After alarming interest with Oz Waves' resurrection Will I Dream, Andy Rantzen returns to Efficient Space with 1/66 - a collection of four dubs from his 1999/2000 archives. 

Home recorded above a lawyer’s office and next door to a brothel, the retrospective is lead by the earth shattering digi stepper Rock Steady. Originally intended for an abandoned dub album, Rock Steady and Fantasy Dub were saved from the cutting room floor by Australian CD-only compilations on Creative Vibes and vital collective Clan Analogue, while Green River was never released. Now demanding wider appreciation, the dubs finally find union with Green Man’s New York hip hop/dancehall style, lifted from his second solo album The Blue Hour Vol. 3: Deep Blue. 

Humbly excelling in all electronic forms, Rantzen helped guide techno-rave duo Itch-E & Scratch-E through the 90s with Paul Mac. Winning the inaugural Best Dance Release category at the 1995 Aria Awards, Mac thanked “all of Sydney's ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible,” while Rantzen stayed at home. The two would also operate incognito as Boo Boo & Mace and Screensaver, often collaborating on looney dubs with Sheriff Lindo - the master of seismic shocks down under. 

Rantzen’s earliest work stretches back to Pelican Daughters, an ensemble who proliferated industrial-leaning ambient and tape loop experiments.

ANDY RANTZEN - 1/66 (ES005) OUT NOW

After alarming interest with Oz Waves' resurrection Will I Dream, Andy Rantzen returns to Efficient Space with 1/66 - a collection of four dubs from his 1999/2000 archives.

Home recorded above a lawyer’s office and next door to a brothel, the retrospective is lead by the earth shattering digi stepper Rock Steady. Originally intended for an abandoned dub album, Rock Steady and Fantasy Dub were saved from the cutting room floor by Australian CD-only compilations on Creative Vibes and vital collective Clan Analogue, while Green River was never released. Now demanding wider appreciation, the dubs finally find union with Green Man’s New York hip hop/dancehall style, lifted from his second solo album The Blue Hour Vol. 3: Deep Blue.

Humbly excelling in all electronic forms, Rantzen helped guide techno-rave duo Itch-E & Scratch-E through the 90s with Paul Mac. Winning the inaugural Best Dance Release category at the 1995 Aria Awards, Mac thanked “all of Sydney's ecstasy dealers, without whom this award would not be possible,” while Rantzen stayed at home. The two would also operate incognito as Boo Boo & Mace and Screensaver, often collaborating on looney dubs with Sheriff Lindo - the master of seismic shocks down under.

Rantzen’s earliest work stretches back to Pelican Daughters, an ensemble who proliferated industrial-leaning ambient and tape loop experiments.

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Two raw cosmic funk tracks based on Frank Herbert's inimitable sci-fi epic, "Dune."

Available digitally here: https://paulatreides.bandcamp.com

Side A vocals by Faye Simms.

Paul Atreides - Arrakis Walk b/w Thinking Machines 7" *SOLD OUT*

DC Promo Tracks #57 is "Jardim Zoológico" by Lena d'Água from the upcoming release on @strangelovemusic

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Beautifully re-mastered by reissue specialist Peter Beckmann, Strangelove’s first record will be released on 180gr vinyl in late April 2017

Strangelove Music is delighted to present its first project, two songs from Lena d'Água, one of Portugal’s great musical acts of the early 1980’s.

From the ashes of art pop band Salada de Frutas, Lena rose as the first prominent female bandleader in Portugal. Combining a siren presence and soaring vocals alongside songwriter Luis Fonseca and backing band Atlântida, they released a series of records that wove through the avante-pop sensibilities of the time.

Collected here are two of their more leftfield moments; ‘Jardim Zoológico’ compresses a beguiling mix of new wave, post punk and dub into a short sharp pop format, impossible to properly categorize, the dynamic composition sounding as fresh now as it did 35 years ago. On the flipside, the calmer ‘Tao’ takes Fonseca’s keyboards towards more eastern territory, conjuring up a dreamy synthesized new age vibe. Lena’s beautiful fado hued notes hang poignantly across both songs.

Strangelove Music is an Antipodean based record label established in 2016 to explore our exotic and curious musical passions, sometimes long forgotten, sometimes newly hatched. Expect a mélange of our loves peppering the airwaves in 2017.

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DC Promo Tracks #57: Lena d'Água “Jardim Zoológico”

Let hidden weapon @hymnshymns take the reins with this fierce cut "Map 7" on Exertion VA aka LKR003. Shuddering breakbeats rattle the warehouse...

PREORDERS:
https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/products/various-artists-exertion
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/strahinja-arbutina-iazikzazubami-consulate-hymns-exertion/648401-01/
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https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/record-label-releases/16948-lkr-records

Exertion VA

Hymns - Map 7 [LKR003]

Pedrodollar formerly known as Petter hands in his first solo-single since his Border Community release "Some Polyphony" from 2006. This Maxi Single on swedish imprint Born Free features Reggae-Not-Reggae movers and other tricks only Petter could pull off. Dont Snooze!
https://soundcloud.com/bornfreerecords

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Pedrodollar - U Gotta Do What U Gotta Do

Digital steppas and dubwise oddities rescued from obscurity by Efficient Space, a reissue label from Noise In My Head boss Michael Cucyk.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/10/08/premiere-andy-rantzen-green-river/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/andy-rantzen

1/66

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Andy Rantzen - Green River (STW Premiere)

Hip hop-inspired, slo-mo breaks from the dubbed-out Andy Ranzten retrospective on @noise-in-my-head offshoot, @efficientspace.

'1​/​66' is out October 27th on Efficient Space. 

Pre-order: bit.ly/2yD3e5A

Premiere: Andy Rantzen – Green Man [Efficient Space]

From the original DATs of Andy Rantzen's abandoned dub album of 99/00. Eventually released on a Jeff Dread mix CD, it finally gets its deserved spotlight on the Efficient Space EP '1/66'

03 Andy Rantzen - Fantasy Dub 3:06 (ES005)

Originally recorded for an abandoned dub album, this demonic digi stepper eventually surfaced on the 2006 Clan Analogue compilation 'In Version'. Still rattling speakers today, it now appears on Efficient Space's collection of turn of the century Andy Rantzen dubs '1/66'

01 Andy Rantzen - Rock Steady 5:46 (ES005)

Download / Support the artists: https://shikashika.bandcamp.com/album/eco-v-a

We celebrate two years of Shika Shika with the release of our third compilation: Eco. 

Eco sums up what Shika Shika is about - the global reverberations of styles, genres, traditions and sounds moving around the world and fusing to create inspiring new music. We call it music without borders and on Eco we present 11 tracks that are exactly that. 

The tracks we hand-picked for Eco draw inspiration from traditional rhythms, stories and melodies and fuse them with individual inspirations, sounds from nature and electronic music. This is exemplified on Di Laif’s anthemic opener “Paso Por el Fuego” or Guazú’s incredible “Pava de Monte” featuring Wenceslada. Some artists like Jin Jerei and Oxhalá take us on a journey deep into their roots while others like Didacte and O.R. create atmospheric textural, electronic-organic soundscapes. Ibu Selva’s “Chega de Esperar” is a rework of a Brazilian agrarian reform anthem while Klik & Frik offer up a beautiful edit of Hassan Ben Jaafar, a master of Moroccan Gnawa music. 

It is hard to believe it has been two years since Shika Shika was started as a platform to showcase some of the music we truly loved from the thriving community from Sao Paulo to Seoul. Two years of connections, exchanges, ideas, new sounds and, most of all, incredible support and feedback from the people who listen & buy this music all over the world. We started Shika Shika as a way to give exposure and support to this community, sharing 70% of all the profits with the artists directly, and are inspired to continue pushing the music we love. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. We all appreciate it dearly. 

¡Here’s to labels without owners for music without borders! 
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Shika Shika Presents: Eco

Baru - Tuk Tuk

The bubbling water was delicately peaceful amidst the cold of the midnight hour. Sat in the park there was little to be heard but for the trickling pearls which fell from the fountain up above. Sat upon a park bench it was hard to decipher the colour of the flowers which sat alongside the feature, they might be yello, pink, purple or blue for all he cared. The scenery was irrelevant at this point given the temperature of the cold winter night, he shivered and blew smoke into the air, awaiting the arrival of his woman. 

Mozaika is an up and coming musician whom has recently been adopted by the Public Possession family. His new EP titled "Aqua" has apparently been on heavy rotation by the team behind the label for some time.

Aqua

PREMIERE: Møzaika - Taba Taba [Public Possession]

from debut album out on BORN BAD RECORDS
MORE INFOS : http://www.bornbadrecords.net/releases/bb101-vox-low-st/

VOX LOW -  Now We're Ready To Spend

pupi chunes - eto koto

Barra Funda is something of a homecoming for Brazilian producer Spaniol. The EP takes inspiration from the neighbourhood (barra funda) in São Paulo where Spaniol (Felipe Torquato) grew up as a kid and rediscovered when coming back from a long year touring around the world. 

The music is inspired by Felipe’s walks down the streets of the neighbourhood, originally known for its community of Spanish immigrants, going to the local park, Agua Branca, or visiting the neighbourhood’s numerous strange bars.

Opener Moinho is the name of a favela in Barra Funda where, over the past year there have been increasing confrontations between the local community and the police. In February 2017 Felipe met a young kid called Everson while working on the soundtrack for a public theatre piece. The two bonded over their love of rap and poetry and the result is this heady mix of baile funk, deep-dark, organic electronica and Everson’s gravely rap verses.

The EP closes with epic instrumental Asturias, which features guitars played by Felipe (one of the first real pieces he learnt) and is a homage to the producer’s own Spanish heritage.

Agua Branca takes its name, and its inspiration, from a park just two blocks down from where Felipe lives and where he used to play as a kid. Today it has been transformed with an incredible café and has become a nature reserve.

Sale de Baile featuring Tugce & Cosmic e Damiao is a nod to the old-style saloons.

Lavradio is the name of Felipe’s street in Barra Funda and was written alongside Agustin (Barrio Lindo) when he stayed at Spaniol’s place. Agustín was one of Felipe’s first contacts in the scene and the two have built up a close relationship over the years.

Artwork: Clau Smith

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Spaniol - Água Branca

Orphx - Zero Hour (Mechanical Heaven Edit)

Slow version of this bootleg I did a few weeks ago, this one is dedicated to the @front-de-cadeaux boys for obvious reasons.

Oh and here's the original version at 127 BPM for all my speed racers:
https://soundcloud.com/ed-isar/gogol

Buy remastered version

Go! Gol (Moby x Dozzy bootleg by Ed Isar - only 4 Front de Cadeaux edit)

Unknown album

Nkonyeni Kigh - ka re Bone

The first release in 2018 will be on sale soon from CockTail d'Amore.

CockRing d'Amore Edits 004 -  02

🌞 NAPOLI SEGRETA vol.1 🌞


Lato '70: Donatella Viggiano - Giancarlo D'auria - Tonica & Dominante - Oro
Lato '80: Antonio Sorrentino - Donn'Anna - Mario D'Episcopo - ORO - Pino Amoroso

"Early Sounds is proud to announce, in collaboration with NG Rec, first volume of Napoli Segreta, a meticulous selection of the rarest and most sought after compositions of the 70's and 80's Napolitan disco and funk scene."

Naples is under siege, as always. Everybody wants a piece of it. Everybody is in search of the essence of the city, and it’s sound. A hunt such as this one, is so cruel, that originality risks the extinction within the goal of fake authenticities, being them musical, cultural, or artistic. Enough is enough! It is time to react. It is time to give back to the city what is rightfully theirs, before the other’s who wish to steal it forever, acquire it first. Time before samplers colonised the global acoustic imagery, here, in Naples, throughout its metropolitan spaces and rhythms, such beautiful tracks have been recorded that once you listen to them, they remain indelible.  And after years spent following the footprints of legendary characters beneath an urban underground, that crawls with anecdotes and passion, immerses bloody quests into oceans of vinyl records and dusty tapes, in the midst of emotional vicissitudes, parties, seas, recording studios and seagulls…..Napoli Segreta. Nonetheless, only the naive would believe in everything they read. Napoli Segreta is everything but this: Napoli Segreta is a diversion, a trick to deviate the attention away from everything that remains outside of this compilation. For there exists one, and only one way to let Naples remain truly a secret; to not talk about it at all. Zitto a chi same ‘o juoco, a vendi Napoli e poi muori….

Gennaro Ascione

Compiled by Famiglia Discocristiana, DNApoli, Nu Guinea.

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[EAS018] Napoli Segreta vol. 1 [NG02]

Exactly one year after their sold-out debut album Zest, Die Orangen (aka Dreems & Kris Baha) are zurück! Malka Tuti and Die Orangen have concocted a double dish, a two part remix package, Saft 1 & Saft 2. A2 is Tapan’s remix of Metal Man. The poem-not-poem is taking shape as a low bpm banger when Tapan’s heavy signature kick meets those trippy vocals. This is Tapan’s first track to be made after finishing their debut Album last year on MT, and its an interesting evolution of their sound, slow dark and punchy, yet with these vocals and bassline, also a catchy post-pop track for the later hours.

https://soundcloud.com/dieorangen
https://soundcloud.com/malka-tuti
https://soundcloud.com/tapanbg
https://facebook.com/malkatuti/
https://facebook.com/tapanbg/

Pre-order!

PRÉMIÈRE: Die Orangen - Metal Man (Tapan Remix) [Malka Tuti]

Label run by @noise-in-my-head

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Australia | info@noiseinmyhead.com.au
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