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Album out on El Paraiso Records on CD / LP

Jakob Skøtt: Age Of Isotopes

Jakob Skøtt: Iron Nebula

Behold thee Mythic Sunship! The fuzzed-out Copenhagen quartet will release their debut on El Paraiso Records May 13! Preorder from: www.elparaisorecords.com

"With a band name mingled from album titles by John Coltrane and Sun Ra one might expect Mythic Sunship to be jazz band. However, this is not quite the case, although the Copenhagen quartet shares a similar sense of exploration and general untamedness with that of the two masters of cosmic jazz.

The destination is transcendence alright, but the vehicle, ultimately, is assembled from decades of ROCK! Not your dad’s rock exactly (unless your dad hung out in Münich or Wümme in the early 1970s, that is), but nonetheless ROCK, where ferocious drum-pounding and thick, Geezery basslines adds fuel to an endless pyre of blazed-out dual fuzz guitar action. This stuff is wild.

Spiritually, the band seems connected to present day So Cal psych-rock, but listening to Ouroboros, their debut album, also reveals the band’s strong ties to the Copenhagen underground scene: members of the band brushing elbows with the avant-garde noise of the record label Posh Isolation as well as the Mayhem venue, and even chips in with the new weird-commune of the Festival of Endless Gratitude. These bros are in the zone alright!

There’s plenty of blissed-out riff-worshipping here, but there’s also something slightly unsettling in the band’s skyward travels - perhaps a longing for spiritual redemption? Maybe the road to Satori isn’t necessarily pretty after all."

File next to: Amon Düül II, Earthless, Guru Guru, Travellin’ Flower Band


Mythic Sunship: "Leviathan"

Fracture

Apparition Operation

@jiszlai

The Budapest-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Iszlai has put the finishing touches on a collection of exploratory, genre-merging tracks; Jazzamped blends the borders between freeform composition and timeless sample collaging.

Each track merges a bevy of organic, original instrumentation with precision synthesis and imaginative resampling. The underlying ensemble atmosphere across the album ties it together like a film grain on a dramatic vignette, with every texture feeling at once distinct, specific, and homogenous with the culture of tones that surround it. It’s hard to avoid the draw of Iszlai’s arrangements, and it’s even harder to pinpoint any comparisons; each song in tandem betrays a stunning compositional scope, and Jazzamped channels that musicianship into a veritable adventure through Iszlai’s aural imagination.

Jazzamped

Iszlai - It's Okay

In the words of Gabriel Ananda: A new demo came in, Jan Möhlenkamp, watching the skies: I pressed play and it made me laugh how clumsy the bassdrum bumped in. I love it when things are a little different and out of the ordinary. I liked the atmosphere and later when the big synth came in I just had to stand up and spread my arms and just laugh and celebrate this awesome track. So abundant and full and giving and naive at the same time. Maybe not the best seller ever, but when i love it so much, i have to do it.

The other tracks play along with their unique style but have their own focuses, on club and chill out.

Hope you can enjoy this one as much as i do!

Jan Möhlenkamp - Watching The Skies

Justin Pinkerton: "Aak'ab" out September 25th!

Preorder: www.elparaisorecords.com

California native Justin Pinkerton, a.k.a. Golden Void drummer and the man behind El Paraiso's own Futuropaco project, delivers a full-length album of playful synthesizer music. In contrast to a lot of the other projects Justin has been involved in over the years, Aak'Ab radiates slowness and tranquility. There's a rare sense of calm in these pieces. It would, however, be a mistake to categorize it as ambient or new age – the intricate pattern-work and the raga-like structure of these pieces avoid the usual new age pitfalls, and reveals stronger musical ties to the tradition of American classical minimalism and the electronic side of German kosmische from the 1970s.

Stylistically Aak'Ab harkens back to ideas that first materialized in Terry Riley's compositions in the 1960's and early 1970's. It's about patterns that gradually evolve and transform themselves – much like an organic process unfolding before your ears. The six pieces ebb and flow, and slowly creates a sense of peace and buoyancy in the listener. However, Justin avoids any kind of unnecessary sonic sweetening, instead letting the synthesizers buzz and hum in all their purity.

File next to: Terry Riley, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Cluster

Justin Pinkerton: "Ix Chel"

3rd Mix by Tripp St. debuted by our friends at Sermon.

A/V mix visuals by Nox Lumina 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFv_aBX3DKE&t=2198s

Artwork by DR01D Visuals

-Tracklist-
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Jade Cicada - Byte Evaders
Culprate - Jelly & Ice Cream
Tripp St. - iD
Vorso - Liquid Crystals
Russ Brooker - Soul Reprieve 
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Workforce - Hearts Crossed 
Vayre - Spectrum (Vale)
Craftal - Smack Dub 
Tripp St. - iD
Andreilien - Zoom
Tripp St. - iD
Vorso - Constellation 
Bensley - One Last Chance Remix
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Dillinja - Hard Noize (Break Remix)
Gran Calavera - Fin Absolue (DMTR Remix)
Tripp St. - iD
Toby Shay - Gaze
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Skope - Low Focus
Eradikid - Power 
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD
Tripp St. - iD

Sermon Mix

Editing together and adding a few extra layers to a weird little improvisational jam.

Hop Up and Barley

The "z" stands for Zaklukiewicz, Eric Zaklukiewicz, otherwise known as an actor and keyboardist in Phoenix, AZ.

A forward-thinker, Eric has chosen to release all his music digitally in anticipation of the streamingwave hipster music trend of the 2050's.

Apparition Operation

Eric Z.