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Hailing from the current capital of craziness, Dommie's debut EP, “Cutting Through,” introduces a distinctively refined and immersive psychedelic palette, engineered for modern dance floors yet rich with textural depth. Conceived as a cohesive auditory journey, it weaves driving, hypnotic groove with subtle, unpredictable turns, creating a captivating and subtly disorienting atmosphere. This confident first statement showcases Dommie's skill in crafting nuanced electronic landscapes that reward close listening. The package is further elevated by an authoritative remix from Kontrapunkt label head Nikita von Tiraspol (SXDNS449), resulting in a robust and well-rounded first offering.

Premiered here, the title track is where the thesis crystallises into a mesmeric, floor-focused reality. A lean, insistent house pulse provides the skeletal drive, but the soul of the piece lies in its lush, psychedelic detail. Above the minimal groove, arpeggiated synth layers emerge not as rigid sequences, but as something fluid and alive – a cascade of liquid electricity that pools, spirals, and gently dissolves the edges of the rhythm. This is the sound of a focused mind in a state of elegant distortion, crafting a trippy, ever-shifting topography within the four-four framework. It’s functional gear for the nightclub's heartbeat, polished until it becomes a portal.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://kontrapunktsound.bandcamp.com/

Follow @dommiedj and @kontrapunktsound, peeps!

PREMIERE854 // Dommie - Cutting Through

Marc Houle needs little introduction, with previous releases on M_nus, Innervisions and his own label Items & Things. We were humbled by the fact that he sent us a bunch of amazing tunes, and were very happy to release them. Banging, melodic, moody... It's all there, pitch-black.
Tracklist:
A1. Marc Houle - Medic
A2. Marc Houle - Dancing Days
B1. Marc Houle - Yummy
B2. Marc Houle - Slater

Out now!

Marc Houle - Medic EP (snippets)

The freshly Amsterdam-based DJ and producer Timothy Clerkin delivers his third solo EP on Ransom Note Records. Once again, he develops a very particular sound, full of contrast between soft and comforting basses vs raw and grainy synths and FX. Crossover between ambient and club, this extra-terrestrial groove from the half of Eskimo Twins is part of the great ‘Unborn EP’, pertinently already supported by Optimo, Lena Willikens or Andrew Weatherall. Out May 24th.

https://soundcloud.com/timothyclerkin
https://soundcloud.com/ransom-note-records

PREMIERE | Timothy Clerkin - Akathisia [Ransom Note] 2019

N/A. Available early June on C60 and download.

Ben Buitendijk - Church For The Irreligious Men

New mix comes from a long time favorite of us Timothy J. Fairplay.
Half of the Asphodells (with Andrew Weatherall), the british artist produced a countless amount of cool releases on labels such as Charlois, Emotional Especial & Emotional Response, Hoga Nord, World Unknown etc to name just a few. Enjoy the mix !

LYO#141 / Timothy J. Fairplay

The American cable-television industry exploded in the 1980s, pushing broadcasts of diverse programming and emissions of low-laying cultures into homes. Community stations piggybacked on the digital developments of the time, extending their existence through telephony and broadcast affiliates. For those growing up in this time, in locations such as New York City, the localized communications beamed into their homes exposed them to an impressionable array of disparate sounds and visions. Move into the 1990s and New York was filled to the brim of emergent cultures drawing from this ebullition of communication. From Rammellzee’s shapeshifting to Frank and Karen Mendez’s Nu Groove imprint fusing reggae, poetry and house, nascent ideas emanated from the city walls, from within stores such as Sonic Groove store and on VHS releases such as Stakker’s The Evil Acid Baron Show, a legendary technicolor psychedelic trip along the wildest frontiers of acid house. As scenes expanded and identities developed, such individuals weather the events of the visceral now, expressing themselves right into an unpredictable future.

Function’s long career has seen him uncover a vast range of sonic identities, a mainstay through house, techno and industrial with collaborations with the likes of Regis, Damon Wild alongside his highly influential Infrastructure imprint. With influences deeply tied to pop art, rave and gay scenes, and early memories of block-parties emitting Kraftwerk and Strafe, he found himself seeking out the undercover illegal nights of the 90s on a quest of sexual unearthing, mixing the ever-yearning escapology mission of disco with the influential DJ sets of Jeff Mills. For his new album Existenz, he marks a clear step away from the corporeal techno of his recent releases. Pivoting around themes of religion, sexuality, trauma and healing, it is a work expansive and celebratory, a clear liberation from a deeply internalized past. Formed from a collection of recordings made in a period from late 2016 to mid 2019, Existenz takes the form of a creative outburst in reaction to a number of traumas - recent, childhood and throughout Function’s life.

Cosmic synths soar and swoop in ‘Pleasure Discipline’ through towering stacks of rhythm that stutter and creak to a halt before rebooting, a firm robotic response to human intervention. ‘Zahlensender’ reflects a spatial tetris of urban life, as digitalization set within an XYZ matrix confronts the sprawling city. Constant arpeggiated meditations echo synaptic transmissions, effecting a dissolution of boundaries. ’The Approach’ recalls the unification of the self, a state of delirium non-subjective and smooth, as all connections and functions give way to simple intensities of feeling, crossing the threshold into spirituality. ’Golden Dawn’, featuring Stefanie Parnow, marks a further elevation of dubbed-out euphoria, as once more positive rays emerge. Parnow assisted the production process in its entirety, providing inspiration and featuring vocal contributions. His ode to the effortless short-trip urban navigation 'Kurzstrecke' finds Function in motion, upfront and bold, snapshots of conversation and flickers of light. 'Ertrinken' finds metallic bass jabs swamping snipped synthetic voices, with hidden stores of emotion set as a nod to the history of vocoders as a tool for encrypted military communication. House icon Robert Owens features on 'Growth Cycle' and 'Be', entrenching a celebratory atmosphere over Function's clubwise leanings. Closing track 'Downtown 161' reflects the unmistakable filtered and squashed interjections of television, and sampled dance vocals - a sound for the curious, dreamers and dancers.

With Existenz, Function reveals an essential body of work, spread over 4LP/2CD - thought experiments on the role of identity and spirituality after a lifetime of upheaval and trauma.

Existenz

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Function - Don't Ask, Don't Tell

In autumn 2019 Stefan Lessner aka Less fulfilled his dream to release his own ambient album. With "Stranger" he created an imaginary soundtrack, influenced by film and music of the classic movie "Blade Runner", as well as the nights and observations of his new home town Berlin. With proudness, one can say that this opus is a real highlight of music for horizontal life situations, which can easily take a place in the Vaporwave corner.
Now the first 4 remixes are available, which carry the vibe of the album into the club. From the horizontal position and the head it moves on to the vertical and legs. For this, master Less was able to win over four equally skilled electronic sound processing experts, if all of their names would have been on a flyer, it would be for a must-go event to one of the hippest clubs: Perm, Portable, Freund der Familie and The Exaltics. Together they all form a package that can be used several times in one night.

The remix of „Zum Greifen Fern“ is made by The Exaltics. Far away from any compromises it stops directly at the Electro station, in its classic form. Especially the dreamlike transformation of the original is a perfect fusion of melody and rhythm: you can easly get the feeling that the voice of Human Leagues Phil Oakey is coming soon, but no, it's not needed. The tones carry the track all by themselves, perfect to bring a clubset to the end.

Stefan outed himself to Alan Abrahams, aka Portable, personally as a fan. Portable likes to give back when it comes to emotions. He made the remix of „Blütenstaub“ and it immediately catches your attention. It gets intimate, sticks to your mind like honey and you end up closing your eyes in the middle of the dancefloor. In a better world, his productions would be on the radio.

Freund der Familie are the hidden masters when it comes to connecting spheres between Dubtechno and Ambient. The remix of "Run On My Knife" actually contains two tracks in one. First of all it goes up into the air like a plane, passing clouds in the bright blue sky. Then comes the jump - free fall & „BAM“ just in time the paraglider opens up and the air smoothly carries you like a loved one to the ground.

Perm from Leipzig took "In my dreams" and created an effective weapon for the techno dancefloor for all fans of higher BPM rates. It stays deep in the dark basement, but leaves the cellar door open - letting fresh air inside.
„Close the door“, shouts mom from above. But it needs to stay open, to bring the draught to Perm´s Windy Dub!

Stranger Remixes LEVEL ONE

In My Dreams (Perm's Windy Dub)

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Less - In My Dreams (Perm's Windy Dub)

J.A.D.E invites @lvlc89 from @tuttonudo collective

Tracklist:
1. Moken - Fly High ft. ARP220
2. Daniel Monaco - Summer Twilight
3. Sansibar - Wallah
4. Panorama Lineal - Smash the system ft. Ravetop
5. Lena Platonos - Cyaniris
6. Anatolian Weapons - 2020 acid jam
7. Minimal Violence - The next screen is death
8. Teatre - List of wanted fugitives
9. Dr Gabber - Acid ketamina (Chanty OTM bootleg)
10. Ednd - Quartz composer
11. The Lost Boys - Cybernetic revolt
12. December - Encore
13. Favsto - Flowers are dead
14. Skelesys - Persuasion
15. Sebastian Voigt - Sequential
16. Sansibar - 4digitghost
17. AIC - Sea alarm
18. Tullia Benedicta - Alkemia (Years Of Denial remix)
19. Hadone - How to fake success (Marino remix)
20. Dj Frankie - N0 0RD1N4RY L0V3
21. DJANUNAK - Meal’n’Real

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