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Get Physical Music family members @@karolxviimbvalence unveil their stunning new album, ‘Essay’, in February 2022. Following well-received teaser singles, the full album is a storytelling trip through many shades of heartfelt house. 

Polish pair Karol XVII & MB Valence have been a key part of the global dance scene for more than a decade. In that time, they have established their own Loco Records, been nominated as Best Deep House Artists at the Beatport Music Awards and have continued to push the genre forwards. Drawing on their backgrounds as composers and sound engineers, the duo has put out plenty of singles on Get Physical and contributed to 2020's 'Retrospective,' but ‘Essay’ is their boldest artistic statement to date. 

The lovely atmosphere of 'Old Memories' opens the album with dreamy ambience and soothing breakbeats before 'Aqua' sinks you into a vast and pillowy deep house groove. It's a gorgeous track detailed with delicate synths. The lead single 'Whispers' is another stylish and seductive track featuring Johannesburg native and vocalist Lazarusman, before Jono McCleery features on 'Fool's Gold,' a richly melodic and harmonic lullaby with vulnerable vocals. 

Real late night tension defines 'Echoes & The Beauty' (Jackspeare Interpretation) with its frazzled synths and mysterious rolling beats, while 'Disharmony' is characterised by uneasy, unsettling synth motifs that loop over more cavernous deep house drums. The fascinating album continues through the absorbing dub house and delicate pads of 'Waterfall Drops.' Another Jackspeare Interpretation, this time of 'Sonus,' makes for perfectly meditative and melancholic listening, and 'Bang Bang' then layers soft shakers over big rubbery kicks while a sensuous vocal hangs in the air. The stunning 'Jackspeare Theme' is nearly four minutes of suspensory cosmic ambiance and the album then plays out with the organic broken beats of 'Digisong,' electro-tinged future soul of 'Universum' (Jackspeare Original Interpretation), and pensive synth craft of sublime closer 'Humanity.' 

‘Essay’ is the sumptuous sound of two producers at their very best. 

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Essay

Echoes & the Beauty (Jackspeare Interpretation)

Karol XVII & MB Valence - Echoes & The Beauty (Jackspeare Interpretation) (Snippet)

Artist: @Blindsmyth
Title: All That Fiberglass (album)
Label: Connaisseur Recordings
Release Date: February 18th, 2022
Catalog No: CNS034LP

Stream & order: http://connaisseur.fanlink.to/cns034LP

A musical globetrotter, Simon Schmidt, also known as Blindsmyth really broke onto the scene back in 2018 with his debut album, ‘Blind’, on his Berlin based home label Cosmic Society. The album was designed to tell a story, like a collage of emotional and musical moments in his life. It was followed by a signing to Diynamic in 2019 with ‘Frozen’ which dabbled in organic beats and hypnotizing vocals, in true Blindsmyth style. His sound has been said to resonate with DJ Koze, Moderat, Bonobo, Burial and Four Tet, however, always remains to be niche.
He first appeared on Connaisseur Recordings in 2020, with his single “Gryllidae’, a quintessential summer track. He followed this with his noteworthy remix for Kollektiv Turmstrasse’s 10th Anniversary release ‘Rebellion der Tr umer’ for their track ‘Was Bleibt’ showcasing his capabilities in the studio. This remix was no doubt a taste for what was to come with his 2nd album ‘All That Fiberglass’ in February 2022.
With a strong sway toward live organic sounds, ‘All That Fiberglass’ has a warm analogue feel. A lot of the album was created with field recordings, his self-built instruments and hardware along with the manipulation of his own voice. Its concept? Social criticism on the challenges an artist has nowadays with the digital world. The duties, but also the distractions.
Blindsmyth has managed to create a visceral feeling which is ingrained into every track: a figurative living, breathing audio organism that goes beyond the studio, and into the tangible. Opening with the melancholy of ‘Transhuman’ lush emotional tones set the scene perfectly and is one of many softer moments that allow the album to breathe. The single releases from the album showcase Blindsmyth’s up-tempo side experimenting with ‘Remember The Days’ which benefits from clever breakbeat percussion layers and a strong lyrical content. Keys melt into the words for cosy warm up vibes, and the listener is reminded of a sound that dominated clubland in the late ‘90s, becoming an inspirational genre for many young producers.
The midsection of the album is an audio ocean of deep emotion from the wistfulness of ‘A Musical Hug’ through the edgy Burial-esque Garage beats of ‘Connection Error’ towards the oriental ambience of ‘Emotion Per Byte’, everything flows naturally.
The second single due to be released just before Christmas is ‘Hack Into Your Soul’.

Its up-tempo Afro feel neatly juxtaposes those deeper moments with warm key and vocals. A secret weapon for the early morning floors that has a strong emotional content and bags of personality. Keeping the energy high on the album is ‘Delete Your Cloud’, which takes a powerful tribal path with intricate drum programming before the penultimate cut, ‘Digital Choral’ acts as analogue cleanser, before the finale ‘ berfahrt’ which gloriously plays out in widescreen technicolour.
The final single and title track ‘All That Fiberglass’ acts as the most dancefloor-focused cut on the album. Icy keys and vocoder vocals give an edgy and energetic peak time sound, a highlight of his recent live shows. The full vocal also showcases Blindsmyth’s song writing abilities and his development as an artist.

Überfahrt (Snippet)

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Braulio Lam is a music producer and photographer from the border region of Tijuana and San Diego. With "ISO", he has created a very personal production filtered through digital and analog sounds alongside the soulful voice of his collaborator Villiam Larrondo. An original and warm sound palette filtered through dub techno, jazz and ambient that shines through day and night.

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SC121: Huxby (Oslo/Norway)
Smallcast series mix #121 - April 2022
Mixes will be posted frequently. Enjoy the sounds!
For more info about SmallCast, please go to www.smallrecordsoslo.com

More about Huxby:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/huxby-dj
Social Media/Instagram: 
https://www.instagram.com/fred_bekk/
https://www.instagram.com/shepherdsoundsystems/

SMALLCAST: 121. HUXBY (Oslo/Norway)

Artist: @of-norway
Title: Dolphins
Label: Connaisseur Recordings
Release Date: June 26th, 2022 / June 10th, 2022 "Shoal" (Sneak Peek Extract Spotify only)
Catalog No: CNS117

Stream & order: connaisseur.fanlink.to/cns117

Of Norway return to Connaisseur Recordings with a stellar three-track EP that follows their June ’21 mini-album ‘This Soft Apocalypse’ which is still garnering support from global heavyweights including Innervisions label boss Dixon. 

The Norwegian outfit now offer up ‘Dolphins’, three tracks that encapsulate their inventive sound that borders on genre territories throughout the dance spectrum: a praise for breaks in three different shades. Summery atmospherics and super hooky chords engulf the brooding breaks of the title track, with a nod to the past while keeping the production and intention of the track leaning into the future. 

‘Urchin’ comes in with unbounded strength. Menacing reese-bass tones quiver across a metric spread of clever, splashy breakbeats and mind-altering sfx. Expect the unexpected!

Closing track ‘Shoal’ could be the next monumental set opener. A storytelling piece with mysterious middle-eastern vocals, filtered drums and an undulating synth bass hook that draws inspiration and reminiscence from some old 90’s leftfield/electronica whilst being endlessly captivating.

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Urchin (Snippet)

Dolphins (Snippet)

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Morgen Wurde & Tis' enigmatic album "Vermacht" (mixcult.bandcamp.com/album/vermacht) from 2020 on MixCult calls for remixes. Groove magicians from around the globe set their
transformative powers to the deep wondrous electroacoustic original tracks.
Bjika spirals into infinite space effervescently, raining down a meteor
shower of staccato bleeps on the dancefloor.
Mastra celebrates a mysterious dance ritual in mystical alliance of
Tetsuroh's trumpet and Doug's vibraphone.
R.Hz glides with his remix through endless spaces, where symphonies and
Tetsuroh's trumpet echo from far away, on the way to the promising future.
Peter Zherebtsov stretches the sense of time and space on his quarter-hour groove excursion with Tetsuroh's trumpet and Doug's vibraphone.
All inhibitions fall away with Ulf Kramer's unbridled ride galloping across
the dance floor. Georges-Emmanuel's violin layers smolder as a powerful
atmosphere over the spectacle. What a climax!

Doug Perry (vibraphone) #2, #4
Tetsuroh Konishi (trumpet) #2, #3, #4
Georges-Emmanuel Schneider (violin) #5

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