> @up-4
> @spclnch

The landscapes of Orlan 19 resembled the dream of a mad cartographer: cliffs were floating above the surface, horizons were bending and vanishing into infinity, and energy vortices were flaring up beneath their feet in psychedelic patterns. The familiar laws of physics didn’t apply here — gravity shifted chaotically, and time flew with unpredictable intensity. As Spacelunch, absorbed in thought, stroked the ground which distorted like a mirage under his touch, Cat’s grumbling echoed simultaneously from the past and future:

— Doc, don’t you think we’re just walking in circles?
— No wonder. That’s how inverse modelling works. Every action we take reshapes the surrounding space.
— Can you explain it in simpler terms? There’s only one genius here.
— Ever heard of the Philadelphia Experiment?
— Of course! You know how much I love sushi rolls!
— Well, I set myself up for this predicament… Back in my university days, we experimented with magnetic fields trying to program them by thought. You get where I’m going, don’t you? The planet is reacting to our intentions. So, focus on visualizing the portal.

The confusion on Cat’s face gave way to a mask of detachment. Clusters of matter began to tremble pulling the threads of reality to their breaking point before finally forming a vortex. Having devoured as much as it could, the vortex snapped shut with a loud pop and dissolved in a blinding flash.

As the scene began to take shape, silhouettes emerged under the soft glow of a desk lamp, evoking an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. A worn desk and a small bed stood by the wall adorned with faded photographs, while the floor let out a gentle creak underfoot. The clearer the interior came to be, the more paralyzing the realization, and the more elusive the explanation for what had happened became.

— Holy…! Cat, are we looking at the same thing?
— Yeah, but… This can’t be real.

Spacelunch slowly approached the window and froze still. A single thought raced through his mind: “The only force strong enough to pull me this far… was love.”

Mastering by Pheek.
Artwork by Jubilee.

PREMIERE: Upwellings - Space Suburb [SPCLNCH13]

Oscillate Tracks 002 is the second compilation from the Oscillate crew who have been running the event series at ://about blank for just over 4 years. This time with Melbourne based producer Hymns, known for his beautifully restrained, spacious electro, Superhexagon regular J. Wiltshire, presenting his own glistening take on modern dubstep, Perth-based artist PTMC, upheaving all expectations with his surprising rhythms and syncopation and Schloss Records founder Karima F whose percussion and berserk melodies know no bounds. Diverse, yet of the same palette, this record paints a dreamy yet powerful picture.

Oscillate Tracks 002 Snippets

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-cleveland-kobu

Brussels-based producer Andrea Mancini alias @clevelandmusicpage fancies swimming against the tide and his latest for Spanish outlet @hivern_disc - 'nDSi' - does indeed take us far away from the boring techno highway and main genre alleys, easing us into a world of playful electronics, bright textures and constantly changing harmonics.

Cleveland - Kobu [Hivern Discs]

BAKK016 | RAFF – Stella [12inch]

Vinyl: https://clone.nl/item57759.html
Digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/stella

RAFF debuts with a solid assembly of made-to-measure club tracks. Be it new life dawning or physical pain, these productions drip character, finding their roots in personal moments that mark and scar RAFF's day to day life. As a linchpin of Rotterdam's deejay culture, one can hear technoid elements of his homebase fluctuate along an axis of Detroitesque electro. Naming afrofuturism as a major source of influence, this release locks you into RAFF's world through its emotional touch and technical precision. Designed for clubs and headphones alike, his works can be distinguished via their frequential layering and spatial design. Analogue warmth, a timeless feel - these are five cuts for jocks that seek the real deal. Comes in hand printed artwork by the BAKK Harbour City Service. 

A1 — ESO8
A2 — Pain
B1 — Cyclops
B2 — Stella
B3 — Black

Music: https://soundcloud.com/raff_ak
Design: Mike Kokken
Text: Luke Cohlen (@lukecohlen)

Stella

BAKK016 | RAFF – Stella

Order: bit.ly/2O8k2YW
Discogs: www.discogs.com/Various-Systems-E…/release/14712441

A1 Red Shift - 3rd Moon [06:44 - 132 BPM]
A2 Red Shift - Audity [05:55 - 130 BPM]
A3 Red Shift - Himalayas [03:46 - 106 BPM]

B1 Ether - Detonator [08:08 - 125 BPM]
B2 Escape Artist - Rain Eternal [05:09 - 100 BPM]
B3 Constants Of Nature - Slow Symmetry Breaking [06:18 - 90 BPM]

Originally released via Terraform Records in 1995, 'Systems E.P. 1' was certainly too ahead of its time to meet with success back in the day. That said, as years went by, so swelled the reputation of this sextet of visionary, alien-engineered jams, soon turning the once $1 bin find into a highly sought-after item on the second-hand market. Much to the displeasure of hardline speculators but for the greatest joy of skint '90s sound lovers, KOC reissues the Systems experience in full force and effect.

Harbouring a trio of submersible ambient-tech and 303-driven breaky weapons, Red Shift's own dedicated A-side has lost nothing of its soul-fulfilling appeal. Getting the ball rolling, '3rd Moon' skippers us to brightly hued sound niches, where trancey acid motifs merge with slo-moving ambient pads and uptempo breakbeat on a frenzy. Laced with a hint of bleepy abstraction, the more lascivious, piano-laden 'Audity' then shifts the scope to further introspective depths before 'Himalayas' takes us on a mind-expanding ride across imaginary snow-capped summits and lushly forested slopes.

Flip it over and here comes Ether and their mightily explosive 'Detonator' - a wild and woolly acid number that shall not go without conjuring up memories of the early Prodigy's mid-nineties rave exploits. Not to be confused with that of his contemporary Australian counterpart, Escape Artist's 'Rain Eternal' evokes the soulful RnB suavity of Sade's classics, adorned with otherworldly organic warbles and addictive piano stabs. Constants of Nature vibey closer 'Slow Symmetry Breaking' rounds off the journey on a further distinctively atmospheric note, perfect to muster up the energy and drive to take it on the lam from our crazy world.

B3 Constants Of Nature - Slow Symmetry Breaking (from Systems e.p. 1 - OYSTER22) - OUT NOW!

After 5 years of 'Fortnightly Freebies' columns collating our favourite free downloads, we decided to do things a bit differently for the 100th chapter. Introducing 'Big Material', a 19-track 'name your price' compilation that will donate 100% of profits made to Stonewall Housing, a London-based charity supporting some of the most marginalised and vulnerable in our society.

At a time when unfair austerity is increasing inequality and leaving so many behind, we hope to support a community that has given so much to the 'scene' and music we love. Digi-dub abstractions and drifting ambient to kaleidoscopic breaks and newly-coined genre, 'subtle donk', it's a pretty accurate microcosm of the If-Only curation as a whole.

Big Material pulls together music from some of If-Only's favourite artists, with tracks from @apsychicyes, @riveryarra, Material Things (@12th-isle), @priori-ties, @nicholaswilson1982 & @steviewhisper, @benoitb, @maxabysmal, @58daniel, @bogdan-drazic, @whyesss, @twitch, @warzouk, @thomasbakk, @eyemeasure, @rdjm0, @furiousfrank, Moonphase (AKA @cl_lit), @moonbowmusic and @aki-aki.

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Soft and calm, we, like light
fray into gentle chaos.
Big material unfurls
Then turns to collect, reform –
Like breaths, draw in
To new poise and structure;
Solid and slow.
Never still. Glacial.

Think back, before
A piece of things,
Moving alone, once a part –
But when is the fragment
not the whole?
When is the whole not the whole?
The salt which made the chalk
Which made the cliff
Which made the slate -

Hard to see,
Once a part and still, we are,
A piece of something else.

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All profits go to Stonewall Housing, a London-based charity working to ensure lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people live in safer homes, free from fear, where they can celebrate their identity and support each other to achieve their full potential.

Artwork by Parks Perdue.
Mastering by Ali Berger.
Poem by BSMN WNS.

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Benoit B - Sonic Shelter

Luxus Varta rolls out his new Addictive Synthesis EP on Klakson. Four super strong, driving yet melodic electro slammers with a powerful distinctive modern sound. Addictive it is!

KL-NR5 Luxus Varta - Addictive Synthesis Preview

ISLA founder NAP and his pal ZDBT live out their Euro-industrial fantasy with crushing, new beat-inspired electro.

'Sombras' is out August 24th on ISLA.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2VVSc6j

@napmusick
@zacharydbtreble
@sonidoisla

Premiere: Dosis - Confusion [ISLA]

Cutie Qnete is back with four sublime works of house music tinged with a drop of acid and a gentle touch of electro giving you pieces of his mind, body and soul.

Qnete - Pasting Pieces [777_19] Preview

Live jam grabado el 10 de septiembre del año del fin del mundo, en el cual se nos unió @r3ck4n3r a la sesión.

North Side Rebel Rafaga - LIVE JAM 10/09/2020

Artist: Sound Synthesis
Track: ADSR606
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital
Label: Eudemonia
Release date: 30/10/20
Purchase: https://eudemonia.bandcamp.com/album/analog-soul

Malta-born Keith Farrugia aka Sound Synthesis has been highly productive through a great amount of quality releases during the last two years. This time he joins eudemonia for his next strike. The record consists of three masterly crafted tracks which evidence his talent to produce wonderful melodic electro music. Each of them tell their own unique story, rounded up with a remix by Motor City mastermind Shawescape Renegade.

https://soundcloud.com/sound-synthesis-official
https://soundcloud.com/eudemoniarecords

Floating Away EP

PREMIERE #1283 | Sound Synthesis - ADSR606 [Eudemonia] 2020

Music label, based in The Hague.

BAKK then, now Plafond.