Tony Neptune continues the story of Yuri Gagarin, the fabled cosmonaut and explorer who tragically died in 1961. In the third of these odes to Gagarin we join our Hero after escaping the city of Toierra. Drawn by a mysterious pull he tries to find help and allies to bring down the Clinks and save his friends. Four pieces of original music have been to accompany the painting on the cover as part of a wider soundtrack to complement the narrative of this remarkable yet troubled man. An insert detailing the story will supplement the narrative of each issue.

A 1  T H E  W A T C H E R S  I N  T H E  T R E E S 
A 2  R E M  K A T A R
B 1  G R A D U A L  I N T E R N M E N T
B 2  T H E  F O R E S T  P O O L

Below a great canopy of trees a light rustling can be heard, the snapping of twigs and two voices muffled by the foliage. Yuri and Lyaru’s argument though loud when close by seemed to fragment into the gloom like a puff of smoke. The two beings had walked for hours, they were exhausted, hungry covered in scratches and bites and both needed a well deserved break from their companion. 

Yuri succumbing to hunger leaves Lyaru after setting up camp to look for sustenance. The trees though are an unforgiving scene for our weary adventurer and within minutes Yuri is blundering through the undergrowth lost and utterly alone. For hours he moves through the trees, the eyes of the forest upon him, the noises of snapping branches made by Yuri's feet answered by unfamiliar cries of animals and worse that lay in the undergrowth. Finally Yuri sees a patch of light ahead, a clearing and the unmistakable sound of running water.

In the clearing’s centre an empty dome sits on a weathered stone plinth and Yuri approaches with trepidation. The sounds of the forrest that have been with the adventurer for the past how ever many hours have gone, eaten by the impenetrable surrounding of vegetation save for the trickle of flowing water from the forrest pool. When he reaches out to touch the ancient structure it’s contents morph from nothingness into the city of Toierra, a city at war. Two great ships hover malevolently over the city intimidating the populace into submission. With another look the image fades to be replaced by the vision of a woman alone in a room, her head in her hands, the bed she’s sat on gently bowed as she rocks backwards and forwards her shadow dancing behind her from the light cast by a singular oil lamp on a desk. Yuri’s wife suddenly looks up suddenly and she starts at the sight of him the barrier of space and time suddenly an irrelevancy as their eyes meet through the dome. Then a voice out of the darkness makes Yuri jump and removes him from his revery and memories of a life that no longer belongs to him. The image disappears and Yuri turns slowly to see two creatures watching him from the trees.

Tony Neptune
 Title: The Watchers In The Trees
 Cat: TC003 
Format: 12" with digital the following week 
Distributed by Rubadub
 Artwork by Sam Jefferies 
Release date: TBA

Tony Neptune - The Watchers In Trees - Sound Clips

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Pont-Levis @ Kiosk Radio 01.03.2023

Sarab (Oumayma) est une artiste (prod/DJ) tunisienne basée à Strasbourg. 
Sarab explore la musique à travers la house, la Chicago et la micro house. Son background multiculturel se traduit dans sa recherche artistique  à travers les différentes sonorités, subtilement introduites dans ses sets, provenant de cultures riches diversifiées.

Sarab سراب - Agapanthes Essentials #1

On this episode we present to you our Elie Bukassa. An amazing artist from Berlin who mixes only on vinyls ! 
Elie  is an artist with diverse tastes who enjoys blurring the lines between musical genres by skillfully selecting a variety of gems, including bass music, electro, and trance.


FR: Dand cet épisode on vous présente Elie Bukassa qui est un artiste aux goûts divers qui aime brouiller les frontières entre les genres musicaux en sélectionnant avec soin une variété de pépites, comprenant la bass music, l'électro et la trance.


Elie Bukassa - Agapanthes Essentials #3 (vinyl only)

Simone C (2023-06-08)

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Orpheu the Wizard has a magic touch at finding records that fall between the gaps in music - oddities, curios, the weird, the wonderful. But that's just half the trick. It takes a sensitive and selective ear to construct a coherent, accessible narrative from them. So you get DJs who can play for the crowd and "selectors" adept at mining the black gold. In Orpheu, you've got yourself someone who can do both. On a festival main stage, he can keep it weird enough for the heads. In an audiophile setting, he'll keep the flow. 

These skill sets come into play on the fifth The Sound of Love International compilation. Jumping between genres, decades, continents, the truly rare, and many B-side cuts that passed you by. But never eclecticism for its own sake; this collection makes sense. Orpheu never loses sight of the listener - he's a friendly and knowledgeable guide to the cosmic outer reaches.

He opens his account with the warm, psychedelic electronics of Drawing Future Life, with ‘1969’. Tucked away on the B-side of an LP of ambient/trance hailing from Fukuoka, this is a very pretty piece of music on a truly rare piece of wax. Then, leapfrogging a couple of decades and timezones, we have Rutuu Poiss' "IHATSIN." Off-kilter, experimental sounds with an endearing melodic hook, followed up by the with lethargic ambient breakbeat of Digital Distortion's "Mellow Bug".

On the B-side, things start to get lively. French Audacity featuring Valerie's "That Fine One" is Gallic garage that has simultaneously got it hugely wrong and mas­sively right. Owing as much to new wave as New York house, this is propulsive and quirky dance music at its finest. Next, we're on a ferry over the channel for DJ Spike and "Gaps In Space." Up-tempo electro with a fondness for sampled vocal cut-ups, like its predecessor.
 
lnterdance's "Kurz" (another B-side) is the perfect segway - house from 1990 with that sweet, slightly goofy naivete. Things move toward the gnarly with Bad Behaviour and "Living on Smoke," a lesser-known cut on the legendary Atmosphere records. The tempo edges upward on "Systematic Input" by Frequency, hectic hardcore techno that still retains a lightness of touch. 

"Lushes" by Diffusion spins us off into space, filigree techno with an emotive trance edge. The chiming intro of "Blue to Be Happy" by MFA lulls us into a sense of false security before massively putting the boot in with a pounding kick drum, bassline, and arpeggiation. From there, it's a sharp left turn into the urban psychedelic dub of R.I.P's "E.O Pan" on cult label Digi Dub.

Sticking with UK sound system music but taking it down a notch, Orpheu closes proceedings with a leftfield reggae excursion from the master of the mixing desk, Mad Professor’s"Oh Hell".

It's a compilation as varied as the many moods and grooves of Love International itself - from sun-dappled olive groves to moments deep in the strobes. This is serious music for party freaks or party music for serious freaks. Tisno is calling.

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Mad Professor - Oh Hell [clip]

This was a solid like no other, a chemical with properties so powerful it might ignite and power the very core of the earth itself. Deep beneath us all it was there, under the very ground on which we walked day by day, a forgotten compound which facilitated the very existence of us all.

The planet continued to spin, a small bulb in an otherwise chaotic and expansive universe. What else was out there was not known but the rock upon which we stand was as solid and as good a guess as any as to the chemical energy which made us all.

Deep cobalt, it kept us all afloat.

Kyle Hall remains one of the most innovative producers in the Dance and Electronic music circuit – pushing the sensibilities and limitations of House and Techno through experimental use of dusty sounds and grooves. The Detroit artist moves firmly forward with a faster paced EP built for the faster dancefloors.

Cosmic Touch EP

PREMIERE: Kyle Hall - Cobalt [Apnea]

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Boo on the Beat 08

Back Seat

02. The Arrangement from Kingdom of the Damned

produced by donotellher

The Arrangement

Agapanthus signifie littéralement la fleur de l'Amour. Ce collectif tente précisément de toustes nous réunir autours de l'amour sincère que l'on porte envers la musique et l'art en général. Cela se faisant par le prisme de la réunion entre House, Micro House, Footwork et ce qui y gravitent autours.Vivez l’expérience de manière immersive et totale. 
Première expérience au Wagon Souk le 09.06

Elie Bukassa - Agapanthes Essentials #3 (vinyl only)

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