The square was vast and wide, only a handful of people were strolling around in the cold, harsh morning air. The myriad of shops bordering the cobbles were beginning to open; awnings out and signs propped front, right and centre, advertising all manner of trinkets, treasures and memorabilia. Soon the place would be brimming with visitors from near and far, all looking for something unique to bring back home with them - for a piece of this place, a memory of a time well spent. 

After their first split-format EP with Anatolian Weapons and LINJA back in 2021, Russian imprint Serenades are returning for another, and this time its Dolphins and Odopt sharing the wax. Continuing the series' mission to connect artists from different places around the world, the release features two tracks from the project of Benedikt Frey, Markus Woernle & Nadia D'Alò as Dolphins and Grigory Nelyubin & Ivan Maslov as Odopt. Strains of downtempo, leftfield and psychedelia all interweave: there's music for losing yourself and forgetting your worries on the dance floor, and there's also sounds for introspection and deep listening.

PREMIERE: Odopt - Syntagma [Serenades]

Traumprinz - Hey Baby (A2)

Hell Yeah's lovingly curated Buena Onda series is back with a new edition that focuses on Adriatic Beats & Beyond. It has been assembled by label head Marco Gallerani and features four exclusive new tunes that reflect his summer residences at a cosy beach bar on Italy's Eastern and Adriatic coast.

Marco moved back to his hometown of Ferrara after the pandemic and began spending more time at the local seaside, the famous Lidi Ferraresi. It's there, at Lido di Spina, that a friend runs Kai Beach Bar, a small spot where, every Thursday throughout August for the last three years, he has soundtracked afternoons and sunsets under the Buena Onda banner, more than a decade after the party first started in Berlin.

"The beat has become less Balearic, more Adriatic," he explains of the sounds that can be heard up and down the coastline. "There’s no sunset culture yet, but they like a groove for aperitivo. This selection reflects the music I propose there, a kinda sunrise to sunset trip."

The 13-track selection includes four exclusives: the first is Blende's 'Amor,' which is forthcoming on the label. Johan Blende is a Swedish producer, songwriter and DJ who weaves together modern dance with retro sounds of the 70s and 80s and debuts on the label this summer with his Recess EP. 'Amor' is a bubbly groove with a New Age wash and lo-fi pads full of charm.

Hell Yeah regular and Italian magic man Walter Del Vecchio aka Quiroga also offers a new Baia Club Ambient Version of 'French Kiss' which has a lazy acid line worming its way through dubby kicks and tabla drums, and his dreamy electro soother 'Cala Ventosa' also features. Secret Soul Society, aka South Wales's Cal Gibson, also tests a new EP with his 'Orange Surprise' blending off-balance rhythmic shuffles with starry cosmic melodies. The final exclusive is from Balearic Gabba Sound System, who flip The Vendetta Suite aka the legendary Gary Irwin's 'Della Notte' into a quietly epic cinematic closer with icy analogue beats and a warped bassline for dubbed out late night escape. His 'Island Hill Microdot' also offers some warped cosmic ambient house introspection.

Elsewhere, Michele Mininni features twice - once with Gallo's Tropical Hinterhof Remix of the suspensory ambient lushness pop 'Carousel of Tears' and once with the original percussive pressure and hip-house fusion of 'Urban Voodoo' from his Pop Archetypes LP. Buena Onda veteran Feel Fly comes through with an Estatico Danzante Remix of Pedro Bertho's 'Tornei' feat Mariana Gehring and takes us to the stars on twinkling keys, dusty breakbeats and steamy vocals that glow as warm as a setting sun.

Add in further groovy gems such as Bonnie and Klein's synth and vibes laced 'Horizon Avenue,' dreamy, breaks-driven downtempo brilliance from pub wave innovator Dawn Again, hints of Ibiza cool from Willie Graff's remix of Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor and some upbeat synth-laced house from label stalwart Luminodisco and you have a faultless collection of grooves for grown up dance floors. 

Compiled by Marco Gallerani
Artwork by Matteo Gallerani

Thanks to Everyone at Kai Beach Bar - Lido di Spina (FE)

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The Vendetta Suite - Della_Notte (Balearic Gabba Sound System Remix)

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The final EP before the album. All made on an iPhone during a lunch break. Final track produced by Elias A!

Flat Bench Freestyle (Instrumental) (They're all instrumentals)

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Traumprinz - 2Bad (DJ Metatron 'What If Madness Is The Only Relief' Rework)

Sehr kosmisch (Very cosmic) : https://soundcloud.com/funky_jeff/sehr-kosmisch

Volume 2 of this mix is available here : http://www.mixcloud.com/Jeff_Chill/from-krautrock-to-kosmische-musik-vol-2/

Hi friends, really happy to present here a space music, krautrock, minimalist and sometimes electronic DJ set which is a tribute to the Krautrock era and the kosmiche musik as well as minimal music all German from 1970 to 1982. You will find there tracks from the likes of Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine dream, Manuel Göttsching, Can and much more ! Thanks to Connie Plank, Michael Rother, Manuel Göttsching, Holger Czukay, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, Ralf & Florian, Karl Bartos who made these incredible records possible !

Tracklisting :
1) Intro : Krautrock, the rebirth of Germany / BBC
2) Neu! : Hallogallo / Neu! (1972)
3) Neu! : Seeland / Neu! '75 (1975)
4) Manuel Göttsching, Ash Ra Tempel : Echo waves /Inventions For Electric Guitar (1975)
5) Klaus Schulze : Electric love affair / La vie électronique (1974)
6) ibliss : High life / Supernova (1972)
7) Kraftwerk : Ruckzuck : Kraftwerk (1970)
8) Amon Düül II : Wie Der Wind Am Ende Einer Strasse / Wolf city (1972)
9) Can : Aumgn / Tago mago (1971)
10) Michael Bundt : La chasse aux microbes / Just landed cosmic kid (1977)
11) Tangerine Dream : Invisible limits / Stratosfear (1976)
12) Ashra : Deep distance / New age of Earth (1976)
13) Ashra : Ocean of tenderness / New age of Earth (1976)
14) Harmonia : Sehr kosmisch / Musik von Harmonia (1974)
15) EMAK (Elektronische Musik aus Köln) : Filmmusik / EMAK 1 (1982)
16) Excerpt from Interview with Ralf &amp; Florian
17) Kraftwerk : Autobahn / Autobahn (1974)
18) Kraftwerk : Komentenmelodie 1 / Autobahn (1974)
19) Manuel Göttsching : E2 E4 / E2 E4 (1981)
20) Final words on Krautrock…

From Krautrock to Kosmische musik : 1970-82

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"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

info/bookings: 
marco@pplayground.com