The techno state of mind. Cover: Ellen Allien

Techno State

Welcome Becca Mancari to Captured Tracks!

Hunter

Becca Mancari // Hunter (Official Single)

The explosive Australian techno don Skin On Skin today announces the launch of his own label, Stay On Sight Recordings. The brand new label will serve as a home to his own future releases, as well as a collaborative community for the S.O.S. friends and family. The Label’s first release, Get Some Understanding!, is the long-awaited new EP from Skin On Skin. Featuring three sought-after heavy hitters soaked in the iconic S.O.S. sound, and closed out with an epic, swirling dance floor anthem in collaboration with @willaris_k, this collection of fan favourites played to crowds all over the world is now available for official release.

SOS001 available for digital release and vinyl pre-order via Bandcamp
https://fanlink.to/sos001

Get Some Understanding!

Be Calm (ft. Willaris. K)

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Bastard Jazz is proud to present the sophmore solo album by one of the gems of the New Zealand underground soul scene, Isaac Aesili. Woven through electronic soul, with threads of jazz, funk, R&B and house music, Isaac's ‘Hidden Truths’ is the stylistic unification of all his previous projects (Karl Marx, Funkommunity, Sorceress) into a dazzling and diverse body of work. Three years in the making, its depth is clear from the first listen, and is peppered with some of New Zealand’s finest soul and jazz musical talent, including two stunning female feature vocalists from New Zealand; Ladi6 and Rachel Fraser.

The album opens with an ominous instrumental ‘Mirror’ setting a dark a tone for the album the start, shimmering with shades of Dilla swing snapping over metallic chords and a graceful trumpet solo that enters midway through. Wild feat. Ladi6’ is a heavy downbeat future soul joint with stratospheric synths layered over driving beats that build alongside the elegant vocal weavings of New Zealand's first lady of soul, Ladi6, while ‘Player’ sees Isaac’s unique vocals tell a tale of dangerous seduction within a synth funk-driven dancehall cum house music that feels like the Gap Band on a tropical vacation. ‘Jungles’ is a deep, native and ocean-like soundscape that begins with syncopated synths and beats that collide dramatically into a frantic, sweeping synth outro, followed up by‘Realms’ , an intricately crafted song that has sonic elements from techno-house that are other-worldly accompanied by live drums that flip after the breakdown into a swinging conclusion of the album's first half.

‘Run Every Way’ is an epic percussion-driven electronic blues that begins with a vocal chorus from Isaac that could just as easily be interpreted lyrically as a warning about climate change as it could an expression of the inner-self, while "Refugee" is also a heavily percussion orientated joint that fuses romantic classical strings with otherworldly synth stabs and Isaac’s haunting vocals moving climactically into a tender coda conclusion. "Rain Gods" feat. Rachel Fraser is a heavenly pathway into Rachel’s luxurious vocals with clever lyrics merging the soaring synths and looped bassline into a short yet memorable chorus‘and ‘Steps’ is classic Isaac Aesili production including deep Rhodes chord changes, a knocking beat with layers of percussion, synths and horns providing a warm emotive accompaniment to Isaac’s vocals. ‘Last Minute’ is a simple yet sophisticated jewel of space and time that concludes the vocal tracks of the album in a proper soulful style, and ‘Maureen’ rounds out the album as an expressive instrumental outrolude that features Isaac’s trumpet.

Isaac Aesili is an Internationally acclaimed solo artist and the producer and creative force behind Funkommunity, Sorceress and Karlmarx. Isaac’s original productions have been supported internationally by DJs such as Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 6 Music), Benji B (BBC 1), and Lefto (Belgium, Worldwide FM). His trumpet playing features on many collaborations including ‘Layer’ by Julien Dyne (Wonderful Noise/BBE) and ‘Midnight in Peckham’ by Chaos in the CBD (Rhythm Section). A world-renowned musician on both trumpet and percussion, Isaac is a member of the Lord Echo band. His music fuses Soul, Funk, Jazz, Afro and Latin styles with R&B, Hip Hop and Electronic music. Isaac’s much anticipated sophomore solo album “Hidden Truths” is out on Bastard Jazz (NYC) in 2020.

Hidden Truths

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Isaac Aesili - Jungles

Lilly Palmer - Excess

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The Mosaic of Transformation

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart

Apollo 1

Jupiter

Vulture (Hubie Davison Remix)

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Boxia - Rezerection (Original E2 Mix)

Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/AF2TF

With a high energy techno sound that’s industrious and climatic, Wax Wings has already been behind some highly accomplished releases and remixes on labels such as Mobilee, Skint Records and I/AM/ME.  And now the multi-talented producer/artist/photographer steps up to Dense & Pika’s Kneaded Pains imprint with the ‘AF2TF’ EP.
 
A trio of pumping and colourful heaters are delivered here, each one resplendent with spirited techno tropes and samples, and bass bin shuddering kicks and bottom end.

Download/Stream

Wax Wings - AF2TF (KP64) [clip]

Terra

Mario Ochoa - Terra (OFFICIAL PREVIEW)

Kicking off the new decade, Control Freak co-founder Customer Service makes his production debut with five tracks of adventurous outsider electronics.
A-side, ‘Dance First, Think Later’ is a bass-heavy dancefloor destroyer guaranteed to send the club west.

@customerdjservice
@controlfreakrecordings

Buy:
https://controlfreakrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dance-first-think-later

Definite Party Material:
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PREMIERE: Customer Service - Dance First, Think Later [Control Freak]

Out June 5, pre-order it here: https://rekids.bandcamp.com/album/radio-silence-part-one

@Rekids label boss @radio-slave ventures further into unknown territory in a three-part sophomore album entitled ‘Radio Silence’ with the first instalment dropping in June.

Part One features the breathless, surging techno track 'Contact'.

Radio Silence - Part One

Premiere: Radio Slave 'Contact'

ARTIST: ELLEN ALLIEN
TITLE: AurAA
LABEL: BPitch
CAT. NO.: BPX009
BARCODE, DIGITAL: 4260600221045
FORMAT: 12“ / DIGITAL
RELEASE DATE DIGITAL: June 12TH 2020
DISTRIBUTION: THE ORCHARD
RELEASE DATE PHYSICAL: July 31ST 2020
DISTRIBUTION: ROUGH TRADE

Ellen Allien emits a powerful ​AURAA​ on new LP.

Ellen Allien - one of Berlin’s most ardent techno ambassadors - proudly unveils her latest full-length expedition into the realms of underground electronica. Brimming with creative energy, Ellen’s new LP AURAA follows her 2019 release Alientronic, and is her third album in three years. Raw, emotive and capable of transporting you from reality to an electrofied fantasy, AURAA explores the notion of unseen energies controlling our planet.

Beginning with the faintest hint of trance euphoria on the downtempo ‘Hello Planet Earth (Breath Mix)’, the album soon moves into more bumpin’ territory with ‘In Music I Trust’ - Ellen’s signature use of vocals-as-melody entrancing the listener. ‘Walking In The Dark’ takes things up a notch further with jabbing percussion and mesmerising atmospherics, followed by ‘Confusion’, a masterclass in heady hypnotic composition. ‘Human’ is a deeply affecting beatless segue with its drone-esque soundscape. ‘True Romantics’ taps into your emotional centre utilising hard beats and wistful synth lines. Lastly, ‘Traum’ (Dream in English) takes us out of our bodies and into the infinite realm of vibration, as waves of beautifully composed pads and bubbling analogue bass encourage us to transcend into the next astral plane.

Auraa

True Romantics

True Romantics SNIPPET

In the continued spirit of people coming together in this time of need the Care4Life project aims to give some much needed support to these frontline workers from our fellow artists and friends in the music industry and its surrounding community. Above Board Distribution is working in conjunction with Dispersion PR and Your Army Music is ensuring that 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this product, will be donated directly to NHS Charities Together (registered charity no.1186569). NHS Charities Together has been consulted throughout this process and are proud to be an official fundraising ‘commercial

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PREMIERE: Customer Service - Dance First, Think Later [Control Freak]

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