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Kangding Ray . Solens Arc
Release : January 2014 on raster-noton
www.raster-noton.net
www.kangdingray.com

A stone thrown, just to watch it fly. A projectile launched for the sole purpose of drawing a ballistic trajectory in the sky.
The Solens arc is what remains after the subtraction of the goal; a simple parabolic curve defined by gravity, impulse and starting angle. No target to hit, no catharsis to wait for, just the beauty of the flight.

The Arc as the purpose, in the form of four variations, constructed from disintegrated melodic textures and dismantled beats. Each sequences are assembled seamlessly into dense, evolving compositions, while keeping their autonomy, and their role in the global dramaturgy.

Pointillist serial loops morph into abrasive rave anthems, broken club rhythms are refitted into uneven patterns, like deconstructivist sound architectures. Industrial techno stompers dissolve into granular sound waves and filtered space pads, before being overtaken by cinematic drums and rising arpeggios.

Solens Arc is Kangding Ray’s fourth Album for raster-noton.


TRACKLIST

A : 
Serendipity March
The river 
Evento

B : 
The river ( reprise )
Blank Empire
L’envol

C :
Amber decay
Apogee
History of obscurity

D :
Crystal
Transitional Ballistics
Son

Amber Decay

 Habits of Hate is a collaboration between Happa and Manni Dee - Released 28th April

PR - UK / Europe - David Browne | david@tailored-communication.com 
Distribution via Kudos - Luke Owen | luke@kudosrecords.co.uk

Rob Booth's preternatural ability to cherry-pick the finest emerging talent in electronic music (see: Mount Kimbie, James Blake, Akkord) continues with EE:V:003 - a brutal pair-up of two of the UK's most promising techno fiends under the menacing-sounding guise Habits of Hate.

Heroic young gun Happa and already-prolific producer Manni Dee are both quickly rising through the ranks of the UK techno scene with releases on labels like Boomkat Editions, Bleep's Green Series, Perc Trax and Black Sun Records shared between them. Born out of swapping tunes and discovering a shared spirit of pushing dancefloors to previously uncharted limits, "Limelight Roles" takes a rigid, stomping pattern to its absolute breaking point and refuses to let up, calling to mind Regis' most unrelenting tracks, whereas "A Rebel From the Waist Down" blends equal parts sub-crushing bass with corrosive mid-range textures. These two slabs of brutalist techno just might be both artists' most gleefully punishing work to date, falling in line nicely with the recent output of other unhinged vanguards like Shifted, Perc and Untold.

Happa is Leeds-dwelling 16 year old Samir Alikhanizadeh whose early productions gained fervent support from luminaries like Zed Bias, Skream and Mary Anne Hobbs, quickly solidifying him as a bonafide prodigy and one to watch. His future looks just as exceptionally bright as his music is exceptionally dark.

Manni Dee is a futurist of sorts - an impeccable, razor-sharp tech genius and restlessly inventive producer who's unafraid to tinker with the boundaries of sound and music, expertly walking the line between solid and abstract, carefully constructed and organic. Based in Brighton, he's already released on some of the top underground dance labels and earned enthusiastic praise from peers and critics alike, from Blawan to Surgeon to Giles Peterson and more.

Habits of Hate EP [EE:V:003]

http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2014/04/stream-debut-ep-habits-hate

Habits of Hate - Limelight Roles

The headquarters of the first Foundation was designed to overcome the period of violent barbarism that followed the collapse of the empire and to found the Second Galactic Empire. Planet located at the extreme limit of the Spiral, poor of natural resources, it becomes the seat of the technological knowledge of the entire galaxy.

[MRDG001] Mutecell - Mental Image (Original Mix)

We've got the exclusive on "Nerve Fiber," one of the more upfront tracks on ENA's "Binaural." If you're really listening for it, the drum & bass elements are latently evident, but it sounds as if it were garbled through a dial-up modem used in a late 90s NASA mission and then shot back to Earth. 

ENA - Nerve Fiber


Release date (3LP, cd & digital format): 3rd of November

TRACKLIST
1. Ø [Phase] - Insectoid
2. Lucy - Sana Sana Sana Cura Cura Cura
3. Ctrls - x.y
4. Rødhåd - Haumea
5. Planetary Assault Systems - The 808 Track (Parts 1 and 2)
6. James Ruskin - No Trace
7. Surgeon - Fixed Action Pattern
8. Inigo Kennedy - Arcing
9. Karenn - Pace Yourself

INFO
It was early 2007 when Inigo Kennedy inaugurated Token. Since that Identify Yourself 12” the Belgian label has gone from strength to strength, integrating both Kennedy and Ashley Burchett, aka Ø [Phase], into becoming integral cogs in the Token machine. In between releases by Grovskopa, Oscar Mulero and Go Hiyama, both Ø [Phase] and Inigo Kennedy dominated Token’s output, but it wasn’t until Burchett’s watershed Binary Opposition that Token received the shower of praise it deserved. Following this, label founder Kr!z issued three remix 12”s of that release which, including Token regulars, took in a profound cast of producers to reprocess “Binary Opposition” by the way of Sigha, Peter Van Hoesen, Planetary Assault Systems and Ben Klock. It was here Token stamped their authority on contemporary techno.

Since then Token has grown exponentially, bringing into their fold artists like Xhin, Mark Broom and Rødhåd, while Ctrls, formally one half of Northern Structures, has seen his solo career flourish on Token with the release of five records to date, and he joins Inigo Kennedy and Ø [Phase] as a label stalwart. Additionally this year, Orphx and Ancient Methods debuted their relentless Eschaton collaboration on Token, and Christian Wünsch’s Spherical Coordinates dalliance with Oscar Mulero has gained even more momentum with a second release called Kinematics Equations. Now, seven years after that debut Kennedy record, Token present Aphelion, a nine-track CD and triple vinyl grandstand of new and exclusive material from label regulars and like-minded artists whom Token founder Kr!z specifically commissioned for this milestone release.

The penultimate record before Aphelion was a second Token 12” by Rødhåd, another artist adding to the cultivation of the label’s sound and roster, and for this compilation the Berliner supplies his cosmically inspired “Haumea”. Joining the Dystopian founder on Aphelion are three of the UK’s most influential techno artists: Surgeon, James Ruskin and Luke Slater under his Planetary Assault Systems alias who provide Token with solo material for the first time after previously appearing on the imprint in remix form. Entirely new names to grace the label via Aphelion include Stroboscopic Artefacts founder Lucy, and Blawan and Pariah's Karenn project, while label faithfuls Inigo Kennedy,  Ø [Phase] and Ctrls naturally commit three Token defining productions.

Casting one’s eye over Token’s back catalogue and it’s clear to see the label is a staunch advocate of absolute techno, remaining steadfast in issuing quality material that remains true to classic strands of the genre regardless of its popularity flux. In that respect, Aphelion - a word used to describe the point in orbit when a planet or comet is farthest from the sun - provides a simple analogy that the magnetic force of Token, unfazed by the shadows cast by popular opinion, will proudly shine light on their artists and given styles. 

“We started in an era where our genre was very unpopular,” Kr!z explains. “And in the end that seemed a big advantage for us, because when everyone was giving up, we started our mission.” Regularly hosting label nights in prominent clubs around the world, Token has become a label supported by a wide-ranging body of artists like Âme and Ben Klock to Efdemin, Truss and Ancient Methods. With the label now branching out into album and compilation territory, Token’s duty to techno may not yet be accomplished, but it’s been a job well done.

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords

Aphelion

Inigo Kennedy - Arcing

Be Pure by Absorbed (BESURE001)
out on Be Sure/Shanghai on 05/05/15
buy: https://pro.beatport.com/track/be-pure-original-mix/6578304
+++description:
After the first peaktime-techno release the second publication of Absorbed provides again the heavy, intelligent and dancefloor approved basslines of the first EP, but now introduces a slightly different sound, including more atmospheric and melodic charactaristics - designed to create epic moments in LIVE- and DJsets. 
+++supporters:
Abstract Division, Binny, Boris, Brendon Moeller, Brothers Vibe, Callum Plant, Claudio Coccoluto, Electric Indigo, Enclave, Escape To Mars, Hideo Kobayashi, Inter Gritty, Jonny Cruz, Joy Fagnani, Kevin de Vries, Moteka, Paco Buggin, Piatto, Responder, Sativa Indica, Stacey Pullen, Stefan Vincent, Thomas Hoffknecht and many more.
+++Tracklist:
01. Absorbed - Be Pure (Original Mix)
02. Absorbed - Stereogroove (Original Mix)
03. Absorbed & Tension - Bodymove (Original Mix)
04. Absorbed - 215 (Original Mix)
05. Absorbed - Endtrack (Original Mix)
+++Absorbed:
https://soundcloud.com/absorbedlive
https://www.facebook.com/absorbedlive
https://www.youtube.com/user/absorbedlive
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/absorbed
http://pro.beatport.com/artist/absorbed/451023
Absorbed Presskit:
http://www.tinyurl.com/absorbed-presskit
+++Be Sure (Below Surface Records)
https://soundcloud.com/besurelabel
https://www.facebook.com/besurelabel
http://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=11913


01. Absorbed - Be Pure (Original Mix) | EP out on 05/05/15

'REFLECTIONS' is a live performance by Takami Nakamoto and Sebastien Benoits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGyCHP0g3zA
Stage Design by NONOTAK ( www.nonotak.com )
Medley Video co produced by and at LE GENERATEUR GENTILLY.
WWW.REFLECTIONSOFFICIAL.COM

"Reflections" by Takami Nakamoto x Sebastien Benoits MEDLEY

Originals written produced and mixed by Tom Huthwohl.
Remix by Evigt Mörker.
Artwork by Tom Huthwohl.
Mastered by Mattias Fridell.

A1. @BLNDR - Movement Strobe 1
A2. @BLNDR - Movement Strobe 2
B1. @BLNDR - Movement Strobe 3
B2. @BLNDR - Movement Strobe (Interpreted by @evigtmorker)

Released full moon of July, 2015.

Love and light

BLNDR - Movement Strobe

SMG 12" and Digital: http://found.ee/METEOR

The 'Meteor' EP see's ENA continue to stretch out his singular approach to mutating genre forms. Awkward beat structures fold around his menacing ambience. The elements on the 'Meteor' EP appear to talk to each other in their own language as they unfold their puzzling story. 'Insective' is like a gnawing sonic peck, while 'Bulkhead' screams at you from beyond a shield of distortion.

Tracklist:

ENA 'Meteor' EP (12" vinyl & digital) (Samurai Red Seal) 

1. Meteor
2. Bulkhead
3. Insective
4. Body
5. Froth [digital bonus]
6. Fugacious [digital bonus]

https://soundcloud.com/ena-iai

Buy Direct

ENA 'Meteor' EP | Out now

Original written, produced and mixed by Tom Huthwohl.
Remix by Luigi Tozzi.
Artwork by Tom Huthwohl.
Mastering by Mattias Fridell.

Released full moon of April, 2016.

Love and light

Mental Stretching

BLNDR - Mental Stretching (Luigi Tozzi Remix)

Fazed EP

KILLAWATT - OKINAWA

One of the most exciting new movements in modern music involves electronic producers venturing into sonic realms of fear and uncertainty. Though these artists’ unforgiving style places plenty of demands on their listeners, it is devoid of cheap shock value and predictable moralizing, and is capable of finding and creating romance in a grayscale world of Brutalist architecture and all-pervasive automation. While typically associated with the artist rosters of labels like Downwards, Blackest Ever Black and Modern Love, Stroboscopic Artefacts has played just as strong a role in shaping this aesthetic. So it’s only fitting that the next Monad issue from Stroboscopic Artefacts would come from the German duo of Eric Goldstein and Konstanze Bathseba Zippora, - better known as OAKE - whose previous efforts on Regis’ Downwards label have established them as one of the most unique products of their genre.
Like OAKE’s previous work, their new Monad EP immediately establishes a tight hold on the listener’s consciousness with its rigorous balance of ethereal vocal seduction and concussive rhythm, making one feel thrust into a world where the forces of techno-science and magic are involved in a constant reciprocal conversation. The opening track ‘L’esclandre’ while just a harbinger of things to come, is still as intense on its own as anything else in the electronic music realm, ritualistically laying a foundation of heavy kick drums and metallic lashes that seem aimed at key pressure points of the body. The following track ‘Jardin d’évasion’, bringing spoken vocals and haunted sung melodies into the caustic mix, allows the listener to soar over the aforementioned Brutalist landscape while still somehow feeling the full weight of it - a dark musical gem whose vocal repetition of “keeping...awake” elegantly completes a feeling of post-industrial yearning and restlessness.
‘Hélicorde’ returns OAKE to a more stripped-down, rhythmically dominant format; in the process offering a track that seems to have been by some kind of hybrid machine-wolves rather than by humans enhanced with studio technology. The feeling of being ‘on the hunt’ is captured here with great panache, but doesn’t leave the ears so exhausted that they won’t be able to enjoy the breathtaking finale ‘Paysage dépaysé’. Initially powered along by hammering kicks and grinding ambience, a siren voice appears which leads the instrumentation through a number of increasingly intense permutations on the main theme. Immense, yawning dirge tones and dissonant strings combine with the already established presence of pneumatic drill percussion to make a timeless meditation on lost grandeur.

OAKE 'Monad XXIV' [SAM024]

[MR000.0] A2 .Proliferation (The Transhumans Remix)

Pieces (Original Mix)

‘Preternity’ is a vinyl that collects together four of the most dynamic artists in electronic music delving into tracks from Dadub’s forthcoming album ‘You Are Eternity’. Dadub’s album positions itself as part of an eternity which is forever recurring and in this context Lucy, Lakker, Rrose and Kangding Ray’s remixes emerge as parallel versions of the original tracks. Revolving around the axis of ‘You Are Eternity’ the artists use analogue machines and digital devices to either encode or decode Dadub’s vision.

Lucy tackles A1 reconfiguring ‘Death’. He turns Dadub’s musings on mortality into a malevolent dub tale. Lakker take on the swaggering ‘Path’ and break it down, they add a knotty industrial edge and metallic splinters. The error codes that ring in the background give that feeling that this ‘Path’ leads to the site of a disaster. In Lakker’s hands this track has undergone a malicious mutation. The flip side of the record is opened by Rrose, who ratchets up the BPM and creates a decidedly dystopian new configuration of ‘Life’. Gone is the sample from the original and instead the track exists in a whirling, cyclical realm. The final rethinking comes from Kangding Ray who dissolves ‘Existence’ further into a dripping, aqueous state. Muffled, shrouded sounds come into the fore swarming ever closer to your inner ear drum and the track is warmed by seriously deep frequencies.

SA016 is preoccupied with sounds that point to our most basic assumptions. It’s a collection of tracks that are determined to ask questions even if they can’t really be answered. All four artists selected the Dadub track that they wanted to remake, and what has been pressed to vinyl are part instinctive reconfigurations and part reflected rethinkings of that source material. This vinyl is a unique look at the processes of four of electronic music’s most keen experimenters and a moreish taste of what’s to come from Dadub’s
debut album, ‘You Are Eternity’.

Words: Clare Molloy

Tracklisting:

A1 – Death (Lucy Remix)
A2 – Path (Lakker Remix)
B1 – Life (Rrose Remix)
B2 – Existence (Kangding Ray Remix)

Dadub 'Preternity' [SA016]

Dadub "Death" (Lucy Remix) [SA016]

Swarm Intelligence returns to 47 with four futuristic techno cuts. Expanding from his 2019 release, 47026 sees straight-up slammers and bass-heavy broken grinders collide, tied together with the high-grade sound design we've come to expect from Swarm Intelligence.

Available on vinyl/download. Out May 29th.
Pre-order now at Bandcamp.

47026

A2 // SWARM INTELLIGENCE // PLIGHT [47026]

http://eaux.ro/album/waterfall-variations

Rrose 'Waterfall' (Lucy Remix) [EAUX491]

ALBUM ALEPH OUT 
ORDER HERE: http://smarturl.it/Aleph
http://www.gesaffelstein.com/
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