‘Vision Quest’

a small space between two thoughts, opening, slowly. 

wyckoff and summerfield, cold streets, warm dances.

finding myself, in the jungle, in my mind, in you. 



Release Date: 7/7/21
Format: 12” / Digital
All Songs Produced by Robin Lohrey 
2017-2018 in Ridgewood, NYC 
Keyboards on ‘Life Goes On’ by Will DiMaggio

How do one really count the steps in a journey? There’s the movement itself, your balance, pacing and gait; there’s the world you pass through, and the vistas that stretch out before you; but from the moment you embark to the moment you settle in place, the trip is an experience in passing through. Looking back at the path taken, the horizon stretches out from your route on both sides, a million possibilities shifting around your chosen route.

Ronan’s journey has seen him move between Boston and New York, Washington State, Bogota, and most recently Mexico City. Rarely in one place for too long, his energy and enthusiasm for his craft carry that same roving sense of adventure, whether in his own expressive productions welding hyper-speed techno and classic hardcore into a dynamic whole, or through his Eternal Ocean imprint, which has notched a string of impressive releases from close friends and like-minded producers. Throughout, a sense of wide-eyed wonder and joy is the constant, an awe for its ability to transport and transcend, to become a calling in its own right, through sound and soul, a grounding force that becomes the guiding path through the world. 

It’s that sense of possibility that dominates the sensibility of Vision Quest, Ronan’s second outing on Eternal Ocean, a four track offering recorded in Ridgewood, Queens just before he headed west in 2018. The tracks echo this awareness of a road stretching out before him. These are tunes about the journey, best exemplified by the snaking routes and pathways they pull the listener through: half-time breakdowns, sudden vocal stabs, hard-left turns and sudden shifts of tempo. Where previous Ronan EPs found their strength in meticulous mixing and track-craft, these embrace technique and arrangement as means to an end, resulting in lyrical, ever-evolving tunes that show an artist embracing the time given to create worlds unto themselves.

Opening with a lush ascending arp, “Call of the Wild” sends it into full-time rave mode, a ragged break workout that feels like the perfect opening (or closing) a moment of wide-eyed reverie perfectly embodied in that first sub rush over the cliff, before the A2, “Ripples,” flips the script, turning the record towards the inner zone; a contemplative, thumping dub cut that’s equally at home as a 10pm staple or a peak-time curveball, calling to mind the richest dance-floor dub of early Moody Boys or a more organic contemporary to the work of Russian downtempo explorers like OL.

On the B-side, a similar pairing of banger and breather starts up with “Sea Cave,” another twisted break workout shot through with synth risers and one-shots shared by the best releases on Warriors Dance, before pulling the listener down a rabbit hole, layering dense pads and liquid leads that wash the dance out and hang it out to dry on the refrain. The record closes in full-meditation mode with “Life Goes on,” a last cut for the night, a slow-dance for everyone who made it to the last track, laced up by Will DiMaggio’s ever-expressive keyboard work.  

Shot through with moments of repose and longing, memory and hope, Vision Quest runs like an open question: how can one find a way to talk about a record that makes as much of the journey through it as Vision Quest does? Where do we find ourselves now? Where are we heading? Like the record itself, we can’t play it backwards, but we can play it again, even if there’s only one first listen.

- Daniel Creahan

Pre Order

Ronan "Vision Quest EP"

“A lemma is a generally minor, proven proposition which is used as a stepping stone to a larger result” - Wikipedia

We are proud to present our next release, Lemma2! 

As a true lemma it both stands on its own and supports the larger theorem: to explore bass heavy music across a span of tempos and time signatures. Lemma2 goes deeper into the ideas presented in Lemma1, this time drawing inspiration from DnB, Dubstep, and Footwork. The result being a collection of sprawling 160BPM polyrhythmic rollers.

Side A ventures into sound design, mangling field recordings collected on travels far and beyond into almost unrecognizable shapes. Side B takes on a more percussive tip, driving for the dance floor with some stepping d&b-not-d&b business and footwork interpretations.

omtheorem.bandcamp.com/releases
www.omtheorem.no

PS: pre-orders are up on Bandcamp. We are still waiting for the records and plan to do the full release as soon as we have them

Lemma2 - snippets

Zohar – ZHR002 (5 Sep 2022)

As the shifting of storms, Zohar presents a mystical, thrill-seeking desire. After three years, the second entry in the highly personal ZHR series has arrived.

In Zohar’s renewed modus operandi analog and digital techniques interact with dissected and transformed sound experiments — an eclectic approach that honors the wide musical scope the artist seeks refined and surprising connections in. 

Consciously withholding energy, these seven percussive and pulsating tracks seek a balance between a near teasing attitude, and total transgression. In the end, Zohar’s volatile signature refuses to be contained.

A1. Osh
A2. Metal
A3. Broken (Sometimes, I dance)
A4. KO
B1. Warped
B2. Millie
B3. Pieces


Words: Luke Cohlen 
Master: Gert-Jan van Stiphout 
Artwork: Line Ven

ZHR002 Zohar - OBJECT LP

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-eszaid-zmej 

@collapsing-market co-founder Eszaid (@eszaid-377145560) joins the ranks of Parisian imprint @worship-productions with 'Encircled Earth', 5 tracks of razor sharp dub-wise mutations sitting comfortably alongside the output of Demdike Stare and Lee Gamble.

Encircled Earth

Eszaid - Zmej [WORSHIP]

Berlin duo crouds are back with their second release on Molten Moods. Being ardent gear lovers and live performers Johann and Andi crafted an EP of four diverse but implicitly interrelated tracks. “Switchblade” is a slick and modern statement of dance music that draws its influences from Techno and UK Bass alike. crouds are co-founders of the Sonic Ground collective that hosted many events at Berlin clubs such as Arkaoder, Griessmühle or Mensch Meier, while also running the podcast series “Technostilleben” with guests like Robert Henke or Elisabeth Steffen from ://about blank.

Switchblade

crouds - Hibernation

Sin(Amon) Kiss is the first single of the forecoming "Club Music stuck on my HD" produced by Ortensio, out in March 2023.
Available on DeafCatMusick Bandcamp and SoundCloud

https://deafcatmusick.bandcamp.com/album/sin-amon-kiss

Ortensio - Sin(amon) Kiss

‘Speaking Things’, the new album from Isabassi, is a collection of highly detailed industrial music examining her singular perspective on rhythm and texture. Through brittle percussion, supernatural atmospheres and astonishing bass power, the Brazilian composer and artist explores a conversational narrative on the first full length Super Hexagon release."

https://isabassi.bandcamp.com/album/speaking-things

Isabassi
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/isabassi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/isabbassi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabbassi/

Super Hexagon Records
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/super-hexagon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superhexagonrecords
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superhexagonrecords/

PREMIERE: Isabassi - Janus (Super Hexagon Records)

sonic nectar emerging from a crossover of creators

This compilation by non-binary, trans, and female artists anoints a ritual through its very release, at its heart a queer cross-section of sound. It’s character is neither boxed nor defined, it explores the sonic in electronic form outside convention in genre. It oozes out from fixtures and settles at an irreducible essence, while constituted by disparate strands of voice and identity. The soaring scratch inherent to Plum , clu unfurls a portal of sound-waves, carrying the listener somewhere beyond time. Though its practice, in collective creation, as archaic as prehistory. The album is a celebration in itself, the tracks free to exist together. Each one both intimately and eerily coalesces one’s senses, extraterrestrial in its notes. Not a prototype, but alive in its becoming as it meets the listener.
☂︎
...

Photo and Words by Dasha Vzorov
Mastering by Kiri Stensby
Curated by Paria Almasi

Laenz - Heartwash

PREMIERE of ''See The Light'' (Hodge Remix) by Nouveau Monica, taken from Concealed Club Manifesto, available June 13th via Dionysian Mysteries.

''The Concealed Club Manifesto project pays homage to the mid 2000s underground UK club music scene, an era of music which acts as well of inspiration and creativity for the Nouveau Monica, and has no doubt helped shaped his sound. For the French producer, the UK club scene holds a special allure and mystique, especially since he observed this phenomenon from afar, and was idealized as one of the most “pivotal” moments in underground club culture, making it seem intangible, hence concealed. Nouveau Monica’s sound palette is deeply rooted in the UK scene, which he combines with his own personal musical background. This mid 2000s UK club sound is what the producer defines as his “Golden Era” and the genres created during that time are the building blocks of the Concealed Club Manifesto EP.

The last iteration of “See The Light”comes from none other than Hodge himself. A club tailored cut with a heavy groove, pattered with percussive elements, followed by sun drenched melody and sweltering pads that unleash into a a bellowing bass track, perfectly suited for peak sunset hours at a day rave an unforgiving Soundsystem.''

Buy: https://dionysian-mysteries.bandcamp.com/album/concealed-club-manifesto

HODGE
@hodgebristol
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hodgebristol

NOUVEAU MONICA
@user-459020245
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nouveau__monica

DIONYSIAN MYSTERIES
@dionysian-mysteries
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dionysianmysteries

ANGELS GUN CLUB
@angelsgunclub
Instagram: www.instagram.com/angelsgunclub
Bandcamp: https://angelsgunclub.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/angelspoti
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@angelsgunclub
Telegram: https://t.me/angelsgunclub

Nouveau Monica - See The Light (Hodge Remix) [Dionysian Mysteries]

Inkjet / Fluo

Inkjet

Peter Van Hoesen - L9T

deafcatmusick@gmail.com 
Resident at Cura Festival

https://linktr.ee/goedel_zeta
https://linktr.ee/deafcat

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