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Fammi Sapere - Planète

The Midnight Society Vol. 1 is a 6-track VA featuring brand new music from Alleged Witches, Silent Era, Midnight Manoeuvres, Krotone, Thugwidow and Blood Trust.

Bringing together a heady concoction of atmospheric techno, menacing bass-driven explorations, future-jungle and emotive drum & bass, this debut release from the UK-based label looks to showcase some of the more captivating and diverse producers currently working in electronic music. Offering up a rich pallet of sounds, this compilation acts as a taste of things to come, a glimpse at what exists above and beneath the surface, regardless of geography and location.

Welcome listeners into a world of auditory hallucinations and far out soundscapes.

1. Alleged Witches - Frío de Muerte
2. Silent Era - Opal
3. Midnight Manoeuvres - MA/NB
4. Krotone - Sensing
5. Thugwidow - The Collapser
6. Blood Trust - Zone

The Midnight Society Vol. 1

BAD001 // Various Artists - The Midnight Society Vol. 1

Forest Drive West - Creeper

A1. Creeper
A2. Sustain
B1. Greed
B2. Break

Breaking Greedy Creepers Powerslam on 180g vinyl.

ITX025 FOREST DRIVE WEST - CREEPER

Written and Produced by Shiken Hanzo
Mastered by Anne Taegert @ Dubplates and Mastering
Center label design by Josh Abramovici

'Darkest Entities' is taken from Shiken Hanzo's Eternity of Echoes EP
ORDER: Vinyl 12"/Digital:  https://shikenhanzo.bandcamp.com/album/eternity-of-echoes
Out August 5, 2022
INC-018

Shiken Hanzo
@shikken
www.shikenhanzo.bandcamp.com

Incienso
www.inciensorecs.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/inciensorecs
www.incienso.nyc

Shiken Hanzo - Darkest Entities [INC-018]

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B2. Diesel

Her days began cold, the anxiety grew more and more as the minutes went by. With every movement a rush of fear-inducing thoughts hit her, as if hiding was her only choice. She counted down the seconds in her head, waiting for the moment that she'd set foot out of her anxious state of mind and into that smoke-filled room. It was there amongst the beams of light and the rolling sub frequencies that she left her head and moved into her body. Freedom flowed as she entered the darkness: the night was here and it was hers.

Known for his groundbreaking live performances and DJ sets of broken beat techno, trance, mystical electronica and muted bass, Dawn Razor translates this heady cocktail of sounds to his own productions. With previous releases on A R T S, Scuffed and Holding Hands, to name but a few, Dawn Razor now makes his way to London's Of Paradise for his forthcoming EP, Scary Movies, which comes with a twisted remix from Pressure Dome boss Yushh: packed full of attitude, it's a masterclass in jagged techno and twisted breaks.

Scary Movies (incl. Yushh remix)

PREMIERE: Dawn Razor - Getting (Yushh's Dusk Mix) [Of Paradise]

The latest release on Livity Sound features an extensive insight into the work of Seb Uncles, aka Eusebeia. Uncles has been releasing his work prolifically over the past six years, from self-released tapes on Rebellion Electronics through to reams of 12”s and LPs for labels like Earthtrax, Western Lore, Rupture London and re:st. While his sound has often tilted towards drum & bass and jungle, he places atmosphere and composition ahead of genre boundaries and tempo restrictions.  

Cosmos EP finds Uncles stretching out over eight varied tracks for a broader experience compared to the usual Livity EP. Glacial ambience and richly layered synthesis guides the record overall, at times leaving drums behind altogether, but even at its mellowest you can sense the overbearing bias towards soundsystem music. The melancholic electronica of ‘Becoming’ gets underpinned by dread bass, and ‘Solace’ places a haunting steppas-esque refrain in the midst of heavily dubbed downtempo. When he does turn to full-tilt drumfunk edits on the likes of ‘Hopes & Dreams’ and ‘Love + Light’, he approaches them with subtlety and finesse, matching rhythmic flair with melodic progressions which lend themselves to introspective listening as much as full dancefloor immersion.

Eusebeia - Becoming

Hailing like a warning siren from the steaming sweat pits of Manchester’s sticky underground, @henzo lands on PM+ to continue the unflinching club focus of Peder Mannerfelt’s series. Henzo’s own swerve comes in the wake of heads like Carbon 96 (Zoe McPherson and Ciarra Black), Logos and ZULI doing their own dastardly work to get you jacking in various ways. 

It’s no surprise YCO-affiliate Henzo has been picked for this series – his crafty bootleg of Mannerfelt’s ‘Clear Eyes, Full Heart’ came out last year in an unapologetic splat of bass and sharply-tooled rhythm. He opens up this one-two punch with ‘Are You With Me This Time,’ a brawny, electro-fied, all-killah floorfillah with a hook that dares to be anthemic, borderline emotional even. It’s attention-seeking like a foot-stamping diva scowling at the state of the party, with the sass to match. Offering something a little sketchier for the heads down crew, ‘Is Find Never Mind’ is a lean workout in the vein of that devilish PM bootleg, boasting a kick you could take home to meet the parents and moody garage chord stabs given a few too many edibles.

Henzo - Is Find Never Mind [PM+4]

Packed Rich - Warp Fields

01. Astral Glow ft. Jessica Pham
02. Disembodied ft. Marvz
03. Warp Field
04. Drifting ft. Robin Jermer
05. Fear ft. Robin Jermer
06. Release
07. Transcending
08. Crystallized
09. Fluid State
10. Black Lotus
11. Space Suite 503
12. Arrival / Will We Stay The Same? ft. Marco Zenker

Packed Rich's Warp Fields LP depicts the journey of an individual traveling through a field of energy that connects different locations in space. Through the course of this journey the individual experiences a metamorphosis through different stages of physical existence and spiritual consciousness in order to overcome the borders of space and time. The question remains if the individual will still maintain the same sense of consciousness and distinction of self that originally made up its personality.

Mastered by Tangible Air
Artwork by Hubert Spangler (Bloomfeld)
Published by Ilian Tape Publishing
Distributed by Diamonds & Pearls

ITLP15 PACKED RICH - WARP FIELDS

Fittingly, Control Freak's first full length LP comes from the artist who launched our imprint near-on 4 years ago. @keplrr's ‘Petra’ is a remarkable entry into the canon of contemporary ‘non-functional’ techno.

After a string of acclaimed EPs and singles, the South London-based DJ/producer brings his unique ear for sound design to the forefront across his debut album, a continuous piece with many recurring musical themes and motifs. Drifting between dream states and the psychedelic, ‘Petra’ sees Keplrr set aside the rigid constraints of club music and delve deep into the wells of the subconscious.

The album moves deftly through styles: meandering ambient/downtempo pieces, including a collaboration with classically trained Jazz singer Livi Graham, to the deep & techno-influenced ‘Two Prophets Lay Here’, reaching its crescendo in the IDM-inflected ‘Celestial Body’.

For fans of: Call Super, Leif, Koreless, Perila, Lorraine James.

releases May 12, 2023

Voice of: Livi Graham
Mastered by: Stefan Betke
Artwork: Isaac Kniveton

Petra

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Keplrr - Re-reality (ft. Livi Graham)

Ğhöşť x 𝔇𝔞𝔷𝔨𝔲𝔩𝔩 𝔈𝔤𝔥𝔶𝔯𝔱𝔥

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Nematomorpha - Neuro Parasite [preview]

Auditory hallucinations and far out soundscapes.

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🕷 Parent Label: @ofparadiserecords

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