HDNZ001 - Ascensionist & Sirenik - Previews

Pure Space returns with our final release of 2022, delivered by none other than Zara - a warm light shining from Naarm (Melbourne, Australia).

Crafted in the midst of Australia’s last summer, these tracks capture the blissful and euphoric feeling of warm weather and the potential it brings…

Starting on an ambient note and progressing to drum & bass, the release seeks to take listeners on a transcendental journey to a freaky realm.

We start with Pirr, a track representative of dawn and the new beginnings it brings. It’s an eerie, yet anticipatory feeling lingers in the air as the rising sun diminishes the darkness and reveals the beauty of the landscape. Soft kicks coupled with bird song gently grasp the attention, effortlessly drawing you into the release.

Guitar and reverb drums define the second track, Idyll. Switching the mood to melancholia where the track meanders around floaty vocals creating a gentle fluidity throughout.

Entering the DnB realm, Quixotic combines driving hi-hats, wubs, bass to instigate movement. The floating female vocals carry you through the track guiding you on what feels like a utopian dream.

Synthesised drums are combined with heavy bass, arps and breaks to represent the peak of the journey. A chaotic, albeit warm track with and trippy moments in time.

As the sun sets once again, the arc of the journey ends on acid synths, arps, claps and hi hats on Elysium. Transporting the listener into a sleep, a moment of peace or back down to earth.

@zaraolsen

Tracklist:
01. Pirr
02. Idyll
03. Azure
04. Quixotic
05. Elysium

Format: Digital

Written and produced by Zara Olsen
Mixed by LOIF & Zara
Mastered by Mark Klon
Art by niph / niph.ophelia

10% of profits from all Pure Space releases is donated to Aboriginal Legal Service, Australia's first Aboriginal Legal Service est 1970 - if you have the means we encourage you to also donate directly alsnswact.org.au

Reverie

Elysium

Zara - Elysium

@professional_music
@bliss-point-sound

SPF 50, real name Stephan Kimbel Olson, is a resident of the longstanding Bob & Shirley party, runs the Professional Music label, and has graced New York’s finest sound systems with his deep, rolling club sets. In his numerous roles - DJ, engineer, party promoter, label head, producer and dancer - Stephan has become an essential contributor to the city's nightlife culture, a fixture in our extended sonic community.

Stephan's first release on Bliss Point, Social Life, might well be a transmission from a nearby dimension; a collection of club artifacts peaking from just behind the thin veil. On Side A, Stephan has channeled two booming workouts, each with modular synthesis evoking the organic: an unruly bassline snakes through the aural fauna of "Body Concept", while breaks and acid fly by on "Liquid USB", an intricate sonic constellation propelling through space, culminating in the release of classic house chords midway.

On the B side, Stephan takes us further into the unknown. "Grove Map" is world-building club ambiance aptly named after The Grove, a stage deep in the woods at New York's Sustain-Release festival, where portals have long known to be opened. "Iris (Bad Water Version)”, rounds out the offering, a drippy dub that time seems to slip off of, perfect for a melted warm up or come down.

Bliss Point is proud to present Social Life, an offering for those familiar with the power of the deep, as SPF 50 is.
credits

BC: https://spf-50.bandcamp.com/album/social-life

Social Life

pi pi pi premiere: SPF 50 - Iris (Bad Water Version)

@ofparadiserecords
@destratavan
https://ofparadise.bandcamp.com/album/counterweight
"Vancouver-based artist Destrata chalks up his first solo release for Of Paradise with Counterweight, a multi-layered, richly-textured and often hyper-real journey through new school club music. Placing the critical elements of UK-flavoured bass and breaks under the microscope, Destrata’s almost scientific approach to production sees him examine everything in minute detail, disassembling and reassembling every aspect of a track until a structurally perfect composition emerges.

Featuring four highly immersive cuts, Counterweight showcases a flux of atmospheric inspirations, displaying Destrata’s enthusiasm for more ethereal and fractal sounds built to ooze through back rooms, safeguarding the listener with a weighty lushness."

Bandcamp

*PREMIERE* Destrata - Counterweight

BNK 02

2 VOITRX 02 MXC | Tik Tik

"Celebrating our tenth release, we proudly present "Feeling Everything, All At Once" - a compelling VA compilation featuring music from our current label family and introducing some talented debutants from Scotland.

RED010 marks a powerful statement of intent as we look to the next five years and beyond whilst reflecting on our achievements so far, what we aspire to accomplish and how we can continue to push the sounds that resonate with us. Although it has taken time to reach this milestone, our commitment to quality over quantity remains unwavering.

This compilation serves not only as a collection of club-ready tracks but also as a longform piece suitable to more passive listening. With a total of 14 tracks, it stands as our most extensive release yet, expanding our label family to well over 20 artists. The digital release will be complemented by a physical cassette, perfect for playing in the dusty tape deck of your mate's Vauxhall Corsa as you head to that mad rave in the countryside everyone is talking about.

We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) on this project with all the profits being donated to this cause. Both Lewis & Ethan have their own personal experiences with mental health difficulties and strongly believe that SAMH is absolutely vital in facilitating the provision and promotion of mental health care, support & information.

A massive thank you to all those involved in making this happen and their generosity in donating their time and talent to the project."


Lugas Europ 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/freelovenrg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lugas_europ/

Redstone Press
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redstone-press
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redstonepressrecs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redstonepress_recs/

Feeling Everything, All At Once (RED010)

PREMIERE: Lugas Europ - Echo Location (Redstone Press)

https://soundcloud.com/vantrier
https://soundcloud.com/caf_rec
🛒 https://unptitcaf.bandcamp.com/album/humble-014caf
🔊 https://youtu.be/hKBTcaAsGz4

Whatdufaque?! Dutch artist Renée Van Trier is back on Swiss label CAF? for another record! Following her first album released in early 2020, she comes back with "HUMBLE," the soundtrack of her new eponymous show performed at De Pont Museum (NL) and Arsenic (CH).

"At birth you are a promise, but at the same time also the greatest possible risk." Inspired by children's dances on TikTok where happy facades coexist with exploitative backgrounds, Renée Van Trier creates a fantasy world that's anything but Disneyland. You're invited to experience its soundtrack, taking you through dark atmospheres, eerie voices, glitched techno, and uplifting climaxes. Over the course of the 11 tracks, Renée Van Trier morphs into a dolphin, a puppet, and many other different characters, maintaining a blurry border between amazement and creepiness. "Everyone wants the best for their children, but sometimes it doesn't end well."

Tracklist: 

A1 This Ain’t Disneyland 
A2 Plopper 
A3 How Can I Make It About Me Again 
A4 Whistleblower 
A5 Whatdufaque (Pretty Normal Version) 
A6 Whatdufaque (Shout Version) 

B1 Being Irrelevant 
B2 I Am So Humble 
B3 I Want The Best For My Children 
B4 Harlekijnenmeuk 
B5 Stay Little Stay Loyal

HUMBLE

PREMIERE: Renée van Trier - Harlekijnenmeuk [CAF?]

Perdu Et retrouvé  - Occursus w. U - R - S  Perdu et retrouvé LLL [15.02.2024]

live hardware set at Datacide in Berlin...  20/10/12

Dimentia --- live@Datacide

For FWD Transmissions, EB's new content format spotlighting BIPOCs in the dance music industry, Somatic Rituals co-founder Mukuna reimagines the traditional drums of the Umutomboko “dance of victory” ceremony over urgent club rhythms.

Read the full piece here: https://www.electronicbeats.net/fwd-transmissions-mukuna-lumuenu-chukwuka/

FWD Transmissions: Mukuna - Lumuenu

Active since 2001, Øbsrvr / Dimentia / Pansophia are primary projects of Portland, OR based artist Sean Millican, also creating and collaborating under the names Cinkrillian Weight, Montaux (w/ Xanopticon) and Kanopic Descent. Grounded in the roots of dark electro, techno, industrial and breakcore, the project is based in hardware production and live performance. Through considered constructs, sounds and rhythms serve as a semblance and set into motion the flux of mental and physical states, exploring the many facets of the mind and unlocking doors of the subconscious. Dimentia has toured both in Europe and the US and has released music with Katabatik, Darkmatter Soundsystem, Void Tactical Media, Zhark International, Record Label Records, and Cuss Fetish record labels. Sean  has been a actively dedicated community member with underground music collectives Katabatik, 3lowershop and Spaz sound systems, promoting and supporting underground esoteric electronic music in the Bay Area for over 20 years. 


https://dimentia.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/dimentia
https://www.facebook.com/Dimentia-112995628715013/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100020495182390