Great to hear you again Liza! Sounding fab!

So definitively Liza Nicklin. A clear solid original voice. Love this piece Liza!

Chista Okolina - Avant-garde Fatiguée (FLTRLBL191)
Release date: May 7th, 2021
Genres: Hip Hop, Alternative Hip-Hop, Alternative Rock
For fans of: Beastie Boys, Prophets of Rage, Funkadelic, Dead Can Dance

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Following the two new singles released earlier this year, Chista Okolina make their proper comeback with the long awaited album Avant-garde Fatiguée. 25 years after their debut, they return on top form, stylistically diverse and angrier than ever. Their straight-to-the-point multilayered approach is intact here, mashing up Funkadelic-worthy psychedelia, relentless experimentation and a healthy dose of self-irony. Adding to the already rich sonic palette are a dozen of guests, including goth-rock legend Goran Tanevski, indie heroes Bernays Propaganda and SAF collective members. Chista Okolina might have been absent for a quarter of a century, but now they are back and here to stay. And the best thing? Avant-garde Fatiguée is only the first of three albums to be released in the near future!

TRACKLISTING

1. Chista Okolina - Starci
2. Chista Okolina feat. Goran Tanevski - Izmorena Avangarda
3. Chista Okolina feat. LD Pistolero, Smilen & DJ Goce - Malku Poeti
4. Chista Okolina - Si Igrame So Rapot
5. Chista Okolina - Ete Go Chajot!
6. Chista Okolina - Staklo Dete
7. Chista Okolina feat. Bernays Propaganda - Chista Propaganda
8. Chista Okolina - Site Lazhete
9. Chista Okolina - Prenesi Go Zborot
10. Chista Okolina - Deca

Avant-garde Fatiguée

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Chista Okolina - Prenesi Go Zborot - taken from "Avant-garde Fatiguée" (FLTRLBL191)

Spaces Between - Infinite Corridor (FLTRLBL192)
Release date: June 4th, 2021
Genres: Electronic, Downtempo, Ambient
For fans of: Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Autechre, The Orb

ABOUT THE RELEASE

A month and a half after "Blissed", here is the second single from the upcoming Spaces Between album "Maudlin". Deep meditative electronica balancing on the outer edges of a fictional translucent universe, gives way to heavily effected, delayed guitar drones. Perfect for endless introspective sessions and infinite soul searching.

TRACKLISTING

1. Spaces Between - Infinite Corridor

Infinite Corridor

Spaces Between - Infinite Corridor (FLTRLBL192)

Liza Nicklin - Generosity of Genius (FLTRLBL193)
Release date: June 18th, 2021
Genres: Electronic, Deep House, Dub Techno
For fans of: Steve Bug, Dubspeeka, Robert Babicz, Pig&Dan

ABOUT THE RELEASE

It has been seven years since the release of "Immortal Habits", the album that got Canadian electronic artist Liza Nicklin critical acclaim and a Fenty Beauty sync placement. She has finally decided to share her new material with the world. The album "Revel: Generative" will be released in September and "Generosity of Genius" is the first of two singles to announce it. It has Nicklin's trademark brand of deep house mixed with dub techno, intelligently spiced with uplifting memorable grooves.

TRACKLISTING

1. Liza Nicklin - Generosity of Genius

Genrosity of Genius

Generosity of Genius

Liza Nicklin - Generosity of Genius (FLTRLBL193)

Spaces Between - Maudlin (FLTRLBL194)
Release date: July 16th, 2021
Genres: Electronic, Downtempo, Ambient
For fans of: Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, Autechre, The Orb

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Spaces Between's unique blend of indie influenced electronica has made him a firm favourite of Chillout radio programmers and Downtempo playlist curators and got him a support slot on The Orb's tour. Millions of streams and radio plays after the first single, he is returning with his fifth album which has all the trademark elements - the slow burning character of songs, the long buildups and the amazing ability to draw the listener closer and closer with each song as the album progresses. Probably his strongest work to date, "Maudlin" meticulously connects the dots between shoegaze, ambient and idm, drawing the blueprint for modern electronica in the post-everything era.

TRACKLISTING

1. Transcendenta
2. St. Claire
3. Are You Here!
4. Infinite Corridor
5. Guildhall Breakout
6. The Swan, He Bleeds
7. Twenty, Five, Three
8. Blissed
9. A Drone
10. Dwell
11. Beyond

Maudlin

Spaces Between - St. Claire - taken from the Maudlin LP (FLTRLBL194)

Liza Nicklin - Direction Acknowledged (FLTRLBL195)
Release date: July 30th, 2021
Genres: Electronic, Deep House, Dub Techno
For fans of: Steve Bug, Dubspeeka, Robert Babicz, Pig&Dan

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Liza Nicklin became a steady fixture on the Dub Techno and Deep House scenes with the release of her album "Immortal Habits", which also brought her a Fenty Beauty sync placement. While the current single "Generosity of Genius" is still hot on specialised electronic radio and streaming playlists (including heavy rotation on Amazon's Breakthrough Electronic), she is keeping the pressure towards the new album with the second teaser "Direction Acknowledged", closing the gap between leftfield electronica, downtempo and techno.

Direction Acknowledged

Liza Nicklin - Direction Acknowledged (FLTRLBL195)

Classified Sky - Extraction (FLTRLBL196)
Release date: August 13th, 2021
Genres: Electronic, Trip-Hop, Breakbeat, Ambient
For fans of: Massive Attack, Sasha, BT, Tycho, Com Truise

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Mark Allsworth has been enjoying Breakbeat A-lister status with his Duane Barry project until he decided to start exploring deeper sonic universes under his own name and with his new Classified Sky project. Extraction is a chilled, meditative Trip-Hop gem, which could sit perfectly well in a Massive Attack or The Orb setlist. It is complemented by a driving Progressive Breaks remix, reminiscent of Mark's breakbeat days and a stripped down Ambient mix, ideal for 3am sofa surfing sessions.

TRACKLISTING

1. Classified Sky - Extraction
2. Classified Sky - Extraction (Breaks Mix)
3. Classified Sky - Extraction (Intro Mix)

Extraction

Classified Sky - Extraction (Breaks Mix) - taken from the Extraction EP (FLTRLBL196)

Dan Hegarty plays "Malku Poeti (Instrumental)" by Chista Okolina on The Alternative on RTE2

Liza Nicklin - Revel: Generative (FLTRLBL198)
Release date: September 10th, 2021
Genres: Electronic, Deep House, Dub Techno, Downtempo
For fans of: Steve Bug, Dubspeeka, Robert Babicz, Pig&Dan

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Released seven years ago, the album "Immortal Habits" was praised by electronic music critics, loved by fans and adored by music supervisors. After cementing her position on the Dub Techno and Electronica circuit and placing a song in a Fenty Beauty ad, Liza Nicklin disappeared from the scene. The long wait was worth it, as she releases another long playing gem, taking a fresh perspective of her unique collage of downtempo electronic, techno and dub. Continuing on her never-ending quest for new sonic experiences, Liza Nicklin delivers an even broader scope of retro futuristic wonders, which will keep us intrigued at least until her next long-player.

TRACKLISTING

1. Revel: Generative
2. Generosity Of Genius
3. Ganzfeld Principle
4. Reality Is An Inside Job
5. First Class To The Stars
6. Future Bias (Inspired By Steve Reich's Music For Wood)
7. Ask & It Is Given
8. Direction Acknowledged
9. Travel Light On Your Journey Home

Revel: Generative

Liza Nicklin - First Class To The Stars - taken from the Revel: Generative LP (FLTRLBL198)

Bastion - Bastion (Remastered) (FLTRLBL199)
Release date: October 22nd, 2021
Genres: Synth-Pop, New Wave, Synthwave
For fans of: The Human League, Yazoo, Heaven 17, Beograd

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Originally released 37 years ago, this album is the only remaining document of the short but extremely sweet collaboration between singer-actress Ana Kostovska, composer and musician Kiril Džajkovski, bassist Ljubomir Stojsavljević and film director Milčo Mančevski. With synthwave returning as the hottest music trend of 2021, Bastion, one of the first electronic bands in Eastern Europe is suddenly back in fashion. Various international media outlets, including The Guardian, caught the Bastion bug and wrote about this unique band and their self-titled masterpiece, calling it "a quick-footed jewel of eclectic, expert synth-wave... genre-curious, but grounded in this bright, glamorous pop sensibility". We couldn't be more proud to release it in all its remastered glory and make it available on the digital music services for the first time ever.

TRACKLISTING

1. Hollywood (Remastered)
2. Deca Sunca (Remastered)
3. A Hot Day In Mexico (Remastered)
4. Mesec U Šolji (Remastered)
5. Mr Complex (Remastered)
6. Lica U Ogledalu (Remastered)
7. Molitva (Remastered)
8. Boje (Remastered)

Bastion (Remastered)

Bastion - A Hot Day In Mexico (Remastered) - taken from Bastion (Remastered) (FLTRLBL199)

Jon Ososki - Taking Time To Think (FLTRLBL200)
Release date: November 12th, 2021
Genres: Chill-Out, Downtempo, Electronica
For fans of: Jon Hopkins, Max Cooper. Tycho, Brian Eno

ABOUT THE RELEASE

Global Chill radio favourite and Downtempo playlist regular Jon Ososki is announcing his brand new album "Our Failure of Imagination" with the lush, meditative single "Taking Time to Think". Produced by Juno Ray and mastered by Grammy-nominated Shawn Hatfiled (mastering engineer for Amon Tobin, The Glitch Mob and TOKiMONSTA among others), it shows a mature, more refined approach to Ososki's trademark slow-building, reflective sonic explorations.

Taking Time To Think

Jon Ososki - Taking Time To Think (FLTRLBL200)

Chista Okolina feat. Kacar & Vena - Vrie Makedonec (FLTRLBL201)
Release date: November 26th, 2021
Genres: Hip-Hop, Conscious Rap, Alternative Hip-Hop
For fans of: Cypress Hill, The Beastie Boys, Prophets of Rage

ABOUT THE RELEASE

After waking-up from a 25-year long hibernation and releasing the comeback album Avant-Garde Fatiguèe earlier this year, there is no stopping the legendary Chista Okolina crew. They will release another album in the first half of 2022 and "Vrie Makedonec" is the first single of it. Politically charged and built over a backdrop of samples from Macedonian jazz and rock classics, it rebels against some of the most pressing issues which are perpetually ruining the lives of young people in Eastern Europe. Conscious rap at its best!

Vrie Makedonec

Chista Okolina feat. Kacar & Vena - Vrie Makedonec (FLTRLBL201)

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Liza Nicklin - Direction Acknowledged (FLTRLBL195)

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