<3 *sitting down dancing* to this at work right now :)

"Always take from the past - avoiding the empty longings of nostalgia - with a view to understanding the new place it might hold in the future. Good Morning Tapes has done just that, and with the 90’s revival in something of a full swing, the label finally gets the chance to release a pivotal 10 year old mix that didn’t just ignite a curious wave of reflection and appropriation, it marked a culmination in the shifting sonic sands for its creator Mr. Alexis Le-Tan. His name needs little light thrust upon it in these hallowed cosmic halls, with his enduring and ever present mixes being a staple for those that know. 

Back to Disco Valley is arguably his most important mix - it both recontextualised a dirty and forgotten sound of the past, and facilitated a wave of new freedoms for those wishing to look backwards in order to move forwards. Most importantly it planted the seed for everything Full Circle to come.

 Back to Disco Valley is above all else a personal reckoning for Alexis and Joakim, it marked a moment when many problems inherent in a trapped older sound - with a sublime yet dated history of its own - could breath fresh life in the present day; a new slower realm was born. The slowing down of dance music is nothing new, and certainly where peak time beats have existed a spiritual shadow that revels in a slower ethereal space to dance has never been far away. 

Stylistically on one level, Back to Disco Valley might seem to build on what Baldelli or Loda were doing many years ago, and it certainly has that effortless charm, but it goes much further, not just in its re-appraisal of the frenetic fast paced sounds of Goa, but as a signifier of where many wanted to head on the dancefloor - towards a slower oasis - incorporating new releases and modern sounding rarities along the way. Indeed, in selecting the 33rpm dial rather than that marked 45, Full Circle at once opened up the new space inside a music some of us went bananas to 30 years ago, and at the same time made sense of a crucial yet forgotten heritage; a confession became a badge of honour.

 Coming back to Full Circle and its genesis: it was only a matter of time before the old Goa records would come back down from the racks and spawn a new life, and perhaps whilst Le-Tan cemented something a lot of us knew, Back to Disco Valley somehow liberated many of those early records from their stylistic shackles initiating a creative project that - along side the collaborative work with Joakim - has released a wave of inspirational edits and re-imaginations. 

Full Circle - in all its conceptual & metaphorical majesty - really has come to represent the most stylish of takes on past sounds, both in the realm of selection and re-working. It is certainly true that Back to Disco Valley - sounding now as it did then (to the select tuned ears that got to listen) - reflects a perfect meeting between an off-tempo past, present and future, being more than a functional assemblage, it revives many a lost memory, inspiring a new batch of ideas, and always looking back with a purpose.

"Back to Disco Valley" is available on cassette via the GMT Online Store.

@alexisletan @joakim

GMT52 Full Circle - Back to Disco Valley (Snippets)

Lawrence Le Doux - Insula Dulcamara EP
BUY LINK: https://nousklaer.bandcamp.com/album/insula-dulcamara
Label: Nous'klaer Audio (https://soundcloud.com/nousklaeraudio)
https://soundcloud.com/lawrenceledoux

Belgium's soundtrack mastermind Lawrence Le Doux returns to Nous'klaer Audio with a 5-track EP: Insula Dulcamara.
Crafting visions of otherworldly bliss through its soothing scapes and rhythms.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Lawrence Le Doux - Nord Zimmer

Serenades returns with the continuation of a series of split-format releases that talk about living, working, creating and interacting with completely different people from different parts of the world.

Odopt and Dolphins have created enchanting and enigmatic pieces for different experiences - whether you're left alone with your deep thoughts or on the contrary trying not to think about anything on a full dance floor. That's the magic of music, in its monologue or dialogue with you, it can answer many of your questions.

Things were different when we started preparing this release and we couldn't imagine what the year 2022 would throw us into, but we still try to remain committed to love, peace and mutual understanding.
No war!

Dolphins: https://soundcloud.com/freybenedikt, https://soundcloud.com/menqui, https://soundcloud.com/nadia-d-al.
https://soundcloud.com/odopt: https://soundcloud.com/grishanelyubin, https://soundcloud.com/me-is.

Artwork by Alina Tiulina.
Design by Nikita Lanndau.
Mastered by Sergey Luginin.

Distribution by https://soundcloud.com/bordellodistribution
distribution@bordelloaparigi.com

Split

Snippets : Dolphins & Odopt - Split [SRNDS003]

https://soundcloud.com/mecanicaclasica
https://soundcloud.com/abstrakce
🛒 https://abstrakce.bandcamp.com/album/danza-sin-nexo
🔊 https://youtu.be/JAuTf_I1AVg

A new mutation on Mecánica Clásica's sound, preserving the essence of previous works: ambient inspired by electronic pioneers such as Craig Leon, K. Leimer, Marc Barreca, Jon Hassell or Cluster. Continuing with their contemporary update of these sounds, this new delivery evolves to more rhythmic tracks, oriental influences and percussive sequences that bring it closer to leftfield vibes, with a wide range of textures and details that appear and disappear. The title of the album "Danza Sin Nexo" refers to this: a rhythm that forms and deforms without an apparent link, but ends up forming a coherent whole.

Tracklist: 

A1 Mantra De Felpa 
A2 Una Dimensión Nítida 
A3 Danza Sin Nexo 
A4 Diseñado Con Un Fin
B1 El Mundo Se Vacía De Cosas 
B2 Reliquias del Futuro 
B3 En Otra Ocasión
B4 Nova

PREMIERE: Mecánica Clásica - Danza Sin Nexo [Abstrakce Records]

Out there...in the perimeter with GK Machine [27.03.2023]

@terra-magica-rec
@cosmica-bandida
@heapvienna
@grischgrisch

Artwork: Dima Rabik, Ventral Is Golden & John Haag

https://www.instagram.com/dimarabik_
https://www.instagram.com/ventralisgolden
https://www.instagram.com/j_________________________h

Cosmica Bandida's debut studio album "Lagrimas Saladas" is an amalgam of sounds influenced by the diverse backgrounds of the members, who find themselves in Munich a city where the leftovers of cosmic music and 70s disco meet cumbia and tropical vampirism. Dark cumbia and psychedelic music collide with the moods of space disco in an album that engages the body...

Lagrimas Saladas

PREMIERE | COSMICA BANDIDA - PÁJARO DEL DESIERTO (GRISCHERR & HEAP REMIX) [TERRA MAGICA]

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3 killer tracks from Zmatsutsi, Tross & Houschyar.

300 copies 

Artwork Hamish Brindley
Design Andrew Cole

Various Lurkers (SR004)

Released as part of the Sameheads C60 Series, showcasing original material from artists connected to the Diapason community on tape cassette and in digital form.

Twoonky
https://twoonky.bandcamp.com/

Preview and / or Buy the first 5 tracks of the comp. here HERE:
sameheads.bandcamp.com/album/diapaso…ilation-vol-1

More tracks to follow soon!, Watch this space.

In the words of Eva Geist:
"These two guys make me feel proud of being Italian! Michele and Simone are two virtuosos of improvisation. When you see them rehearsing you feel there’s perfect understanding between them, a sonic family realm which connects them. In fact they are brothers and probably started to play together in their Kinderwagen. These two artisans have raised a wonderful center in Brescia, one of the most Covid affected cities in Italy. Spettro, this is the name of their venue, is currently running its fundraising campaign  to remain open despite the crisis. Both Ondula and me have played there; a big heart only, in a place where subcultures are constantly stunted. We are really big fans of Twoonky, one of those project that will always deliver....."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spettro/spettro-is-for-you?lang=it&fbclid=IwAR3v3ZnBLYlLR55MWuF3XG51yDX0bBo8Y8SUHV9EbL0ZMf_vShN7rexPe1Q

Diapason is a Neukoelln based events series created by Ondula and Eva Geist, inspired by obscure music culture, experimental art and experiences of life in suburban communities of outsiders. With Petra Péterffy’s morphic graphics and animations, Diapason has become a much anticipated bi-monthly appointment for the Sameheads audience.

The recent lockdown forced Sameheads to cancel our latest two episodes. Shifting to this hidden virtuality, we want to keep the tradition alive and have reached out to some of our past guests and assembled a Diapason Compilation Tape Vol. 1 featuring new music from some of the artists who inspired us.

Released August 1, 2020

Artwork by Petra Péterffy

www.sameheads.com

Twoonky "Palle" - Diapason comp. Vol. 1 - Sameheads C60 Series

zeit-break

For ages nighttime was said to be the time of ghosts and spirits. Creatures of the night were believed to gain special powers between 
midnight and dawn. In latin this shrouded in mystery lapse of time was called "intempesta" - time without time. 
Detlef Weinrich, alias Toulouse Low Trax, too, seems to have lingered in the irrational universe of frozen continuity quite frequently within the 
last two years. Everyone who drifts to the sound of his first solo album "Mask Talk" will soon sense the musical intensity boding a different 
dancefloor. 
Cool, atmospheric new-wave-sharpness, and a cushioned beat rate between 107 and 116 bpm call out a mechanical functionality that 
doesn't bow to any contemporary doctrine. "Mask Talk": urban music, club album. Big city lights in Africa. Chilly neon-sounds made in 
Dusseldorf. 
As a member of Kreidler, Weinrich just recently participated in the trio's newly found cosmic vibes, as well as in their album "Mosaik 
2014". Now, with his solo project, he is demonstrating that a MPC and a small synthesizer-ensemble are enough to bring alive futuristic 
dance music in the here and now. 
Bedroom-recorded under tense creative circumstances, the ten tracks invoke, mostly instrumentally, an eerie atmosphere that would fit in 
perfectly with an early John Carpenter movie. The tracks' volume sounds as if a whole band had been at work in Weinrichs own four walls. 
With plenty delay on the bass figures, compact analogue effects, percussive dabs and a rough blend of layers, Weinrich has, without any 
digital support, created quivering drum machine music, whose dancability he was able to test regularly as a resident DJ and co-owner of 
the Dusseldof-based club/ bar "Salon Des Amateurs". His new tracks breathe the hypnotic power of his DJ sets, where he arranges 
diverse rhythms between krautrock, cosmic, electronic and acid. They also remind of analogue-electronical pioneers such as Cluster or 
Peter Baumann. Also 1980s avant-gardists Cabaret Voltaire or Zazou Bikaye have left their mark, without Toulouse Low Trax explicitely 
referring to them. 
All tracks are committed to experiment. They leave room for every sound without neglecting rhythmical clarity. A dark, urban solanum, full of 
reverb, whose melodies are never prankish, but whose minimal nonchalance is sure to help not only the dark creatures through the night. 
"Form is essence brought to the surface" Victor Hugo wrote 150 years ago. "Mask Talk" is reasserting this theory as a destillate of an 
operating procedure seeking to subvert ingrained listening habits and to resharpen the contours of the audible. Electronic music beyond 
any categorisation, whose sounds and rhythmics grow to an emotional atmosphere that far exceeds the immediately hearable. 


Booking contact:
Booking Contaxct: meri@futura-artists.com

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