Hardfloor - "Still Lost In The Silver Box"
HFLP06 (2024)

A1.Acid Sounds Better With You  (8:01)  
A2.Computer Controlled Syndicate  (6:43) 
B1.Machines On A Mission (6:57)
B2.Snu Snu 3001  (6:36) 
C1.Still Lost In The Silver Box (8:52)
C2.Squarewave Symphony (6:44) 
D1.Circuit Bender Never Ender (6:49) 
D2.Blukuruku (7:13) 

created and realized by Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker

Digital Downlaod:
https://hardfloor.bandcamp.com/album/still-lost-in-the-silver-box-album

CD:
https://hrdflr.de/hrdflrshop/

VINYL:
shop.hardfloor.de/en/vinyl

Still Lost In The Silver Box (HFLP06) - first preview snippets

Donato Basile AKA DJ Plant Texture always wants his music to tell a story, and with his debut EP on Tresor Records, entitled Life, he’s now trying to tell the biggest story there is.

According to the artist, “Life is about the fear of growing up”; both the anxiety itself and acknowledging and moving past it.

This narrative seems to have struck a chord with those who have heard the track, “People want to reflect themselves in the music; something personal. Lots of people have been in touch after hearing it; I guess they feel something melancholic in it. Personally, I imagine the track is like the life of a person; going from being born through childhood and youth and onwards, so perhaps they hear this?”

Having used an MPC since the early 2000s, Basile feels an intuitive connection to the hardware he uses, and so the creative process is very spontaneous: “I know where everything is so the music is made immediately.  I make everything in the first ten minutes; after that if it’s not right then I just abandon it and start something else.”

This immediacy, and familiarity with his equipment is apparent on the A-side, where Basile’s previous life as a drummer comes to the fore and tracks like Cycles and Ripetivo display his native understanding of groove but also how to stir things up - the three A-side tracks find classic techno rhythms seemingly falling apart only to snap back into place even stronger.

The B-side finds Donato exploring more of his melodic side with WTT and the aforementioned title track showing Plant Texture’s love of breakbeat and classic techno.

The three digital bonus tracks continue this exploration of melody and syncopated beats - The EXP Days echos the wistful feeling of Life, as Basile meditates on the times spent at EXP, his record shop in Bari, which functioned as a meeting place for electronic producers in the area. 

Together the eight tracks show a breadth of knowledge and ability of an artist that has grown older and more experienced over time, and is ready to share his evolution.

Life

BANDCAMP

DJ Plant Texture - Miramare

Juan Atkins - Techno City '95

new electro single 'Decadence' - happy to get this out after a lot of endless tweaking and going back & forth.

produced, mixed, and mastered by Louie Turner

Decadence

https://seekmusic.bandcamp.com/album/see-k-002

@krisberaguilar

Premiere : see.k - True (SSK002)

Sandwell District, "Falling the Same Way"

https://www.discogs.com/Prince-Of-Denmark-8/release/9401170

Prince of Denmark - GS

nthng - Turn To Gaia - Delsin Records (125dsr) 

a1.	nthng - Oralage
a2.	nthng - A Souls Search
b1.	nthng - Turn To Gaia

Amsterdam based artist nthng continues to have a busy year. Following up an album on Lobster Theremin and EP on Transatlantic, he now lands on Delsin with three tracks that touch on driving dub-techno and dreamy ambient. 

'Oralage' opens with upbeat drum programming and gliding hits that make for a smooth flowing groove. Distant pads add some spacey atmospheres and the production is effortlessly warm and driving. 'A Souls Search' takes time out to drift in the cosmos, with waves of muted euphoria washing over you as you sink into clouds of ambient bliss. Lastly, 'Turn To Gaia' is a dubbed out techno roller, with long legged drums looping down low, reverberating chords adding weight and distant bell sounds charting the whole thing in a harmonic glow. It rounds out a super smooth and seductive EP.

Buy @ Delsin Shop

nthng - Turn To Gaia (125DSR)

►ORDER:

vinyl:
https://hrdflr.de/produkt/the-business-of-basslines-remixes-12-vinyl-schwarz/

digital:
https://hardfloor.bandcamp.com/album/hf026-tbob-remixes

HF026 - The Business Of Basslines - Remixes(snippets)

Hardfloor