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Space trip. L'italien exilé à Berlin, Franz Scala nous présente son label Slow Motion Records avec un mix 100% discoïde. Et un fois n'est pas coutume, c'est avec une selection de classics 90s que l'on commence l'emission. Divertiti !

Full show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/ride-the-rhythm/ride-the-rhythm-14-12-02-2016-special-guest-franz-underwear/

Ride The Rhythm #14 Guest Mix

Release date: 15 April 2016 on 12" vinyl & digital
Distibuted by Kompakt

I’m a Cliché’s first release of 2016 comes from label boss Cosmo Vitelli. After a five-year hiatus during which he was kept busy by his band Bot’Ox and relocating from Paris to Berlin, this is the very first release to come out of his new studio located in Berlin’s Marzahn district.

A CRUEL STORY
This emotional uptempo track driven by heartfelt synth work explores the territory of dancefloor melancholia. Influences from genres that end in « -wave » but also from the spirit of sentimental electro are obvious and they are creatively used by Cosmo Vitelli for particularly catchy and elegant dance-inducing results.

CHIENS DE L’ENFER
There’s something ominous in this track with a definite rock feeling which is structured around brooding percussion, hypnotic melodies, sinister synths and an entrancing bass line. Darkness prevails and this is the perfect track to take the dancefloor on a date with the hounds of hell.

KETAMINE KARAOKE
Cosmo Vitelli further explores and reinterprets the melancholic and melodic potential of older genres on this catchy tune that sounds like a lost recording from a forgotten yet influential band that used a bass guitar, gently modulating analog synths and vintage drum machines with a taste for dissociatives on the original sound track of a '70s French film.

A CRUEL STORY (I:CUBE REMIX)
One of our favorite producers in Paris delivers a remix which enhances the hypnotic elements of the original track which he turns into tune tense, dark but quite debonair where low end groove is complemented by tribal percussion. Clearlly, this is a track waiting to be unleashed on the dancefloor.

A CRUEL STORY (FX MCHN REMIX)
Fx Mchn is an up and coming producer from London whose tracks are often played by Cosmo Vitelli. This remix focuses on the funkier side of Cruel Story. Instantly danceable, elegantly layered and with added melodic touches, this track conjures element of the Detroit sound and will work wonders on even the most demanding of dancefloors.

COSMO VITELLI — "Ketamine Karaoke"

Out on vinyl October 2017, digital available here: https://squirrelsonfilm.bandcamp.com/album/various-squirrels-vol-2

The Squirrels from San Francisco are back and they're wearing white after Labor Day — pressing up a limited white-label 12", an Amsterdam Dance Event special, full of the throbbing electro, altered-states body music, and head-in-the-clouds techno you've come to expect from Squirrels on Film.

It wasn't long ago that a particular material girl declared that we are living in a material world, and sadly, that refrain now rings truer than ever. Thank God for the Material Squirrel, then, some unknown player (with a familiar sound…!) whose "Material World" is a devastating electro jam, elevated into the stratosphere by a bassline so big it's silly. Lokier, from Mexico City but residing in Berlin, comes after the anonymous Squirrel to present "Headless," a murky, slower tune with swirling arpeggios and whip-crack percussion that recalls the sound of Belgium and Germany circa '89-'92.  

On the B-side, Billy Bates — an old-school San Franciscan with credentials in new wave outfit The Vanishing and the more left-field Autonervous — offers up "Got It," featuring funky percussion entwined around a squirrely (no pun intended) synthesizer, like classic jackin' house on some heavy psychedelics. Last but certainly not least is head Squirrel honcho Solar, closing out with "Anoesis" (defined as 'a state of mind consisting of pure sensation without cognition'), a heady techno escapade that slowly builds and unfurls across the cosmos in seven minutes.

SOF White 01 "Various Squirrels Vol.2" clips

After a summer run of scorching sounds and horizontal grooves that were designed for sandy open air scenarios, Hell Yeah kick off 2019 with some more of their curious curveballs and playful party pumpers. It's time to forget what you know and prepare for a weird and wonderful trip into weirdness with Alexander Robotnick: he is the man behind the music and a track that was previously released on the Coast to Coast 12” in 2013 and soon became a Balearic gabba classic.
Now it gets a second spot in the headlines after label head Marco first heard it played years ago by Justin Vandergvolgen and asked him to edit it. It comes backed with dazzling remixes from Prins Thomas, man of the moment Bawrut and Irish outfit The Vendetta Suite who takes things in more of a weird and wonderful direction that the label also deals in.

Alexander Robotnick is a legendary Italian producer who had a big hit in the 80s with ‘Problèmes D'Amour’, produced many bands in the 90s and founded his own Hot Elephant label in the 2000s. From Italo-disco to electro he is a master synth manipulator who can go into new romantic o synth pop territory with an always futuristic vision. The original track on this EP was dropped by the likes of Gerd Janson, Dixon, Jackmaster and Peggy Gou in DJ sets and Boiler Rooms.

It is a playful track with a wild, unhinged lead synth line that burrows deep into your brain. Brightly glowing chords have real warmth and add irresistible colour to the track as they ride up and down the scales and the crisp boom bap drums pack a real dance floor punch.

Scandi-disco maestro Prins Thomas remixes it into brilliantly filthy disco cut with rasping bass and hip swaying drums. It builds the tension over three minutes, locking you in before psychedelic leads burst out of the mix and carry you into the cosmos.

Then it’s the much loved current champ Bawrut, whose old Scuola Furano project label boss Marco was the first to release on vinyl back in the early 2000s on Mantra Vibes. His version is a pumping old school house remix, with analogue bass and that unhinged lead synth line bringing the madness. It's filled with raw energy and will blow up any floor.

Last of all, The Vendetta Suite follows up his Solar Lodge 23 EP on this label in 2017 with a remix that is perfectly dreamy. His rippling synth puddles and sci-fi motifs are brilliantly rich and glowing and fill you with warmth. It's the sort of mind expanding track that leads you into a world of cosmic curveballs and cut from free the real world.

Artwork by Andrea Amaducci

Undicidisco

Alexander Robotnick - Undicidisco (Snippets)

As a true believer in the power of hardware samplers and analogue synthesizers, Italo Brutalo created his own universe of soundscapes and styles of music. Due to lots of releases on labels like Mozzarella Rec, Days of Being Wild, Compuphonic, RFR Records or International Deejay Gigolo Records, he made himself a very good name amongst artists from all different genres and decades. His records are supported by credible and popular acts as well.

Not just his outstanding DJ mixing skills but also his spectacular live acts opened the door for many bookings all over the world in countries like Spain, France, Mexico, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, etc. to name just a few.

Follow @italobrutalo, peeps!

Italo Brutalo

SXDNS091 // Italo Brutalo

@SaschaFunkeOfficial radio show at @redlightradio on the 31st August 2019.

Youtube - https://youtu.be/XGeYfZLurdo

Sinchi Invites Sascha Funke (Red Light Radio)

Closing the weekend is Coolant Bowser w/ Hysteric. 

Melbourne born George Hysteric has been releasing originals and edits on vinyl for over 5 years now, meanwhile running his own Italo-disco centric vinyl imprint Mothball Records. His unique Italian disco and exotic Middle Eastern flavours have found their way to the much coveted Munich based Public Possession, Lisbon imprint Ostra Discos, Parisian label Plaisir Partagé, Bordello A Parigi from Delft and cult edit project Bahnsteig 23. They'll be running Goa Trance, New beat and Italo.

Coolant Bowser w/ Hysteric (Mothball) - Feb 2020

Twisted percussions and dusky selections from Vilnius-based soundcloud.com/pletnev. After relocated from Russia to Lithuania in 2014 Pletnev has been steadily carving out his place in the Vilnius underground scene with regular gigs at club Opium and through his releases for various imprints. In addition to contributing to Le Temps Perdu ‘Opium of the People’ compilation, his productions have been nestled under Fleeting Wax, Future Boogie, Hard Fist, KUMP, and SZE Records to name a few.
Deviating from his fun and funky alter ego soundcloud.com/pontymython, Pletnev reaches deeper into the darker corners of his crate for EBM, breaks, and tribal tinged aesthetics. In addition, Pletnev included some unreleased material and a forthcoming track on Biologic Records - dive in!

ZeeZout Podcast 144 | Pletnev

The two basque captains, a long-time Danceteria friends, finally do it. Here their fantastic Danz mix, with delicious dark club music oriented.
Thanks for the music estimats.
Enjoy the trip !

Tracklist:
01 - Eiffel Tower Syndrome (Simple Symmetry Remix) - Panorama Channel;Pletnev
02 - Damaa feat. Glitter - Malcolm
03 - Squeeze Dogs (Crunch Dub) - The Mauskovic Dance Band
04 - The Moton 5 - Andrew Weatherall
05 - In My Heart feat. Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (Khidja Remix) - Tapan;Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
06 - Heap - Beat Nouveau (gamma Intel Mix)
07 - Hilarious Chin - Autumns
08 - Fatal Error - Fatal Error 
09 - Beau Chien (Zillas on Acid Remix) - Niv Ast;Adrien Albou
10 - Regrettable Sex - DJ City
11 - I Smashed Your Phone (Kincaid remix) - Blancmange
12 - Oh! - Roe Deers
13 - On To You - Sumerian Fleet
14 - Rhythms & Souls - Architectural
15 - Belle De Lune - Michael Mayer
16 - Murphy's Law (Murphy's Tones)
17 - Chant Three - Anatolian Weapons
18 - Teeth (anthony Naples Remix) - Working Men s Club
19 - Boss - Vanligt Folk
20 - Disturbo - Kendal
21 - Escargothic (S.M. Dub) - Venderstrooik
22 - Animal (gate) - Front 242

DANZ 96  :::::   Mixed by THE TWO MAMARRACHOS

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Weaving smoothly between Italian Dance, Psychedelic Disco and Proto House, Franz quickly turns the dance floor into a vignette-tainted retro nostalgia rave fueled only by his music.
Full Bio: http://www.slowmotionmusic.it/artists/franz-scala/