Visionquest unleash the second superb release on this year’s most exciting new label. Footprintz possess the kind of musical magic that seems to be created through some unfathomable chemical reaction, their pop sensibilities perfectly balanced with a mystical sense of kudos. Sounding like Hot Chip in paradise, Hercules in a new Love Affair with a euphoric LCD Soundsystem, ‘Utopia’ is the first step in a great musical journey for this magnetic partnership.

Charming guitar led melodies strung out over blissful poetic lyrics and dreamy synths, ‘Utopia’ is the embodiment of its definition. A captivating blend of pop magic, hatched in a dream and painted in vivid colour, it creates devotion to its musical heart. It’s elusive partner in crime, ‘Golden Dreams’ is cloaked in mystery and soaked with attraction. Uttering choral cries and apocalyptic echoes, it evokes the thrilling sensations of falling in love.

Steering to the dancefloor, house music king Ewan Pearson breathes melancholic pulses through Utopia’s veins in a heart-rendering remix for the small hours a truly inspiring remix from Ewan who mastered the whole EP.

The second release on the Visionquest label, brought together by the four musketeers: Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves, illuminates their inspired direction and precise aims to unleash a fresh visionary sonic imprint upon the earth.

Footprintz are the Montreal based duo formed through the dreamy musical decadence of Adam Hunter and Clarion North, channeling hypnotic euphoria from the constellation Pegasus into kaleidoscopic sunrise floors.

TRACK LISTING

1. Utopia
2. Golden Dreams
3. Utopia (Ewan Pearson’s The Tale of Bolo Brown Re-trip)

Beatport link; http://www.beatport.com/release/utopia/346696

Juno link; http://www.junodownload.com/products/utopia/1724137-02/

3. Footprintz -  Utopia (Ewan Pearson's The Tale of Bolo Brown Re- Trip) (VQ 002)

Fantasound is the fifth full length album from Slovenian Space Disco producer Ichisan. This debut LP on international label Discolypso follows recent singles Harmona and Margit Mono. Ichisan’s sound is Space Disco Pop Bliss - swooshing synths collide with pulsing rhythms and twinkling melodies, creating a kaleidoscopic universe of pure joy. 

The artist explains the process:

"The album was recorded during the 2020 lockdown period. In those long uncertain days I watched all kinds of movies and rediscovered the ‘1940 Fantasiaʼ with my three year old son. 
I started researching the story behind the production of the animated musical film and especially the sound production of Fantasia. Fantasound was a stereophonic sound reproduction system developed by engineers of Walt Disney and RCA. That is how I found the album title. After the album was recorded I knew that the artwork must be related to Fantasia. I always had ‘The Sorcererʼs Apprenticeʼ in my mind as an inspiration for the album artwork. Mickey Mouseʼs dreams in the dark-blue space and Fantasia poster logo were guidelines. The illustrator Meta Wraber delivered the fantastic artwork in her signature watercolour technique." 

'Fantasound’ is a symphony of disco and italo, space synth waves and a happy-go-lucky driving rhythms. A sound that doesn't exist in the real world, the Fantasound is very much alive and in our mind during our happiest moments. 

After teasing with several EPs, Ichisan blesses the world via Discolypso with the full Fantasound, an immersive ecstatic experience filled with twists and turns that will keep you on your Tip Top toes.


Fantasound

1. Luisa
2. Villa Angiolina
3. Harmona
4. Tip Top
5. Fantasound
6. Super Princ
7. Sian Ka’an Flamingo
8. Luisa (Reprise)


The album was created with the following equipment:

Oberheim OB8
Roland Juno 106
Roland SH-09
Korg MS 20
Moog Prodigy 
Roland CR 78
Roland TB-03 Boutique
Fender Stratocaster 78’
Fender Jazz Bass 76’
Fender Twin Reverb 73’
Native Instruments Vintage Drummer
Roland Cloud Synthesizers

Harmona

Moby: Lie Down In Darkness - Kasper Bjorke Remix

Where machines learn how to love through rhythm.

ELON-VEN-0958 - Habitual Rhythm

G FUNK INSTRUMENTAL BETS - HIP HOP - FREESTYLE RAP

Smooth Groove - G Funk Instrumental Free Beat

Four Walls-No Use (Craig Bratley remix)

Aus release more music than pretty much any other label on earth, which is great if you, like us here at THUMP, are really into club-ready house music that comes in as many flavours as those new fizzy drink machines you get at places like Five Guys. You know the ones we mean; the contraptions that let you rot your teeth in an amazing array of ways. The modern world is brilliant! 

Their latest 12" sees imprint-owner Will Saul working alongside long term label favourite Komon on the fantastically lithe "Harmonise," a rollocking roller that's more suited to greenhouses than warehouses. 

The B-side sees a pair of big, big remixes. The first comes from Juju & Jordash who take things down a slightly more acidic path, leading us to imagine what exactly would happen if one was to feed a venus fly trap a tab or seven of good, strong acid? Presumably very little, really, but don't EVER deny yourself that kind of flight of fantasy. Plants on drugs...imagine!

Moving swiftly on, the other remix comes from one of the classiest men on the circuit—Mr. Nick Höppner. As you'd expect from a man whose productions and DJ sets redefine the idea of "chic, sleek, European house and techno," he's turned in a reworking so effortlessly cool that repeated exposure has the potential to freeze you to your own sofa. We reckon it's worth the risk.

Harmonsie

Komon & Will Saul - Harmonise (Nick Höppner Remix)

At the beginning of last year I went to listen and see Isolée during his live act in Lausanne. He started that night with a really amazing tune - something so full of love and harmony, something that is definitely rare at the moment.

One week later that song was still in my mind and so I asked Rajko what it was, to which he answered: "I did a soundtrack for a skateboard movie and the track I started my live set with is a draft of it." I asked him to make me an edit to be played in my set. I’ve been playing "Dennis" for the past year in all my sets around the world and always receive a fantastic reaction from the smiling crowd.

One year later this special song called "Dennis" is ready to be played by you and the world and I'm really proud and excited to start "Xtra Tamed" with such a masterpiece! I asked one of my best friends and one of the most talented producers around, Baïkal (from Maeve and Innervisions), to work on the remix and trust me when I say that this rework has a similarly funny but long story as the original cut! Isolée vs Baikal sounds like a match made in heaven, don't ya think?

Maybe one day I'll release a book about all these genius making-of stories but for now, it’s all about the music and emotions. The mastering was carefully done by Hans at Deinklang. You can also check out the skate video mentioned above here: http://rollenaller.de/#

Ripperton, April 2013

Written and produced by Rajko Muller
Promotion by Tailored Communication
Distributed by Clone.nl

Isolée "Dennis" (Ripperton's eight wheels dub)  soundcloud edit

we got to remix our favorite song on Retrofit :)

(out on vinyl on May 13th)

Jay Shepheard & Matthew Burton - Liberal Z (Session Victim Remix) - Retrofit

Highway Records presents new digital EP by talented producers from Belarus Trockensaft and Friga. In the mid 00’s Pavel was a part of famous Access Denied duo, performed all over the Europe. Later he started Trockensaft project and his very own KDB Records. 2 versions of Guns Gungsters are completed with remixes by Karol XVII & MB Valence present Jackspeare (Loco Records, Toolroom, Moodmusic) and amazing live project Tantsui, based out in Moscow.

Supported by Hot Since 82, Kruse & Nuernberg, Someone Else, Walker & Royce, Michel De Hey, Moodymanc, Giom, DZeta N’ Basile, Jay West, Samuel Dan, Adriano Filippucci, Darin Epsilon, Francys, Sahar Z and many more.

Buy on Beatport:
http://www.beatport.com/release/guns-gungsters/1097650

Highway Records on Facebook: 
http://www.facebook.com/highwayrecords

Trockensaft & Friga — Guns Gungsters (Tantsui Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/thomassjackson
https://soundcloud.com/localsuicide
https://soundcloud.com/kaputtwav
Buy Release: https://www.deejay.de/Various_Artists_Kaputtwav_Vol_II:_Reserva_Voz_Terra_KPT002_Vinyl__968670
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/WVe4Set64aE

Colombia’s Kaputt Club returns with another sterling various artist release featuring a host of talent that showcases the best in dark disco, electronica, electro and much more. 

2020 saw the Bogota based club launch their eponymous imprint with a far reaching compilation, dropping tracks from a host of artists that perfectly represent the Kaputt sound as they further cement their position as a beacon of the Colombian underground. Now they are back with ten new and exclusive cuts which transcends the club and explores the human impact on the planet, and how nature came back to reclaim their land. 

Born in quarantine when nature sounded much louder than usual, VozTerra a local non-profit organization invited people to listen to nature in 'Sounds from your window'. People in Colombia and around the world took the opportunity of the isolation to listen and record ths sounds of nature. The material, together with soundscapes previously recorded in the Van der Hammen Reserve and in the La Conejera Wetland, in Bogotá, were given to DJs from the electronic music scene to create musical pieces which are now part of the ‘Reserva/Voz Terra’ compilation. 

The alliance of Kaputt.wav, VozTerra and the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live, is the compilation of unconventional actions that musicians and people from all over the world took to express their interest in caring for nature with the hope of inspiring people to take action to care for biodiversity and mitigate climate change. 

Things get underway with ‘Suba-Cota 1996’ from local talent Vilamarea, offering up a succinct opener of warm electronica with rich cinematic pads. Berlin based Curses taken up the baton next with the ethereal and hypnotic ‘Until the Fire Stops’ before Colombia’s Julio Victoria picks up the pace with acid tinged ‘Regreso’. Argentinian and Calypso Records boss Thomass Jackson joins forces with the ever impressive Local Suicide duo for the wonderfully chuggy workout that is ‘The Snitch’ and another Berlin resident in the shape of Bogota’s MiaHush then drops the arpeggiated roller, ‘Siempre Viva’ replete with 80’s inspired synth lines. The compilations second half sees chunky electro from Scadta, syncopated rhythms and rich chords from Nuclear Digital Transistor and some Italo inspired brilliance from Bordeaux’s Dombrance. Completing the package we have the deeply delicious ‘Marcha’ from Kabinett and a final closing opus from Kat Yusti in the shape of ‘Bestia’. ‘

Kaputt.wav Vol. II - Reserva/Voz Terra’ drops on 5th February 2021. http://www.kaputtclub.com 

Tracklist: 

Vilamarea - Suba-Cota 1996
Curses - Until The Fire Stops
Julio Victoria - Regreso
Thomass Jackson & Local Suicide - The Snitch
MiaHush - Siempre Viva
Scadta - Big Bad Bird
Nuclear Digital Transistor - Diablo 6
Dombrance - Pollona Azul
Kabinett - Marcha
Kat Yusti - Bestia

Kaputt.wav Vol. II - Reserva/Voz Terra

The Snitch

PREMIERE: Thomass Jackson & Local Suicide - The Snitch [Kaputt.wav]

Remixes and Releases have appeared on the following labels 

2020 Vision
Above Machine
Ashigaru Sounds
Automatism
Bird Scarer
Café Del Mar
Claremont 56
Days Of Being Wild
El Diablos Social Club
FOTO Recordings
Futureboogie
Heavenly
Higher Love
Instruments of Rapture
Is It Balearic
Leng
Lowdown
Low Life
Magic Feet
Magic Wand
Ministry of Sound
Neapolis
Nein
Paper
Rebirth
Robsoul
Secret Fusion
Spin On This
Suara
Ten Lovers Music
Throne Of Blood
To Rack And Ruin
Tone Dropout
Tsuba
Wonder Stories