LOVE APE was formed in 2019 as a new alias for Moiety. A Dutch DJ/producer based in Amsterdam (NL) who has had string of releases on INI Movement and one EP on Rugged Society Records as “Mens Aperta”.
During his travels and walks in nature he was inspired by the calming effect nature can have on the human mind. He felt music can have this same effect and this translated into a new music production style that was more leaned towards the listener than the club.
The sound can be described as warm, organic and full of ambience.
A mixture of house, dub techno, balearic, broken beats, trip hop and ambient.
The debut album “ZEN” will be released on the 10th of May of 2021 on Rugged Society Records.
Although the tracks may be in very different styles, they were all made in a deeply focussed and almost meditative state. This inspired the name “ZEN” which is a practice in meditation which creates the same state of mind.
The album consists of 10 tracks that were all created in different times, but naturally came together when APE created its debut album in 2020. Right in the middle of the Covid pandemic.

https://soundcloud.com/loveape
https://soundcloud.com/rugged-society

Premiere : Love Ape - Come With Me [Rugged Society]

Ahoy, maties, enjoy this epic outtake culled from the Diamond Bay album sessions. 

Paired with a set of remixes from heavyweight Groove-master The Mole and cult-favourite funk maestro Zongamin, this freaky little ep of bonus bits packs a fair hunk of vegan meat on the digital bone.

Grab a digital slice of the pie over at @multiculti 

https://dreemsdreems.bandcamp.com/album/flying-tiger
https://multiculti.bandcamp.com/

Opium Tiger, Flying Again

After seven years since this Dutch duo released their infamous “Attic edits EP”, Moiety & Manik are back. Voodoo Hoodoo is their brand new 3-track EP filled with psychedelic analog heat for dance-floors and tribal rituals. Each track tells its own story from voodoo scenes to deep water worlds. This EP won’t let itself be defined by genres, but the style can be described as percussion driven electronic music that will play with your imagination and take you on a trip.

We are happy to present you 3 remixes for our 6th release by Kraut, Hugh Mane and Mens Aperta.

Kraut, also known as Daniel Zuur, has been a staple in the Amsterdam club scene since 2009. He released on labels like Shika Shika, Wonderwheel Recordings, Metanoia, Cosmic Awakenings, Tropical Twista Records and The Other Eye. He has played at clubs/festivals like Sisyphos, Fusion Festival, Gardens of Babylon, Wildeburg, Marktkantine, Garbicz and Welcome to the Future

Hugh Mane has recently released an excellent remix for LOVE APE - ZEN REMIXED, which made us invite him back. We love his warm and groovy house style. He’s had releases on Harvey's Mercury Rising, Running Back, Adult Contemporary, Growing Bin, Ugly Music.

Mens Aperta (meaning Open Mind) is the techno alias for Moiety. The debut EP in 2019 was the first release on the label. Also new Mens Aperta releases are planned for this year.

https://soundcloud.com/krautmusica
https://soundcloud.com/rugged-society

Voodoo Hoodoo Remixed

Premiere : Moiety & Manik - Dance Of The Puppets (Kraut Remix) [Rugged Society]

out now 
https://www.beatport.com/release/all-gates-open/3964597

Gates - Radioactivo

Tom Ellis - I Should Care
Kamyar Ring - Do Not Sleep (Amira Lii Remix)
Zoobin - Tehran 5 AM

ukn’

The Phoenix Suburb (And Other Stories)

08 Taqiya

A1. Préambule 
A2. Cordée
A3. Jeu de glissades 
A4. Construire un igloo 

B1. Ivres de fatigue 
B2. Réveil bizarre 
B3. Bataille 
B4. Tableau final 

First 300 copies come in blue-white-marbled vinyl.

Pre-order link - https://www.kompakt.fm/releases/obakodomo

Optimo Music is delighted to release a first album by Fantastic Twins (formerly known as The Twins). We’ll let them tell you the story behind this inspired and beguiling record - 

Obakodomo (Au Balcon Du Monde) is a soundtrack I created for a piece of contemporary dance, performed by two dancers for a young audience from the age of 4. It is the story of an imaginary journey in Antartica where two explorers go on an adventure. They encounter a colony of penguins and will progressively learn to understand their habits and respect their environment. Essentially, Au Balcon Du Monde is a metaphor of how to exist next to each other, how to share a territory, how to learn to live together and share resources. 

The scenography and stage accessories were designed in a minimalistic and non-obvious form to leave all the space for imagination. The penguins were made of translucent material to provide light effects and were programmed to move in a swaying motion, allowing interaction with the dancers and the music. LED system could be wireless piloted. 

With the soundtrack, I wanted to create an atmosphere that would immediately transport the children into this terra nova - a poetical space, like a cold sphere, where the strange meets the frightening and the playful. Translating the immense vs the small, the far-off vs the near, the collective vs the individual, the strange vs the familiar or the cold vs the heat. My intention was to follow the thread of the story in a narrative, yet non-caricatural way. Music for children doesn’t have to be “childish”. Children love to be scared or even just challenged. They love to love and react instantly to what they hear through their emotions. Ultimately, the soundtrack aims to provide different levels of “reading” so that it becomes something more universal. So we, adults, just have to accept the invitation.

Footage from the original dance play “Au Balcon Du Monde” by Les Ballets Contemporains de Saint Etienne, performed in 2015 and for which Fantastic Twins created the soundtrack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Mr38Upj18

Vinyl Album (and digital) released on October 20th 2017. Distributed by Kompakt.

OM 12 LP - Fantastic Twins - Obakodomo (sampler)

It is a track to kick of your shoes and dance barefoot in the fields to...

Lonely Visons Of Salm Berry Jam

Nuel - Vibration

Brainchild of Multi Culti A&R, Sascha Funke and Niklas Wandt were introduced by Dreems, who charted a course for the seasoned Berlin-based producer and funky multi-percussionist and singer. 

Wandt was just about to enter the scene forcefully with his collaborative 2LP with Wolf Müller and the debut single of his band Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge. In the icey cold of his warehouse rehearsal space, Funke had him record a variety of slapped, bowed and scratched percussions (congas, talking drum, prepared cymbals played with a bass bow) over his tracks. These first efforts were later expanded into joint sessions at Sascha's home studio and, within a few weeks, the journey reached it’s destination: Wibe strasse, Deutschland.

At first glance, they seem an odd couple: a techno veteran of almost thirty years meets a side-burned upstart socialized in Free Jazz and Krautrock. but the shared sonic influences come through in the hypnotic, dubbed-out sound, perhaps rooted in the close connection the two share to the Rheinland region in West Germany, Funke as part of the Kompakt family and Wandt by origin and socialization in the Cologne and Düsseldorf music scene centered around the Salon des Amateurs. Regional flavours, global appeal. Multi Culti, promoting local collaboration, one freaky record at a time.

Wismut

Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Die Säge [MC043]

"MODULOR7" is one of the tracks included on my new EP "Blooms" on @mulemusiq

Sau Poler - MODULOR7

https://dreemsdreems.bandcamp.com/
"Dreems’ hypnotic reveries strain and pulse against the restrictive meta-thongs of contemporary lifestyle living to offer a pan-globo soulstyle for our times. His impression of psychedelia is expressive. And the expression on your face of the impression it leaves....impressive."  - Man on Mushrooms, 2013.

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