ERD001 Alpha EP - Fragoso - Profundo (Original Mix)[preview]

Fragoso - Profundo (Original Mix) [preview]

Alpha EP - Pedro Goya - How Soon You Forget (Original Mix) [preview]

Pedro Goya - How Soon You Forget (Original Mix) [preview]

Rui Vargas is unquestionably one of the greatest references of national deejaying.
His career began in 1988, and since then he has only known a sense - the ascending - either in the growing popularity that he has gain, that translates today a clear cult status both in maturity evident that his work shows, result of a constant search for innovation, without being tied to dogmas and prejudices, just taking the quality as the decisive criterion for the territories that exploits an exemplary coherence.
The vocation of vaunted musical promoter begins to Rui Vargas with a passion for the old Radio. It starts in RUT (Rádio Universidado Do Tejo) and to CMR (Correio Da Manhã Rádio), after he joins the Staff of Rádio Comercial, with "À Margem de Certa Maneira", a show of his own authorship. Currently he is responsible for "Musica com Pés e Cabeça" show in Antena3. His career as a Dj stars almost by accident and as a hobby. In 1990 his firt residence as a dj got place in the mitic Club Frágil in Lisbon, where once and for all get to score in a deep culture of national club and play a decisive role in the dissemination of the latest trends in dance music. Some years later Rui is called to collaborate in what will be the most ambitious project ever in national nightlife - Lux (lisbon) - one of the bests clubs in Europe.

ERS100 - Rui Vargas

"Roland TR-909 is a one Drum machine / sequencer classic designed by Tadao Kikumoto is a common synthesizer that can be found in software such as Fruity Loops or ReBirth. It can edit effects as:.. Attack, tone, tuning, decay , snap and accent. "
This set recorded at 130bpm joined a set of techno tracks where Roland TR 909 - Rhythm Composer is omnipresent. I hope you enjoy. Play on!

909 Rhythm Compositer  130 BPM

Monoritmo - Magic Voice (Original Mix) [preview]

Jonatan Ramonda - Break Glasses (Original Mix) [preview]

live set recorded @ Breyner Club (Porto) - 15.03.14

Shadows & Blindspots

Producer, musician, DJ, photographer, Brando Lupi’s influences range anywhere from post industrial-rock, experimental electronic to modern classical. The Italian native has had a history working alongside a number of talented artists.
He's the owner of the label Detune Records,founded in 2000.
Brando’s releases have been picked up by the likes of Orange Groove , Samuvar , Dewtone Recordings , Mental Groove , Zooloft , Detune Records and Elettronica Romana. He has recently composed a score for the movie “La Solitudine Dei Numeri Primi”, distributed by Medusa,with the soundtrack signed by Mike Patton ,leader of Faith No More,and presented at the 67th Venice Film Festival. He currently resides in Rome, spreading experimental spiritual frequencies across the world. 

ERS130 - Brando Lupi

One year of regular musical releases was the time we took to realize from a manager´s perspective that the traditional digital music distribution circuit is completely vicious, obsolete, moved and constrained by financial interests.
Music is only a matter of numbers and trading, with total absence of artistic feeling or boldness facing the already established, for serving the market and the entertainment industry.

These are the reasons why we decided to definitely separate ourselves from this dominant system, in which thousands of producers and musicians are constantly disrespected, and small labels, often held with blood and tears, are shockingly sucked by unscrupulous distribution platforms and online shops, pure marketing machines looking for easy profit. Eventually this ends in a lot of disappointment for the artists themselves because the "noise"of a lot of distributors is too much, they feel not cared, and it´s already hard to sale; and a lot of labels are forced to close, for having no conditions to support their artists the pro and right way.
On the other hand, internet became quickly the best way to get connected to music you wouldn´t so quickly, or maybe never, and that´s the good part! We love music, we want more music, more, more, more....is incredible to have access to all this music nowadays.

Based on this, we decided that, from now on, all our editions will only be available on our Bandcamp store or, eventually, on online shops that share the idea of a fair profit distribution amongst all parts involved. We think Bandcamp is the fairest and easiest by now. It will be less exposed, thats a fact; we won’t be at the colossal and unanimously desired Beatport, thats another fact. Nevertheless, we won’t be contributing to a system that doesn’t promote worth anymore, doesn’t look for talent and doesn’t create oportunities.
We believe in launching emergent talents in an alternative area and to appeal to those who are established to join us in this pathway towards pure art.

Today (the 2nd of December) is a year past the official date of our first edition: the split EP “Alpha EP” with three tunes produced by Pedro Goya, Fragoso and Luís Bravo. One year later, with five releases in our history (among which the Miguel Torga’s LP “Hexágono Amoroso”, probably one of the portuguese electronic albums of the year), we blast the anniversary with this collection “Cycle 1 (One Year of Elements Records)” (coordinated, selected and sequenced by our label manager, Gabi von Dub).
Besides remembering we are here for a year now, this collection points to what we want to do in the near future: less releasing, in longer and more conceptual frames, and escape the more functional electronics, dancefloor oriented.

In “Cycle 1 (One Year of Elements Records)” we present tracks from The Positronics, Aqob, Ludovic, ocp, Anders Blickmann, Orienrac, Alex FX, Reverb (here with a Mauno Koivisto remix, a.k.a. Jönsson Tõll), Naus, Sphitzio and The Push (the latter established in Portugal not long ago).

From the more immersive and wavy ambient to the more mysterious dance music, extra 4x4 or expansive, this collection is a journey to the essence of each musician but also to their ability to look outside the box or escape previously given tags. It makes us curious for its influences, simultaneously different and oddly linked when translated to artistic creation.
Our acknowledgement to everyone involved in it. We hope it to be a starting point for future adventures.in sound.

For 2015, we have three LPs confirmed already: the debuts of Anders Blickmann, The Positronics and the return of Mr. Herbert Quain.
In this collection, we wanted to musically mirror our own vision: to join emergent values with established and influential names, promoting the gathering of several styles within electronics, with quality management and open minds.
Portugal has a sound, and several agents of that sound, and we want to show it to the world.

All tracks previously unreleased, except track 11, previously released on The Push’s "Transcendental Evidence" EP, by Arctic Dub Records (Sursumcorda).
credits
released 02 December 2014

Selected and compiled by Gabi von Dub a.k.a. Augen
Mastered at Clean Wave Studios by Fernando Rodrigues (a.k.a Fragoso)
Artwork by BrainDance 

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Elements started its activity in 2001, in the field of electronic music events organization, under the motto "Electronic, music, only". On its already long route, Elements had the pleasure of working with DJs such as The Advent, Tiefschwarz, Ivan Smagghe, Dasha Rush, Bret Johnson, Deepbass, Rui Vargas, A.Paul, To Ricciard, yen Sung, Jorge  Caiado, Tozé Diogo, among many others. Despite having worked with many renowned DJs, always assumed its work on promotion and dissemination of emerging values and unknown talents in the alternative national electronic scene as main focus. It was in this context, and as a complement to its activity, that in late 2011 launched its own weekly podcast – dedicated to techno, house and also other leftfield electronics - and that, at the end of 2013, began with the its own record label: Elements Records. 


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