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We’re so happy to have our Mexican brother Mufti as guest for the first Chapter mix of the year! After his super strong “Kismet” EP, released in 2021, He’s back on the label with a fantastic mix that reflects his Dark Synth Wave soul. If you want to have a great start of the week, this is for sure the best way to jump in! Play it loud and enjoy 🔥 W Mexico!

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NIR Chapter #16 MUFTI

The first album by Doc Trashz. Winner of some of the most prestigious international contests for his sophisticated and innovative DJ sets (including Red Bull Music 3Style), the artist gives us a profoundly conceptual collection that summarizes, track by track, all his sound researches of last years. An entirely experimental sound project whose main theme is that of time.

'Time is my first album and perhaps my last, a concentration of conceptual and sounds ideas collected over the years. Although it is mostly music without lyrics, the conceptual aspect means that the music itself is able to convey what for me were the basic sensations for the composition of each of the tracks present, both in a very ironic and deeply serious. The sounds choices come from a personal and constant research: the years of study spent in the Conservatory and what has always inspired me, whether it is music, art or cinema. I have never had as main objective that of necessarily having to make people dance with this album and in general with my music, the fact that it is also possible to do so is a further element of research and crossing between two different and perhaps contrasting worlds. Doc Trashz for me has always been a sound project, a profile with which to experiment, crossing things already known with something new and unexplored, the whole the album also contains all this, in fact we must not listen to it by making comparisons with those who are musical trends today, because we will automatically be disappointed by unfulfilled expectations, I ask you instead to listen to it with a different analytical context, focusing rather on what music itself is in its basic form, that is art, which we often forget about in this so the listening can have a different flow and certainly be able to better grasp the different nuances that each track offers. The title of the album is associated with a topic that has always fascinated me, to which I decided to dedicate a track that later proved to be the one that gave the title to the entire work. '
Rubens Garofalo aka Doc Trashz


Music composition, mixing and mastering by Rubens Garofalo.
3D Art, music video and artwork by Alessio Curatolo.

Time

TSFTW (Original mix)

TSFTW (Original mix) [Trashz Recordz]

First full-length material, which compiles 11 tracks produced in the second half of 2022 and will be released through his own label Veneno.

Within this LP, Umvral, dives and explores different genres and currents, resulting in tracks for all occasions.
Going back to his first influences of downtempo, indie dance accompanied by techno and ebm tendencies, going through the rhythm of Lo-Fi house, to finally reach breakbeat and trance, with a very homemade and acid touch.

Umvral has always been characterized by not being pigeonholed in a single current, always looking to combine rhythms and influences he has collected over the years, to provide a very own version of what currently sounds on the dance floor.

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Umvral - Arce Nico [Veneno]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/alek-lee-music
Ep: Fun Control
Remixes: https://soundcloud.com/prinsthomas
Credits: All instruments played and produced by Alek Lee, Except: 
'The Back Door' - Electric Guitar by Abramov
Label: Playground Records
Mastering: Submarea Estudio
Press & Communication: Avoiding The Issue
Catalogue: PGR050
Release date: 05/04/2023

Tel Aviv multi-instrumentalist Alek Lee makes his Playground debut with a lysergic and immersive work destined to expand your senses.

An Ep that invites us to look with different eyes at the reality that surrounds us and to fly through the beautiful soundscapes that it proposes. A true psychedelic journey through consciousness enriched by a classy disco touch from the unbeatable Prins Thomas.

As our dear William used to say… Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

So... free the hippie in you and turn up the volume!

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Bandcamp: https://is.gd/DJhYy0
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Fun Control

Alek Lee - The Back Door (Original Mix)

Nothing Is Real welcome Low Manuel for the 6th release of the label. 

Low Manuel is a real music lover born in Italy in the 90’s.  His music vision is the expression of his character, introspective, dark and sophisticated.
His style is a mixture of indie electronic but also Techno and his compositions transmit emotions, influenced by the Stars and the Marine World. The 'Scourge Ep' explores new musical shades, hinting at moments of new wave through a lens of psychedelia.
The title track is a trip with an incredibly catchy rhythmic pattern and a strong bassline, while 'The Room’ has a ravey hypnotic and powerful touch.
The Italian duo Margot remix ’The Scourge’ delivering a strong version with their typical synth-driven kraut-techno style adding insane beats, fizzing synths and peaking chords for optimal dancefloor effect. While Nhar gives us his unique and introspective reinterpretation giving the track a mesmerizing deep electronic vibe, taking us to a journey between the bright and dark sides.

Another strong release on Nothing Is Real

Low Manuel - The Scourge (Original Mix)

Nothing Is Real celebrates its second year with a special compilation that includes seven unreleased tracks by producers who have collaborated with the label and really interesting up and coming artists.
Alberto Iovine and Alessandro Fumagalli aka Modular Project have personally taken care carefully of the selection, selecting carefully every single track. 2018 was an important year for their artistic growth and their career. They made their debut on Rebirth with the anthemic track ‘Leaving’ remixed by Acid Pauli and Kasper Bjørke, and Nothing Is Real is slowly gaining such an high reputation in the international electronic music scene. 

The opening track is Modular Project's tribute to their label, which rapresents their sound, a mix of 80’s New Wave, indie electronic and techno with powerful drums, driving synths for an emotional impact.
The compilation also feature productions by Eleonora, Alejandro Mosso, Low Manuel, The Mansisters (Kasper Bjørke and Sexy Lazer), Local Suicide and Dharma !

An essential package for your collection !

Eleonora - Call Out (Original Mix)

Sicilian producer and DJ Rubens Garofalo aka Doc Trashz won in 2006 one of the most prestigious DJ battles for the turntablism "IDA Show Category" and shortly after starting with the productions, he attracted the attention of many of the major labels in the scene clubs around the world. He established himself as one of the most innovative behind the console by winning in 2018 the Italian national final of Red Bull Music 3Style, considered the most spectacular competition in the world for deejaying, with a unique and innovative DJ set that left its mark in permanent way. His tracks based on an unmistakable artistic and sound research, have been supported by big names such as Don Diablo, Digitalism, Mstrkrft, Joachim Garraud, Arnaud Rebotini, Anna Lunoe, Sam Divine, Vanilla Ace and have been played in some of the major programs radio companies such as BBC Radio 1, Ministry of Sound, Radiodeejay, m2o. In 2014 he was also the winner of Red Bull Studios with his side project Stop Television. Doc Trashz is also the founder of the Trashz Recordz label.