Maths of the Elements

Rivers: Water and Earth Stream

Back in 1968 a pair of Germanic behind-the-scenes sound librarians called Horst Ackermann and Heribert Thusek left a tiny, but indelible, pinprick on the history of German pop in the misshaped form of a sexy horror cash-in concept album called Dracula’s Music Cabinet. Shelved at a micro-cosmic axis where Krautrock meets lesbian vampire Horrortica and easy listening meets psychedelia the delayed reaction of this mutant concoction eventually exploded in the mid-1990s in the hands of a generation of ‘record diggers’ sending currency- crushing tremors through the wallets of mods, rockers, hip hoppers, psych nuts and kraut kompletists around the plastic-pillaging planet. The vinyl junkies had resurrected a monster, but, like addicts do, they ravenously sucked it dry and moved on looking for the next fix to feed their habit.

Luckily for some, Ackermann and Thusek were also creatures of habit. And it wouldn’t take a genius to figure out that they were holding the next dose, but by the turn of the millennium the mad scientists had been given a thirty-five-year head start on the pop archeologists and their mythical sequel was literally light-years ahead of their previous draconian installment… Encouragingly the unclosed cabinet left a shiny white clue in the form of it’s closing track Frankenstein Meets Alpha 7… Perhaps space was the place.

Always read the label. The Ackermann and Thusek duo were far from dynamic. They were undercover agents hiding behind user-friendly mock-rock monikers and, like most B-Musicians, the only way to sniff them out would be to read the small print. But when an unidentified record on an unknown label with a title like Science Fiction Dance Partycrops up in the Eins Deutschmark crates it’s not exactly rocket science – although the track titles might suggest otherwise. The End Of A Robot, Monster On Saturn 1, Galactic Adventures Of The Outer Space Fleet , The Whistling Astronauts, Death Rays Out Of The Universe… The telltale signs are all there and if that vintage psycoplasmodic coloured vinyl didn’t clench the deal then what will. When rumours about a space age follow-up to Dracula’s Music Cabinet hit the straße Deutsche-o-phile diggers fingers started twitching nervously.

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Science Fiction Dance Party

Science Fiction Corporation - Man Out Of A Test Tube

From "Witch" LP. Originally released in 1991. Reissued on Superior Viaduct, 2014. www.superiorviaduct.com

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Leslie Winer - He Was

Leslie Winer - John Says

A public domain recording of Erik Satie Gymnopedie No.1, as recorded by Robin Alciatore, being processed by the Dark Chamber reverb mode in ValhallaRoom. The decay is set to 12 seconds. There is a fair amount of chorusing being used. If you compare this to the NarcissusPianoCathedral2 example, you can hear how the chorusing in the Dark Chamber mode is more "diffuse," and less prone to random pitch jumps.

DarkChamberPianoCathedral

Los Pirañas - Del sol , a 18 minutos

Super Liminal

Premiere: Penya - Beat Your Demon

Recorded live at Bangarang (Genoa).
February 25th 2018

Fabio Rondanini - drums
Luca Cavina - Bass
Massimo Martellotta - Synth + Guitars
Enrico Gabrielli - Keys + Sax + Flute
Sebastiano De Gennaro - Vibraphone + Percussions + SFX
Beppe Scardino - Baritone Sax + Bass Clarinet

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Frente Bolivarista presets to you the new EP from the Scottish mastermind: CAIN. 

CAIN has a really unique style and pushes the crowd to mantric and dreamy soundscapes blended with uplifting Afro House constructions. For the lovers of higher BPMs this is a must on your case. The EP has big support on the latest mixes from Auntie Flo, Huntley+Palmers, Nicola Cruz among other great djs. 

Produced & Mixed by CAIN in London
Mastering by GS Mastering in Stockholm
Cover Art by Britta ( www.ibbritta.com ) in Berlin

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Cain - Yuna

Hairy Old Lady

1. Ti Paris - Cochon St. Antoine 2. Ferreira Do Nascimento - Macongo Me Chiquita 3. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band - Gyae Su 4. Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz - Sickness 5. Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics - Jaiyedo Afro 6. De Frank Professionals - Afe Ato Yen Bio 7. The Apagya Showband - Tamfo Nyi Ekyr 8. Seun Kuti & Fela‘s Egypt 80 9. Antibalas - Him Belly No Go Sweet 10. The Africali Genre - S.T.R.U.G.G.L.E. 11. KOKOROKO - Adwa 11. Flako - The Odd & The Beautiful

Much Mo' Dialects (Another African Mischkassette)

Djanzy - Much Mo' Dialects (MixTape 12.2020)

Italian band performing golden age soundtracks and original compositions. 

Record out now in Europe (Ghost Records) and US (Nublu Records).

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