“Nobody Is Perfect" is a world of musical redemption, seeking the magic in singularities, mistakes, weirdness, and cosmic energy in musical production. Not a show for every type of music so... but a show for everyone. Curated by the two founders of Hard Fist Records, Cornelius Doctor and Tushen Raï, this selection doesn’t specialize in any one genre but is driven by an infinite quest for a unique, uncanny energy—a feeling you can only get when listening to a truly distinct track.
“Nobody Is Perfect" is an invitation to journey without fear or prejudice, where you’ll encounter projects of spiritual dub, early trance, rare cosmic disco records, post-punk, and acid rave. Nothing is impossible. Blending a selection of recent releases, unreleased tracks, and forgotten old records from their personal collections, Nobody Is Perfect aims to satisfy the most voracious musical appetites.
Two hours of a bi-monthly rendezvous on the airwaves of Mutant Radio, featuring a new guest each episode for an exclusive mix, along with selections from the show’s two creators: Cornelius Doctor and Tushen Raï.

NOBODY IS PERFECT - Monthly radio show on Mutant Radio 🧟‍♀️📻

Cosmic Terroir #2 is an album of adventurous, unbridled tones to be enjoyed without moderation with the beer of the same name that goes with it. A drink raised with the sounds of the label, a little soaring, a little acid, like the music.
9 tracks signed by artists from 9 different countries, to stretch out and relax to a slow, psychedelic tempo. Then a beat also comes along, gently driving and exhilarating.

In partnership with Brasserie de Clémery
https://www.brasseriedeclemery.com/

Buy & support

VA - Cosmic Terroir #2 [HRDF022]

Vilnius based producer @shkema makes weird music for weird people. He spent ages with the analog synthesizers, looking for that right tone color. Then he added guitar sounds and various percussion. His strange and off voice component came last. He stays up late into the night, finding peace in his mind, imagining stories and creating music around it. 


That’s how Room of Men Eaters was born: a collection of absurd short stories and invented words coming straight out of his mind, whose aim is to draw you into the twists and turns of the night.


« Tas Malonumas »
Lithuanian word 
Def: meaning That Pleasure
Exemple: conversation between a young,  inexperienced person and an elderly person who’s near death's door. The old one is telling the young one how life is an unceasing search for pleasure. 
Track: takes the form of a mental stroll that takes you far, far away.


« Room of Men Eaters »
Human expression of cannibalism
Def: absurd situation in which men and women eat each other in a room
Track: the contrast between the absurdity of the situation and the apparent normality of speech told by the vocoded voice of Shkema is just astonishing. 


« Sarka Syrkaza »
From the future
Def: meaning “super sarcasm”
Exemple: one day you wake up in the morning and you feel that something within you has changed. All seems to be nonsense and you start to look at everything through the grey glasses of sarcasm. One might look enjoying oneself, but in reality this is an extremely draining state of mind.
Track: musical expression of that state of mind


« Je n’aime pas les fêtes » 
World expression
Def: parties are boring
Track: Shkema remix of his friend Afrodelic is a wacky version that contrasts French lyrics talking about how disastrous parties feel with a beat that just makes you want to dance.

Vinyl available here !

Shkema - Room of Men Eaters [HRDF023]

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer @juliengathy

Release date: May 2nd
Artwork: Léo Marsal

‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel.

Umbra - Tints of UFOria [HRDF024]

Download for free all our edits in the best audio quality on our Bandcamp page : 

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THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE ✊🏽

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ŘePhrase Čollection - An International Free Edit Series

Follow the artist : @youngerthanme
HQ download on our bandcamp page 

HF: Why did you choose to edit this track?  
YTM: Because if you think,  it's very difficult to imagine an edit of Madonna not cheesy 

HF: What is your relationship with the art of edit ? 
YTM: I love it and you know :) Insomnia from Faithless , Baby D-Let me Be Your Fantasy , Snap! - Believe The Hype , Hypnosis - Pulstar ecc 

HF: What are your expectations for the future?  
YTM : Back to my life again .. as soon as possible!

HF: What are you working on ? 
YTM: a new album coming up!

HF: What do you dream to do as an artist ?  
YTM: Can I say again "back to normal"

Free Download

Madonna - Vogue (Younger Than Me Edit) #51 - Free download

Follow the artists @que-sakamoto & @noriyuki-takagi
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you ? 
QS & NT: We Are Que Sakamoto And NT(Noriyuki Takagi) from Japan.


HRDF: How did you discover this track ? 
QS: Original artist is Hoodoo Fushimi From Japan. I'm a big fan of Mr.Fushimi.

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it ? 
QS: I was thinking about reworking one of his masterpiece for a while. So, I contacted him and asked if he were ok. I was surprised and honored that he said yes. It's a really special edit for us, master japanese funk vibe!  

HRDF: What are your next plans? 
QS: Working On Music For Hard Fist and SC&P, and more music release for 2022. I'm really exciting about focusing more on music. And I start touring in USA and South America soon.

Hoodoo Fushimi - 教室の怪人 Kyoushitsu No Kaitin (Que Sakamoto+NT Edit)#54 - Free download

HQ download on our bandcamp page
Follow the artist @tech-supportuk

1. Who are you ?
I am Ned aka. Tech Support, based in London, UK.

2. How did you discover this track ?
I was going through a discogs rabbit hole when I found it, it was very easy to find but quite underrated.

3. Why do you choose to edit it ?
There are some parts I really like about the song, but overall I found the structure to be quite messy, and at points a little jarring, so I cut out the parts I didn't like and beefed up the good bits!

4. What are your next plans?
My next release is my track 'Idyll Illusion' on Semi Delicious alongside Demi Requisimo, Baby Rollen, Harry Oscillate & Gallegos, out 26.11.21!

Angels Program - Morning In Tokyo (Tech Support Edit) #55 - Free download

HQ download on our bandcamp page
Follow the artist @omri-smadar

> Who are you ? 
Omri Smadar, a producer / dj / musician. I Live in Tel Aviv

> How did you discover this track ? 
The original track is from a classic record by Matti Casspi, one of Israel's most prolific and known artists. He was influenced by Brazilian music, and in 1978 he recorded an album of hebrew covers of brazilian music, called Eretz Tropit Yaffa ("Pais Tropical" in Portuguese) 
I chose to re edit one of the lesser known gems from this album.

> Why do you choose to edit it ? 
I was drone to the latin percussive groove & the vocals and simple lyrics. I felt this is such a feel-good track that can work really well on the floor.

> What are your upcoming plans?
Looking forward to the release of Adama - EP on Hard Fist in March 22!

Mati Casspi - Elohim (Omri Smadar Remix) [Hard Fist Rephrase Collection 57]

By @thomassjackson & @theusmago
Release date: February 3rd
Pre-order: https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/album/thomass-jackson-theus-mago-el-venao

Artwork: Léo Marsal

PREMIERE: Thomass Jackson & Theus Mago - Don Palenque [HARD FIST]

HQ download on our bandcamp page
 
HRDF: Who are you ?
K: My name is Khemir, Dj/Producer from Tunisia . 

HRDF: How did you discover this track ?
K: In fact, my dear father showed it to me, he has it on cassette. He has always been a big fan of the 80s Arabic music especially with Funk and Raï music.

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it?

K: I liked the track, and I decided to make a dancefloor version out of it! It makes my heart melt when I see people from different cultures dancing to forgotten north African gems.

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans?
K: Do it or die trying!

Cheb Kada - Rani Mellite (Khemir “Italo Raï” Edit) #60 - Free download

By @elfenberg
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you? 
E & S: Viktor & Henrik from Elfenberg, Dj & producer duo from Stockholm, Sweden.

HRDF: How did you discover this track?
E & S: It's was our good friend Viktor #2 (Stankfejs), king of disco and other funky obscure stuff who found this track.

HRDF: Why did you choose to edit it?
E & S: He (Stankfejs) actually found 3 different versions of the track that all had their charm, so we decided to take the sweetest parts from each one and make it into one super edit.

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans?
E & S: We have upcoming releases on Bordello A Parigi, Playground Records & Feines Tier in the near future. Also, gigs are finally starting to pick up again. Last but not least, we'll have a bunch of juicy stuff for our own label Trampoliner as well.

Rhetta Hughes - Angel Man (Elfenberg & Stankfejs Rub N' Dub) #61 - Free download

By @joelewandowski
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you ?
L: Joe Lewandowski but you know me better under my other alias Robert Lewandowski

HRDF: How did you discover this track ?
L: I discovered it pretty young and for me it was a shock. I only understood sex and it was pretty shocking to hear something that outrageous on TV. 

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it ?
L: I usually work on more underground tracks but I wanted to work on a massive hit for  this one and turn it into a space weird erotica track.

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans ?
L: Working on my new live for this summer and trying to win the Ballon D'or next year.

George Michael - I Want Your Sex (Lewandowski Edit) #64 - Free download

18th release signed by @fargodevianti & @nvongold
Remix by @jennifercardini & @damon-jee
Artwork: Léo Marsal
Vinyl + digital pre-order → hardfist.bandcamp.com/

The Mexican duo is all about low-tempo, dark disco and anxious lyrics, mixing guitars, synthesizers, and voodoo rhythms. Together they create a psychedelic journey into haunted vocals, hypnotic percussion landscapes, oriental dreams, with an avant-garde rock flavor.

Jennifer Cardini and Damon Jee brought a powerful remix influenced by Detroit's electro and breakbeat roots. Once mixed with the trippy sounds of the original version, it opens a fresh new door into the field of “dancefloor killer” music

PREMIERE: Fargo Devianti & Vongold - Taste Of Butter (Jennifer Cardini & Damon Jee Remix)

By @leonoroficial
HQ download on our bandcamp page

Chimo Bayo - Asi Me Gusta A Mi (Leonor Edit) #67 - Free download

By @tushen_rai
HQ download on our bandcamp page

Who are you ? 
I'm Tushen Raï, co-curator of Hard Fist records and happy to finally contribute with my own edit to RePhrase Collection 

How did you discover this track ?
I dig it at Unite Central, a fantastic record shop in the center of Lyon, runned by Mush and Guillaume Des Bois. I think this one come from the personal collection of Guillaume. 

Why do you choose to edit it ?
I'm a big fan of D.A.F, the band of Robert Görl and Gabi Delgado-Lopez (RIP genius) but I only recently started digging the solo records of Robert, the drummer. There are a lot of fantastic tracks, some EBM of course, but also some more hardcore techno which are really great and surprising. This track, Repeat The Beat was released in 1991 (def proto early european electronic music) and talks about AIDS, the role of the dance floor in the LBTIQ+ community at this period, etc ... At the same time, you find the violence of the situation and some hope & determination in the community. I really love this track!  

What are your upcoming plans ?
I've got my new EP coming out on Cracki Records really soon, some music on the way with Cornelius Doctor and many projects for Hard Fist! Keeping busy, trying to stay singular.

Free download

Robert Görl - Repeat The Beat (Tushen Raï Edit) #68 - Free download

By @gaelgaelmusic
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you ?
GG: Gael Juárez aka Gael Gael, DJ and producer from the city of Puebla, Mexico.

HRDF: How did you discover this track ?
GG: I have always been passionate about music and, one day while exploring Discogs, I came across this song that seemed quite avant garde for it to be from 83.

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it ?
GG: Because I like the mix of genres combined within the track which are some musical references that I like like hip hop/electronic music. The melodies mainly seemed fascinating to me so I decided to take the most interesting parts and imagine editing it in my style to give it more dynamics for the dance floor.

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans ?
GG: Working on original music for upcoming releases and keep making edits... I love edits! Stay tuned.

Twilight 22 - Electric Kingdom (Gael Gael edit) #69 - Free download

By @dacou
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you?
D: I am Dacou, a DJ/producer based out of Toronto. 

HRDF: How did you discover this track?
D: I saw a local ad in Toronto for somebody wanting to get rid of some old Arabic cassette tapes, so naturally I was curious. Turns out it was an elderly gentleman who had them, and they had belonged to a lady from Egypt who he was in love with over thirty years ago. Unfortunately things didn’t work out between them and she went back home, leaving their love unfulfilled. He never saw her again and these tapes were all that were left of her, but in his old age he felt it was right to pass them on. This tape was amongst them. 

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it?
D: After discovering this song and coming to know it was in fact a love song, a declaration of love - I thought it was a fitting ode to the gentleman who had given me the tapes, while serving as modern dance-floor friendly refresher of a great Algerian Raï track. 

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans? 
D: To keep digging for gems and dropping betters!

Djalti - Ghir N'Ti (Dacou Edit) #70 - Free download

Balam - Atacama

Anastasia Zems - 1-2-3-4

Martin Noise - E - Levadura

https://soundcloud.com/neskeh_41
https://soundcloud.com/hardfist
🛒 https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-terroir-2-2
🔊 https://youtu.be/36Y1nDiWg5A

Cosmic Terroir, a leavened beer with the label sounds, a little soaring, a little acid, like the music.
First, three cereals - rye, spelt and barley - for a yeast that rises, stretches and relaxes over a slow, psychedelic tempo. Then hops for a peppery note, a rhythmic, intoxicating spiciness. Finally, wild herbs, the secret aromatic touch of the magic potion.
On the QR code side, an album with the same adventurous, unbridled tones - to be listened to without moderation.

Based in Nancy, Brasserie de Clémery draws its inspiration from both German brewing traditions and the organoleptic revolution of the craft brewing movement. All their beers are brewed and produced on site, with an emphasis on human scale, quality and short supply chains. They see tradition as a fundamental foundation, and experimentation as a necessary pleasure. And it works: in April 2023, one of their beers was named best beer in the world

Tracklist:

1. Martin Noise - E-Levadura
2. Neskeh - Dubby Tambeerine
3. Anastasia Zems - 1-2-3-4
4. Balam - Atacama
5. Anatolian Weapons - Process
6. Feller - Play Sitar
7. John Parsley - L.A Depression
8. Switchdance - Robot's Dreams
9. A-Tweed - Post Atomique Dub

PREMIERE: Neskeh - Dubby Tambeerine [HARD FIST]

Taken from @hardfist V/A - Cosmic Terroir #2
Many thanks to @Tushen_Rai and @CorneliusDoctor.

https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-terroir-2-2

Cosmic Terroir, a leavened beer with the label sounds, a little soaring, a little acid, like the music.

First, three cereals - rye, spelt and barley - for a yeast that rises, stretches and relaxes over a slow, psychedelic tempo. Then hops for a peppery note, a rhythmic, intoxicating spiciness. Finally, wild herbs, the secret aromatic touch of the magic potion.

On the QR code side, an album with the same adventurous, unbridled tones - to be listened to without moderation.

Based in Nancy, Brasserie de Clémery draws its inspiration from both German brewing traditions and the organoleptic revolution of the craft brewing movement. 

All their beers are brewed and produced on site, with an emphasis on human scale, quality and short supply chains. 

They see tradition as a fundamental foundation, and experimentation as a necessary pleasure. And it works: in April 2023, one of their beers was named best beer in the world!

Buy All

Anatolian Weapons - Process (Hard Fist)

By @goldmangal
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you?
MRN: My name is Gal Goldman aka Mr Right Now, 21 years old producer from Tel Aviv / Paris, started my way as a selector dj in Tel Aviv a few years ago and I’m really inspired by Italo disco , French electronic music and alternative music from the 80s.

HRDF: How did you discover this track?
MRN: I discovered Rupa with a recommendation of my girlfriend maya in a vinyl store in paris, in the moment I listened to her album I decided that my fusion will work well with her tracks so I contacted her and got her permission to put it out as a official release.

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it?
MRN: I choose to edit this track because Rupa took out only 4 songs out in public and I loved the amazing touch of ethnic Hindi vibe with the disco in her tracks and she did it like no other.

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans?
MRN: My upcoming plans are moving back after a few months from Tel Aviv to Paris and to release an electronic original EP that mixes all of my various music taste in to one.

Rupa - Ayee Morshume Be - Reham (Mr Right Now Edit) #71 - Free download

By @oltrefuturo
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you?
O: a trancepelagic being, a master of ceremonies of the Trance-A-Lento cult

HRDF: How did you discover this track?
O: I was digging’ here in Venice in a very nice vinyl store (Spazio 432Hz) with a super and very large selection of 90’s and early ’00 trance, progressive and techno wax, searching’ for the 45rpm to play at 33rpm to achieve the Trance-A-Lento long lasting effect and this Italian gem comes by my hands, the artwork was epic and when I putted it on the plate I fell into a total state of trance %). Love at first sight

HRDF: Why do you choose to edit it?
O: Because I got it just on vinyl :D so I chose to make an edit playing
something more on and pitching down (a lot) the whole track making it completely different from the artist's initial idea (the original mix I choose to edit is pure trance at 130 or more bpm)

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans?
O: Got 2 releases which I’m very proud of, the first one will be in January on UK’s Trule Rec (Al Wootton's own imprint) and the second one will be in March/April : a 12” on Multi Culti

Encanto Feat. Martha Monreal – Arcano (Oltrefuturo Trance-A-Lento edit) #72 - Free download

By @pedro-b-2
HQ download on our bandcamp page

HRDF: Who are you?
P: Music lover. Dj. Producer. Brazilian. Living in France. Always looking for the sun =)

HRDF: How did you discover this track?
P: I heard it in another song also as a sample. It really got me somehow trapped into it, and it makes me want to do my own version. 

HRDF: Why did you choose to edit it?
P: The song chose me. Kidding...hehe. Well, it has been a while that I wanted to do something special to HardFist, it finally matched perfectly with the vibes I wanted to put in this edit. 

HRDF: What are your upcoming plans?
P: Well. Right now I'm touring between Colombia and Ivory Coast, so kind of living the dream of sharing music with people.  Until the end of the year, I still (fortunately) have some gigs.
I'm releasing a 8 tracks EP with two remixes of two of my fav artists at the end of January  for Cracki Records. 
In February/Mars will be doing some release parties in France. I'm really looking forward to it.

Uttam Singh - Le Gayi (Pedro Bertho Edit) #73 - Free download

Preorder now on Juno:  https://www.juno.co.uk/products/shkema-afrodelic-room-of-men-eaters-vinyl/992296-01/


The super French crew Hard Fist have got a brilliantly twisted new Balearic record on their hands here thanks to the work of Shkema in both original and remix mode. He goes first with the deep, dubby and post-punk moodiness of 'Tas Malonumas' then 'Room Of Men Eaters' is a chugging deep disco cut with a fine vocoder vocal that brings some trippiness. 'Sarka Syrkaza' on the flip is another dark one with twisted metal guitar lines and rooted drum drums, then he remixes Afrodelic's 'Je N'Aime Pas Les Fetes' into a loose-limbed and percussive dub disco delight with filtered and freaky vocals.

More from the label: https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Hard+Fist+France/

PREORDER

PREMIERE! Shkema – Room Of Men Eaters [Hard Fist]

Gang of Four meets Manfredas uptown… with Hard Fist in tow.

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premiere-shkema-sarka-syrkaza-hard-fist/

@shkema @hardfist

PREMIERE:  Shkema - Sarka Syrkaza [Hard Fist]

https://soundcloud.com/shkema
https://soundcloud.com/hardfist
🛒 https://es.juno.co.uk/products/shkema-afrodelic-room-of-men-eaters-vinyl/992296-01
🔊 https://youtu.be/TpFYct1soyM

Vilnius based producer Shkema makes weird music for weird people. He spent ages with the analog synthesizers, looking for that right tone color. Then he added guitar sounds and various percussion. His strange and off voice component came last. He stays up late into the night, finding peace in his mind, imagining stories and creating music around it. 


That’s how Room of Men Eaters was born: a collection of absurd short stories and invented words coming straight out of his mind, whose aim is to draw you into the twists and turns of the night.


« Tas Malonumas »
Lithuanian word 
Def: meaning That Pleasure
Exemple: conversation between a young,  inexperienced person and an elderly person who’s near death's door. The old one is telling the young one how life is an unceasing search for pleasure. 
Track: takes the form of a mental stroll that takes you far, far away.


« Room of Men Eaters »
Human expression of cannibalism
Def: absurd situation in which men and women eat each other in a room
Track: the contrast between the absurdity of the situation and the apparent normality of speech told by the vocoded voice of Shkema is just astonishing. 


« Sarka Syrkaza »
From the future
Def: meaning “super sarcasm”
Exemple: one day you wake up in the morning and you feel that something within you has changed. All seems to be nonsense and you start to look at everything through the grey glasses of sarcasm. One might look enjoying oneself, but in reality this is an extremely draining state of mind.
Track: musical expression of that state of mind


« Je n’aime pas les fêtes » 
World expression
Def: parties are boring
Track: Shkema remix of his friend Afrodelic is a wacky version that contrasts French lyrics talking about how disastrous parties feel with a beat that just makes you want to dance.

Tracklist: 

1 - Shkema - Tas Malonumas
2 - Shkema - Room Of Men Eaters
3 - Shkema - Sarka Syrkaza
4 - Afrodelic - Je n'aime pas les fêtes (Shkema remix)

PREMIERE: Shkema - Tas Malonumas [Hard Fist]

@shkema
🛒 https://shkema.bandcamp.com/album/room-of-men-eaters-snippets

Vilnius based producer Shkema makes weird music for weird people. He spent ages with the analog synthesizers, looking for that right tone color. Then he added guitar sounds and various percussion. His strange and off voice component came last. He stays up late into the night, finding peace in his mind, imagining stories and creating music around it.

That’s how Room of Men Eaters was born: a collection of absurd short stories and invented words coming straight out of his mind, whose aim is to draw you into the twists and turns of the night.

« Je n’aime pas les fêtes » 
World expression
Def: parties are boring
Track: Shkema remix of his friend Afrodelic is a wacky version that contrasts French lyrics talking about how disastrous parties feel with a beat that just makes you want to dance.

PREMIERE! Afrodelic - Je n'aime pas les fêtes (Shkema remix)

* Subscribe for more premieres: bit.ly/2igyosu
* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/umbra-late-night-fairytales-barbara-boeing-remix-hard-fist
* Listen on Youtube: https://youtu.be/qjp3dJxw0_U
* Pre-order: soon

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer Umbra.

As well as being the co-founder of Magma Collective, Julien Gathy alias Umbra is known for distinctive soundscapes that interweave melancholic undertones. He brings palpable tension and heavy dance beats, achieved through a DIY vision of sampling and messing with drum machines. 

‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel.

PREMIERE: Umbra - Late Night Fairytales (Bárbara Boeing Remix)

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer @juliengathy

Release date: May 2nd
Artwork: Léo Marsal


‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel.

Walk! Walk! Walk! [snippet]

Late Night Fairytales [snippet]

Late Night Fairytales (Barbara Boeing remix) [snippet]

Dummy [snippet]

Cruise to the Moon in Hot Air Balloon [snippet]

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by brussels-based dj and producer @juliengathy for @hardfist

HRDF024 / Umbra - Tints of UFOria

Release date: May 2nd
Artwork: Léo Marsal

Umbra - Cruise to the Moon in Hot Air Balloon FR9W12419061
Umbra - Dummy FR9W12419062
Umbra - Late Night Fairytales FR9W12419063
Umbra - Walk! Walk! Walk! FR9W12419064
Umbra - Late Night Fairytales (Barbara Boeing remix) FR9W12419065

Get it!

PREMIERE :  Umbra • Dummy [HARD FIST]

Artist: Umbra
Track: Late Night Fairytales (Original Mix)
Label: HARD FIST
Release date: 02/05/2024
Buy: umbrabxl.bandcamp.com/album/tints-of-uforia

PREMIERE: Umbra - Late Night Fairytales (Original Mix) [HARD FIST]

Tints of UFOria" is a celestial electronic journey produced by Brussels-based dj and producer Umbra.

As well as being the co-founder of Magma Collective, Julien Gathy alias Umbra is known for distinctive soundscapes that interweave melancholic undertones. He brings palpable tension and heavy dance beats, achieved through a DIY vision of sampling and messing with drum machines. 


‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel.

Artwork: Léo Marsal

Youtube

Umbra - Walk! Walk! Walk!  [HARD FIST]

‘Tints of UFOria’ is a sonic exploration in all its forms, from profound, shadowy depths to heart-pounding excitement. Blending different styles and genres seamlessly, playing with opposite and nuance, the 5 track EP goes from one surprise to another, from one galactic leap to the next. Get on board for deep space travel.

https://soundcloud.com/juliengathy
https://soundcloud.com/hardfist

Premiere : Umbra - Cruise To The Moon In A Hot Air Balloon [Hard Fist]

Episode #27
Nobody Is Perfect on Mutant Radio every two month. 
Special guest : Martin Noise & Cisco, heads of Playground records.
https://playgroundrecordsmusic.bandcamp.com/

Nobody Is Perfect #27 - Cornelius Doctor invites Martin Noise & Cisco (Playground records)

Nobody Is Perfect #28
Special Guest : Barbara Boeing
On Mutant Radio.
https://www.mutantradio.net/
https://www.instagram.com/barbara_boeing/?hl=fr

Nobody Is Perfect #28 - Tushen Raï Invites Barbara Boeing

Nobody Is Perfect w/ Tushen Raï invites Elfenberg [26.10.2024]

Closing of a 10 years residency at Terminal Club in our home town Lyon.

TASCAM DR-40X

Hard Fist all night long - 7h mix (Tushen Raï, Warum & Neskeh)

NOBODY IS PERFECT #30 - TUSHEN RAIÌ & CORNELIUS DOCTOR [20.01.2025]

TRACKSLIST 

Tushen Raï:

Kincaid - Staring Out Of Windows 
Wyn MT - The Great Weather 
soFa, Houschyar & Okay Temiz - Taksi 
ISOR29 - Banshiki 
Ophélie - Sulky Slug 
Notte Infinita - Manila Killer Float 
Gilb’R - Я Не Хочу Знать (feat. Cosmic Neman)
Finitribe - Ace Love Deuce (Justin Robertson Remix)
Tywi - Earth System 
Bouh - Backward 


Alexis Le-Tan:
 
Céline Gillain - Youth and Beauty
Noémi Büchi - Matière 02
Omertà - A L’Intérieur
Kiki Kudo feat. Haruka - Hzaruigara
Pauline Anna Strom - The Pulsation
RAMZi - Chantilli
Stella Z - Good Night Fire Lily
Suzanne Ciani - Rainbow Sequence
Bergonist - Amazon Snake Charming
Salamanda - Bird Cage
Sea Urchin - Yohforo Felmayya
Laurie Spiegel - Drums
Clara Mondshine - Queen Of Saba
Mayurashka - Upperhorse
Kate NV - Du Na


Nobody Is Perfect: Tushen Raï invites Alexis Le-Tan [17.02.25]

We are launching a new serie of edits: the RePhrase Collection - free download

For the first one, we are very proud to introduce this track by Romain FX - the first one of many to come <3

For the occasion, we asked Romain FX 5 (hard) questions:

HF: How did you find this track, any particular reason why you chose this one to edit?
Romain: I found this track in a jazz specialised record shop in Hong Kong with a bunch of other middle eastern influenced records, it couldn’t have been more random to be honest but that’s the beauty of digging for records.
I’ve tried playing it out but i felt it was just missing a little push to make it a bit nastier, to make people go nuts on the dancefloor, so a couple of weird samples, an acid bassline & some touch up later... it became mayhem material (I think).

HF: What would you do if you weren’t making music?
Romain: In my coffin sleeping for eternity.

HF: Any favourite place in town?
Romain: Toilets are my favourite place they are the only place where you can truly be yourself and alone. I came up with my beat ideas taking a dump... everybody knows that but nobody wants to admit it.

HF: What is your favourite saying?
Romain: “Common sense is not that common”

HF: Do you fear karma?
Romain: I live by it, so I don’t fear it.
“You reap what you sow” is another good expression

Sons Of Abudhabi - Sheik Ahmed AlJafar(RFX Dark Edit) #1 - Free download

Co-founder of the Palestinian "Arabs Do It Better" collective, artistic director of the late Anna Loulou Bar in Jaffa, Marwan Hawash is a prolific Dj and a militant for freedom and love on the dancefloor. Regular of slow psychedelic grooves, for his very first edit, he takes the opposite side and proposes a very clubby version of this rare disco rock classic by the french duo Orient Express. 
Hard Fist is proud to release the first track of this talented artist and very good friend of the collective.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Orient Express - Abdullah Dollar (Marwan "Arabs Do It Better" Hawash edit)#7 - Free download

Finzy Kontini - Cha Cha Cha (Roe Deers Loud Mix)#8 - Free download

"And here we are
Half past three in the morning
I can't get no sleep"

Faithless - Insomnia (Younger Than Me never sleep Edit)#12 - Free download

Check out the original track here: https://oyukiconjugate.bandcamp.com/

O Yuki Conjugate - Roseland (Iro Aka shaman Edit) #13 - Free download

Yvana – Allez Viens (Hysteric heady Edit)#15 - Free download

Criminal Element Orchestra - Do You Like It (Curses evil Edit)#16 - Free download

Tagliabue: "Original track is an electronic piece of music from 1995’s album, full of exotic influences. I found it when I was digging some new sounds from the past years and I really loved it. Later, I decided to re-work on it and I thought about an alternative version. I use to spin slow music (at wrong speed, from 45 to 33 rpm) and the result is a new “slow-tempo” track inspired by Afro-Cosmic and Progressive scenario of the 90’s in Italy."

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soundcloud.com/josephtagliabue

G.E.N.E. - Childrens - Green (Tagliabue 'Tribal Italia' Rework)#18 - Free download

Gilad Kahana - Africa Sheli (N.O.Y & Oded Gafni "Trippy" Remix)
Cornelius Doctor - Mama Gets High
Niv Ast & Rina - Staccato Sentimento
Kincaid - Sequoia Paranoia
Radial Gaze - Hiko Hiko
Omar Joesoef - Track's name not found 
Balam - Danza Hua Hua
Mytron & Ofofo - Comp Driver
Fabio Fabio - La Chimera
Fringe Society - I Have A Heart For Stray Dogs

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Premiere: Gilad Kahana - Africa Sheli (N.O.Y & Oded Gafni "Trippy" Remix)

HQ wav download exclusively available on Hard Fist Bandcamp page ! 
Follow the artist : @facets-music

Head of Samo records, one of the fav friend records of Hard Fist and promoter of the infamous "Samo Nights" where all the finest underground artists play in New York, Facets comes to New York from London and Belgrade, with a passion for all things leftfield, electro, techno, acid, new beat, italo, balearic, and beyond.

For his first appearence in the Hard Fist family, he offers a bombastic edit of the wonderful "Lake Of Sens" EP release by German duo Tribantura in 1988. It was the only original records from those 2 talented guys which deserved to be re-edited into a proper techno/EBM way, it's now perfectly done! Enjoy

Tribantura - Lack Of Sense (Facets "Guilty and Low" edit) #31 - Free download

FOR HQ DOWNLOAD = GO TO HARD FIST BANDCAMP <3

Simone - رقه = Rekka (Cheb Runner Acid Edit) #27 - Free download

HQ download available on our Bandcamp page ✊🏽

Follow the artist: Fabrizio Mammarella ⚡️
SC : @mammarella
FB : @fabmammarella
IG : @fabriziomammarella

HF: How did you discover this track?
FM: I was doing research over the lockdown, I was looking for proto techno releases from '88 to '91 and I've found this track on discogs.
It's a german production from '88 released on the amazing ZYX records. 

HF: Can you tell us more about the rework?
FM: The original track contains the famous speech by Martin Luther King "I have a dream" but I've decided to cut it and give more space to the instrumental parts and extend the acid elements. I think it's more effective on the dancefloor now.

Free download!

Out of the Ordinary - The Dream (Fabrizio Mammarella "Hectic"  Edit)#33 - Free download

Follow @musicofperdu
HQ free download: https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/album/rephrase-collection-hard-fist-edit-series-free-download

HF: "do you have any story behind this edit?"
Perdu: "I found this little beauty through a friend of mine who played it in his Kiosk Radio show. I instantly fell in love but it had some elements that got me out of flow. it missed some drive in the low end and some pace. After some rearrangement and playing around with a new found arpeggiator, it felt ready for the dancefloor. Hopefully the dancefloors open again soon..."

Heera - Beat The Rhythm (Perdu Edit) #39 - Free download

by @radialgaze

HQ download on our bandcamp page

Sezen Aksu - Sinanay (Radial Gaze Edit) #41 - Free download

The story behind the edit:
@aaronmaple first discovered Amira Saqati through a mixtape he was listening to via Soundcloud last fall. He remembers quickly browsing Amira Saqati's discography after the discovery and enjoying many songs from it. Hel Aeynik's vocals and melody got him right away. 
Aaron Maple version is a dancefloor oriented version with more groove to play at peak time. He recorded new drums and a new bassline. And he reorganized the structure and played with samples but kept vocals in the core element of the song.

Amira Saqati - Hel Aeynik (Aaron Maple Edit) #42 - Free download

Creative offspring of the musical fantasies of @Tushen_Rai and @CorneliusDoctor, Hard Fist brings together a passionate, supportive and activist party scene. Celebrating a globalized - but far from rootless - dancefloor where Turkish psychedelia, Lithuanian cold wave, Central African percussion and Indonesian polyphonic chants blend, Hard Fist crosses time and borders with a singular attachment to the folk music of trance, the kind that marks spiritual gatherings and festive rituals. Shaping the technological meeting of man and machine, the Hard Fist sound brings the experience as much on the dancefloor as in the calm of a Bedouin tent, always off the beaten track, with a free heart and clenched fists.

The label has been releasing collective records with artists such as Bawrut, Balam, A-Tweed, Omri Smadar, Matias Aguayo, Fantastic Twins, Philou Louzolo, Deena Abdelwahed, Curses, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Martin Noise, J.A.K.A.M., Omar Joesoef, MR TC, Pletnev, Anastasia Zems, John Parsey, Errortica, The Juan MacLean, Khidja, Roe Deers, Cosmo Vitelli, Ground, Sascha Funke, Fargo Devianti & Vongold, Daniel Monaco, Fringe Society, Elfenberg, Timothy Clerkin, A-Tweed, Ko Shin Moon, Lokier, Pletnev, nICo, Strapontin, Simple Symmetry, Que Sakamoto, Kubebe, Jonathan Kusum, Kaan Duzarat, Los Ninos Del Parque, Feller, Mekine U Teksi, Bab, Linja, Lion's Drum, Mishell, Ayma, Kincaid, Balam, Juan To Tree, Mytron & Ofofo, Niv Ast, Damon Jee, Thomass Jackson, Rina, Fabio Me Llaman Soltero, Hipless, N.O.Y, Oded Gafni, Radial Gaze, Fabio Fabio, Omar Joesoef, Da Iguana, Neskeh, Warum and all artists that collaborated to our edit series Re-Phrase Collection...

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