Out November 25
Artist : @darksmogo
Label : @virtualforestrecords

Pre-order : https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-digging-after-midnight

[Premiere] Smogo - The Nine Forms Of Invisible (out on Virtual Forest Records)

https://soundcloud.com/heapvienna
https://soundcloud.com/sonidoisla
🛒 https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1664373192/Heap-False-Hope
🔊 https://youtu.be/ocoMTk0wwbA

Over the past decade, Vienna-based Florian Stöffelbauer – also known as Heap, has built a consistent reputation as a skilled DJ, producer and Neubau’s label head. Isla is proud to present his latest effort “False Hope” which explores the intersections between industrial, electro and dark wave – all with a leftfield twist.

As diverse as it is powerful, the 7 tracks featured here almost feel like nocturnal tales, chalking out Heap’s observations wandering through the streets of a silent city, with cigarette smoke permeating the air and sirens ringing in the distance.

The cinematic essence of the release emerges from the very beginning, with the atmospheric beauty “Diall” transporting us straight into some late-80s scenery of Kraftwerkian nostalgia. In “Jetzt Oder Nie” a sharp knit of drums is placed on top of the grave frequencies of the bass: it’s indeed “now or never”, the moral imperative of the release, requiring us to take action.

Throughout the whole album, hypnotic sounds punctuate the dark space, bouncing between the polyrhythmic and uplifting energies of “Inner peace” and “No Palm Too Big”, a sneaky slow-burner with a nocturnal groove and Gayna Rose Madder’s robotic voice reciting the stream of consciousness of this urban wanderer.

“Trist” rises slowly yet powerfully thanks to its mystical synths covering the ground and preparing us for what comes next.

The title track “False Hope” holds the unique charm of a creature effortlessly floating in between dualities. As obscure as it is airy, as delicate as it is forceful, this hybrid composition is rich in details and plot twists.

At the end of this journey, “Losing time” reminds us of the urgency to take action expressed at the beginning of the album. In a rarefied canvas, an off-kilter solitary sound comes in, starting off as insistent as a car horn in rush hour, and evolving into a beautiful instrument arpeggiating the melody.

Here Heap concludes his narrative for now. We like to imagine him walking away, a shadow fading in the smoke of the city as the first lights of the day appear.

Tracklist: 

Diall
Jetzt Oder Nie
Inner Peace
No Palm Too Big
Trist
False Hope
Losing Time

PREMIERE: Heap - False Hope [Isla]

@ojodj
https://blankmindlabel.bandcamp.com/album/coiled-up

DJ ojo - Coiled up EP clips (BLNK019)

Out Now: https://baroquesunburst.bandcamp.com/album/dynamo-ep-bsun008

clip 1   A1 - Dynamo
clip 2 A2 - Dynamo (Etch Remix)
clip 3  B1 - Breath - Dance

Produced and Mixed by Worli 
Mastered by Kassian Troyer @ Dubplate & Mastering, Berlin. 

Art by Paolo Bazzana & Luca Baioni 
Screen printed in London by Bozo Island & Otto Von Lumi 

Additional design by Flavia Serrão 

Press release by Sam Guevenne

[BSUN008] Worli - Dynamo EP (preview)

https://soundcloud.com/jonnyfromspace
https://soundcloud.com/grid-records
🛒 https://gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sans-rel-che
🔊 https://youtu.be/7HyeTi-_bpY

To celebrate Grid 2nd anniversary, we gathered together thirteen earth-shattering tracks from the bass scene’s most promising creators, all aimed to move you in the most primordial way. Evoking images of vast landscapes and deep underground catacombs.

This compilation takes the listener deep into the earth with twisted percussion workouts from the likes of Jabes, Piezo, Ronan and Sister Zo… and back into the light with serene compositions from E-unity, Tammo Hesselink and A Psychic Yes, whilst Jay Duncan, Basile3 y Clara!, Jonny From Space, Flaty, Seekersinternational, and blu-e join the dots with their genre-defying creations.

As was the case with Grid’s previous compilations 'Improvisations' and 'Da Capo Al Coda', the label once again puts its stamp on a moment in the underground by collecting together productions of the highest quality that push the boundaries but undeniably make you want to move.

PREMIERE: Jonny From Space - Never The Right Time [GRID Records]

Alohn - 48Billion.ants [traverse]

a pool, a portal

time dilation

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Geisha Girl #PurpleOnDaMix

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London based record label run by @sampurcelll
Distribution by Rubadub

DJ ojo - Coiled up EP clips (BLNK019)

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