A home to early Larry Heard & Frankie Knuckles productions, Gherkin Records was one of the most influential House imprints in the late 80s. Brett Wilcots and Jim Stivers distributed a huge number of stone-cold classics from a pretty exhaustive list of of house & techno legends, before the operation wrapped up abruptly in 1991.

Finn McCorry selects an hour of records from the labels near-perfect core catalogue - a slew of dreamy vocal cuts and a slew of early acid house experiments from Larry Heard under his Gherkin Jerks alias.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-gherkin-3rd-march-2023

NTS Guide: To Gherkin Records 030323

@terra-magica-rec

Are you ready to embark on a wild ride through the sonic wonderland of ‚Life Of Phoroma‘? This isn‘t your average V/A extended player compilation – it‘s a pulse-pounding journey through chaos, confusion, and pure eclecticism that‘ll take you beyond just dancing.

Terra Magica Rec. sixth release is a passionate ode to the fusion of EBM and psychedelic, perfectly blending lightning-fast new age and tribal hypnotic soundscapes with 1980s synth atmospheres high on Trance.

It’s Electronic Disco gone Techno gone HiNRG gone wrong folks! Enjoy. The SH-101‘s aggressive cuts, the Sequential Circuits‘ mesmerizing melodies, and the heavily processed Neumann TLM 193 vocals seamlessly weave in and out of acid-ish and electro breakbeat grooves, „Why am I suddenly standing at Tokyo Teleport Station? What happend to my last week?“ Welcome to relaxed Rave-basslines and lo-fi rhythms that will intoxicate your senses.

Get loose and fall into your next portal of unexpected spiritual flows. Catch your six unique tracks for a highly eclectic journey through mysterious and magical moments. So strap in and become one with the sound, because ‚Life Of Phoroma‘ is your roller coaster ride to unforgettable sonic adventures.

[PREMIERE] PSP - Bernhard Tobola | Terra Magica Rec. [2023]

Original track by @AntoniaXM 
Official remix, made in 2021. Vocals by Antonia, music and production by DS.
Mixing, mastering, and artwork by DS.

Antonia XM - Flawed (Dino Spiluttini Trance In Heaven Rework)

Introducing PUCA003 - Jogada Remixes! @pucasounds

A scorching hot remix package of PUCA001 altered by @Telephones, @audreydanza and original artists Jogada with 3 fresh perspectives causing UV rays to pierce out the sound system with the hit of every bongo.

We're delighted to share with you the first track of the release:
A1 Jogada - Masambakatu (Telephones Sambalearic Street Jam)

BANDCAMP PRE-ORDER: https://pucasounds.bandcamp.com/album/jogada-remixes

PUCA003 will be released in LP & digital format on 25/05/2023.

PREMIERE: Jogada - Masambakatu (Telephones Sambalearic Street Jam)

700WET, a clever wordplay on "wet" and "watt", evokes the image of a charged battery ready to make some serious noise - and is eager to
release its energy. This electrifying art-pop project is the brainchild of
Marja Christians, an award-winning dancer and opera singer and Cid
Hohner of Moonwalk X Records, OTTO, and Aufgang B. Their alluring
synth-pop and honest operatic vocals transport listeners to a realm of
sensual pleasure, inspired by the feminist power of erotica. Imagine
Grace Jones singing minimal wave style in a Chicago house and you'll
get a taste of their genre-defying 'Lovers-Dance' sound. Fans of italo
disco and digi dub would surely like to take a bite here. They crafted
their music with Yamaha Portasound keyboards and smoky Crumar
string machines. All of this creates an authentic and distinctive sound
that is hard to find elsewhere. 700WET is an explosion of creativity that will take you on a journey of lust, passion, and love.

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : 700Wet - Dykes On Hormones

Armenian Jazz Only! In this episode I am telling (very brifely) the history of Armenian Jazz from the day of its foundation in 1936 by my great grandfather Tsolak Vardazaryan to the beginning of 2000s rising ethno jazz. It's a very special episode to me, with the picture from a family archive (Tsolak Vardazaryan and his orchestra dating 1936) with a lot of unique material from the archives of the Public Radio of Armenia, and my personal collection that I have never played before. Big band, symphonic jazz, jazz songs, beautiful vocals and many moe inside. Playing compositions by  Konstantin Orbelyan, my grandfather Martin Vardazaryan, Melik Mavisakalyan, Stepan Shakaryan, performed by jazz vocal stars Zara Tonikyan, Raisa Mkrchyan, Tatevik Hovhannisyan and more. PRESS PLAY

Tracklist:
Armenian State Jazz Orchestra - Jan Yerevan (1948) Martin Vardazaryan - Peaceful Harmonies
Armenian State Jazz Orchestra - He was beautiful (1939)
Karo Tonikayn - Karavan (1950)
Konstantin Orbelyan - Հուշեր Memories
Instrumental Radio Quintet - Krounk (1959)
Grigoriy Chilingarian -  Անհաջող ժամադրություն (1962)
Estrada Orchestra - Նրա երևակայությունը (film, 1959)
TV and Radio Orchestra - Լեռների պար Dance of the Mountains (1973)
Tatevik Hovhannisyan & Konstantin Orbelyan Orchestra - Vocalize
Konstantin Orbelyan Orchestra - Dilijan (1975)
Edgar Karapetyan & Armenian State Jazz Orchestra - Եկ մեր տուն Come to our house (1966)
TV and Radio Orchestra - Prelude
Raisa Mkrtchyan & TV and Radio Orchestra - Arevik
TV and Radio Orchestra - Իմ քաղաքը My town (1974)
Martin Vardazaryan - Հանդիպում
Jazz Ensemble of TV and Radio - Բարի լույս, Երևան Good morning, Yerevan (1988)
Zara Tonikyan & Armenian State Jazz Orchestra -  Իմ սերունդ 
Nadezhda Sarkisyan & Armenian State Jazz Orchestra - Հրեղեն աղջիկ (1984)
Tatevik Hovhanissyan & Armenian State Jazz Orchestra -  Վերադարձիր երազ Come back my dream (1972)
Armen Martirosyan Band - Oriental Mood (2001)

Panorama Yerevan - Armenian Jazz Special NTS Radio 3d of June

Sun People - Sound Sculptures (recorded live @ NerdNights Graz)

While Sun People is usually known for hi-energetic fast mixes of bass music, jungle, juke and footwork this mix for Institute for Sonic Welfare’s NerdNights is on the opposite end. The constant push & pull effect of his usual mutantextures is replaced by a delicate tension "to guide the people of the sun through the grey haze opening the door into an irreal ghost world" (1). As fragile and dangerous as this journey is, so are the very first unsounds heard: Crackles, lo-fi-textures, electronic background noises, modulated sinusoids fading in and out; an ethereal soundscape suddenly grounded in all to familiar everyday sounds. The silence inbetween sounds, the sounds not heard seem even more important than those played. Humming otherworldly voices and the distant tik-tok of a clock, left behind, losing its meaning. This sonic irreality creates its own laws of space-time, the ghostworld is not bound to the continuous and linear progress of time, yet simultaneously in permanent knowledge of transitoriness… of a vibration, a moment, life. At the threshold of the gate a voice repeating “she was a visitor” (2), accompanied by crackling of the record, reminds us that we crossed the barriers between the existent and the non-existent, a boarder we have crossed before and will cross again. For the first time synthetic sounds takeover the atmosphere, highlighted in their artificial otherworldliness. While we “would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed […] a storm is blowing[, …] irresistibly propels [us] into the future.“(3) And large bells in the distance remind us of the impossibility to dwell. The mythical world stretches and contracts, bends and buckles under the pressure of the debris of physical reality, a painful scream, torturing shouts, and spectral whisper accompany us until mumbling voices turn into a single drone.

1: The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Illistrum
2: Robert Ashley, She Was A Visitor
3: Walter Benjamin, On the concept of history

Text by Lain Iwakura

Tracklist:
Dance Hall Of Shame - No Thinking. No Talking. No Music
Lautsprecher Test - Bestimmung der Abweichungen im Verlauf der Schalldruckkurven zweier Boxen durch direkten Vergleich
Yaki Kandru - Musica con Piedras
Tangerine Dream - Second Movement: Nebulous Dawn
Famadou Don Moye - Scowiefamuja
Siegfried Fink - Metallophonie
Enviroments - Tintinnabulation
The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Illistrum
Akita, Azuma, Haswell, Sakaibara - Ich schnitt mich in den Finger
Nana Vasconcelos - Vozes
Joseph Jarman & Famadou Don Moye - Egwu Yesi Kipaleta
Robert Ashley - She Was A Visitor
Jon Hassell & Brian Eno - Rising Thermal 14° 16' N; 32° 28' E
Michael Obst - Metal Drop Music
Günter Sommer - Hörmusik (2. Teil)
Jasun Martz & The Neoteric Orchestra - The Pillory
Paul Beaver & Bernard L. Krause - Tape Delay
The Flowerpot Men - UG
Second Layer - Japanese Headset
Windy & Carl - Set Adrift
RRR 500 - Untitled Lock Groove


Wanna hear more by Sun People?
check here -> https://soundcloud.com/simon-off

disko404 Podcast #64: Sun People's Sound Sculptures

Hello everybody and welcome to "NEXT TIME BIG TIME".
In this first edition we are presenting some of our lost gems, alltime favourites and guilty pleasures our recordbags have to offer.
Tune in for to a smooth welcome of our community and vision of music.
This show is for lovers not only for diggers.
We hope you enjoy it.

This mix is crafted by one of Austrias long term finest! "Redstar" aka "Fivehouse Records". Starting his DJ career in the early 90ties, Redstars musical influences range from early Hip Hop, Deep House to Boogie and countless other stations in musical history. Beside being  one of the strongest impacts for the music history of Graz and an endless supporter of the growing scene, he's also one of the sickest collectors and record  sellers in Austria. Let's enjoy the ride of this top down cabriolet mix by the one and only Mr. Redstar.

One love

NTBT - Mixtape Vol. #3 by Redstar A.k.a. Fivehouse

Alexandria's 'Promise EP' produced by Ethereal.

Pour (feat. Father)

SWITCHBLADE - "Movement II" from "S/T [2012]

pavement (teeth grid)

&gt;for strings cannot be on time when wings to be held in the air, in vain their motions are captured, never a fast one to spare&lt;

2006-2020

pavement (teeth grid)

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