Roam alumni Freudenthal teams up with Jake the Rapper to deliver a nostalgic homage to 1982. In sound, mood, and feeling the original takes it to the 80s with fun and kitsch underpinned by stylish drums, synthesizers, and electronics. The single is backed by two expert remixes by Darlyn Vlys and Lauer. Darlyn Vlys offers a stripped back punchy version while keeping true to the mood of the original. Lauer strips it back even further with vocoders and an 808 and while it deviates from the original it too could just as easily come out of the 80s. Rounding it out is an instrumental version of the original because sometimes you just want the instrumental.

PREMIERE : Freudenthal & Jake The Rapper - 1982 (Lauer Remix)

LENG SHOP - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/billion-days-incl-40-thieves-mind-fair-remixes

Artwork by Barbora Idesova - https://www.instagram.com/barboraidesova

Setting out to create a future Balearic anthem while doffing a cap to street soul and synth-heavy Italo-disco B-sides of the early 1980s, Orbs of Light’s debut single, ‘Billion Days’ lands on Leng after a tip-off from Mind Fair duo Dean Meredith and Ben Shenton, who booked the duo to play live at their Rotation festival last summer.

Orbs of Light’s Baz Bradley and A Girl Called Kate have been friends for decades and have collaborated musically in the past, though it was only a couple of years ago that they dreamed up this project. It was first trialled via a 2021 remix for Andres y Xavi on Hollis Recordings (‘Perfect Timing’) on which Kate added new vocals to Bradley’s interpretation of the track. Since then, regular recording sessions have taken place, with the duo first crafting tight instrumental tracks before – in Bradley’s words – “dream up the best songs we can” with “melodies that will hopefully stay in your head all day”.

It would be fair to say that they’ve achieved that goal on ‘Billion Days’, a hooky and addictive affair whose vocal hooks and strong chorus could well inspire Balearic sing-alongs in the months ahead. Their original mix (B1 on the vinyl version of the EP, track 2 on the digital EP) is joyous, cheery and kaleidoscopic, with steel pan style melodies, bouncy synth stabs, jaunty lead lines and Kate’s wonderful lead vocal riding a shuffling, post street soul beat and a bubbly bassline.

The accompanying remix package is naturally very strong too. San Francisco crew 40 Thieves, fresh from dropping a killer single of their own on Leng (‘The Gift’, with disco legends Gary Davis and Cinnamon Jones), step up first with a take that stretches out and builds on Orbs of Light’s original mix – think wobbly nu-disco synth bass, fresh flute sounds, dubbed-out vocal snippets and a locked-in groove that’s just perfect for sun-soaked alfresco dancing.

Fittingly, the second and final revision comes from Mind Fair, whose email to Leng HQ about Orbs of Light got the ball rolling. Opting for a rubbery, body-popping beat inspired by vintage electro, they deliver a joyful, effects-laden Balearic dancefloor ‘Dub Mix’ that somehow makes a genuinely life-affirming record even more loved-up and saucer-eyed – despite the presence of only a fraction of Kate’s addictive lead vocal.

LENG SHOP

Orbs of Light - Billion Days (40 Thieves Version)

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🛒 https://girlschatroom.bandcamp.com/album/sleep-mask
🔊 https://youtu.be/qOggeOlyLko

For almost ten years, Producer and DJ James Weissinger (Zillas on Acid) has collaborated with Philadelphia-based video artist “Babystar'' (Carolina Leis-Usher) under the name GIRLS CHAT ROOM.

The new GIRLS CHAT ROOM album SLEEP MASK sees the duo log back into the chat with eight new songs exploring a range of important contemporary themes: the perennial perils of the gig economy (“Bubble Tea”), a lack of rest in an increasingly wired world (“Sleep Mask”), the laugh-track sitcom-ification of everyday life (“TV Turkey”), Gen Z and its piddling preoccupations (“Look at My Friends”), facial cleansing routines as spiritual salvation (“We Got Those Faces”), the post-industrial dance mantra imaginary (“Metal Chant”), vanilla-scented New Age skepticism gone awry (“Déjà Vu”), and wet blankets (“Wet Blanket”). Taken together, these songs tear the collective “sleep mask” from our faces, encouraging us to WAKE UP, look around, and then ok maybe go back to sleep amidst the burning parking lot fire of the early 21st century.

For those who have already taken the Girls Chat Room Revolutionary Pledge of Allegiance, SLEEP MASK is a powerful return to form and the logical next step in GCR’s aesthetic evolution. For those just starting to sip the Kool-Aid, the release might just be the beginning of a lifelong journey into the GCR lifestyle.

Tracklist: 

1. Bubble Tea
2. Sleep Mask
3. Look At My Friends
4. TV Turkey
5. We Got Those Faces
6. Déjà Vu
7. Metal Chant
8. Wet Blanket

PREMIERE: Girls Chat Room - Look At My Friends [Byrd Out]

https://soundcloud.com/tech-supportuk
https://soundcloud.com/feedthevoidrecs
🛒 https://feedthevoid.bandcamp.com/album/they-will-be-free-a-va-for-palestine-vol-2
🔊 https://youtu.be/3esXZMj0xqw

The second of three fundraiser compilations to raise money for aid in Gaza. Every penny raised will be sent to Medical Aid For Palestinians. For more info on the charity please see this link: www.map.org.uk

Tracks produced by: Tech Support, KasbaH, VVertigo, STACEY.O and Nandele. Additional mastering by Sam Berdah and Blanka
Artwork by Johana Bogicevic

Tracklist: 

Fibs' - Tech Support
'Le Lounge' - KasbaH
'Azal' - VVertigo
'Nosferatu' - STACY.O
'Tráfego' - Nandele

PREMIERE: Tech Support - Fibs [Feed The Void]

"Bittersweet pop music from the future haunted by ghosts from the past." Andrew Weatherall

C.A.R also known as Chloé Raunet formerly of Battant follows up the release of her album, ‘My Friend’, with single Glock’d. 

We've got the great honour of premiering the The Asphodells aka Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J. Fairplays remix of the track. GLOCK’D is C.A.R’s trademark washed out sarcasm and bleached cynicism. The track forages paths through Chloe’s dark mind. It was one of the first songs she wrote on her own, and was recorded down in the bunker with Timothy J Fairplay himself. The remix from Andrew and Tim voyages through ethereal atmospheric electronics and edges into glam-stomp territory.

Get it in your ears here: 

Elsewhere Les Disques De La Mort protégé and R$N favourite Manfredas reworks album track Angelina plus there's also a fresh new track ‘Silk’. A Rhodes rendition recorded live in Paris "on a cold winter’s day."

Check the rather fine video for the track here:

C.A.R – Glock’d EP 
B/w The Asphodells & Manfredas
Label: Kill The DJ | www.killthedj.com

A1. Glock’d
A2. Silk
B1. Glock’d (Asphodells Remix)Anchor
B2. Angelina (Manfredas vocal Remix)

Premiere: C.A.R - Glock'd (The Asphodells Remix)

My remix for Tosca out now on !K7 Records!


Tosca - Put It On [Headman/Robi Insinna Alternative Version]

CHILDS PLAY

AYE AYE is a project by Carlos Reinoso, one of the most prolific and credible characters of Chile’s musical underground.

He independently developed his work as musician, artist and music collector, releasing his creations via his own label Horrible Registros, and collaborating in several projects as a musician or plastic artist. Ever remembered in the Chilean music scene is his band Mostro that also toured together with Matias Aguayo through Europe and Mexico.

Reinoso is also responsible for one of the Radio Cómeme’s most iconic shows: “La noche de los discos vivientes” in which he rescues Chilean and South American musical heritage presenting his vast shellac collection to the world, alongside the music loving cat and star of the show: Panchito Cabrera.

In 2014 Carlos Reinoso decides to go solo as musician giving life to AYE AYE and tour across Chile, equipped with tapes, machines and plush animals he assembles (and disassembles) himself  - you can see one of them in “Paranormal Series” the online cryptozoology series he produced alongside Matias Aguayo, acting as Professor Bravo.
 
Now, Cómeme releases his new work called WILA WILA, “red blood”, in the Aymara language (which is spoken by the Aymara people of the Andes) AYE AYE continues to explore Latin American aesthetics, investigating Aymara dictionaries, adding Portuguese and Spanish intonations and producing mutations of the rhythmical lineage that flows through the veins of the veins of what you can hear in his radio show.

Aye Aye - Wila Wila - Cómeme

Pow! The first hit of Chinaski's (https://soundcloud.com/southofmouth) ‘Ab In Die Ewigkeit’ comes in and off I go, tripping on the so familiar sounding combination of bassline and melody. The first thing I want to do is look up this oldschool new beat (or was it italo?) song I know to be somewhere out there in my playlist, but I can’t recall which one. Bummer, it would’ve fit perfectly in a mix!
Out in mid April on Amsterdam label https://soundcloud.com/bordelloaparigi.

Release date - 16/04/18

Text by @KikiToao

Unschuld Der Sinne

PREMIERE - Chinaski - Ab In Die Ewigkeit (Bordello A Parigi)

Acid-tinged and psychedelic Middle Eastern vibes coming from the Elevator Edits crew with 'Ja's Dance'.  Yalla!

Artist: Mikey Sibson
Title: Ja's Dance
Label: Elevator Edits
Release Date: 09-2018

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Mikey Sibson:
https://soundcloud.com/mikeysibson

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Ja's Dance

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PREMIERE: Mikey Sibson - Ja's Dance (Elevator Edit)

Exclusive The Golden Filter 'Electric Light (Curses Remix)'

The Golden Filter's album 'Autonomy', which first bloomed in spring 2019, is reflourishing as various selected tracks got the remix treatment and are unified under the EP title 'Autonomy Variations'. One to blossom his remix-approach is Curses, who took on 'Electric Light' and implanted his gloomy rock-ish psychedlic vibe into the track's torso. Indeed Curses comes in with a lush and present bass line that still does not come to the fore, just as if 'Electric Light' was guided by the changing or recurring soundscapes that either blend in perfectly or consciously but abruptly segue from one sequence to another, while being chased by the Golden Filter's vocals. Altogether Curses delivers one forwardly thinking artsy musical piece that comes in with unexpected and surprising sound arrays that have not been put together in such an advanced way.

The Golden Filter's EP 'Autonomy Variations' will be released on 4GN3S on November 29th, 2019.

Buy the EP
Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/autonomy-variations/2754732 

Artist & label information 
The Golden Filter: www.facebook.com/thegoldenfilter // @thegoldenfilter // www.instagram.com/thegoldenfilter
Curses:  www.facebook.com/cursesforever // @cursesforever // www.instagram.com/cursesforever
4GN3S: @4gn3s

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The Golden Filter - Autonomy Variations

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EXCLUSIVE: The Golden Filter - Electric Light (Curses Remix) [4GN3S]

Robi Insinna is a Producer, DJ, Visual Artist and INDUSTRIA and RELISH owner.

Back in 2001 he founded the seminal Relish label in direct response to a then-dominant sound in club music. Its catalogue is as vast as it is varied and foreshadowing the music he'd go on to make himself under Headman/Manhead. Some highlights are IT ROUGH, Birth School Work Death, in the early years for the newer period tracks such as Be Loved, Dechainee. He also was busy remixing the likes of Roxy Music, The Gossip, Franz Ferdinand, The Units, Unknown Cases, Gina X and many more.
Relish has also been busy releasing international talents and remixes such as Daniel Avery, Red Axes, Borusiade, Manfredas.


Fast forward to 2018 he's on the move again launching new Project label, Industria with - not quite an album, not quite an EP - Hard Work. The debut was released under Robi's own name.
Industria will be focused more on vinyl releases, but not solely vinyl. The project will encompass all areas of Robi's work and ties together elements of his art and visual design projects and products.

Tosca - Put It On [Headman/Robi Insinna Alternative Version]

HEADMAN/RELISH/INDUSTRIA