Command D’s life between the urban and green surrounds of Eora/Sydney shine through in his Animalia debut with a smoked out, dubby four tracker. Diving between slinky downtempo and dance-floor driven beats, weighty bass-lines, crisp percussion and submerged pads wrap the record in a shrouded atmosphere of tension and release.

Animalia would like to acknowledge that all tracks were produced on the traditional land of the Gadigal peoples of the Eora Nation, and pay respect to their elders past, and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.

@commandd

A1: Esc
A2: Stat Point 
B1: Cycles
B2: 0 - Zone (feat. Cousin) (@secondcousins)

Artist: Command D (Charles Fester)(Sydney/ Eora, Australia) 
Title: Esc
Format: 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork & Design by Josh Abramovici (NYC, USA)
Mastered by The Herbalist aka Corey Kikos (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)

Command D - Esc (ANIMA9)

Friend began his journey as a music journalist in 2010 founding @psymedia before taking up DJing 2017. In 2018 he moved from South Africa to Vietnam and quickly established himself as a formidable DJ and promoter in the region. From sandy beaches down south to mystical caves up north, Friend played at many reputable clubs, festivals and tropical jungle raves such as Studio Adventure, Savage, Retreat (Equation), We Groove and Equinox Festival. His creatively curated 'This Is' club nights and prolific sunrise afterparties in Hanoi under his humble record label @magicboxengine also played a pivotal role in shaping the city's underground music scene.

Since returning to Cape Town in 2021, Friend has performed at renowned festivals and prolific venues such as Wolfkop Weekender, Bazique, Habitat, Into The Wild, Afrikaburn, Origin Festival and Modular Club. Often eclectic, sometimes obscure, always tasteful - Friend's forever evolving sound is heavily influenced by his nomadic travels in SE Asia, South America and Europe. Never shy to switch up the genre or tempo, his versatile approach sees him blending elements of ambient, house, minimal, techno, electro and breakbeats spanning both new school and old.

DM or email dominicirla@gmail.com for bookings.

A true lover for all things deep with rolling baselines, I spend most of my time in the realm of progressive underground sounds from the early 90s and 2000s but just like we evolve and discover more parts of  ourselves in life, I will forever enjoy the journey of expanding and diving deep into the infinite sounds and genres of electronic music.

soundofsilence

📩 luxo@tuta.io 
🍄 jesuscanlove@gmail.com

Sharing my favourite techno, house, trance tracks & sets 🌞

Stay tuned for my own mixes and live sets… (excuse the pun)

kaleidoscopic sounds from australia & beyond
record label/ mix series/ events by @kia-sydney

-- not currently accepting demos or mix submissions

* operating on the stolen land of the wurundjeri people. sovereignty was never ceded.

sublabel / @cirruslabel 

distributed by @clone-distribution

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