First of the two splits released together with the launch of the DESTITUTE label on May 28th.

01. ANCESTRAL VISION — 925 Wage Slaves
02. DMKHV — Tender Engineering

@ancestralvision
@dmkhv

gfx: @bibimbobo

925 Wages Slaves / Tender Engineering

Bandcamp

ANCESTRAL VISION — 925 Wage Slaves

A big thank you to the lovely @evitamanji for putting us on the spot with this brutal compilation "PLASMODIUM"
All proceeds will be collected and transferred to ANIMA, a non-profit association active in the field of the natural environment, with its main activity being the nursing and rehabilitation of wild animals in their natural environment.

myxoxym.bandcamp.com
www.wild-anima.gr/en/profile/

PLASMODIUM

Van Boom & Oldyungmayn - Ayshay [PLASMODIUM]

In ‘Next Life’ the ashes of Tzusing’s tracks are reanimated by some of his favorite producers.

Tzusing & Hodge - LCD (Estoc's TFW Your Name Is Written On The Ostrakon Remix)

a collection of tracks made between 2021 and 2024 that i never knew what to do with
i also cant open the project files for most of these ffs
so this is what's left ::)
<3

Barkurkz (2024)

Rumina returns with Chase: Remix, a bold reimagining of
her latest release, featuring innovative reinterpretations by
Deb Foam, Abidir, Wulffluwxciv, and Noise Diva. The
Swedish-Turkish producer and DJ, , invites these boundary-
pushing artists to deconstruct, reassemble, and amplify
the dark, club-driven energy of the original Chase.

Quarry (WULFFLUW XCIV Remix)

@patarlab @vinerrrrr

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ehGk52g3E
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Death is certain, life is not. And both are available at our supermarket. 

With everything that’s happening in the world, one must wonder if there’s breaking free from it all or should they just stop trying to make sense of it. It’s a choice and it isn’t — depending on the circumstances one finds themselves in. What seemed senseless beginning to take form and what had always been solid shatters into pieces: home, family, plans, love, identity, freedom, sex, philosophy, technology, making-it, bank account, self, traumas, patterns, overcoming them, residence, conscience, morals, vodka, values, vulnerability — they have equal chances to serve as safe place or jail, wake or deliverance, life or death — go figure.

In its first release, Patar flips the table — and the cards, and the chips with it. No stake is too high to even mention it. One track and 7 versions of it, as an attempt to transgress from confusion to clarity — or maybe the other way around. Here’s an artistic experiment for you: do not brief, do not declare, do not obey, and do not fight — or do. And see what comes out of it. 

Qurgōn is a pit grave. There are dead horses in it, dead people, dead weapons, and vessels. It stinks and it’s scary. It’s a place where nothing will ever be born, or will it? It requires nothing, silently craving admiration. It only ever serves a collective memory of all the heroes and the blood-thirsty freaks alike. They are one, after all. It only is to be unbothered, looked at in awe and disgust; to be a break out on the smooth surface of the steppe’s ass.  

One artist made a call, seven responded — to dig to the bottom of that pit or touch upon its stony texture.

In order of appearance:

Viner [France, Marseille]
Şüräle [Kazakhstan, Almaty] 
Wulffluw XCIV [Moldova, Chișinău]
yutani [Armenia, Yerevan]
Sha Gen [Tajikistan, Dushanbe]
Aunt Zazà [Spain, Barcelona]
Hayk Karoyi [Armenia, Yerevan]
A.Fruit  [Spain, Barcelona]

Here’s another experiment for you: renounce all styles and genres and go with it. Who cares, anyway? Gloomy and epic, repetitive and bass-y — oh, always bass-y. Percussion-thick, yelling, obnoxious, rich. The sound of dying, finding peace, losing it again, and returning back to the hassle. The all-penetrating sound of a baby’s cry and the last exhale of a fighter knocked out for good. Ferocious sirens needling through the layers and layers of dead horses and weapons, clanking, squelching — resonating. With the horrors and hope. With memories and fantasies. With clinging to what seems to be it — and letting go. 

Nothing is certain anymore, yet everything is clear. 

p.s. The locations are mentioned to help gig providers locate the artists and, maybe, give an idea of their background and current state of mind, but not really and not necessarily.

* Qurgōn [Uzbek], commonly unknown as Kurgan [Turkic] or Курган [Russian]  a circular burial mound constructed over a mass burial site of warriors; originally in use in the Russian Steppes, Caucasus, and Central Asia, but later spreading into eastern, central, and northern Europe in the third millennium b.c.

text by Nastassja Popova
mixing & mastering by A.Fruit
cover by Timur Zima

Qurgōn (WULFFLUW XCIV Remix)

Track IDs:

Kokeen - Fuuryan (Fantasm Remix)
Stab - RageTrain

KOKEEN x STAB (RAGETASM)

GATE

Functory 03 is the third compilation from FunctionLab will be released on August 5, 2019.

After the practice and introspection of the “localization of the vanguard scene” in the past two years, we proudly started from Hangzhou and have extended our tentacles to a farther geographical space; Collecting music from all over the world and converging into functionlab's own "smell”, self-centred yet separated from self-expression.

Functory 03 contains 12 tracks produced by Akito/ bela/ GG Lobster/ GUAN/ Kieran Loftus/ Laughing Ears/ Mice/ Mr.Pena/ XHANKONKON/ XOXO Miro/ Yikii/ Zean

The cover and MV are made by Hangzhou artists Zhou Yilun and Martin Goya Business & Cheng Ran respectively.

Tracklist/

Mr.Pena - X-Akii12 @mr-pena
GUAN - I Only Open My Mouth for Reading Disc @boyang-guan
bela - 玄武 Black Tortoise @6314
GG Lobster – Rivaldo Top 10 Goals @gglobster
Zean - Eyes @zeanmusic
Akito - Drown My Demons @akeytoe
XOXO Miro – 鼓一 Drum Studies 1 @xoxomiro
Kieran Loftus - Avoid as Teammate @iamahoe
Yikii - 蚀变 Alteration @yikii
Mice - 过肠 Intestinal Passer @inq7b4qx57vq
XHANKONKON - XXXME @xhankonkon
Laughing Ears - Polymorphic Reality @laughingears

Release Date 2019/8/5
Mastered by GUAN
Music Video by Martin Goya Business & Cheng Ran
Artwork by Zhou Yilun
Released by FunctionLab

©️all rights reserved

Released by:
FunctionLab
Release date:
5 August 2019

Akito - Drown My Demons

[FL014] FunctionLab CNY greeting release - GG Lobster - 動亂星 Stars of Turmoil EP

"Everything I do comes from romance, if I can't be romantic, then I won't make music anymore. "GG summarized in a post when "Punk Karaoke" was released.

Throughout the entire "動亂星 Stars of Turmoil EP", the Gabber / Hardcore influence cannot be erased, but this is already the result of GG's efforts to suppress this influence to the minimum. The sensory stimuli pursued at the DJ set were not all brought into his personal release. "動亂星 Stars of Turmoil EP" is concerned with what is happening now, not the cyberpunk ideas, the fantasy of the stars and the sea, nor is it a thing of the past.

Each track has a clear expression goal: "榮耀 Glory" uses a lofty melody to tells about GG's love for certain people and things, not only for the ambition he is putting into practice, but also for those who work as hard as he but People who have not yet made a name for themselves; "犬子來拜 Adoration of Sons" expresses his dissatisfaction with the current situation around him and unilateral provocations against some rogues in a restless voice; "動亂星 Stars of Turmoil" uses a lot of rhythmic patterns of traditional Chinese lion dance, and his emotional foundation is built on Encourage the FunctionLab team and the entire Hangzhou music scene; "香港 Sweet Harbour" focuses on the expectation of love between person to person, with the characterization of delicate melody as the lead.

"My temper is still very strong, but now I feel that fighting with music is a more effective and smarter way." GG sees this EP as a successful self-positioning rescue and a safer emotional release. If you want to make a distinction between his musical career, maybe style and technology are not the most important boundaries, and the change of mindset is the real watershed. Although in music, he has reconciled with it, but in his life, the rebellious attitude could not be changed. Don't roar lyrics is only a partial concession, and the music still carries his sharp opinions, those passionate opinions.

"Let those assholes hear the aggressiveness in my heart and the ambition of FunctionLab and I, and let those who are smug and arrogant about their small achievements hear, there must be a winner or loser one day. "In addition, more is unruly and open love. This is the fate of GG Lobster, and it's what he is. Those extravagant lyrics that don't care are now internalized in his heart, leading him and guiding him.

"I hope you can hug your companions after listening, especially those who are still with you while doing things like moth fluttering fire with you." This is the most sincere, the most meaningful suggestions from GG Lobster about this EP. 

released January 20, 2020

Mixing by GG Lobster
Mastering by GUAN
Artwork by GG Lobster
Photo by Limbo Limbs

GG Lobster - 犬子來拜 Adoration Of Sons

Oldyungmayn & Van Boom - FiFi

Label based in HangZhou, China.

demo / contact : flmusic@functionlab.cn