TRAX & COLLABS

The 38th release of katharsis and our final release of 2023 is the prodigious compilation "Embracing Darkness, Absorbing Light" featuring a vast array of artist beloved by the label. Throughout the grandiose line-up of the 36 tracks, the listener is absorbed by various differing interpretations of the theme outlined in the title of the album. Some of the invited artist went full into introverted progressions and meditative sounds, while others focused on aggressive rhythms or anthemic melodies. But even though the styles and techniques of the songs differ from each other, the artists seem to have some commonality in their sonic palettes that binds it all together in a mutual love for music as a healing force of nature <3

releases December 29, 2023

artwork by jjjacob
mastering by jjjacob

pre-order:
katharsis-label.bandcamp.com/album/embr…bing-light

Embracing Darkness  Absorbing Light

Chalk Cave Visitors

Ancestral Vision - Chalk Cave Visitors

🛒: amphibianrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tran…-palestine

Instagram: 
https://www.instagram.com/ancestral.visi0n/
www.instagram.com/amphibian_rec/

Soundcloud: 
Ancestral Vision: https://on.soundcloud.com/WJy6t

For months we have been witnessing genocide and violence against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Our community is based on values of solidarity and empathy and we cannot and won’t stay silent. Thus we are releasing under the ‘Transmission for Palestine’ project, native to our home club - Ankali. Our effort is to raise awareness of the struggle and suffering of the Palestinian people. We believe in anti-colonialism and freedom of the Global South from Western imperialism.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸

All proceedings from this album will be donated to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Middle East Children's Alliance.

www.pcrf.net
www.mecaforpeace.org

IMPORTANT!
If you donate - not 100% of your donation will proceed to the PCRF because PayPal and Bandcamp take a decent amount of the earnings.
credits
released January 13, 2024

Artwork by Omar El-Sadek

Mastered by Ladislav Sterba

Amphibian Records 2024

Support

Ancestral Vision - Chroma FM

@tu_music
@ancestralvision
@overmybodytw

Buy 🔗 overmybody.bandcamp.com/album/fiori-notturni

Capiuz returns on the label with a new club-ready album that slashes through a nocturnal forest landscape with fluorescents and violent bursts of color. Taking its name from a series of paintings called “Bande di Fiori Notturni” by Italian artist Alice Visentin, the project goes through a wide array of influences and bpms. Terra Nuda (naked earth) acts as an opener fusing a foggy drone with drum breaks and dance hall syncopations. Hectic follows up with a more bass oriented attitude incarnated in a heavy pounding kick pattern and driven by metallic drums with a restless spirit. The sounds and textures of Fiori Notturni are heavily inspired by the works of John Cage and his use of percussive instruments for both rhythmic and textural purposes. These influences become pretty clear in slower cuts like Black Needle and the title track, where jingles, rattles and other high-pitched instruments create a moving bed for the rhythmic section. Other works such as 0400 and the collaboration with label head B E N N, Lunar Eclipse, bring a faster pace to the project with a higher focus on rhythmic layering. Before giving its way to the Ancestral Vision remix, the “night” is closed off by Hallucinogen, a longer track driven by a steady kick that plays with different odd timed patterns to create an exciting and enveloping trip.

Capiuz is the experimental dance project of producer and performer Luca Favaro. Based in Italy, his genre-merging production focuses on exploring rhythm and sound design in a club context. Often leaning towards live performances, Capiuz’s music takes the form of a heavy hitting outburst filled with heavy bass, breakcore progressions and granular textures. He is currently the host of a show on Radio Raheem and has published with Unizone, Over My Body and Early Reflex. As a programmer he’s developing max for live devices with HIDE Productions, including granular audio effects and instruments and flexible percussive synths.

Jan Macháček aka Ancestral Vision is a Prague-based producer, sound artist, DJ and co-founder of Unizone label and radio show. His productions are full of experimental sound design that fills the gaps between earworm-ish melodies and contemporary club echoes. Compositions written by Ancestral Vision are often both epic and intimate, serving as a personal diary of his sound research practice and studio jams.

PREMIERE: Capiuz - 0400 (Ancestral Vision Remix) (OverMyBody)

The final katharsis release of 2024 is the 26-track compilation “Physical Force” featuring a wide range of affiliated artists from both the international and local Copenhagen electronic music scene. As the title hints, Physical Force delves into the visceral, bodily aspects of music, inviting its contributors to explore the theme of movement as a central element in their compositions. Each artist was encouraged to focus on rhythm, groove, energy, and the physicality of sound, which resulted in drum-heavy release from start to finish. While there is a consistent emphasis on rhythm and a bodily connection to the music, the tracks vary widely in style and sonic texture, ranging from big melodic anthems, gritty experimental techno, heavy jungle bangers, and beyond.

released December 23, 2024

mastering by jjjacob
artwork by jjjacob

Ancestral Vision - Lucid

Ancestral Vision - Sizzler

FREE DOWNLOAD!
http://underveil.unisphere.tv/extra/

Arrange: https://soundcloud.com/nitrox72
Original track(s): "Your Best Nightmare" (Undertale OST / Toby Fox)

from UNDERVEIL THE EXTRA.

This is an unofficial derivative work. UNDERTALE and its soundtrack © 2015 Toby Fox.

FREE DOWNLOAD

HARI KARI - VINES

The Hard Way - Sodomizer (East Kingdom Edit) Free Download

free dl/support

FINAL BOSS

Empathycrazy with capoxxo [+ 5v]

XO Alone's 2020 Drum & Bass single "Blue" (Prod. Northeast Lights & Shinju)
https://genius.com/Xo-alone-blue-lyrics

Northeast Lights:
https://soundcloud.com/northeastlights

Shinju:
https://soundcloud.com/sshinju

blue [northeast lights, shinju]

debut EP out now via @line_156
ꆜ @unizonelabel horseman
✺ contact: unknxwn.unizone@gmail.com
ᴜᴘᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ & ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ɢɪɢꜱ

31/10 @ BUSH, Budapest [LIVE]
26/09 @ Lunchmeat Festival, Prague [DJ SET]
30/08 @ Lofofora, Kurovický lom [LIVE]
16/08 @ Bezmez, Velké Meziříčí [DJ SET]
25/07 @ Bukolika, Přelouč [LIVE]
06/06 @ Fraktal, Brno [DJ set]
04/04 @ Ankali, Prague [LIVE]
29/03 @ Jènemar Passéjure, Prague [DJ SET]
28/01 @ MeetFactory, Prague [LIVE]
17/01 @ Archa+, Prague [QUADRO LIVE]
--2024--
15/11 @ Fraktal, Brno [DJ set]
13/11 @ TBA, Brno [LIVE]
07/11 @ Panke, Berlin [LIVE]
19/09 @ Petrohradska, Praha [LIVE]
13/09 @ FOLD, London, UK [DJ set]
26/07 @ Bukolika, Přelouč [DJ set]
20/07 @ Festival Trať, Chomutov [LIVE]
22/06 @ HALP Festival, Moravany [LIVE]
15/06 @ Ravekjavik, Łódź, PL [LIVE]
17/05 @ Petrohradska, Praha [DJ set]
27/04 @ SHARPE Festival, Bratislava [LIVE]
--2023--
07/12 @ OHM+, Berlin [DJ set]
02/11 @ HUSH, Brno [LIVE]
28/10 @ ATG, Prague
26/08 @ Chomutov b2b Oblaka
28/07 @ Bukolika, Přelouč
01/07 @ Videocitta Extra, Rome [A/V LIVE]
13/06 @ PQ, Prague
10/06 @ SOfT, Brno [A/V LIVE]
09/06 @ Lunchmeat x Bukolika, Kladno
27/05 @ Ankali, Prague
24/05 @ Bike Jesus
05/05 @ The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow [LIVE]
21/04 @ Ankali, Prague [LIVE]
17/03 @ Bike Jesus, Prague
11/03 @ Kasárny Karlín, Prague

FINAL BOSS

ANCESTRAL VISION