Signature hypnotic organic rhythms recorded in 1996 by Debbie Jones and Robbert Heijnen as an incarnation of eXquisite CORpsE.

These tracks have existed in digital limbo for a number of years and now receive a long overdue remastered vinyl release. Kindred spirit Anatolian Weapons lends his hand on remix duties with a devastating acid rework. 

https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/transmigration_records

PREMIERE⚡️Xcor - Integration (Anatolian Weapons Remix) [Transmigration Records]

From one street to the next, everything looked the same. The street lamps, paving stones and house fronts - each identical, there were no signs or individualities that set each one apart. He found himself walking in circles, tracing the exact steps he'd walked not an hour earlier. He knew his destination but the path to reaching it seemed unfathomable; he was lost and unsure whether he would ever be found. 

It's no secret we're big fans of Anatolian Weapons. The Athens-based producer has mastered the art of crafting hypnotic machine-led productions that blend elements of EBM and kraut with polyrhythms and whispers of Greek folkloric music. His discography is ever-growing, so far he can count the likes of Lurid Music, Byrd Out, Serenades and our newest sub-label, Human Endeavour, as label affiliates, and now he's extending that further with a four-track EP for London-based platform People & Places. Having built a reputation for their podcast series and Balamii radio show, they're now branching out into the label world with this debut release, which is a potent, hypnotic batch of trance-tinged techno cuts.

PREMIERE: Anatolian Weapons - Lost [People & Places]

Eko est une composition mélangeant plusieurs outils comme Ableton live, des synthétiseurs modulaires, de la voix traitée et des devices max for live fait par des amis ou moi-même. Il y a assez peu de pistes à la base, mais leur signal est récupéré, détérioré, séquencé et re traité.

Eko is a composition mixing several tools like Ableton live, modular synthesizers and max for live devices made by friends or myself. There are quite a few tracks at the base, but their signal is recovered, deteriorated, sequenced and reprocessed.

Ukrainian Field Notes VA is a fundraising compilation with a difference, music with a backstory that gives a first-hand account of the unfolding events since the full-scale Russian invasion in real time, and presents an overview of the changing face of the Ukrainian music scene dictated by blackouts and curfew restrictions.

What started off as an ongoing series of interviews with Ukrainian artists for the experimental music website A Closer Listen has now become a book comprising all 170 interviews conducted over the course of a year mapping out the electronic and experimental scene in Ukraine.

All musicians involved were asked to submit a track composed after February 24, 2022 to mark its publication. The resulting material reflects the diaristic nature of the book and deals with PTSD, displacement, separation, and loss, and shows at the same time the strength and resilience of Ukrainian artists with a meditative and uplifting reach.

The track listing follows the chronological order of the interviews, switching from ambient and electronic to classical and experimental in a seemingly random fashion, but war is chaotic and shattering, or as Serhii Zhadan writes in Sky Above Kharkiv, “War sharply changes ways of seeing, changes feelings.” Ukrainian Field Notes is a testament to the shifting sonic and human landscape.
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Ukrainian Field Notes VA - це благодійна фандрайзінгова компіляція, що відрізняється від інших, музика з передісторією, яка розповідає з перших вуст про події, що розгортаються з моменту повномасштабного російського вторгнення в режимі реального часу, і представляє огляд зміни обличчя української музичної сцени, продиктованої відключенням електроенергії та обмеженнями комендантської години.

Те, що починалося як серія інтерв'ю з українськими музикантами для сайту експериментальної музики A Closer Listen, тепер перетворилося на книгу, що містить усі 170 інтерв'ю, взятих протягом року, які окреслюють електронну та експериментальну сцену в Україні.

Щоб відзначити її публікацію, всім музикантам, які брали участь в інтерв'ю, було запропоновано надіслати трек, написаний після 24 лютого 2022 року. Отриманий матеріал відображає щоденниковий характер книги і стосується ПТСР, переміщення, розлуки та втрати, а також демонструє силу та стійкість українських митців з медитативним та піднесеним звучанням.

Трек-лист відповідає хронологічному порядку інтерв'ю, переходячи від ембієнту та електроніки до класики та експериментальної музики у, здавалося б, випадковий спосіб, але війна є хаотичною та руйнівною, або, як пише Сергій Жадан у "Небі над Харковом", "війна різко змінює способи бачення, змінює почуття". "Ukrainian Field Notes VA" - це свідчення мінливого звукового та людського ландшафту.

Credits:
The book "Ukrainian Field Notes" is available on the Bandcamp page of the UFN VA (https://systemnapotvora.bandcamp.com/album/ukrainian-field-notes-va)

Album mastering by Clasps
Album artwork by Dmytro Prutkin
All proceeds go to the charitable foundation Musicians Defend Ukraine (musiciansdefendukraine.com/en)

Ukrainian Field Notes 567 pages book is also available as PDF and ePub.
Spanish translation by Chema Chacón.
ebook PDF version: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hhbt2 
ebook ePub version: https://tinyurl.com/2znsn7rf 

Bonus items on the Bandcamp page for the UFN VA are the PDF & ePub versions of the book "Ukrainian Field Notes".

Ukrainian Field Notes VA

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The insightful Vilnius-based label Electric Shapes kicks off its 2024 season with a special release. Why special? Because it’s on vinyl, baby! “Genetic Memory” is the brand-new endeavour of the skilled German producer Kalocain, aka Steppin' Wolf, whose debut on the Lithuanian imprint was not so long ago (last month to be more precise) when he cooked an edgy and fierce remix for Drawbridge’s “Highway to Forest”.

For those not into 12 inches, fear not: The album is also going to be available in digital format presenting not only the pressed cuts but also an extra original track, “Groove Drift”, the chosen one for our premiere, plus solid interpretations made with love by Henry Greenleaf, Frankfurt Bass, and Dogpatrol.

“Groove Drift” develops its magic through a mesmerizing and engaging aura packed in a delicious 100-BPM gait. The deep and progressive synth pad paired perfectly with the carnival-like percussive layer, resulting in a laid-back but buoyant theme.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/music

Follow @kalocain and @electric_shapes, peeps!

PREMIERE575 // Kalocain - Groove Drift

California-based artist Sordid Sound System joins forces with Div Junto Club on the third installment of our Playground Singles to bring us a fierce song with punk lyrics infused with the acidity of organic percussion from the darkness of the jungle.

They've Already Bought Your Soul

They've Already Bought Your Soul (feat. Div Junto Club)

A1 Nihilist – Amino Acid
A2 @softcoresoft – Borealis
B1 ADSX – Magnetic
B2 @idabux – Acidmania
Digital Bonus: ADSX – IDS

Dresden-based DJ and producer @AcidAdams collects four acid monsters, both from the glorious nineties and from a multi-layered present. The result is a record that dives deep into acid wonderland and bridges the gap between scene’s veterans and the new generation.

After Acid Adams discovered two forgotten acid tracks from the early nineties while digging for new music, the plan for this compilation slowly matured. While it was meant to be a tribute to every bird’s favorite genre, it shouldn’t be just a showcase for older tracks. Therefore, two new tracks were added to join the tracks by Nihilist and ADSX which have never been released on vinyl before. Each of the new productions is inspired by one of the older tracks, not in the sense of a remix or edit, but as a kind of homage to that particular squawking analog sound we all know and love. The energy and pace of these four unique tracks reaches from ambient to dance floor focused bangers.

According to the circumstances of scene and society at that time, the two older tracks were produced by (cis)men. That’s why, it was especially important to Acid Adams that the new tracks were produced by flinta* artists: softcoresoft is a DJ and producer from Canada, who has already released on Lobster Theremin. With Ida Bux, a native of Bautzen who now lives and works in Berlin, we connect the dots to a younger generation that is getting back into analog production setups. Both artists have in common that they have dealt extensively with the oldschool sound of the 90s in shaping their own sounds.

To round off the release properly, Saxony based illustrator frieedland has designed a matching sticker in the typical 90s style. And for those who can't get enough of acid: There's a digital bonus track by ADSX.

Acid Adams presents Acid Reflux (UV060)

Bandcamp

Nihilist – Amino Acid

https://soundcloud.com/hirschmann-music
https://soundcloud.com/sharpedrecords
🛒 https://sharpedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-so-on
🔊 https://youtu.be/hL9A8-RSHI4

From a desire to experiment with new sounds, delve with Hirschmann into a realm where industrial elements fuse seamlessly with robotic trends. A desire to increase the rhythm, the pace, to reinvent Hirschmann's identity in a new light.

After a long silence, it was time to go back into the club, back to the core of the matter, with sharp melodies, powerful basslines & intense drum patterns.

Tracklist: 

- Isn't It
- No signal 
- No signal (Anastasia Zems Remix)
- Get to me
- Get to me (Neurotiker Remix)
- Between us

PREMIERE: Hirschmann - Isn't It [SHARPED RECORDS]

Buy on Juno: 
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/wa-wu-we-travellers/611085-01/

Sebastian Mullaert and Kontra-Musik have been involved in a love affair for quite some time – an affair that even resulted in an offspring called The Dance that came out on Kontra-Musik last year. Sebastian Mullaert is of course first of all known as half of Minilogue, a duo so influential in the hypnotic field of techno that Korg recently named a synthesizer after them. Lately, Sebastian has focused on his solo path under the Wa Wu We moniker, releasing stripped back and personal music on his own Wa Wu We label, the cryptic S.E.L.F label and now on Kontra-Musik.

On the title track Travellers, Sebastian Mullaert uses a straight up techno formula that may surprise listeners who haven’t followed his move into Wa Wu We territory. You almost get the impression Sebastian buried a recording destined for a rigid techno label in a deep forest back in the 90’s and has now decided to uncover it again, finding that the track has matured under the black soil. The sharp edges are now covered in smooth moss and the soundscape is immensely deep and moist. But it’s still a vibrant and very much effective track. Above all, it has loads of free space to let the listeners make up their own journeys as travellers into the world of sound created by Mullaert.

We float, on the flip side, is a beautiful and meditative ambient piece. It’s also the fastest way for the urban dweller to find him or herself floating in a serene lake surrounded by strong, green trees instead of floating in a sea of stress and anxiety. A set of headphones and this new release from Kontra-Musik and you’re there.

Wa Wu We - Travellers [Kontra Musik]

MARCH 2020:
My home podcast for  people who respect  friends and all humans  at this planet and keep a safe distance.
with respect and love, from home UA quarantine, MIURA
XOXO

EKO

Alinan