Stefan Vincent - Post Melancholy
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Label: Musar (https://soundcloud.com/musar-recordings)
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For Dutch artist Stefan Vincent, the feeling of melancholy also offers the opportunity for beauty to be found. “Decay and loneliness can serve a purpose. Depression can teach you things. To feel deep sadness also means the ability to feel profound emotions.” he says. With this in mind, his debut album on MUSAR Recordings, “Post-Melancholy”, unpacks the twists and turns of grappling with this emotion, drawing from breaks, electro and IDM to make his most intricate work to date, after previous releases on Token, Dynamic Reflection, Symbolism, and Non-Series.

Throughout “Post-Melancholy” Vincent traces the wave of melancholy and how it moves through the body, which allows for lighter moments alongside darker moods. Perhaps the lightest track on the album is its acidic-breaks opener, “Eyes Unclouded”, with its soaring acid lines and dazzling synths, which acts as a false pretense for the rest of the album. Tracks like “Poise”, “Arpeggino” and the meditative “Yonghegong Lama Temple Exit F” also break up the intensity. However, nestled between the more pacey, bass-weighted tracks on the album, these lighter openings still feel like tear-jerkers.

The more common associations of melancholy show up on tracks like “Another Skin To Wear” and “You Know This Isn’t Going To End Well”, which all create a more ominous feel via IDM and the polyrhythmic structures of drum’n’bass. Particularly on “Another Skin To Wear”, which borrows its name from a Radiohead lyric, the track's swooping motion feels realistic to melancholy’s chaotic and often unpredictable path. But, like all great storytellers, Vincent leaves the most poignant moment of the album for last with the rolling “8AM on the Train… (For Maarten)” devoted to his dear friend, Maarten, who sadly passed away at the young age of 36.

This LP is dedicated to Maarten de Vries (1986-2022)

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PREMIERE : Stefan Vincent - Poise

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DEFTR, the newly formed alias of @answercoderequest and @wagner-jan, present their debut album on @npmlabel, introducing a captivating fusion of ambient and techno.

This collaborative project marks a departure from Answer Code Request's 4/4 techno framework, venturing into expansive auditory realms enriched by Jan Wagner's classical expertise.

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Premiere: DEFTR 'Run Away'

Beast River Records proudly presents "DEEP WATERS Vol. 1" - an essential VA compilation showcasing fresh talent joining the label’s roster.
This first volume dives deep into the core of underground house, with five tracks that epitomize the raw, unfiltered sound that represents Beast River records.

About the Artist

ALOT is a multi-instrumental artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently based in NYC, with a creative portfolio that spans music and visual arts. As a singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ, ALOT crafts a distinctive sound that blends smooth jazz influences with house, disco, soul, and hip-hop elements.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alot.alot.alot/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alotmusic

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PREMIERE : ALOT - Perdido En La Salsa

Text by André Florêncio: 

Friends, buddies, fake friends... We might think that Diogo's new EP was a treatise on fraternal love, if it were just for the title. Friendship as a cause or effect is felt in the sharing of the dancefloor where these tracks might be played, or in the collaboration that BLEID and Velvet Skin provide in the remixes they’ve created. But that would be a literal and reductionist view of this new Extended Records release.

Opening with “Bola Prá Frente;”—an incitement for music (or the devil) to descend on the body—this track features chopped, lilting, and repetitive vocals, broken rhythm, and ambient layers. It’s a party starter.

In the middle, “Caga!” bursts forth with trigger cutouts, a disguised Jay-Z appearance, some phantasmagoria, and hyperactive percussion. Watch ya mouth!

The EP closes with the hurried “Dar Ao Slide.” “Take me away,” but where to?

For dessert, BLEID accelerates the pace of “Bola Prá Frente” while Velvet Skin softens “Caga!” with a pinch of acid.

“Eu Amo Meus Amigos” is more about the music than the words. Perhaps, like friendship, it’s easier to feel than to describe. Even though the tracks don’t directly reference the titles, your friends will appreciate the statement.

Buy: https://discosextendes.bandcamp.com/album/eu-adoro-os-meus-amigos

Eu Adoro Os Meus Amigos!

PREMIERE: Diogo - Caga! [Discos Extendes]

RIDE’s Andy Bell, recording under his electronic alter ego GLOK, and the producer and Insult to Injury label boss Timothy Clerkin have joined forces for Alliance, a brand new seven-track album released by Bytes on November 8. The collaboration finds Andy and Tim with their freak flags flying, working in a freewheeling environment where nothing was off limits, with influences ranging from Death in Vegas and Boards of Canada to James Holden and New Order.

The woozy ‘Empyrean’, which combines the analogue-decayed production of Boards of Canada and the ethereal vocals of ‘Xtal’ from Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works 85-92 with a fizzing behemoth of a synth line, is a fitting way to launch the album as it was the first track they worked on together. “It’s basically a Timothy Clerkin remix of a demo I sent him,” Andy explains. “I can’t get enough of it. To me, it’s one of the best tracks I’ve ever been involved with since I started making music.”
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released September 19, 2024

Written and produced by Timothy Clerkin and Andy Bell
Mixed by Timothy Clerkin
Nothing Ever lyrics written by Beth Jeans Houghton
Mastered by Keith Tenniswood at Curved Pressings
Artwork by Nick Taylor
(P) and C) Bytes 2024

Alliance

PREMIERE: GLOK & Timothy Clerkin - Empyrean

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Piscolabis II is a super sonic fan where we find the organic and robotic atmosphere of Piscolabis Part I and of course the sound experimentations of Golden Bug. The 10 new tracks presented on this sequel are even wilder and stranger, in the best sense of the word. The rhythms are heavy, the guitars of Lionel from The Limiñanas are razor sharp and the distorted grooves of the drum machines carry curious electronic impulses.

The introductory track “ Paradis ” with its choral, fairy tale and epic atmosphere, gives way to a series of slow, raw and bewitching tracks, such as “ Red Wolf ” featuring Phoebe Coco , the heady and mechanical “ Ricochet ”, “ L'Effet Domino ” carried by the voice of Anna Jean of the band Juniore , “ Toupie ” which takes us on chloroformed, hypnotic electronic highway , the psychedelic “ Hi No Tori ” with japanese guest Vega Voga , the retro-futuristic “ Autobahn ” embodied by the voice of Ruben Kielmannsegge , “ Poc a Poc ”, which plunges us into the world of acid-western and “ Boomerang ”, surfing the wave of dub in shamarnic hues.

Piscolabis II builds its own psychological environment to inhabit. And as you sink deeper into it, the music takes on synesthetic turns, with textures swirling all together, igniting the senses. We encourage you to press play, sit back and listen to the album unfold in its entirety.

Tracklist: 

1. Paradis
2. Red Wolf ft. Phoebe Coco
3. L’effet domino ft. The Liminanas & Anna Jean 4. Boomerang
5. Hi No Tori ft. The Liminanas & Vega Voga
6. Toupie ft. Ruben Kielmannsegge
7. Poc a poc ft. The Liminanas
8. Autobahn ft. Ruben Kielmannsegge
9. Ricochet
10. Sa Conca

PREMIERE: Golden Bug - Toupie ft. Ruben Kielmannsegge [La Belle Records]

The sails billowed in the wind. They were all that were in control of the ship as it moved steadily forward across the stormy waters. The sky was cloudy and dense overhead, it looked as though it might soon rain.

Up on deck there were only a handful of men left watching over the course of the boat. They were the ones that had to pick up the slack as the storm hit. Together they were responsible for driving things onward and steadily through the bleak, darkness of the night to come.

It was a wicked dance this. One ship upon the wildest of waters.

Terraflow is a moniker of producer AJ Edward. This time things get dark and heavy on a new EP for Liquid Memory Records as he enters more progressive, bass driven territory and delivers to wondrous effect.

PREMIERE: Terraflow - Pick up the Slack [Liquid Memory]

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Woozy’s annual WZY.5 compilation summit gathers for its fourth instalment, celebrating 9 artists of dubwise disposition that maintains the label and its founder EMA’s spellbinding tradition in futurist soundsystem music. No Sir, Maude Vôs, Jossy Mitsu, Chewlie, Beaabea, Mantra, Introspekt, Ila Brugal and Honeydrip all feature for another bumper showcase of ambitious club sounds.

WZY4.5’s welcoming address looks to No Sir’s Dilate, an elastic-shock of icy swagger that rudely snaps under the serious sub pressure. Maude Vôs’ Faerie Ring gurgles with psy-eye wonder amidst its half-time hypnosis, before the chromatic piston-breaks of Arena bounce around Jossy Mitsu’s irresistible kinetics. Chewlie’s Blaze Of Sobriety is a crooked stepper of wide-eyed abstraction that swivels on an addictive head-nod lurch, while Pixelate’s taut trip through Beaabea’s stern kick-drum ballistics offers some dastardly club drama. Mantra then signals the rave siren, meditating on a percussive half step before igniting the jungle (dub) tekno fervour of Bedrock. Introspekt’s naughty 2-stepper Digital throbs in a see-saw of LFO menace and crisp swung-drum mechanics, before Moth’s blunted dancefloor haze illuminates Ila Brugal’s effortlessly rolling groove. On closing remarks is Honeydrip with Aspire, a zooted stepper of heavenly breakbeat joy that skanks sub-heavy style to its and WZY4.5’s glorious conclusion.

WZY4.5 Compilation

PREMIERE: Mantra - Bedrock

Berlin based Luigi Di Venere is one of the most exciting presences in electronic music. His musical style is rooted in Italo house and cosmic Italo disco, techno, New Beat, trance, and he is especially known for his luxurious cosmic soundscapes and explosive combinations. Di Venere also runs his own club nights including Maximum Joy in Berlin and Power Dance Club in Athens and Berlin and he is a regular feature at Berghain/Panorama Bar. 

Di Venere can be found managing the Phonica Records satellite in Berlin’s The Stores X, and expanding his label with Neu Verboten, Philoxenia Records. Di Venere enjoys a number of exciting musical collaborations, including Banana Moon (with Massimiliano Pagliara), SolidAir (with Jules Etienne), Affekt Unit (with Neu Verboten).


Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/luigidivenere
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/divelugi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luigidivenere/

Hypnotic Groove Mix #464 - Luigi Di Venere

Kaidun returns with a new 2-track EP with peak-time dancefloors and cosmic atmospheres in mind. 'Mr Zurkon' sets off with a tight 4/4 groove and rolling bassline as vocal samples swirl, anchored by a riff that's half spaghetti western, half sci-fi.

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PREMIERE : Kaidun - Mr Zurkon

Under My Skin is the 12” sampler to the upcoming LP album by half Australian (Nick West) and half Czech (Dj Schwa) duo Shades Of Gray. Their third full length studio album 'Under My Skin' has been in the making since 2016 and is dropping this European Autumn.mShades Of Gray have been producing heavily groove based house music since their first 12" in 2007 when they released their debut on the Beef records imprint. Since that time, Shades Of Gray have released many 12” records, remixes and two studio albums while keeping up with a hectic touring schedule.

Remix duties for “Under My Skin” are in the hands of Prime Numbers favourite Trus’Me who delivers a fresh and scintillating take on the original, providing a fresh outlook and a more dance-floor focused end-product.

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/shades-of-gray, https://soundcloud.com/trusme
Label: https://soundcloud.com/beef
Buy: https://beefrecords.bandcamp.com/album/under-my-skin-12-sampler

PREMIERE: Shades of Gray - Under My Skin (Trus'Me Not This Time Remix) [Beef Records]

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