AMR007CD SEPH – CINETICA

01. Snd 3
02. 162024 
03. Puzzle
04. Snd 2
05. 3D Radio
06. Masche (feat. Mekas)
07. File Search
08. Torio
09. Spin (feat. Qik)
10. Garden (feat. Pablo Denegri)
11. Pixelled
12. Dream I

The Aula Magna Records team is proud to present Cinética, Seph's new album and the label's first CD release. This is a project that takes his characteristic IDM-driven techno sound to the next step: just as it explicitly reveals Seph's intimate relationship with a fresh noise-textured sound palette it also makes evident that the artist's rhythmic engagement has pushed him to more complex beat programming than on his previous music. Seph shares some thoughts about the record: 

“This is an album that represents my view on the sound that is constantly evolving within the Aula Magna crew of friends and artists. The other founders of the label are present on the record: Qik, Mekas and Pablo Denegri each co-produced a track and they are a crucial part of the project. The artwork photographs were done by Rodrigo Bermudez and were later put into design context by Santiago Merino.

Now that it's nearly out and I have good perspective on the whole production process, I can see a few things about it. Noise and glitch sounds took an important role in the album. It's built upon recordings I did of urban soundscapes and household machines. These noises and the sounds I created from various synths were manipulated and modulated with no real direction, and it was the unexpected result from live experimentation that finally won it's way onto a sequenced piece. A lot of the times there was no turning back as the material was recorded and in no way repeatable or reconstructable due to it's aleatoric nature. Percussion-wise, nearly all tracks have break-beat rhythmic cores instead of a typical kick-drum 4/4 format. This, again, wasn't intentional, they are the outcome of sequencing experiments. 

I've also realized that it was crafted unconsciously by ideas on movement, the static and the non-static, and how these states relate and transform on a sonorous canvas. And if my previous album Alquimia was an organic, “mysterious” and melodic record, this one is more focused on rhythm, noise – machinery? - and these invisible concepts on movement, even though there was no mandate, no limits around it. That is why I finally ended up naming it Cinética (Kinetics), which is the study of motion, energy and speed.”

10 Garden (feat. Pablo Denegri)

09 Spin (feat. Qik)

06 Masche (feat. Mekas)

03 Puzzle

02 162024

01 Snd 3

The fourth instalment in our Podcast Series features Aula Magna´s very own Mekas.  

One of the founding members of Aula Magna Records, Juan Tomas Roselló aka Mekas is known for his intense and hypnotic techno style, present on "Sismo", his latest release on the label that is also showcased on this exclusive Live Set. 

Happy new year from Aula Magna!



Aula Magna Podcast 04 - Mekas (Live)

Our first 2016 podcast has Colombia´s Santiago Merino behind the decks. The artist responsible for the Aula Magna Records designs is also a multifaceted musician: he is the man behind Woods n Bass Records, the events producer MOVE and the record store DOCE in Medellin. This makes him a highly active musical personality, a quality that is clearly showcased in his set prepared for Aula Magna. 

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 05 - Merino

Greetings! For the sixth instalment of the Aula Magna Podcast series we have a very exclusive set from Flug. A mix that travels through different techno moods that showcase Flug´s deep and personal sound. Recorded live at a show in his own club Insert in Barcelona.

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 06 - Flug

The eighth entry into the Aula Magna Podcast series features a mix from Jason Patrick. Originally from Detroit, he now lives in Chicago where he holds a residency at Spybar. He's also the main man behind Klectik Records, a platform that has released music from artists from around the world as well as his own material, lately also featured on labels such as KMS.

Enjoy!

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Aula Magna Podcast 08 - Jason Patrick

For the ninth installment of the Aula Magna Podcast series we have Georgia’s Boyd Schidt behind the decks.

Half of the long-running duo Greenbeam & Leon, Boyd Schidt has been producing techno for over ten years, with releases on labels such as Front Rec, Mo’s Ferry and Emote Music. He is also a very active DJ, with gigs in clubs such as Berlin’s Tresor and Tibilisi’s Khidi Club. 

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 09 - Boyd Schidt

The Aula Magna team presents the label's tenth release, Rom by Seph, featuring Cosmin TRG as remixer. A modern and energetic EP that showcases the artist’s unique techno sound: deep, robust & daring.

Lead track Rom kicks off the record in breakbeat manner, an epic cut that twists its sounds progressively through distorted percussive and melodic riffs. This is followed by Cosmin TRG's tribal take on the title track, a mind-dazzling and hypnotic reinterpretation.

Two techno highlights from Seph's latest live sets thrust the B side even further into the dance floor. Inner warps its solid rhythmic core through swirling dub noise mayhem and P+1 ends the record with a steady synth chord that evolves throughout the track on top of a powerful, stripped down beat.

A1 Seph - Rom
A2 Seph - Rom(Cosmin TRG Remix)
B1 Seph - Inner
B2 Seph - P+1

AMR010 Seph - Rom (incl. Cosmin TRG Remix) 12" + Digital (Preview Clips) - Out early May 2017!

This month's Aula Magna podcast comes from the hands of Vladw. His music has been released on labels such as Planet Rhythm, Genesa and his latest EP on Dynamic Reflection presents the artist's new hipnotic and ambient techno sound. A rising talent from Buenos Aires to keep an eye on!

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 12 - Vladw

This month’s podcast is an exclusive Live PA from Seph, an Aula Magna core artist and label founder. Featuring music from his latest EP “Rom” and many unreleased tracks, the set reflects the artist's energetic take on modern techno.

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 13 - Seph (Live)

The 14th entry into the Aula Magna Podcast series is a very special ambient set from the hands of Farceb, a young techno and ambient artist from Buenos Aires. Known for his releases on labels like Mindtrip and Arts and his DJ sets at Cocoliche and Under Club, he is surely becoming a promising figure in the Argentinian scene. 

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 14 - Farceb

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Aula Magna Records presents Atmen by Mekas, a storming record that reveals the artist's latest techno explorations in full effect, featuring Stockholm LTD label boss Pär Grindvik as guest remixer. A techno statement shaped by melodic and rhythmic interactions that draw the listener into the artist's profound sound world.

The A-side opens with the powerful beat of Clark Nova, a cut that moves forward with a modulating synth line and simple but cleverly designed percussions. This is followed by Unknown Soldier, an intense techno weapon that reflects the distinctive sound of Mekas.

The B-side features both versions of Atmen, starting off with Pär Grindvik's dance-floor rework of the title track that combines a fresh arpeggiated motif and a powerful groove with the emotional spirit of the original. Atmen closes the record, an epic ambient techno track built with deep atmospheric synth lines on an intelligent stripped down breakbeat.

Atmen

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[AMR011] Mekas - Atmen (Preview Clips)

For the sixteenth instalment of our podcast series we are happy to welcome our first female guest, s.ra from Leipzig. She has played her deep techno DJ sets at venues like About:Blank in Berlin and Moloch in Hamburg. She holds a residency at the Institut für Zukunft, where she is also involved in the parties No Show and Rillendisco. An artist to keep an eye on!

Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/s_ra
https://soundcloud.com/noshow-ifz
https://ifz.me/

Aula Magna Podcast 16 - s.ra

The 17th entry into the Aula Magna Podcast series is a superb mix by Medellin's mysterious rising artist Verraco. In very little time he has strongly stated an eclectic sound as a producer, exploring the boundaries of techno, electro, ambient and IDM on his label Insurgentes and on his DJ shows at South American festivals like Dekmantel Bogota and Festival Tatacoa. Keep your ears on this one...

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 17 - Verraco

The 20th entry into our podcast series is a mix by one of Buenos Aires' most promising artists, Mental Resonance. Known for his releases on labels such as Mindtrip, Pole Group and Sonntag Morgen, his music never ceases to surprise and his slick album Templanza is no exception, released last year by the Turin based imprint Ovunqve. 

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 20 - Mental Resonance

Unstable abstractions in constant and elusive change. Vibrating matter into sparks of sounds and shimmering in minds as electric signals.

Seph is back on Aula Magna with 'Shimmer', an energetic reflection of his latest techno works.

Shimmer

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[AMR014] Seph - Shimmer (Preview Clips)

“...an endless neon scape, complexity that cut the eye, jewel bright... where the sky is poisoned silver.” Neuromancer - William Gibson.

Mekas makes a first appearance after his debut album with "Neon Forest", an EP that continues to explore his deeply atmospheric and warm sound.

01 - Neon Forest
02 - Boden
03 - Prodrome
04 - Difficult Dilemma

Ph: Jack Dizz
Artwork: Sebastian Galante 
Mastering: Neel @ Einsslab 
www.aulamagnarecords.com
@mekas

Neon Forest

[AMR015] Mekas - Neon Forest (Preview Clips)

A strategic movement towards the desert, where vitality grows and senses sharpen.

Rexilient is back with 'Desertar', a second release on Aula Magna that rides through energetic climates full of life.

Desertar

[AMR016] Rexilient - Desertar (Preview Clips)

Seph - AM 02 (Aula Magna Records) 12" EP, digital (AMR002) /// OUT OCT. 23 on vinyl and digitally in Nov.

A1 - Seph - Temporaria 
A2 - Seph - Reflejo 
B1 - Seph - Navi 
B2 - Seph - Zoom (Bi) 
Digital Exclusive - Seph - Glow

The Aula Magna team proudly presents the label's second release, a solo EP by Seph. A mind dazzling odyssey through the artist's breaks and techno obsessions, exploring new dance realms of his sonic world. 

On the A side, Temporaria kicks off the record with dancefloor intensity and Reflejo grooves on a funky edge, with layers of modulated dub synths and bells. The energy doesn't stop on side B, shifting into a more introspective feel: Navi drives forward with its warm glitchy breaks and sets the stage for the mysterious Zoom (Bi), an epic dream that deconstructs it's melodies over a sci-fi rhythm and ghostly distorted whispers. The journey resolves with the shimmering evolving synths of the digital exclusive track Glow. 

We hope you enjoy the ride.

AMR002  Seph - AM 02 / 12" EP, digital - Preview CLIPS

Seph is back on the road this year and for the new entry into our podcast series he has recorded a set that reflects his powerful live act. Composed entirely of his own tracks and loops, it features material from his recent releases on Insurgentes and Dumb-Unit and lots of unreleased music.

Enjoy!

Aula Magna Podcast 22 - Seph (Live)

Pablo Denegri & Qik - Dione (AMR003D), Digital Release / OUT 04.03.2013!

1. Pablo Denegri & Qik  - Enceladus
2. Pablo Denegri & Qik  - Dione
3. Pablo Denegri & Qik - Hyperion

Our first release this year proves that Aula Magna is a place where sound experimentation and beat design go hand by hand. Futuristic but mystical, the three tracks on Dione showcase the now trademark boundary-pushing angle of Pablo Denegri & Qik. 

Modern techno is about new groove forms and sound creation: Enceladus and Dione are perfect reflections of this. Two epic tracks for the adventurous dance-floor, driven by modulating synths, distorted vocals and broken-beats. And while Enceladus is a dubby, noisy and drunken affair in it's dreamy core, Dione is pushed upwards by it's tribal percussion and layers of mysterious melodies. The floating Hyperion closes the deep and hypnotic journey with slow-motioned modal chords over a noise textured soundscape.

AMR003D Pablo Denegri & Qik - Dione, Digital Release PREVIEW CLIPS

Sounds that breathe in a parallel cosmos where imagination and technology collide into unusual forms and colors. Samsa draws a world that stands on it’s own sonic machinery, enchanted by electronic life that vibrates in blurred musical dimensions.

Seph presents a singular collection of experimental songs that widens the artist’s organic yet futuristic ambient vision.

01 - Cyberchoir
02 - Proto_zazen
03 - Ytriumm
04 - Sonido W
05 - Foam & Trafos
06 - Marble
07 - Rui_rev
08 - AG_Chant
09 - Aero
10 - Xilos y Tubos

Written, produced and mastered by Seph
Artwork by Martin Carpaneto

Release date : April 2020

Seph - Samsa (Previews)

As the first lights shine on nocturnal shades, subtle tones slowly unfold through gradual transitions, sculpting a new and glowing horizon.

Qik imagines the dynamics of sunrise on the immersive soundscapes of ‘Alba’, built with expanding synth harmonies and intimate rhythms. Vibrant electronica for an inspiring listening experience.

01 - So now just you
02 - Sonho
03 - Alba
04 - Las tres puertas
05 - Futura
06 - La quietud en el movimiento

Written, produced and mastered by Qik
Artwork by Martin Carpaneto

Alba

Qik - Alba (Previews)

Barriers dispelled, distances dissolved, freedom empowered. 
Through gesture, movement reconnects intuition into sonic exploration. 

Guido Flichman lands boldly on Aula Magna with his outstanding release ‘Gesto’. Brimming with musicality, the album travels across the artist’s relentless vocation for expansive sound design, resulting in seven highly expressive songs of audacious electronica. We gladly welcome Flichman into the fold, looking forward to the captivating sonic worlds he will continue to gestate.

01 Acantilado
02 Muon
03 Piroclastos
04 Dos Ojos
05 Hielo (La Presencia Invisible)
06 Gesto
07 Deriva

Out early Nov. 2020
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W&P by Guido Flichman
Artwork by Martin Carpaneto
Mastered by Sebastian Galante aka Seph

Gesto

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Guido Flichman - Gesto (Previews)

Ritual, visionary and polyphonic, a sonorous mirage floating on the horizon of endless roads that travel landscapes of the Patagonian south. Cenit is the sound of intimate impressions molded on an expedition to an ancestral magical world, hidden amidst our troubled civilization.

Qik is back on Aula Magna with ‘Cenit’, a natural continuation of his previous album ‘Alba’ that unearths the artist’s latest musical experiments.

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W&P by Enrique Casal
Artwork by Martin Carpaneto
Mastered by Sebastian Galante aka Seph

Cenit

Qik - Cenit (Previews)

Tomas Rubeck - Inster EP (Aula Magna Records) 12" EP, digital (AMR004)

A1 - Tomas Rubeck - Inster 01 
A2 - Tomas Rubeck - Inster 02
 B1 - Tomas Rubeck - Inster 03 (Mattias Fridell Remix)
 B2 - Tomas Rubeck - Inster 03 
Digital Exclusive - Tomas Rubeck - Inster 04

For the label's fourth release the Aula Magna team welcomes our first international guest, UK's rising sound architect Tomas Rubeck. With Inster EP the artist presents carefully crafted dub techno cuts and for remix duty we invited Sweden's Mattias Fridell to cast his techno spark to the package. 

It's clear that Rubeck's sound and groove palette is born from producer whose artistry has taken a major leap forward. Richly textured soundscapes define Inster 01 and Inster 02 on the A side, deep and warm tracks that hypnotize on steady but pushing beats. An inspiring experimental attitude gives shape to the aforementioned and the rest of the record: B side's Inster 03 rests on a more broken-beat focus and the digital exclusive Inster 04 shifts back to the dancefloor. In between, Fridell's cleverly designed rework of 03 boosts Rubeck's sounds into peak-time mayhem. 

A futuristic odyssey through unexplored acoustic dimensions awaits the listener. 

AMR004 Tomas Rubeck - Inster EP w/ Mattias Fridell Remix (12", Digital) PREVIEW CLIPS

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