Second single from our Serenity Noww compilation. French producer @basilemusicsounds delivers his perfect 21st century digital folk song, with easy-going synthetic melodies spiraling together until it feels like you are cruising in the air, floating between trees and a huge landscape.

Stream/DL/Pre-Order: https://lnk.to/SerenityNoww

Serenity Noww drops on the 4th of June on TV Showw with introspective and nostalgic tracks by Lyra Valenza, De Grandi, DJ Suzmo, Etienne 4U, Yung Acid, Caotica and винер.

Basile3 - Petit sujet De Galaxe

Taken from SBKT042: Paraadiso - Unison

Release date: 30th July 2021
Artwork: Szonja Szendi & Luke Griffiths
Mastering: Raphael Valensi

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UNISON is the debut album from PARAADISO, a duo composed of musician TSVI and audio-visual artist Seven Orbits.

Inspired by Italian folk music, noise, ancient choral acoustic compositions, rituals and their functions, the album focuses on conveying a sense similar to those felt in ancient gatherings and ceremonies where the collective physical experience meant heightened stimulation at both the individual level and collective level.

Contrary to individual experience, collective experience is necessarily rooted in (shared) patterns of action and behavior; it has been studied that the sense of a joint consciousness emerges from such patterns of action and a sense of ''relatedness' is developed between members of the group; relatedness is a form of shared identity, which in turn can transform intragroup social relations and future re-Action. Experiences of synchrony and collective emotion induce in individuals a shift between two parallel cognitive “modes”, from the individual to the communal, generating feelings of openness, inclusion, and prosociality and sometimes even dissolution of the self-other distinction.

All human life and all human interaction are profoundly social: our everyday lives do not take place in isolation but constantly require our engagement with other people. The artists unknowingly sought these qualities emerging during the creation of the work as isolation and disconnection raised dramatically over the past two years and have created a piece in response to that which aims to be performed and experienced in a live context as an audio - visual experience.

Unison

Paraadiso - Liquid Matter

Taken from SBKT043: Prettybwoy - Tayutau
Release date: 17th September 2021

Prettybwoy’s debut is entitled Tayutau ( 揺蕩う), a traditional Japanese term often used in haiku and literature, meaning ‘waver’ - a state of indecisiveness, to lose determination or purpose, often temporarily, or to drift or sway to and fro. Made over the last two years whilst dealing with isolation, job loss, burnt hard-drives and almost losing the whole project, the album has seen several phases and degrees of anxiety, uncertainty, hope and frustration.

‘Too many things have changed since starting to make this album, and I think that is reflected in the production. The album can be split into three parts – tracks I made before the pandemic when things felt stable, tracks made during lockdown in isolation, and tracks made during the cautious and conflicted opening up and the lead up to the Olympics. There has been so much confusion and changes back and forth, but I want to have hope and try to keep focused, which at times hasn't been easy’

As well as drawing from external causes, 'Tayutau' also comes from a place of internal uncertainty.

'This is a trip in search of my new identity, or maybe to understand my current one. I am Japanese, living in Japan, but my music is only released by labels from other countries. I am a member of SVBKVLT (China), and also Polaar (France), but where or who am I in Japan?’

Tayutau is a 10 track album, featuring two vocal appearances from lIlI and a collaboration with Primula, and comes with artwork and video from Wang Jingxin. A separate EP of remixes will be released shortly after the album.

Cover Design: Wang Jingxin
Mastering: Raphael Valensi

Tayutau

Prettybwoy - Mikoshi

'Wintermute' is a tribute to the Artificial Intelligence in William Gibson's masterpiece 'Neuromancer'. This being is half of a super-AI, far more intelligent than humans, and was therefore constrained in what it can do. Software barriers block its ability to make long term plans and maintain a stable identity. Its other half is Neuromancer, an AI capable of compiling personalities to pieces of code. Wintermute's main desire is to merge itself with Neuromancer, despite the shackles imposed on it.

This piece represents the union of both AI. Wintermute is characterised by an ambient introduction, where it shapeshifts between timbres where no clear structure exists. When it's freed and starts merging with Neuromancer, the organised being tries to resist the fusion, fearing losing its own personality constructed from all its years in isolation. Neuromancer is represented by a clear and predictable rhythm, which keeps struggling against the cold ambience of Wintermute. As the track progresses, both AIs learn how to live together, where ambience and rhythm give space to peaceful harmony.

This track was first released as a reward for the crowdfunding for F O C, a self-organised art centre in Barcelona, where the Jokkoo collective and other great art organizations have their headquarters. As this crowdfunding is over, I wanted to share with you all this track, now with a new mastering. The cover is done by Zizi Ramires, a super talented artist who also happens to be my sister. For me, the weight of the rock, sitting on top of a calm field strengthens the previously described relationship, now through a natural and organic representation.

Artwork by Zizi Ramires
www.instagram.com/ramireszizi/
www.ziziramires.com

Wintermute

London based with a global eye, TT label share their next compilation 'Preset Resets'. 4 wonky club stunners that run up everything from drill to eski beat sound spheres.

Oliver Twist's 'Backroads' plunges with a UK funky arrangement that pummels along with squelching bass blasts and high pitched snare slaps all in a high edge speed zone.

The EP arrives in full on March 31st with further entries from Jenny Sparks, First Circle and SBUERS.

Follow here: https://tobagotracks.bandcamp.com/music

Preset Resets

PREMIERE: Oliver Twist - Backroads (Tobago Tracks)

From album 'Frontal' by Current Bias
Releases on CD and digital 03/07/23

Produced and mixed by Current Bias
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Art by Current Bias and Zara Olifent
Layout and design by Zara Olifent

Cat# RA:007
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