Kincaid - 64th Betrayal (Eclipse Tribez)

2021 Summer Sampler incoming! Officially our 50th (!) release, and couldn’t be more happy than to celebrate it with this great group of artists. A double vinyl with eight tracks: Label regulars Konduku, Oceanic and Pugilist. A first track of Djoser, Panda Lassow and RAFF on the label, and it’s an honour to release the debuts of Kia and Floid. Special thanks to Woody92 for the shining artwork. 

A1 - Djoser - Faded Red
A2 - Pugilist - Contagion
B1 - Raff - Yeye
B2 - Floid - PJEE
C1 - Panda Lassow - Trip
C2 - Oceanic - Sulphur Streams
D1 - Konduku - Extrakt
D2 - Kia - Blue Rain

Pre-orders up everywhere, releasedate is August 23rd!

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V/A - Nous'klaer Audio Summer Sampler 2021 (previews)

Ace dubbers - made the old way!
7'inch record out mid October. Distributed by Rush Hour.
Pre order here: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/dub-mullets

Nikolajev - Dub Mullets (Sad Fun 003 snippets)

R.E.D LIVE RECORDING FROM OPENING UNFOLD 

12PM-2PM

SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBRR

R.E.D - UNFOLD (LIVE RECORDING) - SUNDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER

Recording of Toma Kami's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2022.

Toma Kami at Dekmantel Selectors 2022

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Mankiyan @ Kiosk Radio 23.12.2022

The heart. The core of it all. A bloody, meaty muscle the size of a fist, pumping perpetually. Working, all day, everyday, against the clock. Nature’s own metronome. Sometimes you feel it throbbing in your throat, spasmodic, wanting to escape. Occasionally it explodes in warmth, sending sharp little electric needles of euphoria through the body. Now and then it sinks down to the stomach, acid, heavy like lead.

And one day it breaks — it is broken —, it shatters, quartered as if pulled apart by horses. It hurts. And the sharp pain, imploding, feels inescapable. A solitary ache, a blow, a deep hole which cannot be seen or explained. But you try to mend it. You reach for the glue and the duct tape. You pick pieces of gut and tripe and patch it back together. You shield it and harden it with leftover scrap metal. As long as it’s running.

Could heartbreak hardcore become a subgenre? A cathartic, visceral style nudging itself into the tradition of the hardcore continuum, written and produced by heartbroken musicians?

Heartbreak is the painful devastation left behind by the fact that we are no longer one. Most of us don’t know what to do with it. There is no funeral, no mourning. The capitalist structures which surround and smother us have no cure, no solution for heartbreak. There is no time for it: pain is not productive. That is: we cannot value it as we value a commodity, unless it is deeply enmeshed in layers of meta-post-ironic subterfuge, lest we seem vulnerable. Abstraction upon abstraction, we’ve forgotten what pain is and we’ve tried to hide it. Violet does not, because she cannot. Her approach is violent, immersive, euphoric sincerity. That’s the only way to escape.

HEART opens the EP with early-morning IDM inclinations, cushioned by a dubstep-y, wobbly bassline. It melts into angelical, nostalgic pads, topped with a dusty piano that morphs into some sort of brass instrument - and then back, like an indecypherable instrument, yet unknown to those who touch the earth. The track takes inspiration from one of Violet’s biggest influences, Jamal Moss AKA Hyeroglyphic Being and other sonic experimentalists who push the boundaries of palpability.

BREAK delves unbashedly into DnB territories, with a sub-bass piercing the mix in the pad-led oneiric intro — which leads us into a surprise jazz breakdown — and then a drop with a saturated, nasty jungle rave stab, deliberately navigating between opposing frequencies and states-of-being, like one does when heartbroken.

HARD is a no-frills (for Violet standards) ode to techno realness, to those propulsive dancefloor moments which help us believe that it's worth it to keep pushing through the pains of being pure at heart. It’s highly inspired in the UK techno tradition, with a pinch of dub and percussion for days.

CORE comes as an unexpected treat, the record’s closing act. A genreless groover that seems to melt all sorts of influences — from Depeche Mode to DJ Satélite. A fast-paced slow-burner, the track is chock-full of intricate sound design and romantic moments coming from layered pads. Everything, all at once.

If heartbreak is the core of this record, the cover art by Lisbon artists Shcuro and Postmodern Bot suggest tranquil blue skies are just around the corner. After all, we’re naive over here - and Violet still wants to die an optimist.

text by joão biscaia 
credits
released February 14, 2023

mastering by Ten Eight Seven
cover art by Postmodern Bot and Shcuro

NAIVE019 Violet - HEART/BREAK HARD/CORE (preview)

Black Artist Database launches the B.A.D. label with their debut compilation Synergy.

A collection of sounds that journeys through the electronic spectrum; exploring celebration, unity and Black joy by an intercontinental selection of visionary artists that deeply inspire B.A.D.: AFRODEUTSCHE, Amaliah, Chmba, DJ Holographic, Lyric, rRoxymore and co-founder NIKS.

Since its inception in 2020, B.A.D. have established themselves as a crucial and respected global platform with community as its core focus. Through the newly established B.A.D. label, their unwavering vision continues; to highlight the boundless range of Black creativity and give power back to the community, relentlessly working towards Black liberation.

Synergy builds upon B.A.D.s mission and presents an introduction to the platform's exciting sonic universe. 

Every day is a good day to support and buy from Black artists.

Synergy releases on Black Artist Database on 2nd June.

1. AFRODEUTSCHE - A New Love 
2. rRoxymore - We Can Do 
3. Amaliah - Mespo Dance 
4. NIKS - Badness, Can't Work 
5. Lyric - Don't Need No Help 
6. DJ Holographic - Desire 
7. Chmba - Bwela 

Credits
Artwork by Miles Takes
Mastering by @russellelbutler
Produced by @afrodeutsche-ad @amaliahppeche @chmba @djholographic @lyrichood @rroxymore @niksbad

Synergy

Various Artists - Synergy (Previews)

Ifeoluwa is a multifaceted artist, writer, DJ, radio host, and head of new record label ipaadi. As a DJ they have mastered the art of spinning experimental club and leftfield techno styles, joining the dots between contrasting genres.

Catch Ifeoluwa every 3rd Wednesday of the month, from 01h to 02h [CET] on rinse.fr

Rinse France Podcast

Ifeoluwa : Tears In The Club w/ georg-i - 17 Avril 2023

Haruka Salt teams up with Din. and DONIS. Brooklyn superheroes to be watched on the dancefloor.

Artwork by Danny Roche and Ricky Chen

Follow Haruka Salt :: https://www.instagram.com/harukanyc999
Follow Din. :: https://www.instagram.com/din_discovery_channel
Follow Donis :: https://www.instagram.com/donis.bk/
Follow toucan sounds :: https://www.toucansounds.com

Watch Me Dance

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Haruka Salt & Din. - Watch Me Dance (Edit)

Many thanks to @djshannonhart for this beautiful mix.

D. Tiffany - How RU Plush? (feat. Regularfantasy)
Seb Wildblood - Familiar Boundaries
Slim Media Player - Quicksand
William Earl - EMTN
Syclops - Sarah’s E Is Back 
Laksa - It Feels Like I’ve Been Here Before
Unknown - Southside Touch
Slim Hustla - Remain Unseen
Palace - Dreamscape
DJ Central  - Drive (Max Ulis Smoked Out Edit)
DOS  - All Night Long
Hymns - Searching for The Real
D. Tiffany - The Bass Between Us
Roza Terenzi - Soft
Anthony Fade - Bout It
MoMa Ready - Push start, continue 
Shadowax - A & B (Buttechno Remix) 
Lando - Communication II
Jimmy Edgar, Truncate - Submission (Truncate Rework)
Blawan - Peaches (Firestone)
Asquith - The Conditioning Track (NYC Mix)
Karenn - Sailing Solvents
svreca & skirt - Hymen
Djrum - Sex
Ilana Bryne - Mmm Mmm Mmm (Ciel’s Sigh O’ The Times Rework
Harrison BDP - Make Her Kill
Gene On Earth - Picture Disc
Head High - Power Seat
Park Hye Jin - I Don’t Care (Befaire Rezone)
So Inagawa - Reminder
Pearson Sound, Joy Orbison & Boddika - Faint
 Sergio SP - Insulate
LT - North Circular
Liem & Eddie Ness - M-Trax 
IOK - I Want To Be With You (And A Couple Of Others)
Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head

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