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Broken Jungle

Mexicali-based producer Siete Catorce causes disruption on Athens imprint Hypermedium, making his label debut with deadly futurist EP, Agnosia. Hear cut ‘Canto’ now. 

Read more:  https://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-siete-catorce-cantohypermedium/

@sietecatorce 
@hypermedium

Agnosia

First Listen: Siete Catorce - 'Canto'(Hypermedium)

South London’s Mr. Mitch returns to his own Gobstopper label this month with a melancholy counterpoint to last year's "Devout". Where that album celebrated family and fatherhood, "Primary Progressive" 
finds the producer thinking about his own dad, who has been coping with a form of multiple sclerosis that gives the EP its name. "Phantom Dance" is the record's central pulse, an ice-cold dembow shuffle built in Mitch's characteristically sparse style, its mournful melody shot through with laser-like kicks and synthbursts. The EP is out in full on 26th October.

@mrmitchmusic
@Gobstopper-Records

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Mr. Mitch "Phantom Dance" [Top Flight with Chal Ravens Premiere]

All enquiries - fiskyoioioi@gmail.com

Artwork by Marcho.

Signal Reride

Berlin’s Swarm Intelligence joins NEW YORK TRAX Imports to release four fierce, off-beat techno and electro cuts. Tense atmospherics, uncompromising levels of distortion and stark, astute beats constitute a distinctive sound that Swarm Intelligence has been honing for more than a decade seeing him release on labels such as VOITAX, Ad Noiseam, Earwiggle and many more. The Dublin-born, Berlin-based producer is certainly no stranger to the techno world and his reputation of performing menacing live sets and deploying emphatic productions will leave an enduring impression on any listener. ‘NEW YORK TRAX Imports 04’ sees Swarm Intelligence join the New York Trax sub-label following the likes of Drvg Cvltvre, Endlec, Dawid Dahl and Another Alias. ‘Bury’ begins proceedings with powerful, syncopated drums fused with growling oscillations and haunting leads before intense vibrations scattered around resilient percussion and machine-like synth swirls take the focus in ‘Extraction’. On the flip, ‘Verloren’ maintains the sinister atmospherics through distorted kicks, eerie modulations and alarming feels until ‘Reach’ which recorded live, rounds things off with shooting, laser zaps, dramatic soundscapes and broken rhythms emphatically closing this fiery four track EP.

A1 - Swarm Intelligence - Bury [NEW YORK TRAX Imports 04]

Bristol techno punks Giant Swan deliver a fierce, clattering rework of The Horror’s ‘Machine’ for a new ‘V’ remix LP, also featuring HAAi, Manni Dee, Cleric, more…

More info: https://dj-m.ag/2JQDc3X

Premiere: The Horrors 'Machine (Giant Swan Remix)'

Buy it, play it, rub it: https://soundcloud.com/bas-mooy/mord-004-lag-misfit-ep-incl
https://mord.bandcamp.com/album/misfit-ep

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Lag - Sama Doma (MORD 004)

Common Poetry - Bizarre Ilegal Events

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New Year's Substitution 2 out January 1st 2020

New Year's Substitution 2

Loraine James x Lighght - Ripples Of Light

Following the appearance of 'Cave People' on the Scuffed Presents 003 compilation, mysterious UK producer An Avrin (@4navr1n) returns to Scuffed with a trio of warped, bass-heavy cuts.

Buy:
https://scuffedrecs.bandcamp.com/album/clodhopper-ep

An Avrin - Clodhopper EP (Previews)

Taken from Linha D'Água, out now on LP and digital:
https://bokehversions.bandcamp.com/album/linha-d-gua

A lucid dream meeting of synth waves, aquatic jazz spirits and drum-triggered electronics. ‘Linha D'Água’ translates as ‘water lines’, fitting for an album that traces boundaries between water and air through an echo chamber of dizzying oceanic layers and free flowing ideas.

Mauricio Takara and Carla Boregas are two towering figures of the Brazilian underground/experimental scene, where they provide the rhythm section for demented genre-bending trio Rakta. While that band is all ritual percussion and red-blooded passion, as a duo they’re a blue-water flowing counterpoint. From the drums, Takara fires melodies and, with the synthesizer, Carla sculpts the sound. The result is caught somewhere between abstract improvisation and propulsive rhythm. Each song’s an organic layering of manipulated synthesizers and acoustic sounds; teasing new rhythms from the drum kit via MIDI (and a near-telekinetic bond between Carla and Mauricio).

Hear More / Buy Now

M. Takara & Carla Boregas - Rosa de Areia

Hear all of Bunout Boss EP on Bandcamp: bit.ly/33MFQAr

Duppy Gun and Bokeh presents the huge debut statement from Okeme Robinson aka Gaza G Sudden, the second staple artiste in Duppy’s global dancehall project. Rolling with Duppy since 2013’s ‘Girls Dem Need Me’ debuted him into the world, G Sudden’s youth fire comes of age after lighting up the Portmore scene at Reggae Yard, Stop the Crime on Violence tour and Chopdawg Sundays.

Production comes from Richmond, BC (Canada via Manila) crew Seekersinternational who clashed with Duppy on 2019’s I Jahbar and Friends

G Sudden - Skin Get Bun

Smurphy deconstructs rave tropes with a speed-freak mutation of dancehall and footwork.

'Spheres of Consciousness' is out October 29th on Bokeh Versions.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3kl0pez

@sssmurphy
@bokeh-versions

Esferas de Conciencia

Premiere: Smurphy - Instinct [Bokeh Versions]

CDMX Queen Smurphy releases her new Bokeh Versions EP "Spheres of Consciousness," flexing 5 ardkore x juke inspired helium neck-snappers transporting you to a higher states.The Spheres of Consciousness EP represents a rising up, an embracing of life. 
We’re lucky to be hearing from the NAAFI / Leaving Records affiliated, CDMX-based producer at all. She’d all but shelved music to focus on her health; suffering loss of mobility and chronic pain from a spinal birth defect (Spina Bifida Occulta). Until Smurphy came across breatharian literature about ‘living without food’.
There’s a deep link with rave’s central DNA - the dancefloor promise of reaching that higher state - and her ongoing health conditions. These five dancefloor destroyers are wordlessly encoded with the breatharian theory. Life goes though different levels of existence like a videogame, from the lowest level as hard minerals (‘Existence’), plant and fungi life resonates as ‘Growth’, animal life resonates as ‘Instinct’, human life runs on ‘Intellect’, the boss level is ‘Intuition’ - the highest non-material sphere. 
Clearly Smurphy is back, healthier than ever, and in control with collaborative dancehall productions with Duppy Gun artists coming in 2021, with more music and collabs to be announced.
Out October 30th. Follow the Buy link to purchase.

[PREMIERE] Smurphy- Intellect (Bokeh Versions)

'Archive – A Frankfurt Catalogue 91-94' is ready for pre-order now: https://dieorakel.bandcamp.com/album/archive-a-frankfurt-catalouge-91-94. Release date is 27 November 2020.

01 Phobia – Phobia (Silent)
02 Ongaku – Mihon #2
03 Alter Ego – Tanks Ahead
04 Redeye ‎– Ride With Aracknid
05 Sieg Über Die Sonne – Produkt Des Lichtes 
06 Ralf Hildenbeutel – Looking Beyond
07 Solar Eclipse – Zero Degree
08 Atom Heart – Milagro 

Frankfurt am Main has been on the german map of electronic dance music for arguably a handful of decades, characterized by vibrant scenes of emerging artists and DJs, and a (more often than not) industrious habit, which became notorious over the course of the 1990s. The crucial years of 1991 thru 1994, in which genres increasingly became sophisticated and attributed with regional sound signifyers, saw many protagonists getting into gear for international careers, while others ditched middle-class life perspectives for making a living with music related activities. 

'Archive – A Frankfurt Catalogue 91-94' is a selective, rather cerebral sonic cross section of Frankfurt am Main. Unlike other compilations based on cities, Archive does not claim to be representative—it is hyper-specific and curated to emphasize the emergent sound of an era, which became a topic of special interest in recent years. Experimental, bleepy acid and techno, science fiction house music with trance seeping in around the edges—the protagonists featured on this curated Compilation represent many of Frankfurt’s burgeoning scenes back then.

The tracklist might as well be read as a rhizomatic, yet partial analysis of the Frankfurt scene around that time. The first track sees two pioneers of Frankfurt’s pre house and techno tape scene, Pink Elln (aka Tobias Freund) and Atom Heart team up as Phobia, followed by a short-lived triad called Ongaku which consisted of Atom Heart and the DJ duo of Ata and Heiko MSO. Those DJs were to co-found the Delirium record store and start their own family of record labels soon after, joined by two guys hailing from close-by Darmstadt: Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke. Roman and Jörn initially created their Alter Ego project as an outlet for releases on Harthouse; an infamous label, run by Sven Väth amongst others, which also released countless productions created by Ralf Hildenbeutel. Redeye’s and Solar Eclipse’s tracks had been released on after 6am point, a label that had once been run out of the lively and creative hub at Delirium record store. The project Sieg Über Die Sonne had been started by Tobias Freund and Martin Schopf (aka Dandy Jack) in the late 1980s, both close friends to Atom Heart, who completes this compilation with a rare house track.

Compiled by Oliver Hafenbauer
Artwork by Orakel Studio
Mastered by Lopazz
Photo by Peter Wolff
Words by Patrick Raddatz

Archive – A Frankfurt Catalogue 91-94

‘Centre of Attention’ completes the various artists EP release trilogy from Left, Right & Centre with the continuation of bassy, break neck offerings as they reach the summit sonically. It is available as a four track digital EP in addition to a limited edition LRC-USB that features all 12 tracks from the 12 artists exhibited throughout their label launch.
The EP is set forth by Porter Brook with a spooky, new school, drum & bass hybrid - The Proposed Roads. UK influences follow suit, in Loggerheads from Hedchef, as it embodies a complex tapestry of drum sequences and a demented twist on everyones favourite rave stab. Twisting and turning, Who’s There? by Alexis swivels the mood to mystery, combining warped sounds with pulsing hi-hats to create a full bodied track for euphoric moments. Feloneezy answers Alexis’ question with Pick Up The Phone picking up the pace with a two step flow of skipping snares that’s both fierce and smooth. Unlike their previous releases within their V/A trilogy, this extended play includes artists from overseas that share a passion for UK flavoured techno and bass. Left, Right & Centre wish to inspirit and uplift with the euphonious exhibit of this generation’s artists in low end driven sounds.

PREMIERE : Feloneezy - Pick Up The Phone

Out November 27, pre-order it here: https://timedance.bandcamp.com/album/sharpen-moving

'Sharpen, Moving' celebrates five years of the @timedance imprint, blending the labels original aesthetic and opening it up into new corners of leftfield club music.

The compilation showcases Timedance's evolution from 'Bristol techno' to a more global conscious sound, incorporating energies from different scenes and synthesising them into new modern forms.

@akikoharuna contributes the jittery, sub-rattling 'Die & Retry'.

Sharpen, Moving

More exclusive music

Premiere: Akiko Haruna 'Die & Retry'

Listen here to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @malcolmaudio 's track „Everyone Knows Malcolm Is Full Of Shit" (@aquarian Remix)
Read the feature here: https://bit.ly/3pZS4jz
Release: 27.11.2020 on Global Warming Records

Everyone Knows Malcolm Is Full Of Shit

Malcolm - Everyone Knows Malcolm Is Full Of Shit (Aquarian Remix)

Duppy Riddim excursion of all 4 mixes o Montegod Riddim (Smurphy Prod.)

Hear them all here:
https://duppygun.bandcamp.com/album/montegod-riddim

Mexico, Portmore, Jamaica, LA, Bristol: The Montegod Riddim pack is here! Featuring I Jahbar & RDL and the talent of two of Duppy Gun’s newest recruits: Prapastar and Any Voice. Nurtured by I Jahbar at his Chopdawg Sundays cookout / MC schooling, they bring in a new era of Duppy Gun talent rising from the ranks.

I Jahbar & RDL / Prapastar / Any Voice / Smurphy - Montegod Riddim Mix

Outopia Thru Sound // BKV Industrial + BKV Cadavre + Bokeh Thought Programme // Avon Terror Corps // I serve Duppy Gun // Pheasantry Life ⚔