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Oscar Mulero - Transversal (Original Mix)

forthcoming Our Circula Sound December 2013

OCS009 Sigha - 'A Series of Desecrations'

Lewis Fautzi | Binary [Inc Oscar Mulero Remix]
[SOMA392d]
 
1.	Binary [Oscar Mulero Remix]
2.	Binary

As we build toward the release of Lewis’ debut album on Soma, we drop a hard-hitting first single in Binary. Stripped and heavy Lewis really shows us what his productions are made of. We also welcome Spanish Techno legend Oscar Mulero as he delivers a rasping remix of Binary. This release is not for the fain of heart.

Oscar Mulero’s remix opens the EP. Oscar hardens up the track even more and takes the main synth elements giving them more space and really working them. He strips the track back more but without losing any of the pure grit that this track is made of. Hypnotic rhythms bounce of each other culminating in one almighty drop. Oscar has really layered this perfectly and given this is own unique take.

The original of Binary pops up on the flip with deep, thudding drums and a killer synth hook that pings through as shattering hi hats disturb the peace and help to build the track slowly. Lewis creates great rhythm through the use of the percussive elements of the synth stabs, opening filters and bending LFOs to build the tension. 

We await Lewis’ debut, The Gare Album, with bated breath…

Lewis Fautzi - Binary (Oscar Mulero Remix) (Soma 392d)

LIMITED DOUBLE vinyl: http://www.somarecords.com/shop/music/soma_lp107/

Lewis Fautzi | The Gare Album [SOMALP107]

1 - Signal
2 - UVB-76
3 - The Other Side Of Reality
4 - Sick
5 - Range
6 - Loudness
7 - Opaque
8 - Hope
9 - Binary
10– Psychiatric
11- Other Planet

Soma welcome the debut album from the ever-growing roster of youthful talent as Lewis Fautzi drops The Gare Album, named in homage to The Gare Club, Porto, where Lewis made his discovery of Techno. A bold 4 track single debut gave rise to the album process midway through 2013 and under the careful supervision of Soma, Lewis has provided a definitive peak in his sound cultivated on the back of years of studio work. A collection of deep, dark and twisted techno awaits heralding a coming of age for the Portuguese native.

A droning, industrial vibe is immediate from the outset as Signal crackles into existence giving way to the cavernous UBV-76 with its concrete swathes of noise. High intensity pings form the depths give a sense of what is to come. Intriguing, broken beats deepen proceeding as Lewis takes things to The Other Side of Reality. A momentarily respite before he begins to open things up. Blocker takes the tempo up a notch with a thumping kick and looped out chaotic synths that slowly build the tension. This brooding atmosphere is carried on into the tweeked out and mesmerizing Sick, the punishing, bleeped workout of Range and the relentless, discord of Loudness. By this point Lewis has really worked up into a frenzy. Tight percussive workouts keep this album firing on all cylinders. A short interlude is offered as Opaque drifts quickly through the chaos of this straight to the floor album. Through the darkness, a glimmer of Hope shines through, albeit a cold and fleeting techno version as Lewis leaves you bare and bleeding. Yet more dance floor action as the elasticated synths of Binary (recently remixed by Spanish techno don Oscar Mulero) tear through the backbone of the album. By far Lewis’ most destructive track. The static buzz of Psychiatric is a welcome come down from the headiness of the previous track allowing Lewis to lead us through the black hole, ending on the Other Planet. It’s swirling, vortex like pads sliced open with subtle percussive, other worldly bleeps. A fitting end to this hyperactive techno journey.

A definite maturity in production shines through on this fantastic LP from Fautzi as he creates a cold and calculating output, clearly focused on the future. The Gare Album has allowed Fautzi to express himself fully through electronic music, a task that he has taken to whole-heartedly.

Mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering

Released by: soma
Release/catalogue number: Soma LP107
Release date: Mar 24, 2014 

5. Lewis Fautzi - Range [Soma Records]

Release date (all formats): 2nd of June 2014

CD / Digital:
1. Narrative
2. Birth
3. Requiem
4. Plaintive
5. Lullaby
6. Vallecula
7. Winter
8. Petrichor
9. Aleph
10.NGC5128 

2LP:  
A1 Narrative
A2 Birth
B1 Requiem
B2 Plaintive
C1 Vallecula
C2 Winter
D1 Aleph
D2 NGC5128


From his first EP release in 1996, British producer Inigo Kennedy has built a sound which embraces both the traditional and the ambitious - as well as the emotional, the organic and the energy of live performance. Continuously studying the effects and capability of digital equipment, Kennedy has released in excess of 100 records, either as himself or through alternative monikers (Reducer, Tomito Satori). He has released these records on labels such as Missile, Semantica and his own Asymmetric. Since 2007 Inigo Kennedy and Belgian label Token Records have had a particularly close and fruitful relationship. Kennedy released three times on the Ghent-based label last year, including the thumping 'Emitter' and spiralling epic 'Cathedral'.

In April 2014 Inigo returns to Token - and with a project that feels like the culmination of all those years and all those records: a CD, 12'' single and 2x12'' LP under the banner of Vaudeville. In true, theatrical manner, Vaudeville is a collection of differing themes - from the abstract and freakishly odd to the direct and resonant. And just as the Vaudevillian shares a common purpose with his co-stars as the 'voice of the city'('voix de ville'), there runs through the centre of this record a clear narrative for urban experience.

'Narrative' presages the mood with a cold wind, before 'Birth' emerges with rain on the ground and a helicopter searching in the swirling darkness. 'Requiem', next, is more direct, as a warm kick and frenzied timbres interlock; the rumble recalls echoing and unhappy machinery. As one cornerstone of the record, 'Plaintive' is Requiem's anxious but happier brother: an organ winds its way down a slope, as soft toms herald the start of reflection on a heroic journey. 'Lullaby' has a deep and echo-laden undercurrent, building from afar but also warm and so incredibly close. 'Vallecula' is lower slung still, the atmosphere rough and moments before the morning light: the uncertain hour, the uncomfortable and unpredictable, a paranoid heartbeat. 'Winter' is the rolling patter of rain through clashing snare taps and dragging hi hats, solid thumps in haunted isolation. 'Petrichor' strides like a boss through his realm, again enwrapped in dank surroundings. 'Aleph' is the coolest act, a tremor of synth and an icy kick of determination. It's a race through the streets in sturdy boots, swirling in its certain melody. And at last there is the final cornerstone - 'NGC5128' (a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus). A reflective end, this galactic rumble is late-of-bar heavy, and has a fitting space synth jagging in and out.

As a whole Vaudeville is a presentation of space, industry and enveloping urban darkness in a single, turbulent journey. It is the culmination of an organic and emotional approach to production. It is Inigo Kennedy at his finest. 

www.tokenrecords.com
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Vaudeville

Inigo Kennedy - Plaintive

Johannes Heil - Transition Six

Heiko Laux' 5th solo album coming late November on Kanzleramt

Beatport

Heiko Laux - Hexagon (Fernweh | ka167)

 "The Illusion of Choice" Ep by Lewis Fautzi including a remix by Christian Wünsch.
Release date the 20th of April 2015!!

Tsu021 "The Illusion of Choice" by Lewis Fautzi (Preview)

Artist: Various artists
Title: 6
Cat nr.: ON006
Format: 12” vinyl & digital
Release date: 11th of April (vinyl, digital)

Tracks:
A1 Milton Bradley - Multidimensional
A2 Jeff Rushin - Tusk
B1 Terence Fixmer - Moments
B2 Yan Cook - Freefall
C1 Mørbeck - Weapon's in your Head
C2 Unbalance - Affective State
D1 Aiken - Reductive
D2 Nicole Rosie - Chambered Nautilus 


Yan Cook - Freefall

Speaking Minds return to Aeon with their first EP on the label, after a remarkable appearance as remixers on Dodi Palese’s ‘Black Drop Effects’.

This release starts off with ‘JSB’, a captivating and hypnotic affair enhanced by perfectly crafted delayed synths creeping out of the background. The constant darkness in harmonies and pads takes the listener through a brilliantly thought out progression and leaves them wanting for more after this 9-minute trip ends.

‘Yaoundé’ continues on this melancholic vibe, while bringing forward a more cinematic and even more chilling side from the Italian producers’ music. The main ambient lead develops beautifully, alongside many synth harmonies, and offers a contrast with a pushing drum section. This track is reduced to its essence, with crisp shakers and hi-hats bringing a drive to the intense atmosphere created by numerous harmonic layers.

Closing off this EP, ‘Paradise’ features a drunken melody evolving all through the track; a hook that is celverly completed by a pad halfway through. The arrangement, natural and flowing, makes every element of this trip shine, from the discrete chords in the background to the main synth line.

Speaking Minds have truly spoken with their heart here. This is a collection of masterfully crafted tracks full of melancholy and passion. Prepare to be taken aboard this cinematic trip...

Yaoundé

Buy on Beatport

Violent Disturbance

Release date (vinyl & digital): 20th of November 2015

Token has been something of a mainstay for Inigo Kennedy ever since their very first release back in 2007. In the past eight years, we have seen a flurry of inspiring releases from the producer, each crafted with more finesse than the last. Last year, Token also saw the release of the Vaudeville LP. Here, Kennedy carved out a space in which to take on a more considered approach, thus allowing the experimental side of his sound to blossom. Clarion Call is Kennedy’s first release since 2014’s Vaudeville, returning to the EP format with poise. 
 
The EP itself covers wide sonic ground in a short amount of time. It opens with pads that swell to euphoric heights, before crashing into a jittering hyper-sequenced groove. ‘The Fold’ lumbers forward in an off-centre rhythmic direction, wrong-footing the beat at every turn. But yet, the kicks on ‘Kepler’ land on the eardrums like boxing gloves to the face. Each thump gives the right-hook-left-hook treatment to the stereo-field. By the end, Kennedy’s percussive workout has reached its climax, and the fragments that remain recede into the surroundings. 
 
Kennedy has a special talent for marrying earth-shattering dynamics with rapturous atmospheres. Where many producers whip up grandiose sci-fi soundscapes, Kennedy reels back to the dark and poignant. The result is an EP with sorrowful depth and technical power in equal measure. If this EP is a clarion call from Kennedy to his listeners, it is a call-to-arms to producers and club-goers alike. Kennedy reminds us: we should expect more from the dance-floor. 

TRACKLIST
a1 Clarion Call
a2 The Fold
b1 Kepler
b2 Dusk 

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords

Clarion Call

TOKEN58 - Inigo Kennedy - Clarion Call

Originally set for release last summer on vinyl, we have decided to give our 'Chapters' EP away for free, in celebration and memory of our friend Max, his label M_REC and everything he helped create in our home city.

CW/A - Endings

PLANGENT RECORDS is back with the first various artists compilation (PLANCOMP001) on the label and gathers long time friends, likeminded musicians and new talent on this 10 track release. This platform for deep, low-key, melancholic electronic music shall continue.

Label: Plangent Records
Release Date: 22.06.2016

2x12": https://clone.nl/item40780.html
CD: https://clone.nl/item40781.html

PLANCOMP001 Mind Against - LongBrightDark

Label: Mord
Artist: Ritzi Lee
Title: Audiologics EP
Cat No: MORD029
Format: 12" and Digital
Art by: Dennis Beutner

A1 Traction
A2 Progress
B1 Framework
B2 The Challenge

Release Date: July 1st 2016

***
The vital vapors to absorb,
The moon, with famished gaze,
Suspends his lean, malignant orb
Above a dying day.
*** 

Audiologics EP

MORD029 - Ritzi Lee - Audiologics EP [previews]

Hertz Collision - Plagede

GMDT - SPOILER ALERT

Ownlife 007
Leiras / Hepta
Release date: 16 - 09 - 2016
A1 - Hepta
A2 - Nubian Legacy
B1 - Neopagan
B2 - Hepta End
“Hepta” is the greek word for the number seven. Significant, full of knowledge and symbolism; these metaphoric fields are associated since the beginning of Ownlife. It is also the title of the new release on the platform. This time, as it happens regularly since its creation, signed by the ideologist, Leiras.
Another four tracks that anticipate some of the sounds that will appear in future deliveries, entering into unexplored lands until this date.
The record opens with an homonym track. Synths with pure voltage nuances around layered kicks that characterizes this perfect cut for long mixes. “Nubian Legacy” combines the oneiric landscapes with the ambient and techno in an unprecedented way for Ownlife.
On the “B side”, we can find the atemporal functionality of “Neopagan” to the cold and physical techno of “Hepta End” whose final part leaves open the continuation of this chapter.


Leiras / Ownlife 007 - Hepta

Sam Paganini b2b Zøe at Day-On Festival ADE (Amsterdam) 22-10-2016

Sam Paganini b2b Zøe At Day-On Festival ADE 2016

Modularz 11 / Transversal Ep / Oscar Mulero + Truncate + Sleeparchive

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Scheduled Release June 2013 _ Formats : Vinyl & Digital



www.modularz.com

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