Bermuda is a territory in the Atlantic Ocean spread across over a hundred of islands which have been luring holidaymakers for decades. More importantly though, it is a cultural melting pot with majority of population being of African descent and strong ties to the Caribbean, Great Britain, the US and Portugal being inherent in the country's past and present.

The islands are also a birthplace of Obeka (@djobeka), a young DJ and producer whose music is a perfect testament to Bermuda's Afro-Caribbean identity. Having moved to the UK aged 16, he started channeling his childhood years of absorbing the music via carnivals, handmade sound systems and riddim culture through the lens of British electronic/club music scene. The latest outcome of these experiments comes in a form of 'Move Like So EP'.

The release opens with a somewhat murky and dystopian 'Duppy Drum'. Containing a nod to Afro-Caribbean culture in its very title ('duppy' is a word of African origin widely used in Caribbean beliefs), the song features the sound of West African drums recorded live. 'Test System' - a first ever track with Obeka himself on vocals - brings surprising reminiscence of Otto von Schirach distorted voice heard on Modeselektor tracks all those years ago. To wrap things up, the title song ('Move Like So') is set at a lower tempo and has been written in a natural movement of dancehall as Obeka remembers it from back home.

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All tracks written & produced by: Obeka (Jahday Ford)
Artwork: Ala Lesiala (www.instagram.com/lesiala/ www.instagram.com/precel.studio/ )
Mastering: Mentalcut (www.instagram.com/mentalcut/)
Mixing: Obeka / Bobo Molander - A Working Studio / Duncan Jones

Obeka - Test System

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Parisian outfit @couvrexchefs drop their second label compilation piecing together 8 party-starting tracks from Bianca Oblivion, Sébastien Forrester and Belgium producer @le-motel. Our pick 'Cuica' is a truly infectious workout.

Couvre x Chefs presents CxC Vol. 2

Le Motel - Cuíca [Couvre x Chefs]

Nostro Hood System head honcho Galtier makes a return to the Bristol label with 5 visceral tracks which, through fusion of synthetic and organic textures, emulate human imitation of nature's essence.

He crooked his neck, not daring to make any bigger movements as he learnt his surroundings. His feet stumbled clumsily and he found himself spinning, his eyes receiving visual information faster than his brain could process it. The hardness of metal pressed itself into soft flesh, resembling the shape of human bodies, but not their movement. Faces showed their teeth and squinted their eyes, but didn't smile. Mouths projected noise, but didn't speak. It was grotesque but strangely enticing.  He looked down at his hands which couldn't hold.

In some respects, 'Imitation Plantae' is exactly what you'd expect from a Galiter release. 5 off-kilter tracks which laugh in the face of genres, maintaining just enough of their stylistic tropes to make them recognisable before screwing them up and making something totally new. In reality, it's hard to know what to expect from Galtier - an artist who basks in unpredictability and uncanniness.

Departing somewhat from his previous output, an introspective full-length album released on Mexico's Infinite Machine imprint , Imitation Plantae is a whiplash tour of club music's strangest corners. Crystalline sound design flirts with the senses, each blip and groan tempting to the touch, immersing their listener in its cyborg world. 

Our pick 'XX-101 (Process)' sees Galtier put his oddball spin on dembow. Arpeggiating synths and a razor-sharp buzz that whirrs mischievously above, add layers of movement to an assertive triplet rhythm. Club mutations at their most incongruous, we file this one next to Batu's most recent EP.

Imitation Plantae EP

PREMIERE: Galtier - XX-101 (Process)[Nostro Hood System]

Mexican producer Siete Catorce will finally launch his first solo project on his label Subreal: a nine-track album entitled 'Cruda' which literally means "hangover" in Mexican slang.

Don't miss Siete Catorce and Amazondotcom at one of our next parties in Paris, more info coming soon.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/siete-catorce-subreal-que-la-fiesta-nunca-se-acabe

Cruda

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PREMIERE: Siete Catorce - Que La Fiesta Nunca Se Acabe (Subreal)

A dystopian robotic techno cut from Nico's forthcoming EP on NAAFI. 

Based in Mexico City, Nico’s new brilliant contribution to NAAFI’s imprint, ’Si’, is described as his most direct and club-ready output. Marking his second release of the year, the EP follows on from ‘Everyone Sees But Only A Few Know’ which came out in April this year on his Akita Club label. 

‘Si’ by Nico will be released on the 18th November via NAAFI - pre-order here: https://nicodf.bandcamp.com/album/si

@nico_dubs
@naafi

Premiere: Nico - Trampa [NAAFI]

An ode to failure!

Departing from the image of the genius artists, the Hit&Miss compilation wants to show the hidden parts of creation, by embracing missteps and abandonment as a natural part of any artistic journey. 

Open to all members of the Global URL Nation, it proposed a new home for projects that couldn't find a place to exist otherwise, due to artistic (self-)exigency, technical problems, bad timing or any other reason often unknown to the general public. 

With more than 20 artists from a broad range of styles, experience and locations, it gathers unfinished projects such as aborted WIP, forgotten drafts, lost files, unconvincing demos, compulsive emotional bursts or technical experimentations. 

With all its flaws and raw cuts, Hit&Miss asserts the strength of trial and error, and cherishes the impossibility to develop an idea into a finished object as a learning process towards one's growth.


++ TRACKLIST ++

01. Antilita Octovyk - Mother Earth Solitude
02. Basura - Erythritol
03. Bademjan - The Blade Is Over
04. King Demitri - Reinitializing Heaven
05. Lukann - Blossom
06. Antilita Octovyk - Here Comes The Moon
07. Ancestral Vision - Mana Double Cup
08. RougeHotel - Sync 2 (demo before PSM 2020)
09. Bademjan - Ringfields
10. indigoblue - 060421
11. Pénélope - La rosée
12. Bademjan - Steel Lumens 
13. Sxmbra - Gloss
14. grrggg - unnerving rdm demo
15. Heart Shaped DJ - Me or everyone else
16. Fungal Mat - Dead or dormant?
17. jjjacob - Kijana
18. Nagruv - Barp (more percussion needed)
19. Bouzouk - Future Dog (Whatever)
20. grrggg - celestial gates demo
21. Cralias - ?collab
22. DJ Criminal Edit - Libertinages dans la pyramide
23. DJ Rotule - Ponpon
24. crat - too dudey
25. Medejin - Má forma
26. Antilita Octovyk - Fuck Marry Kill
27. LMN3 - CANNAPEASE
28. Antilita Octovyk - Лайка
29. grrggg - rocky rdm instrumental 
30. SNKLS - Problème avec personne (Brandy & Monica VIP)
31. J Sliwa - External Schism
32. Andres Komatsu - Tecmo
33. grrggg - CB2012
34. DJ Rotule - Departure (HxH NxC Edit)
35. crat - Asynchronous voice
36. Bademjan - Bleu Lunaire


++ CREDITS ++ 

Tracks produced by Ancestral Vision, Andres Komatsu, Antilita Octovyk, Bademjan, Basura, Bouzouk, Cralias, crat, DJ Criminal Edit, DJ Rotule, Fungal Mat, grrggg, Heart Shaped DJ, indigoblue, jjjacob, J Sliwa,  King Demitri, LMN3, Lukann, Medejin, Nagruv, Pénélope, RougeHotel, SNKLS, Sxmbra

https://soundcloud.com/ancestralvision
https://soundcloud.com/andreskomatsu
https://soundcloud.com/talitaotovic
https://soundcloud.com/bademjan
https://soundcloud.com/bazura
https://soundcloud.com/bouzouk
https://soundcloud.com/cralias
https://soundcloud.com/becrat
https://soundcloud.com/fungalmat
https://soundcloud.com/grrggg
https://soundcloud.com/indigoblue97
https://soundcloud.com/jjjacob
https://soundcloud.com/jsliwa
https://soundcloud.com/kingdemitri
https://soundcloud.com/lmn3muzik
https://soundcloud.com/lukann4
https://soundcloud.com/medejin
https://soundcloud.com/nagruv
https://soundcloud.com/poirot-penelope
https://soundcloud.com/rougeh0tel
https://soundcloud.com/snakeleserpent
https://soundcloud.com/sxmbra

Cover & visual works by Boris Van de Walle & Robin Lopvet
https://www.instagram.com/magicienboz/
https://www.instagram.com/robinlopvet/

Mastering by Bademjan

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Ancestral Vision - Mana Double Cup

@elirrealveintiuno returns to Mexico City’s @infinite-machine with an ambitious album exploring his country’s culture and history through a mind-bending techno lens

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-el-irreal-veintiuno-quetzalcoatl

Irrealidades

Premiere: El irreal Veintiuno ‘Quetzalcóatl’

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Glacial Industries returns for 2019 with a club focused 12” from Cork born, Berlin based composer ELLLL.

ELLLL follows up outings on Art For Blind and First Second Label with “CONFECTIONARY”, a trio of technoid mutations. “PEPSI” + “SKITTLES” provide club ammo with their pulsing hard drums, whilst the eerie, off-kilter “JAWBREAKER” rounds off the release.

“CONFECTIONARY” releases worldwide on Glacial Industries on February 22nd. Available digitally and with a limited edition, full colour sleeved white 12”.

CONFECTIONARY 

ELLLL - PEPSI

Siu Mata x Lorna - Papi Chulo...  /FREE DL

From the 'S/T' 12'' EP (P032, June 5 2020)
Orders: https://principediscos.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-2

NÍDIA - CHEF

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Obeka - Test System

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