Donato Basile AKA DJ Plant Texture always wants his music to tell a story, and with his debut EP on Tresor Records, entitled Life, he’s now trying to tell the biggest story there is.

According to the artist, “Life is about the fear of growing up”; both the anxiety itself and acknowledging and moving past it.

This narrative seems to have struck a chord with those who have heard the track, “People want to reflect themselves in the music; something personal. Lots of people have been in touch after hearing it; I guess they feel something melancholic in it. Personally, I imagine the track is like the life of a person; going from being born through childhood and youth and onwards, so perhaps they hear this?”

Having used an MPC since the early 2000s, Basile feels an intuitive connection to the hardware he uses, and so the creative process is very spontaneous: “I know where everything is so the music is made immediately.  I make everything in the first ten minutes; after that if it’s not right then I just abandon it and start something else.”

This immediacy, and familiarity with his equipment is apparent on the A-side, where Basile’s previous life as a drummer comes to the fore and tracks like Cycles and Ripetivo display his native understanding of groove but also how to stir things up - the three A-side tracks find classic techno rhythms seemingly falling apart only to snap back into place even stronger.

The B-side finds Donato exploring more of his melodic side with WTT and the aforementioned title track showing Plant Texture’s love of breakbeat and classic techno.

The three digital bonus tracks continue this exploration of melody and syncopated beats - The EXP Days echos the wistful feeling of Life, as Basile meditates on the times spent at EXP, his record shop in Bari, which functioned as a meeting place for electronic producers in the area. 

Together the eight tracks show a breadth of knowledge and ability of an artist that has grown older and more experienced over time, and is ready to share his evolution.

Life

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Parlami della linea che diventa lettera,dell 'apice in cui si tenta di rimanere.
Eruzione che invece di annientare fortifica stratifica, energia che scorre.
Metti la testa nel campo largo.
Esce tutto.
Strato di perdizione denso e sottile.
Cos è il rituale pesante ?
Torna primate agganciato alla terra.

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dZb 1000 - FFP - Free Your Mind (Original Mix).

Artist: FFP
EP Title:  90's 
Label: The Acid Mind Recordings
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Hypnotic 

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90's

Niki Istrefi - Ethics

ONDA GROSSA

My full set from HÖR Berlin is now available in audio-only format. 60 minutes of raw, hypnotic techno – including unreleased material. 

Thanks to the HÖR crew and everyone who tuned in.

YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/live/6T5sQpQvrFQ?si=7U4nzYaWnEl7AYHX

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Francesco Fly / FFP

1990

Rawsery / Humanoid Gods/ Diffuse Reality / U.F.O Recordings / dZb Records / Theacidmind/ Linee Sonore/  Moiss music/ Audioreaktor/ WRD Records/ Klinik Room/  LETS TECHNO / Mustache Crew/ DETCORD Records /  R1VERSE

Out soon  October 03st on Vinyl

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Francesco Fly / FFP

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