Side Up Works number 021 is coming ! We present the remarkable work of Chilean DJ and producer Simon TG, currently based in Barcelona. Simon TG's illustrious career includes partnerships with renowned record labels such as Toolroom and Toolroom Trax and collaborations with esteemed artists like Nic Fanciulli, Mark Knight, and Max Chapman, solidifying his reputation for his energetic and dynamic sound.

Titled "Digital Runner" this EP is a true sonic gem that will captivate electronic music enthusiasts. With two original tracks and two remixes, Simon TG has crafted a musical journey characterized by its intensity, hypnotism and acidic dark aura. The groovy and digital sound intertwines with captivating melodies, offering a unique auditory experience to transport you to another level.

Moreover, we must not overlook the incredible remixes featured on this EP. Heinech & Bonnie Spacey have left their creative mark on Simon TG's productions, adding their distinctive touch and further enriching the musical offering.

The EP "Digital Runner" will be available starting July 26, 2023. Get ready to immerse yourself in this unique sonic experience

PREMIERE: Simon TG - Digital Runner (Bonnie Spacey Remix)

X factor (Ilya Santana edit)

out on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shibuya-eki

Izakaya Deployment - Sutorito Man

Feinstoff Classics, mixed by Florian Klapetz

Feinstoff Classics 2016-2023

Fred Ventura and Rafał Lachmirowicz, aka Also Playable Mono, have teamed up, All We Need being the pairing’s audio vision of italo disco. Steady kicks and cascading cowbells pave the way for an infectious synthline before a vocoder-enveloped Ventura smoulders with a burning intensity. Bold chords and pulsating rhythms are at the robotic heart of “System Breakdown On Wikileaks”. Bombastic and brilliant, this electrified disco dreadnaught swings with the power of a wrecking ball; a power that only amplifies the track’s impacting message of our very civilisation’s future. Scaling notes spiral ever higher in the addictive groove of “In The Night”, A.P.Mono’s computerised words adopting the mantle of his machines. Circling samples introduce “The News”. Rhythms are clean and tight, snapping at the tails of soaring synthwork with Ventura’s smoky social commentary, coupled with the silken and sonorous Chelsea Muller, offering something better for us all.

Digital: https://bordelloaparigi.bandcamp.com/album/all-we-need

Vinyl: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/also-playable-mono-feat-fred-ventura-all-we-need-ep/

Also Playable Mono - In The Night

Beyond The Struttosphere blast back into orbit with the release of ‘Planet Ogo’ on Discolypso Recordings.

The title track is inspired by early progressive trance and fuses a driving chug bassline with a hypnotic 303 sequence, distorted robotic synth stabs and a trifecta of meandering arpeggiators, creating a wormhole through space and time. Thunderous power chords and nuanced percussion layering guide the track towards its cosmic void, echoed with mind-bending vocal samples from the cult sci-fi film ’12 Monkeys’, before a high-voltage crescendo transports you to Planet Ogo. 
Remixes are provided by two masters of the scene: South Korean cosmic disco royalty, Shubostar, applies her signature sound to the original, introducing playful synth melodies, kinetic arps and retro-futuristic pads that elevate its seismic breakdown into outer space. Spanish new wave maestro, K-Effect, provides a moodier and more psychedelic contribution, weaving in tripped-out FX, clinical drum arrangements and mercurial low-end synths that propel the tune towards its ominous conclusion.

‘Cosmic Stuntman’, the EP’s second offering, is intrepid and galactic as its name suggests. A track of two halves: the first a minimalist soundscape defined by groovy guitar riffs backed by energetic tambourines, cowbells and an array of spacey FX. The second opens up in throttle with the addition of a ferocious mid-range bass, cutting snares and cosmic pads that build in magnitude as the track reaches its spellbinding climax. 
Remix duties are provided by the legendary Dionigi, alumnus of the Italian ‘cosmic sound’ movement, whose take repurposes the track into a low-slung cosmic chugger complete with glitchy vocoders that resemble scrambled UFO transmissions.

Completing the package are two reinterpretations of ‘Storming Heaven’ which first appeared on Emerald & Doreen Recordings in 2023 and pays homage to Jay Steven’s eponymous book on LSD and the American dream. The UK’s godfather of chug Rich Lane isolates the original’s soaring guitar solo and reimagines the track into a mesmerising downtempo chugger, tinged with psychedelia, ideal for the ALFOS dancefloor. 
Argentinian producer Julian Sanza, resident of Bogotá’s Kaputt Club and member of Ralph Lawson’s seminal electronic outfit 2020 Soundsystem, delivers the second remix. His version cranks up the funk, reconfiguring the track as a Balearic sunset trip; a shimmering ending to this cosmic journey.

The EP concludes with a bonus remix package of hits from the BTS back catalogue. ‘Replicants’, originally released on French imprint Mélopée Records in 2021, is resurrected with two new remixes. Berlin-based electronic rock n’ roll band, the Tegel Boys, transform the track into a krautrock-infused kosmiche space odyssey, driven by bongo rhythms, perfect for tuned-in psychic travellers.

Beyond The Struttosphere - Replicants

After taking a year-long break from our monthly releases, we’re happy to return with recharged batteries and fresh motivation.

We’re starting off with a collaborative EP by our friends I.M.D, Herrhausen & Treindl, and Geplantes Nichtstun, aptly titled “Slow Trance Still Alive.”

With this release, we once again want to show the full range and diversity of our favorite genre together with the artists. The EP features four varied and driving tracks that invite you to dream, drift away, and lose yourself in deep grooves and warm soundscapes.

Join us on this journey and float hypnotic pulse and subtle energy that make “Slow Trance Still Alive” a beautiful reminder that this sound still has plenty to say.

Buy Link: https://wundersamdown.bandcamp.com/album/slow-trance-still-alive

✨Geplantes Nichtstun
SC: https://soundcloud.com/geplantesnichtstun

✨Herrhausen & Treindl
SC: https://soundcloud.com/herrhausentreindl
IG: https://www.instagram.com/herrhausentreindl/

✨I.M.D
SC: https://soundcloud.com/imd-2
IG: https://www.instagram.com/i.m.d_music/

✨down.
SC: @downvienna
IG: www.instagram.com/down.records/

Mastering:
SC: @haunted_water

✨KataHaifisch
SC: @katahaifisch
IG: www.instagram.com/katahaifisch_ofc/

✨buy & support

Premiere: Geplantes Nichtstun, I.M.D, Herrhausen & Treindl - Juxtaposition [down.]

Alvi L - Walking Beat (Deep Club Mix) Demo V1

lost place

These are stripped-down 160mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: Siren
Title: Lulu incl. remixes by Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi, Siren
Cat.-No.: CPT 496-1
Format: 12" / Digital
LC 02518
Release Date: 21. July 2017

Tracklisting:

Side A:
A1. „Lulu“ (Original) (7:15)
A2. „Lulu“ (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix) (6:07)
Side B:
B1. „Lulu“ (Siren Remix) (6:47)
B2. „Paradise“ (Siren Remix) (8:04)

For their fourth release on Compost, SIREN, (Darshan Jesrani and Dennis Kane) offer up Lulu. A haunting and driven song with an emotionally lacquered vocal from Devi Mamboka. The song also features elegant guitar work from Danny Chavis of The Veldt (His twin brother Daniel sang vocals on SIREN’S first release) bass from SIREN engineer supreme Mark Dann, and percussion from Liquid Liquid front man Salvatore Principato.
The Italian disco- and cosmic pioneers Daniele Baldelli and Marco Dionigi joined forces for an extraordinary timeless smoothly grooving re-interpretation of Lulu.
“Pre nom Lulu” - German dramatist Frank Wedekind published the two “Lulu” plays “Pandora’s Box” and “Earth Spirit” in 1895. They are unique and genre shattering as they present a female protagonist with a strong voice, and one possessive of a highly sexualized and independent mind. Following up “Paradise” where their vocalist (Felice Rossner) declares: ”Sell the house, sell the car, take my phone, I’m not coming back....” SIREN again delivers another female voice, one that is confronting existential doubt head on; “Darling let’s jump...” Devi Mambouka give voice to Lulu in the song and inhabits the heroine’s indifference to bourgeois convention with graceful and sensual defiance. She begins by telling her lover to “shut his mouth and listen to me” then describes a trip they will make “losing one’s eyes, losing one’s bearings, getting free and saying yes”. The lyric heralds transformation and builds on the ideas of SIREN’s previous songs, Gauntlet, A/Way, and Paradise.
In the barren context of contemporary dance music, which seems indifferent to the ideas of art and philosophy, SIREN is going fully against the grain, drawing inspiration from lyricists like David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, and writers like John Ashbery and William Burroughs. Siren loves bands like Suicide and Bauhaus, groups that make powerful sensual songs while still bringing complex thinking to the table. SIREN feels, like Funkadelic, that you can free your mind and your ass will follow. The songs sleek production and affecting rhythms evoke a journey taken, nocturnal and urgent.

The cover art for Lulu is by NYC artist and owner of the fabled bar/gallery Lit Erik Foss. SIREN and Foss had a dear mutual friend, NYC graffiti legend SPAM (who was the bartender for every one of SIREN’s Strobe Lodge parties) and SPAM had a girlfriend named Devi Mambouka – that’s how we do. Chatting with Erik about the song Kane asked him if he had anything that might be right for the idea, and after an afternoon of looking at work – they choose the image, “a touch of class”, the back cover features an artwork from Kane – a portrait of imagist poet Hilda Doolittle.
NYC still has hardcore community of artists musicians and writers, tough minded and complex, SIREN feels grateful to engage with their collaborators and hopefully add to that storied history of art making and also to provide a motivator to get on the dance floor.

@sirensoundny
@startreeny
@dsgtnyc

Siren - Lulu (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix)

Second Release on @NeinRecords for Ali X & Ximena (@alixxximena) , this time teaming up with @Tkuz for a storming single 'Pachanga'....remixes by @Nark and Niño Árbol + Luzius.

Release Date - 29/06/18

Sinchi Blog -  https://www.sinchi-collective.com/2018/06/25/premiere-ali-x-ximena-tkuz-pachanga-nark-remix-nein-records/
Youtube - https://youtu.be/DaJQQvQEUxU

Pachanga

PREMIERE - Ali X & Ximena & Tkuz -  Pachanga (Nark Remix) (Nein Records)

Photographer, but sometimes DJ. And at the moment more into producing ;)