It’s some four years since the release of Bison’s acclaimed debut single, “Way To LA”, the result of a series of productive
studio sessions between Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy, longtime collaborator Ben Smith, krautrock legend Holgar Czukay and
vocalist Ursula Major. Since then, Murphy and Smith have made a number of return trips to Can’s Innerspace Studio in
Cologne, where Czukay famously conjures his out-there musical magic.

The result is ‘Travellers’, the quartet’s long-promised debut album. It is, by anyone’s standards, a deliciously dubby and
intergalactic concoction; a fearlessly atmospheric blend of krautrock and dub disco-inspired grooves, delay-laden horns,
quirky percussion, stargazing electronics and eyes-wide-shut vocals. The dub influence is particularly notable given
Bison’s love of “versioning” tracks. Three of the tracks - “Way To LA”, “New Moon Boy”, and “Familiar Stranger” (the
latter two mixed by Conrad Idjut, who also turns the album’s title track into a clandestine, French-horn-laden late night
masterpiece) - appear in “Day” and “Night” versions. Meanwhile, previous single “Mandy” - a murky spaced-out stroll
though the collective Bison hivemind - is also included in two forms, with the Balearic stoner rock of the “Power Boy Mix”
offering a sun-kissed (but still deliciously atmospheric) reinterpretation.

Highlights are naturally plentiful, with Ursula Major’s half-spoken, half-whispered vocals wrapping themselves around
spacious rhythms, shuffling drums, twinkling, effects-laden guitars and low-slung basslines. ‘Travellers’ is an album rich
on other-worldly intent, sparse grooves and thick, enveloping production. It’s exactly the sort of album you’d expect from
musicians and producers of this calibre. We may have been waiting a while, but Bison have definitely delivered.

1. Way To LA (Day)
2. Way To LA (Night)
3. Mandy
4. Mandy (Power Boy Mix)
5. Familiar Stranger (Day)
6. Familiar Stranger (Night)
7. New Moon Boy (Day)
8. New Moon Boy (Night)
9. Travelers

Vinyl gatefold released September 1
Digital released September 8
C56LP007 © Claremont 56 2014
www.claremont56.com

Familiar Stranger (Night)

May we come together and shout for peace, like Colourful Dots On VANTABLACK.
I‘ll let you hear music like air.

I’ll be playing with Singing Bowl +  Rainmaker + Whitesage Smoke in celebration & gratitude for the opening of Cabaret Doodoo : I - Pal 靑春. 
Let‘s invoke happy energy blessings healing full moon power with ethnic+techno+poppop music.

Cabaret Doodoo Mix 20231201(Seoul)

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Rockers HiFi - Going Under (james Teej's Edit Beat Repeat) [free download]

☛Discover Lokke: https://soundcloud.com/lokke
Lokke is a Zurich based musician, born and raised in southern Germany. Known under many pseudonyms, his often one-take type of recordings are raw and with a touch of jazz. Lokke does a lot on his own when it comes to producing, both recording- and playing loads of instruments live. Lokke also works together with a lot of friends, most coming from the Beatbude family. Besides producing, he plays doublebass, rhodes and synths in several bands. After many beat tapes, live shows, dj sets and studio recordings, it is finally time for Lokke's first official solo release... "Time is an Invention". 

For this release INI Movement & Beatbude have teamed up to create this gorgeous 7" that comes with the release

https://inirecordings.bandcamp.com/album/time-is-an-invention

7" Vinyl & Digital 

1 Lokke - Song Nº 1

Is Mir Egal (Adolf Noise Remix)

Paxton Fettel - Nothing never

Dima Ustinov – Shanghai Blues (Andriesh Remix)

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Song Title: Alsema Dub
Artist: Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell 
Album: Radioaziom A Dub Transmission
Year: 2001

Alsema Dub - Jah Wobble_ Bill Laswell

Nicolas Jaar - All One

http://densorteskole.net/
Copenhagen, Denmark

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