Bandcamp: https://knowledgeimprint.bandcamp.com/album/split-30
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/split-30/3710799
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/1789137/split-3-0

The 12th release on Knowledge Imprint sees another addition to its Split EP series. This time Deano invites fast-rising Berlin-based artist Arthur Robert to contribute two tracks in his signature style. As a mainstay on Len Faki’s Figure, Arthur is a truly remarkable producer with a firm vision and a refined ear for functional yet soulful electronic music. 

Starting off stripped and minimalistic, Arthur Robert’s ‘Traveller’ delicately develops into a rhythmic powerhouse grounded on a warm, rolling low-end and a sequenced synth pattern. With a repetitive foundation, it’s the percussion and glitchy synth effects that excite the ear with intermittent moments of chaos. This combination gives the track a perfect balance between composure and intensity. ‘Wither’ is characteristically similar with a grooving low-end, cinematic high frequency modulations and IDM-like effects. However, the arrangement here is further simplified making it the perfect loopy tool that is far from being bland or generic. 

On the B-Side, Deano slows things down a notch but picks up more on the trippy, spacey textures set by Arthur on the A-Side. ‘Brainwave I’ employs cosmic bleeps tones and classic drum sounds with orchestral synth stabs to create a haunting, cinematic techno arrangement, while ‘Brainwave II’ keeps within the sci-fi theme but packs some extra energy with a galloping bassline, running hi-hats and tight, dance-floor ready rhythms.

A1. Arthur Robert - Traveller (Original Mix)
A2. Arthur Robert - Wither (Original Mix)
B1. Deano - Brainwave I (Original Mix)
B2. Deano - Brainwave II (Original Mix)

Tracks 1 & 2 written, produced & mixed by A. Hortolomei 
Tracks 2 & 3 written, produced & mixed by D. Jones 
Mastering: Mixroom (ZA)

Format: Vinyl & Digital

Arthur Robert / Deano - Split 3.0 [K-I012] (Previews)

Focusing on hypnotic moods and raw elements, 18:18 are back with the second EP “Primal Instincts”. Five tracks which explore their sound signature inspired by minimalistic grooves, ecstatic synth leads and enchanting atmospheres.

1 - Escaping Fate
2 - Yukuna’s Chant
3 - Primal Instincts
4 - Tribute To Baalham
5 - Down The Stream

Buy link: https://1818bln.bandcamp.com/album/primal-instincts

Written and produced by Gabriele Beretti and Lorenzo Ruzzon

Release Date: 19.08.22
Format: Digital
Master: Dadub Mastering Studio, Berlin
Artwork: Yan Cook
Cat. No EGHTN002

18:18 - Primal Instincts EP [EGHTN002]

Rene Wise - Knock Motion E.P BP065

OECUS Premiere // Desroi

Extract from "If Your Teeth Fall Out You Can Have Mine" - @desroi
Release date: 2nd September 2022

Artist: Desroi - @desroi
Title: If Your Teeth Fall Out You Can Have Mine
Label: Desroi
Catalogue: Desroi006
Format: Vinyl, Digital

YouTube Premiere: https://youtu.be/bNS8DgXHuic
Desroi Bandcamp: https://desroi.bandcamp.com/releases

OECUS Premiere | Desroi - If Your Teeth Fall Out You Can Have Mine [Desroi006]

Arkan has previously showcased his productions on the SK_X series while newcomer Oktobr has been making waves on KSR and the label he collaboratively runs with Arkan “Autonome Records”

The pair share the 12” with a split EP. 

Arkan opens it up with a more playful approach for the “Interface” track, an ode to the great K41 club in Kyiv features on the A2 “Kyrylivska 41”. Both tracks here have a very menacing energy that look to take the dance floor into the darkness and really set the mood. 
The tunnelling and sharp “Surrender” track, a more raw sci-fi approach from Oktobr starts the B-Side of the record. Valkyrie with its loopy, driving and hypnotic aesthetic close the EP. 

All tracks written and produced by William Fremaux & Nicolas Kireche

A1 Arkan - Interface
A2 Arkan - Kyrylivska 41
B1 Oktobr - Surrender
B2 Oktobr - Valkyrie

Mastered and Cut in Berlin by Marco @ Analog Cut

Arkan x Oktobr - The Long Run [SK11X14]

Mathys Lenne’s Reckon EP irrupts the Hayes catalog with an extravagant and fast-paced rhythmic exercise. Maintaining a sturdy cadence through an incisive assortment of syncopated, snazzy drum work and tensile arrangements, Lenne renders this feverish affair with high intensity, reviving the early 2000’s golden era with a masterful display.

Written and produced by Mathys Lenne
Mastered by João Rodrigues at Tema Mastering
Artwork by João Frederico
Release description by Tyler Golato and Vasco Guerreiro
Released by Hayes Collective, Portugal
Release Date: 4th of November, 2022
Catalog Reference: HYSEP39

Reckon

Buy at Bandcamp

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We are welcoming back USAW for their second release on our digital catalog. Remarkable for their dystopian approach on techno, the duo crafted a beautiful symbiosis of dark drums and rich analog sequences. Saturated rhythms cut through the air matching the stream of sub-bass that pulls your perception into a vortex of atonal sounds and spiraling thoughts.

Artist Name: USAW
Release Name: Falco EP 
Label: OECUS
Release Date: 5/12/2022 
Cat. Number: OCSDGTL008 
Format: Digital

Written & produced by USAW
Mastered by DaDub Mastering Studio, Berlin Artwork by Ava Krohn

Tracklist:
1. USAW - Falco
2. USAW - Solinga 
3. USAW - Edged
4. USAW - 5th Floor

OECUS Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oecusmusic/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oecus/ 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/oecusmusic

USAW Links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/usawmusic/

PREMIERE: USAW - 5th Floor [OCSDGTL008]

KSRDGTL018 - FAÏG - Choices We Make

1. Flag
2. Choices We Make
3. Sigmat
4. Call For Reflection

Release date:
10/02/2022

kaiserksr.bandcamp.com/album/choices-we-make

Artwork © Angela Cacciapaglia
Distributed by TripleVision

KSRDGTL018 - FAÏG - Choices We Make

Part of our latest entry in the K series.

Nørbak - Force Faith [HYS.K006.1]

Release date (vinyl & digital): 7th of April 2023

Tracklist:
A1: Aventurine
A2: Seraphic
B1: Verdant
B2: Cure

Info:
	
Returning to Token with his second solo contribution for the label, Ignez invites us back into his sonic world with his new chapter ‘Aventurine’. Providing yet again a record with novel texture and spatial work, Ignez guides us through a 4 track project orchestrated with intent and skill. 

‘Aventurine’ introduces the EP assertively with his unmistakably cinematographic approach. The title-track proves to be of considerable dimension, a precise and impactful percussion-line cuts through distant atmospheres, rendered all the more dramatic with the presence of a cello. Ignez then takes down the narrative tone a notch to make space for the A2 ‘Seraphic’, narrowing his focus and stripping down the record. Giving the track time to sink in an expertly crafted tension, it isn’t until halfway through that the main attraction is revealed. Reverse, spiraling stabs dot along a persistently imposing rhythm to make ‘Seraphic’ very representative of a style that Ignez has claimed over the past few years. Whipping outward with white noise to accentuate the listener’s notion of space, we arrive finally to the second half of ‘Aventurine’. A perfect follow-up to the last cut awaits under the name ‘Verdant’. Dry percussion and string-like stabs, this time sharper and more metallic, make for a record where timing is the driving force. More mute than the previous tracks, ‘Verdant’ makes a perfect dip into the final element of the EP - ‘Cure’. Back into a more harmonic style, Ignez uses vocals and background synth work to create tonality before throwing in the ear-candy. Spacing out elements to conclude the EP in a meditative fashion, Ignez once again strikes a balance between technical knowhow and acute storytelling.

TOKEN115 - Ignez - Aventurine EP

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Producer, DJ, label owner and event promoter

Knowledge Imprint is a platform for Deano's own releases and also seeks to find young, like-minded talent of interest. The label focusses on limited edition vinyl as well as carefully curated digital releases.

info@knowledgeportal.co.za

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