Track: La Charmeuse
Artist: Quelza (@quelza)
Release: Kuruka (VA)
Label: lyree Records (@lyree_records)

Read & Buy: https://vanitydust.ninja/quelza-la-charmeuse-lyree-records

Kuruka

La Charmeuse

Read & Buy

Premiere: Quelza — La Charmeuse [lyree Records]

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Robert Hood - Sleep Cycles

The title track from B&F01 / "Flash" EP.
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Yhii - Flash (B&F01)

With "Gredon" Juri Heidemann delivers the eighth release on Pengan Records, marking his final EP of 2024.

PENGAN008 Gredon EP by Juri Heidemann

A1 Juri Heidemann - Neeem
A2 Juri Heidemann - Jukur
B1 Juri Heidemann - Grol21
B2 Juri Heidemann - Asire

written, produced & mixed by Juri Heidemann
Photography by Franziska W.
Mastering by Leon Bölting aka Tangram at Arclab Mastering Studios
Animation by Maurice Goller

releases November 28, 2024
buy: https://penganrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gredon-ep


Premiere: Juri Heidemann - Grol21 [PENGAN008]

After the climate and political catastrophe that Valencia has endured, with a severe storm affecting over 800,000 people, the community has come together to lift the future of Valencia out of the mud. From day one, Gordo Trax has sought to help by bringing together producers of all kinds in a series of charity V.A. releases aimed at supporting local neighbourhood associations, animal welfare organisations, associations for people with special needs, and providing essential goods. "Germanor" is the Valencian word for "brotherhood," and in this second release, we unite international artists like Blawan & Wallis, Oscar Mulero, Lewis Fautzi, Nørbak, Peder Mannerfelt, Cora Novoa, and many others who have selflessly pitched in during such a difficult time for the city.

Bancamp

Pakard - Corazones Tensos [GTXVLC02]

Support here: sublunarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/axis-mundi

A1 Axis Mundi
A2 Drifting
B1 Entropia
B2 Silent Pulse
Inertia (Digi Only)

Cat. SUBL017
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release date Vinyl & Digital: 29.11.24

Sublunar is proud to present the next release from its label head Sciahri and Hertz Collision.
Following the success of their collaboration on Clergy, the two Italian artists return with Axis Mundi, a sophisticated techno EP rich in texture and nuance. The journey begins with the title track Axis Mundi, an electrifying opener with razor-sharp sounds and driving rhythms, setting the pace for the EP. Next comes Drifting, where hypnotic grooves and floating synth lines take the listener on a captivating sonic voyage.

On the B-side, Entropia shifts gears with a mind-bending synth that propels the track into another dimension, while Silent Pulse closes the vinyl edition with its minimalist yet refined touch, perfect for any moment of the night.

Exclusive to the digital version, Inertia is a floor-shaking missile that will kill the dancefloor.

w & p by Sciahri & Hertz Collision
Artwork by Emanuele Porcinai
Mastering by Enisslab in Rome

Sciahri & Hertz Collision - Drifting

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Soul Fire

Recorded and first released in 1999, "Drain Hum" is a perfect example of Mike Parker's signature sound.  

Some history of the track is published here:
https://mnmt.no/blog/flashback-mike-parker-drain-hum-1999/