EL IRREAL VEINTIUNO - CIERTO RENCOR

"Five years after the first volume, ARENA01, Agva Records is back with ARENA02, a mega-pack of almost forty tracks focusing on the experimental and hybrid club scene of Latin America.

Released in 2016, the first chapter laid the foundations of the label and unveiled a solid tracklisting composed of close and local members of the collective (Defensa, EL PLVYBXY, CHLO…) and international producers (King Doudou, Bigote).

For this second edition, the label did not go easy and gathered a real festival line-up. ARENA02 features projects from all over the continent and beyond, from emerging artists to real headliners: Dengue Dengue Dengue, Lao (NAAFI, Mexico), Bungalovv (TRRUENO, Argentina), Endgame (Precious Metal, UK), Catnapp, Doxxed, Pobvio, or even the Mexican producer who signed the revival of pre-Hispanic tribal, Ozomatecuhtli. Among others!"

Words by Philou, CxC.

Artwork by Mateo Outon
Mastered by Sky Parnes (Medix Cielx)
Management and networking by Gregorio Da Silva (El Plvybxy) & Lucero Gamerro (Rattlesnakke)

AGVA is a Net Label, Music Collective, Radio Show and Night Club based in Buenos Aires. Within the spawn of six years we met so many wonderful people and grew as independent artists and collective in an unprecedented way, this compilation being the visible tip of an iceberg of goals we never dream they would be realizable. We would like to seize this occasion to give thanks to all supporters, friends, family, artists, journalists, event promoters, dj's and others escaping this tags who participate and made this whole story's flow to lead us here.

El Irreal Veintiuno - Cierto Rencor

"Ándate ya, cariño" is the latest track from @ragazzaxxi 's upcoming album out for @prmsss

Read More: https://soulfeederweb.com/premieres/premiere-ragazza-xxi-andate-ya-carino/

[Premiere] Ragazza XXI – Ándate ya, cariño

Vocals from Flowdan's The Red Pill EP
- Tell Me Nothing
- Time is Money
- Savage

Mastering by Declared Sound

FLOWDAN - THE RED PILL  X  JAMMZ [ SLIKBACK RMX ]

Sweet treats with a Latin-American taste

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PB - Te Dijeron (Dj Fucci Edit)

DJ Fucci's dark layers filled with noisy club music reminiscences to be released on Netter System, Meltdown Lab's label.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/dj-fucci-u_u-netter-system-meltdown

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IM089 - @galtier - Pulchra Es Elementis
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: September 24th,2021
Format: 12" / Digital

With 10 years in the ‘biz’ firmly under his belt, Jiah Wells is poised to release the first full-length LP of his Galtier project, Pulchra Es Elementis. Whilst Galtier is arguably one of the originators of the percussive style that would eventually fall under the Hard Drum label, the heightened theatrics of his recent output have seen him channel Blade Runner-styled sonics and move further away from absolute club functionality. Whilst Galtier’s output often seems to soundtrack hypothetical, off-planet words, Pulchra Es Elementis turns the focus inwards: towards Wells’ own emotional constellation, his evolving spirituality and his attempts to tap into planes of existence beyond the tangible. The album’s Latin title translates to ‘Elements are Beautiful’ and encapsulates the artist’s belief that there is grace in all of life’s aspects; pushing past what we deem as good or bad, minuscule or massive.

Pulchra Es Elementis begins with Crystalised Larva, a brooding opener of breathy pad synths and expansive kick drums which reverberate through the mix as if the hits originate from the bottom of a valley. There’s an indistinct sense of tension on this track, in part due to a central melody, which never resolves but only descends lower in pitch. This tension turns to explorative wonder on Wilfull Saviour, where a mirage of musical ideas come in and out of focus. Although the sonic worlds Galtier explores are internal to him, Wilfull Saviour still possesses that sense of a cosmic journey we’ve come to expect from Wells; an ardent fan of dystopian films and literature.

Continuing this emotional odyssey, Bruised, But Not Broken sees the artist push deeper into the psychological undergrowth; its murky tonality juxtaposes crisp, Reggaeton-inspired drum patterns with a heavily compressed one-note synth line that modulates wildly - cutting through the mix like a nagging thought that won’t leave your mind. Next up is U Were, U Are & What U Will Be, one of the more club-ready tracks of the LP, which gets us moving with a snarling bassline and layers upon layers of percussive hits and inflections.

At Pulchra Es Elementis’ mid-point is the LP’s title track, a drumless interlude where blissful, shimmering synths create a patchwork of intensities. Galtier’s approach to songwriting shines through here; ignoring musical pragmatics, he opts to feel his way through his compositions without knowing where they might end up. Following on from that weightless breather, Phantasiai turns up the freneticism with its head-spinning mix of drum programming and a glitched-out synth line that yo-yos up and down octaves. Things get even more furious on the Superficie-featuring Cavernam, a hollow Hard Drum banger inspired by Eskibeat sensibilities and designed to create a sense of self-implosion.

The album’s penultimate track, (U Are) Beautiful, is a tale of two halves: beginning with a moment of serenity as synthesizers swell like an ocean tide before evolving into a marching crescendo of raw energy. Rounding off the album, Shine Forth hurtles through pacey drum work and all manner of strange zaps and klaxons before giving way to a final dose of nebulous ambience.

A musical journey unlike any other ‘club music’ albums, Pulchra Es Elementis is an LP that demands to be consumed in one sitting. Reflecting on his place within the universe and the musical landscape, the album could be viewed as a musical exorcism which sees Galtier working through and shedding huge chunks of his ego that stuck to him out of fear of the unknown. Pulchra Es Elementis begins on an insecure, overwhelming or, even, existential note before rounding off with a related sense of vastness seen with new, more positive eyes. It’s a voyage we hope you will join him on.

Galtier - Shine Forth

It's getting hot in here with three new perreo cuts from Miami's finest Nick León.

Following a string of self-released EPs and an appearance on NAAFI, Nick León returns to Tra Tra Trax later this week - recalling the first sonic encounters on the radio when they were kids and sampling vocals from some of their childhood idols. He's also invited Henzo, Kelman Duran and Maral to put their spin on the tracks. 

Nick León previously released on Tra Tra Trax last year with a collaborative record alongside Bitter Babe who made her production debut. He’s a prolific producer and sound designer in his own right, known for mixing organic textures with club polyrhythms and sci-fi sound design. One of our favourite producers, Nick is also affiliated with Space Tapes Miami and has worked on records with INVT, Lao, Kaxien, LTAV, PRJCTN and more. 

Based in Colombia, Tra Tra Trax is run by Nyksan, Defuse and Veracco and was launched in July 2020 with an EP from DJ Pai. Since then they have released records from Luca Durán and OCTUBRXLIBRV as well as featured remixes from Florentino, AYA, Ikonika, BADSISTA and more. 

‘Rompediscoteka’ by Nick León is out on the 1st October via Tra Tra Trax - pre-order here: https://tratratrax.bandcamp.com/album/rompediscoteka

@nickleon
@insurgentesco

Premiere: Nick León — Bachetrón [Tra Tra Trax]

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Dead Teknik (DJ Paypal RMX)

OMAAR - Drum Dance 
from "Drum Temple releasing April 16.
 
NF040 - 2021 
CDMX
Arte: Andy Medina – Circuito, de la serie Manual Códice Vial, MACO (2018) 
cortesía del artista.

Drum Temple

OMAAR - Drum Dance

Track Premiere: Eudaimonia by @vhsafrika & @krxnx_wrld [@wetransa]
Read More: https://paynomindtous.it/vhsafrika-krxnx-wetransa/
'Segunda Transa': https://wetransa.bandcamp.com/
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Based in Santiago, Chile, the label WeTransa, run by Syntrovert and Martin.PDF, appeared a little more than a year ago with their debut release called Primera Transa, produced by the founders themselves. The characteristic format of the label consists of EP outings made of three tracks composed by two different artists, seeking to establish a virtual and possibly physical connection between different projects and scenes that gravitate in the realm of club-oriented music. WeTransa, publishing digital albums in the pay-what-you-want download form, especially focuses on emerging producers searching for further opportunities to be known and have their message heard.

The second entry in the Chilean outcome, accordingly called Segunda Transa, sees the Chilean-raised, Berlin-based producer Sebastian Saavedra-Reib aka VHS Afrika join efforts with the Argentinian Rodrigo Nicolás Núñez aka KRXNX from San Miguel de Tucumán. The former, influenced by the sounds of his childhood spent in Zanzibar, started dabbling in electronic music at early ages - first meddling with a battery-powered keyboard with local rhythmic presets - to then move on to acid techno and other fringes of electronic music, up to the release of their genre-bending debut EP ººNaavigation Systaamºº which saw the light in June 2020.

The latter is instead a multidisciplinary artist and self-taught musician who started sharing his music outings on the Internet, set on forcing the restrictive boundaries of compartmentalized music genres in the Argentinan mainstream music community. Their first release called Testimonios Desde el Abismo appeared on the CDMX imprint DNTFCK in May 2020, well-received in the contemporary URL circles due to its futuristic, stunningly intimate, and emotionally variegated take on contemporary, post-club music.

Today, we're very happy to be premiering the third piece of the record: Eudaimonia is a heart-shattering track that starts off with a poignant melody followed up by anguished singing, culminating in the rattling, metallic explosions of the percussive elements that go to define the melancholic yet firm grandeur of the finale. Segunda Transa, mastered by Sky Parnes, will be out on Bandcamp on March 12th: don't miss it!

Segunda Transa

VHS Afrika & KRXNX - Eudaimonia [PAYNOMINDTOUS Premiere / WeTransa]

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