BAKK Releases

BAKK discography

BAKK018 | Tala Drum Corps - Carillon (w/ Haron Remix) (12inch)

Distribution/vinyl: https://clone.nl/item65532.html
Vinyl/digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/carillon-w-haron-remix

High class, no fuss drum trinity. 
Two Tala Drum Corps tracks with an elastic remix by Haron.

A — Tala Drum Corps - Rattlesnake
B1 — Tala Drum Corps - Carillon
B2 — Tala Drum Corps - Carillon (Haron Remix)

Music: @taladrumcorps @wivah
Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman
Design: Mike Kokken

Carillon (w/ Haron Remix)

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BAKK018 | Tala Drum Corps - Carillon (w/ Haron Remix)

BAKK019 | Werfol - Flubber (12inch)

Vinyl/digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/flubber
Distribution (Clone): https://clone.nl/item68453.html

Werfol debuts on BAKK with a stunning and diverse four tracker. Originally from Kaliningrad, Danil Inyushkin cooks up his meticulous electro with a dash of trap inspired sounds and a sprinkle of Avantgarde techno. His mad mix of styles is sonically unique, hard to pin down, and will challenge any dance floor. 

A1 — Flubber
A2 — Your Wife
B1 — Hypothesis
B2 — Cricket

Music: Werfol (Danil Inyushkin) @werfol
Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman
Graphic design: Mike Kokken
Text: Thomas van Linge

BAKK019 | Werfol - Flubber

BAKK020 | V/A – xoxo [3x12inch]

Distribution: https://clone.nl/item75159.html
Digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/xoxo

This concluding release contains a selection of the many artists that took part on our label — from the first demo until the last drop of ink printed. 11 years, 11 tracks. Thank you all for tagging along.

xoxo

A1 Legowelt - Bos Ochtend Mist
A2 Aurora Halal - Spiral
B1 Antenna - Break Flute
B2 SFV Acid - UrbanFury128

C1 M.S.L. - Hydrolic
C2 RAFF - Radiant
D1 Tala Drum Corps - Gargoyle
D2 GEN-Y - SkyStalker

E1 Oceanic - Dala
E2 Don't DJ - nos(e)care
F1 Haron - De Papaverparade

Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman
Design: Ruben Verkuylen

xoxo

BAKK020 | V/A - xoxo [BAKK020]

Plafond 8 — Ekolali / Tala Drum Corps (LP)

Vinyl/digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/plafond-8
Vinyl/distribution (Clone): https://clone.nl/item75975.html

A Ekolali — Totem Mollusca (14:45)
B Tala Drum Corps — tokyo subway (16:06)

Plafond continues, taking center stage after the mother label BAKK ceded. Here, two long-time collaborators, Ekolali, originating from Sweden, and Tala Drum Corps, from the Netherlands, await their returns. The former reappears with a characteristic approach earlier heard on 'Doggerland'. The latter did multiple dance releases yet now debuts for this series, expanding on his stylistic spectrum. 

Despite shared tempo, the energies of the track are each of their own. Pulsating with energetic urgency, Ekolali, towards hypnotic movement, Tala Drum Corps. 'Totem Mollusca' shoots for the sun, like a budding landscape, yellow rays, waterdrops – kraut-inspired yet club-like without seeking a climax. 'tokyo subway' has a marimba-ridden, timeless feel – a clock-ticking, crude atmosphere, as a dream long passed, slowly ascending. 

Known for its two-sided, two-songs format, Plafond offers two artists or artist combinations the freeform room for exploration and elongation of their respective sound and practices. This is the eighth in the series.

Music: Mattias Lagerkvist @ekolali / Tijmen Lohmeijer @taladrumcorps
Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman
Design: Mike Kokken and Ruben Verkuylen
Words: Luke Cohlen @lukecohlen

Plafond 8

BAKKPlafond8 | Ekolali / Tala Drum Corps (LP)

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

Plafond 6 — Cucina Povera & Haron (LP)

Vinyl/digital: bakk.bandcamp.com/album/plafond-6
Vinyl/distribution (Clone): https://clone.nl/item59834.html

A	Cucina Povera & Haron — Riffittelyä (21:43)
B1	Haron — Maandag, Spiegeldag (6:47)
B2	Cucina Povera — Ajatus (9:26)

Plafond enters its second decade with Cucina Povera and Haron fusing the folkloric and futurist. Maria Rossi and Haron Aumaj (real names) honour musical cinematism on ‘Riffittelyä’, which slowly unfolds during a twenty-two minute trail of exploration, angst and redemption. Meddling voices pinch through an aural mist, Kubrickesque strings impend and cathedral organs relevate. Most striking is the compatibility of Rossi’s tangibility and Aumaj’s computerisation, seamlessly forming a renewed dynamic, as granular as it is loose in texture.

During this unique first collaboration it can be quickly forgotten both artists have highly distinctive styles. We are reminded of these singularities on the other half of the record, featuring two solo works, both rich yet contrasting in their colour and emotion. On ‘Maandag, Spiegeldag’, Aumaj sketches in orange chromatics, a featherweight composition that feels far away from the greyscale fragility that Rossi portrays on ‘Ajatus’. Showcasing two minimalist artists catapulted by their stunning debut albums, this sixth Plafond keeps the listener in constant awe, pointing us to the endless potential of spontaneity.

Comes in Pantone printed outer sleeve with deep red and yellow topped with a silk screened black and a soft pink inner sleeve, wrapped in a dreamy blue Obi-strip printed with white and black, by the BAKK Fuzz Factory.

Music: Maria Rossi @cucinapovera / Haron Aumaj @wivah
Mastering: Wouter Brandenburg
Design: Mike Kokken and Ruben Verkuylen
Words: Luke Cohlen @lukecohlen

BAKKPlafond6 | Cucina Povera & Haron (LP)

BAKK017 | GEN-Y / G.F. - The Third Mind (12inch)

Distribution/vinyl: https://clone.nl/item60772.html
Vinyl/digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-mind 

GEN-Y debuts on BAKK with a release that hits every corner. Four refreshing tracks that dabble in familiar styles without a single concern for tradition. Packed with three tracks by GEN-Y solo and one as G.F. together with Paule Perrier. Whether you like acid breaks, snappy electro, dreamy psychedelica or ghetto house with a twist, GEN-Y got you covered. Comes freshly served in screen printed comicly radiant artwork by the BAKK Catharsis Company.

A1 — GEN-Y - Cosmic Desert
A2 — GEN-Y - Earth #4
B1 — G.F. - Sugarbaby
B2 — GEN-Y - Drunk On Ya Lips

Music: @jinge  @user9603080666
Mastering: Sjoerd Oberman
Design: Mike Kokken, Ruben Verkuylen
Text: Thomas van Linge

The Third Mind

BAKK017 | GEN-Y / G.F. - The Third Mind

Music label, based in The Hague.

BAKK then, now Plafond.