is a Pontianak-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, well known for his peculiar approach to instrumentation and composition. As a composer and DIY ethnomusicologist, Nursalim has collaborated extensively with indigenous musicians to preserve and reinterpret their music through new compositions.

Strange Weather

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