B2. 53X - Sleep Mode

B1. 53X - For Nothing

A2. 53X - Synapse

A1. 53X - Unsaved

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The 2nd part of the 4 part split (Schleißen) series welcomes rising stars of the experimental end of modern electronica, with Warsaw’s The Phantom and Glagow’s Sad City bringing a lush, Fourth World ambience to Erß002.

Emotional Response returns to the Schleißen series with another cross-European exploration of ambient minimalism, film sources, field recordings and fluid soundscapes to create an over-whelming album of beauty for the listener to simply let go and wash away to.

This time the influences are softer, but still prevalent, with forbears Satie, Stockhausen, Reich, Cage, Russel, Cunningham, Toop and of course of Hassel and Eno all acknowledged and explored through structure and the gentle syncopation of melody or occasional rhythm.

With a nod to the film works of Tangerine Dream (or is it Global Communcation?) The Phantom follows up his outstanding LP1 with a move further in to the ethereal. Working as one piece, Across The River, Beneath The Trees and Europa go beyond the real train with their blissful, floating arrangements creating an atmospheric blanket that consumes you.

This is matched by up and coming producer Sad City. With 2 recent EPs on Phonica’s Special Editions series as well as his debut on Underwater Peoples, his offering, Limbo, shows an exemplary understanding of sound design, resulting in an immersive, panoramic 18 minutes of pure music. Ambience, drone and modulation interwine and slowly engulf the listener so, as the title suggests, the only option is to be still.

A change from Schleißen 1 then, Erß002 is gentler on the mind and ears, but still challenges you to stop and (un)listen.


A1. The Phantom - Across The River, Beneath The Trees

In.out.sider is a free multidisciplinary festival that promotes diversity through an eclectic and inclusive programming. With a focus on experimental music, the lineup also includes film screenings, visual arts, workshops, and a broader reflection on the inclusion of marginalized individuals in artistic programs.

Saeko Killy is a Berlin-based DJ and producer who started on the Tokyo scene before finding her place in the orbit of the Sameheads club. Her productions skillfully combine elements of dub, post-punk, and kraut with electronic rhythms.

In.Out.Sider w/ Saeko Killy @ Kiosk Radio 05.10.2024

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https://emotional-especial.bandcamp.com/album/gracias-especial

[Emotional] Especial reaches a landmark with its 50th release. Started in 2012 as a “dancier & trippier”, club friendly spin off, sub label to Emotional Response, it has gone on to forge a path, releasing a myriad of artists including the opening release by Jamie Paton (Cage & Aviary / ESP Institute) to Richard Sen (Bronx Dogs), the debut of Khidja (Malka Tuti / DFA) and on to unearthing the breaks masters Alphonse (Klasse Wrecks) and Junior Fairplay (Crimes Of The Future), the uplifting Italo influenced Lauer (Robert Johnson), the new wave anthem of Sfire (featuring Sophie), plus perfect remixes bt Kris Baha (CockTail D’amore) and INHALT (Dark Entries), the NYC pop-rave-vox of Kim Ann Foxman, through to showcasing upcoming artists like Berlin’s Giraffi Dog (Aiwo Recs) and the global acid adventures of Akio Nagase (Chill Mountain) to most recently, the slo-mo trance muscle of 53X and post-rave uplighters of Remotif (Space Lab) and DJ 1985.  

As with every 10th release on the label, the label present a various artists “Showcase” of what and where the label is.  Aptly it is recent signing 53X who opens Gracias Especial with the bounce of Radar.  Finland’s Jonne Lydén debut EP on Especial, Zen ’23 came out of nowhere, more than simply riding a zeitgeist of the “Trance Revival”, his all-live analogue symphonies drop the bpms, presenting widescreen beats, darkroom bass, sirens and tripped out vox all mix to propel a singularly driven.  

Taking things much deeper has been the hallmark of Jamie Paton’s remixes for the label.  As well as providing the opening EP in 2013, designing every sleeve and producing 20 remixes and counting another 2 for the label here, it’s impossible not to associate Especial with Jamie’s music. First, he reworks rising star DJ, but recent break out producer Chez De Milo, with a trademark dub excursion that takes the ethnic origins of Kremer to a space echo wonderland.  Space is the place, the lulling beats, see you falling through the gaps, true dub style.  

Alphonse makes a rightful return to Especial, with Raze Rave highlighting the allusive producers’ unique understanding of the varied history of rave culture via a techno-suite of soundscapes, perfectly mixing uplifting breaks, memory inducing vocal samples and dub bass, with a nod to the pop sensibility that rave encompassed, while being that allusive “lost chord” moment of man and machine.

The finale returns to the trance acid expanse of 53X, with the mastery of label stalwart Jamie Paton.  An apt marriage, Paton takes the title cut from Lydén’s debut EP and crafts a trademark durge-dub, where TB303 and space echo intertwine with the De Witte vocal, hinting at touches of dub, new wave, trance and acid house all in one melting pot of sound the label optimistically termed “Protoid” back at inception of summer 2013.


A1. 53X - Radar

J. Lydén Live @ Kaiku / Kammari 15.12.2017

53X - Kyy

Häiriö Podcast #37 53X

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Tracklist:

1. Transonic - Over The Next Rise 
2. Lissa - Casiena 
3. A Strange Wedding - Isaias Thunder 
4. ULV - The Lost Industrial Temples (ASW Remix) 
5. Warzou - Joint Métallique 
6. Interchain - On Air (Interstellar Funk Remix) 
7. Gaia Tones - Wonkadonk 
8. Higher Intelligence Agency - Elapse 
9. Chris Zippel - Sleeps in Sand 
10. John Talabot - Immediate Crash Alert 
11. Alien Mutation - Fistful Of Dub 
12. Inigo Vontier - Macaco (Tolouse Low Trax Remix) 
13. General P.D.C - Amazon Dub (Beesmunt Soundsystem Version) 
14. Ricco - Gilbert & Georges 
15. Slowglide - Ego Death 
16. Jon Beige - The Sake Of Talking 
17. Genuine - Deep Draw 
18. Enigma - Principles Of Lust (Everlasting Lust Mix)

Hairio Podcast #37 - 53X [5.2.2021]

Kristy P aka Kristy Pemberton!
London Girl, not a dj, just playing records, sometimes at the wrong speed, but always with love, defying genres, never categorised. Half of label owner Sonorous Chamber also part of the PIDR collective.

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