Systeme Biotic-Neoverse [Dark Nature Concept]

Flute and Sax by Jamal Al Kiswani

Support and buy here: http://wtrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wt-23-tapan

The City

Stefan Schwander aka Harmonious Thelonious is definitely not a newcomer. He has been around for a long time and has already released lots of amazingly varied music on labels such as Emotional Response, Italic, Meakusma and Diskant. He’s also an integral part of the infamous Duesseldorf / Salon Des Amateurs axis that is an obvious hotbed of talent. He describes his style as "American minimalism vs. African drumming vs. European sequencing", a heady mixture which is clearly evident on this EP though with a definite Middle Eastern twist. At Versatile HQ they were introduced to this clutch of tracks by one of the members of Acid Arab and were totally blown away. Stefan has a very unique production style, fusing all of the above elements with a hint of Gamelan, a dash of tweaked FM synthesis type sounds with a dose of warm ambience and finally his own singular touch on the mix. Here premiered is the b1 "Defender", our fave cut of this delightful four tracker. revisiting some of the A-side sound palette, but catapulting those cosmic tones into a realm of amphetamine fuelled intensity - peaktime drummy psychedelia for any and all dance floors. Another winner on Versatile ! Cop it here : http://shop.versatilerecords.com/album/harmonious-thelonious-4-tracks-ep-ver117

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PREMIERE : Harmonious Thelonious - Defender

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[Emotional] Especial returns in 2018 after a supremely quiet 2017 as batteries were recharged and life happened.   In mind is the introduction of new duo, Weird Weather and their debut EP, Bamboo Room.  Slotting perfectly in the label family with 4 cuts covering dark basement club music through to calmer, balmier moments. 

LJ Horstman and D Thornley, conjoined metal nerds from opposite ends of the London suburbs who bonded over love of dub mixes, create Weird Weather. This debut collects tracks from four years of jamming, constructing, dubbing and re-dubbing. Cheap synths played with strict finger musicianship; deep bass over 4/4, clattering Roland drum boxes and analogue pads and submerged vocals calling out over the noise of the digital Coffee Maker.
 
Full spectrum of influences are apparent for the heads with nods to Yello, Jah Shaka and the Horn “Megamixes” of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and ZTT alumini – all go in the dub blender with a slug of 80s rock bombast.  4 demos passed down and the mixing desk homeboy honing of Mr TJ Fairplay and Jamie Paton are drafted in for good measure.

To start, Sequence 5 is a one-take body-music desk dub.  The relentless riding rhythms and faint harmonics pull you to the floor in unknown fashion.  Trash Dolphin follows as an aquatic New-Wave meets NY-house in-joke that went too far.  Sample bits out the window to reach nirvana.  

Taking the flip is Bamboo Room.  A sub 90 bpm, euphoric mind-melter for the post Ambient House generation.   The true winner with tranquil(ity) bass and psychedelic (research) lab trip shifts.  Seamlessly completed with the poolside ‘Ormus Mix’ for the suave recliners.  Thanks to Eric Dan for phantom support via the LCD screen. Onwards and upwards.

B1. Weird Weather - Bamboo Room

When you are on top of a building in Manhattan and a diety appears before your eyes and you are wearing a backpack with enough nuclear charge to blow up the whole city and said diety asks if you are a god...  just say no, tell them you are ½ GOTT. 
https://soundcloud.com/scannoir and https://soundcloud.com/sneakerdj have come together to cement their love of Synth Pop with a wonderful new track which evokes the title of the track 'Die Nacht' and suits us down to the ground at 44100 because we all love the night.
Uncanny Valley have been prolific this year and once again are on hand to deliver yet another killer which is more industrial than a cybernetic organism travelling back in time to invade your dancefloor and give you a hammer to dance to. This is music.

½ GOTT – EP (UV048)

01.  Sehnsucht 
02. Die Nacht
03. Erstling

Release Dates:
Bandcamp + Record Stores: 8-10-2018
Download & Streaming platforms: 22-10-2018

https://soundcloud.com/scannoir 
https://soundcloud.com/sneakerdj
https://soundcloud.com/uncanny-valley-dresden

PREMIERE | ½ GOTT - Die Nacht [Uncanny Valley] 2018

tici taci 057 - Field of Dreams - Rebuild

original mix
deconstructed mix

Out on December 6th 2019

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Field Of Dreams - Rebuild (clip)

4. Fringe Society - Known For Nothing
Greek analog gear afficionado Niko releases his 2nd track for Relish, retro new Beat Dance!

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Known For Nothing

Fringe Society - Known For Nothing

The river was the only route out of the city. It stretched for miles and miles, ebbing and flowing with the breeze that carried it along. Dark green leaves and sprawling branches formed a canopy over the water, protecting this natural place from prying eyes. It felt peaceful, a place for escaping the stresses of city life. In fact, this river held many secrets, stories that would make your hair stand on end. Its beauty was simply a facade...

Next up on XXX, the Dutch label run by DJ and producr SHMLSS, is good friend and Bordello A Parigi alumni Stijn Sadée. After two contributions to earlier releases for the label, he's now set to release his first original EP on the label, which features a remix from Smala boss Manfredas that they locked in after the Lithuanian producer saw Stijn play live last year. The aesthetics of the label are down to Stijn's brother Thomas who worked closely with him to create something that fitted with the music and his influences.

PREMIERE: Stijn Sadée - Dynamite Fishing [XXX]

Berlin based Dame Bonnet makes music influenced by post punk and cold wave and with a primitive and reverb-drenched production he creates a tragic dream for the listener to sink in to. The music has a sentimental feel to it but the pretentions are avoided thanks to the direct sound and the unremitting drums which contributes to give the tracks a forward momentum instead of a stuck in place-feeling.

Dame Bonnet makes sad club music with traces from the early eighties In England, a society ravaged by the cold individualism as a result to neo conservative politics - a time that resembles ours, where people gets categorized out of prejudice and the social welfare systems are uninstalled bit by bit in front of a sparser crowd of woke people. In Europe, now in the 2020s, a supposed dead ultraconservative monster is coming alive again and Dame Bonnets music makes the soundtrack to that process.

This release, Dame Bonnets first on Höga Nord Rekords, captures, though the songs are all instrumental, an unpleasant atmosphere in our time. The music has its roots in 1980s England but it fits perfect also for the cold present of 2020.

https://soundcloud.com/hoga-nord-rekords
https://soundcloud.com/damebonnet

Premiere: John Parsley - Simple Days (Sulk Magic)

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