Break first

janvier 2024

@fraxinus emerges after a 4-year dormancy with six tracks of earth-shaking kick drums, thunderous percussion and razor-sharp sound design.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/fraxinus-pass-one/

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Premiere: Fraxinus - Pass One

IM096 - @aroent - Say
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: May 27th,2022
Format: Digital
Artwork by Vojd

Following on from a release-packed 2021, Infinite Machine are back with a new 4-track offering from the relative newcomer, Aroent. Across 3 new original cuts (plus a rework by UK dance royalty, Ploy) the Berlin-based producer delivers some serious rollers crammed full of gnarly drumwork and a pervasive air of unease. Like the strange, abstract creature of the record artwork, the music of Say EP is an amorphous beast, mixing the dense arrangements/layering of 90s IDM records with the off-kilter and swung beats of UK Techno and Funky.

The EP opens with its title track; a whirl of snaps, claps and phantom samples all firmly underpinned by an acid-inflected bassline. Aroent embracing of chance and luck in his compositions is evident on this track, throwing in idiosyncratic automations and randomizers to grow and evolve the tune over its 5 minute duration. The vox samples (stolen from Breaking Bad) seem to decay and fall inwards on each other on ‘Say’, as if the song is soundtrack to a decaying and corrupted society (not dissimilar to Heisenberg’s).

On ‘Rolling Oddities’, Aroent’s love for the Bristol bass & techno scene really shines through clearly. A track that seems almost built for a spinny night that rolls on until the morning, the song really does what it says on the tin with its combination of driving, rhythmic elements and it’s smattering of pretty out-there decisions in terms of arrangement and sound processing. This is a definite must-listen tune for fans of Batu, Lurka or Hodge.

Next up, ‘Bobcat’ takes things in a slightly more buoyant and ecstatic direction with its ever-rising filters and muted percussion that seems like it’s dancing along on tip-toes. On this song especially, Aroent’s genre-agnostic approach to production is abundantly obvious with elements of techno and bass sitting alongside kick drums that wouldn’t feel out of place on some Jersey Club tracks.

Ploy brings up the rear on Say EP with a ferocious ‘Skeletal Tool remix’ of the releases’ title track. Taking a reductionist approach to his rework, the Timedance signee strips out some of the originals’ more hyperbolic or dramatic elements and reduces it to a polyrhythmic, semi-genreless heater. Seriously - you try and pin this edit down to a single ‘genre label’, I dare you!

Despite the small number of releases to his name, Say EP is a highly confident and well-realized offering from the Greek-born, Berlin-based producer. In a way, Aroent is already creating his own sonic signature that lifts and interpolates aspects across the UK Bass spectrum and turns it into something totally unique. This is music that lurks in the shadows of warehouse clubs.

Tracklist:

1. Say
2. Rolling Oddities
3. Bobcat
4. Say (Ploy's Skeletal Tool Remix)

Aroent - Say (IM096)

Sam Smith ft Kim Petras - Unholy (TroyBoi Remix)

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DJ LOUI FROM JUPITER4 - un territorio o una substancia

Third single of Maloca, Vol.2 forthcoming on Dec 8th
maloca.bandcamp.com/album/maloca-vol-2

« Founded almost four years ago, Le Motel’s Maloca Records has excelled in world-building as it tirelessly brings together some of the best and most innovative artists from different pockets of the club community around the world. This is showcased most notably through the compilation series which returns for its second volume on the 8th December as it combines both established and breakthrough artists.

Across 17 tracks, Maloca, Vol. 2 features both label family and exciting debuts with the likes of Farsight, Griffit Vigo, and DJ JM returning to the imprint. The rest of the compilation sees knockout contributions from the likes of Bambounou, Flore, Konduku, Tristan Arp, NVST, De Grandi, Neida, Cheb Runner, Malo2k, Leese, Ultima Esuna & Destrata, Mika Oki, M I M I and Space Drum Meditation. Whilst these artists may be from different cities across the pond, they all have something in common - they are leading the way for the next wave of club music. Whether that’s the riotous sounds of NVST, Griffit Vigo’s ever- evolving landscape of gqom, Tristan Arp’s signature insect-inspired soundscape, the emerging Brussels-based artists M I M I and Mika Oki or the trippy, introspective melodies of Konduku and Space Drum Meditation. Maloca, Vol. 2, captures a mind-melting moment in time.

The artwork is by Brussels-based painter Anastasia Bay who’s work presents a renewed vision of the human figure. Oscillating between abstraction and figuration, Anastasia Bay’s work is all about contrast and balance. The choice of a precise fragment of reality in her works dissolves any narration. »

Artwork by @bay.anastasia
Mastering by @hypna__

Maloca, Vol. 2

Bambounou - Tboujeh

💋 Muakk presenta XOXO, la tercera compilación V/A del club emergente latinoamericano. Aquí la amalgamación y reconciliación de los sonidos suaves y pesados, del pop radial y el underground infernal. El UWU como manifestación psíquica aparece de entre la oscuridad para darle rumbo al club internacional que beberá los próximos años de Latinoamérica...

Tracks que culminarán la era del techno en el 2024. Suénalo y sóbalo en tu caraudio, parlantes, bocinas, fiestas, bautizos, primeras comuniones, con tus tías y abuelitas, con tu pelito, en tus fiestas, y por qué no; a estallar en todos lados porque se acabo diciembre

XOXO 😳

Arte : Jacome /// ig @ja.come
Animación: Ariana Gómez /// ig @nirvanadaze


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💋 Muakk presents XOXO, the third V/A compilation from the emerging Latin American club. Here’s the amalgamation and reconciliation of soft and heavy sounds, from radial pop and infernal underground. The UWU as a psychic manifestation appears from the darkness to give direction to the international club that will drink from Latin America during the...  more
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releases December 28, 2023

Masters: 2AT, Aleroj, CRRDR (and some respective artists)
Art : Jacome /// ig @ja.come
Animation : Ariana Gómez /// ig @nirvanadaze
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all rights reserved

XOXO

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LAZA X JLZ - EAE CONCORRENCIA

SMIFF - BANG! EP
BUY LINK: https://smiffbreaks.bandcamp.com/album/bang-ep
https://soundcloud.com/smiffbreaks
https://www.instagram.com/smiffmusic/

SMIFF kicks off 2024 with his new EP ‘BANG!’ This new release from SMIFF showcases a new direction, making more stripped-back dance floor oriented music, incorporating elements of techno, UK Techno and sound system influences. 

The EP has gathered early support from the likes of Chloé Robinson, Sherelle, Jason Code, Freshta, Burna & Crazed (BR) as well as plays on Rinse FM.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : SMIFF - Rebound

Brand new edit for timeless classic Felina turned into a unique blend between Tribal, Rave, Breaks, and Latin Club at 147 BPM.

XOXO

Free Download

Felina (Lamediscos Neo Tribal Edit) | FREE DOWNLOAD

La Rama is back on wax with two original compositions from local producer/DJ Rig Thrall. We first linked up with the Rakya crew member at the shop and soon after released his music on a limited run 10” named ‘Exit 19’ via our La Rama Dubs sub label. We kept in touch, and when an assortment of unreleased material caught our ears, we quickly jumped on the opportunity to get working on this 4th record on our label.

‘Broken Guru’ drones and grooves you through the cavernous depths, out in to the open, where the clouds part and a voice reaffirms that you are on the right path. From here we dive back into the depths, with the full confidence that this is the right path.

Thanks to two Roman legends, we have variations on the theme of ‘Broken Guru’. Marco Passarani delivers the masterful hyper dance floor club dub with his many years of experience clearly on display… play it out and you will see that this is some kind of sorcery. In speaking of magic, we are honoured to have the one and only Lory D serve us up a bass heavy re-interpretation, recorded in one pass through his live rig and edited to perfection.

‘Acidly Dose’ is the second original from Rig Thrall, an acid infused beat of the highest order with all the necessary elements to give the room a communal high.

LARAMA004

Rig Thrall - Broken Guru (Lory D Remix) LARAMA004

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