Cubicolor - Brainsugar

Celestial (Reprise) out now on Beatport: http://smarturl.it/VimesReprise 
Get the Gardens of God Remix on Beatport: http://smarturl.it/VimesGardensofGod 

VIMES – the production duo made up of Azhar Syed and Julian Stetter – continue to grow on the strength of their stylish, future-forward electronic music, combining both melancholic 80s touches with a contemporary live instrumentation and upbeat production. Celestial (Reprise) is their debut single on Needwant and comes with remixes for Gardens of God and a Needwant Extended Mix.

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VIMES - Celestial (Gardens Of God Remix)

My new EP ‘Skin' is out now!
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FALL // FREEDOM

June 14th via FFRR Records

Artwork → www.simon-birch.com

Freedom

A sacred worship ballad blending rich harmonies and contemplative lyrics. “Timeless” explores the eternal nature of God and His presence in our fleeting lives—wrapped in warm melodic phrasing and soulful reflection.

Timeless

Release Date: 31st July 2015
Beatport - po.st/DownTheWallEP
Apple Music - http://po.st/iDownTheWallEP
Spotify - http://po.st/sDownTheWallEP

'Down The Wall', taken from our upcoming 'Down The Wall EP' out on Anjunadeep July 31st! Enjoy!!

Watch the Full Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zE3SWEkOGo&feature=youtu.be

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Down The Wall (Original Mix)

Here's our new single 'Mirror Play' with our good mate Tim Digby-Bell! Enjoy!

Stream and Download here: https://anjunadeep.lnk.to/MirrorPlay

Out on Beatport on May 6th.

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Mirror Play

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Mirror Play (feat Tim Digby-Bell)

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Pre-order 'Brainsugar': http://anjunadeep.lnk.to/Brainsugar
Released 16th September 2016.
Pre-order now and get an instant download of 'Dead End Thrills', 'Falling', and 'Mirror Play'.

Cubicolor present their debut album - ‘BRAINSUGAR’ - to be released on September 16th on Anjunadeep (“One of the hottest electronic labels in the world” - Hype Machine).

Cubicolor have emerged as one of the most exciting acts to come through the European underground in recent times. Championed by Pete Tong as one of his artists to watch, praised by Mixmag, Spin, Clash, and DJ Mag, and supported by a host of heavyweight DJs, Cubicolor look set to break through with their anticipated debut LP.

The striking and alternative sound developed across a string of acclaimed EPs on Anjunadeep and a remix for Howling (Âme’s Frank Wiedemann & Ry X) on Monkeytown Records has found it’s way into the sets of many an A-list DJ, including Sasha, George Fitzgerald, Kölsch, Joris Voorn and Mano Le Tough.

Having launched in 2014 with two members, Dutch producers Ariaan Olieroock and Peter Kriek, Cubicolor now welcome British vocalist , and former Duologue front-man Tim Digby-Bell into the band as their third member, following much loved collaborations on ‘Falling’ and ‘Mirror Play’ over the past 12 months. In his time with Duologue, Tim produced, co-wrote and sang on two records acclaimed by the likes of The Guardian, NME, DIY Mag and The Line Of Best Fit.

On ‘Brainsugar’ we hear an evolution in Cubicolor’s sound across a host of diverse and infectious tracks, combining beautiful songwriting with brilliantly cohesive clarity, echoing their influences; Radiohead, Massive Attack and Moderat to name a few. Tim’s lyrical depth and haunting vocal style shine throughout the album, which features 8 vocal tracks and 4 instrumentals.

The LP’s first single ‘Falling’ is a cascading piece of melancholic house music, which has amassed over 4 million plays on Spotify, topped Beatport’s Electronica chart, and been featured on global specialist radio (including BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, KCRW, KEXP, SiriusXM Chill, 1Live, Rai 2, 3FM and Studio Brussels).

Released alongside the announcement of the album, ‘Dead End Thrills’ is a fusion of Cubicolor’s trademark sounds, blending trippy atmospheric electronica, layered with textured melodies with Tim’s poignant vocals.

Throughout August and September 2016 Cubicolor bring their well-honed electronic sound to venues large and small across North America for a DJ tour, including a string of underground club shows and notable festival performances at Electric Zoo and Nocturnal Wonderland where they perform on Anjunadeep label stages alongside the likes of Âme, George Fitzgerald, Lane 8, HVOB, Henrik Schwarz and Yotto. Cubicolor are currently developing a full live show to be launched later this year.

‘Brainsugar’ is set to be the seventh artist album to be released on Anjunadeep, an A&R hotbed celebrated for the release of debut LPs from Dusky and Lane 8. With 250+ single releases and a string of iTunes #1 albums and compilations under its belt, the label has distinguished itself as one of the scene’s leading imprints, earning glowing coverage everywhere from Resident Advisor to Pitchfork, whilst receiving heavy support on BBC Radio 1 from Annie Mac, Pete Tong, B.Traits and Phil Taggart.

Tracklist
1.	Intro
2.	Mirror Play
3.	Dead End Thrills
4.	Fictionalise
5.	Brainsugar
6.	Falling
7.	Nights In Bloom
8.	Machine Keys
9.	Black Vines
10.	Inscape
11.	Diver
12.	One False Step

Dead End Thrills

After the successful collaboration of Label Boss Ryan Davis & "Creatures" remix contest winner Lmnskt we are presenting you two well crafted reinterpretations of two close friends of the label & ambitious musicians that we continuously have an eye on.
The first one is presented by Aparde who triggers the vibes of Hadron to a different state of groove with the moogy bassline and the lush percussion. His sensitive approach for music is what makes him stand out of other musicians and adds exactly the vibe we expected of him.
Luis Junior who recently joined the famous kompakt label crew uses his strenght to take things straight to the dancefloor and focuses on the club elements to make Kope even more hypnotic & effective.

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Ryan Davis Feat. Lmnskt - Hadron (Aparde Remix)

The title track from our debut album 'Brainsugar'. 
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Brainsugar

Taken from our upcoming debut album 'Brainsugar'. 
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Fictionalise

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I started this track with a simple Prophet patch running through a Moog ring mod with loads of overdrive. It wasn't so much overdrive that it became aggressive, but enough so that it had a simple tonal quality overlaid with plenty of honest low-fi grittyness. Sometimes all it takes is getting that first timbral feature right for the rest of the track to flow from there, and this was a good example for me. 

I also knew I wanted the track to fit later on in the Emergence story, where it should be rhythmically straight enough to fit into a club show where needed, but also for the part of the show where we explore visually, the range of complex living forms and evolutionary change - it needed to capture some of that beauty of life's morphogenetic creativity.

I found the chord sequence fairly quickly, and built the drums and smooth dynamics within a few days, but I got stuck on how to complete the track. I tried hundreds of different ideas, and thought I might need to bin the project, but then luckily stumbled across some old synth jam recordings that had some moments that sounded ok. So I jumped on those and went to work on an editing job. 

It turned out that a lot of the problem I had been having was that I was trying to add too much, when for me, the chords were the hook, and what was needed was a sparse melodic addition to support the chords rather than any sort of traditional tuneful hook. In recent years I've been more and more drawn to just chord sequences as the main features of tracks musically, with the rest stripped away. When Ryan Rival Consoles was considering a remix he commented the album seemed to be all about the chords (or something to that extent), so I guess that idea is in there. Chords just seem to carry the most emotion for me for some reason (as opposed to melodies or lyrics for example).

So there it is, I hope you like the track!

Emergence

12"/Download/LP Stream

Organa [Mesh001]

Intro

Vinyl Running Order: 						

A1: Rowee - Believing Again			
A2: Fulltone - Whole Lotta Winters
A3: Yuichiro Kotani, Hiroyuki Kajino - Playground #1
B1: Essáy - Archangel 
B2: Hauy - The Sage
C1: Hermanez - Ensina 
C2: Roy Rosenfeld - 16Yo 
D1: Modd - Evening Fog
D2: Newman - Menina Que Passa

Digital Running Order:

Yuichiro Kotani, Hiroyuki Kajino - Playground #1
Makebo – Sunland
Amonita – Magic Journey
Facundo Mohrr – After You
Roy Rosenfeld - 16Yo 
Fulltone - Whole Lotta Winters
Fulltone - Whole Lotta Winters
Hermanez - Ensina 
Rowee - Believing Again
Hauy - The Sage
Simon Vuarambon – Alcyon
Newman - Menina Que Passa
Essáy - Archangel 
Modd - Evening Fog

Fictionalise

Cubicolor

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