exp2022

dj_chillcute

production and vocals by me
guitar by sawce
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Artist: Jaeho hwang
Album: Inner-self 
Format: Digital / Tape
Cat.No: CHI038
Master: Justin Randel
Artwork: Jaeho Hwang
Release Date: 1st June 2022

Jaeho Hwang is releasing his second EP, Inner-self, on Chinabot. Combining elements of gabber, industrial rhythms components and experimental music gleaned from ten years in London's electronic music scene, Hwang also uses traditional Korean instrumentation as part of his compelling, original voice.

The literal and spiritual follow-up to his 2019 EP Non-self, Inner-self examines contemporary life through a Buddhist lens. But where Non-self took delight in the glitchy, dissolution of the self in a digital landscape or on the dance floor of a club, Inner-self looks back towards Korea's past, exploring the echoes of past people and cultures in Seoul's modern landscape.

Hwang's desire to reach into the past is personal. In 2020 he moved from London, his home of a decade, back to Seoul to spend time with his mother before her death in 2021, which he calls “the most shocking, sorrowful, and bizarre event in my life.”

In the self-directed video for the lead track Betweenness/사이, archive footage of early 20th century Seoul life is interspersed with Hwang's own daily life, a hundred years later. Many actions remain the same across the centuries – dancing, working, walking down the street. The two time frames are interlinked further with hovering squares of facial recognition technology over the faces from the past, an attempt to use technology to “recognise” people who are ultimately unreachable, but whose culture deeply influences those in Seoul today.

“During this period [of his mothers passing], I was lost in thought of how the deceased affects or changes us who continue to live in this world, what kind of meaning has been left after they have gone,” says Hwang. With its joyful melody piped out on a classical Piri flute, undercut with a dirty, bouncing bass line,  Betweenness/사이warmly embraces living traces of the past.

Traditional Korean instrumentation continues to meet sounds from contemporary clubland throughout the record. On the closing track On the Way to the End, created in the final months of Hwang's mothers life, a tense shiver of  Kkwaenggwari cymbals are punctuated by a clash of the Jing gong, while a post-industrial dirge whirls beneath. The track is the first time Hwang has used his own vocals – his distorted voice becomes a primordial wail of grief and rage.

On Yellow Eardrum, gabber beats and a punching kick drum create a driving rhythm under an otherworldly voice, a sample from master shaman Dae-rye Kim. Born in 1935 on the island of Jindo, Kim believed she could cleanse the souls of the recently deceased, as well as their living relatives, through her shamanistic singing and ritual practice she had learned from her mother. Similarly, Inner-self creates a space of communion between the past and present, making for a cathartic, timeless record.

About Jaeho Hwang
Jaeho Hwang is a London/Seoul-based DJ, producer, and visual artist who recontextualises traditional Korean instrumentation and brings it into the contemporary club music scene. After releasing his first EP on Chinabot in 2019, he has been featured in DJ Mag, BBC Radio 6 Music, 4:3 Boiler Room, XLR8R, DUMMY Magazine and Mixmag Korea. Now based primarily in Seoul, he is involved with Seoul community radio and Nek-O Future Club.

Inner-self

Betweenness/사이

Jaeho Hwang - Betweenness/사이

@galtier

Galtier makes his second return to his own label with a 5-track offering of off-kilter, obscure electronic madness aptly titled 'Imitation Plantae'. Inspired by the idea of man-made imitations attempting to capture the essence of natural beauty. Galtier's take on this very concept manifests itself through the ever-present sense of unease that is evident across all five tracks. The melodies drift in and out of tune, ever so slightly, ultimately sounding pleasing but always fleeting in their general aura of pleasantness. A showcase of Galtier's breadth of confidence across a huge span of BPMs and rhythmic influences that is showcased on his sophomore NHS release, reflecting the sense of uncertainty conveyed through the Intentionally awry mood throughout.

The EP itself is a distinct shift, once again, in gears off the back of his debut LP on Infinite Machine, which encapsulated the journey into one's own existence and presence in a vast world that is, to this viewer, connected on an atomic and deeply spiritual level. This decidedly stark difference in output originated as an attempt to play contrarian to his own 'style' of productions - Setting out to prove that he is capable of branching out once again into a new, confused realm that steers away from theatrics and hones in on sharp, digitized and overtly computer-programmed aesthetics.

Imitation Plantae EP

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Galtier - Exhalation Of Blood

all tracks produced, mixed & mastered by @maxdahlhaus
remixes by @lilianechlela @najibmusic @TSUMUTSUMU @xliks
artwork by Luna Woelle

The core of 'A Cracked System' resonates from the urgent need of change and immediate self-care. “It's an EP with ups and downs, surprises and different states of feelings, all wrapped into soundscapes,” says Berlin producer and audio-visual artist Max Dahlhaus about his new EP, which takes a different sonic paths than previous releases 'Short Morrow' (Infinite Machine, 2021) 'Be A Glitch' (Hyperboloid Records, 2021) or 'Glacier' (self-released, 2022) and which was also heavily influenced by the series of lockdowns.

MAX DAHLHAUS - STYMIED CYCLE (T5UMUT5UMU REMIX)

MAX DAHLHAUS - STYMIED CYCLE

We bring you Supreems' Being EP for AM005, a  masterful and moving 5 tracker encompassing many different tones and moods. 

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AM005 // Supreems - Being EP

Hiding nowhere, there is supposed to be more...
ljj555998 aka moremore
One of FunctionLab's resident DJ.
moremore is good ep coming soon

releases June 24, 2022

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Land Escape 3/31 on Alpha Pup Records
Collection of WebGL Audioreactive Websites: http://whitestone.io/adventura-contest
Cover is a painting by Justin Lovato

Land Escape

Album

Adventura

Lilemo ft. juju [Prod. ZINI+Nikita] - Get By

Lil emo ft. juju [Prod. ZINI+Nikita] - Get By

cave in (flip) [Owl City]

its #13

Label based in HangZhou, China.

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