RA New Tracks: November 2018

Make sure you didn't miss a great track this month and listen to my picks of this very productive month!!!

Monthly picks: November 2018

December2018

BANDCAMP - https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/boolean-ep

Carl Finlow's Beckoned EP was the first EP on Craigie Knowes back in 2016, since then he's seen a string of releases under various guises on some of the world's most prolific electro labels. The Boolean EP is stacked with 5 UK electro tracks that embody a lifetime dedication the genre, untouchable technicality and superior sound design. This record is a trip through clouds of stellar dust with the power to rumble any dancefloor exposed to its radiation.

ORDER NOW!

clone.nl - goo.gl/HgDcLz
Juno Records - goo.gl/MKB5sj
ColdCuts // HotWax - goo.gl/mYYKqL
Redeye Records UK - goo.gl/g1FxX1
Triple Vision Distribution - goo.gl/tCpoE1

Buy @ Bandcamp

[CKNOWEP12] Carl Finlow - Boolean EP

!!! Pre-orders: distribution at crevetterecords dot be !!!

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BASIC MOVES 08
THE SECT3000
(RELEASE DATE DECEMBER 10th 2018)

“Private music”

When I was on a trip through Switzerland a while ago, I was tipped off by a shop owner in Bern about his old friend who made music back in the mid-nineties. His name is Remco, the younger brother of the synth player from Swiss new wave band Les Rêveurs Artificiels/Die Künstlichen Träumer.  

Once in a while, he would make a sporadic tune on his brother’s gear, recording it on 8-track tape, without ever mixing it down, then just archiving it in a closet at his parent’s house. He only played his tracks a couple of times to close friends, but it was hard to get a real idea of the sound since there was no mixdown. They had to be awkwardly played back on the 8-track player. 

Of course, this brought my excitement level to boiling point, so the shop owner put us in touch and I asked Remco if I could have a listen to his “secret” or, rather, “private” music as I learned he likes to call it. He told me that the tapes were at his brother’s place in Zurich and he hadn’t listened to them since late nineties, but Basic Moves was welcome to check them out if we promised to give him a proper digital rip. The next time I played in Zurich I caught up with Remco’s brother. He handed me the ¼” 8 track reel to reel, with “THE SECT3000” scrawled on it in black marker.

I carefully brought it back to Brussels, restored it and listened to it while mixing it down at the same time, alongside our in-house engineer Chris “Funk” Ferreira. We were blown away by the musicality of this visionary music. Chris had to deal with parts full of reverb especially on “Blaupause”, as no dry sounds were available. He did a great job, as did Stefan, our mastering engineer.

In “Plastic Dream”, the track with muffled, mysterious vocals, islas, who runs the label with me thought she could hear Remco saying “Basic Moves” repeatedly. I was keen to prove her wrong because that would be crazy, so I asked my only Swiss German speaking friend Walid from Les Points (who is also making amazing music) to do a quick translation of the lyrics. It turns out this is a love song. 

Some might say BM08 strays into unknown territory for Basic Moves. Looking in different genres and being open minded and imaginative led us to THE SECT3000, Remco the 8-track wonder. 

Walrus, November 2018.
www.basicmoves.be

THE SECT3000 - PLASTIC DREAM (Basic Moves 08)

from 'Calibrate' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den311
available on all formats at http://denovali.com/ricardodonoso

“Quicksilver frequencies, gravelly formants and shimmering, mirage-like washes of tone. Sometimes his sounds feel like signals picked up by a radio telescope, or pure electricity poured through a sieve” Pitchfork

“He displays a resistance towards the boundaries of genre, taking experimental, techno and noise templates and blending them with different range of sounds, delivering some of the most wonderfully eccentric and evocative music in recent memory” Dummy  

“Transcendently dark permutations” The Ransom Note

“A genre-defying electronic explorer” Exclaim

On November 30th Denovali records presents ‘Calibrate’ – the new album by respected underground figure, composer and producer Ricardo Donoso. As has now come to be expected from the questing musician, once again he has endeavoured to do things differently, pushing beyond any comfort-zone parameters. 

‘Calibrate’ proffers the highest of fidelity, with blockbuster sci fi levels of production value and bombast. Donoso channels sonic spirits across fluro pointillism, futuristic industrial tribalism and more serene moments of synthetic reflection.

Having never courted accessibility, Donoso remains as unbending as ever in his approach and unwavering in commitment to his craft. Calibrate takes Donoso’s polymetric abuse and sound design to all new extremes. Conflicting rhythms and swathes of electronic debris move in tandem, to create pieces that expand and contract in on themselves.

A journey through Calibrate is an exercise in instability and failure; its aggressiveness serves as a warning against the urge to seek safety on common ground, and its entire approach seems to display a hostility towards the increasingly homogenized nature of new electronic music. 

The first in a two-part series, ‘Calibrate’ seeks to explore not only the literal connotations of instrument accuracy, gauging and tuning, as represented by the constant flux of machinery and computer noise, but also explores calibration as an adjustment; to take external factors into account, or to allow comparison with other data. With ‘Calibrate’ Donoso continues to question what music is, and what it expects of him. 
Ricardo Donoso is a composer, percussionist and electronic musician from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who currently resides in Boston. After having studied composition at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory, he has participated in a slew of projects over the years, from holding down the drum chair in avant-metal visionaries Ehnahre, to scoring for recent documentary features such as Greg Barker’s ‘Homegrown: The Counter Terror Dilemma’ (HBO pictures 2016) and the Grand Prize short film winner in Brazilian cinema ‘Casimiro Effect’. Donoso has since collaborated with film makers and video artists on commissions worldwide, creating immersive environments and performances. 
As a solo recording artist, Donoso has released music on esteemed labels such as Denovali, Digitalis, Further Records and Hospital Productions, and continues to tour throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. He is most concerned with building and manipulating an immersive sound world that blurs the line between light and dark, hope and despair, past and future. Under a chain of progressive rhythms, cinematic textures and elegant melodicism, Donoso’s work pushes through with piercing strength, manipulating a sonic wave through space with nothing but mind-blowing intensity.

Calibrate

Ricardo Donoso - Inimical

Full stream of Jensen Interceptor's "Dimensional Thought," taken from his upcoming album on Maceo Plex's Lone Romantic, out October 26.

Pre-order: https://www.deejay.de/Jensen_Interceptor_Mother_LP_2x12_LR009_Vinyl__335038

@loneromantic
@jensen-interceptor

Mother

More exclusive music

Premiere: Jensen Interceptor - Dimensional Thought

Record is our 26/11/2018
You Can order it here:
https://kompakt.fm/releases/iron_muscle

Spectral Empire - Metal Hawk (Die Wilde Jagd Remix)

2xLP pressed on black vinyl at Archer Records, Detroit -

https://ithq.bandcamp.com/album/stalker-it-42

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Ectomorph occupy a unique and strange place within Detroit Techno history. Founded in 1994 as an inspired reaction to DBX, Basic Channel, Rob Hood, Sähkö, and Drexciya, they released their first 12" singles in 1995 as an attempt to make Detroit music for Detroit itself, rather than exclusively for export.

The mystique of their early singles led to mythic status and a strong underground cult following, which they have continued to develop through releases on their own Interdimensional Transmissions label. Their live shows are legendary for their ability to fluidly incorporate improvisational techniques into synthesized music (and for the sheer amount of hardware that they bring to the stage). The Ectomorph show is all analog, no computers or samplers or even drum machines: all sounds come from the modulars and the mountains of Moogs.

Ectomorph (now officially comprised of BMG & Erika) reconvened in 2016 to write new music, which led to a series of live shows where the new material was tested via performance and allowed to evolve in form. To capture the energy of these performances, the new material was recorded in the studio totally live, multitracked for further engineering, but with no editing whatsoever. This music, to borrow a phrase from Derrick May, is what it is. The entire album was recorded live in one or two takes in the Interdimensional Laboratories in Detroit. This is the sound of the idea that is Ectomorph, presented in its natural and organic format, live and improvisational.

Interdimensional Transmissions (or IT) is a Detroit-based label founded by BMG (Brendan M Gillen) in 1995, with its first release the debut record by Ectomorph. The label has come to represent the left-hand path within Detroit Techno, Electro, post-disco, etc. IT often takes a wide musical lens and incorporates history as a way to find something both pure and new. IT is collaborative in nature, and functions as a dialogue between label partners BMG, Erika, & Amber. IT parties have also gained a cult status internationally, with their recurring No Way Back events becoming the focal point of a sort of post-rave cultural phenomenon and the annual after party highlight of Detroit's Memorial Day weekend.

Written and Performed by Ectomorph
Produced by BMG

Recorded live in the Interdimensional Laboratories, Detroit.

Mastered By Neel At Enisslab Studio In Rome
Cover photo by Baboophotography
Sleeve Designed By Brendan M Gillen
Vinyl Mastered By Carl At Trutone
Pressed At Archer Records In Detroit
Distributed by Fit

IT 42 © 2018 Interdimensional Transmissions. 
Published by Interdimensional Publishing (ASCAP)

Stalker

Ectomorph - The Alarm

The first track to see the light of day from Carl's upcoming Boolean EP. Out Mid-November.

BANDCAMP - https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/boolean-ep

CLONE - https://goo.gl/HgDcLz
JUNO - https://goo.gl/MKB5sj
COLD CUTS / HOT WAX - https://goo.gl/mYYKqL
REDEYE - https://goo.gl/g1FxX1
TRIPLE VISION - https://goo.gl/tCpoE1

Carl Finlow - Exige | CKNOWEP12

UK veteran Carl Finlow injects volatile electro with a heavy dose of mechanised funk on his Craigie Knowes return.

The 'Boolean EP' is out November 16th on Craigie Knowes.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2OoNW8I

@carlfinlow
@craigie-knowes

Boolean EP

Premiere: Carl Finlow – Marauders [Craigie Knowes]

The A1 track from Carl's upcoming 'Boolean EP'. Chronos is a stand out track on this EP in our eyes, we hope you love it too.

BANDCAMP - https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/boolean-ep

CLONE - goo.gl/HgDcLz
JUNO - goo.gl/MKB5sj
COLD CUTS / HOT WAX - goo.gl/mYYKqL
REDEYE - goo.gl/g1FxX1
TRIPLE VISION - goo.gl/tCpoE1

Carl Finlow - Chronos | CKNOWEP12

Artist: Adam X
Title: 'Earth Base One'
Label: Sonic Groove
Cat. #: SGLP05
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release: 1st November ​2018
Buy Link: https://sonicgroove.bandcamp.com/album/recon-mission

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere an extract of the new Adam X' LP  on 'Sonic Groove Records'.
This album is not for the faint of heart, and its meti- culously detailed production stands as a testament to Adam X‘s enduring career in techno.
Adam has survived the ups and downs of the industry while continually raising the bar for production value and sound design. 
'Recon Mission' is a triumph, ahead of the curve of modern industrial techno.
Have a good listening.

@sonic-groove-records

Recon Mission

Premiere: Adam X - Earth Base One [Sonic Groove]

The UK-born but Berlin-based producer BNJMN (@bnjmnnn) releases his first album since seven years. Released under the famous Dutch label @DelsinRecords, the Hypnagogia LP is a ten-tracker that takes BNJMN towards more hypnotic and soothing soundscapes. 

Monument premieres the second part of the name track Hypnagogia from the album, that will be out on November 19th.

MNMT Premiere: BNJMN - Hypnagogia Pt. 2

UK electro pioneer Carl Finlow steps up on Craigie Knowes with the masterful ‘Boolean’ EP. The title track is a rich assemblage of immersive melodies and weighty groove…

Read more: https://bit.ly/2FtUHXQ

Premiere: Carl Finlow ‘Boolean’

Future Fiction, from the 2008 album Wasteland. A ten year anniversary edition with instrumental verions is available via Bandcamp.

FUTURE FICTION

Bandcamp

Wa Wu We - What's Left? (Super Strip)

The final track to be uploaded to the web from Carl's upcoming 'Boolean EP'. An excellent round off, OUT MONDAY!

BANDCAMP - https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/boolean-ep

CLONE - goo.gl/HgDcLz
JUNO - goo.gl/MKB5sj
COLD CUTS / HOT WAX - goo.gl/mYYKqL
REDEYE - goo.gl/g1FxX1
TRIPLE VISION - goo.gl/tCpoE1

Carl Finlow - Unconditional | CKNOWEP12

"His best record ever" 
Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 Music

'Essential Tracks Of The Week' 
Worldwide FM 

@djraff first made his name in Chile where he helped to lay the foundation for what is now considered one of the most important hip-hop scenes in Latin America before progressing to producing electronic music. In the aftermath of the bloody 17 year military dictatorship that took over the country during the 70s, it wasn’t long before MCs and hip hop producers solidified an underground scene. Through his creative sampling, big beats and arrangements, DJ Raff propelled the scene forwards and his ability to seamlessly blend hypnotic electronic beats with traditional Chilean and Latin sounds have earned him a place among Latin America’s most highly regarded DJs and producers.

At 12 years old he started experimenting with a double tape deck and an old turntable to make loops and beats, not knowing he was on his way to forming the hip-hop and electronic music scene in Chile. Fast forward a few years and DJ Raff’s name now appears as a DJ/sound engineer/producer on over 50 hip-hop releases in Chile, including that of French-Chilean rapper Anna Tijoux’s group Makiza (before she went on to achieve mainstream success fueled by a sync on hit TV show Breaking Bad).

In 2011, DJ Raff released his game changing track ‘Latino & Proud’ on Nacional Records (Bomba Estereo, Ana Tijoux) which featured on EA Sports FIFA 2012 and was the theme tune for Comedy Central’s Emmy Award- winning series ‘Broad City’ in the US. Despite the success of his hip-hop productions, he gradually became more interested in experimenting with evocative instrumental music and so his journey into electronic music began in the early 2000s.

DJ Raff has has DJ-ed/played live shows at major events in South America and Europe like Sonar Barcelona, Mutek.ES, Lollapalooza (US, Argentina, Chile) and RBMA Mexico. Red Bull invited him to mentor at the RBMA Bass Camp academy in Chile and his last album, ‘Movimiento’, a collection of electronic tracks drawing on dembow, Brazilian and tropical influences, was released in 2017 on Nacional Records. The album earned him a nomination for best electronic music artist at the Pulsar awards in Chile.

Resistencia (Resistance), is DJ Raff's electronic interpretation of the resistance needed in our inescapably saturated world of advertising, consumerism and divisive politics. 

The artwork is by renowned Chilean artist Iván Navarro whose installation, ‘Homeless Lamp, The Juice Sucker’, reflects the EP’s theme of resilience and resistance in the face of adversity.
Photo by Thelma Garcia. Greenpoint, New York, 2014

DJ Raff - Resistencia

Hailing from the ancient Russian city of Tambov, on the banks of the Tsna River, the youngest member of the трип family Vladimir Dubyshkin emerges for a potent debut solo EP. cheerful pessimist is an engaging package of highly anticipated deep, swirling techno tracks that many will recognise from label head Nina Kraviz’s DJ sets.

Diving straight into the core of a peak time set, Vladimir unleashes five formidable doses of unrestrained energy. Swollen sub bass and thumping percussion forge an unmistakable sense of physicality, whilst spiralling, amelodic leads run circles around the listener.

cheerful pessimist wastes no time warming up, plunging head first into the belly of the beast. A thrilling debut and an essential release for lovers of vibrant techno.

Out 17th December - vinyl & digital

cheerful pessimist

vladimir dubyshkin - I decided to fly

For their final release of 2018, Planet E present DJ Deep & Traumer's remixes of Klauss & Craig, the collaboration between Argentinian synth ensemble Klauss and Carl Craig, which debuted with the ‘Momentum’ EP earlier in the year.

Out November 30th, the three-track remix EP’s origins were as a pair of spec mixes by DJ Deep (Cyril Etienne) and his regular collaborator Roman Poncet aka Traumer. The duo found inspiration from the original Klauss & Craig EP that led to spontaneous experiments on their own remixes.

Soon a trio of versions emerged, with two by the duo together, and an additional solo mix by Poncet under his Traumer alias. Etienne sent their work to Craig, who immediately decided to give them their own release on Planet E, in turn helping Etienne achieve one of his own dreams to release on the legendary Detroit label.

Weaving intricate percussive themes with analogue melodies they deliver two takes on ‘Repeat After Me’ - ‘Free Your Mind’ and ‘Free Your Soul’ - before Traumer, inspired by the process, goes on his own for the final track ‘Repeat After Me - Reduced Mind’, creating undulating bass loops which glide under warm pads.

Tracklist:
A1 Repeat After Me (DJ Deep & Traumer - Free Your Mind)	
A2 Repeat After Me (DJ Deep & Traumer - Free Your Soul)	
B1 Repeat After Me (Traumer - Reduced Mind)

DJ Deep & Traumer Remixes

Klauss & Craig - Repeat After Me (DJ Deep & Traumer 'Free Your Mind' Mix)

10 Years of Craigie Knowes: 2015-2025

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