There were glimmering colours and flickering lights which danced and bounced between the four walls of the grand old hall. Inside it revellers moved in a euphoric trance, engulfed by the saidas touch, a hypnotic force which bound them together and kept them moving in ignorant unison. It was a beautiful, magnificent thing - strangely fascinating to watch as each dancer moved simultaneously in time with the rumble and banging of drums as a myriad of colours exploded and flashed. 

Dj Willie Oboe is back and when I say that it will likely mean very little. However, if I were to tell you that it's a magical new moniker for one of the members of the infamous hardware inspired duo Frak you might be more excited. They are set to release a new EP on Lost Control, a somewhat more house focussed affair than their usual. However, it still carries that rough and ready, signature Frak sound.

PREMIERE: Dj Willie Oboe - Saidas Touch (Channelling EJ - ESP)[Lost Control]

ISLA05 - From the 4 song CD by Bridge & Tunnel. Available June 3rd through: http://www.isla.site

Bridge & Tunnel - Textura Pasto

Artwork By Gabrielle Nehrybecki

Mastered By Calum Kenihan

Shortest Possible Distance (w/ Third Space)

BUY: https://alfredo92.bandcamp.com/album/helfand-ep 
We are proud to present another debut on Axces Records, this time from label head @Alfred092. The A side kicks off with Mimis, an explorative bass driven track with crisp snares and bubbling synthesizers. Next up is the title track Helfand, whose experimental sounds and textures take things in a mystic IDM like direction. On the B side we Adax_pcp, a hypnotic club cut which further explores complex pulsating outernational rhythms. Finally to seal the deal we have Scalex, a twisted dancehall tune with splashes of futuristic sound design.

Alfredo92 - Helfand EP (OUT EARLY FEBRUARY)

https://djlife.bandcamp.com/album/bushfire-compilation-2020

This compilation was brought about by the devastating bush fires around Australia, and an urge to help to the communities affected.

All Proceeds will be directed towards the Fire Relief Fund for First Nations Communities.

Big thanks to AK SPORTS, Carmel , DJ Life , DJ Sunroof , Escape Artist , Fibre Optixxx , Genie , LOIF , Roy mills , Ryan Berkeley , Sedgwick and Super Jim Z for contributing.

Artists involved acknowledge that this release was compiled on the stolen and occupied lands of the people of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to the Elders and leaders past, present and emerging and recognise that sovereignty never ceded.

Bushfire Compilation 2020 Snippets

Tape 01

@tammohesselink

Bandcamp https://bit.ly/2YjKoNf
Bordello a Parigi https://bit.ly/3didXmw
Clone https://bit.ly/2CjXIZm
Deejay.de https://bit.ly/2YhUqhN
Delsin https://bit.ly/3hKsT05
HHV https://bit.ly/3hKsT05
Juno https://bit.ly/37JPbKQ
Lobster Records https://bit.ly/2NgDvpu
Redeye https://bit.ly/3dfIuRX
Rush Hour https://bit.ly/37JKm4i
Technique.co.jp https://bit.ly/2BljCuS

Bandcamp

Tammo - Easy To See - Nous'klaer 020 (previews)

Orainn 02 is the second release on R.Kitt’s imprint. After initially setting up the label to release previous material featuring in live sets from festivals and club gigs last year, this release consists of brand new tracks all put together after the world fell apart. In R.Kitt’s words

“I felt like a lot of that old music was too intrinsically linked to a time and setting that doesn’t feel in any way relevant anymore. The environment of spaces like dance clubs or big open festival fields full of thousands of people seems so far away and the horizon isn’t even in sight, and it feels weird to try and understand or comprehend music that was made for those settings in a meaningful emotional way right now. Instead, this release tries to draw out some of the feelings I’ve been experiencing since everything changed.”

Volatile emotion is at the core of each of the 4 tracks on this EP. The opener, Dance Zoned, is a naïvely hopeful, rollercoaster paced, breaks infused piece that tries to distil meditative moments of elation found during this time. Due To reflects a more post-apocalyptic vision, robotic and desolate but buoyed by melodic bursts that serve to break through the cold atmosphere with injections of warmth. It’s Leaving Me feels like it is both tragically sad yet peacefully accepting, reflecting on loss, growth and change. The EP is rounded out by Not That Way, a foot down, all speed, no chance of stopping kind of tune.

These are not just tunes for the club space, which obviously doesn’t exist at the moment in anyway that we were previously familiar with. But the music is intended to summon the same kind of emotional release that we experienced in those spaces, in whatever environment you want, until we return.

Mastered by Marco Antonio Spaventi
Artwork by Mel Keane

Orainn 02 Clips

djane is a local DJ who you may have seen playing at the sub club, revs and boney in the clubbing days of yore. This dynamic and incredibly interesting mix is a great showcase of her skills as a selector, seamlessly weaving a variety of textured sounds that at different times feel clubby, trippy, dubby and reminiscent of dark, chaotic, PC Music style pop.

Artwork by Andi O'Connor

@jane-gould-133268811

melt mix vol. 12 - djane

recorded direct to stereo live, while watching stage 8 and 9 of the 2020 Tour De France. 

More to come as we enter the Alpes near the end of the week

The Peloton (Steady Cadence)

Artist: Utopia Cloak / The Jaffa Kid
Title: The Imaginary Museum 001 
Label: The Imaginary Museum
Cat No: TIM001
Format: 12” Vinyl Transparent/black Marbled 

Tracklist: 
A1. Utopia Cloak – Summer Holiday ‘98
A2. Utopia Cloak – Matter Changing State
A3. Utopia Cloak – Summer Holiday ’98 (Mause Remix)
B1. The Jaffa Kid – A Certain Retro
B2. The Jaffa Kid – Jig Jag Electron
B3. The Jaffa Kid – Carago

The Imaginary Museum is pleased to open its doors in 2021. It is the first museum of the imagination in the world: driven by insatiable curiosity, a deep belief in music as reliable witness and document to human history, and sound research, reflecting the desire to expand the wealth of human knowledge.

The first exhibition is a joint endeavour from Utopia Cloak and The Jaffa Kid, presenting priceless artefacts collected from their respective kingdoms where melodic electronica reigns supreme. Presented on beautiful marbled vinyl, each artist shares a side expressing their unique sonic aesthetics.

Utopia Cloak comes forth with melancholic whimsy in “Summer Holiday ‘98”, explores textures and hauntological soundscapes in “Matter Changing State” and enlists Mause to relocate that particularly meaningful holiday to a Brighton beach front with a cold can and seagulls included for good measure.

Flip over to witness The Jaffa Kid illustrate smokey ambient atmospherics in “A Certain Retro”, punchy dynamic electro scenery in “Jig Jag Electron” and pure braindance indebted melody in the masterful “Carago”, worthy of Richard D James at his very best.

Utopia Cloak / The Jaffa Kid - The Imaginary Museum 001 (TIM001)

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Alfredo92 - Helfand EP (OUT EARLY FEBRUARY)

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