Cirkus

Two raw cosmic funk tracks based on Frank Herbert's inimitable sci-fi epic, "Dune."

Available digitally here: https://paulatreides.bandcamp.com

Side A vocals by Faye Simms.

Paul Atreides - Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines 7" *SOLD OUT*

READ - http://inverted-audio.com/premiere-modula-alba-tempesta-notturno-musical-journey

@modulaofficial 'Musical Journey' [@tartelet-records] oozes retro synth-funk from head to toe with its lusher-than-lush slap bass chords, sun-kissed Rhodes stabs and subtle tribal percs emerging from beyond tall walls of vegetation and fantasized waterfalls. When the sun begins to go down and the light attires itself in luscious gold nuances, you know it's time to let the funk speak, and Modula's got plenty of that.

Modula - Alba, Tempesta, Notturno (Musical Journey) [Tartelet Records]

Mateki

For the third volume of compilations curated by confirmed crate diggers, Spacetalk invites you to take a trip to the magical Mediterranean resort of Club Meduse in the company of Beachfreaks Records co-founder Charles Bals. 

A creative director, designer and curator by trade, Bals spends the majority of his spare time searching for superb, unknown, small-run music releases made between the 1970s and 1990s. While some of these are made available for other enthusiasts to buy via Beachfreaks’ mail-order service, many more make it into the racks of Bals’ private collection. With Club Meduse, Bals is sharing rare, hard-to-find and just plain brilliant gems from his personal stash for the very first time. 

For Club Meduse, Bals was inspired by countless magic childhood summers spent playing amongst the rocks, beaches and warm seas of the Cote D’Azur. The compilation, then, is a soundtrack to the greatest soft-focus, sunlit teenage summer holiday you’ve never had, with a gaggle of forgotten musicians and overlooked artists for company. 

Take a barefoot stroll from the campsite to the beach with Ara Macao, whose warm and lucid “Canyon” is a softly-spun delight, before splashing in the crystal clear waters to the accompaniment of The Clean-Hands Group and their 1984 Balearic blue-eyed soul gems “Night Fly” and “Shake It On”. 

As the sun comes down, clamber across the cooling rocks with the tumbling, sun-kissed guitar solos and sparkling analogue synthesizer motifs of The Keyboys’ leisurely “Savannah” ringing in your ears, before using the words of Gemini’s “Take A Chance” – undoubtedly the most Balearic record to emerge from Sweden in the last 50 years – to get flirtatious under the moonlight. 

Should you fancy a dance down the camp disco, Bals’ selections will gently ease you onto the dancefloor and into the gaze of the boy or girl of your dreams. The fuzzy Italo-boogie of the C.V.Q Band’s “Whatever You Do (Instrumental)” will get you going, while Miss’s 1984 French electro gem “Hip Hop” should guarantee a celebratory conclusion to the night’s party. 

No perfect holiday evening is complete without a stolen kiss in a secluded cove, and happily Bals has it covered. Check the seductive, dub-powered Balearic synth-boogie of Gigi Flag’s brilliant “Nymphomaniac (Instrumental)”, the steamy sweetness of Bals’ own edit of The One “O” Ones “Radio Cosmo 101” – possibly the greatest tune recorded to promote an Italian radio station – and the undulating electronic rhythms and exotic synthesizer lines of Eddy La Viny’s overlooked ‘80s zouk classic “Havan’ Havac”. 

A1 Bastion – Molitva 
A2 The Keyboys – Savannah 
A3 Ara Macao – Canyon 

B1 Chris & Kylie - Feelin' Good 
B2 The One “O" Ones - Radio Cosmo 101 (Bals Edit) 
B3 Gemini - Take A Chance 

C1 The Clean Hands Group - Night Fly 
C2 The C.V.Q Band – Whatever You Do (Instrumental) 
C3 Miss – Hip Hop 
C4 Metal Voices – At The Banks Of The River 

D1 The Clean Hands Group - Shake It On 
D2 Gigi Flag – Nymphomaniac (Instrumental Version) 
D3 Eddy La Viny – Havan’ Hamac

Club Meduse compiled by Charles Bals - Mini Mix

Tokyo Editsu - Ka Pu Pel Ee Ii Aa

A subtle and beautiful remix of 1980s British band, Man Jumping from Romanian duo Khidja (@poor-relatives). Out on @emotional-rescue.

Read More & Buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2020/02/04/premiere-man-jumping-walk-on-bye-khidja-remix/
Listen on Youtube: Bit.ly/ManJumpingKhidja

Listen on Youtube

Man Jumping - Walk On, Bye (Khidja Remix) (STW Premiere)

BANDCAMP PRE-ORDER: https://bit.ly/2Yntuhe

After the release of a split EP on Turnland Records Gustaaf (@gustaaf_108) and S&W (@s-and-w) team up for our next release: "It's More Fun to Commute" – Expect a mix of 80s boogie and proto house vibes sending kisses to tropical and pacific sounds - always smart and with a smirk, definitely never too intelligent to dance to.
Mixdown & Tape: @edlongo Calgari at Soundrays Studio  | Photography: Carolin Heinecke aka @octavethecat  | Grafik Design: Bareis+Nicolaus

It's More Fun to Commute

Gustaaf and S&W present: "It's More Fun to Commute" (Pre-Order on Bandcamp)

These tracks were written and produced over the last week; a most unusally quick turnaround for me :) It seems isolation has caused a burst of creativity. The current lockdown also affected the feel of the music; these two tracks are quite sombre in tone but with a note of positivity running through them, hence the titles. Anyway, hope you like the music.

Much love and keep safe x

Joe Morris - The New Dawn Will Come

Zao Paulo - Skyrager Edit

Available from here: noncollective.com/no-2/

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