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Armec - Reconbination [Furthur Electronix] Previews

We are proud to present to you Inner Thieves Vol. 1. An enigmatic mix of styles from artists we love.

Special thanks to LOIF, Bluhol, RBI, Yollks, Loïcc, Danny Deephouse and Eastern Distributor for contributing the amazing music as well as our mastering engineer Brendan Zacharias and visual wizard Felix Sandvoss. 

Inner Theft is committed to giving 10% of all earnings to those more deserving. For this release we will be passing the money on to healingfoundation.org.au

Inner Theft would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians across Australia and pay our deepest respects to all Elders past, present and emerging. We in Australia live on stolen land.
Sovereignty was never ceded.

releases April 2nd, 2021

Mastered by Brendan Zacharias at Cirrus Audio
Graphics and Cover by Felix Sandvoss

Inner Thieves Vol. 1 Previews

Omen EP

Kaap - Omen EP

VC-118A - Spiritual Machines - Delsin Records - 146dsr

vinyl ltd edition: https://vc118a.delsinrecords.ltd/
digital: https://chaindata.bandcamp.com/album/spiritual-machines

a1. Endless
a2. Serge Extract
a3. Soft Spot
b1. Update
b2. Aurora
b3. Lost
c1. System Of Connections
c2. Operator
c3. Spiritual Machines
d1. Industria
d2. Glitch
d3. Voice Message
d4. Machina Overloop

Following 2019’s Inside, VC-118A returns to Delsin to present his fourth album, Spiritual Machines. It marks an exciting shift in focus for Samuel van Dijk as his flagship project nears a decade skirting the deeper ends of techno and electro.

Over the past two and half years, van Dijk forensically reviewed the key aspects of his production process as he dug down in search of the essence of the VC-118A sound. By creating his own complement of sample banks, software racks and devices, van Dijk was able to work with a hybridised analogue-digital system purely of his own making. Less in thrall to the strict rigours of techno and electro standards, Spiritual Machines’ 13 album tracks encompass more fluid shifts into abstract and downtempo, dub-inflected realms, without losing sight of the elements that have made VC-118A so compelling from the beginning.

Burnished machine soul, aqueous atmospherics and immaculate drum programming abound, but in the mellow, enveloping sound world of Spiritual Machines you can hear van Dijk guiding his music into a broader form that sounds at once more assured and more inspired.

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VC-118A - Spiritual Machines (146dsr) preview

As if he were in a strange recurring dream, each night he awoke at the same time, disturbed by the crashing waves below his lodgings. No matter the season, as soon as night fell the sea seemed to have a mind of its own; murky black depths that threatened to drag you beneath. But it wasn't just the water that stirred a fear deep inside him, something else strange was at play here...

Rinse France resident Clad launches his new label, GRID Records, into the world, with a compilation called 'Improvisations'. Like the name suggests, he brings on board friends and affiliates, including E-Unity, Realitycheck, Troy Gunner, C.Coiffure and Théo Muller, to deliver tracks that explore new sonic paths and divert from their normal output. Like the concept itself, Clad took an instinctive approach to putting the compilation together, not overthinking or over-polishing its final format, instead appreciating the contributions as they are: "beautifully human".

Improvisations

PREMIERE: Théo Muller - Sea Spirits Calling [GRID Records]

Further on the trail of 90s sonic specters, Die Orakel releases @ikezwanikken‘s Stone Diviner EP, an affiliate with Index Records. The titular track amalgamates the momentum of sparse yet heavy weight breakbeats with the warmth of lush pads, and literally reverberating 90s trance or IDM elements along granular rave signals. The beauty of its subsequent tracks lies in their well-tempered, fresh exploration of past sonic phenomenons, devoid of today’s retromania. 

A1: Inter
A2: Petale
B1: Stone Diviner
B2: Fight Day
B3: Isobutyl

Written and produced: Ike Zwanikken
Mastering: Lopazz
Lacquer cut: Daniel Krieger at SST
Artwork: Orakel Studio
Cover photo: Neven Allgeier
Words: Patrick Raddatz

Label: Die Orakel
Catalog: ORKL-17
Format: 12" vinyl, digital
Distribution: One Eye Witness
Release: Fri 13 August 2021

Stone Diviner

Ike – Stone Diviner

Konduku - Parlama - Spazio Disponibile - Spazio024

buy: https://konduku.bandcamp.com/album/parlama

a1. Parlama
a2. Mantar Kaya
b1. Sinopia
b2. Yukarı

Konduku's (@kondukukonduku)rhythmically curious strain of techno deals in delicate, interwoven patterns and tangible atmospheres. He arrives on Spazio Disponibile with four new pieces which further mark out his non-standard approach. From the fluttering bell tones of Parlama to the stepped, transcendental murmur of Mantar Kaya and Yukarı's high-definition chime mantra, the sound of Konduku is crystal-clear, and yet its overall effect unfurls around you like smoke – all the better for your ears to breathe it in.

Spazio024 - Konduku - Parlama

YLLWSLND #011 - Boulderhead - 'Expander' EP 

Bristol Producer, Boulderhead gives us a taste of his take on minimal, spacey breakbeat rhythms. His ‘Expander’ EP brings on a cosmic journey through bassline melodies and an immense explosion of hypnotic drum patterns and sky-fi textures.

Boulderhead has a unique way of blending new production techniques alongside creative patterns & sounds from playing around with a variety of synths and effects.

Also, what a treat. The track ‘Module Upgrade’ from the EP has been graced with two-fire, first-class remixes that will fully immerse you into all of the energetic flows these tunes have to offer. Huge thank you to Conna Haraway and Enxerto aka Vitor Munhoz for hopping on the remix duties.

Last but not least, we are absolutely delighted to have Boulderhead release this fiery, magnetic EP on Yellow Island Records.

01. Boulderhead - Expander
02. Boulderhead - Golden Light 
03. Boulderhead - Module Upgrade  
04. Boulderhead - Module Upgrade (Conna Haraway Remix)
05. Boulderhead - Module Upgrade (Enxerto Remix)

Release Date: August 6th

Mastered by: Vitor Munhoz
Artwork by: enigmaworld.org 
Distribution by: Lobster Theremin
Format: Digital

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YLLWSLND #011 - Boulderhead - 'Expander' EP

Intercepts is a new vinyl/digital sublabel from Frequency Domain. Releases are drawn up from an anonymous pool of FD artists and newcomers, in the form of both solo productions and freshly formed collaborations. EPs are released two at a time, with two separate strands - X and Y - exploring different sonic trajectories. Available December 2021 from intercepts.bandcamp.com and globally through Juno Distribution.

Intercepts X01 / Y01 previews

Like trudging through viscous air, I Lost All My Data is a blissed-out barrage of sub-bass that nods to a long-lasting passion for sound system culture.

Uploading turbo-charged wubs with molten glass melodies, the debut EP of Giovanni Bonelli (aka @notteinfinita) is a welcomed update for UK style broken-techno conventions. Booting-up with its title track, the record quadrisects the fabric of digital music, each cut a sonic reprogramming of its predecessor. ‘Slippery Tuff’ references off-kilter club, while on the flip, ‘Ecstatic Dub (Roller Mix)’ climaxes in an ultra-sensory faux-organic whorl. Unplugging the whole thang, ‘Oxygen’ manipulates post-dubstep textures, into a data-roused jungle tunnel.

Deciphering glitched-out signal processing and harmonic warps, I Lost All My Data is the software upgrade that every system needs – do not choose Later; Install Now.

Tracklist:
A1. I Lost All My Data 
A2. Slippery Tuff 
B1. Ecstatic Dub (Roller Mix)
B2. Oxygen

Release date: 
07 September 2021

Format: 
Limited edition 12” vinyl with full colour sleeve; digital

Pre-order: indexrecords.bandcamp.com
Worldwide distribution by Rubadub

Credits: 

Written & produced by Giovanni Bonelli in Berlin (2020 – 2021)
Mixed by Giovanni Bonelli and Jordan Juras
Mastered & cut by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven
Sleeve design by Amos Turner, using samples from Hannah Davis-Gray @ Dangerous Goods Jewellery in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa
Centre label design by Amos Turner & Maximillian Holzer

I Lost All My Data

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Notte Infinita – I Lost All My Data [INDEX009 Previews]

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!

Bandcamp

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

K I A: https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding & https://soundcloud.com/janloup
https://soundcloud.com/soleil-rouge-collectif
Buy Release: https://soleil-rouge.bandcamp.com/album/premier-rayon
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Oj9Pp-F3gYY

Due for September 15, our inaugural ‘Premier Rayon’ compilation is a legacy from ‘Paturia’ – a party we organized by the French collective last summer – as you can find Organizatsiya, Ended., HAJJ, _mass or Jonnnah on the line-up, all part of this hot weekend of August 2020.

To accompany them: GOLCE, Caïn و Muchi, K I A (A Strange Wedding & Jan Loup), Women In The Royal Court (OKO DJ & Tryphème) ft. Clara!, Salma Rosa or Lucy Liyou, paving the way to another reunion in France’s verdant meadows.

Definitely oriented towards contemporary electronics, the 11-track various offers a fine selection of experimental breaks infused with futuristic trap, dark downtempo and rousing trance, all tightly linked up by an overall digital emo-pop vibe. Between its frenetic, tormented atmosphere, the release also offers a few moments of contemplation, unveiling a softer fragment of our recurrent-to-be gathering,

Limited to 250 copies, the crystal-clear 2x12” vinyl and its 10-hand designed gatefold is another nod to these moments when artists and audience join as one, providing the natural surroundings with an unforgettable memory of symbiosis and creativity.

Tracklist: 

A1. Organizatsiya – Troisième jour de voyage
A2. Ended. – Slower & Slower (ft. Dyy)
A3. Jonnnah – Broken Promises
B1. Women In The Royal Court – DRUM A QUEEN (ft. Clara!)
B2. K I A – Slavery of Mortality
B3. HAJJ – RAGE OF EMPIRE
C1. GOLCE – BYDEFINITION
C2. _mass – dxscord
C3. Caïn و Muchi – Shining شائنين
D1. Jonnnah & Salma Rosa – Every Clouds Has A Silver Lining
D2. Lucy Liyou – Gentle Method

Premier Rayon

Slavery of Mortality

PREMIERE: K I A - Slavery of Mortality [Soleil Rouge]

Artist: Zodiac Childs
Title: Atoms To Atoms
Cat No: ZW005

The new album now available to preorder at Bandcamp:
https://zodiacchilds.bandcamp.com/album/atoms-to-atoms

Tracklisting:
A1 - Submersion
A2 - Circuits
B1 - Basic Process
B2 - The Gevil (Zodiac Childs & Baraqiel)
C1 - Kepler Track Two  (Zodiac Childs & Baraqiel)
C2 - O To The M (Album Mix)
D1 - Breach
D2 - Goblin (Zodiac Childs & Baraqiel)
E1 - Champion Rush
E2 - Critical Sign
F1 - Northern Fury
F2 - Channels

Zodiac Childs 'Atoms To Atoms' (Snippets)

Suppport: https://fromalostplace.bandcamp.com/album/charity-compilation-ii

This is the second installment of the Charity Compilation project, joining forces with Whispering signals to make this happen, with the vision of contributing and relieve a little the crisis we face as a society. This time the money raised from Bandcamp and Formaviva will be donated to Fundacion Feminicidios Colombia and another part will be used to contribute to the cultural growth of children in the Colombian Pacific. 

On the other hand, in view of the current situation in Afghanistan, a part of this project will also be donated to human rights organizations that seek to protect and help women and children affected by this crisis there.

22 artists from different countries and a wide spectrum of genres from Ambient, Drum & Bass and Deep techno

Artists: Adi, ASC, Barefoot, BNJMN, Cyspe, Daniel & Zemög, DYL, Erika, Forest On Stasys, Inhmost, Metropolis, Olorun, Primal Code, queniv, Red Noise, Sepian, Shoal, The vision reels & Launaea, Vanoni, Yotam avni

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Esta es la segunda entrega del proyecto Charity Compilation, que une fuerzas con Whispering Signals para hacerlo posible, con la visión de contribuir y aliviar un poco la crisis que enfrentamos. En esta ocasión el dinero recaudado de Bandcamp y Formaviva será donado a la Fundación Feminicidios Colombia y otra parte será destinará a contribuir al crecimiento cultural de los niños del Pacífico colombiano.

En vista de la situación actual en Afganistán, una parte de este proyecto también será donada a organizaciones de derechos humanos que buscan proteger y ayudar a las mujeres y niños afectados por esta crisis allí.

22 artistas de diferentes países y un amplio espectro de géneros desde Ambient, Drum & Bass y Deep techno.

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Mastered By Red Noise. Medellin, Colombia. 

Additional Mastering: 
Adam o'hara 
Yotam Avni 

Artwork: Zach Chili 

Curated by From A Lost Place / Whispering Signals 2021

Charity Compilation

Charity Compilation II (Previews)

Phillip Jondo - Little Princess EP - Dekmantel - DKMNTL089

a1. Phillip Jondo & Maxwell Sterling - Dunkelziffer I
a2. Phillip Jondo & Maxwell Sterling - Dunkelziffer II
b1. Phillip Jondo & Dj Plead - Whowhuwho
b2. Phillip Jondo & Dj Plead - Whowhuwho (Moa Pillar Remix)

https://dekmantel.com/shop/records/phillip-jondo-little-princess-ep
https://phillipjondo.bandcamp.com/album/little-princess-ep

And here we are, after all is said and done, right at the dawn of club music’s reconstruction era. Granted, listening to dance music these days comes with a weird, two-faced sense of longing: a) for careless times before the world shut down, and b) for a (hopefully) near & ecstatic future, that’s, however, in desperate need of new ideas, sounds, and rave ethics.

In this sense, the Little Princess EP on Dekmantel by Cologne-based producer and DJ Jondo feels especially of the time. Each track draws elements from the hardcore club trajectory, but reassembles them in song-like arrangements that work just as fine in any headphone or home listening scenario, without ever falling for the self-serving traps that people mean when they talk of “deconstructed”.

Of course, none of this was intended. The tracks on this EP were created between pre-pandemic London, Berlin and Cologne in April 2019 and January 2020.
The A-side has Jondo team up with Maxwell Sterling, double bass player, producer, and master of dense soundscapes. Both had been fans of each other’s releases for some time, when they eventually caught up and locked down in a London flat, packed with a Digitakt, a bunch of VSTS, an autotune pedal and Maxwell's double bass. For Jondo, the real-life aspect of their collaboration has been key, as those tracks present a process of consolidation between two musical minds who tackle their craft from entirely different angles. The results are two sprawling, dynamic pieces, grimly titled “Dunkelziffer I” and “Dunkelziffer II” (the German term for “dark figure” has been ubiquitous all year, describing the looming undertow of a much higher number of infections).

The opener’s dimly lit, RPG-like atmospheres remain drumless all the way, giving a nod to the expansive compositions of Maxwell’s long-time collaborator James Ferraro. "Dunkelziffer II”, on the other hand, is a full-on club affair, whose complex grooves and muffled drums get disrupted midway through the track by a set of icy synths, only to break open and trade every bit of rave energy for a comforting ambient variation on the lead melody.

The B-side “Whowhuwho" sees Jondo create a powerful piece of instrumental-grime-turned-quasi-jungle alongside DJ Plead, an Australian producer with Lebanese roots, based in Berlin.
The track is a perfect canvas for their shared love of intensely percussive jams, as glimpses of Diwali-style handclaps, dubby delays and classic breaks drive the track forward.
On his remix, Russian techno prodigy Moa Pillar warps the already minimalist lead synth into an even more sparse yet effective dancefloor weapon.

Jondo curated and finished all these team efforts with the same care and curiosity that inform his DJ sets, as well as his A&R process at Spa, the label he runs with Friday Dunard and DJ Brom. (Given the chemistry between these 4 tracks and the people involved, it comes as no surprise that Spa has put out releases by everyone featured on this record.) Just as in his sets, the Little Princess EP proudly exhibits all of Jondo’s musical roots – but instead of sticking with one style, tempo or formula, he innately trusts the music to let it take us into unexpected territories, time and time again. Buckle up and enjoy the trip.

DKMNTL089 // Phillip Jondo - Little Princess EP

Melbourne based artist Dashiell debuts on Felt Sense Records with five hazy cuts, including a remix from Salt Mines co-founder Rudolf C. Dashiell is a Melbourne born and raised DJ & Producer and a member of production group Menage alongside Sam Brickel, who released a track on Kia's Animalia imprint back in June 2020. Dashiell is a devotee to glitch & minimal musical styles, which shine through in his 'Going Nowhere Fast' EP on Melbourne label Felt Sense Records. The EP features a collection of tracks recorded over several years in some of Dash's ever-evolving bootleg studio setups like laundry spaces, and leaky tin sheds. The EP opener 'Aspect' sees Dashiell invite Steeplejack artist Sam Brickell to feature. The track offers fluttering grooves, hypnotic pads and spacey, humming low frequencies before 'Going Nowhere Fast' lays down breaky rhythms, tripped-out fx and twinkling synths underneath. Up next, 'Oxy' takes things into minimal territories as the shimmering bassline fuse delicately with moody textures and dubbed-out vibrations whilst 'Scratching The Surface' features ambient atmospheres, breezy soundscapes and glistening melodies. To finish, Berlin-based Australian producer and Co-Founder of the Salt Mines label rolls out a loopy remix of 'Going Nowhere Fast' as he blends trippy electronics and murky tonality.

Going Nowhere Fast

PREMIERE : Dashiell feat. Sam Brickel - Aspect

If you read this, we have made contact.

You are not alone.

Life is present beyond your physical realm and senses.

Our quantum settings are incompatible with yours. 
Our physical form cannot be expressed in your dimension. 

By abducting a Human, and reshaping his senses to ours, we are able to reach Earth lifeforms and beyond.

 His name is Androne.

The following transmissions are made in the 5th Dimension to be deployed in Earth Realm (Dimension Z-67).

A1 - Contact
A2 - Abducted By Aliens
B1 - Abducted By Aliens (A Strange Wedding Hypergravity Remix)
B2 - Signs Of Life

Written and mixed by Jerome Boutin
Mastered at Enisslab by Neel
Artwork by Andria
Print by Gros Oeuvre

Signs Of Life

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WORST010 - Androne - Signs of Life (previews)

Re:alignment

Re:alignment (snippets)

Full Track Visualiser: https://bit.ly/3IhPDBW

https://soundcloud.com/sunnysibar
https://soundcloud.com/kalaharioystercult

Rushing us headlong into a vorticist maelstrom of hard-edged drum stutter and polychromatic synth fragmentation, Sansibar sophomore long-player for Kalahari Oyster Cult - “Sans Musique” - tackles the very essence of post-trancey, breaks-loaded UK blends with unabashed joy to wreak havoc on his path. Throughout seven tracks oozing burnt kerosene and depleted uranium residue merged with a hint of sacred incense, Sansibar deploys his extra-wide vision for the present and future of dance music.

“Scully” attacks pedal to the metal, hi-intensity bass onslaughts and knee-buckling breaks roaring as the groove slings us at bullet-speed into a hot, narrow barrel of floor-focused aggression. 

Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Sansibar is a non-pareil cosmic traveller - also producer, resident DJ at Kaiku and Post Bar and wave agitator on IDA Radio and EOS Radio - whose genre-unbound sound credentials for the likes of Kalahari Oyster Cult, Natural Sciences, Émotsiya, Darknet, Avoidance et al. have helped establish as one of today’s most intriguing talents in the European scene.

Sansibar - Scully (Earth People Mix) [DV Premiere]

Pure Space Records welcomes a newly emerging Naarm producer, Dividens with his EP ‘Blueprints’. Across four tracks Dividens masterfully guides us through the fringes of modern drum n bass, eerie Dub and restrained Jungle styles.

Starting strong, ‘Audio Blueprint’ provides a fast and erratic baseline cushioned only by a deep, squelching synth. It’s a textural and delicately refined track, with each sound finding its perfect place with twisted effect.

Completing the A-side, in confidence, is ‘Rollin Smoke’. An acid tinged take on electro, composed with trancey pads and tight percussion.

Flipping over we find ‘Bionic’, luscious pads swirl amongst a deep sub bass rhythm before freefalling into stints of breakbeat. The ominous tone of the track is coloured by the disorienting vocals; lean in and let the bass hold your feet firmly on the ground.

Finally, ‘Tell Dem’ rounds out the release with a tasteful amount of dub. Here a mass of swamp-like synths envelop you completely, while the tight break patterns elevate the energy through to the final moments of the release.

~

Tracks written, produced and mixed by Dividens on Wurundjeri Land. Pure Space and Dividens both acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

10% of profits from all Pure Space releases are donated to Aboriginal Legal Service, Australia's first Aboriginal Legal Service est. 1970 - if you have the means we encourage you to also donate directly alsnswact.org.au

Blueprints

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PS009 - Dividens - Blueprints

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