Cocktail D'Amore know a thing or two about party starting wild cards, and thus far Lion's Drums has proven to be adept in that department with drops on Hivern Discs and his own self-titled label. He comes to the Cocktail party with two edits of Manos Tsangaris' powerful drum sermons - visceral percussive flurries from a man with enough rhythm to partake in the lauded Drums Off Chaos project. You should have a good idea from that what these two tracks are about - heavy, physical tracks for maximum dance induction, moments of pure abandon and the odd firework or two.

JUNO

B Drüm 2 (Lion's Drums Edit)

Puppets & Masters

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Bhekithemba Buthelezi - Puppets & Masters

Afterlife

White label coming with 3 crossover tracks with heavy NYC and Latin influences.

Percussion – Inor Sotolongo

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H.O.M - Two Days With Inor

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ROMB013 — Daniel Savio — Shingon

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Melbourne's Analogue Attic round off 2017 with 'After The Rain', provided by label founders Alex Albrecht and Sean La’Brooy in tandem with Butter Sessions duo Sleep D.

After The Rain EP

Sleep D & Albrecht La’Brooy – 31 Degrees [Analogue Attic Recordings]

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Following on from 'PINK' and 'RED' issued earlier this year, @uncanny-valley-dresden return with 'ORANGE' - the third EP out of seven scheduled to celebrate their 50th release milestone. Christopher Rau's 'Paradijs' - as its name very justly suggests - teleports us to a much idyllic realm of breaks-strewn, post-balearic atmospheric opulence.

@christopher-rau headlines our second residency night in Berlin at Zur Klappe on Friday 13 September.

https://inverted-audio.com/inverted-audio-present-christopher-rau-carsten-jost-antepop-at-zur-klappe/

ORANGE (UV050-4)

Christopher Rau - Paradijs [Uncanny Valley]

LER 1022/MS03 - LITIA=LOE’s Each Dawn Every Dawn

A nearly-lost existential house anthem from Chicago’s second generation, heavily under the influence of Ron Hardy, European EBM, and the struggle of daily life in the city’s marginalised neighbourhoods.
LITIA=LOE (Life In The Insane Asylum = Life On Earth) formed in Chicago amidst the burgeoning house movement of the 80’s. 

Leon Williams, Daryl Wilson, and brothers Grant and Simeon Rogers would meet up every weekend to soak up the sounds at local clubs like Music Box, Medusa, The Power Plant, The Warehouse, and Frankie Knuckles’ Dance Palace, where DJs would mix everything from disco to new wave, industrial to house music. After the clubs closed, they would retreat to Leon’s basement to experiment with synths, inspired by what they had just witnessed at the clubs.

At the time, the record barely made it out of Chicago, but the group did have a chance at notoriety. Rocky Jones of D.J. International Records offered up a “Blood contract” for joining the label. The group declined and the group remained a mystery.

More than 30 years later Each Dawn Every Dawn will finally be available again (no blood contracts needed). Due out though Left Ear records and Mixed Signals,  on the 27th of March 2020. Distro through Rushhour, Seance Centre or Direct in the Antipodes

Each Dawn Every Dawn

The fourth multi-artist EP from blog-turned-record label Innate takes the imprint’s inherently warm and far-sighted sound into new intergalactic directions, offering up a quartet of cuts from established producers and rising stars: all inspired by dreams of cross-cosmic travel and the alluring weightlessness of deep space.

While all of Innate’s previous releases have tended towards the futuristic and otherworldly, EP number four explores the label’s love of stargazing electronic music much more explicitly. It features tracks that tend towards the timeless, mixing shimmering, life-affirming melodies, starburst electronics and twinkling chords. 

The A-side is all about deep, melodious and spacey electro, with tracks coming courtesy of two artists who are at very different stages in their musical careers. Up first is Steven Brunsmann AKA Aroy Dee, an experienced and much-loved Dutch scene stalwart making a rare appearance away from his acclaimed M>O>S Recordings label. “Leegte”, his sole outing of 2020 so far, is impressively immersive with Brunsmann cloaking a jaunty bassline and lo-fi electro beats in sumptuous aural textures and glassy-eyed chord sequences. The second slab comes courtesy of Innate label regular Gilbert, whose dedication to the more melodious and ear-catching end of the machine soul spectrum has been such a feature of the imprint’s releases to date. “Furthest Planet” may well be his most inspired musical workout yet: a deep electro roller whose lilting lead lines, shimmering electronics, yearning chords and tumbling acid lines are little less than life-affirming.

Over on side B, the sound subtly shifts towards the vibrant, multi-coloured sci-fi shimmer of techno in its purest form. First to make his mark is label newcomer Jonski, an alternate alias for fast-rising Bristol electro producer Zobol (real name Jon Chimielewski). “Venusian Surface” is classic star-gazing techno, with vivid chords, echoing synth squiggles, bubbly TB-303 motifs and alluring lead lines rising above a classic tech-funk bassline and bustling machine drums. To round of a great EP in style, Innate turns to effervescent Welshman DJ Guy. Fresh from inspired outings on Unthank and Other World Music, the Cardiff-based producer slams down a sweaty, energetic and forthright techno stomper. “Aphelion Orbit” boasts some brilliantly breathless, jacking drum programming – all machine-gun snare fills and snappy handclaps – but it’s the celestial shimmer of the accompanying chords and melodies that lingers longest in the memory. It’s a perfect conclusion to Innate’s most melodious and action-packed release to date.

PREMIERE : Aroy Dee - Leegte JA

Welcome back to Unreleased Territories.

We start 2021 with a bunch of tracks from all over the world. From Guatemala to Japan, we invite you to this musical trip through the depths of our archives which we are happy to unveil.

The voyage starts with floating, broken beats by our very own Jokios Kultūros. Then ИДА boss Kolomensky delivers downtempo masterpiece full of magic, which will teleport you to some exotic island, with a feeling of an upcoming storm. The Frankfurt slow vibe ambassador Tassilo, as always, delivers a dubby psychedelic track, full of subtle details. This tune is your express ticket directly to Neverland. Samo Records boss Facets invites you on an intriguing and mysterious adventure through synths and a deep bassline. Our dear friend and member of many great projects - Anton Berezin - will take you to a post-punk era with some not-so-cheesy synths. Up next is a dancefloor killer from Guatemala by Fabio Me Llaman Soltero - a mixture of arabic sounds and african drums with creepy vocals will definitely heat you up. Then an angry bassline prepared by Neud Photo during his Croatian vacations kicks so hard that it literally throws you into the medieval ages, close to the Adriatic sea and forces you to move. The massive banger by Auren advises you not to take candy from a stranger, to avoid unpleasant trips on dancefloors. A thumping, yet important message! With a track by Anastasia Zems we are moving into the jungle. The great levitating vocals and mystifying sounds invite you to discover your wild side as you move through the track as though jumping from one liana to the next. With their nostalgic, somewhat progressive house melody Anatolian Weapons guide you to the top of the Greek mountains. Try not to melt. Guitar riffs interweave with the sounds of bells to give this next classic disco track by Volta Cab a more metal sound. The rock influenced track by Wolfstream keeps your blood pressure up so you stay alive till the end of this adventure. The young talent from Kaunas – Pijus - associates himself mostly with lo-fi sounds. He jumps into our ship with a housy track, full of acid chords. Marco Lazovic knows best how to channel a melancholic mood with the help of music. Stop for a while and enjoy this moment of introspection. Broken Daiquiri by Adventure Society is a psychedelic cut which challenges you to push through and explore your dark side. Tadan, a Lithuanian based in London, dedicated his track to a skate park located in Ukraine. You can imagine yourself cruising cheekily through gavanpark while listening to it. The slowly rolling track by Shrimp Prince serves up a delicious sonic dinner from the bottom of the deep blue sea. The inscrutable and constant kick with the deep synths of Jelisejev Shedding Skin will surely plunge you into the foggy Fenland, the home of these misty sounds. Try not to get lost! Then, tribal elements and chaotic experimental sounds by Yuto Takei will grab you and zap you all the way into a Japanese rainforest. And for the last destination, all aboard the ship of our Italian friend - A-Tweed, his quirky track, boosted by Vittorio Gassman’s voice will show you the way through ancient Rome and to the finish line of this global adventure.

We really hope you enjoyed this musical trip through different parts of our magical planet. While we’re stuck inside during this crazy pandemic, we hope that our music has helped you to escape, at least in your minds and in your soul. Stay healthy and stay alive!

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Mastered by https://soundcloud.com/jaroska at https://soundcloud.com/auren1 studio.

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