Depths #96

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Michael Mayer’s latest EP, Brainwave Technology, comes at you purposeful, stealthy and sly. It’s a glorious left turn for the redoubtable producer, one that sees his typically lean and lithe productions buffed to a metallic, futurist sheen. There’s a gleam in the eyes of tracks like “Brainwave Technology” and “Alpha” that speaks of serious fun, of the intersection of the pleasure zone and the frontal lobe.

“Brainwave Technology” itself is informed by Mayer’s deep dive into the thorny terrain of artificial intelligence, transhumanism and posthumanism. Inspired by reading German philosopher Richard David Precht, Mayer found himself heading down the “proverbial rabbit hole,” as he describes it, “watching hours of YouTube material by self-proclaimed prophets of these ‘inevitable’ changes to come.” Never one to be taken in by the egotist’s dance, Mayer’s cynicism about the whole endeavour is tempered, a little, by the deeper questions that these figures gesture towards: “Is it really an evolutionary step that man and machine become one? Or is it rather a marketing plot by Silicon Valley billionaires?”

On “Brainwave Technology”, Mayer plays the charlatans at their own game, turning their logic against them by exposing the fruitiness of their ‘visions’. “I chose irony as my sword with which I chopped off some quotes from some of those batshit crazy prophets and self-promoters,” he explains of the drooling psychobabble he drops in the track’s lacuna. There’s a sense of humour here – how could you not laugh at these hungover egotists? – but there’s levity too, a sense that Mayer’s using sound to expose the contradictions and double-speak at the heart of these half-formed ideas. It’s a Burroughsian tactic, to slice into the heart of the voice to see what hidden truths surface.

It was Burroughs, too, who once said that “when you cut into the past, the future leaks out”; Brainwave Technology cuts into the logic of the futurologist to leak out the messiness of modern reality. On “Alpha” and “Gamma”, Mayer seems to conjure up the stark, ominous music that’d soundtrack a science fiction reinterpretation – or preinterpretation – of our modern malaise, all funereal wreaths of electronic noise and clatterboxing beats. As the EP resolves with “Device For The Young At Heart”, Mayer’s questions are piling up: “Do we want to become immortal and live on as a download? Do we really give up on Earth and put all our effort into colonising Mars?” There are no answers, of course, but plenty of imaginings-to-be. Brainwave Technology soundtracks both dystopian and utopian possibilities of what could come next.

Michael Mayer - Gamma

Since 1991, Tresor has provided a home for artists to develop their ideas for advanced new sounds and broadcast them to the world. The pioneers that first traversed the Detroit-Berlin connection and were at the forefront of a new cultural movement gave to Tresor its original and continuing mission: community, resistance and reshaping the world to come.

The Tresor 30 compilation represents a major landmark in this continuing history of electronic music. This unique collection of music profiles some of the artists that gave the previous three decades of Tresor its sound and foundation, but it also casts its gaze forward. Writing new postcards from the future, this collection brings new artists who maintain a connection to that original mission to the fore, charting ways in which this ethos can continue to build bridges and break walls in the next 30 years.

Bringing together 52 essential tracks - both classics and exclusive commissions - each of the 12 records in this box-set charts a unique line of flight from those artists that helped define the shape of this new music to those who continue to pattern its landscape further.

The future is bright and it’s now.

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Bicep & Ejeca - You (Original Mix)

Glenn Davis drops a hazy deep house track drenched in soul on "Dance," from his new EP Better Daze (dedicated to the late great Mike Huckaby and Phil Asher) out October 14 on 12" vinyl from Yore Records.



🔗 Link: https://yorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/glenn-davis-better-daze-12-yre-042

🎙 Glenn Davis - A Dublin based DJ / house producer, Glenn Davis @gsoul has released records on F*CLR Records, Midnight Riot, A Deeper Groove Recordings and Yore Records .

🏷 Yore Records - Founded by Andy Vaz @andyvaz Yore Records is a German house and techno label that's dropped releases from Rick Wade, Terrence Dixon, Patrice Scott, Dubbyman, Alton Miller, founder Andy Vaz and the absolute best in modern dance music.

📆 Out October 14 on 12" vinyl from Yore Records. Preorder at https://yorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/glenn-davis-better-daze-12-yre-042

Premiere: Glenn Davis - Dance [Yore Records]

Produced and mixed by Franck Roger 
Mastered by Dj Steaw

Beyond

Franck Roger - Beyond (Earhtrumental Music 009)

Tony Lionni "Lets Get Away" Final Mix

MixCult Spotify Playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ErvFZ8G5fJZhgwm8XKcqg?si=d59a0761159a4cd5

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About Last Night (Radio Version)

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Dawn Gab - About Last Night (Radio Version) [NOREPRESS]

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For the reissue, Men From The Nile are joined by some of the biggest names in dance music. Green Velvet aka Cajmere has been a mainstay in the Chicago circuit since the 90s, making a name for himself as a multifaceted artist as well as label head at Cajual Records and Relief Records. Key players in the club scene for over two decades, Boston duo Soul Clap launched Soul Clap Records in 2012 and have since released more than 450 tracks on their imprint. They can also be found in the Crew Love collective alongside Wolf + Lamb and Double Standard. One of the pinnacle figures in the Chicago House scene, Derrick Carter needs no introduction. Releasing his debut single Love Me Right in 1987, he has become a leading figure in dance music. Jazzanova are a Berlin based collective with a production career spanning over two decades. Chicago born DJ Pierre changed the scene forever with the release of his Acid Tracks EP in 1987, as it saw the birth of acid house.

Watch Them Come (Matt N Ricky Remix)

Mine All Mine

"Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained."
- Maurice de Vlaminck

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When The African Sun Is Down

Max Genning - When The African Sun Is Down (Radio Version) [MixCult Records]

Mäma - NAIROBI

1 year after his gorgeous "Straight ahead" Ep, Tony Lionni gets back on Goldmin Music with a softer and deeper one "A photograph of you".
A very distinctive and insightful ep about the passing of time including plainly heartbreaking house tracks as he did so well up to now.
We've been amazed by Tony's music since the beginning as whatever he does, there's always a promise of something unexpected and a high dreaming potential..
That's what it's all about. House music for the 21st century, more conscious and lucid than ever with a hunk of optimism and faith in what the future can bring.

This musical tale starts with the unmistakable "Remember back when".. As it's name suggests, it might be an ideal flashback track, bringing back a warm and stained 90's vibe.
However, Tony is the master of evoking both the familiar and exploring the unknown, feeding your sense nostalgia while simultaneously inspiring visions of a hopeful future
As always, it's a perfect balance between dreamscape and reality as that irresistible groove deserves a very physical reaction, the urge to dance while it slowly brings out your inner-child.

"There's no future in the past" continues in a more ear-catching way thanks to his perfect straightforward arpeggio constantly pushing you combined with a round, dry and heavy bass quickly elevating the track to it's cruise altitude. The perfect example of a contemporary different dancefloor tune. 

"Together" brings your imagination back on track. Probably more abstract and hypnotic nonetheless it's power will be all the stronger.  It feels like a wonderful 6 minutes playground experience, high in the sky, a representational, half-conscious musical trip that makes your mind wonder.


Tony Lionni - Together

Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald – the two indispensable protagonists of the Electric Garden – plug back into the wilderness. Transport – the new full length effort of the Borderland collaborative project – brings together a new set of studio-refined sequences aimed at colonizing some of the dark energy that pulsates through those areas that are thoroughly electrified, even if not ‘on the grid’. ‘Riod’ is the first streak to bolt through.

The Detroit-Berlin axis triangulates to a third point which, like the atomic particle that lives in two places at once, flickers between a form of techno-charged ambience and a futuristic club-jazz which cannot be broken down into constitutive parts. Borderland remains caught in a state of enraptured stillness, invisibly moving between every
imagined future for electronic sound making. The result: a font from which springs serene and exhilarating musical ideas that vibrate with refined energy for sixty seconds in every minute.

Transport will release on CD / 2LP, on April 22nd.
‘Riod’ will release on 12” on March 11th.

B. Borderland - Riod (Version)

Couldn't find it on soundcloud...this is me uploading it.

Theo Parrish - Lost Angel

Harry Wolfman - Up Stream - 00:00
Whitesquare - Understand - 04:00
DJ Aakmael - Offering - 08:00
A Flight Mode - It’s So Nice - 11:30
Carlo - Ohana - 15:30
Fun Intention & Blaze - Be Yourself (Dub) - 19:00
M Vaughan - Reel Recognise Reel - 22:00
Ron Trent vs Lono Brazil - Manchild (Ron Trent Full Vocal) - 27:30
Anthony Georges Patrice - Nujan - 32:00
HVL - Lemon Stealer - 35:00
Sevensol - Rhythmus Tool - 38:00
Nachtbraker - Zomaar - 40:00
Duccio - Sambao - 44:00
Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget - 47:30
Adryiano - Me and You And Her - 50:30
Amir Alexander - Rudeboy! - 53:30
Gene Tellem - Moving In This Way - 57:00

Shur-i-kan in the Mix: February 2018

Label boss Aleksandir makes his Artesian Sounds debut with ARS003. As he sheds the naivety of his previous works, we're met with some of his most high-bpm, club-friendly tracks to date. ARS003 is a bold evolution of Aleksandir's sound, incorporating a range of new influences, from tinges of electro, to rolling basslines, breaks and his first foray into original vocals. On this occasion, Aleksandir threw us this 55mn mix that will take you into his world.

#43 - ALEKSANDIR

Goldmin Music is a label based in Paris and founded in 2012.

It is a place dedicated to current waves of electronic music like deep-house, minimal and mostly to unconventional stuff.
A home for all these soulful tunes that will not only make you dance next week-end but will also take roots in your mind forever.
Non septate at all, we're definitely more focused on a special aesthetic than any specific genre.

No matter what genre it is, no matter if tracks would work better on a tight club dancefloor or at home during your coffee pause on a rainy day. If it's been composed using analog machines or a cheap laptop. If it's been shaped by the loneliness of a small town in the woods or by the pressure of the heart of a big city.
Take it as it comes. Our goal is to cultivate the difference, the peculiarity, the unexpected, the rare in order to seek similarities and connect several universes.
"Fuck genres, never ever trust anything but beauty and love"

For any inquiries please write to: info@goldmin-music.com
Submit your demo to romain@goldmin-music.com as soundcloud link or 320 kb/s mp3 direct download link
Graphic design & artwork: Sebastian Dittmann
Distribution: Straight Distribution, Germany
Mastering: Manmade Mastering, Germany




Tony Lionni - Together

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