TULPA OVI RERCORDS 2021

https://tulpaovi.lnk.to/SpoddySpyEP

T.O.R. 001 ROBAG WRUHME - QUOKKA SUPRA

Out now on Crosstown Rebels: lnk.to/CRMLP046

Escapism is a theme that runs through the very heart of music. We listen to be transported, removing ourselves from our immediate surroundings as our senses relax and the sonic experience washes over us. During times of hardship, such a sensation is naturally magnified. Music gifts us a way out from our challenges, allowing us to choose how we feel in response to the sounds we hear. This theme has been explored meticulously by Audiojack over the past four years, resulting in the release of their second album, Surface Tension, on Crosstown Rebels this April. 

The pair described the meaning behind the album, encapsulating what inspired them to pursue the four-year project: “In the modern world our attention has become so fragmented with technological distractions. We wanted to create a piece of music that could be an escape from that, where someone can close their eyes and let their imaginations fill in the gaps that the other senses have left behind.” 

The journey sets off with Subterranea, a futuristic breaks-inspired cut that features shimmering female vocals throughout. It feels both euphoric and spacious, taking us to a world far removed from ours. The first collaborative effort comes next in the form of Under Your Skin. Released as the album’s lead single in February, Kevin Knapp’s weighty lyrical offering takes no prisoners, paving the way for the track’s punchy, percussion-heavy backbone. 

The American producer and vocalist is no stranger to the label, having collaborated with Audiojack previously on Implications as well as releasing Flipped on Crosstown’s sister imprint Rebellion. Binaural Dreaming soon arrives, plunging us into a sensory experience thanks to an array of worldwide field recordings, which simulate the experience of a dream. 925 Shift ups the pace, pairing resonant kick-hat combos against a myriad of robot-like synths whilst gentle keys chime softly in the background. 

Surreal yet familiar in one, it opens smoothly into Easy Rider, a groove-led, minimal laced dance number that transports us to brighter days with upbeat piano rolls and dream-like chords. Psychoactive pt. 1 continues the warming theme, delving further into tropical realms. Ethereal pads blend into pulses of acid to form an immersive auditory piece.

Audiojack

Binaural Dreaming

Audiojack - Binaural Dreaming

Life At Robert Johnson is a natural home for Superpitcher, and this two-tracker shows his sense of belonging.

Lush Life featuring vocals by Fantastic Twins was inspired by Corsican polyphony, an epiphany after a church concert though as ever with Superpitcher, simplicity is multi-layered: the track itself could be a trip back to the golden (rave) days of deep electronic US house à la François K, dubby yet peacefully driving the ecstasy home. No religious gospel euphoria though, the lyrics are a pagan hymn to Eventide presets. You can’t take the geek out of the schatzi.

Diario stretches its 10 minutes in a misleading laidback groove: Sueno Latino languid clichés are blown away by a smoothly unforgiving acid line. This is a trip, not a journey, a trip dedicated to the young raver in all of us and to a friend too soon departed. As Pasolini said in the poem of the same name: “That’s why I've never abandoned happiness, that’s why in the anxiety of my sins I’ve never been touched by real remorse. Equal, always equal, to the inexpressible at the very source of what I am”

In loving memory of Georges “Sugar” Chaulet.

A - Superpitcher Feat. Fantastic Twins - Lush Life - Snippet

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.

STREAM / DOWNLOAD

Urchin (Snippet)

Milio - 2094

4. Carlita - Run Run Run Feat Duddha (Radio Edit)

Following up last year's dramatic and well-supported ‘Acid Summer’, @Undo returns to Darkroom Dubs with a release genuinely worth phoning home about.

Three tracks deep, ‘Aliens Go Home’ is the Spaniard’s most comprehensive release for Silicone Soul’s label, with his cosmic grooves stretching and mutating in all kinds of directions.

We open with ‘Portamental.' A playful take on the idea of portamento, it carries us smoothly into Undo’s never-ending world with its rippling hook and infinite chugging bassline. Resplendent with a touch of dark disco, a dash of deep house and a whole tonne of synths, it is the perfect opener.

The title track, ‘Aliens Go Home' follows it's a much darker trip that’s more direct and purposefully off-kilter. With powerful beats, a bubble-some acid bassline and carefully woven human vocal elements into the mix as percussion, there’s an otherworldly feel running throughout that will make all space cadets feel homesick.

Last but not least, ‘Yellow Spark’ brings us back to reality with crisp electroid beats, dubbed-out waves and a sweet-but-solemn vocoder vocal. Poignant, emotional and electric in its intent and sentiment, it concludes another beautiful EP for Darkroom Dubs.

Phone home and tell them you’re going to be late. We’re having too much fun here.

Out now from our Bandcamp & all other digital platforms.

Mastered by Conor Dalton at Glowcast Audio. 
Art by Giulio Brandelli. 
Design by Mary Paz Sierra.

https://darkroomdubs.bandcamp.com
https://www.darkroomdubs.com

Aliens Go Home

Portamental

Bandcamp

Undo - Portamental [Darkroom Dubs] (Clip)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/speicher_123

There's no 123 without 4 in our beloved Speicher series. Robag Wruhme is back with two intense, low-slung monster tunes in his unique masterful fashion. "Glut" is destined to set your peak time dancefloor on fire with its killer bassline and trippy sequences. "Un-spok-en" is equally relentless and unfathomable, garnished with a haunting vocal snippet.

Speicher 123

Robag Wruhme - Un-spoke-en

Robag Wruhme - Fire

Out The House

Breaks Irl

My Edit of:
Mathew Jonson-Learning To Fly
&
Lemo & Herb-Ivory

Urchin (Snippet)

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