March 2022

clips

Order: 
digital https://radiantlove.bandcamp.com/album/maara-goddess-within
physical https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1645096604/Maara-Goddess-Within

@maara

There is a culturally and perhaps spiritually bonded link between electronic dance music and what could be called most generally ‘the feminine divine’. In subgenres more oriented to trance and EDM, the vocal sample or progression is almost always uttered by a woman, unlike the variously-sexed divas of house; if divinity is invoked, it is less often a biblical God than some Gaia-derivative. Radiant Love’s fifth release, Goddess Within by the Montreal-based producer Maara, steps into this lineage stretching from Magna Mater to disco queen – Maara’s articulation of the feminine divine, however, is often off-hand, ringing at once sincere and deeply cheeky.
 
The double-side is summed up by the first track’s title, 'Goddess Within (Give It To Me Daddy)', which starts right off with a pumping bassline, carbonated synths, and a repeating sample speaking ‘goddess’ – what trance dreams are made of. What places these tracks especially in the realm of dream are Maara’s washes of delay, reverb and pan, drawing out melodies and textures into trails, clouds, blurs. The sonic fields are decentered, but driving and floor-ready regardless. 'Mommy’s In Trouble' follows up with a set of cleverly phased hi-hats and a swung kick drum. It’s a buildup we’re hearing, although one wouldn’t know until a sample asks us matter of factly, ‘Notice what you’re feeling. Are you calm?’ and the bass swings back in.
 
The B-side begins softer, with the wide pads of 'Plum Plum Paradise' eventually dropping into a downtempo break. The percussion is muted, and what gives the track its body is a shifting terrain of sample (‘Allow yourself inside, the time and space right now’), gurgling synth note, windchime and whisper. Goddess Within’s final track, 'Lezzies In A Jacuzzi' picks up the pace again, with a porny bass-throb, insistent hi-hats and a vocal fragment looping the word ‘amor’. This is exactly the kind of sound that would have me thinking on the dancefloor, Is she actually saying ‘amor’? Quickly I would reach the decision that it didn’t matter – the whole terrain of the actual, the explicit and undreamed is best left to masculinity anyways.

MAARA
Title: GODDESS WITHIN
Cat: RADIANTLOVE004
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mixed by: Priori
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: NAT MARCUS

MAARA - GODDESS WITHIN

https://soundcloud.com/liseneuk
https://soundcloud.com/adampits
https://soundcloud.com/rudolf-c

presales

Physical
https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1642415698/Adam-Pits-and-Lisene-and-Space-Cadets-Warp-Drive?fbclid=IwAR3-s7RTMvVxvtQoeQ8bX-E1BdifsrsO5x99Wqo14RqdojgfaIW4bPSwcWY

Digital
https://planeteuphorique.bandcamp.com/album/warp-drive

Double Stars; often orbiting in tandem and gravitationally bound together, are usually mistaken as a singular light. An unmistakable parallel to the Space Cadets, Leeds trail blazers Lisene and Adam Pits join in magnetic union for Planet Euphorique’s big 1-5 to showcase their sole vision; superior prog synergy. Warp Drive gets flung into hyperdrive by your local enigma Rudolf C and the B side is a case of nuclear audio fission, splitting the duo so their individual and technical flair can shine. No doubt you’ve crossed paths with something hot on this disc in the encompassing party atmosphere; four straight up essentials for a function of chaos. 

The title track breaks in the EP with frisky righteous drums, precision in rhythm; swinging stylishly. Cosmos loom within reach, infinite rolling with baselines built for the long haul; an expertise in tension and release revealed through sonic sweeps and delicate filter explorations. A match made in heaven, Rudolf C has been gliding on similar trajectories; elevating the Warp Drive to a celestial level; the Psychedelic Envisionment accentuating the original's intricacies whilst maintaining the swagged flow and dancefloor steeze. Distorted pulsations and modulations swirl above head to signal the B side split show; driving bass anchoring the higher frequency expeditions, Lisene mastering the spectrum of sounds with Moral Panic and breaking up the 4/4 pursuit. Meanwhile Adam Pits closes things out with an ethereal highway drive; cruising, twinkling and boasting telescopic trance like skills. 

A perfectly balanced blend of modern, innovative and familiar, veteran status technological slick hits; you’re in good hands.

Space Cadets "Warp Drive"
Cat: PE015
Format: 12”
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia
Words: Katie Campbell
Preorder: 17.01.2020
Release date: 25.02.2022

Space Cadets "Warp Drive"

Lauer "Answers 2 Trouble Remixes" out now

Lauer - Make It Stay Feat. Dena - Prins Thomas Remix

https://soundcloud.com/roedeers
https://soundcloud.com/povilno
🛒 https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/various-artists-povilno-01-ep
🔊 https://youtu.be/3hEQu4XaEdE

Representatives of Kyiv’s downtempo wave, Kostya Kottov and Techija, have long been probing the ground for launching their own label. The starting point was their joint promoter POVILNO, under the banner of which they’ve been running events for the past few years. Staking on eclecticism and musical diversity, they’re ready to present the first compilation of the newly minted imprint – a collection of slow-burning tracks inspired by the power of organic elements and psychedelic experimentation from artists around the world, including duo Stevie R and Parisinos, Roe Deers, Dan Bay, Colossio, LEONOR and ID_UA.

The compilation opener “Information Society” sees the massive bass lines of UK label bosses Inside Out, Stevie R and Parisinos, their sense of drama and epicism meet the chilling vocals from 70s videos about information overload. The result is a slow but weighty track for early dancefloors and late night hangouts. “People Know” from label mate, Ukrainian producer ID_UA, is a psychedelic stroll under a palm-crossed sky. A tight groove with tantalising synths and a splash of trippy guitar parts. The mood is picked up by the Mexican Colossio with the exceptional diamond collection “Shofar”, a perfect dancefloor piece where guitar and brass sounds intertwine to leave a mark, a constant intrigue and a mysterious atmosphere that hypnotizes you and keeps you moving.

At the helm of the B-side is Lithuanian nightlife powerhouse Roe Deers with “Monotony Killed Dinosaurs”: soft breaks and a tight beat laden with shifting percussion immerse you in the nighttime jungle. “The Darkside of Orgánica” by Frankfurt-based musician Dan Bay is a fusion of the tranquility of nature and a sense of danceable energy; a track that hangs on to raw and dynamic beats and a winding lead, providing a pulsating, hypnotic immersion. Closing the rotation is Guadalajara-based producer Leonor’s ‘RWandaS Bells’, which blends influences of folk music and primal rhythm with a special dub flavour. Close your eyes and embark on a fascinating journey to complete this compilation.

Tracklist: 

A1 Stevie R _ Parisinos - Information Society 
А2 ID_UA-People Know 
A3 Colossio -Shofar
B1 Roe Deers-Monotony Killed Dinosaurs 
B2 Dan Bay - The Darkside of Orgánica 
B3 Leonor - RWandaS Bells

PVL01

Monotony Killed Dinosaurs

PREMIERE: Roe Deers - Monotony Killed Dinosaurs [Povilno Records]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/cyberlife-music
Track: Galactic Stabs Brotherhood Dub
Label: https://soundcloud.com/syrinx_music
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, VA
Release date: 09/03/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Og2sCWvjpt4

A year and a half after its first release, Pilote, Syrinx Music is back with another V/A release, Ballast. Meanwhile, Syrinx set various events up in the Paris area, and took great care of this new EP. Just as the device it takes its name from, Ballast aims to find a balance in contrast, in line with Syrinx’s aesthetics: an open vision of electronic music, linking both club & experimental dimensions.
On Ballast, this contrast goes with the idea of duality. The A Side of the vinyl (pressed as a dubplate in a very limited edition) gathers three artists of the most adventurous side of the French bass scene. Cyberlife kicks things up with an atmospheric and aerial breakbeat track.

PREMIERE | Cyberlife - Galactic Stabs Brotherhood Dub [Syrinx] 2022

Next on Age of Self - 'The Utilities - Task One'
A collaboration between Gladys Laser & Autarkic.
Release date: 3/30/22
Pre order: https://ageofself.bandcamp.com/album/aos003-task-one

Task One

Pre Order

The Utilities - Task One (Age of Self)

Mogambo land on the ever-impressive Siamese Twins Records. Consisting of producer Sunju Hargun and multi-instrumentalist Jerom Doudet, the Mogambo duo bring a heady, hypnotic sound from the many enigmatic strands of Asia’s musical cultures: the deep traditional instrumentations of Siam and India, the high-tech edge of modern Bangkok, and the rich Goan bloodline of trance. Following their sought-after debut 12” Cobra (कोबरा) on their own Siamese Twins Records, they now return with "Urvi (उर्वी)" - a 4-track all original package featuring meditative sonic explorations to fearless entrancing rhythms and basslines, tangled together from the mysterious East.

Buy: siamesetwinsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/urvi-st

@sunjuhargun
@mogambokushhua
@siamesetwinsrecords

Premiere: Mogambo - Piya (पिया) [Siamese Twins]

https://marcelsdrive.bandcamp.com/album/three

Cat number: HBE012
artists: Pyramid Of Knowledge
title: Three EP
release date: March 21st
distribution: One Eye Witness / Rubadub

tracklist

A1	Atoum's Cult
A2	Return
B1	Three
B2	Oedo In The Clouds

style: Techno, Trance, Electro, Acid

Pyramid Of Knowledge is back on Hard Beach Entertainment, his third record for the label, humbly called... Three. 
This time one more step toward techno/trance territories, and with the lower tempo B2 Oedo In The Clouds to end the ceremony.
The Pyramid Of Knowledge trilogy is now complete.

HBE012 Pyramid Of Knowledge - Three EP (out 22/03/21)

Blu:sh - Lovebite
@benoitb

A1 Tighten Up 5:26
A2 Candy Land 5:28
A3 Hush feat. noff 5:38
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B1 Awkward Silence 5:40
B2 Recess 4:46
B3 Heaven Spot 4:55

Vinyl Preorder: https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1648024896/Blu:sh-Lovebite
Release date: 25/04/2022

Mastering by Marco Pellegrino 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia

Benoit B aka Terra Utopia breaks out into another auspicious alias for Step Ball Chain, Blu:sh - metamorphosed; coming in hot and heavy, sexy and sophisticated. Bass down, *ss up! The ambitious 6 tracker “Lovebite” fuses forms of dance; reworking elements from niche corners of the Step stratosphere that can result in freaky combustion. Breathing life and lust into every phrase, we are fortunate to be offered an intimate glimpse into a complex world of sound, filled with bold and brash inspired statements, rhythmically rolling the dice with snap lock precision. The cherry on top is served via a vocal collusion from fellow associate noff, the web expanding as the label delves deeper into futuristic tech territory, the prolific producer pushing their own boundaries and desires for new meticulous audio spectrum and ethereal realms. 

The trio of flirtatious tracks laid bare on the A side read as a love letter to 4/4 naughty nocturnal testimonies. Opening auspiciously; Tighten Up dips into nasty grit, a sub centered excursion into the technological domain, sleazy and stripped back with modest tenacity. Candy Land sugarcoats the status quo of pumped up prog, playfully in the driver's seat and revving 100 miles per hour toward Hush highway; narrated by Greek cyber enigma noff.. An atmospheric deep trance kissed club chant. Opposites attract and find points of connection on the flip of Lovebite, the B side boasting a mutually slick sharpness permeating the record; blending sparse bass focused broken beat expeditions with liquid dnb; genially abstract mood boards of sampling mayhem; cut and spliced in addictive fashion. Flushes of gorgeous esoteric harmonic soundscapes fill out the rhythmical chaos, grounding and expanding the mind through a lush & plush tint woven in Recess and Heaven Spot alike. 

A perfect prophecy destined for Step Ball Chain, Blu:sh’s first, yet expertly curated EP sets the bar high as hell. Divine dance music that can’t help but push boundaries; confronting and challenging our archival references and perceptions of genres and classifications, arguably the best kind of auditory statement.

Blu:sh - Lovebite (STEP05)

Hailing from Plum Plum Paradise
Relax yourself for juiciness of the peach
... the ultimate reward
Peacefully lust in liquid tranquility
mmm yes...
Splash splash on me

@maara

Written and produced by Maara Luisa Dunbar
Mixed by Francis Latreille
Drawing by Tea Strazicic
Design by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Distributed by One Eye Witness
NAFF 2020

Bandcamp : https://naffrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ultimate-reward

Maara - Ultimate Reward (Clips)

hardbeachentertainment (at) gmail (dot) com

https://marcelsdrive.bandcamp.com/merch

HBE012 Pyramid Of Knowledge - Three EP (out 22/03/21)

Hard Beach Ent.