In my youth, the process of listening to music was a much more active one. I would close all of my blinds, turn my lights off, turn my music on through the speakers, lay in my bed and stare at the ceiling. My mind would turn right and left, and I would slither through all of my thoughts as if I was in a sensory deprivation tank. Sometimes I would border on the edges of sleep, teetering between REM and wakefulness, at other times, I would let myself fall into those dreams influenced by the music… and what dreams they were.

Khun Fluff’s 'Vinyan (Full Circle’s Lost In Translation Remix)' is a welcome reminder of the importance of active listening and music-fuelled meditation. A trance-inducing take on the original—which was released as part of EP of Siamese Twins Records' Vinyan V.A (ST๐๐๒) cassette last year—Full Circle’s remix begins with breathy pads and floating vocals that pan across the space, joined by harmonies and repetitions that invite transcendental movement. The space becomes more full and expansive before an acid synth-line takes over, met with sonic artefacts akin to otherworldly objects finding their home on earth. At last, a kick drum takes over, turning the ethereal groove into a trance-tinged number perfect for any 5am dancefloor.

PREMIERE: Khun Fluff - Vinyan (Full Circle's Lost In Translation Remix) [Siamese Twins Records]

https://soundcloud.com/aimes
https://soundcloud.com/coyotesounds
https://soundcloud.com/justtusk
Buy Release: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/aimes-tusk-wax-thirty-four/833257-01/
YouTube: https://youtu.be/dokWW8OJKOQ

Long running vinyl-only label Tusk Wax welcomes veteran producer Aimes to the fold whot submits 3 original tracks and a remix by balearic legends Coyote of Is It Balearic?. Side A includes two absolute banger tracks drenched in acid and left field atonal madness. Side B is a slow burner wonky chuggy with a banging balearic remix from Coyote. 

Tracklist: 

"
Side 1
1. Bete Noire
2. Quetzal
Side 2
1. Everything In Color
2. Everything In Color (Coyote remix)

Tusk Wax 34

Everything Is In Color

PREMIERE: Aimes - Everything Is In Color (Coyote Remix) [Tusk Wax]

B1. Scott Fraser - Ask Your Control (Richard Sen Remix)

Cosmo Vitelli : Groupe Surdose (Alternate Version)
(P)& (c)I’m a Cliché 2021
BUY : https://cosmovitelli.bandcamp.com/album/as-she-rolled-another-ep

I’m a Cliché presents Cosmo Vitelli’s As She Rolled Another, a digital-only EP featuring an original track and gathering alternate versions from the Berlin-based artist’s vaults. It comes a few months prior to his new album planned in February 2022 and entitled Medhead.
 
As She Rolled Another is born out of Vitelli’s desire to share a newly produced track along with significantly alternative versions of existing music, which were created for pleasure. Indeed, Vitelli wanted to play with existing material to take it in strikingly different directions, prior to his album's release.

The unreleased track features singer Izzy Lindqwister and additional production by Krikor. It is a plodding post-punk, dub-infused affair, intimate and insidious at the same time.

The EP also includes two club-oriented tracks he released on Les Disques De La Mort and Malka Tuti along with an alternate take in a kosmiche mood of his collaboration with Julienne Dessagne of Fantastic Twins, also found on his 2019 Malka Tuti EP

CLICHE068 - As She Rolled Another EP

Cosmo Vitelli - Groupe Surdose (Alternate Version)

Canadian label Breathing Room Records is back with their third digital release after a lengthy pandemic-related hiatus. A little over two years after their previous outing, they are happy to introduce Tropica, a duo from Newcastle, UK. Forest Floor is their debut EP and it includes three original tracks as well as a remix from Toronto-based producer and DJ, Ciel. This is the first remix in Breathing Room’s catalogue.

All three originals are slow and chuggy. Monstera Deliciosa, the opening track, is driven by warm chords and a wobbly synth line while a siren-esque pad weaves in and out. Birds of Paradise continues on a similar wavelength but dives a little further into acid territory with its lead and stays true to its name with different birds contributing to the overall ambience. Devil’s Ivy is a little darker in tone with it’s delayed pads, a didgeridoo and haunting scream-like samples permeating throughout. Ciel’s take on Monstera Deliciosa stays true to the original but introduces a juxtaposing, almost playful lead and tougher percussion, giving the track a faster, bouncier feel.

Forest Floor EP

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PREMIERE : Tropica - Monstera Deliciosa

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/houschyar
Track: Pas Pour Moi
Label: https://soundcloud.com/stereogramme
Format: Cassette, Digital VA
Release date: 07/6/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mIOyeQ-UZ8w

"Stéréogramme returns with the second opus of his “Interactive Pictures” series. Walking the same road as last year, paved with new age, freak folk and leftfield
synths, the Paris-based label also ventures to new paths like minimalism, no wave and vocal experimentations.
Once again divided in two musical panoramas, this 11-track tape will definitely bring back your happy childhood memories to the surface. First, take a nap with the soothing lullabies of Héron Cendré, Peter Graf York, Les Echos Primitifs, Lamina & Bravo Tounky, only to be interrupted by Ronan Riou’s feverish contribution. Then, hear the spooky, harebrained stories of Aymeric de Tapol, Leoni Leoni, Houschyar, Geier aus Stahl, Zad Kokar and Firmaet Forvoksen. In short, another marvelous line-up gathered by head-honcho Rako, who made its specialty of unearthing spontaneous yet skillful compositions.
So, stay on the lookout until July 7, 2023 and entertain your inner-child’s fertile imagination via “Interactive Pictures Vol. 2” and its limited-batch of 75 cassettes grouped in 6 artwork versions designed by Structure Bâtons."

Artwork & Design: Structure Bâtons
Mastering: Michael Francey
Words : Loïs Markarian
A&R : Rako

PREMIERE | Houschyar - Pas Pour Moi [Stéréogramme] 2023

Link: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/jonathan-kusuma-homesick-7/731578-01/
Release: Late Summer 2019
Artist: Jonathan Kusuma
Cat: HMSK007

A) Strata (Jonathan Kusuma Rework)
B) Why (Jonathan Kusuma Rework)

Review: The Hong Kong based Homesick team are back with their yearly release of quality reworks that has made the label sought after since their first release back in 2014. For the 7th opus they've worked with Indonesian artist Jonathan Kusuma (Previously on Cocktail D'Amore and I'm a Cliche) for two reworks that have been thoroughly tried on Asia's dance floors for the past two years.

Homesick #7

Homesick #7 - Jonathan Kusuma

Another win for the Glowing Pin as Müller & Wandt drop a fresh new age groover on a killer club dub tip. Elsewhere Phazer Boys, Suzanne Kraft, Philipp Otterbach and River Yarra remix the pscht out of their favourite tracks from ‘Instrumentalmusik..’. Expect Goan hits, cosmic trips, loved up rave and chilled out wave on this flawless five tracker.   
Growing Bin becomes Glowing Pin for the most anticipated rematch of the century. Back at the beginning of 2018, Wolf Müller and Niklas Wandt went head to head for a box office smash, throwing a high school percussion tray, wall of hardware and voodoo skull into the ring for the tribal trip of ‘Instrumentalmusik Von Der Mitte Der World’. 
Now the multi-instrumental duo face off once again, but this time it’s a royal rumble with Phazer Boys, Suzanne Kraft, Phillip Otterbach and River Yarra all bringing the noise to the Glowing Pin.  
Müller and Wandt dominate the action on the A1, playing loose with sampler vox, serene pads and future primitive rhythms on the unreleased ‘Fun Dub’ of the also unreleased ‘Dub Dub’. Imagine Ferris Bueller’s trampoline tumble trading Chicago to the Weissenhof and you’ll sense the mood of this New Age groove. Germany’s number one party dudes, those freaky Phazer Boys take a break from dropping killer Candomblé cuts to reach for the lasers on the A2, taking ‘Ahu’ to another dimension. Dripping in neon body paint and armed with fire poi, the Düsseldorf duo power up progressive house sequences, didgeridoo bass and thumping tribal house percussion for a wall-shaking, speaker-breaking remix.   
The B1 belongs to synth whiz Suzanne Kraft who revels in glistening, gliding glory on an expansive remix of  ‘Auflösung’. Sleek, serene and futuristic, the track shimmers like Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, free from inequality and rendered with the 5D(ub?) majesty of a DMT breakthrough. 
B2 hears Salon associate and serious talent Philipp Otterbach take over on a stripped back and psychedelic post punk dub of ‘Expedition’. Angular bass by Süne Große and a stuttering rhythm underpin astral flourishes and the hazy vocals of Lucas Croon before the African elements begin to move to the forefront. 
Last man standing is Australian outlier River Yarra, who leads us into the Krautback with a chugging dub of ‘Weltraumsandalen’. Lent a lysergic sparkle by a percolating one-note bassline, this slow motion stunner masters perpetual motion amid the eerie echoes of the bush, organic percussion and electronic animal cries fading into the night. Let the pins glow again.  
Patrick Ryder  

A1. DUB DUB WMNW Fun-DUB feat. Vomit Heat			8:30 
A2. Ahu - Phazer Boys LaserDUB						8:07  
B1. Auflösung - Suzanne Kraft WerkDUB					6:13 
B2. Expedition - Philipp Odd Dub Bach DUB 
feat. Lucas Croon & Süne Große		                                 5:31 
B3. Weltraumsandalen - River Yarra DUB					6:42

WMNW Remixes - A2 - Ahu - Phazer Boys Lazer Dub (clip) 8min 07sec

Slow Parade

Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/MGcy7cKMAj4
With their second release Amsterdam-based label @flippendisks introduces you to the curious world of Tokyo-based producer and DJ @yutotakei. Known for his work as an electronic music composer for videos games such as Gran Turismo, his vinyl debut offers a deep trip into psychedelic sounds and percussive workouts.

Order: 
https://flippendisks.bandcamp.com/album/bells-from-the-east-ep
https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/yuto-takei-bells-from-the-east-ep/

PREMIERE:  Yuto Takei - Karma Fuchi [Flippen Disks]

https://soundcloud.com/bearboneslaylow
https://soundcloud.com/carrageenan
Buy Release: https://phasegroup.bandcamp.com/album/carcass-identity
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/83Li12kHdtI

The next release on Phase Group comes in the form of the debut self-titled album by Carcass Identity, the live mutant-electronics partnership of Bruxelles-based artists Ernesto Gonzalez and Matthieu Levet aka Bear Bones Lay Low and Carrageenan.

Following up their breakthrough 2018 EP on Random Numbers, Carcass Identity present us with 6 tracks of warped, percussive, dub-infused psychedelics, born of live hardware jams and succinct sampling work.

Sonically, this LP takes you from the tension-inspiring but dance floor initiating stutter-chug of ‘Things to Forget,’ through the swelling and trance-inducing percussion ride of ‘Spiraling Paradigm’ before ending the A-side with the dubbed-out metallic IDM of ‘Freedom Principle’. On the flip, ‘Quiet Spectator’ is a masterpiece of dread-in-dub ominosity followed by the haunted machine jam of ‘Kundu Basket’. Finally, ‘Desultory’ presents the LPs “grooviest” moment, a repeating and evolving synth line and drum machine combo holding things together while modulating synths and a pitched-vocal sample come in and out of the mix.

As a collection of tracks, this record illustrates perfectly the prowess over hardware manipulation that these two artists possess after years individually releasing music and performing in DIY spaces across Europe and the world. These are two musicians that we hold in highest regard and we’re thrilled to be releasing their debut album together on Phase Group.

Tracklist: 

1. Things to Forget
2. Spiraling Paradigm
3. Freedom Principle
4. Quiet Spectator
5. Kundu Basket
6. Desultory

B1. Scott Fraser - Ask Your Control (Richard Sen Remix)

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