Volume Four of my C₄H₁₀ Podcast series is here, and it's a deep warm springtime ditty for those who know.  Enjoy!  

Butane C₄H₁₀ Podcast Volume 04

A standout cut from the Ballroom Records catalogue, Solus by Kostas Maskalides is now featured in TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 5 — a chapter celebrating the more melodic and house-driven side of our sound.

Defined by warm grooves and emotive atmospheres, the track highlights the refined, melo side of Ballroom’s Melodic House & Techno identity.

Enjoy listening!!!

TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 5

Solus

"Genesis" unfolds like a quiet force of creation  layers of sweeping synths and atmospheric textures shape an electronic landscape that feels both intimate and cinematic. Slowly building in depth and intensity, the track evokes the sense of something new being born, a beginning that opens the way forward.

Genesis

Lui Mafuta presents This Ain’t Jazz, a boundary-pushing new EP that fuses live musicianship
with electronic sensibility - an exploration of jazz influence through a deeply personal and
collaborative lens. 

The release is available on digital platforms and as a limited vinyl edition.

At the heart of This ain’t Jazz is a long gestating idea: to bridge electronic music with an
organic, band oriented aesthetic. Lui Mafuta reunited with four longtime friends and
collaborators: Paul Janoschka, Felix Roos, Jonas Esser and Benedikt Jäckle - who all studied
music together in Mannheim before scattering across the globe. Under the loose collective
named Weiller, they came together once again to create a sound that lives between genres.

The EP is a globe spanning production. Piano was recorded on Paul Janoschka’s Steinway in
his Frankfurt apartment; trumpet and clarinet were tracked in a rural French studio with Felix
Roos; drums came from New York via Jonas Esser; and saxophone was laid down in Lui’s own
studio in Mannheim alongside Benedikt Jäckle. All elements were finally assembled and
shaped into a cohesive vision back in Mannheim.

“There’s less synth work on this one than usual,” Lui says. “Most of the textures come from
the instruments themselves and a lot of sample mangling. I wanted it to feel raw, human and
alive.”
Despite its title, This Ain’t Jazz is a love letter to jazz’s influence. “I called it that just to be
safe,” Lui jokes. “It isn’t jazz but it’s coming from that space.” The project also serves as a
reconnection to his roots: two of the four featured musicians are teenage friends from his
earliest days making music.

Buy here Vinyl/Digital

01 Lui Mafuta - The Long Lost Story of Tony H

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@rfentz

We'd like to introduce you to the debut live recording of San Francisco based artist, R. Fentz. Many of you may know him well from the DJ duo project Bells & Whistles. Recorded live on April 22, 2016 at an As You Like It event in SF, this is an opening set for an all night b2b session between DJ Koze and Matthew Dear. Wanting to do a warm-up that sounded a little different than usual, R. Fentz incorporated multiple pieces of outboard gear to encourage improvisation and experimentation. 

Gear Used:
3 CDJs 2000s
MicroKORG
Korg Electribe EA-1
Moog Murf Filter
Eventide Timefactor Delay

R. Fentz - AYLI Feat. DJ Koze B2b Matthew Dear

Releasing my debut album has been one of my most meaningful life-experiences, and apart from the times playing my livesets, I seem to never have found a right moment to share it personally with the world. Today it has been exactly one year since the release-date, so this should be a good moment.

"Kindred Phenomena marks Mattheis' debut album. After two cosmic EPs on Nous'klaer and a mini-album on tape for Ecstatic Recordings, he now returns to Nous'klaer for his first full story. An album shaped for every occasion: driving from the city to the island, dancing in the living room, or raving at sunset. On Kindred Phenomena Mattheis picks up where he left off: 'Swell' serves as another episode of the prisms, the modular synth excursion of 'Bit Fragments' pushes his arpeggiator solos a step further, and album standout 'Ben_M' provides his most beautiful dance of melodies yet. The album consists of eight tracks and comes as a double 12 inch for deejay convenience; and for the ultimate experience: go see Mattheis perform his album live on the road."

B1 Mattheis - Ben M

SUNDAY STONER MIXTAPE

Jor-El - In Ur Mind

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Alexander Albrecht returns to Francis Harris' Scissor & Thread imprint under his Melquí­ades guise for the Excerpts EP. As with his previous release on the label, Blue Caves, the Melbourne producer delivers a rich and affecting release, blending genres and moods with ease. 

"The idea behind this EP", says Alex Albrecht, "was to capture moments and "excerpts" of my improvised live set. I've used field recordings from a number of places from around the world as inspiration (including my recent visit to New York for the last S&T Tour) for the individual tracks - there's a variety of genres within the release but essentially they were just improvised extended jam sessions. I then chose some interesting excerpts for the record."

'Portal' kicks off the EP, a deep and woozy track with a strong groove, layered with pads and effects that radically enriches the dancefloor cut. 

'Tower Of The Sun' utilizes a similar driving beat, heavy on the hi-hats, but with a more submerged mood, punctuated with distant blasts and shards of noise. 

'Schaefer Street' also employs snappy percussion and snares, intertwined with bubbling melody and ethereal pads and washes. 

The same track is given a re-work by Patrice Scott, thickening up the groove and providing the most out-and-out dancefloor friendly track of the EP, while maintaining the fragments of deep and jazzy melody.

Excerpts

Alex Albrecht pres. Melquíades - Portal

Up And Coming local producer Kino Todo with this month's radioGarzen, Remember the name ;).
@Kino_todo

Tracklist:
Haruomi Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band - Shambhala Signal
 Luomuhappo - Haapaneitty
Waak Waak Djungi - Djambaku (Jenia & Jinga Edit) ?
Phaserboys - Tennis Camp
The White Screen - Raunchy Tiger
Luomuhappo - Ghetto-Zen Dub
Anton Klint - Lyckliga Människor
Céline Gillain - FIGHT OR FLIGHT
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Aristidez - Turquesas 
A - Liquido (Marc Piñol Remix) 
XEN - Pere Adam
Ryskinder - Oy (Uriah Klepter Remix) ?
River Yarra - Oiseau et Moi
Curses - Surrender (Jennifer Cardini Remix)
Kraftwerk vs Bambaataa - Its More Fun To Rock The Planet (DJ T. Edit)
Céline Gillain - I'M GRATEFUL

Radio Garzen - Kino Todo

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