Back 2 Bellingham - available now. EP out 25/03

I TRY TO REMIND MYSELF THAT THE TREES WILL STILL BLOSSOM. 2021. GAGE. 2 B REAL. THANKS AGAIN FINN. MASTERED BY NICK SINNA @ HIDDEN SOUNDS. ARTWORK BY ALEX GROSS @ ALL PURPOSE STUDIO.

Back 2 Bellingham

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To mark the label’s third anniversary we’ve enlisted a team of friends and family to remix tracks from the labels back catalogue spread across a range of genres that influence the labels.

We’re also running a third birthday party on the 21st of August at VENUE MOT that features artists included on the compilation as well as some of our favourite London DJs.

ACEN3001 is released on the 20th of August via All Centre.

ACEN3001 (All Centre 3rd Anniversary Compilation)

Endless Mow - Spellcasters (DJ Pitch & Simkin Remix)

Twitchy energetic 'reddit Against Wall Street' by @ikavapii. Forthcoming on @earlyreflex.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/ikava-pii-reddit-against-wall-street

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Premiere: Ikävä Pii - reddit Against Wall Street

For the next release on Early Reflex we welcome Frankfurt-based producer and composer Lorica (formerly known as Avbvrn), following his debut EP on Display and a split on Destitute.

Lorica filters a surgical attention to detail and sound design through a wide-scope approach to atmosphere and the spatial qualities of music. The resulting work conjures up dramatic, vivid, and tactile sonic landscapes that recall classical forms and techniques, while drawing upon contemporary textures and approaches to rhythm and memory.
Inspired by renaissance arts and their creative process ‘Adaptive Radiation’ [EYX005] stretches further Lorica’s experimental and oblique musical approach to the club-focused context of Early Reflex. The result is a 5-track EP blending cinematic sound design with traces of dubstep, drill, dancehall, trap, and more which is going to hit the listeners both physically and emotionally!

The opener ‘Baikal Rediscovered’ is a great example of Lorica’s production style where the composer blends together orchestral and atmospheric pads with incessant grimey beats and a deep bass-line making it a suitable tool for the club.
A storm of otherworldly sounds in contrast with its trapp inspired rhythmic session protrude in ‘Ochre Skeleton’ originating a surrealistic and peculiar atmosphere.
Approaching the end of the first half of the EP there is ‘Petrified Butterfly’, a dreamy and spooky interlude where synthesised flute melodies, fast-paced percussions and effected field recordings repeat and alternate themselves continuously while evolving every time differently in a never-ending loop until every sound dissolves in empty reverberated spaces.
Entering the second half of the release, listeners get hit by the drilling kick drum and the twisting sound design of ‘Sodiumglanz’, which lead to the closure of the EP.
In ‘Breccia’ Lorica explores further his blend of cinematic effects with the pronounced attitude for the club, delivering a track characterised by pitch-shifting electronic percussions and the harmonic progression of orchestrated instruments and strings.

‘Adaptive Radiation’ is available across all platforms starting from Friday 5th of November.

© & ℗ 2021 Early Reflex. All rights reserved. All tracks produced and mixed by Lorica § Mastering by Andrea Prato § Drawings by Giuseppe Cavuoto § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

Breccia

IM089 - @galtier - Pulchra Es Elementis
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: September 24th,2021
Format: 12" / Digital

With 10 years in the ‘biz’ firmly under his belt, Jiah Wells is poised to release the first full-length LP of his Galtier project, Pulchra Es Elementis. Whilst Galtier is arguably one of the originators of the percussive style that would eventually fall under the Hard Drum label, the heightened theatrics of his recent output have seen him channel Blade Runner-styled sonics and move further away from absolute club functionality. Whilst Galtier’s output often seems to soundtrack hypothetical, off-planet words, Pulchra Es Elementis turns the focus inwards: towards Wells’ own emotional constellation, his evolving spirituality and his attempts to tap into planes of existence beyond the tangible. The album’s Latin title translates to ‘Elements are Beautiful’ and encapsulates the artist’s belief that there is grace in all of life’s aspects; pushing past what we deem as good or bad, minuscule or massive.

Pulchra Es Elementis begins with Crystalised Larva, a brooding opener of breathy pad synths and expansive kick drums which reverberate through the mix as if the hits originate from the bottom of a valley. There’s an indistinct sense of tension on this track, in part due to a central melody, which never resolves but only descends lower in pitch. This tension turns to explorative wonder on Wilfull Saviour, where a mirage of musical ideas come in and out of focus. Although the sonic worlds Galtier explores are internal to him, Wilfull Saviour still possesses that sense of a cosmic journey we’ve come to expect from Wells; an ardent fan of dystopian films and literature.

Continuing this emotional odyssey, Bruised, But Not Broken sees the artist push deeper into the psychological undergrowth; its murky tonality juxtaposes crisp, Reggaeton-inspired drum patterns with a heavily compressed one-note synth line that modulates wildly - cutting through the mix like a nagging thought that won’t leave your mind. Next up is U Were, U Are & What U Will Be, one of the more club-ready tracks of the LP, which gets us moving with a snarling bassline and layers upon layers of percussive hits and inflections.

At Pulchra Es Elementis’ mid-point is the LP’s title track, a drumless interlude where blissful, shimmering synths create a patchwork of intensities. Galtier’s approach to songwriting shines through here; ignoring musical pragmatics, he opts to feel his way through his compositions without knowing where they might end up. Following on from that weightless breather, Phantasiai turns up the freneticism with its head-spinning mix of drum programming and a glitched-out synth line that yo-yos up and down octaves. Things get even more furious on the Superficie-featuring Cavernam, a hollow Hard Drum banger inspired by Eskibeat sensibilities and designed to create a sense of self-implosion.

The album’s penultimate track, (U Are) Beautiful, is a tale of two halves: beginning with a moment of serenity as synthesizers swell like an ocean tide before evolving into a marching crescendo of raw energy. Rounding off the album, Shine Forth hurtles through pacey drum work and all manner of strange zaps and klaxons before giving way to a final dose of nebulous ambience.

A musical journey unlike any other ‘club music’ albums, Pulchra Es Elementis is an LP that demands to be consumed in one sitting. Reflecting on his place within the universe and the musical landscape, the album could be viewed as a musical exorcism which sees Galtier working through and shedding huge chunks of his ego that stuck to him out of fear of the unknown. Pulchra Es Elementis begins on an insecure, overwhelming or, even, existential note before rounding off with a related sense of vastness seen with new, more positive eyes. It’s a voyage we hope you will join him on.

Galtier - Bruised, But Not Broken

RA:005 - VA001

Tracklist: 

A1. EYRA - Rucula
A2. Endless Mow - Articulated Nose
A3. Sequentia - Resonant Tuning
B1. Current Bias - Transient Bubbles
B2. laced - Starclip
B3. GG Mothra - Ladei

all profits to be donated to www.musichelps.org.nz

Releases on cassette and digital on 19/11/2021

@eyra-dj @endless_mow @sequentia666 @currentbia5 @lacedetail @ggmothra

Mastered by Ike Zwanniken
Cover Art by Mas Guerrero
Digital Design by Molly McLennan
Cassette Layout by Grace Verweij

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RA:005 - VA001 (previews)

Maadi

Three Faced (feat. Oldyungmayn)

@SHALT returns to his own REMADE label with four Ultra-HD club experiments, blending heavy soundsystem sonics with meticulous sound design

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-shalt-mirrorburst

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Premiere: SHALT ‘Mirrorburst’

Listen to the original and then the remix for the best experience.
https://soundcloud.com/kinetypes/aurora
KINETIC CITY REMIX of KineTypes Original Track AURORA.

KineTypes on the Original - "Discovering the emotion brought by the piano, inspired me to find sounds that would elevate the experience of the listener in every section. Creating a runway from one emotion to the next and making it memorable."

KINETIC CITY -
"While staying true to the original feel, we added in gitchy effects, some reversed synths, widened some sounds, and went for a euphoric, melancholic, yet hopeful tone. The original keys, trance synth, and arp really set that mood.  The flute synth is melancholy in audio form, it reminded me (Rekkitt) of Gustavo Santaolalla broken string violin playing from Last Of Us. It played a huge role on how to think about the track and what direction it should go. It's easy to make aggressive sounds, and make people want to headbang, but this time there was no need, soft emotion can be so much bigger than raw and angry sound design sometimes. Overall a great track, it came together relatively fast, we had gotten sick at separate times, so we had to delay the upload so we were sure it was ready to go."

KineTypes on remixing -  "Listening to the first remix draft, I got inspired to bring my sound design side to give a layer of glitches and sparks to enhance the melodic tones created in the new rendition."

Aurora (Kinetic City Remix)

Luminous

Alec Pace - Luminous (club)

Edited Arts is launching Between Rooms by Diessa - a venn diagram of Room 1 and Room 2 dance music. This 4 track EP cuts sharp and deep, springing samples left to right. Confident head bop material for those with a preference for the underworld of BPMs.

Producer and DJ Diessa makes excursions into UK club sounds, melding segments of footwork, techno, bass, jungle and ambient. Diessa continues to grow as one of the finest talents in the underground right now. Recent and upcoming affiliations include Babycakes, Hi-Nrg, All Centre, cxd, Overthinker Mob and SZNS7N.

Mastering by Mor Air/Colin Moir
Artwork by Eliza

www.instagram.com/diessa__/
soundcloud.com/diessa1312

Between Rooms

Diessa - so long as we believe

Living & Breathing Dance Music. Find us at http://www.djmag.com

Premiere: SHALT ‘Mirrorburst’

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