Vibes galore in this Electro-Trance hybrid by mysterious producer Chaos Millieu.

Artwork by Valentin Tatau

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Chaos Milieu - Pott Groove (WWWAR01)

My track from the Holding Hands Slam Jams Vol. 3 compilation. Featuring other tracks from @ste_roberts , @yosh_productions & @inner_zone

Slam Jams Vol. 3

Flabbergaster

@kasra-v
@radiantrecords

Kasra V’s Hyperdelic EP, his first release on Radiant Records, showcases the producer’s attentive ear for textural and rhythmic play. His last EP from 2018, Akasa, was a collection of dreamy, break-driven pieces, and a more ambient collaboration with Dopplereffekt; timbre and meticulously tuned sonics were also in focus then, but we now hear a reduction of form, and with it, a saturation of style.

“Voice note to self” kicks off the EP with a boom-bap drum loop. The rhythm continues as percussive elements are added and removed, adhering to the groove and its growing complexity. A warm bassline chugs along, pitched vocals mumble into the static, and an ascendant pad begins to give the track a gorgeous depth: a horizon. Following is a remix of the same track by Byron B. Yeates and Roza Terenzi, adapting certain samples from Kasra V’s production and looping them up to a brisk 142 BPM. As can be expected from these two, the kick’s punchy 4/4 structure is buttressed by crisp percussion and clever, unexpected rhythms.

On the B-side, “Vesper” takes us back to downtempo. Bumping on at around 80 BPM, Kasra V builds upon a drum-machine loop with processed percussion samples: a snare-roll one could hear in a jungle track, chopped claps panning across the break, and so on. And the slow, warm gurgle of an 808 comes in just at the point of fracture, holding it all together. “Night Prime” extends the EP’s principle of a drum loop serving as the skeleton – with greater drama, somehow. Like in “Voice note to self”, we hear vocal samples, but here they swerve in and out of clarity; we break into unexpected moments of silence, and the loop restarts; 3 minutes in, a huge, minor piano chord breaks upon the track like dusk. “Warm up great” closes the EP with the blend of left-field groove and dissonance one might associate with Future Sound of London or early work of The Chemical Brothers. The textures and tunings of each sample are so dense, so delicious, Kasra V lets us savour them for the last 20 seconds of the EP, lost in the reverb of a singly struck piano key.

pi pi pi premiere: Kasra V - Voice Note To Self (Radiant Love)

LA-based artists and Sensory Signal co-founder Capes and Adult Hits join forces for the tenth release on Ransom Note offshoot Human Endeavour Records.

Mirroring the sonics that the pair champion at their parties, ‘Stellar Bodies’ explores visceral acid, electro and breakbeats that stimulate the mind, body and soul.

Stellar Bodies it out now: https://humanendeavour.lnk.to/StellarBodies

Move Your Body

Capes & Adult Hits - Move Your Body

ALLbion - Push Me (feat. Lourene)

Cyborg Planet

Free Album

K G G - Cyborg Planet 2

gene.wav

Foreign Frequencies

Taken from the Silvestre Is Boss EP smarturl.it/silvestre-is-boss

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Silvestre - Paying The Rent

BufoBufo - Ectotherm (on Tone Dropout Vol.9)

The sixth release on InterGraded by EM+STAV. (@em_stav)
Mastered and cut by Matt Colton @ Metropolis. Vinyl and Digital out July 3rd.
Buy/download/stream here: smarturl.it/INTGRD006

Afterglow

EM + STAV - Orbit Groove [INTGRD006]

Electronic beats from an amphibian brain. Runs @ritualpoison with @corporealface , and @batrachian23 . Releases on Altered Sense / Amentec / Art Of Dark / Batrachian / Cabaret / Diffuse Reality / Dream Ticket / Ecstasy Garage Disco / EMOTEC / Fina White / Furthur Electronix / Klasse Wrecks / Kouncil Cuts / Ozone / Partout / Ritual Poison / Sin Hilo / Tone Dropout / Withhold.