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release date: july

If You'd Come Aroused

Artist: Die Gesunden (Frey & Otter Dive)https://soundcloud.com/freybenedikt https://soundcloud.com/philipp-otterbach
Track: Filmmusik
Cat: SETR008 
Label: Serious Trouble https://soundcloud.com/serioustrouble
Release date: 14 Oct 22
Format: 12“ + Digital
Preorder: https://serioustrouble.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-setr008

DT PREMIERE: Die Gesunden - Filmmusik (Frey & Otter Dive) [Serious Trouble] (2022)

Marguerite Records is thrilled to announce its first release of 2023!
MRG014 a New Wave, EBM and Electronic compilation composed of six tracks.

The side one features artists who already appeared in Marguerite discography. A1 opens up with ‘Noi Non Ci Saremo’ a bruise of nostalgic, new-romantic and dreamy 80s vibes from Diana Berti - @violet-poison, followed up by Black Dot’s ‘Recurrent Disorder’ with occult spoken-word intonation of @yasssa reminding of John Balance, over acid bassline, electro beat and syncopated noises by @allegedwitches. ‘Unknown Faces’ close up the A side - an EBM track with a killer raw beat and distorted bass ready for sweaty dancefloors from the label heads duo @bianconegativo. 
Flip side is unwrapped by one of the synth pioneer and UK based artist @timothy-j-fairplay with ‘Love Boat For Four’ that drags you straight into a sci-fi movie fiction with the 8 bit electronic synths. B2 is Highest Bidder from Harlem Electronics, a seductive minimal rhythm with a dark undertone. The journey ends with ‘Svart Magi’ an hardware industrial jam by the Swedish producer @celldod. 

Limited edition of 50 professionally dubbed tapes. 
Produced by: Black Dot, Harlem Electronics, Celldöd, Bianco Negativo, Diana Berti, Timothy J Fairplay. 
All tracks mastered by Francesco Brini (Spectrum Mastering). 
Artwork by Visiomorfosi. 
Duplicated in Milan, 2023.

Release date: 28/02/2023

MRG014. Various Artists

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/andateyka
Track: Megaknast
Label: https://soundcloud.com/macadam-mambo
Format: Vinyl 12" LP
Release date: 23/02/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/F4YJ6miJnQI

Hambourg’s electro duo Fallbeil composed by Wosto and Kluentah, is still pretty unknown despite they’ve been releasing a bunch of EP and a couple of LP on label like Mannequin, Killekill sub-label Boidae or New York Haunted and more recently on their own label Teerpappe to name a few. Wosto, long time Macadam Mambo’s collaborater (Danzas Electricas vol. 2 & 3), sent us demos of what sounds very like « what Drexciya would realease on Bunker Records », a compilation of irresistible dark atmospheres slow electro tunes with very raw textures, complemented by few little skits to generate a brilliant album around the story of the Mockturtle. It’s rought as it should be!

releases March 23, 2023
Composed & produced by Fallbeil
Executive producer, artwork, Layout : Sacha Mambo
Mastered by Ruud Lekx aka Rude 66
Distribution : Rubadub, Syncrophone

PREMIERE | Fallbeil - Megaknast [Macadam Mambo] 2023

https://linktr.ee/kurven
https://soundcloud.com/kurvenschreiber
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/kurvenschreiber-licht-ausgang/934945-01/

Sergey Komarov, Vlad Dobrovolski, Ilya Sadovsky, and Alexey Grachev, an improvisational quartet known as kurvenschreiber, fuel their vintage synthesizers with homemade solar batteries and record their sessions on reel-to-reel tapes before they can turn to dust.

In their performances, they utilize generators, radios, meteorological equipment, and pre-recorded tape loops. This niche approach allows them to create an illusion of cinematic force in sound, where the sound itself becomes the main character. The power of their sonic interpretation stems from the virtuosity of juggling resonant images, offering the audience a chance to immerse in a unique audio-visual space.

The most compelling aspect of "Licht Ausgang" is not the quartet's technological tricks or references to their deep archive of tapes, but rather its restrained emotional undertone. The precise mood is as elusive as the autumn smell of leaves, yet it is simultaneously euphoric, whimsical, and grotesquely sweet.

Nonetheless, the album can hardly be labeled as mere pastoral nostalgia, as there's a mystic current present in these tracks, constantly leading kurvenschreiber down strange and unexpected paths.

https://linktr.ee/kurven
https://soundcloud.com/kurvenschreiber

licht ausgang

Kurvenschreiber - Licht Ausgang [udacha017] LP12"

Devon Rexi return with Mini-LP “Biya Ba Man”, a new and improved take on the no wave steppers and post punk grooves of their debut “Tambal EP”.

The five track Mini-LP sees the band expand to a quintet, with originators Nic Mauskovic (drums and vocals) and Nushin Naini (bass and vocals) joined by Tobias Jansen on turntables, Lyckle de Jong on synths and effects and Goya van der Heyden on percussion.

The extra players collaborate to send Devon Rexi’s sound in new directions, amplifying the already extra-dimensional vibe. Synths and vinyl manipulation render a trip hop vibe to the post punk brew, reminding of zoned-out jams like Maxinquaye, or those heady early Mo’Wax.

Opening track “Sjikamo” sets the tone at a deconstructed hip hop tempo, samples spliced up like a classic Celluloid album. “Fargh Nimikoone” ups the pace with a funky 135 bpm lean, and Nushin’s harmonized vocal sounding ever more alien over the conga rhythm. “Marde Pir” closes the first side at another beatdown tempo, the drums flexing like factory pistons. 

The B side fires up with “Biya Ba Man Biya” - a proper steppers bounce, Nushin’s farsi singalong chorus is as catchy as it’s ever been. The Mini-LP concludes with “Koja Raftan” bringing plenty of Bomb Squad energy, crescendoing in fine maximal percussive style. 

It’s no wave, but not as we know it. With new members bringing effects and collage elements to the spacious minimal wave core, there’s plenty of avenues for future formations of Devon Rexi to explore. 

- Liner Notes by Fizzy Veins

Music played and arranged by Nic Mauskovic, Nushin Naini, Tobias Jansen, Goya van der Heyden & Lyckle de Jong
Mixed and Mastered by The Cologne Wizard
Recorded by Fokke de Witt
Photography by Abel Minee
Design by Ryan Dougan & Dominik Rodemann
Distributed by Rush Hour

Release date around 07.02.2024

Pre-order at: https://southofnorthamsterdam.bandcamp.com

Pre-order

SON12-005 - Devon Rexi - Biya Ba Man (snippets)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-shakali-rihmastossa

Following a well received album on Good Morning Tapes in 2022, Finnish multi-instrumentalist Simo Hakalisto, aka @shakaali returns with 'Rihmastossa' on @not-not-fun-1 delivering a heady blend of acoustic instrumentation and Fourth World atmospherics.

DT PREMIERE: Die Gesunden - Filmmusik (Frey & Otter Dive) [Serious Trouble] (2022)

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