Artist: https://soundcloud.com/softmetal
Track: Valhalla
Label: Heaps Of Love
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 14/5/21
Purchase: https://softmetalmusic.bandcamp.com/releases

„Heaps of Love“ is not a label in the classical sense, it‘s more an initiative to help artists grow. The process is simple: the head of Neubau record label Florian Stöffelbauer aka Heap find music (or the music finds him) and he wants to support and get it distributed to download and streaming portals for the artists who like the idea and want to work with him in that way. These releases will be tagged with „Heaps of Love“ so anyone can easily check what Austrian based activist been promoting so far.
And for second 'HoL' Florian invites russians Soft Metal with this two psycho thriller track 'Moonrock' EP.  
So, Valhalla awaits!

YouTube

PREMIERE | Soft Metal - Valhalla [Heaps Of Love] 2021

https://soundcloud.com/volta-cab
https://soundcloud.com/les-yeux-orange
Buy Release: https://lesyeuxorange.bandcamp.com/album/driving-blind-vol-2
YouTube: https://youtu.be/PTUuDj9Bgxk

LYO is back and ready to take your breath away with the second
volume of their compilation series «Driving Blind».
They follow up on their first exquisite offering with an even wider
and larger selection of 23 tracks from captivating artists from all
over the globe. Selected with care and love, it will bring you on an
electronic journey pushing boundaries of style featuring only fresh
new original music!

Tracklist:

Ali Renault - Altered Blue
Anatolian Weapons - Clear Sky
Antoni Maiovvi - Elm City Acid
Binary Digit - Numerical Behavior
Black Light Smoke - Drop The Lights
Blackploid - Clone
Brassica - Arkancide
Chino - Tigerman
Disco Morato - 2020
dynArec - Roaming The Icefield
Ebende - Revival
Elfenberg - Necropolis Nights
Gamma Intel - Figure Of Speech
Mogwaa - Mirage
Pascal Viscardi - Unfield Field
Rambal Cochet - Designer Drugs
Rigson - Castlemorton Rave
Rina - Love To Operate
Running Hot - Pungi
Schmoltz - The End Of Karma
Señora - Amos
Tagliabue - Occhi Arancioni
Venice Arms - A Promise To Be

va - Driving Blind Volume 2

Designer Drugs

PREMIERE: Rambal Cochet - Designer Drugs [Les Yeux Orange]

https://soundcloud.com/oblakomaranta
https://soundcloud.com/samorecords
🛒 https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-cube
🔊 https://youtu.be/0S4OmK9apsY

We present to you our 3rd compilation, Cube, a set of 8 tracks that, as usual, go in different and intriguing musical directions. 

We welcome a brand-new group of artists to the label: Anatolian Weapons starts it off with a slow acid burner; Azaria follows with a hypnotic trance-y track; Ruksby picks up the tempo with an acid-infused EBM heavy-hitter; WLDV gets dark and dirty with an Industrial/EBM smasher; Kidaudra offers a high-tempo monster; Orchid delivers a fun electro-italo track; the recently formed Oblako Maranta project contributes a haunting leftfield track; and Robert E. Livingood wraps things up with a lo-fi psychedelic new wave track. 

Tracklist:

1. Anatolian Weapons - Melt 
2. Azaria - Path To Black, Fade To Light
3. Ruksby - Step To Track: 
4. WLDV - Obsessed
5. Kidaudra - Snow
6. Orchid - Talgi
7. Oblako Maranta - Seasea (Baltic Mix)
8. Robert E. Livingood - From Outside

Various Artists - Cube

Seasea (Baltic Mix)

PREMIERE: Oblako Maranta - Seasea (Baltic Mix) [Samo Records]

https://soundcloud.com/alexanderarpeggio
https://soundcloud.com/nixxon
https://soundcloud.com/einewelt
🛒 https://einewelt.bandcamp.com/album/alexander-arpeggio-nixxon-k-nefe
🔊 https://youtu.be/99CMn3FsaXE

As the second installment of the 12inch series on the German Eine Welt label, the two musicians Alexander Arpeggio and Nixxon who has previously worked and released music under the moniker “Ekstern”, tasted the wonderful Künefe cake for the first time on an autumn evening in Berlin. They got so excited about the sweet cheesy taste that they wrote a song about it. An up-tempo dance floor banger with a punchy bass line,  synthesizer melodies, and vocals describing the middle eastern flavors that had tickled their tongues. 
On the B-side you’ll find Op beni Künefe as the down-tempo track with Turkish inspired melodies on top of a steady drum machine beat. Istanbul artist Hilal Can interprets the concept with sensual vocals as the sweet syrup on top of the crunchy pastry. The whole process of making the record took its time, but now it’s ready to be served. And served hot!

Tracklist: 

1. Künefe (Vocal Version)
2. Op Beni Künefe
3. Künefe (Instrumental)

PREMIERE: Alexander Arpeggio & Nixxon feat. Hilal Can - Op Beni Künefe [Eine Welt]

Unreleased

Maschinenkraft

TreibStoff [Maschinenkraft]

Written & Produced by Ivan Smagghe & Marc Collin
Mp3 128 kbps

Taken from "Bongo Beats & Bankruptcy: The Sound of I'm a Cliché"
Out 27.03.2020 // 3LP & Digital
Preorder: fanlink.to/bongobeatsbankruptcy

A1. Orestt - Luddisme
A2. Awkward Corners - In Slow Motion (Sunju Hargun Edit)
A3. Volga Select - Spione
B1. June - Perspective 4000
B2. Coy - La Cantine Du Vatican
C1. Rouge Mécanique - Skate & Distort
C2. Benoit B - Cosmic Music Style
D1. Fantastic Twins - Read My Palmer, Laura
D2. Oliver Decrow - Opus Pistorum (Dunkeltier Mix)
E1. Cosmo Vitelli - The Horse Incident (Ft. Andrew Claristidge)
E2 Odopt - Annpala
F1. Krikor - We as one in the S.D.T
F2. Linja - Xanadu

Bongo Beats and Bankruptcy : The Sound of I'm a Cliche

Volga Select - Spione

Tassilo Vanhöfen - Almagestes (192K)

Artist: Yssue
Track: Lust
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital
Label: Kump
Release Date: 11/09/20
Purchase: https://kump.bandcamp.com/album/kump6-yssue-naturalist-ep

He was a man who did not see life with his own eyes, but comprehended it only through books and was doubly dangerous in that he convinced himself of his sincerity. He unfeignedly took his lust for exalted feelings, weakness - for the inconstancy of artistic nature, laziness - for philosophical calmness. His mind, vulgar in its attempts at refinement, perceived everything in a slightly exaggerated form, vaguely, through the gilded fog of sentimentality. He lied, not knowing that he was lying, and when others reproached him for this, he said that lies are beautiful. In short, he was an idealist.

After he featured on Various # 2, the Russian artist Yssue is back on KUMP with three, slightly incantational, Industrial/Tribalistic tracks. In this EP, Dmitry Nekrotkov explores Nature and expresses his vision of the bonds which Mankind shares with It.
What's more? Two remixes. Ayaz, an artist from Azerbaïdjan and founder of the Yalançi label, delivered a Dub-Techno remix which will turn your brain upside down before chopping it in tiny bits.
The second remix was made by the Duo DJ PG, from Lauzanne (Switzerland). The two pals, both members of the group "La Sacrée Déter" revisited the track "Lust" adding a Psyche-dubik touch to it. Perfect for a matinee on your sofa.
"My music is often a reflection of the state in which I am at a certain period of my life, since I grew up from a musical punk scene, this often involves a certain set of means of expression. In essence, I am in an endless struggle to express some quite lively and human emotions through the cold and artificial world of electronic sounds. That is why there is a lot of melody and sometimes even drama in my music, and this is why I'm often got bored with a static music.
This EP is called "Naturalist", a terms that defines a person who has devoted his life to the study of nature and its kingdoms. This directly relates to my strong belief that the further society advances, the more people are losing touch with nature, something that is real and to which they all belong." - Dmitry Nekrotkov.

https://soundcloud.com/yssue
https://soundcloud.com/kumplabel

PREMIERE #1177 | Yssue - Lust [Kump] 2020

https://www.discogs.com/Benedikt-Frey-Cobra/master/960760

BANDCAMP

AC_18 Cobra

15th ИДА release is coming from Saint-Petersburg based Anastasia Zems. She delivers EP full of mystery, weird grooves, tribal elements, field recorded samples paired with her psychedelic vocals and ad-libs.

On the remixes we welcome our friend, Karakter records’ own Pedro Martins, who transforms ‘African Fairytale’ into lush laidback breakbeat voyage, while on another one we see comeback of Aristidez who pushes the energy up on ‘359011_01’ and raises the trippy feel of the track.

https://soundcloud.com/anastasiazems
https://soundcloud.com/idasound

Pre-order

PREMIERE⚡️Anastasia Zems - African Fairytale [ИДА]

+ @riolabel @initinit

Benedikt Frey is many. Or just one? He is a composer. An arranger. A DJ. A ghost producer. A fan. He plays in bands like INIT, or Dolphins or KEYS +++ produced the last two albums for Chris Imler. Downbeat in experimental dub zones. The goat for Edits and remixes. When house was his nation, he used to listen to pen names like Suedmilch or Venedikt Reyf. He still likes the music formed under their umbrella, but today his tomorrow is not echoed in yesterday. His sound signature moved on. Into the open. He founded labels like R.i.O. or Serious Trouble. 

He lives in Berlin. Physically. In mind Benedikt Frey is at many places. Traveling far thru his home studio that is a flat a studio a flat an instrument a record collection a flat a studio. Everywhere gear, vinyl, tapes, instruments, rooms for spontaneous sonic notions, these moments, when a sudden strike of stimulation falls. He is inspired a lot. For music to dance. Music for films. Music for live shows. Music for dancing glows. Techno, house, downbeat, ambient, jungle, electronics outside the norms. Those transportive ones. Jamming with others. Jamming with his mind. In Berlin Wedding, North of the town, where the lights dimmed low, neighbors share the flow, and a small river runs slow.  As a DJ he plays here, there, everywhere. Big clubs, small shacks, festivals, gatherings. From fast to 90 BPM - as he feels. 

For himself. For the crowd. In the spur. He still remembers his club kid days. Going to dance with friends. Down there in Offenbach. Doing the Robert Johnson. Collective emotions for a better tomorrow. These he still seeks. In his music. His shows. His collaborations. You can book him for a party. For enlightenment. For ecstasy or introspective perspectives. Dancing slow, whilst pirouetting a high-pitched show. 

Since more than a decade. His own music is out there, too. Bringing his spirits in sound. On his own labels. On international imprints like ESP Institute, Hivern Discs, Craigie Knowes, or Emotional Response. Solo works. Driving ones. Slow drills. Teased during his DJ dates around the planet. 

The music plays day and night. Inspiration comes. From a simple kick drum. A movie sequence. A bird on the sill. A picture, totally still. Can’t kick that feeling when it hits. Benedikt Frey. In dreams. In streams. In music. Emotions. Situations. At night. In those flashy lights, when it bites.

24.5. b2b with NVST, Kauz Zürich
10.05. Säälchen, Berlin
26.04. Zentralwäscherei, Zürich
25.04. b2b Philipp Otterbach, Arkaoda, Berlin
04.04. Sameheads, Berlin
13.03. Säule, Berlin
22.02. Kegelbahn, Luzern
21.02. Fribourg, CH

---- BYE24

17.12. Kiosk Radio,  Bxl
15.12. Curly Teeth b2b w. NVST, Bxl
30.11. Panorama Bar, Berlin
16.11. La Culottee, Paris
19.10. LAF, Pforzhyme
05.10. Sameheads, Berlin
28.09. Buka, Milan
21.09. Chemiefabrik, Zürich
14.09. Ausland, Berlin
16.08. Salon Des Amateurs, Düsseldorf
21.07. Am Bach Festival, Lucerne
05.07. Kappa Futur Festival, Turin
14.06. Masters, Zagreb
18.05. Outracena, Lisbon
27.04. Arkaoda, Berlin
24.02. Macadam, Nantes
26.01. Sameheads, Berlin

AC_18 Cobra

benedikt frey