There is hardly anything one could say about the year 2020 that hasn’t been said already, and so we will only mention that despite all, it was music that kept us going, that held us together while we were apart, that lit our hope, that coloured our days. We now want to share some of that music with you – music from friends and Dom Trojga artists past, present and future. First comes SLG, doing dreamy funk like only he knows how on Pillowormhole. Selectress Charlie debuts on the label with the stunning minimal wave of Picky Picnic, followed by Hope, a utopian rave-not-rave anthem by Radar Crew legend Olivia. The ever-elusive jamaszka_FT offers a trippy uplifter on setup_promyczki, teasing a newly developed sound in anticipation of a full EP later this year, while our dear Evius has come up with one of the longer track names in recent history, so to even things out, we’ve stripped it back to the hypnotic essentials for a percapella take (look out for the full version on a later release, too). Finally, musical gardener Botanica brings the gorgeous Srebrne Lisy Uciekły(The Silver Foxes Have Fled) – an ambient house tune that will soothe and move hearts. For the artwork, Martyna Bolanowska has done it again and brilliantly, carving an unmistakable identity for the V/A series. Come stay with us at Dom Trojga.

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SLG – Pillowormhole

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Łukasz Seliga needs little introduction to anyone even roughly following Poland’s dance and electronic underground, as his contributions – as a live performer, producer, remixer or DJ – embellished the better part of its story. Between his solo endeavours under the SLG moniker, and projects such as Casiopepe or Seltron 400, he has long traversed genres and sounds, aptly and joyfully, always staying true to his distinct musical vision rather than being prompted by periodic shifts of fancy.
On Sideways, his newest EP outing for Trance-Atlantyk, Łukasz appears under his own name – Seliga – for the first time, thus restating his identity and underlining the honesty of his craft. In a time when dance music tends to be driven increasingly by nostalgia, Seliga takes but a sip, ultimately eschewing it. As a result, the music we hear is more of a direct expression of his own abiding purpose – a lived, rather than re-lived experience, an auditory utopia, sung in a language the artist is deeply anchored in, but whose expressive qualities he seeks to enhance, and not simply exploit.
Across the EP’s four tracks we are treated to impeccable, entrancing house riddims – masterfully executed, with subtle, yet meaningful nods to dub and ambient, and echoing inspirations such as The Orb, Andrew Weatherall’s remix work and the early Warp catalogue. Driving and soothing, kinetic and cordial, refreshing and utterly danceable, these four tunes succeed in conveying a unique sense of the melanphoric – and this is precisely what makes for their delicious seligability.

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SLG – Pillowormhole

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