More than thirty years of friendship under the sun and still counting; the Brazilian musical producers Alexandre Lora & Arthur Moraes (AVM) never replaced or forgot their bonding; they withstood the ups and downs, hardships, cross-country moves and other changes over the years. And we cannot resist at all a pact between friends to produce music together for fun. In this case, came into view 'Handpan' and its debut Itapeti Souls EP.

Besides being part of the title, 'Serra do Itapeti' is also the background for their childhood, the uneven terrain of the Brazilian relief called 'Mares de Morros', which extends for thousand hectares of the State of Sao Paulo, including their hometown Atibaia. And since the way producers do music has evolved significantly in the past two decades, curiously the duo leisurely cooked this 5-track EP over two years, mainly due to an unmatched free-time schedule.

After all mentioned before is quietly easy to understand the work's name; 28 minutes long and includes two original tracks — 'Connecting Souls' and 'Itapeti', one rework from Nada's track Passana, and the two tracks remixing 'Itapeti' — one by the psychedelic wizard Yabiru and other as a tribal version. And as the duo's name indicates, this project is purely based on the handpans, instruments that possess a great resonance and through their round, convex shape, their sounds emanate in all directions, filling the minds with vibration and resonance. Throughout its holding the EP shares tranquil, joyful, meditative and mysterious off-limits atmospheres while being driving-mood and here and there adds haunting nuances.  

Hard to define, though easy-listening. Somehow it unfolds delicately outward in sparkling layers of warm construction, solid percussion and unpredictable vocals; there's an underlined hoovering consciousness all over the pieces, putting it under the lens of what's bubbling in their sonic micro universe. 
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Credits\

Music\ by Handpan — Alexandre Lora & Arthur Moraes (AVM)
soundcloud.com/a-v-m
www.instagram.com/__avm__/
avmarthur@hotmail.com

Artwork\ Mrs. Räbbit

Master\ Yabiru
soundcloud.com/yabiru
www.instagram.com/yabiru.sonhador/
yabiru777@gmail.com

_free_download

Handpan — Itapeti

Flamingus Androgyn Viqtourson Remix
Hold Off The Dawn El Perro Del Mar Gidge Remix
XILONEN Feat. Ocelocoyotl Diguital Trip & Macuchi
Stranger Things Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Alon-E Remix
New Light Gidge
Cosmonaut Standing Pulli & Chomba
H2SO4 Feat. Carlos Pulsar Nada
Preparing the Path Poranguí & Liquid Bloom
Huldra Gidge other version
Nothing Else Matters Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Shelter  Sasha Christian Löffler Remix
El Nombre Del Sol zijn LVND Remix
Acid Love Story MONKYMAN
Etnspannung Joe Carl feat. Kat Unso
Out Of The Forest Landhouse  Raddantze

Wreathed by the Waves

Wiphala Sound Presenta : Relatos de Sirio

Manu Ela, artista y productora chilena, nos comparte desde Berlin un set inspirado en la mujer, en la belleza de sus cuerpos, de sus voces y de la energía fertil que nos ha traído a cada uno de nosotros a esta tierra mágica y abundante y lugar en donde mujeres de diversas partes del mundo se han reunido para elevar su voz y tomadas de las manos, construir un movimiento en donde se baila sin ropa, sin morbo y sin prejuicio, en donde la unión, los colores y el brillo son la clave del entendimiento y la conciencia para recuperar la fertilidad que nos hace imparables.

Un set con raíces en el hip hop, el soul y ritmos que activen las caderas, como soundtrack para celebrar la Revolución, la que viene desde adentro.

Wiphala Sound Presenta : Relatos de Sirio : Manu Ela

@manuelamusica I Chile / Berlin

Relatos De Sirio 47 I Manu Ela I Chile/Berlin

T⨋₼₱L⨊₡ĄS৳ #50 - Masternark II

You would think these dark and brooding tracks were written during a global pandemic, or some sort of existential crisis. But according to Nathan Hall, they were not. Partial to the darker, more introspective and weighty songs on his favourite albums he claims "dark music makes me happy". Filled with heavy stomping rhythms, sleazy synths and tension tension tension. Both NOL and The Good Stuff called on two completely singular artists to lend their voices to the source material. For NOL it happened to be a chance meeting at a gig in Moscow, Kira Lao's incredibly clever play on words only adds to the distorted and dystopian atmosphere with several ways to describe "NOL", or Nothing in Russian. SpaceAgePoetry (aka Justin Samgar) steps in on The Good Stuff with his eerie predictions of conspiracy and inequality repeating "the best things in life are free, I'm not paying for this S#*t".

Nathan called on a few of his favourites to re-imagine the originals. Italian power duo Alien Alien re-emerge for a long and blissed out "bolero ecstasy" remix of NOL. Label staple and stompy sample master Sakuri sped up The Good Stuff and drove it home straight to midtempo madness. Finally, A-tweed molded The Good Stuff into playful modular territory with his "Cylons" Remix.

https://soundcloud.com/nathanhallmusic
https://www.facebook.com/nathanhallmusic

https://soundcloud.com/randomcollectivecr
https://www.facebook.com/randomcollectivecr

PREMIERE: Nathan Hall feat. Kira Lao - NOL (Alien Alien Bolero Ecstasy Remix)

Voice - Maithili Shome
Bansuri - Harshit Shankar
Slide Guitar - Amritanshu Dutta

Naming Ceremony (ft Maithili Shome)

Aydinyan - Soft Pillow

Vocals sampled from ,,Masters Of Bhutanese Traditional Music". An inspiring compilation of fieldrecordings from Bhutan.

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Kula Kangri

~ Seaside Trip EP 1802
~ by the Pforzheim, Germany based artist Daniel Steinfels
~ with Remixes by Seaside Trip member Landhouse & Alex Kaminski

~ Daniel Steinfels | Pforzheim [GER]

~ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/danielsteinfelsmusic
~ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.steinfels.music/

~ Tonal | Label
~ soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/steinfels
~ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonal.label/

get the EP here

Seaside Trip Ep 1802 - 01 - Daniel Steinfels - R

soundcloud.com/barbarella_dd
[ːːː download ? contact the artist ːːː]
cover by soundcloud.com/lamarmota

Barbarella - Kräuselparadieskrähe

Non-verbal communication = telepathic movements

Bandcamp
https://dodecaedro.bandcamp.com/track/mind

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/3pNoUbPdwxtXKiITMd8bCA?si=8ZkrF26JTD-xSHj9Ys1Pgw

Naming Ceremony (ft Maithili Shome)

Chris Letcher