The sky was clearer than ever tonight, its canvas studded with a thousand stars. The night air felt cool on her face as she made her way to the top of the hill to gaze at the atmosphere above; a ritual that had now become a part of her daily life. From up here she could see everything; the hazy lights emitting from the village below, the pylons that seemed to tower over the landscape and the winding river that stretched for miles. From up here, she felt on top of the world, like a predator presiding over its empire...

Dischi Autunno bosses Jennifer Cardini and Noura Labbani have been hard at work on their label's next dispatch: a whopping 22 track compilation split across two parts. Exploring the plethora of sounds that orbit the imprint—from electro, italo and acid to synthwave, coldwave and lo-fi— 'Intermezzo' unites artists from across these musical spectrums, including previous label mates like Curses, Pablo Bozzi, Chinaski, The Golden Filter and Younger Than Me, as well as new, burgeoning talent including Mogambo, Zillas on Acid and A Strange Wedding.

PREMIERE: Younger Than Me feat. ZaaZaa - Rave Therapy [Dischi Autunno]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/letherique
Track: Nether Boulevard 
Label: https://soundcloud.com/bellaursa
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, LP
Release date: 16/7/21
Purchase: https://bellaursa.bandcamp.com/album/aur-ra

Celebrating it's first anniversary, Bella Ursa Recordings is proud to present you the very first album from its head-honcho, Letherique.
Aurōra is a collection of post-apocalyptic music, but it doesn't go the way you might imagine. You won't find any harsh industrial sounds or even overly-dark tones in there. It’s more about the feeling of moodiness, the sensation of being lost and alone, and the exploration of vast, devastated, unknown territories. It’s about finding beauty in whatever remains, never losing hope… and rebuilding.
Birthed out of the chaos of the early days of the worldwide lockdown, these cathartic tracks are the perfect window into its creator's soul. Troubled by the pandemic as it is, this results in a genuine micro-snapshot of our deeply uncertain times.
More than ever, he felt like letting things go and just letting the machines speak for themselves rather than trying to fit into any box. Whether it's by mashing up virtual keytar with heavy 85BPM techno drums, dabbling in cheeky unexpected vibes, or cranking the melancholia up to 11 on beatless soundtracks pieces, Letherique takes you on a singular journey through a cosmic maelstrom of electronic tones, bringing the Bella Ursa mothership one step closer to the Beyond.

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PREMIERE | Letherique - Nether Boulevard [Bella Ursa] 2021

This month's "Outsider" mix is made by Slow Motion's label heads Franz Scala & Fabrizio Mammarella. The two made a two-hour mix full of high energy tracks for the weekend. 

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Artist: GUN
Track: Boput
Label: https://soundcloud.com/mememerecords
Format:, Digital, EP
Release date: 13/7/21
Purchase: https://lnk.to/MMM25

GUN (Grim Up North), the new alias of Newcastle mainstay Peter Wilson, aka one-half of People Get Real, debuts on Me Me Me this August with 'The Reef' EP featuring remixes from REES & Sahar, Fall Forward & Grainger and Kiaki.
Over many years as People Get Real, Wilson has established himself as one of house and disco's most assured and accomplished DJ and production duos. He has played at various major clubs and festivals globally, has served up a wealth of club-ready weapons on his co-founded Join Our Club label, and now branches out with something just as vital under the new alias, GUN.
Our pick falls on  'Boput' which slows things down to a tense and paranoid crawl, crashing hits and drums for a dark atmosphere. Prickly acid, jacked-up percussion and modulated synths all add fryer colour and detail to this backroom classic. Last of all comes a remix from Kiaki, a brand new artist and young talent who will release a full debut on this label later in the year. His version is a leggy and shadowy, industrial-tinged dark disco groove with angular drums and tension in the synths.

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PREMIERE | GUN - Boput [Me Me Me] 2021

Proud to announce the first vinyl-only release of Rythmē, the Turin queer party made with the effort of all of his lovers and dancers. The A-side opens with “Tomorrowasteland”, an unsolved question about the dancefloor of tomorrow – a dystopic stomper with ready-made and punk attitude. Hard Ton served a luscious waterfall of synths on their original take of Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo’s song while Matteo Coffetti “Kelakitun’s Pipe” explore an exotic imaginary with an Indian touch. Last but not least, an original track of Barabbah closes this heavyweight vinyl with a sunny and techy bumper. And yes, inside the sleeve there’s also a download code for a Rythmē exclusive and digital only edit…

Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo / ( r ) - The Side Effects of Self Indulgence (Hard Ton rmx)
is written by Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo and performed with Daniele Pagliero. Recorded by Paul Beauchamp and mixed by Hard Ton

PREMIERE : Marco Pizzini - Tomorrowasteland

Time had slipped through his fingers, he could barely recollect a moment of the last 12 hours. He’d fallen into another world and left reality behind him, his mind lost in the spaces in-between. Now he had to piece the fragments back together and find a way back to normality.

For the next instalment on Jason Peters’ Roam Recordings, Italian producers Giorgio Giri and Marco Lentano unite under their Mushrooms Project alias for a dose of hypnotic, downtempo cuts. True to their name, psychedelia is the dish of the day, with the duo serving up four tracks that match mind expanding electronics and analog instrumentation.

PREMIERE: Mushrooms Project - Dirty Dune [Roam Recordings]

50% Mexican / 50% Guatemalan label run by Fabio Me Llaman Soltero & Tyu, born in a lucid dream close to Rio Suchiate (border Guatemala-México). Label inspired by/from raw and honest sounds of the global south and their culture.

PREMIERE : DJ Chrysalis - Big (MI SUN Atari Remix)

German electro producer Martin Matiske has recently breathed new life into his Blackploid alias. The project’s revival continues to bear fruit with the Strange Stars EP, Matiske’s third Blackploid release of 2021 and second for Central Processing Unit after issuing March’s Cosmic Traveler EP through the Sheffield label.
Blackploid’s two CPU drops have more in common than just stargazing titles. Those who enjoyed Cosmic Traveler will find plenty to like again in these four tracks, with Matiske serving up another quartet of snappy machine-funk joints this time around. However, while there is certainly a throughline between Cosmic Traveler and Strange Stars, this EP also finds Blackploid pushing the envelope at points by taking risks with his synth tones which thrill and enliven the record.
In keeping with the cosmic theme of Blackploid’s recent output, Strange Stars kicks off with ‘Star Patrol’. While this opening cut is full of the same needle-gun basslines and dinky synths that characterised Cosmic Traveler, the drum programming eschews the broken beats favoured by many in the scene for a straight house/techno snap. It makes for a very groovy jam, one with Drexciya, Computer World-era Kraftwerk and a pinch of Space Dimension Controller in its mix.
Indeed, the only track on Strange Stars which skips along on a broken beat is second entry ‘The Signal’. ‘The Signal’ also features some of Blackploid’s most impressive electronics programming to date, announcing itself with a brilliantly unusual synth that sounds like an old video game unit which has just gained sentience. When this alien tone is combined with another precision-engineered bassline the track invokes the grizzly bangers of the L.I.E.S. label, though the keyboard stabs which enter periodically also hint to the funkier electro of, say, Egyptian Lover.
‘The Unseen’, the first B-side of Strange Stars, finds Blackploid bringing together many of the things which made the two previous tunes such standouts. A steady four-on-the-floor and a slightly haunted feel to the synth choices casts back to ‘Star Patrol’, but much like ‘The Signal’ this joint also features some rather weird tones which are a hair’s breadth away from machine malfunction. It’s a feeling which runs through to closing cut ‘Light Corridor’, a number where melodies and anti-melodies zip around an array of gurgling electronic cells.
Martin Matiske’s fine run of Blackploid EPs continues with the intergalactic electro stylings of Strange Stars.

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PREMIERE : Blackploid - The Signal

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