beats and pop

Coming out in Jan 14 on el Diablos Social Club Recordings.

DJ Rocca and Chris Massey-Drug Chug ( Craig Bratley Remix)

The View

Factory Floor - How You Say (Daniel Avery Remix)

Against All Logic – For Kennedy

Disquiet Junto 0712 invited us to interpret a barcode as a rhythm.

The first barcode patent was issued in 1952, but they didn't look like the ones we usually see now: they were bullseye-shaped. Today's linear barcodes use what is called "many-width symbology", meaning that the vertical lines ("modules") in the barcode are different widths, from 1 to 4. The lines are printed vertically instead of horizontally so that if the ink smeared during printing, the code would still be legible and no information would be lost. 

Barcodes almost failed in the retail space, because no one wanted to be the first to invest the money to adopt them when they were unproven. They were a lot  more popular more quickly in the railroad business, where by the early 1960s optical scanners could read the color-coded barcodes on train cars as they rolled past at full speed.

The barcode I chose as source material for the prompt was from a tape dispenser that I bought to help my daughter pack to leave home. This piece is probably an aural photograph of the feelings I'm having right now, but that's neither here nor there. Where was I?

Instead of reading the barcode as if it were visually measuring out beats, I decided to decode the modules and transcribe the widths. This turned into the sequence 2 1 3 2 1 4 4 1 / 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 / 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 / 1 1, which I incorporated into this piece in several ways.

First, the percussion pattern is built by breaking the sequence into chunks of four numbers. These four numbers indicate the beat position of a series of drum kit components on a 16-step grid. So 2-1-3-2, the first sequence, means the kick drum hits on the 2nd, 1st, 3rd, and 2nd beats of the four divisions of the pattern. Next would be the snare, then the tom, and finally the hihat with 1-1-1-3. The sequence also determines the note length and note number of the "melodic" sequence. 

Finally, I translated the sequence into steps in a custom arpeggiator, with the width of the modules transposed into the vertical axis of the beats in the pattern. There are two arpeggiated synth tracks, running at different rates, played on the Logic ES2 and Alchemy software synths. A triggered vocal sample rhythmically reflects the numeric sequence. The rest of the synth parts came from the Roland boutique Studio Electronics SE-02, a reissue of the "Moog-adjacent" SE-01 analog monosynth of 1982.

There's a lot going on in this piece, but there's a lot going on over here, too. The sound that a single mom makes in her empty nest. Snapshot of a moment in time at 90bpm.

More on the 712th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zebra Code — The Assignment: What rhythm do you hear in a bar code? — at https://disquiet.com/0712/.

The Passage (disquiet0712)

If you're not yet aware of  Michael Mayer , we suggest you read up.  Kompakt  co-owner, DJ, producer and don of collaborations has teamed up with French electronic heavyweight  Agoria  for five minutes of reflective bliss. Centred around 'taking all the time on the world', “Blackbird has Spoken” works up an unquenchable thirst  – regardless of however many rewinds it gets. 

DOWNLOAD & TRACKLIST: http://blrrm.tv/2hdxCB

Michael Mayer & Agoria "Blackbird Has Spoken" - Boiler Room Debuts

https://www.facebook.com/freudenthal/

Berlin-based duo, Pardon Moi's latest release seamlessly combines Classic 80's Human League synthesisers and electro-disco spanning decades. Be sure to purchase and download this hot floor fillers now. Or become a backstage exclusive member and get the whole Pardon Moi back catalog on https://pardonmoi.bandcamp.com/album/inside-the-outside

Here now you can listen exclusive premiere of remix from Bertrand Lacombe aka Dombrance - very talented french musician, who is also taking a part of famous french collective DBFC. 
Inside The Outside dears. Enjoy

Pardon Moi - Inside The Outside EP 

A1 Inside The Outside (Original Mix)
A2 Inside The Outside (Dombrance Remix)
B1 Hot (Original Mix)
B2 Hot (Alda Remix)

https://www.facebook.com/pardonmoiband/?fref=ts
https://pardonmoi.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Dombrance/?fref=ts
https://soundcloud.com/dombrance

Masters on Cotton Bud Mastering:

https://www.facebook.com/cottonbudmastering/?fref=ts

PREMIERE | Pardon Moi - Inside The Outside (Dombrance Remix) 2017

https://randsrecords.lnk.to/the-night-land

The Night Land (R&S, 2017)

Talaboman - Loser's Hymn

This is the first ever release from Meditation Tunnel, the new electronic music project from former The Rapture frontman, Luke Jenner.

Luke shares a room in Joakim's studio in Brooklyn and they have been working together on Luke's upcoming solo material. Besides writing music for his solo project, Luke has started making house and techno tunes under the name Meditation Tunnel as well as collaborating on a side-project with Dj Tennis from Life & Death.

Samurai Remixes

Joakim - Samurai (Meditation Tunnel Remix)

Finnish genius @theofficialjorihulkkonen can always be counted on to create something sophisticated and special in the dance sphere. His new opus for Canadian label @my-favorite-robot-records is a stirring string-led epic that's drenched in gentle euphoria. It's part of a two-track release that precedes his next album, coming on the same label: 'Don’t Believe In Happiness'.

Listen to our other premieres at bit.ly/turnedonpremieres

I Am The Night / Tintan Turdel

PREMIERE: Jori Hulkkonen - I Am The Night [My Favorite Robot Records]

One year ago I finished this remix in Brisbane, in  my hotel room 616. I was unable to sleep because of the super jetlag so I stayed two days in my room finishing the track. 
Released in 2012 by Perfectly isolated

http://www.beatport.com/track/kill-me-john-talabots-killed-in-room-616-refix/3313017

The Golden Filter - Kill Me (John Talabot's Killed in Room 616 Refix)

DJ Koze - Nices Wölkchen feat. Apparat

Cubik & Origami - Bought & Sold (Pete Dafeet Mix)

Twitch- OPTIMO 
“good stuff, especially the mugwump.”

Sean Johnston (Hardway Bros/A Love From Outer Space)
"Thanks this is great - really like it! "

Kasper Bjørke - Compost Record Label
“WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWWW - HOOOOLD UP! This is THE remixpackage of the year!!! No wait! OF THE CENTURY !!! ”

Ewan Pearson 
“Wow - really great set of remixes - nearly all v good
indeed. Hard to pick a winner to be honest.”

Chloe - kill the dj
“excellent package rmx, like all of the mixes for divers
reason”

Ivan Smagghe - Kill THe DJ
"Very good, very Boccaccio..."

Hugo Capablanca - Discos Capablanca / Gomma 
“Digging all remixes but Mugwump and Nightplane
remixes are my favourites, will be playing both!”

Jared Simms - My Favorite Robot 
“this record made my day! ”

Friendly Fires 
“Banging- all the mixes bring something different”

Jason Kendig - honey soundsystem
“i loved the originals so these remixes are a nice bonus.
tuff city kids for the win! thank you! ”

Catalepsia - Days Of Being Wild 
“Mugwump & DC Salas will be probably in my best 5 tunes of this year. It's absolutely MASSIVE. Entire & full support from my end.

Monoblok - Meant Records 
“remixes by Geoffrey Mugwump & DC Salas and by
Kasper Bjorke are brilliant!”

Joshua Iz 
“Solid project with some nice midtempo variations. 'Starts Tonight (Night Plane Remix)' is the standout for me. Thanks! --Joshua Iz”

Red Axes - Tel Aviv, Im a Cliche, Correspondant
“very good remix package , Dc Salas and Geoffroy remix is massive , really ike kasper remix as well !!
both are great ”

Severino Panzetta (Horse Meat Disco)
“Great work from kasper BJorke”

Beatport

SONNS - On My Mind (KASPER BJØRKE VERSION)

TREMOR - THE NEW ALBUM - 31.10.25

Pre-order: https://danielavery.ffm.to/tremor-store

Revered producer and composer Daniel Avery returns with a new album and live show, his most ambitious works to date. Channelling every corner of his sound, Tremor is a bold and transportive body of work through euphoric shoegaze, submerged techno, ambient soundscape and industrial bliss. It remains unmistakably Avery, yet dramatically evolved.


With the album Avery has welcomed an inspiring cast of collaborators, including the likes of Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Walter Schreifels (Quicksand / Rival Schools), bdrmm, Julie Dawson (NewDad), yeule, Ellie, Art School Girlfriend, yunè pinku, and Cecile Believe. Each artist leaves their indelible mark, yet the record’s true power lies in the communal spirit at its core.

“This is a living and breathing collective,” says Avery. “Since the earliest recordings, Tremor felt like a studio in the sky, a space in time through which we could all pass as artists”, he reflects. “It’s the welcoming spirit of acid house with the doors flung open wider still to allow in every influence from my musical journey: the warmth of distortion, the stillness inside intensity, the transcendental beauty of noise... They have always been there in my music but now it feels like those ideas are being transmitted in Technicolor. This is a record for the post-rave comedown kids, the guitar heads and anyone else who wants to come along for the ride. Everyone is welcome.”

Tremor will be released by Avery’s new home of Domino on 31st October.

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