Belgian iconic label https://soundcloud.com/usaimportmusic gets relaunch. First release: REISSUE by HARDCORE producer Liza N’ Eliaz.

Nicknamed “The Queen of Terror”, Liza N’ Eliaz was a well respected DJ, producer and label owner born in Ostend in 1958 and sadly passed away in Antwerp in 2001.

Growing up in a family of musicians, she studied classical music and learned to play the piano four hands with her grandfather, a conductor at the local municipal orchestra. Later she discovered the synthesizer and cassette recorder and joined new wave and industrial bands in the recording studio and on tour. During a concert in France in 1985 she met Yvette Neliaz, who became her companion, muse and partner and whose surname inspired her pseudonym. Liza was added as a reference to the byname given to transsexuals in Flanders.

In Amsterdam the couple became enthralled with the burgeoning acid house, new beat and techno scene centered around the club Roxy. Soon Liza N’ Eliaz started to make a name for herself, among others in the Parisian underground scene and as a regular guest at French Radio FG. As a DJ she mastered an incredible technique simultaneously mixing on three or four turntables. As a music producer she had an impeccable ear for sound, pushing up the pace to staggering heights and as a result taking part in changing the rules of electronic dance music in a new and booming global scene in the mid nineties: hardcore and speedcore.

Liza N’ Eliaz was a prolific producer working solo and with artists such as DJ Dano, Laurent Hô and The Prophet, releasing on labels such as Atom, Mokum and Bonzai. In 1997 she founded her own label in collaboration with USA Import Records dubbed Provision Records.

USA Import Records is proud to present the reissue of Initial Gain, the EP previously released on its sublabel Atom Records in 1992, the second in the Molecules of Music series. Adding two new interpretations by Toulouse Low Trax to three original tracks, a nothing else but logical connection is set between Liza N’ Eliaz’ early work and today’s genre bending electronic music scene.

For the record: Liza N’ Eliaz didn’t like her nickname “the queen of terror”. She didn’t intend on terrorizing anyone, commented Yvette Neliaz after her unfortunate passing away.

PREMIERE : Liza N' Eliaz - Sexcess (Tolouse Low Trax Dementos Remix)

Distance (2025/Heftraplex Network)

ARBOU-Sweet harmony [DARK NATURE CONCEPT]

try me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRMxu1UpOOA&list=RDhRMxu1UpOOA&start_radio=1

Lea Porcelain - Similar Familiar (Benedikt Frey Remix)

Theres lots of different versions of this track all mixed with different amounts of crunch, this ones a bit over cooked & I should prob go back to it, quite like it though. 5am carpark rave vibes.

T.J.F. - Ecstasy Nausea (144 MIX 2)

@jobsifre is one of the guys bringing new blood into the Amsterdam scene. This is the follow-up to his recently released debut on the new Artifical Dance label, where he continues his path of solid EBM fueled electronix. The record ends with the gorgeous ‘At Least We Try’, showing of his more tripping, rhythmic side. Beautiful complementary artwork by Stefan Unkovic.

LINKS:
https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/knekelhuis
https://www.facebook.com/knekelhuis

https://soundcloud.com/jobsifre

TRACKLIST:
A1. Job Sifre - Bestaan
A2. Job Sifre - Zodiak
A3. Job Sifre - Mars Express
B1. Job Sifre - Zeno Dicho
B2. Job Sifre - At Least We Try

Bestaan

Mars Express

Pre-Order!

PRÈMIÉRE: Job Sifre - Mars Express [Knekelhuis]

Len Leise and Salvador Ricardo deliver a shamanic edit of pan pipe, rolling percussion and heady atmospherics as General Purpose.

'Also Known As Edits' is out March 23rd on General Purpose.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2FVDQsl

@general_purpose
@salvadorricardo
@lenleise

Premiere: General Purpose – Concerto de Chasse [General Purpose]

Buy record: https://bit.ly/2jZoXw6

Patricia Kokett’s sound is shrouded in a veil of mysticism. The brainchild of Lithuanian Gediminas Jakubka, Diabel’s metallic heartbeat underlies a magical superstructure that evokes some kind of DMT infused trip. Or possibly even some kind of ancient ritual, where one is intoxicated by serpents blood. Guided by repetitive drum patterns, it creates a slow joint dance that opens the path towards transcendence.

Mmuo Trance

KH017 - Patricia Kokett - Mmuo Trance [OUT NOW]

It’s that time again… Every summer Jennifer Cardini’s Correspondant imprint celebrates another ground-breaking year with a far-reaching collection.

Ranging from palpitating ambience to chuggernaut technoid trips; the stirring 16 track set features late night creations from old friends (Red Axes, Zombies In Miami, Mike Simonetti, Moscoman) new friends (Simple Symmetry, Perel, Julian Stetter, ) and friends that have been Correspondant kindred spirits since day one, but have never had the opportunity to cast their magic on the label… Until now (Black Merlin, The Golden Filter, MR TC, Yula Kasp & Mi.ro).

As always, the vibe is deep, smoldering, emotive, innovative and unapologetically cosmic as we’re pushed headfirst into Correspondant’s boundary-less soundscape. From the coiled spring funk of Javi Redondo’s ‘Fictional Friendship’ to the hypnotic harmonics and trippy vocal textures of Uriah Klapter’s ‘Breeze’ via the slinky arpeggiated charm of Marvin & Guy’s ‘Cowboy Disco’, it’s another sublime excursion from one of the most consistent and considered imprints on the left side of techno.

Follow : 
@correspondant
www.facebook.com/Correspondant.records
www.beatport.com/label/correspondant/20970

Black Merlin - Sub Conscious

Knee-deep in the sludge, KUMP founder Gil.Barte defiles ears and moves feet with distorted grit and slow-burn rhythm.

The 'L.i.G EP' is out now on Neubau.

Buy: bit.ly/2m18Sud

@gilbartemusic
@neubauwien

Premiere: Gil.Barte - L.i.G [Neubau]

VA - One Night Stands 2
Release Date - September 25, 2020
Digital : bit.ly/OneNightStands2_Digital
Vinyl : bit.ly/OneNightStands2_Vinyl
Label: La Belle Records (https://soundcloud.com/labellerecords)
https://soundcloud.com/front-de-cadeaux

Following on from their much loved One Night Stands Volume 1 - La Belle Records ups the ante with an epic 2nd volume. Walking the same path as the first record Vol 2 unearths a further 10 mind-blowing examples of 'slo-mo synth-pop, lo-fi fusion, space dubs, tribal grooves and spiralling nu-disco electronics'.

Featuring tracks curated by Golden Bug from some of his robot mates such as : Get A Room!, Strapontin, Funboys, Roe Deers, Front De Cadeaux, Rodion & Leonard de Leonard, Ellis Island (a collaboration between Bawrut and Hot Spell) and many others, all brought together from around the world in the way La Belle Records loves to do.

This is a compilation of danceable but freaked out electronics. Out there productions and truly wild ideas that push the boundary's of what the underground is in 2020. Music that makes any set memorable.

Out on La Belle Records this September with an attractive limited pink vinyl available on the same day.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Front De Cadeaux - De Puta Madre Terra

+ @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

Lea Porcelain - Similar Familiar (Benedikt Frey Remix)

benedikt frey