What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor Records, Moritz von Oswald works with a 16-voice choir to explore this concept. 

Drawing from the ensemble works of long-standing inspirations Edgard Var&egrave;se, Gy&ouml;rgy Ligeti and Iannis Xenakis, von Oswald and Vocalconsort Berlin delve into the space between sounds, creating a deeply textured collection that shifts between light &amp; ethereal and dark &amp; dissonant. 

As masterfully demonstrated in the early work of von Oswald and Mark Ernestus' influential Basic Channel project, repetition and reduction are key elements here, much in the tradition of techno and minimalism. The vast dynamism of the human voice adds to the profound weight of electronics while offering up a rhythmic source and sonic noise palette unexplored in von Oswald's repertoire. In Silencio, von Oswald dredges a dank murk, pulling clouds over a distant pulse. It hangs, ready to take on new forms. 

The compositions were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 &amp; AKS, Prophet V, Oberheim 4-Voice and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihim&auml;ki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in &Ouml;lberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, only few metres down the road from where Dubplates &amp; Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long. 

The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them. 

The relationship between von Oswald and Tresor Records goes back thirty years, all the way to Blake Baxter's Dream Sequence in 1991 - which von Oswald engineered alongside Thomas Fehlmann. The collaboration with Fehlmann lived on, seeing the duo team up as 3MB with Eddie Fowlkes or Juan Atkins. More recently, the Detroit-Berlin connection continued as Juan Atkins &amp; Moritz von Oswald present Borderland. 

For von Oswald, Tresor Records and also the participating guest musicians of the choir, this release brings together audiences from other musical areas, cross-pollinating; Silencio is an album that stands for itself beyond the musical genre boundaries.

BANDCAMP

Moritz von Oswald - Luminoso

Coming from a working-class background, living in the brutalist concrete of the 'Cité des Étoiles', in the heart of the Gier valley in France,industrial music has flowed through her veins since an early age, intertwining with memories of the mechanical rhythms and machine noises of her home region. Born in the depths of the night, Moravie grew up listening to the icons of post-punk and new/cold wave and devouring romantic gothic literature, where the macabre and the erotic mix. Developing a fascination for melancholic darkness also through cinema and passionate about the underground music scene in Lyon, she began her journey to become a DJ 6 years ago. Moravie's dark and fascinating musical aesthetic is inspired by occult and controversial literature and cinema: Octave Mirbeau, William Seabrook,Gabrielle Wittkop / Luis Buñuel, Jess Franco, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento... Between Eros and Thanatos, her sounds meander in an atmosphere that evokes a "Garden of Torture", like a tropical forest of strange and hostile beauty. The rhythms are dark and sexy. The bodies become wet, in an obsessive and piercing dance. And then, suddenly, the martial binary hits the dance floor... Cold shivers. It is then that light and shadow intertwine. Here you can feel the rich legacies of Darkdisco and Mexican and South American EBM. He is keen to introduce the new EBM scene, which responds completely to current political oppressions, considering the anger of living and music as the most revolutionary acts possible that unite and federate the masses.

TRACK LIST:
1. Rambal Cochet - Underwater Armour
2. Red Deviil - Separado de la realidad
3. Paulitical - The final fight
4. 4Cantons - Molt
5. K3TA94 - Night with Shiva
6. Lucas Novaes - El silbo
7. Anti Yo - Pumuta
8. Downwell - Under the flood
9. Retrovisor - Medicina
10. XTR Human - I want more (Notausgang remix)
11. CUT/Orizzonti - Luca Fiorenzano
12. Mbodveli - Implant Penetration
13. Thomas P. Heckmann - Acid Wreckage
14. Duellist & Kenny Campbell - Totality of Existence

Podcast 186 - Moravie x Brutal Forms

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Raquitismo EP is the second reference in 12" and tenth of the label signed by the Vallisolean artist Alf.

"The theme of this EP revolves around the hyperactivity to which both the capitalist system and ourselves require us to live, thinking that this ultra productivity will make us feel happy and fulfilled at some point, how we isolate ourselves in our small strengths and see foreigners as viruses to be eliminated or expelled. "

The 5 original tracks of this EP have been designed with few tracks but consciously processed to create a forceful atmosphere ready for the dancefloor.

The technical part of this work is once again the work of Dan Böhler, who has mixed and mastered this album and has also given us a remix "house brand" to the title track of the EP. The visual work is in charge of Marcos Abella.

Title: Raquitismo EP
Artist: Alf
“Raquitismo” remixed by Dan Böhler
Label: Bruto Industries
Catalogue: BRT010
Format: Vinyl

Mixed & Mastered by Dan Böhler
Artwork by Marcos Abella


01. Alf - Buenas Intenciones

05. Alf - Me Dejas Calcetines

Mannequins

Corbeau de Lune

Bandcamp exclusive.
Inspired by the northern part of the Black Forest, Germany.
Part 1/3 - all 3 parts will be released on one tape in the near future.

Course Green

Label: Brutal Forms
Artist: Rynzler
Title: Vada Entrophy
Format: Digital 
Release date : January 20th

Available on the bandcamp profile : brutalforms.bandcamp.com/music

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Rynzler - Vada Entrophy EP [Brutal Forms]

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Retrouvailles - ElectroSex(Arpatronic Remix)

Doppelganger

TheConde – Whispered (Deep Progressive House BPM)

From the 4 track vinyl ep:  LÄRM UND STAHL 2
 Θʀ⊿cu⌊⊕ ʀ⋵cøʀɖs 
with 89s†, S.A.D., Palamriello

Jump In The Water

Electronic musician, sound designer and performer since early '90 with roots in the '80s new wave and ebm scene.

IN bands: SENSORIA-FRANZ & SHAPE...

IN LABELS: International deejay gigolo, Unknown pleasure rec.,Relish, Turbo, Nova Mute, Southern fried, Citizen, Prolifica-Emi, Steel Weel, Red Alert....

COLLABORATED with: Blind Delon, IV Horsemen, Romance Disaster, 2 Many Djs, Tiga, Jagz Kooner, Motor (Bryan Black), GD Luxxe, David Carretta, The Hacker, Gesaffelstein, Thomas Barfod (Who made
who), Julien K, Perspects, Dirk Dadavo (Neon Judgement)...

IN CLUBS: 
Cocoricò Riccione Italy as resident
Everywhere in Italy and lots of gigs around the world such as: 
Trailer trash, The End and The Egg.. (London);The Arches (Glasgow),Social club and Nouveau Casinò (Paris); Tresor, Week End... (Berlin),Hive (Zurigo)
Zoo (Ginevra);Strardust, Low club (Madrid);Razzmatazz (Barcellona); Club Europa (NY);Her Zimmerman (Rotterdam),Chicago, Detroit, Kiev, Prague, 2 Australian tour and more

After Franz & Shape dissolution he decided to start a solo project as Chris Shape producing simply what he like: techno..elettro..ebm..

Jump In The Water

CHRIS SHAPE