First vinyl records out on Big Science catalogue with Fareed.
Arranged & Composed by Fareed. Mastered at Paul's Boutique. Designed by Warzou. Distribution by Rubadub.

BGSC2003 Fareed - B1 - Process RPZ

First track on the pink side from Entertainers VOL.3 now out on 12" and digi.

Entertainers Vol.3

High Wolf : U Basic

Summer Solstice 2021
Joutsa, Finland

To tell the true story of Muki Bu Mudiubi is to tell a story of a journey prophesied by a spiritual healer, initiated by a venomous serpent, embarked upon by a young and restless seeker, and realised between four kindred spirits in a far-away land covered in small bodies of sweet water.

Words (mouth sounds) as an instrument: to implement and to convey. That’s how it’s always been. Muki Bu Mudiubi: When young, they all rapped or sang along to words they didn’t understand. From the towns of Thies, Senegal to Helsinki, Finland, via the Netherlands, London, New York and Joutsa, Finland.

Muki Bu Mudiubi: together with the Wolof-tongued vocalist Zinzin, fashion designer and artist Siiri Raasakka, her wife the rapper-filmmaker Ville Valoton, and the artist known as Celestial Trax complete the group.

As prophesied by a senegalese sage, the snakebite had opened a psychic wound in young Zinzin which would manifest itself in the form of a restless quest. Unknown are the roads connecting the most western point of Africa to the northern territory of Finland and its 168,000 bodies of sweet water. Muki Bu Mudiubi is to keep searching. To die not wondering, and to live wondering: how to make wounds beautiful? The serpent within smiles.

Muki Bu Mudiubi are based in Helsinki, Finland. Damalén balui thi bir. 
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released September 3, 2021

All music by Muki Bu Mudiubi
Mixed and mastered by Joni Judén
Cover art by Siiri Raasakka

Muki Bu Mudiubi

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Muki Bu Mudiubi - Damalén Balui Thi Bir

" You know, when you've pulled too hard on the lollipop all night and you're left with only two options, the almost controlled landing or the one that fractures what little consideration you have left in humanity and yourself. Welcome to the new BFDM and the abyss of sensualities it provides. The track which offers the reading line of the opus is that of Johannes Bugeleisen, musician who has scoured the Berlin nights for more than 10 years, remaining at all times and circumstances endowed with a big heart and an immense class. A hymn to languorous afterhours, which is completed by a bathmix of the same song, proposed by another important figure of the Neukölln scene: Leo Zylberberg. The latter offers us a version like a scuba dive where the soap slips out of the hands into the bathtub, always during those blue hours where nocturnal and diurnal are not yet clearly defined."

A1 Afterhours

The LP, mostly inspired by Ursula L Guins Earthsea, follows the narrative of a shadow/gebbeth stalking oneself and trying to overpower the phases of one submitting to & resisting it. Susu's voice demonstrates the gebbeth, using her voice as an instrument, representing it in various proximities but also at times it represents the soul in various states responding to the gebbeth. The backing and verse then operate as a call and response between the gebbeth and the soul. Many lyrics are inspired and formed from a Persian book of poetry and the cut-up technique style within it. Her trademark dark & harrowing sound is prominent throughout, taking influence from dabke rhythms.

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upsammy - Germs in a Population of Buildings
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 132
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/GerminaPopulationofBuildings

On her sophomore album "Germ in a Population of Buildings”, upsammy moves through her surroundings with the curiosity of a place-bending landscape architect. The album is rooted in her interest for ambiguous environments in constant shift, and the feeling of discovering strange patterns in different ecosystems. Often, the Amsterdam-based artist finds herself zooming in and out beyond a place's most recognizable surface features to inhabit the microscopic and gigantic. Gathering field recordings and evocative environmental sounds, she shapes this source material into vibrating electro-acoustic rhythms and unstable, psychedelic textures.

upsammy's debut album, 2020's critically-acclaimed "Zoom", was praised for its careful reimagining of IDM, evolving vignettes that nodded towards the dancefloor without being shackled to its rigid set of rules. On "Germ in a Population of Buildings" her process has evolved considerably; the skeletal trace of IDM is still present but it's been trapped in amber, allowing her unique sonic landscape to develop organically. 'Being is a Stone' is a proof of concept in many ways, layering upsammy's contorted voice in rickety patterns beneath a lattice of fragile rhythms and faintly melancholy synths. It's never immediately obvious where the sounds are coming from - a hiccuping beat might be glass cracking underfoot, and larger pulses could be wet concrete, rusted iron or bent plastic. As the sounds develop they morph into each other, demolishing what came before and building on top of the ornamental wreckage.

On the dynamic 'Constructing', upsammy's sound design fluxes through hyperactive bass music structures, abstracting expectations at every turn. Often her sounds are whisper quiet, rattling and vibrating until heavier masonry drops and disrupts the structure. And when discernible rhythms subside into the background, like on the album's eerie title track, they become almost illusory, morphing between the real world and the electronic. upsammy's processed voice works like a bridge between these realms, snaking between stark, whimsical melodies on 'Patterning', arching from AutoTuned detachment into cooing, dreamy intimacy. By considering the harmonies between each location she's visited, upsammy has been able to build a unique topology that's an uncanny digital amalgam of her lived experience. It's a thoughtful alternative in an era more concerned with flatting the landscape than crumpling it and examining its peaks and troughs.

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Mixed by James Ginzburg
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos and Tharim Cornelisse

Germ in a Population of Buildings

upsammy - Being is a Stone (PAN 132)

Clemency presents References - her debut EP for Finn’s 2 B REAL. Three deceptively simple percussive pieces, both awkward and elegant.

Each track on the EP feels almost living and breathing; sparse, dissonant synths meet intricate drums and juddering basslines, effortlessly creating momentum and motion across the record.

‘References’ is Bethany Clements Patrick’s first EP under the Clemency alias. She’s a regular behind the decks at Partisan, Soup Kitchen & The White Hotel, and co-runs Manchester’s Mutualism club night, label & NTS show.

Using causality and repetition as a conceptual framework, the release comes with a selection of Clemency’s own references for the record, which includes poetry, literature, geographic coordinates, music and cosmetics - presented at clemencyreferenc.es

References

Mimic Animals That Are Easy To Love

written by: @speakermusic (DeForrest Brown, Jr.)
release date: May,1st 2020
link: https://speakermusic.bandcamp.com/album/percussive-therapy

Percussive Therapy

Speaker Music - Experience Saturation

On ACEN 017 London producer hmurd joins the All Centre ranks following releases on TT & Cherche Encore.

Title track ‘Low Grade Plastics’ continues with the sparse landscapes and dizzying atmospheres explored in hmurds productions so far. Opening with spartan drum choices, heavy kicks and cantering hi-hats sit at the tracks core whilst heavily processed percussion and FX make fleeting appearances. With eight on beat snare drum repetitions the track descends into it’s main theme. An austere four note melody, with frenetic kicks firing off around it as a loosely anchored snare provides a woozy half time rhythm. As the track progresses further FX heighten the sense of tension building around the tracks core, with a single oscillating bass note providing a nod to the tracks dubstep influences.

B side ‘Beighton Champ’ takes a different slant to its counterpart. Rapid hi-hats and percussion signal the tracks beginning and create a rhythmic sense of security, before being dispelled as the track collapses into a series of erratic de-quantised percussion breaks. Suddenly the confusion is broken, melting away into familiar percussion patterns accompanied by an angular melody courtesy of hmurd collaborator Emile Frankel. The melody is suddenly broken by a rising granular sound which signals an abrupt switch to a straighter beat, with kicks, claps and breath sounds carrying the groove.

‘Low Grade Plastics’ is available across all platforms from the 5th of June.

Low Grade Plastics

hmurd - Beighton Champ

APPX:04

@blacksnakewhip - t( -_- t )

Tracklist:
01 Pop Msuik
02 Natures bezt
03 Scratch!dvd
04 5thelem

All profits to be donated to www.rainforest-alliance.org

Releases February 1, 2021

Music written & produced by Lawrence Fergus Goodwin
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Design by Amos Turner & Ike Zwanikken

Released by:
APPX: (Appendix.files) subsidiary of INDEX:Records

Contact:
indexrecords@cyborgorgy.com

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APPX:04 – Black Snake Whip - t( -_- t ) (previews)

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CLUB CHAI Vol. 2 is a collection of tracks by artists whose work truly embodies the Club Chai ethos that exists in storytelling through sound. As we close out the label, this release remains a lustrous perspective on the future.

Alongside the compilation, the Club Chai Archive book is out today on our Bandcamp. You can preorder the book alongside the digital release of the compilation for a bundled price of $35 ($15 for the compilation and $25 for the book).

The archive book is a culmination of all the moving parts that make up Club Chai at once – a way to honor the project's complexity and intimacy. A way to honor the project's complexity and intimacy. How do we remember and archive something that is really made up of a fleeting feeling? Being on the dancefloor with friends, singing in unison or zoning out in complete bliss. It feels right to create something physical that can be held, touched and encountered slowly and 
carefully. Making this book entirely with friends makes it feel even more intimate and special. 

Mastering: 8ULENTINA & Lara Sarkissian

Artwork credits:
Photo: Lara Sarkissian & 8ULENTINA
Textile: 8ULENTINA
Artwork edits & processing: Jessika Khazrik
 
Club Chai Book Design:
Art and Design Direction: Azha Luckman @azhaayanna 
& Peter Dolezilek @topchef_allstars

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Maral - another birth

Record label from @djpitchdj @simkin0 @tomsobolikmusic

Everything 2 allcentre000@gmail.com

Artwork by @bette-blanchard
Mixing and Mastering by @djpitchdj

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