'Night Of The Endless Beyond', the sophomore album by Lord Of The Isles AKA Neil McDonald for the ESP Institute, had almost become a mythical piece of work. The tracks very slowly crept into formation from the lowest depths of 2021, and once the completed album finally made the leap from creation into manufacturing, an entirely new onslaught of follies and delays awaited at the pressing plant. We began to laugh, for not only did Mario Hugo’s otherworldly sleeve artwork visually translate this music so well, but it was an uncanny premonition to the album being lost in space, falling through a black hole, evaporating into the aether like a dream that never really happened. But, at long last, ground control has confirmed contact! It did happen, it will arrive, and it’s not a myth.
	Listening to 'Night Of The Endless Beyond' now feels like the return of a strayed friend, one whose distance left us pining for an embrace. Although this Techno relies on unassuming means, there is a remarkably complex and persuasive emotional statement embedded here, insisting we learn to endure the long game and allow ourselves patience to investigate and appreciate the minutiae contained not only within the notes, but their negative space. From its introduction, through its mellow crests and valleys, there is a conveyance of restraint — subtle dynamics that quietly beg for attention, repetition so hypnotic that imaginary melodies are inescapable, transient peaks so deliberately scaled that we mourn the subsequent decay. In accordance with Neil’s ESP debut, 'In Waves', we never feel attacked by instrumentation but shielded from sharp edges, able to step inside the music, breathe the air it occupies and know its true intentions, whether bright or bleak.
	Just prior to the album close, a film dialogue excerpt summarizes everything quite honestly by proposing, “The truth of the universe is waiting … the truth of what is … it’s all going to go away … everything … into blackness … the void … and nobody is in charge.”
	“…and what do you do with that?”
	We stare long into the 'Night Of The Endless Beyond' and answer… “You smile.”

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This month's edition from Beeches features ambient, field recordings and downtempo oddities.

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Beeches - November 2022

Rabz ran a show dedicated to all things jazz. Blue note, swing, and more contemporary bits inside from Laraaji, Don Cherry, Kahil El Zabar, Pharoah Sanders, Dwight Trible, Jayne Cortez and more.

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Rabz - December 2022

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Taken from "Bonn - Never Ever EP (Polycarp Records)".  Out January  11th 2023. Buy here https://polycarprecords.bandcamp.com/music 

The Polycarp Records imprint was launched in 2016 by Simon Ferdinand and across its past ten releases has unveiled an array of material from the likes of Pleasant Systems boss Tilman, Frank Music founder Johannes Albert and Simon Ferdinand and Basch both under their own artist names and of course their collaborative project, Bonn. In 2019 Ferdinand and Basch inaugurated their Bonn guise with a debut album entitled ‘Forget Forgot Forgotten’, 2021 saw the release of a follow up EP entitled ‘Ravenous’ and here the story continues with the pair’s latest collaborative works.
The original mix of title-track ‘Never Ever’ opens the EP and lays down crunchy, off-kilter drums alongside mystical atmospherics, an unfurling acid bass lead and loopy, fluttering stab sequences. Johannes Albert’s twist on ‘Never Ever’ follows next, the fellow German producer takes things down his signature cosmic, nudisco
path via bubbling arpeggio lines and 80’s tinged resonant leads melded together with fragments from the original composition.
‘Phero’ then opens the flip side and sees Bonn deliver a twitchy house workout fuelled by fidgety synth bleeps, dubbed out chords and bumpy, saturated drums. Last up to round things out, The Cruiser turns in a high-octane interpretation of ‘Phero’, upping the tempo and reshaping the original’s raw elements into a murky, dynamically unfolding thumper.

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It is time for a fun track that makes you dance. “Ricochet” is a cartoonish and groovy track that will keep you dancing for almost 6 minutes. It comes to a break where the audience can be introspective for a minute, right before getting slapped in the face by the old and trusted combo of kick and bass we all know and love.  

Ricochet

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Italian dj/producer Gianmarco Staccone pairs two lush deep house bangers, Caminando and My Name, on this single. Part of Play Records' Summer Sessions 2025, Vol. 2 collection.

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Close out your Summer with this astounding collection of house, tech house, deep house, and progressive house bangers.

Summer Sessions 2025, Volume 2, features 16 new works from ACRAFT (Germany), Ash Brimelow (UK), Barros (Portugal), Beatmechanic (Canada), Blord (US), Eoghan Schlindwein (Northern Ireland), Ezequiel G (Argentina) & Hector Moralez (USA), Francesco Ferraro (Italy), Gianmarco Staccone DJ (Italy), Jayson Miro (St. Maarten), Maik D (Italy), Munro Blue (Canada), Not Yurs (USA), and Tim Gläser (Germany).

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Summer Sessions 2025, Vol. 2

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Gianmarco Staccone DJ / My Name (Radio Edit)

“Silent Horizons” is a hypnotic melodic house track that blends airy, gentle synths with driving, pulsating rhythms. The track takes listeners on an emotional journey through expansive, dreamy soundscapes where silence and sound merge harmoniously. Subtle arpeggios and atmospheric effects create a melancholic yet uplifting mood, perfect for club sets, festival moments, or quiet listening sessions. “Silent Horizons” captures the magic between darkness and light, inviting listeners to let go and fully immerse themselves in the moment.

„Silent Horizons“ ist ein hypnotischer Melodic-House-Track, der sanfte, luftige Synths mit treibenden, pulsierenden Rhythmen verbindet. Der Track entführt den Hörer auf eine emotionale Reise durch weite, verträumte Klanglandschaften, in denen Stille und Klang auf harmonische Weise verschmelzen. Mit subtilen Arpeggios und atmosphärischen Effekten entsteht eine melancholisch-aufgehende Stimmung, perfekt für Clubsets, Festival-Momente oder ruhige Stunden des Zuhörens. „Silent Horizons“ fängt die Magie zwischen Dunkelheit und Licht ein und lädt ein, sich fallen zu lassen und den Moment zu erleben.


Silent Horizons

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