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Get Physical's Roland Leesker returns to the label with a storytelling new single that comes with a remix from Confidential Recipe. 

This is Leesker's second outing on the label this year after February's timeless 'Haus Musik' package. That was the latest in a small but carefully curated series of releases from the artist who has seen recent remixes from Scan7, Terrence Parker and Francesco Tristano and never fails to infuse classic sounds with new school ideas. 

This new single is informed by a Japanese legend of the Heian Period in the late 10th century. Ibaraki-doji, a notorious Oni, resided at Rashomon Gate in Kyoto and harassed people who tried to pass through the gate until a heroic samurai named Watanabe no Tsuna subdued the creature. The battle raged on until Tsuna drew his katana and severed the arm of the demon. A few days later, an elderly woman claiming to be Tsuna's aunt came to visit him and asked her nephew to recount how he fought with the oni. Tsuna mentioned that he had Ibaraki-doji's severed arm in his possession and his aunt was curious to see it. When he revealed the arm, his aunt unveiled herself as Ibaraki-doji in disguise. She grabbed the arm and escaped from Tsuna's mansion. However, even after retrieving the arm, Ibaraki-doji never returned to dwell at Rashomon Gate again. 

The 'The Demon at Rashomon' single musically depicts this tale and comes with epic artwork that brings the story visually to life courtesy of Rio based artist Paula Lles. The record has a body-popping, electro-infused and breakbeat-driven groove that will fire up any dance floor. The bass is big and powerful and the turbulent synths, acid squelches and yelping vocals all bring a battle-ready vibe. It makes for a unique and high-impact tune from Leesker who once again co-produced this with Neil Barber at Hot Kitchen Studios in Berlin. 

Venezuela's pioneering rave ambassador Confidential Recipe remixes and brings with him a fresh mix of tech, electro and house. He has landed on labels like Rekids and RSPX and shows why here. His take is a warm, big and bouncy acid cut with silky drums and vocal yelps adding extra intensity to the groove. 

This is a brilliantly colourful package from Get Physical. 

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The Demon at Rashomon

Roland Leesker - The Demon At Rashomon (Snippet)

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Electronic duo Pale Blue return to Crosstown Rebels with ‘No Words’, the second single from their forthcoming album  ‘Maria’, with remixes from DJ Tennis and Perel.  

Italians Do It Better founder Mike Simonetti and Silver Hands’ Elizabeth Wight’s rich and storied careers within the electronic realm  and beyond only elevated further with the launch of their Pale Blue project in 2015, unveiling a series of critically acclaimed releases  via Simonetti’s 2MR imprint with plaudits including Pitchfork, FACT and Resident Advisor, to name just a few. Having provided the first  look into their forthcoming album on Crosstown Rebels entitled ‘Maria’, scheduled for release on the label later this year, the pair  return to open March with the second single from the project, ‘No Words’ - accompanied by remixes from DJ Tennis and Perel.

“‘Maria’ is an album of love songs, and ‘No Words’ is the apex, so to speak. It is the Pale Blue version of a jacking house  track. The lyrics are intentionally sing-songs/nursery rhyme style to give it an even more minimal and fleeting feeling. It may  be the most optimistic song in our catalog.” - Mike Simonetti. 

Detailing the backstory to the record, Simonetti notes both upcoming single ‘No Words’ and the majority of the tracks on the duo’s  forthcoming album project were made on the exact synths used to create Jaydee’s iconic 1993 hit, ‘Plastic Dreams’. “A long time ago,  maybe twelve years, I answered a Craigslist ad of a person selling some synthesizers, and when I got to the house to buy them, it was  Jaydee of ‘Plastic Dreams’ fame. I ended up buying the two synths he recorded ‘Plastic Dreams’ on, and his custom presets were still  set up”. He adds, “I use his synths all the time and used them on almost every song on ‘Maria’. On ‘No Words’ especially, I used the  ‘Plastic Dreams’ sound from his actual synth”.  

Guided by a captivating bassline accented by Wight’s charming vocals, which flutter amongst the mix, ‘No Words’ is a hooky and  compelling production that ebbs and flows across its near five-minute duration with effortless ease, capturing the playful nature  alluded to by Simonetti. Life and Death head honcho DJ Tennis’ remix arrives next, veering down a hazy yet absorbing path as crisp  organic drums and engrossing melodies form around the vocals and journey through light and dark textures.

The B-side of the record belongs to DJ/producer, vocalist and DFA Records favourite Perel, offering a cosmic dive through spacey  synths, skittering bleeps and pops, and tough kicks across her take on the production - before distorting and warping the vocals and  shifting the emphasis on the ever-evolving electronics across her ‘Dub Version’.

Tracklist  
1. No Words 
2. No Words (DJ Tennis Remix) 
3. No Words (Perel Remix) 
4. No Words (Perel Remix Dub Version)

Pale Blue, DJ Tennis, Perel

No Words

Pale Blue - No Words (Perel Remix Dub Version)

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Swiss scene mainstay Kellerkind brings his uniquely soulful house sounds to a new EP on Get Physical Music. 

Marco Biagini hails from a small rural town but has made his mark throughout his homeland as an irreplaceable figure in the electronic scene. Inspired by a long love of Chicago and deep house, he has constantly brought his own spin as a DJ and producer. Now no stranger to the top of the Beatport charts and high profile support from influential selectors, he is a mainstay at labels like Stil Vor Talent and makes a great impression with this Get Physical Music debut. 

Heartfelt opener 'Somebody' is the sort of dynamic but loose deep house that gets a smile on the face of knowing crowds. Its bass is warm and bendy, and the synths bring texture, while a spine-tingling contemporary soul vocal is the perfect finishing touch as the catchy groove rolls on. The excellent 'Physical Aspects of Disco' shows another side to this artist's sound: it's a colourful and playful disco-house fusion with rich chords and a vocal full of character. The energy builds throughout so that the dance floor will erupt after the breakdown. 

These are two stylish and sumptuous tracks from Kellerkind. 

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Somebody EP

Physical Aspects Of Disco

Kellerkind - Physical Aspects Of Disco (Snippet)

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Zakir - Saw This Saw
Hard to Tell - Area 88
Skatman - Funkadelic
Alex Medina - Paramita
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Denis Horvat - Portrait of a Lady
Jonathan Kaspar - In My Head
Solique, Ivory - Burn Through
Hardt Antoine - I Need Someone
Dominik Marz - Trip Club
Ditian - Visionaria
Glowal - Figures
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