(DAWNV/A2)
@hadji-hajj
100 limited copies 
CD
Photos by Melchior Tersen
https://www.instagram.com/melchiortersen/
Mastering by @lastrackqlf

"The influence and presence of trap and rap in dance/experimental is obviously massive, and the lines between genres are more blurred than ever. HAJJ, however, says this is a recent thing; “I find that the electronic scene in France is just starting to encourage the integration of this culture. Not so long ago people insulted me when I played rap/trap in my sets.”

The underpinning idea for this compilation brought electronic producers not explicitly of that world to unpick whatever boundaries remain and contribute tracks for a mixtape – while a few of the artists are more obviously ready to “play the game” and already make music which exists pretty close to this horizon, this has been a challenge to think creatively for a few of the other artists invited."
Elliot Stevens for Ifonly

Dawn2021

Jonquera & Hajj - Défonce Civile

m4gick sphere            🄵🅁🄴🄴 🄳🄻

tik tok (glitter.radiance edit)

All tracks mixed by Bertrand Härdi except "pas celle" mixed by Basile3
Mastered by Lorenzo Targhetta
Artwork by Noël Oppliger
Booklet design by Rime Tennia
USB flash drive design by Roman Crouigneau, inspired by crystals from the installation "Grow" by Aurélien Potier
PRMSSS028
℗ & © 2024 Promesses

"chiasme releases on Promesses her debut EP: 'apex', a hybrid gem composed of 5 atmospheric songs between ethereal pop, noisy ambient and aerial rap. Her deep voice and poetry blend with Steven Correia, Jorrdan, Basile3, TTristana and Nelson Beer productions. By exploring inner sounds, even those of our own thoughts, chiasme attempts to link the imperceptible with artificial supports, matter and technology: embracing transformation and maximizing the potential of their symbiosis. Cold, sensitive sounds highlight our paradoxes, our complexity and the mystery of our origins. Words that generate images, images that serve thought."

pas celle (prod. By Steven Correia   Basile3)

Ujstin Echno's "Little Funky Son" releases on Reserve Matinee (the Chicago based label run by Faithful and Forest Management) on October 30, 2024 cat no. 056.

reservematinee.bandcamp.com/album/little-funky-son

@romanian_soundbath
instagram.com/romanian_soundbath

@reservematinee
reservematinee.bandcamp.com

The new album from multidisciplinary musician Ujstin Echno mosaics together the artist's life experiences across countries, years, genres, and friendships. Born in Nagyvárad, Romania, raised in Ferguson, Missouri, and now residing in Los Angeles, Echno's body of work is the final result of a series of catalysts – the desire to spotlight Eastern European musicians through their years-long Radio Benska show, their day job as a post-production sound editor in film, adolescent hours spent driving around St. Louis listening to R&B radio, and all of the ephemera in between.

The Little Funky Son demos were born out of time spent living, working, and traveling in Chicago, St. Louis, Prague, Milan, and Romania between 2018 and 2021 – often not through, perhaps, more common methods of artistic practice, but rather the serendipities arising from the interim moments.

Little Funky Son

Ujstin Echno - 1000PPL1000PPL1000PPL [Reserve Matinee, 2024]

@miaw-music-648675493
@petrola-80

Miaw, the emerging cross-pop duo, is set to release their third single, "Petswan," on the 17th October via katharsis. Known for indulging fast sampled drums, chopped vocals and dreamy synthesizers, miaw’s progressive production flirts with the intersection between a remix and a pop song. elements of both remixes and traditional pop.

Following airplay on prominent stations like BBC6 and 1Live, and earning praise from international publications such as Undertoner, Bands of Tomorrow, and BPM, who described them as “frankly mind-blowing,” miaw is now poised to drop their most dynamic and club-ready track to date with "Petswan."

The song’s narrative centers on the classic themes of love and heartache, while being wrapped in an experimental and high-energy soundscape. Driven by bright, plucky synths, frenetic breaks, and miaw’s signature pitched-up vocals, the track explores the emotional turbulence of unreciprocated love 


premiere: Miaw - Petswan [label: Petrola 80]

@star_shiftmusic

The 45th release of katharsis is the EP "Intrusion" by Italian artist Lefka, releasing in full on October 28th. Throughout the six tracks of the EP, Lefka swaddles the listener in a dense and distorted quilt of sound that feels both heavy and light at the same time. "Intrusion" is a release that aims to sonify the acceptance of intrusive thoughts through a kathartic and emotionally intense experience.

Through heavy use of granular synthesis and electric guitar recordings, the release varies from calm, introspective moments to peaks of intense sound pressure. Like through glass, the sounds refract and are broken into pieces, creating an aural effect of rebound and confused scattering, and like intrusive thoughts, the tracks have abrupt peaks that reset the silence with unsettling intensity.

Lefka is a multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam. As in a stream of consciousness, his own productions are characterized by an irreverent and disillusioned approach, which aim to detach from a precise genre-categorization.

released October 28, 2024

artwork by jjjacob
mastering by Lefka

Intrusion

Breaking Point

Lefka - Breaking Point

The six tracks on IDEM are a selection of what he created over the past two years with his synthesizers; each piece represents a different facet of Gioray’s versatile sound. The title track opens the EP with a dreamy synth sequence and deep drum programming that immediately reveals his attention to detail. Mirroring takes a subtle club-oriented turn rhythmic, hypnotic, yet never predictable while Terraflux feels rawer and more direct, with sharp drums, a strong synth hook, and a brief break to catch your breath.


On the B-side, Ardone unfolds a deep, charged track that effortlessly shifts between broken rhythms and a steady 4x4 groove. Violet shows another side of Gioray: a raw, in-your-face live jam centered around his hardware setup. The record closes with a spaced-out mix of IDEM, a soft landing after a journey through Gioray’s sonic landscape.

Idem EP

Violet

Wubstrike

WFH is a high-energy electro breaks cut built for late nights & loud systems. Gritty basslines, swung breakbeats, and sharp synth stabs collide in a no-nonsense club weapon that blurs the line between work mode and rave mode. Raw, driving, and unapologetically dancefloor-focused.

Mice is back with his first album 0.01% after contributing Light EP and participating three compilation. The vibrating sound which like a gleaming metal shows the life cycle of a parasite . 

The whole album is divided into four chapter — a metempsychosis from fear to calm. Beginning with Warm 暖胃, the host's horror was continuously pushed by the fierce shattered beat and disturbed noise, and reached its peak in Upwelling 上涌. The parasite gradually entered the host's limbic system along with the exalted melody in Corrosion 腐蚀, secreting neurotransmitters to make the host fall into a false excitement. After the drop of the last note in Permeate 渗透, the host began to struggle with his own consciousness and slowly sink into the chaotic subconscious quagmire in Filter 过滤. From Sterillize 杀菌 to Break 突破, the host kept struggling unconsciously until death. The parasite broke out in Purification 净化 and greeted its own transformation — to a higher life form in peace. EndingStarted as the end of the album is not only the end of parasitism but also the beginning of new life.

0.01% mp3

Mice - Digestion 消化

Label based in HangZhou, China.

demo / contact : flmusic@functionlab.cn

Mice - Digestion 消化

FunctionLab