DEEWEE Sessions, Vol. 01

Order here:
https://emotional-response.bandcamp.com/album/emotinium-22
And here:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/roy-of-the-ravers-emotinium-22/855303-01/

Arriving some five years after the original 12" created a dance-floor paradigm shift, Roy Of The Ravers returns to Emotinium with an EP of updated retakes, complete with the previously unheard original demo mix in all its twenty minute glory. Emotinium first appeared on the '2 Late 4 Love' cassette in 2015, and caused a storm as part of a 4 track EP with the same name a year later. The track was played as a festival opener by the likes of Bicep and in Sameheads' Berlin basement parties - becoming a must-have that continues as today's second-hand prices testify. 

A sense that the dreamy electro meets 303 melodics of the original could be brought up to (breaks) speed held in Roy's mind since creation, so Rave '22 is presented for hearts, minds and feet as we step(pers) out into an updated world. Cut, looped, and reformed, a braindance for millenniums. 

This is accompanied by an Ambient Dub for the afters. Highlighting the TB-303's finest again, Roy's garden of dreams flies high, as artificial intelligence finally becomes reality. To close, the long-form Demo awaits. One for completists maybe but in letting the full 20 minutes play you can be drawn in or let go and drift as Tadao Kikumoto's masterwork is presented with respect. Arigato!

A1. Roy Of The Ravers - Emotinium (Rave '22)

The Field - Mobilia

Heels & Souls Recordings’ fifth reissue sees them reach across the Atlantic to Vancouver, pressing up Pilgrims Of The Mind’s What’s Your Shrine? for the first time ever on vinyl, 25 years since its CD-only release on Map Music. A departure from the label’s previous releases, the LP is a beautiful smorgasbord of styles - progressive house, downtempo, ambient, tech house and trance all nestle together, a wiggling journey of sonic delight from the mind of Stephane Novak.

Turn the dial back to ‘97 and Vancouver's underground had a distinctive buzz to its rumblings, an amalgamation of scenes and styles gave rise to a cohort of producers that were unconstrained by genre, offering up a heady mix of sounds to expand the mind. ‘Welcome To Lotus Land’ the key 1996 compilation on Robert Shea’s seminal Vancouver Label, Map Music, championed much of this output including two cuts from POTM. Stephane then released his first and only full length album, ‘What’s Your Shrine?’ on the same label the following year.

Picking out choice moments from an album as considered and complete as this is tough. Those horizontally inclined will be drawn to the ambient dwellings of Sandcastle & Following the Sofuto Kuriimo, tracks like Nothing Can Pull Us Apart and L’Amour? Encore?! are perfectly suited to warming up limbs on the dancefloor, My Baby Likes Rum & Loosejaw prime for one in full swing. Yet to pick individual tracks misses the stunning sum of its parts that this 70+ minute cruise is, surely one of the finest albums from North America’s West Coast during its halcyon days of the ‘90s.

Digging deep in his vaults, Stephane managed to uncover the original unmastered DATs that have been given a fresh mastering by Justin Drake at the Bakehouse Studios. This beautiful, double-disc gatefold comes complete with liner notes from Ciel, words from Stephane himself, plus never-before-seen photography - the complete package this music always deserved.

20% of profits from Heels & Souls Recordings and Prime Direct Distribution will be donated to Saffron a non-profit organisation who aim to advance gender equality in the music tech sector by creating a safe space for women, non-binary people and other minority genders to learn and build confidence.

Pilgrims Of The Mind - Sandcastle

Part of the compilation for the 8 years anniversary of Meet Compact Club.
An homage to John Carpenter
Artwork by Studio Gu

Amarcord - Witches

"Futuristan" by Shasau is an innovative collaboration between human and data. It heralds a new chapter in the evolving saga of electronic music. The tracks on this album were recorded entirely with Artificial Intelligence, then combined into one recording with added samples and synthesizer parts. 

That's one small step for AI, one giant leap for mankind.

Created by UDIO.AI, curated, mixed and polished by Vadim Militsin.
Mastered by Bill Sellar @ Super Audio Mastering
Video by SEGMENTALITY
Released by OMNINORM
(c)(p) 2004

Futuristan

Rukarara

Stream/donwload

For ASC003 we are thrilled to welcome Midnight Manoeuvres onto Ascension with a 2 tracker, 'HHT / Olympus Mons'.

'HHT' brings a dance-ready groove, punchy kicks, and atmospheric undertones. This would slot into any early evening set, and is a must for your USB. 'Olympus Mons', a collab with Ascension head honcho George NB on the flip sees a more streamlined focus on immersion. Skippy hats and subby low end throughout is overlain with darker synths in the first half, and euphoric pads in the second.

Midnight Manoeuvres is the first artist platformed on Ascension outside our immediate circle. Jack is the embodiment of the kind of artist we want to push with our brand. Experimental sounds. True to the underground. In line with our focus on the deeper, darker arts. A super talent!

https://ascensionmusicuk.bandcamp.com/album/hht-olympus-mons

https://soundcloud.com/ascensionmusicuk
https://soundcloud.com/midnightmanoeuvres

PREMIERE: Midnight Manoeuvres - HHT [Ascension]

E.D.M. – Cyberpunk Rave Edition
A dark-techno descent into the neon underworld. E.D.M. delivers heavy basslines, glitchy synths, and industrial rhythms built for late-night dance floors and dystopian dreams. From Neurotrance Override to Nightcore Collapse, every track is a pulse in the circuit — raw, immersive, and unrelenting.

Perfect for cyberpunks, after-hours raves, and anyone dancing through the end of the world.

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