TECH 2

january 2017

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"The TPS-L2 used the basic case and mechanical parts of the TCM-600 cassette recorder. The only change to the mechanical parts was the fitment of a stereo tape head and the removal of the record key, erase protection lever, erase head and tape counter. The mechanical performance of the deck, which was originally designed more with speech and dictation in mind rather than music, was considered suitable for high-fidelity music reproduction, a clear demonstration of the high quality engineering found in the more upmarket Sony recorders.

Part of the genius of the personal cassette player concept was the elimination of the unnecessary. In the case of the TPS-L2, that meant not only no recording circuitry but no loudspeaker either. The mouldings in the chassis that accommodate the loudspeaker magnet in the TCM-600 are still visible in the TPS-L2 however. Removal of the recording circuit meant removal of the microphone socket too, though the internal microphone remained. This was used for the now famous “hot line” function. Pressing an orange button on the top of the machine (fitted in the place where the record and fast-play controls had been) faded the cassette sound down and mixed in the output of the microphone, so the listener could be talked to without stopping the tape. This was deemed attractive as two headphone sockets (humorously labelled “guys” and “gals” in the versions for some markets) were fitted so that two people could listen at once. The hot line function made a pause control unnecessary, so the arrangement fitted to the TCM-600 was removed.

The TPS-L2 was actually slightly larger than the TCM-600, partly to house the volume controls. The TCM-600 had a small edge-wise rotary control, but miniature volume controls of any type were simply not available in stereo form at the time, so two independent sliders had to be used instead. In addition to this, a two position tone switch was fitted, which allowed chrome tapes or music cassettes encoded with Dolby NR to be played back without excessive treble.

The TPS-L2 initially sold slowly but with skilful marketing demand soon soared. It was not cheap (around £100, with a second set of MDR-3 headphones costing around £15 extra) but gave good performance and created a new way to enjoy music. A whole new market had been created and within a couple of years every major Japanese electronics manufacturer had begun to offer something similar."

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TPS-L2

FYF 2017

You're Out Wasting

'Thievery' is taken from the new Arca album 'Xen' out now on Mute. Get 'Xen' now: CD: http://smarturl.it/XenCD
LP: http://smarturl.it/XenLP
DLD: http://smarturl.it/XenDigital
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Watch 'Thievery' video here: Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXKelbB9wk 
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Arca European Tour
w/ Jesse Kanda
27th November - ICA, London - Sold Out
28th November - Rotonde, Brussels (http://bit.ly/arca-brussels)
1st December - Point Ephemere, Paris (http://bit.ly/arca-paris)
4th December - OT301, Amsterdam (http://bit.ly/arca-amsterdam)
5th December - Berghain, Berlin (http://bit.ly/arca-berlinberghain)

Arca Online

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Thievery

Welcome to the Future... Happy New Year 2015!

Mirror Comparator

Bjarki - Polygon Pink Toast (Original Mix)

LXRC23 - Drvg Cvltvre - Endless Night

ALSO (Appleblim and Second Storey) present their stunning debut LP for R&S comprised of their critically acclaimed trilogy of EPs.

Opener ‘Arpemonger’ (an exclusive track to the release that sees the duo stretching their classic IDM influences) leading into the uptempo cyborg funk of ‘Blyford Bass’, heavyweight bass of ’ Dive Prophets’ and bleeping synth squiggles ‘Formation’  this is an album that really benefits from good headphones and repeated listens to truly get lost in their musical intricacies.

Ever since they first met and bonded over a shared love of machine rhythms and sleek electronic grooves, the pair have been hard at work on pushing their creative boundaries to the limit, never content to take the easy route - as Laurie explains "if that means broken rhythms, and untraditional melodies then so be it. There's so many people making sonically 'correct' or refined 4x4 music, we just wanted to explore everything other than that, whilst still keeping the dance floor moving."

These heavy studio / live loose jams sessions have borne truly verdant musical fruit inspired as much by classic R&S alumni from Aphex Twin to Blawan and the Detroit axis of Carl Craig and Juan Atkins.

ALSO is pan genre, pan generational, emotive electronic music at its bes.  Truly something special and a fine addition to R&S rich heritage of forward thinking dancefloor sonic artistry.

Second Storey & Appleblim present ALSO - Blyford Bass

Boysnoize Records
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014 Crack

Relax Or Get Murked

Jensen Interceptor - Relax Or Get Murked

Bleep43 EP002 A2 Stingray 313 NUDGE THEORY

RMS005 B2 Guy Gerber & Puff Daddy - Tourist Trap (Soul Clap Remix)

A new EP from us on our label Kneaded Pains. Get your copy below.

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Dense & Pika - Mitten EP - Kneaded Pains

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Silicon Valley

B1- Du Son Pour Les Gars Sûrs
Written & produced by Mézigue
Extract From D.KO10  Mézigue -  " Mangez -Moi  EP" 
D.KO Records

video:
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Du Son Pour Les Gars Sûrs

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Audion - Mouth To Mouth (Guy Gerber Remix)

Bastardo Electrico: BE013 Release Date: 23/01/2017
FLEXURE- Shadow Puppets EP

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Early support from  Dave Clarke, Truss, Ben Sims, Dax J, Sunil Sharpe, Rolando, the29novfilms, Progression, Kamikaze Space Programme, John Heckle, Lee Holman.

Tracklisting
A1.  Call Me Crazeey
A2. 703 39flr
B1.  Blizz  
B2. Piltrafiltra
Forthcoming on Bastardo Electrico
Release: November 2016
Vinyl/Digital

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Flexure- Shadow Puppets EP (BE013)-OUT NOW!

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REZZ - Voice In The Wall

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Raito
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REZZ x Raito - Alien

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REZZ - Cryptic

Eats Everything makes his much-anticipated Edible label debut with the ‘Girl Powder’ EP, his first release since January of this year, and the first to land on his own imprint.  Comprising two new tracks, ‘Rita’s E’ and ‘Veronica Electronica’, the release will drop at the end of October on 10” vinyl and digital download.

2016 has already been a huge ride for the Bristolian DJ & producer extraordinaire; along with huge club cuts ‘The Duster’ (featuring Green Velvet) and ‘Big Discs’, remixes for Disclosure and Green Velvet (taking the classic ‘Flash’ track to dizzying new heights), Eats mixed the 86th edition of Fabric’s fabled compilation series back in February.

And as the Edible label edges towards its first anniversary, a slew of highly well received releases from the likes of Rhythm Masters, Jesse Perez, Lauren Lane, Lord Leopard and Brett Johnson, have established the imprint as a consistent force for quality house music.

With its infectious bassline, dubbed out keys and vocal call to arms, ‘Rita’s E’ find Eats on top form, carving out an energetic and funky club cut, whilst ‘Veronica Electronica’ gets deep, down and twisted with its duetting vocal delivery, hard hitting drums and rave-esque sirens.

Eats Everything’s ‘Girl Powder’ EP is available from 21st October on Edible.

Girl Powder

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Eats Everything - Rita's E (EDIBLE006) [clip]

OUT NOW ON VINYL AND DIGITAL 

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Juno Records: bit.ly/HotJams2Juno
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The unrelenting force that is Hot Creations often acts as a breeding ground for raw talent. This next release does just that with four ‘Hot Jams’ from upcoming artists Lee Walker, Pete Dorling, Neil Parkes and Greeko.

First up, young producer Lee Walker from Middlesbrough makes his debut on Hot Creations delivering ‘That Little Ditty’, which takes hold with a deeply intoxicating bassline, prominent hi-hats and punchy stabs that build to a frenzied climax. Shooting onto the scene in 2015 with his off-the-cuff edit of DJ Deeon’s ‘Freak Like Me’, which played by the likes of Marco Carola, Dixon and Loco Dice, soon gained over 1 million hits on Youtube and was finally picked up by Defected Records.

Having featured on ‘Hot Summer Jams’ on the label back in 2014, Essex DJ and producer Pete Dorling is back with another killer track. ‘Manyana’ drives with a heavy bassline as tribal vocal cuts are played throughout. Other releases can be seen on the likes of VIVa Music, Resonance Productions and NoFitState.

Also appearing on the same ‘Hot Summer Jams’, Neil Parkes is back on board the label with ‘Peil Narkes.’ A swinging bassline sets the groundwork as layers of moody synths roll out over punchy hats. Since his first release on Metroline Limited, Neil has spread his wings releasing on labels such as MadTech, Leftroom Limited and Underground Audio.

TRACK LISTING   
 
A1 Lee Walker - That Little Ditty
A2 Pete Dorling - Manyana
B1 Neil Parkes - Peil Narkes
B2 Greeko - Magma

Greeko - Magma

Shortly after Aussteiger's successful debut, "Dub Disco" introduce their long time friends https://soundcloud.com/s-and-w on board for their second release with an EP full of lovely analogue sounds. It surely stands in contrast to the first record and by that underlines exactly what Dub Disco is about: A journey through the vastness of electronic music.                 
 "Cashmere Green" here premiered is the opener on this EP. It's a true Nu-Funk, West-Coast influenced banger with a distant cosmic flair carried by meticulous and peculiar drums. Driven by a pending groove, this one invites the light into any dreamers ears and ensures your very own trippy dancefloor experience. On the flip, we dive into Wind up Bird. The track starts off as a scratchy and vibrant House track, riding on a funky bassline. It gets carried away by dreamy chords and breaks down into an incredible melancholic melody that will keep no eye dry. Finally there is Machine Love. An 80s influenced open air peak time party tool that will definitely put a smile on your face and a rocket in your pocket.

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PREMIERE : S&W - Cashmere Green

Narcissus in Retrograde

Dystopian Daddy

The first release from new vinyl only label Cherub Records. The ‘Figure of State’ EP features four tracks, including two original cuts from London upstart William Earl in analogue work out mode. Doppelate’s remix of 'Figure of State' on the a-side is a down-tempo, atmospheric trip whilst Pépe's remix of ‘Stokey Waltz’ takes us into blissfully uplifting, arpeggiated territory.

PREMIERE : William Earl - Figure Of State

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In the span of only a couple of months, we’ve been to Australia and back almost more times than we can count. If there was any doubt before then it’s completely erased now, as the land Down Under really is one of the hotbeds for house music at the moment. @beatsofnonationradio is an Australian radio show bringing you "weird and wonderful sounds from all around the globe" and it is curated by Dom Bird, Jad Lee and Sean Bate as well as their regular guests, both local and international. Launched in September of 2015 the radio show has hosted 49 episodes thus far with guests ranging from the likes of Urulu and Fouk to the Lobster Theremin crew.

Chord Memory Band is a recent collaboration between Michael Medlycott (from the band Vulture Street Tape Gang) and Dom Bird (Beats Of No Nation co-founder and member of the live disco 4 piece Mitzi). The pair have cooked up a four track record of analog tastiness entitled « Third Eye EP ». Today, we are giving you the first taste of the B1 track ‘Donostia’. This mid-tempo jam is propped up by some vibraphone chords and crisp percussion. Swelling synth work and keyboard lines adorn the piece, echoing and reverberating into the distance, creating a remarkable sense of depth. A warm bass line adds support but doesn’t overpower the mysterious air created by the interwoven melodies of the various instruments. From strings and bells to plucked synths and keys, there’s a little bit of everything all working together in this finely concocted, ear-pleasing potion.

Buy it: http://bit.ly/2kZVLnt

PREMIERE : Chord Memory Band - Donostia

Vol. I de /AMBIANCE\ estará disponible en todas las plataformas digitales a partir del 24 de febrero y puedes adquirirlo en: https://durolabel.bandcamp.com/album/vol-i

[Premiere THUMP] /AMBIANCE\ - Camino al Parke

CLOUDS - OPTIC

If you've seen Tiga play a festival set over the past few months, then you saw him play at least three to five Clouds tracks, with at least one of them being "Optic", "Future Blaster", or "Vaults".

These Scottish Ladmen are some of the most promising producers working today, combining brutish, visceral force with real intelligence and control. They use no gear whatsoever, crafting their bombs from malware in public chatrooms, giving voice to a generation living in the digital ether between the Moon and Glaswegia City.

For the remix, Clouds asked to enlist a hero of theirs, the Swedish techno master Jesper Dahlbäck, who adds another excellent remix to his massive catalog and further cements his place in the Turbo Hall of Endless Respect.

Optic

Clouds - Optic

iTunes: http://bit.ly/WonderlandRemix
Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/wonderland-remixed/932836

Wonderland Remixed

The Kids Will Have Their Say (Bassnectar Remix)

https://avalonemerson.com/andthecharm

Now one of dance music’s most respected DJs, Avalon Emerson first made a name for herself in the storied warehouse scene of her birthplace, San Francisco, before relocating to Berlin in 2013. Over a decade of performances at the famed Berghain led to appearances at numerous festivals around the world which all cemented Emerson, and her evocative, genre- and decade-spanning sets, as perennially in demand. 

In 2020, she released her first full-length collection: a contribution to the longrunning DJ-Kicks series (which Resident Advisor described as “The sound of a well-honed DJ at the top of her game.”), nestled alongside a steady stream of remix releases for the likes of Four Tet, Slowdive, Robyn and more.

Next up was 2023’s Avalon Emerson & The Charm, an instant classic which saw Emerson exploring her singing voice and more traditional songwriting outside of the boundaries of her dance music work.  Created after a move to New York, the resulting & The Charm album was released to critical acclaim, landing on numerous critics’ best-of-the-year lists.

The stage is now set, then, for her to carve out a wholly unique path, and with the help of new label home and indie giant, Dead Oceans, Emerson is poised to connect her various musical endeavors to create an untouchably rich output of material. First up is Perpetual Emotion Machine, consisting of songs created for her DJ sets, delivered via a living, evolving project and announced ahead of her worldwide tour.