2019 Spring / Summer

https://acidtestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-afterworld

Om Unit and TM404 have both been researching production and compositional elements in the crosshairs of dub and acid for the last few years - Om Unit most notably with his Acid Dub Studies 1 & 2, and TM404 with his Acidub album in particular.

Om Unit has been a longtime fan of TM404’s use of the TB-303 and the deconstructed space he brings to the house and techno template. Meanwhile Om Unit’s own leaning towards breaks and reggae instrumentation has offered a different approach to the acid sound they both love so much. So an LP with Acid Test seemed the perfect opportunity to combine those approaches and see what kind of mutations could be discovered. The result is a primordial soup that is in parts acid, dub, breaks and ambient, full of spaced-out synths and psychedelic bass, where the pair enjoyed building tracks with a feel for where the music wanted to go, irrespective of stylistic constraints.

Rolling opener Motorway Acid sets the pace high and strong, conjuring both wide open spaces and fast-paced travel at the same time, with weightless pads, stroboscopic breaks and a mighty 303 riff that can teleport you to the middle of a foggy dancefloor. Microdose Mondays on the other hand, slows the tempo down and veers into cosmic territory, with perfectly dubbed drum rolls and burbling squelch. But it’s London Stock that kicks the album into hyperspace, finding its futuristic steppers groove somewhere in the answer to the hypothetical question ‘what if Shaka had produced Stingray?’

Speaking of underwater electronics, Meanwhile In The Smoking Area delves deep into submarine territory, delivering the kind of bass weight and sonar acid signals you’d need a diver’s suit for. It’s a vibe that’s continued on the tracks Thursday and Refracted, and speaks to the record's title - otherworldly, dreamy bass meditations that aren’t of this realm. The album closes out with Praha, a pacey yet ambient vista of warm wide synths, layers of 303, and dub echoes that sound like the machines are slowly coming to life.

It’s in this altered state that the album resides, somewhere between worlds and styles, emerging out of the space around the TB-303 that Om Unit and TM404 have created, with their open-minded approach to the music and to this collaboration. Free the 303!

B3. Refracted

B2. Thursday

B1. Meanwhile    In The Smoking Area

A3 London Stock

A2 Microdose Mondays

A1. Motorway Acid

https://tinmanofficial.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-acid

Vienna-based producer and 303 maestro Tin Man returns to Acid Test for his first solo EP for label in over 5 years. It's another impeccable outing of romantic acid variations, especially tailored for unforgettable dancefloor revelations.

Tin Man has been setting the pace for forward-looking acid lovers for close to two decades now, and on his 15th Acid Test appearance he takes the vibe back to early and proto-house roots, stripping back the musical elements while layering in the euphoria with four perfectly crafted slices of feelgood 303.

Opening track Hidden Acid already sounds like a long lost classic, with strings draped over bouncy acid and motorik drums, stretching out over nearly nine minutes, and beautifully capturing the feel of house music circa 1991. Swaying Acid comes in all propulsive, toms and congas setting the foundation for melodic acid lines to weave through your heart strings.

On the B Side, Running Acid is fully optimized for the autobahn fast lane - a gradual, slow-filtered acid meltdown that builds and releases in tandem with driving hats and vaporous pads that hang over the track like early morning mists. Wrapped Up Acid brings the EP to a fitting close, slowing the tempo for a low-key easy dance excursion par excellence - smooth yet spikey 303 riffs punctuate the chords that drift through with a hint of Badalamenti in the progression.

With the Hidden Acid EP Tin Man might hark back to more vintage times, but the emotive power is as strong as ever. The naivety of the ‘90s is instead replaced with a conviction behind the musical choices that brings even more weight to the heartwarming vibes. This is acid in some of the best shape it's ever been, enhanced and upgraded specifically for the dance.

B2. Wrapped Up Acid

B1. Running Acid

A2. Swaying Acid

A1. Hidden Acid

The town was derelict, not even a murmur could be heard throughout the cobbled streets. Ominous grey clouds loomed overhead casting an eerie shadow over the buildings. The street lamps flickered unnervingly, in brief flashes they illuminated colourful shop fronts and striped parasols. This place had once been full of life, a place where people had come to escape the stresses of every day life. But now everything had changed. Something had been here and it had taken all signs of civilisation with it.

After releasing on Frits Wentink’s Bobby Donny label and Dirt Crew Recordings, Icelandic producer Felix Leifur brings four tracks of hazy deep electronics to BROT01, the first in a trilogy of releases on Reykjavik-based label Lagaffe Tales.

PREMIERE: Felix Leifur - Brot 4 [Lagaffe Tales]

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Inaugurated nine years ago with a quartet of VAs, Dresden-based imprint @uncanny-valley-dresden return to the compilation format to celebrate their 50th release. Split over seven EPs, the series kicks off with 'Uncanny Valley 50.1', a four-tracker featuring music from Lauer, James Booth, Sandrow M & Will Dubner and Jules Etienne.

Uncanny Valley 50.1 

Lauer - Fanta Korn Tanker [Uncanny Valley]

Adam invites no other than the very special, very talented DOS for an extremely intimate session of dancefloor killers.

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Adam Invites: DOS (15/03/19)

The Populists AKA Yan Wagner "Belgian Trip EP" is OUT NOW

"What to say? this is a New Beat masterpiece, simply an instant classic ! Yes there's that track you heard at Dekmantel festival last year played by Identified Patient etc... ;) "

Buy vinyl : https://detritirecords.bigcartel.com/product/the-populists-aka-yan-wagner-belgian-trip
Digital : https://detritirecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-populists-aka-yan-wagner-belgian-trip

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PREMIERE : Bagarre - Le Gouffre (Yan Wagner aka The Populists Belgian Trip Club Edit)

From the EP 'Odyssey'
Release date : 12th April 
Pre-order link : lnk.to/CosmonectionOdyssey

This new maxi from the Parisian producer presents an ever more mature sound universe by confirming its attachment to a deep house sound with many Balearic euphoria influences and a more retro-futuristic approach, synthesized with hushed melodies and warm afro rhythms.

Artist : @soundcloud.com/cosmonection
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Label : @soundcloud.com/pontneuf
www.facebook.com/pontneufrecords/
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Premiere : Cosmonection - Midnight (Feat. Gystere)[Pont Neuf Records]

To know Lerosa is to have a huge amount of respect for him. The Dublin-based, Italian producer isn't concerned with the limelight. Rather, his studio philosophy resembles the Japanese concept of “kaizen” a workmanlike, incremental improvement.

Leopoldo Rosa's debut for Acid Test is the producer's first album in  eight years, but since then he's put out in the neighborhood of 15 EPs for the likes of Idle Hands, Ferox and Saft, homing in on his own lush sound, which weaves effortlessly between deep house, acid and electro. 

He applies all these patient lessons on “Bucket Of Eggs”, the ten masterful tracks fit perfectly within the label's concept. Yet Rosa, like the label's stable of 303 auteurs (Tin Man, Recondite, John Frusciante, Pepe Bradock) opens up bold new vistas for the subgenre. On "Conjurors," he spends half the track building up atmosphere so thick and dubby you could cut it with a knife, before introducing an acid line and jack track heralding back to the acid's maddening, revolutionary roots.  

About halfway through the set, Lerosa is done setting the stage, and thusluy delivers a string of freakishly good late night tracks. For Lerosa, the hips and the head work in concert—"One Is Too Short"'s no-nonsense rhythm section perfectly balanced by the track's dreamy synth and zero-grav piano breaks. On "Self Inflicted," he joins a rarified class, synthesizing electro funkiness, widescreen ambience and acid counterpoint.

On initial contact, Lerosa's “Bucket Of Eggs” feels astonishing, an expertly-paced, near-perfect LP. But for those who have been following the low-key producer, it feels like a natural culmination.

Distributed by Wordandsound

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