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Having taken a more passive role providing edits and live instrumentation for the likes of Errors and Clark in recent years, Wax Stag’s sophomore record II (duh) is a supple extension of that pastoral sound. The track titles tell the whole story, really: “Woodland Walk”, “Race To The Lake”, “Caverns” and lead-off “Summit”.

Longtime homie FaltyDL - a man who, as Thris can attest, enjoys the finer things in life (i.e. eating grapes and listening to jazz) - provides a grin-worthy remix of the already ebullient track. The chintzy samples and limber percussion harken back to 2012's Hardcourage/Our House Stab release - bold colours splashed left, right n centre.

Wax Stag "Summit (FaltyDL Remix)" - Boiler Room Debuts

@liarinth

Liar has always been our resident tearjerker here at Infinite Machine. Whether through the esotech balladry of “Undance”, the urbane pop mélange of “Strange Love”, the dream-spawned narrative arc of “Spirewards”, or the sonic megalomania of “Cybertime”, he’s always been adept at dual-purpose musicianship – splicing disparate strands and epochs of music into cohesive works that are both instantly cathartic, and inquisitive upon repeat listen.  In the wake of his recent sabbatical, spent developing Tessier-Ashpool Recordings, crafting and curating aural sci-fi, immersed in prescient avant-club 24/7… he’s been aching to let off some steam, curb the functionalism for a second, and tickle some heartstrings again. 

Which brings us to “Genesis Dubs”. A classical, roots record for Liar, this latest IM EP revisits his first love – 90’s jungle and rave hardcore -, while serving as a repository for his most enduring feelings yet. It finds him now indifferent to the worldly love, hatred and anger that have fueled his past work, and instead concerned with ancestral regret, orphic redemption and immaterial deliverance. The biblical theme was, as such, opportune; but do not mistake this for a Christian jungle record – the Genesis verses that chronicle Cain’s exile are nothing more than ancient Sumerian and Babylonian legends articulated and formalized. And Liar is nothing if not formal.

Opener and lead cut “Enoch Dub” interpolates Liar’s first ever recording under his current pseudonym (a disheartened treatise on immortality - the lyrics of which can be found below), before fulminating into a thunderous 140bpm jungle affair, equally indebted to the likes of Dillinja, Goldie and DJ SS, but ultimately its own beast. “N0d” is a rave hardcore stepper that contrasts Chicago house leanings against a subversive, artisanal use of rave mainstays – air horns are pitched and reverbed into sprawling, lush pads, and metallic piano stabs serve an almost percussive function. The only true, 160bpm jungle track on the EP, “1derer”, is, ironically, the least junglist of the four – gothic, tribal and cinematic, it’s the “Inner City Life” that could (and should) have blared from the temples of the biblical First City. Closer “9 AD” is a hurried, reese-laden ambient number that’s as suggestive of apocalypse as it is of paradise – perhaps equating the two?

Release Date: April 20th
Format: Digital

Tracklist:

1. Enoch Dub
2. N0d
3. 1derer
4. 9 AD

Written, produced and mastered by Liar.
Artwork by Andronis.


Juno

IM030 - Liar - Genesis Dubs (Out now)

STW Advent Calendar Day 5 - all proceeds go to The Steve Reid Foundation.

Berlin beat-junkie @max-graef unwraps a painter's palette of unreleased hardcore private cuts, stitched together with seasonal precision.

Download & donate: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/12/05/day-5-max-graef-unreleased-hardcore-private-cuts-from-the-underhuman/

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Max Graef - unreleased hardcore or Human Trafficker’s choice vol. 1

Raw Light II

Wednesday Night Oct 28 2015

Curated cuts from the Recloose back catalog, created in Detroit and New Zealand, spanning 1999-2014. Featuring Joe Dukie (Fat Freddy's Drop), Dwele, Colin Stetson (Arcade Fire), Justin Chapman, Tyna Keelan, Jonathan Crayford, Genevieve Marentette, Malik Alston, Rayse Biggs (Was Not Was)...

Can't Take It feat. Dwele [2000]

Blue Daisy vs TOKiMONSTA - USD

New Year's Day breaks 2018

Mr. C - Shape Your Dreams (Banco De Gaia remix)
Inigo Kennedy - NGC6826 (Blinking Eye)
Sunscreem - Winchester Slate
WK7 - Rhythm 2 (Tripple H remix)
Bicep - Glue
Objekt - Theme From Q
The Beat Club - Dreams Were Made To Be Broken
Dimitri Veimar - 6 Days
Crump - Ice & Spheres
Wants - Root
Clexxs - Pop Your
Evil Nine - Your Girl
Stenny - Fortress
Kitoboy - Cosmic
Steve Spacek - Bright Eyes

e.RiZL - face breaks

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After years of releasing music and touring with his band The Acid, Steve Nalepa returns with a new solo LP ​Thoughtforms.​ Across 11 tracks, the album finds arpeggiating synths colliding with shimmering effects, waves of droning shoegaze and jacking Chicago house beats. The songs began as live takes in the studio, Nalepa running his extensive collection of synths through an arsenal of delays, reverbs and loopers. The tracks alternate between lush, hypnotic drifters and textured, ambient techno. All the songs were written, produced, mixed and mastered by Nalepa with videos for each song from an all-star cast of artists. The only additional musical contributor is The Distiller’s guitar virtuoso Tony Bevilacqua, Nalepa’s bandmate in Airspace.

Californian polymath Steve Nalepa is known for his vast and eclectic array of artistic collaborators, a key node in the electronic music scene cultivated through years of creating music and producing events. Together with Ry X and Adam Freeland he releases music and tours with his band The Acid (Infectious/Mute), creates cinematic drone as Airspace (Mute), and helped launch esteemed beat collective TeamSupreme as one of the founding members. He’s published award-winning art books through the self-launched Dilettante Press, scored several feature-length documentary films and devised/engineered Ableton Live rigs for such acts as Blood Orange, Nick Murphy, Drake and The Weeknd.

Active Imagination

Went into the crates to pull a few selections from the great jazz label Muse. Tried to stay away from some of the sample-favorites (no Walt Barr or Catalyst this time around). Instead, it's a journey into the a variety of styles and flavors, some creative and beautiful music made by a wide range of musicians in the 70s and early 80s. There's definitely another stack of records I wasn't able to include this round, so maybe a part two will be in the works for the future.

Tracklist: Dom Um Romao, Pat Martino, Cedar Walton, Joe Chambers, Mark Murphy, Deodato and Joao Donato, Eric Kloss

e.RiZL - face breaks

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