Kate Stein - Mystic Saddle Ranch (Inc. Autarkic, Balam remixes)
Release date : 13 may 2021
Label: Playground Records (https://soundcloud.com/playgroundrecords)
https://soundcloud.com/katesteinnyc https://soundcloud.com/autarkic

Australian raised, New York based producer Kate Stein makes her debut on Playground Records with ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ a powerful Ep full of hypnotic rhythms and beautiful landscapes, composed by 2 original mixes accompanied by high caliber remixes from Autarkic and Balam.
‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ begins like a train barreling from far away with staccato arpeggios and modulations; like horns warning that it is in a hurry and the energy will not stop. Sensual and seductive at the same time, the track builds with an elegant current of sound. This takes us back to the beginning of electronic sounds, reminiscent of I Feel Love. The glam of Studio 54 crossover with some acid slow electro makes for an irresistible dance ripped dress.
The second track is called ‘Hi-Lo Motel’ and it gets more serious. A bouncing synth marks out a crossover bass with modulations seeping back and forth in alien tone. A smooth and rarefied flight, ecstatic, stealthy and nostalgic.
Autarkic remixes ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ by twisting it with a lot of funk machine. A hoarse, scratchy bass grooves recklessly as a dirty, dragged snare beats his side. Cowbells rattle for flavor as acid modulations elusively intersect. Pads of mystery take us to a break
that is quickly attacked again by the bass to unleash a brazen and shrewd dance.
Balam gives his own perspective about ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ closing the Ep and doing what he does best, mixing synthetic tribalism of acid modulations and frenetic percussion. His bass, his personal mark, pushes incessantly and cadency. He takes us on a sinuous and enchanting journey while chords scatter us through an open space towards infinity.

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PREMIERE : Kate Stein - Mystic Saddle Ranch (Autarkic Remix)

A debut Bleach Cult album "Summertime Whiteout" - the quirky ambient pop record that fantasizes about 1960s surf culture and romanticizes the never-ending dilemmas of teen life - got seven versatile interpretations from diverse Partyzanai comrades. Ement transformed "A Coke With Hollie" into a rockabilly dancefloor sweat version, while Five Rituals duo converted the same song into a broken deconstructed club track. Sound designer Shkema took as usually a slow groove "mushroom" house approach and Zoe Zoe created an AI-based leftfield vocal version. Black Feeling transformed "Acid Shades" into a balleric dancefloor tune and Mart created a dreamy guitar-synths version of "Kenny". Finally, Alex Krell adapts "Neon sugar" into a true rave-ish anthem.

https://soundcloud.com/bleachcult
https://soundcloud.com/shkema
https://soundcloud.com/partyzanai-pop

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@Skalbianke
Buy Release: https://skalbianke.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiCmlh-q6qg

Aguonėlė (Poppy) was a name of a child who lived somewhere in the fields of Lithuania with her grandparents. The fable says Aguonėlė was haunted by a tricky wolf who kidnapped her and carried into the woods. 
We called a few people we love and showed them the sample of the story that later was used to create this EP. All of them agreed to participate in the ways they could. 
This release was created by the artists, who became personal favourites since the time we met. As a channel, party series, podcast, and freshly formed label, we’re glad to gather those who participated, inspired, and helped us in one way or another. 
Inside you’ll find fine breaks and trance, wavy delics and music to dance. From drum n bass to techno, a bit of house and some downtempo. 
Also, as briefly mentioned above, it’s a debut release for our small group of people who think, share and cooperate for the sake of this project being. 
It’s varied but integral. 
Same, same as us.

Tracklist:
01 - Zillas On Acid - Aguonėlė
02 - Martis - Aguonėlė
03 - Jaroška - Aguonėlė
04 - Auren - Aguonėlė
05 - Koneliūnas - Aguonėlė
06 - Deserted Island - Aguonėlė

Deserted Island FB: https://www.facebook.com/desertedi/
Deserted Island SC: https://soundcloud.com/deserted_island  
Deserted Island IG: https://www.instagram.com/desertedisland_/

Skalbiankė FB: https://www.facebook.com/skalbiankee
Skalbiankė SC: https://soundcloud.com/Skalbianke
Skalbiankė IG: https://www.instagram.com/skalbianke/

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PREMIERE: Deserted Island - Aguonėlė [Skalbiankė]

https://bonkersrecs.bandcamp.com/album/oddness-vol-i

Social links:
Omar Joesoef
https://soundcloud.com/omarjoesoef-1
Bonkers
https://soundcloud.com/bonkersrecs
Locomotive:
https://soundcloud.com/bonkersrecs
https://www.instagram.com/bonkersrecs/
Mverto Futura:
https://soundcloud.com/muertofutura
https://www.instagram.com/mvertofutura/

PREMIERE: Omar Joesoef - Yala Peak [Bonkers]

Rambal Cochet (aka St Petersberg’s Konstantyn Isaev aka Volta Cab) lands on Wrong Era with four electronic snapshots suited to the more robust dancefloor. Opener,Leptis Magna, builds and twists through subtle plateaus’ towards a storm of climactic strings that clear to reveal momentary elation. Elation becomes soundtrack suspense on Fabrizio Mammarella’s remix, stripping back the parameters (while bringing the rhythm to the fore), resulting in a driving, tunnel trancer. Enter The Infinite is a steady builder; each tweak charming you towards twilight’s dancing silhouettes. Cyrillic balearic vocal’s melodise The Hidden Magenta, which locks you in it’s groove’s exotic, growing, immediacy.

Rambal Cochet - Saga Zunn - Wrong Era

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https://soundcloud.com/samorecords
🛒 https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-cube
🔊 https://youtu.be/0S4OmK9apsY

We present to you our 3rd compilation, Cube, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions. 

We welcome a brand-new group of artists to the label: Anatolian Weapons starts it off with a slow acid burner; Azaria follows with a hypnotic trance-y track; Ruksby picks up the tempo with an acid-infused EBM heavy-hitter; WLDV gets dark and dirty with an Industrial/EBM smasher; Kidaudra offers a high-tempo monster; Orchid delivers a fun electro-italo track; the recently formed Oblako Maranta project contributes a haunting leftfield track; and Robert E. Livingood wraps things up with a lo-fi psychedelic new wave track. 

Tracklist:

1. Anatolian Weapons - Melt 
2. Azaria - Path To Black, Fade To Light
3. Ruksby - Step To Track: 
4. WLDV - Obsessed
5. Kidaudra - Snow
6. Orchid - Talgi
7. Oblako Maranta - Seasea (Baltic Mix)
8. Robert E. Livingood - From Outside

Various Artists - Cube

Seasea (Baltic Mix)

PREMIERE: Oblako Maranta - Seasea (Baltic Mix) [Samo Records]

Berlin-East Frisian artist Heindenreich presents his new EP ‘Gitarren im Darkroom’. A carefully crafted sonic journey through the subconscious landscapes of a twisted mind. Loaded with metallic percussion and syncopated rhythms the EP is characterized by mysterious atmospheres, rolling bass lines and beefy beats. On top of these we find obscure vocals provided by Timo Heidenreich himself on ‘Gitarren im Darkroom’ and german-french artist ANGST vor GRETA on “Die Göttliche Bewegung” adding to the tracks phantasmagoric vibes. Dirty guitars and psychotic synth melodies are the main ingredients of this freaked-out recipe, presenting a certainly explosive catchy formula characteristically decorated with Heidenreich’s always present pinches of exotic flavors.
Rounding up the EP this time remixes come in the hands of Tel Aviv’s mighty producer Mishell, and Hanzo, head of Vienna based label Belly Dance Services and half of the duo Hanzo & Yaman.
Mishell delivers a bomb of a remix imprinting his spicy burning signature sound that brings any dancefloor to life .
Hanzo's Divine clouds remix transforms the original into a trip hop inspired psychedelic delirium that takes us through the hypnosis of snake charmer.

https://soundcloud.com/odd-pleasures
https://soundcloud.com/therealheidenreich
https://soundcloud.com/angstvorgreta
https://soundcloud.com/mishellmusik 
https://soundcloud.com/nickhanzo

PREMIERE : Heidenreich - Die Göttliche Bewegung Feat. AngstvorGreta (Hanzo's Divine Clouds Remix)

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Francesco Tamburrano - Metapontum (Groove Goyrynych Rmx) [Superordinate Dub Waves]

Three years in the making only to be held up almost another year due to COVID and now finally seeing the light of day, is this brooding monster of a record by Brussels based Strapontin, aka multi-disciplinary artist Patrick Belmont.

Clocking in at over 35-minutes the record is almost album length and spans a multitude of depths and moods with elements of techno, new wave, rock 'n' roll, house and tribal…...all glued together with a uniquely sleazy atmosphere.

Add to this a heads-down-no-nonsense darkroom beast of a remix by techno maestro Sascha Funke and the package is complete.

Strapontin provides us with some insight:
“It started with a desire to move away a bit from my 'dancefloor' side and go into more undefined fields, I wanted to work with blurry sensations that I can't understand. I like mixed feelings. Dramatex 300 is made of that ambivalent mood. The voice is saying 'I'm feeling empty' and 'I'm feeling healthy' at the same time. I like that paradox. Eunuque is a song but is also a character I will develop in a short movie (which will act as the 'music video' of the song). The Eunuque is a character full of anger yet he doesn't want to fight nor has he a target to aim at. A restrained aggressivity is boiling inside him/it that has no opportunity to escape from the body and gain release. The song is the fever he feels from these inner battles. I think Le Bain d'Huile and Anti-sceptical have the same slow and angry feeling. I'm proud of these tracks because they are a bit mysterious to me and it feels like they controlled me more than I controlled them.”

Getting plays from Monika Seta, Sascha Funke, Alexis Le-Tan + more


"EP is SICK!!” Thom Roland [Zillas On Acid]

“Like it....particularly Anti-Sceptical” Sean Johnston [A Love From Outer Space / Hardway Bros.] 

“Strong release as usual” Alexis Le-Tan [Full Circle / Bahnsteig 23]

@strapontin
@saschafunkeofficial

Eunuque

INVINC 26 Strapontin - Eunuque [samples] [Out 22 Feb 2021]

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