Yraki reworks Jeph Vanger’s ‘Xtasis’,bending it through glimmering synth, exploding bass and moving percussion. The exciting rework of Xtasis is featured on Jeph Vangers Cyclothyia EP, which is to be released on a new London based label, Inklingroom. Inklingroom begun as parties and a radio show, cross pollinating multi-disciplinary art, music and dance in an intriguing way.

Cyclothyia EP is out on Inklingroom on January 7 and is available here

Catch Inklingroom’s next event with Jeph Vanger and Yraki alongside Gaika, Silvia Kastel, Wash Electra and Wild Adoration in London on Friday the 17th at Studio 238. Tickets here.

Jeph Vanger - Xtasis [Yraki Rework] (inklingroom)

French producer Smog, delivers seven minutes of beautifully curated noise through ‘I/V‘. Taking you on a treacherous journey, drifting through droning synth, pitched sounds and industrial soundscapes . ‘I/V’ is the final track off of the six track ep STUXXXXX, due for release via @Tripalium-Corp apart of their Disturbed Mutant Series out April 22.

words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-smog-t-v-tripalium-corp

STUXXXXX

Premiere: Smog - T/V (Tripalium Corp)

We welcome back our As If. No Mixtapes! series with an intricate and eclectic mix from Nanzhen Yang, that takes you though an alternative version of Nanzhen's Beijing, blending together her own production and East Asian and South Asian producers with a  mix of audio from Chinese films and other mediums. 

Interview and Tracklist at https://www.asifnoway.com/as-if-no-mixtapes-interview-vol-9-nanzhen-yang

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol. 8: Nanzhen Yang

Captivating many through their live performances throughout the Australian scene, Polito have installed their expression through their debut LP Collapse Phase. We premiere ‘Signal‘ which incapsulates the mere darker, broken beat side of the quartet, rustling through acid tones and squelchy sounds that provide an incentive to dance.

Polito is a collaboration between musicians Robert Downie and Finnian Langham, and dancers Arabella Frahn-Starkie and Hillary Goldsmith. Like their live performances, Polito have created something memorable and this is only a glimpse into what is to be released on Butter Sessions September 22.

@buttersessions
@wearepolito

Pre-order the LP at https://polito.bandcamp.com/album/collapse-phase

words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-polito-signal-butter-sessions

Collapse Phase

Premiere: Polito - Signal (Butter Sessions)

Beneath The Levels is beautiful ambient procession by Corell, a designation of Roman Kutnov. This is one part of a V/A release curated by Isabelline Records. 

Buy: https://isabellinerecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-ii-common-welfare

Interview with Isabelline here: https://www.asifnoway.com/feature-isabelline-records

ISB002

Premiere: Corell - Beneath The Levels (Isabelline Records)

'ONE 4 ZEE' is YOKEL's latest excursion through their short yet tantalizing
sketches. As part of a four-track EP, called 4AM due for release April 5 via Accidental
Meetings, YOKEL brings forth a flurry of intriguing grooves that loop you back
into pressing replay.

@a_m_radio


Words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-one-4-zee-yokel-accidental-meetings

4 A.M

Premiere Yokel -  ONE 4 ZEE (Accidental Meetings)

Interview and words over at: https://www.asifnoway.com/feature-laenz

@woozydublin
@laenzzz

After Sunset

Premiere: Laenz - wiL (Woozy)

Brain Rays returns with a 10-track ep that spirals through a breadth of sonics. With Oddball placing itself in the bass movement, the wonky sounds and comical vocal samples provide an intriguing floor filler. Slime by Brain Rays is due for release via the Belfast Acroplane Recordings and features a collaboration with likes of Niel Lundstrumm, Chevron, Empuls, Parish News, Mully & THIRRRSTY, Riffs and Shadesy.

Words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-brain-rays-oddball-acroplane-recordings

Premiere: Brain Rays - Oddball (Acroplane Recordings)

'Haunt' is featured on Excelsior Ruth's self-titled debut LP and is due for release on May 3 via High Priestess Recordings. 'Haunt' incorporates a component of Ruth’s composition performed as exlRuth, subtly blending harp, synth, and rustling movements, making it a serene beginning to an exciting debut LP.

words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-excelsior-ruth-haunt-high-priestess-recordings

Premiere:  Excelsior Ruth - Haunt (High Priestess Recordings)

Gruth is set to release his 3rd solo album, this time via Temporize. Scenes From  was written between 2018 and 2021 in Brazil and follows Gruth’s debut album Laments released in 2018, and his second album Somnum Exterreri.. Written as a two-act play, 'Act I, Scene I - Wake In Fright' is the opening track and captures Gruth's light, euphoric sound that perfectly transitions from the final moments of Somnum Exterreri. 


words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-gruth-act-i-scene-i-wake-in-fright-temporize

Scenes From

Premiere: Gruth - Act I Scene I; Wake in Fright (Temporize)

Flesh of Lost Summers by Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is a melancholy excursion through the fuzz of the summer air, gentle guitar, subtly synth and electronics that bring a warmth and depth, and trumpet that gently glides into the piece. 

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is the project of  trumpeter Will Evans and guitarist, synthesist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Trump. The duo are lifelong friends, having known each other since toddlers and going their separate ways in their adult life, their self titled album Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is the two of them meeting in the middle of their interests and enjoying making music together. 

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is out October 11 via Unheard of Hope

Forgetting You is Like Breathing Water

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water - Flesh of Lost Summers

Flesh of Lost Summers by Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is a melancholy excursion through the fuzz of the summer air, gentle guitar, subtly synth and electronics that bring a warmth and depth, and trumpet that gently glides into the piece.

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is the project of trumpeter Will Evans and guitarist, synthesist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Trump. The duo are lifelong friends, having known each other since toddlers and going their separate ways in their adult life, their self titled album Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is the two of them meeting in the middle of their interests and enjoying making music together.

Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water is out October 11 via Unheard of Hope.

https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-forgetting-you-is-like-breathing-water-flesh-of-lost-summers

Premiere:  Forgetting You is Like Breathing Water - Flesh of Lost Summers (Unheard of Hope))

Ahead of Woozy's compilation which includes tracks by Ila Brugal and Jossy Mitsu, we premiere Dilate by No Sir. A delectable dance floor driven track by the New York based dj/producer, setting the tone for the 9-track v/a due for release October 3.

Read interview here: https://www.asifnoway.com/interview-no-sir

WZY4.5 Compilation

Premiere: No Sir - Dilate (Woozy)

We premiere, 'Metal Gear' in conjunction with the release of The Way I Am and The Way You Yawn, the debut album from Katsunori Sawa under his new KWARP alias. This six-track album marks a significant evolution in Sawa's musical journey. It holds Kwarps previous ventures into pulsating rhythms with tasteful raw textures along with well versed structures. 'Metal Gear' is especially intriguing, with scuffy textures and bass inspired structures that can place it in club at 3am to listening session in a lounge room at 3pm. 

Read: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-kwarp-metal-gear-mirea-arts

Premiere: Kwarp - Metal Gear(Mirae Arts)

'Ora Pro Nobis', is the opening track from Naarm (Melbourne), Australia-based Sicu debut album Grandma Loves You, set to be released November 22 via Southern Exposure Records. 'Ora Pro Nobis' is a stunning piano piece that charismatically builds and rolls into itself in a serene and heartfelt manner, setting up the LP in a beautiful way.

@southernexposurerecords 

Read: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-sicu-ora-pro-nobis-southern-exposure-records

Premiere: Sicu - Ora Pro Nobis (Southern Exposure Records)

Premiere: Lamina - Filicophyta (Twin System)

In conjunction with their book release ‘Back To The Fushia, Boca Juniors aka T.S Idiot premieres their latest release ‘yr soft machine’. It's about outgrowing a city and finding yourself in a new home and made using a drone box, field recordings, modular synths and vocals through effect pedal.

Read our full feature: https://www.asifnoway.com/feature-t-s-idiot

Premiere: Boca Juniors - yr soft machine (Idiot Strength)

We premiere 'Bodies and River' which is the opening track off of Rumina's upcoming EP Chase to be released via Precious Metals on the 31st of January . It lulls you into a rhythm that slowly unwinds and breaks out with cathartic sonics and vocals, setting the tone for the remainder of the ep. 


Premiere: Rumina - Bodies and Rivers (Precious Metals)

Act iii is the 10th track off of Tzusan debut album and rolls rolls through melancholy keys and beats with the MC/Producer bringing subtle lyricism that builds. The tripped out electronics and poetic words are at the crux of  who Tzusan is and it is refreshing to hear producers continue to experiment with their storytelling. 

The “Ponzu” is the new LP from Scottish MC/producer, Tzusan, out now featuring Cappo, Verbz, Billy Got Waves, Iona Lee, Lori Asha, Philomenah, and Ed Scissortongue. It is the first solo project from the Edinburgh artist following a string of collaborative releases with the likes of Shogun, Sonnyjim, Manga Saint Hilare, CLBRKS, and more.

Premiere: Tzusan - Act iii

Constanza Bizraelli @cao-6 has a positive impact on the world through her various practices, and we have been closely following her work—from her early releases as CAO on Opal Tapes and Club Chai, to her AV piece The Burial Theme, originally commissioned by the Institute for Sound & Music (ISM) for the 2018 group exhibition Hexadome, to her publication Cyclops, an open-access serial specialising in contemporary theory, philosophy of religion, and experimental theory Constanza Bizraelli brings a unique touch to her endeavors. With a recent return to releasing eclectic sounds,  Constanza Bizraelli present As If. No Mixtapes! Vol.9:

Tracklist 

Boyd Rice & Dave Tibet - The End of the World                                                                                               Ayten Senkel - Gül Yar                                                                                                                                      Mishio Ogawa - Hikari No Ito Kin No Ito                                                                                                              Roger Robinson - We work                                                                                                                               Wojciech Bakowski - 1906                                                                                                                                   Brenda & the Beachballs - Dancing through the night                                                                                      Vex Ruffin & Fab 5 Freddy  The Balance                                                                                                         266sx - Somos tu última esperanza                                                                                                                  Poison Anna - Riddled Self                                                                                                                               Smerz - No Harm                                                                                                                                           Amanda Sarmento & Karrane -Minha Tropa                                                                                                     Rosalía - Diablo                                                                                                                                               Constanza Bizraelli - Playa Fantasma                                                                                                                  Talisto - Sombra                                                                                                                                          Bernardino Femminielli - Le Pacte                                                                                                                       Arthur Russell - See through love

Full article and interview
https://www.asifnoway.com/as-if-no-mixtapes-vol-9-constanza-bizraelli

As If. No Mixtapes! Vol 9: Constanza Bizraelli

@parsley-3 @birdofparadisemusic 

Words: https://www.asifnoway.com/featured/premiere-john-parsley-simple-days-sulk-magic/

Premiere: John Parsley - Simple Days (Sulk Magic)

@KMFH @detroitunderground

words: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/premiere-k2-kyle-hall-kero-19ft-detroit-underground/

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/k2-kero-kyle-hall-zug-tools/671588-01/

Buy on Juno

Premiere: K2 aka Kero/Kyle Hall - 19FT (Detroit Underground)

@fasterthanmusic @Kronom
words: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/premiere-kronom-beton-i-faster-than-music/ 
release: https://fasterthanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ftm001

Premiere: Kronom - Beton I (Faster Than Music)

@cursesforever
words: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/premiere-curses-fortify-wrong-era/

Premiere: Curses - Fortify (Wrong Era)

words: https://www.asifnoway.com/blog/premiere-cz-allee-black-snake-whip-indexrecords/ 
buy: https://indexrecords.bandcamp.com/album/black-snake-whip

Premiere: CZ.ALLEE - Black Snake Whip (INDEX:Records)

@subtextrecordings 
words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-eric-holm-salp-subtext-recordings

Premiere: Eric Holm - Salp (Subtext Recordings)

@firstlightrecords  @piksel @dujat
Pre-Order remix album
https://dujat.bandcamp.com/album/gongan-remixed
words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-dujat-with-him-piksel-remix

Premiere: Dujat - With Him [Piksel Remix] (First Light Records)

@greatcurverecords

Pick up the 10" here: https://greatcurve.bandcamp.com/album/a-cottage-garden-favourite-in-a-mix-of-colours-for-spring 

Words:

https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-sailingwing-a-cottage-garden-favourite

Premiere: Sailingwing - A Cottage Garden Favourite (Great Curve)

@blankgloss
@nightyoung

Words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-blank-gloss-trailing-bittersweet-night-young/

January

Premiere: Blank Gloss - Trailing Bittersweet (Night Young)

‘Her Eyes’ is a haunting seven minute piece created by London based Natasha Giordano and Filip Sijanec, that through eerie guitar and synths, is brought together with an arrangement of subtle textures and sounds.

Her Eyes is one of a thirty-two track V/A ‘Music For Another Sky’, released by Bristol's Mailbox Records. The compilation features a curation of intriguing sounds from the likes of KMRU, Patricia Wolf, Heavy Cloud and many more, with 100% of the profits going to Refuge, a charity helping women and children escape a life of abuse and violence.

words: https://www.asifnoway.com/premiere-natasha-giordano-and-filip-sijanec-her-eyes-mailbox

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