Release 20.05.2022
Pieter Kock - Facial Recognition (RIO08)

R.I.O. welcomes Pieter Kock aka DJ Peacock, one of the guiding souls behind the Berlin based bar/micro club O Tannenbaum. Musically active since 1986 as singer, guitarist, drummer and noisemaker, Peter already released a string of albums under different aliases like Billie and Ballie, The Hitmachine and Taladu.  Since the early 1990s he narrates haunting sonic stories as a DJ, playing a vast palette of styles - from cosmic and leftfield techno to tape experiments, sound-art, wave, world, jazz, punk, industrial, and all that weird pop music. Last year saw him liberating his first solo recordings under his civil name as a cassette tape named “Flocks & Murders of Entitled Spirits”, dropped by the Berlin/Vilnius based label Musikii. It unreels twelve sensitive tunes, made with the help of online synths and drum computers, Youtube travel- and talk show-videos or samples from Youtube synths- and rhythm box-demonstration videos. Now he refined his idiosyncratic style of music crafting a bit deeper and shares “Facial Recognition” – a gently twisted album that unites hypnagogic pop, library dances, cosmic funk, leftfield grooves and experimental sonic zones under one roof. His seven found sound tunes are layering a rhizomatic veil of unidentifiable web sounds, all transmuted into hazy looped ambiances, that trigger unconscious brain activities with future samples from the past, woven rhythm structures and a simultaneity of moments, derived from myriad world wide web informations. When it’s true, that nothing can have value without being an object of utility, then Pieter Kock managed to give the internet a new rate while using its manyfold informations as a tool to create art. Art, whose originality isn’t defined by the creator’s playful virtuosity. Instead, his sensibility of deciphering unheard rhythms, harmonies, and melodies in an avalanche of prefabricated ideas is his mastery. Pieter Kock transformed them into unfamiliar compositions with a familiar touch, that can evoke the feeling of being synchronous in a world of the many. A data rain without drops, a stream of consciousness without cognizance. Come in, drop out.

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RIO08 Pieter Kock - Facial Recognition

A lovely springtime Tête-à-tête with @menqui & @hendrik_stein recorded live at the new cashmere HQ. Expect some fuzzy guitars, dreamy pads and some obscure sprinkles here and there. So good we’re home now!

Artwork by @magicmuelli

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Past Forward #77 w/ Menqui & Hendrik Stein

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Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
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Jamie Paton releases music on [Emotional] Especial, Multi Culti, ESP Institute and Hoga Nord, having previously released on DFA, Dissident and Internajsonal as one half of Cage & Aviary.

He released his first solo ep, 'Bizarre Feeling’, on Emotional Especial. People liked it a lot; DJs played it, Tom Ravenscroft featured it on BBC 6 Music, DJ Magazine gave it single of the month. Someone paid €50 for a copy of it on white label.

He can be found playing all over, from London to Lithuania via LA, squeezing every ounce from the leftfield end of the dancefloor.

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LAYER #330 | Jamie Paton

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Denis Yurgens @ Tripfoundation, North Goa 2024

Heads Show 141 27.03.24

20h – 21h – Second System Live
21h – 22h – Garçon Gaston
22h – 23h – Andreas Aprill


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Garçon Gaston - Heads Show 141 - 27.03.24

Pleasure And Pain

Following 2020’s 'Point Vacancies', the debut EP from Jamie Paton and Mike Bourne’s collaborative act Metal, the duo return with a trio of dubwise remixes from Mr Paton himself as well as a peak-time stormer from fellow Bristol artist, Hodge. The latter immediately sets the record ablaze with a driving thump, duo of grainy hi-hats and a chalky clap. He layers an anthemic three-chord pad progression, building octaves, peppering in arpeggiated bleeps and articulate lead melodies, then tops it off with a few modular elements that retain the character of the original, before climaxing in true rave fashion. Proper. The following three mixes by Metal’s own Jamie Paton make apparent his sonic obsession — the type of infinite tweaking that sees some artists/producers to the edge of madness, or at the very least satisfies some dragon-chasing addiction. There’s a successive deconstruction from 'Remix' to 'Dubwise' to 'Dubwise II', most notably a reduction of rhythm and drum machinery, but also in general tonality. The melody remains central but is gradually obscured, taking on a less and less recognizable form, and by the end we’re left with a skeleton of the track, quips and cranks, an assembly line of aluminum sheeting punctuated by demented nuts and bolts. As with the previous EP, the sparsity of elements illustrates just how far one can twist aesthetics, proving that self-imposed limitations can often propel an artist’s process and land them somewhere unfamiliar, somewhere foreign, somewhere enchanted.

[ESP088B] Point Vacancies [Remixed]

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B1 - Dislocation Climb (Jamie Paton Dubwise) - SNIPPET

nICo - "Unexplored Earths" EP - OUT NOW!

Milan-based electronic music producer nICo unveils his debut solo EP, "Unexplored Earths" on label Estuary Tapes. 
These four meticulously crafted tracks arrive in Spring 2024 and come with original artwork by the Estuary Tapes label boss.
Five years of experimentation, expanding methods of composition led nICo to create a piece of work where electronica, downtempo, ritual rhythms, and dub aesthetics converge in a dance of sonic exploration.
This EP invites listeners to pay attention to its textures: the hypnotic grooves and pulsating rhythms of "The Red Sun", the evocative atmospheres of "The Old City", the dub-infused beats of “Saturation Dub”, where layers of sound create depth and intensity, and finally the introspective acid arpeggios of “Visions”.

A few key pieces of gear were key to shaping the sound of the EP: the Nord Drum 3 is at the base of all the tracks, while the Roland JU06 and Behringer Crave synths combined with reverbs and echoes bring an immersive feel, adding further colour and emotions.

Mastered by Federico Civardi aka @grand_riviera
Designed by Isobaar (https://www.instagram.com/isobaar_/)

Unexplored Earths EP

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nICo - Visions [Estuary Tapes]

Broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (25.05.2024)

Artist: @son-objet

Son Objet @ Radio TNP 25.05.2024

D. Yaroslav- Mangup Hippies ( free download )

@mrtcmusic morphs @afteraltamont's (@stevie-r & @parisinos) original into hypnotic dubbed-out electronica. Out on @insideoutrec.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/02/04/premiere-after-altamont-scoring-for-fools-mr-tc-remix/
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After Altamont - Scoring for Fools (MR TC Remix) (STW Premiere)

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