space•lab 005
Sonic Pathways EP 

Released on July 25, pre-order now on Bandcamp: https://spacelab.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-pathways-ep

A1 Dylan Forbes - Resoblaster (06:42)
A2 Mariiin - Restless Mind (5:38) 
B1 Rambal Cochet - Mushroom Hill Zone (7:11)
B2 KAWAII SAN - Nuclear (6:28)


Travelling from dancefloor-geared groovers to space-ready euphoria, space•lab’s fifth EP lands with four otherworldly tracks. Kicking things off, we have the swirling atmospheres, trippy vocal samples, and broken grooves of Dylan Forbes’s ‘Resoblaster’. This is followed up by Mariiin’s ‘Restless Mind’, which journeys to the tonally darker reaches of classic prog-trance, with its spun-out synth melody and deep, driving bassline. Next up, Rambal Cochet, the artist behind space•lab’s fourth EP, makes a return with the spacious, hypnotic wormholer, ‘Mushroom Hill Zone’. Rounding things off, punchy kick drums combine with zero-gravity atmospheres for KAWAII SAN’s drifting-through-cyberspace groover, ‘Nuclear’.

Released on July 25, pre-order now

Various Artists - Sonic Pathways EP (SL005)

Eversines - Blurred Vision EP
Label:	Twig – SSL-012
Format:	
Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP
Country:	Spain
Released:	Jul 12, 2022
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Progressive House, Neo Trance, Techno

Tracklist:
A1 - Estrange
A2 - Blurred Vision
B1 - Pattern Break
B2 - Distant

https://www.discogs.com/release/23867642-Eversines-Blurred-Vision-EP

Eversines - Estrange (TWIG SSL-012)

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Eversines - Gliding - Nous'klaer 028

https://soundcloud.com/salomo brings a double EP of tech and progressive house to R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings. RM12018.1 (Water) takes you deep down into the depths before before RM12018.2 (Land) takes you back up for a cruise through unknown lands. Both EPs are pieces of an entire work but are availably individually, 

Both eps can be bought as a double at a discounted price via our bandcamp.

You can find the other ep (Land) here - 
randmuzikrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rm120182-land

RM12018.1 (Water) - Salomo  (Full Snippets)

Breakfree Records are honoured to welcome Naarm's new wunderkind, Reflex Blue for their second record of punchy progressive / tech house.
vinyl & digi here: https://breakfree-records.bandcamp.com/album/free002
or here https://randmuzikrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/free002

Reflex Blue - FREE002 (Snippets)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3tw1BSp

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3EzUT3W

Expanding on the blueprint of previous releases, Trieste-born, London-based producer Sohrab is the Kalahari clan’s latest inductee. OYSTER43 is a distillation of the Italian producer’s stylistic scope in its purest form; impeccably crafted dance music with a healthy dose of prog.

Running deep with this one. Smartly refined constructions primed for meditative club use, the first four tracks are rendered in pristine detail. From the widescreen and tunnelling to straight-up utopian, there’s a life-affirming vitality like only the most quintessential '90s prog-house can achieve.

The record begins to veer into realms of dilated abstraction on the second plate. Where ‘Fleeting Thoughts’ unfurls like a slice of hi-tech IDM undergoing an ayahuasca ceremony, ‘Sunseeker’ and ‘Deconstruct’ keep the ritual going at a lysergic, slo-mo chug. ‘Crystal Clear’, on the other hand, evokes the ‘70s with a bucolic, avant-garde synth lullaby.

Sohrab - Voyria | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER43)

Release date: Mid March 2023

Distributed by Clone.

Tracklist:
A1. This Is Belgium
A2. Eternal Voices
B1 The After Hours Club
B2. Ravesignal


Over the last years a rehabilitation of the New Beat genre has taken place. Short-lived it succumbed under its own immense popularity at the beginning of the nineties, watered down once producers with an eye for commercial success - and not quality control - joined in on its seemingly easy recipe. Below the surface a lot of highly original tracks remain to be enjoyed however: the sound, with its unique mix of amongst others Chicago acid house and Belgian EBM, reveals itself to be an essential node in electronic music's Trans-Atlantic trajectory. 

Innershades has been a longtime enthusiast of the genre and made it a focal point of attention on "Heritage Vol. 1", the first part of a series that celebrates his inspirations and influences. Rather than making a selection of style exercises, he opts to subtly inject his tech and progressive productions with some of its tropes. It is a blend that comes naturally as menacing melodies and throbbing pulses are vital to his sound. 

Monolithic drum sequences, consisting of propulsive four to the flour kick drums and gated snares, run throughout the EP. On "This Is Belgium" this clear-cut rhythm structure leaves ample space for the bassline to glide and glint against the frantic SH-101 leads, while a deadpan vocal points out the release's theme. In a similar way a 303 runs havoc on "Eternal Voices". Hazy pads and understated dashes of melody furtherly infuse the track with a sense of emotive call and response. Just like most of its source material, it aims for high NRG via a low BPM. "The After Hours Club" lets a gnarled square bass line and a resonance intensive lead interplay until they get interrupted by a possibly familiar sounding news bulletin sample. "Rave Signal" finally combines an ever-modulating, hypnoid lead, silky string layers and a slab of trusty solid bass. The energetic track epitomizes Innershades's contemporary palette - it is a fitting conclusion to a record that renders regard for its precursors into current day dancefloor fervor.

ALT004: Innershades - Heritage Vol. 1 (Previews)

More VA action as the series continues with another instalment. As is tradition at OEW, four heavy hitters grace the newest plate. Enlisting rising talents and familiar faces alike, the Witness surveys all, cherry-picking another clutch of intrepid dancefloor navigators for the label.

Asphalt DJ tees off with a shadowy, driving tripper. Flush with insistent throb and a spectrum of proggy flourishes, it’s properly hypnotic fare. De Lichting member RDS, on the other hand, opts in favour of deep space projection. ‘TH Only’ is a pristine transmission; deep groove and widescreen scope primed to soundtrack imagined interplanetary expeditions.

Making nocturnal manoeuvres with a touch of grit, Hypercolour and Glass Table co- founder Ste Roberts goes off on another tangent entirely. ‘Tune Pitch Decay’ is as dusky as it is propulsive; tough and cavernous for the duration. Made of uneasy soundscapes and half-time, rolling drums, Amsterdam local Tammo Hesselink finally rounds things off on an abstract, downtempo tip.

https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1675863885/Various-Artists-WITNESS04

WITNESS04

V/A - WITNESS04 - Snippets

Buy/Support: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/square-one-ep

Super-rich textures provided by Lisene as he revisits his workflow on for his latest EP and Craigie Knowes debut, 'Square One'. Implementing a new approach to his production while retaining his signature layering of atmospherics, intricate percussion and a unique blend of sound design and club sensibilities. Release Date: 08 May 2023

A1 - Cloud Chamber
A2 - Déjà Voodoo
B1 - Square One
B2 - Perception Check

Artist: Lisene
Title: Square One EP
Format: 12" + Digital
Label: Craigie Knowes
Mastering: Johanz Westerman
Distribution: Clone Distribution
Art/Design: sickday

Square One EP

CKNOWEP45 | Lisene - Square One EP

After his well received "Unknown Pharmacy" release https://soundcloud.com/volta-cab aka Rambal Cochet is back on Griffé almost a year later to the day with his "Matrix Convoy" EP! Once again the producer pleases us with his proggy touch filled with tribal & trancey motives for a full shamanic dancefloor experience. https://soundcloud.com/ikbenliso is joigning him on the eponym track while Bristol based https://soundcloud.com/remotif serves an outstanding downtempo/breaky remix of Virus Funk.

Pre-order: https://www.kma60.com/release/1683643827/Rambal-Cochet-Matrix-Convoy-EP
Bandcamp: https://grifferec.bandcamp.com/album/matrix-convoy-ep

Mastered by Justin Drake 
Distributed by KMA60

Eversines - Estrange (TWIG SSL-012)

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