Towlie comes from Stockholm, she runs käften (https://soundcloud.com/kaftenrecords) and she is part of Empfänger, a project we released a record from in 2018 (https://soundcloud.com/empfanger). She's the perfect match for our vinyl with Claus Fovea. Her transmission starts with Minimal und Monoton, a track you will find on the A side of Open Eyes Shut, our LXRC48. Cult of the underground.

TOWLIE: soundcloud.com/towlie
CLAUS FOVEA: luxrec.bandcamp.com/album/open-eyes-shut

Lux Rec Radio 06 - TowLie

Played & Recorded at Burnout-Regula by Daniele Cosmo

Daniele Cosmo - Radio Bollwerk - 04.03.2023

https://brokenchord.bandcamp.com/album/stone-island-tracks

We jump in a Chevy convertible at high noon and tune the radio into the storm clouds rolling on the horizon. Then we set off for the border town on the edge of the desert, peyote and dreamcatchers in the trunk, slide guitar and spring tank on the back seat.

But as the highway stretches out to the vanishing point, and the radio relays a steady motorik pulse amid the cosmic noise, the tumbleweeds begin to roll upwards and the cacti at the side of the road bend to the sky. Radio static gives way to an interplanetary narration, all detuned notes and swirling codes. It was then that we realised the receiver was wide open, and the signal was set to solar broadcast on wavelength infinity.
credits
released September 9, 2024

All music written, performed & recorded by Ernestas Kausylas, except bass on A3 by Vainius Indriūnas, bass on B2 by Vilius Lengvinas, drums on B3 by Martynas Stoškus & Saxophone on B3 by Danielius Pancerovas

Mastered by The Cologne Wizard
Text by Fizzy Veins
Cover photo by Mija Kembrė
Design by Ryan Dougan & Dominik Rodemann
Distributed by Rush Hour

SOUTH OF NORTH (c) 2024

STONE ISLAND

Almost a decade after its first release, Acid Youth returns on MFZ Records with the album "Darkness Is Not Easy".
This new work is the result of years of research and refinement in defining an aesthetic that merges the acid imagery with the song form and melody.

Alongside the usual suspects (808, 303, analog and digital synthesizers), new acoustic and electric elements (drums, guitar, bass) are introduced. The result of this mix is a personal reinterpretation of the sounds from the '90s alternative music scene.
The rhythmic precision of the synthetic elements guides melodic structures characterized by human imperfections. Fuzz guitars go with the acid lines of the 303, while drums mix up with the analog percussions of the 808.

The album’s tracks blend techno atmospheres, shoegaze moods, acid psychedelia and drone expansions.
"Darkness Is Not Easy" is a musical journey accessible to anyone who doesn’t particularly care about strict boundaries between musical genres; a path to be taken without preconceived notions or bias of any kind.

Available in digital + cassette format and on major streaming Platforms.
@acid-youth

Released by:
MFZ Records @mfzrecs
release date October 25, 2024

PREMIERE: ACID YOUTH - 3AM (Everything Is Fine)

Tandreh is the project of Georgy Sidorenko, a Siberian-born, Belgium-based musician and DJ, also known as Shorlax. 

On “Swamp Reflections”, his tape-debut album on Bonambi, he chose to primarily compose on bass guitar, offering a captivating exploration—a quest both in minimalism and introspection. 

The core of the journey is built around a raw sound that anchors the music in a sense of organic, almost primitive energy. This focus on his favorite instrument is not only rhythmic but also textural, drawing the contours of melancholic and visceral music. 

Through these 10 tracks, he weaves an intricate tapestry of abstract imagery and elusive themes, creating a narrative that is more felt than understood. Tracks like “Melted Walls” and “Pall Mall”, whose lyrics are both cryptic and impenetrable, contribute to the album's general air of mystery. 

Tandreh has crafted an album that is as stimulating as it is intriguing, rewarding those who venture into its depths with an enigmatic and atmospheric experience.

Artist: Tandreh / @shorlax
Album Title: Swamp Reflections
Length: 36:21
Genre: Ambient / Ballads / Abstract 
Label: Bonambi 
Mastering: Denis Wouters at NoFi Studios
Release date: November 27th
Format: Tape (ltd. edition of 50 copies) & Digital

Purchase: https://tandreh.bandcamp.com/album/swamp-reflections

PREMIERE: Tandreh — Ladoga (Bonambi Records)

V/A - Edition Three
BUY LINK: https://machinecult-amsterdam.bandcamp.com/album/edition-three
Label: Machine Cult (https://soundcloud.com/machinecult_amsterdam)
https://www.instagram.com/machinecult_amsterdam/
> Garçon Taupe (https://soundcloud.com/garcontaupe)
https://www.instagram.com/garcontaupe/
> Hunter Complex (https://soundcloud.com/huntercomplex)
https://www.instagram.com/huntercomplex

Machine Cult, the Amsterdam-based electronic music platform hosted by Déandrah and Garçon Taupe, returns with the release party for Edition Three at OT301 (Amsterdam) on 29th November.

Machine Cult’s upcoming edition will feature a V.A. compilation with tracks by Garçon Taupe (featuring Hunter Complex), Acidic Male, Loradeniz, Déandrah, and Son of Sesh. At the release party, each artist will perform a DJ set, except Déandrah, who will be creating live visuals throughout the night. Note that while Hunter Complex won’t be playing, Vergaarbak will be stepping in for a special b2b set with Garçon Taupe.

Expect a night of powerful electronic music and immersive visuals, celebrating the cutting edge of underground sounds.

“And a voice rose, asking, “Can you tell us of the shape of the future?.”

And I replied: The future is the resonance of what’s been heard and what waits in silence.

It unfurls in layers, in trembling shakers and breaths of low frequency, like echoes seeking their form. It begins in fragments—nostalgic whispers, glimmers of pads shimmering over unseen depths. Patterns build in places unseen, harmonising with the pulse beneath, like storms gathering above calm seas.

And there comes a moment of release—a drop, where all anticipation meets the earth, where bass finds its voice through breaks, rolling deep into what lies beyond the surface.

And so, in the spaces between, one may hear echoes of every time and feeling: joy and sorrow, arrival and departure, woven together, letting you listen for what’s yet to come.”
-Déandrah

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Garçon Taupe (featuring Hunter Complex) - Frozen Wasteland

Mutant Radio (Tbilisi, GE) monthly residency, episode #42, November '24. Two hour session from the HQ, fun jam with the Amsterdam based homie/Deutsche musician Till Hormann. He is the singer and guitar player of the band Délage and in 2023 his first solo instrumental EP – THE WAY SOUND MOVES DRAWING OVER AND OVER THE BLUEPRINT OF A LOOP FOR EVERY SITUATION – has been released by Bad Boy Jesus Tape Club. Here's 200% German music for two hours, except for one 80's Dutch parody EP that sounds more German than I’ll probably ever do. 'Ein tropical drink bitte!’

@tillhormann

Mutant Radio - Inner Overtones w/ Jouko & Till Hormann [23.11.2024]

Discover the sex-appeal of Leeds with the trio Joe Gill, Heidi Armitage and Tim Hutton aka Zmatsutsi.
They deliver on this mini-LP a mixture of s’mazing slow beats tracks, a bit like Rimini was meeting Dusseldorf in a Golf VR6.. Guaranteed 100% dancefloor killers !

TRACKLIST : 
A1. Slip Side 6:38
A2. Endless Pavments 6 :15

B1. Hooked Up 6 :19
B2. Keep An Eye 5 :26
B3. Neon Lights 6 :04

buy digital

MMLP1001 - Zmatsutsi "Hooked Up" [PREVIEW] SOLD OUT!

NO WEAPON IS ABSOLUTE is I'm a Cliche's radio show on NTS.
You can check it live on www.nts.live and a few days after on I'm a Cliché's Soundcloud

DJ Sundae played the 1 hour on this one.

Playlist:

Silver Leaf ‎- Can We Rebuild Our City?
Brannten Schnüre - Der Kuckuck Sprach Das Kann Ich
Elodie Lauten - Sunrise
Lo Kindre - Sounder
Seti - Pryaer
Rosa Mundi - The Snow Man
Enno Velthuys - Back To Catherine
John Talabot - Les Ultimes Estacions Intermitges
Maxx Bass - Untitled
Partly Cloudy - Sunlight
Bulbous Creation - End Of The Page
Golden Ivy - Söndagsmålare
Paraf - Napunjeno Vrijeme
Brannten Schnüre - Die Stadt Als Garten
Aphex Twin - avril 14th reversed music not audio [re recorded 2009 Nagra]

No Weapon Is Absolute:
www.facebook.com/noweaponisabsolute

I’m a Cliche:
www.imacliche.com
www.facebook.com/imacliche
@imaClicheLabel

Dj Sundae:
www.facebook.com/djsundae
@djsundae

Cosmo Vitelli:
www.facebook.com/cosmovitelli
@ilcosmovitelli

NO WEAPON IS ABSOLUTE - DJ Sundae - 13-02-2019 - NTS 2

BUY VINYL: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/vinyl/algebra-suicide-still-life/
Algebra Suicide was a Chicago poetry-music duo consisting of poet and visual artist Lydia Tomkiw and musician Don Hedeker. They formed in 1982 and self-released a 4-song EP that year. It featured a 60's Vox Guitar Organ, a precursor to the synthesizer guitar, and a Multivox Rhythm Ace drum machine. In 1984 they released their 2nd EP ditching the guitar organ for a Casiotone MT-40. Their debut album ‘Big Skin’ was released in 1986 on cassette and featured 13 new compositions with more complex arrangements. A vinyl compilation album, "The Secret Like Crazy", was released in 1988. It collected 20 tracks picked from ‘Big Skin’  and the first two EPs plus unreleased songs. In 2012 we released an 18-track compilation of their first 3 singles with bonus tracks. 
“Still Life” is a 16 track compilation that collects the 9 remaining songs from ‘Big Skin’, 3 songs from ‘The Secret Like Crazy’, and 4 songs from various compilations. Lydia and Don call their approach "Avant Garage" citing inspiration from Patti Smith, Frank O'Hara, Leonard Cohen and Lou Reed. Don plays guitar in a hauntingly stark style like Glenn Branca, Tom Verlaine, or Vini Reilly. He then adds
Casio keyboards and minimal electronic percussion, creating a moody, atmospheric backdrop for Lydia's poems. Lydia's words span a broad range of twisted real-life observations, and are delivered in a deadpan fashion with her distinct Midwestern accent. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each LP is housed in a jacket designed by Eloise Leigh and a 16-page booklet with lyrics, press clippings and photos. Though Lydia passed away in 2007, her genius lives on in these recordings. Please respect her decadence.

Still Life

Algebra Suicide - Still Life SNIPPETS

https://www.discogs.com/Benedikt-Frey-Nikoslav-Nachhall-Unknown-Title/release/9086676

SETR_04 You Name It

The Dark Entries Record Label : Resuscitating the 80s Underground