#monthlyhomework - April 2021
Our monthly very random but passionate selection of releases
You will never enjoy homework so much!!

Amandra & Karim – Sqala / Tikita
Boozoo Bajou - Lambique
Brett Naucke - Cumulative Index / Dassi
Carly Barton – Forage / Disposable Commodities
Diony Lake - Excerpts Of Wholeness I-V / Van Dank
Ecco2k - PXE / YEAR0001
Famous – Stars / untitled (recs)
Heather Leigh - Glory Days / Boomkat Editions | Documenting Sound 2020
james K – 036 / AD 93
Jacopo Buda – Blessing / Luminance records
OnScreenActor - Curious Crystals // Internal Phantoms / Peder Mannerfelt Produktion
Marjorie – W.C. Sinclair - Genesis 12:13
Maya Crux – Zero zero
Nadia Struiwigh -Oooso / Nous'klaer Audio
Superabundance – Superabundance / Future Times
Toki Fuko - Human design / Lowless
Tamburi Neri & Hiroko – Ombre / Worst Records
Valentino Mora – Inhalation / Spazio Disponibile
V.A. - Nhạc Gãy Tổng Hợp Số 1 / Gãy
ZULI - All Caps / UIQ

Monthly Homework - April 2021

REFRESH

Elektronika #43

TECHNO #83

Summer Music 12

Ex. V

Various Artists — Accidental Business
Format: Double Cassette / Digital
Cat. No.: UP 020
Release Date: May 17 2021
Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3xdlDBW / https://bit.ly/3eoYUKB

We're proud to present Accidental Business, a long-term project strewn with pitfalls and disillusions nodding to the incongruous events that led to the birth of Unknown Precept. Looking back at what made our trademark for the past 8 years, this new compilation marks a turning point in our discography. Scanning out the dustiest corners of the label's bizarre roster to offer a complete look at Unknown Precept's soul and vision; it brings together 18 tracks of unreleased material and collaborations recorded by our closest friends. From slow-paced post-punk hitting hard as bricks to short-circuited noise that makes the power supply trip, not to mention our love for the grotesque and self-mockery via humorous wonky synthpunk and bad tempered body music cracking jokes at a ghost audience. This is what you get when a group of people that have no clue what they're doing get together. Into the unknown we sink, but where to find us next?

@eindkrak
@santiagonm
@seneparis
@legion-808
@technothriller
@lostsoundbytes
@rambo80000v
@violentquandonaime
@fashionflesh
@air-liquide-1
@chuzochuzo
@stallone-the-reducer
@maoupa-mazzocchetti
@ixvlf
@fiesta-en-el-vacio
https://unknownprecept.com

Accidental Business

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UP 020 | VA ‎– Accidental Business Compilation (Clips)

3MB feat. Juan Atkins - Die Kosmischen Kuriere

More beautifully simplistic piano work and field recordings from Melbourne duo @Albrecht-Labrooy, taken from their new EP on @analogueattic.  

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/01/04/premiere-albrecht-labrooy-pavilion/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/albrecht-pavilion

Listen on Youtube

Albrecht La'Brooy - Pavilion (STW Premiere)

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Take a Chance - SanFranDisko Edit

Label: Primate Recordings
Country: UK
Released: 2000

Ben Sims - Manipulated (Adam Beyer Remix)

pre order

ben hauke - i kinda missed it ft. joe armon-jones

Preview of the first track from the Omena LTD release "Rottie Bites EP" by Atsushi Yano.  

Release Date : September 2017. 
Label Artwork by Ivo Kiusalaas

Pre-order Vinyl

Atsushi Yano - Fat Tail (OMLTD005)

Clan of Xymox  - Imagination (Extended Mix).mp3

NEW BEAT MEGAMIX - the boccaccio mix

Title - VA /  20 years soundofspeed  records 

A1 . Project Pablo -   Acoustic Serenade
A2  . Benedek -    Ubatuba   
B1 .  Ogawa & Tokoro  -   Updraft
B2  . Svetozar  -   Interpretation  DM

Mastered by Kuniyuki Takahashi
SOSR026 
release date . June

Project Pablo , Benedek , Ogawa & Tokoro ,  Svetozar -  20 years soundofspeed   part 1

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

New Beat was born and initially exploded in 1987, went supernova (in Belgium) in 1988 and then the formula morphed a bit and was declared dead in 1989. It was slow and initially all about the atmosphere with industrial strength beats - the main form of rhythmic propulsion being the pounding kick and heavy snare. It was often mainly instrumental and when there was lyrical content it often became more about slogans and giving commands - "Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat!", "Let There Be Brightness!", "Shout Out Loud!". While not really New Beat, it's no surprise Technotronic's "Pump Up Jam" was produced by a crew who had produced a ton of New Beat gems.

In 1989 one of New Beat's founders, Marc Grouls said "New Beat is atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial!!!!!" But, it was already too late. A zillion bandwagon jumpers had diluted the music and flooded the market with too many sub standard 12" singles. New Beat temple, the legendary Boccaccio nightclub, in Destelbergen, near Ghent, had been closed down and it looked like it was all over, but really, it was just the beginning. New Beat morphed into Hard Beat (many of the tracks on this mix are from the Hard Beat era) which quickly morphed into Belgian Rave, which was huge and hugely influential in the UK and is an often overlooked part of the DNA of UK Hardcore, and all that came after. Then from Ghent, R&S Records established itself as thee European Techno label and a huge wave of incredible Techno records emanated from it and many other mighty Belgian labels, but that is another story. 

New Beat arrived just as I first started DJing and I played a lot of it in my DJ sets and built up connections with several of the leading Belgian labels who would send me 12" singles so I had records nobody else here had any idea even existed. I would compile New Beat charts for the music paper The NME which may have given the impression there was a thriving New Beat scene in Scotland. The reality was very different; people here, many of whom would embrace the rave just a little while later never really took to it in a big way.

This mix is comprised of many of my personal favourites that I have loved since they came out (and two I missed at the time and only heard later). I think the tracks have aged like a fine wine, often sounding as good if not better today as they did then. There is definitely a faint whiff of fromage and a big dollop of stoopid in several of these tracks. Of course, it is not all about the cheese and many of these adhere to the "atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial" rule mentioned above. Some of the best programmed 303 Acid basslines ever made can be heard here along with transcendental hypno synths and those Belgian beats going on and on....! Slow and low, from under 100bpm up to 116, New Beat doesn't chug, it swings in a very distinct way. If you get to see any videos of Belgian clubs of the era, the way people moved to this music is incredible and so different to any dancing we see today.

Many of these tracks are made by the same people under various aliases, which will perhaps be audibly evident. Most of the names have been forgotten, if they were ever even known outside their native Belgium at all, but all are legends to me. 

This mix isn't any kind of attempt to tell the story of New Beat but rather a mix 33 of my favourite 12" singles from that era showing many of the various strains of the New Beat and Hard Beat sound. A lot of love went into this and I hope someone somewhere discovers this music for the first time and falls in love with it as I did way back when. This was Belgium!

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

SENNA

Nacht Plätscher

Daytripper

Minimal Violence return to Tresor Records with Phase Two of their DESTROY ---> [physical] REALITY [psychic] <--- TRUST series.

This five-track 12” kicks off straight into the dust storm of Dreams 4 Sale, a Lynchian trip through explosive breakbeat manipulation, sirens and cries deep into the abyss. True to form, Ashlee Luk and Lika P harness raw tensions and lock into the flow on Mankind. An EBM monster, its bass sequences lay writhing non-stop, over a beat in full propulsion. Drawing to a close, the kick drum falls out leaving a suspended room full of action.
The Canadian duo then follows up with the sensational Hard Delivery, a 175bpm hi-NRG gabber barrage. Smeared synths hint at a melody, like a pair of pitched-up foghorns beaten down in a harsh rhythm world, as disfigured barks amp up the pressure. Prey Drive is the most straight techno track, its industrial bassline a cornerstone to grip onto, as its elements pile in on top. Closing track 1992 wears its identity on its sleeve, a pure rave track inspired by the early 90s sound. Distorted drums and synthesised strings coat a gnarled breakbeat with paranoid malice.
Sounding like nothing else right now, its influences are chewed-up and spat-out. There is no sound capable of sitting still, just a mutant sonic environment of destructive movement.

Tresor.322 releases February 19th on 12” and digital.

DESTROY ---> [physical] REALITY [psychic] <--- TRUST – Phase Two

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PREMIERE: Minimal Violence - Dreams 4 Sale

Lambique - EP

Jadiz

Download or buy on limited cassette: https://96back.co.uk

A new 10-track record from the Sheffield artist, 9696 Dream represents the first in a series of three new 96 Back releases on Local Action scheduled across 2021, climaxing with a new full-length album this Autumn.

Barely out of his teens, 96 Back has spent the last three years turning heads with music that’s as evocative as it is intricate. Prodigiously talented and with UK rave history in his blood — he’s the son of legendary Sheffield promoter Matthew Swift and studied under the tutelage of hometown hero Liam O’Shea — he cut his teeth with releases on Central Processing Unit, Hypercolour and Happy Skull, while also collaborating with like-minded souls such as Skee Mask, Happa and Henzo.

Last year 96 Back signed to Local Action for the release of Sugilite, a four-track EP that showcased him at both his heaviest and most delicate, picking up support across the board and cementing his status as “one of the most exciting producers in the UK.”

The months since Sugilite have seen 96 Back hitting all-time high levels of productivity, creating some of his most advanced and evocative music yet — both solo and with Special Request, who included a collaboration with 96 Back in his recent DJ-Kicks.

9696 Dream is the first of three releases due from 96 Back on Local Action this year, a 10-track record of new material that plays as a continuous 31 minutes and introduces an audio language of sorts that flows through all three releases. Honing in on the dreamier side of 96 Back’s music, 9696 Dream closes on ‘Friend Moment’ — a touching collaboration with one of his oldest friends, Joe Paisan.

9696 Dream

96 Back - Freepass For Them

Equiknoxx Meets Feel Free Hi Fi

Birds of Passage (Dub) [feat. Time Cow]

Dave Sumner returns with a new Function record, entitled Awakening From The Illusory Self. Released as a 12" EP on Tresor Records, it follows on from Existenz, his last full-length album released in November 2019.

Packed in a beautiful sleeve printed with 3 x special Neon colors, Tresor.320 kicks off with the fast techno of 'Misinterpretations Of Reality', it features a minimal acid-infected crescendo and throbbing pulse. As ever with Function, this idiosyncratic rhythmic work finds a place out on a limb from contemporaries, shapeshifting impulses that infer and guide this raw drum sound.
The second track 'An Optical Illusion Of Consciousness', Function moves towards a different direction, bringing more elements to the mix. It recalls the Dutch 90s techno sound with its melodic blurred synth leanings stretching and morphing across saturated, playful drums and hefty low-end movement. Its bind is perfectly weighted, a phenomenal track that nurtures its inner dancefloor soul as melodies fade away and tighter patterns take precedence.
'Spiritually Unconscious' points to all the trademarks of Function's celebrated sound. A smooth 909 groove underpins bubbling atmospheres and hallucinatory effects, and a nod to the Motor City vision with its fleeting synth strings
At the core is potent, repetitive simplicity, its beat playing with weight and dynamics but never at risk of being lost. Closing track 'Compulsive Thinking - Repetitive and Pointless' kicks a juddering swagger, finding public addressed system emissions drenched in reverb resonating above bleak analogic synth drones. It haunts and creeps towards a thunderous apex, finding its depth in sparse drum movements.

An enduring fixture in the techno and electronic music landscape, Sumner continues to step through new terrains, reinforcing his spike and vision. Awakening From The Illusory Self finds him as ever delivering the goods in elating moments of pure club heft.

Tresor.320 releases April 16th on 12” and digital.

Awakening From The Illusory Self

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Function - Spiritually Unconscious (Dissolve) (preview)

Enande Måne

Enande måne

Superabundance album out 3/26 on 2x12"/DIGI

pre-order now >>> 

https://futuretimes.bandcamp.com/album/superabundance

Superabundance

Superabundance - Hops (from FT057)

Neida - Slowing EP(NZA001)
BUY LINK: https://lobsterrecords.co.uk/products/neida-slowing
Label: Nehza Records (https://soundcloud.com/nehzarecords)
Release date:  march 30th, 2021
@neidadn

Relentless raver and Rinse France resident RONI launches her first imprint Nehza Records with a five-track EP titled ‘Slowing’ by French DJ, and producer Neida. Earning recognition from Rinse France since the first day of her residency, the Parisian-
Malaysian DJ has followed an upward trajectory that is deeply rooted in the station, where the crew continue to support her ahead of the first chapter of the Nehza Records discography. 

Naming the label after the animated film ‘Nezha Conquers The Dragon King’ by Wang Shuchen published in 1979 — a story about a prince reversing the world order by defeating a dragon to make the planet a better place — the mythical tale resonates with RONI on both personal and artistic levels. With an attitude that questions social constructs and inflated authority, RONI’s vision for Nehza Records takes themes from the film and poses questions about our natural environment through the medium of sound.

Combining elements of sound with the fantastical flourishes of Shuchen’s film, Nehza Records is about raising awareness of our connexion to nature and how we need to protect the Earth.
Inviting her audience into the illusive world of Nehza Records before Neida’s full EP drops on 30th March, a single track from the production.

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PREMIERE : Neida - Bull

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