Decadence

Epiphany

The game of Cuccagna (the land of plenty), which no one ever loses and everyone wins!

La Cuccagna

Spooky Vibes

Bryan Chapman honed his production skills on labels like 8 Sided Dice, Enemy, Affin, H-Productions and Bouq before launching his own Monotony label in the spring of 2017, which has so far spawned a string of EPs from this Southern England producer as well as his first album 7 Shadows and Iron Lungs in 2018 (Mixmags Techno Album of The Month on release and a place in their Top 50 Albums of 2018). Bryan now makes his EPMmusic debut with a quartet of new compositions on Danu EP.

Not only is Chapman an avid producer and DJ, but also an abstract artist and photographer who brings these artistic tendencies into his music, whether its designing artwork for his Monotony label, developing a theme for his music works, or constructing a storyline for his releases and track titles.

Danu EP is no exception. The EP itself is named after a Hindu female deity of rivers and the tracks are representative of Bryans signature sound dark, stripped-down, deeply hypnotic, flowing techno. Kala is a Sanskrit word for a skilled craft or a performing art and the track is a delicately crafter opener. Nimrala which picks up the pace, is homage to the Sanskrit word Nirmala, meaning clean or pure. Ulu which brings a sense of urgency to its shadowy tones is named after a short-handled knife with a broad crescent-shaped blade traditionally used by Inuit women, while the more listless Mato is named after the Japanese for untouched land or woodland.

As Bryan further explains, "for the EP the aim was to take the meaning of Danu (river) and have all of the tracks flow and intertwine in a way that mimics the beauty, simplicity and raw unpredictability in a way only the power of a river can. All names purposelessly are just one word, to imagine all four racing down a powerful river alone and together at the same time, weaving, glancing and diving under the Danu.

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Danu EP

This week we are premiering Narciss - Lovechild (Outrun Mix). For future Premiere interest with Ismus contact premieres@ismusberlin.com.

Artist: Narciss
Title: Lovechild
Label: 1Ø PILLS MATE
Catalogue: 1ØPILLS022
Format: 12” Vinyl & Digital
Release date: 1st April

Hot on the heels of last year's Dear Diary EP on Lobster Theremin, explosive performances on HÖR and an intimate interview with celebrated German publication Groove Magazine, frequent Berlin & Leipzig DJ Narciss comes through with four deep and groovy cuts of bass-driven techno.

‘Feather Boa Constrictor’ features one of Copenhagen’s most exciting emerging producers in recent years - Vixen - fresh off her own acclaimed release, Hard Magik For Soft Souls, on Lobster Theremin in December. Now the pair link up on the DJ Mag Breakthrough Label of the Year imprint that blends all the best elements of the Berlin and Copenhagen scenes in a high-speed trip through psy-trance, synth-wave and techno.

Narciss is on his ones as we enter the A2; ‘Lovechild (Outrun Mix)’ is aptly named with its reference to the 1986 arcade game Outrun, which featured some of the best video-game music to ever be created. Deep basslines, swirling synth-stabs and a soothing deepness and contemplativeness that can only come with driving a virtual car down a never-ending highway.

‘Tokyo’ makes use of polyrhythms and textures blended with what sounds like an old Sampha record. It’s a wonderful combination of dark, deep and forward-thinking sound, before Copenhagen producer Repro comes through with a typically EBM-focused remix combining elements of every track.

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PREMIERE: Narciss - Lovechild (Outrun Mix) [1ØPILLS022]

Re-work of Beyoncé's "Break My Soul" in the style of Miss Honey Dijon (or at least an attempt hehe)

Beyoncé - Break My Soul (Will Druid Dijon Dub)

Artist: @ashita_music
Mastering: @wikett
Format: Digital

Free Download

Ashita - French House Fever [HZRX]

Max Goodman - DYRN [MDLO002]

Orchestra of Destiny (Disco Edit)

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ljx8fPvIiw8
Support it: https://misplacedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/scary-door-ep

Label: Misplaced Recordings
Artist: Trance Boy
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: MSPLCD031
EP Title: Scary Door EP
Release Date: July 2022

Melancholic dubby pads and stabs kick off Trance Boy's EP, followed up by a spacey deep house trip with roots in the realm of dub techno.

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PREMIERE: Trance Boy - Where All Paths Go [Misplaced Recordings]

Available: March 2015
Format: vinyl/digital
Written and produced by Hidden Spheres

Goodbye

Our rework of this epic track by Rob Zombie
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ROB ZOMBIE - Dragula (BEATBENDER REWORK / REMIX) [FREE D/L]

This is a remix/re-edit of Goblin - Tenebre from de original soundtrack of the movie Tenebrae.

Goblin - Tenebre (John Poincarré Mix Edit)

Mechanical Animals

The Dope Show

Rachel EP

Existence

Do Ya Rly Love Me

Up Hill Battle EP

Daily Prayer

@Jovonn returns to his @bodyndeeprecords label to release the album 'Timeless', his first since 'Blaque House' released on Code Red back in 2009. With releases on such labels as Clone, Apollonia and Dogmatik the last few years, Jovonn set up his Body N'Deep label in 2017 to release tracks from himself and other like-minded producers. The album focusses on the deeper side of house and Jovonn's trademark New Jersey house sound, with contributions by Patrick Mangan (violin) on 'Hesperia Soul' and Cassioware on 'Turnin Me Out'.

We've snagged the deep and lusty 'Turnin me Out' with sub bass for dayyysss. Some serious dark and sweaty room bizness here which can confirm goes off after playing it out a few times lately.

SB PREMIERE: Jovonn - Turnin me Out [Body N Deep]

TURN OFF THE LIGHT, VOL. 1

In The Next Life

Close Your Eyes

Bryan Chapman - Mato [EPM Music]

Bryan Chapman - Ulu [EPM Music]

Bryan Chapman - Nimrala [EPM Music]

Danup EP

Bryan Chapman - Kala [EPM Music]

Platinum City - Holy Spirit (teaser)

Now Tropical Disco Records release for 2021!

She's A GF (Tropical Disco Records) (Preview)

Psychedelic Monotonous Techno - 3 words that encapsulate Bryan Chapman with his expedition into shadowy techno landscapes. Bryan has become synonymous with consistently creating stripped-down, hypnotic and looped Techno. In 2017 Bryan created a outlet to fully showcase these works. Monotony was launched, and is curated by Bryan with a vision that fully creates a playground for stripped-down, deeply hypnotic, repetitive, psychedelic, linear, dark techno loops. Bryan’s attention to continually create loops that intertwine around each other with subtle yet devastating effects and automation, creating a style of Techno reminiscent of times long since passed merged with modern forward thinking Techno.

Bryan Chapman - Nimrala [EPM Music]

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