BEST OF 2021 [Dark Electronics/Post Punk]

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Release Date: 24th May 2021

After a year-long hiatus from the label, Anjunabeats luminary Grum returns with the ‘Isolation EP’. 

Graeme Shepherd, better known as Grum, hails from Glasgow. His relationship with Anjunabeats stretches back to 2015, when Above & Beyond signed him to the label over a glass of whisky one night after a gig. A string of brilliant singles followed: ‘U’, ‘Shout’, ‘Shining’ and ‘Price Of Love’ to name a few, plus his Anjunabeats Worldwide 07 compilation, which charted on Billboard’s Dance / Electronic Album chart. 

His long-awaited artist album ‘Deep State’ - released in November 2019 - was a triumph, cementing his place at the forefront of progressive trance. 

Featuring four new cinematic, beatless compositions, the ‘Isolation EP’ sees Grum journey into new territory.

“Over the past year I've spent an awful lot of time by myself. Once I'd fully understood what was happening, I realised I would now have a lot of time on my hands. On recommendation from Jordi van Achthoven (one half of Tinlicker), I turned to music as a form of therapy and escapism. With no clubs open for the foreseeable future, I started discovering and rediscovering music and genres that I hadn't listened to before, or hadn't listened to in years. I ended up really enjoying ambient, classical and film soundtrack music from the likes of Max Richter, Trent Reznor, Japan and M83. The result is the ‘Isolation EP’. As well as providing a bit of escapism for myself, I hope it will help transport you somewhere else for a small part of your day.” - Grum

Grum’s ‘Isolation EP’ is out now on Anjunabeats. 


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Following on from their recent EP on Halcyon Veil, Bapari comes through with bass-heavy club heat and taps into the emotive, textural depth at the centre of their craft. Play this one loud.

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@theory-therapy
@djbirdbath

BC: https://theorytherapy.bandcamp.com/album/memory-empathy

"Memory Empathy" is a meditation on the past: how it shapes us and how we shape it in turn. Over 12 tracks, New Zealand-based producer DJ Birdbath draws from a varied palette of samples, both real and unreal, conjuring a colourful narrative patchwork. Some tracks are fragmented, with gurgling rhythms built from clipped vocals, like 'Another Day'. Others resemble deconstructed versions of sounds the producer grew up listening to in the UK. Take for example the breakbeat in the euphoric album opener 'Kitsch Memory' or the shoegaze-tinged vocals on 'Flames'.

While a sense of optimism radiates throughout the album — in particular on 'Leftover Igloo', 'Being There' and 'Last Time' — it’s the weird breakages and vaguely organic sounds which add to the complexity of the release and, in turn, make it feel more truthful. The imperfect mimesis is part of the appeal: with repeated listens "Memory Empathy" yields new surprises.

pi pi pi premiere: DJ Birdbath - Holiday Scrapbook (Theory Therapy)

From the album Scii Tenaph, which will be included as part of a forthcoming publication titled Ghost Semantics, released by Cripta747. More info here: https://www.instagram.com/ghostsemantics/

Scii Tenaph II (excerpt) | 2019-2022

The CRTTR-CLB series carries the vision of exploring different ways of challenging the notion of club music. For each release we want to bring together four artists who have somehow given us a glitchy feeling on the dancefloor, while digging or in any other listening situation. We’ll be releasing a new track every friday.

So go ahead and listen to the fifth batch of freshly made tunes from the following lovely artists <3<3<3

> Baby Curls <

> RTK <
soundcloud.com/rtkcrttr

> Rhodia <
https://soundcloud.com/rhodiabe
https://kosmoskollektiv.bandcamp.com/album/fading-memories-of-times-we-had-ep

> Spirit Vortex Club <
soundcloud.com/spiritvortexclub
unptitcaf.bandcamp.com/track/amphibyakusa

Artwork by Julia Häller
Mastering by Yves Spiri
Text by Candid Rütter

Bandcamp

Rhodia - Warp Drive Accelerator

LEWI BOOME 7.1.25

Hommage à un corse sous les torsades de draps embourbés d&amp#39;encens. Fenêtre ouverte sur une liste complète de nostalgiques d&amp#39;une époque actuelle. Entre percussions et voix mielleuses, vocodeurs chelous et gargarismes de crémant, le retour d&amp#39;un an sous silence avec les mélodies qui façonnent une sêcheuse de skholisme.


KNOW YOUR LOCAL  w/ Haute Manie (14/01/25)

Originally broadcast 17/01/25 on 2MBS 102.5 FM

60%WATER 17/01/25

music by: Soho Rezanejad, Balam Acab, Casa Del Mirto, Niva, DEATHS, Chan Kwong Wing, Haco, Blackbird Blackbird, Monokultur, Tara Clerkin Trio, Pudding Club and more ...

Pokoj : Theo invite Mor Wen (14.02.25)

Russian project by Ivan Zhmykhov & Alexander Bedrin, Yekaterinburg.

Cassette.
C48.
Limited to 30 copies.

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