Pinchy & Friends 006

A1. Strings of Eden
B1. Strings of Eden (Garden Mix) feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
B2. Passing Clouds

Additional production on B1:
Strings: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Harp: Miriam Adefris
Percussion: Cal Paterson

Artwork by Alexis Jamet
Written & Produced by Alex Kassian

One time - vinyl only - limited pressing 
Distributed to the world and beyond.

Strings of Eden

P&F 006 Alex Kassian - Strings of Eden feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Number #101 hosted by local Melbourne/Naarm trio @neurocrankk with a groovy mix in their signature style - crisp, chuggy early 2000s minimal & tech-house blended to perfection. The collective is made up of cutie pie trio Chris, Harrison & Billy (@allurein / @al-den-te / @neb-u-la) and together they DJ & throw semi-regular parties in various Naarm venues. Harrison & Billy also DJ together as @neb-u-la.

The crew are some of the best young minimal deejays in the city and have exciting prospects ahead - Harrison (@al-den-te) has also recently released  a banging EP on Hannah D's label @thespacebetweenus - check it here! https://soundcloud.com/thespacebetweenus/tsbu06-al-dente-corner-taken-quickly-ep-w-maara-remix-previews

Thanks for the mix guys!

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Animix One Hundred & One: Neurocrank

Soft Raw is a new label from Danielle – a natural extension of the Bristol-based DJ’s expansive tastes within contemporary club music. Over the past few years the NTS resident has become a leading light in the multifaceted world of modernist techno abstractions, ably balancing soundsystem pressure and propulsive rhythmic intensity with experimental textures and explorative energy variations. Soft Raw seeks to continue that mission with releases which will progress stylistically from one approach to another, taking in exciting, emergent producers unique in their approach but bound together by the idiosyncratic curation of Danielle – a faithful reflection of her proven skill as a selector.

The label launches with a six-track drop from Slacker. Sam Black has been winding up a potent strain of needlepoint techno which leans towards jungle and half-time D&B in its tempo and structure. Across a selection of various releases, Black’s sound has evolved into an accomplished and detailed style which draws on moody atmospheres and advanced engineering in the grand tradition of UK soundsystem music. Across this EP the Slacker sound matches up to the spirit of Soft Raw, balancing fierce kinetic energy with delicacy and finesse and leaving some space for outright ambience. At times he locks into a half-step warm-up mode, while elsewhere the amens creep in for a more pronounced jungle rinse-out.

It’s a strong opening statement for this new label, but crucially this doesn’t spell out the future in absolute terms. True to Danielle’s broad outlook, subsequent releases are set to take in everything from straight up 4/4 and acid to footwork and electro, with a narrative binding each release together according to her internal logic and the tension between soft and raw qualities explored across consistently cutting-edge tracks. 

Press release by Oli Warwick. 

Releases November 25, 2022

Written & Produced by Sam Black
Mastered by Analogue Cuts
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Design by Atelier Superplus
softraw.bandcamp.com
@soft__raw

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Slacker - Damage To Be Undone | Soft Raw (SFTRW01)- Snippets

hope you doing what you want

Munch (Ice Spice Edit)

Swerving Mantis - Mor Elian
Pax (Four Tet Remix) - Chloe Robinson + DJ ADHD
Tell me if you like it - bastiengoat
My Intentions - Lektor Scopes
Woo - Alex Wilcox
Caloroso - INVT
Monophone Dub - Deetron presents Soulmate
High Rollerz - Maara
Nulspace - Atrice
Ascension - Black Girl/White Girl
Monterrey - James Bangura
No Pulse - Nikki Nair & DJ ADHD
Devil's Reject - Hermeth
Gacht - d.aiff
Linked - Estoc
Lasik Channel - Lithe
AFX Never Danced - Vel

November/December 22 Mix

Rinse FM Podcast

Pangaea - 03 December 2022

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

http://bigupmag.com/2015/07/premiere-wen-gravity-flux-soundman-chronicles/

After his debut album Signals in 2014, UK’s 130-ninja Wen (Owen Darby) has been on our watch list; our anticipation is finally rewarded with the announcement (and the speedy release) of his brand new 6-track EP – Senary Cycles.

Coming out via DJ Parris’ imprint Soundman Chronicles, this is one of the most organic outputs from the young and independent British pirate radio-inspired crew.

Throughout the EP Wen’s signature cavernous space, industrial textures and chopped-up vocal experimentations are binded by the slightly impatient and even rude attitude. It is obvious the producer has gotten even more comfortable in his skin and we’re certainly even more anxious for his future releases.

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