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In April of this year, Donato Dozzy took a set of mouth harps back to his parent’s house in the Italian countryside and set about exploring the possibilities of that most basic of instruments. The mouth harp had been calling to Dozzy ever since childhood, when he had discovered the “marranzano” on a holiday in Sicily with this parents at the tail end of the 1970s. Almost four decades later, Dozzy had begun to see in this peculiar, ancient sound, the roots of the music he’d been making and playing in clubs all these years. It was time to find out how far he could trace it all back. 

The Loud Silence is the result of those explorations, an accompanied deep-dive into childhood memory, social history and the roots of psychedelia. Recorded indoors and outdoors, half-way up mountains and on the edge of the Mediterranean sea, the record is meditative but also powerful. Dozzy has distilled his ideas into an incredibly intimate sound, one that invites an inverted sort of exploration, pushing you further and further into your own head. Each track maintains an inviolable central pulse, while delicate, fluttering sounds hint at vast spaces that might open up at any minute - they’re just waiting for you to connect with them. Field recordings hover below the resonating harps, adding to the mysterious atmosphere. Tracks like ‘The Loud Silence’ and ‘Downhill to the Sea’ are wrapped up in simple rhythms, their strict throb drawing you deeper and deeper into the primitive sound. 

Where so much of today’s trance-inducing music is mechanical, born of grids and microchips, The Loud Silence pulses with the presence of the human body. As Dozzy says, “The hand gives the tempo, together with the breath.” It’s all about the mouth, the ears, the hands. The organic physicality of the sound, made in concert with the body itself, generates a primal response in the listener, an undeniably visceral understanding, an empathetic resonance. “When you play such an instrument, you'll feel all your bones vibrating to the sound in a sort of chain reaction!” says Dozzy. "It becomes an emotional and physical clean up. In Italy, one of the ways to call the jew's harp is 'scacciapensieri', which literally means 'It kicks thoughts away'". 

The sound and its effects also carry with them a sense of history, of community and of social ritual. Trance states, whether shamanic rituals in the Amazon or DJ sets in dark night-clubs, have always relied on a social element, a communal understanding of what is going on, what is expected to happen. The Loud Silence is a personal album that speaks to this communal experience, that wonders implicitly why these ancient ideas of society and community have been so devalued today. “In a moment where all individuals seem to act egoistically and not as a tribe,” says Dozzy, “This music gives me the sense of continuity with the past.” 

Throughout history, states of altered consciousness have been religious, political, poetical or nihilistic, but rarely ever just a means of innocent entertainment. There is something inherently transgressive about removing the shackles of individual will and succumbing to something larger than yourself. Giving up your base desires and ambitions in favour of a sound, to submit yourself to something as simple and fleeting as vibrations in the air, the sound of some metal resonating in another person’s mouth, is a way to communicate with the part of you which is in everyone else too. It’s a way to reach both in and out at once, to the heart of what it is to be human on this planet. At a time when nations are burning and whole continents are on the edge of breaking apart, recognising the bonds that bring and hold people together, recognising that what we share is what truly defines us, couldn’t be more important. 

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This collection, presented by **Maxtrax Productions LLC**, represents a journey through the highs of connection and the reflective depths of nostalgia. Fusing high-energy **Deep House** with soulful **Pop** and **Electronic** textures, these tracks capture the pulse of the city and the quiet moments between the beats.

Produced under the **Bugle Boy** moniker, this release showcases a versatile sonic palette, moving seamlessly from dancefloor anthems to cinematic ballads.

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### **The Tracklist Experience**

* **Best Thing In The World (Deep House):** A vibrant, sun-drenched opener. This track sets an optimistic tone with its driving bassline and shimmering synth layers, celebrating a love that feels like the ultimate prize.
* **Just Hold That:** The centerpiece of the collection. It captures the frantic energy of "the city as a circuit," blending melodic pop sensibilities with an irresistible, building rhythm that demands the listener stay in the moment.
* **Worth The Run:** A smooth, synth-heavy fusion of soul and electronic pop. It explores the frequency of attraction, finding a "special one" amidst the tension and light of the nightlife.
* **Just Hold That (Remix):** Shifting gears into high-octane territory, this remix strips back the melodic layers in favor of a heavy, club-ready beat designed for the peak hours of the night.
* **Where We Used To Be:** The emotional heart of the album. This haunting ballad uses the imagery of raindrops and street lamps to navigate the geography of a past relationship, delivered with raw, atmospheric production.
* **Where We Used To Be (Deep House Remix):** Closing the collection by bringing the narrative full circle. It transforms the melancholy of the original ballad into a driving, deep house groove—proving that even in the face of loss, the rhythm continues.

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### **Album Concept**

The collection explores the duality of modern life: the external "circuit" of the city and the internal landscape of the heart. By blending live-feeling instruments with cutting-edge AI-assisted production, **Maxtrax Productions** has created a soundscape that is both futuristic and deeply human.



Just Hold That

Indie Pop, Dreampop, Hypnagogic Pop, Neo-Psychedelica, Chillwave, Bedroom Pop, Jangle Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative

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'Its Everywhere' out now via @lowerparts packed w/ a remix from @palmbomen

'It's Everywhere' is a concept EP soundtracking Tendts' intergalatic encounter with The Pleiadians (dimension traversing Nordic aliens to the unenlightened) at the far edge of the universe. Upon their journey home they brought with them not only costumes, masks and relics of extraterrestrial civilizations, they brought with them the spirits of two great celestial beings, Momongo and Floflolo. Fotis and Christos were the reincarnation of these two and the main purpose of their return was to enlighten the people of Earth about the beginning of the era of the Cosmic Swimmer.

Tendts are two brothers that make "music that you can dance to, or not". It seems an odd phrase, but aptly explains the duality of the Greek duo. The compositions of Christos and Fotis Papadakis are both emotive and movement inducing, even though they are written and structured with disparate elements that refuse to fall into obvious patterns. They consist of palpitating beats, imaginative textures, seductive melodies and sporadic bursts of treated vocals.

Christos and Fotis have spent a lifetime playing mus ic together, creating sounds and tinkering with instruments in their native Thessaloniki. Some of their earliest joint experiments were included on their first EP, 'Slow Years'. Three more records followed: a four song 12 ” released on Berlin based Project Mooncircle; a self-released compilation entitled 'Accept F ailure As Part Of The Process' on which experimental pieces were inspired by their favourite artists (including William S. Burroughs and Joseph Beuys); and more recently their debut LP 'Cheap Poetry' on Fair Weather Friends records. They have performed around Europe and shared the stage w ith names like Death in Vegas, BadBadNotGood, oOoOO, Submerse, and Werkha and have presented their live set in various festivals with the highlight being Sonar Festival as We Are Europe affiliates.

releases July 7, 2017

Written & Produced by Fotis & Christos Papadakis
Additional remix production by Palmbomen
Mastered by Marco A. Spaventi
Artwork by Eva Papamargariti

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Tendts - Gold-Silk (Palmbomen II Remix)

Coming out in late July from the man who brought you E Ruscha V's "Who Are You" to great acclaim earlier this year is @Secret-Circuit's 2nd EP for Invisible Inc, the cryptically titled "Out Of Body Interiors".

  Featuring four exclusive new tracks of the acid drenched, dubbed out, tropical disco variety Mr Ruscha, as always, delivers a sonic palette you won't find on many other imprints: from the turbo-charged homage to early 90s bleep meets indie rave euphoria of Stomping Ground, through the chugging, motorik groove of Crazy Ways which sounds like it's blasting out full volume from a smoke-filled Space Patrol hovercar gone rogue then flipping over to side B and waking up in Mali, Andromeda in a haze of syncopated percussion, other-worldly guitar licks and a billion new synthetically generated sounds that you may strongly suspect you just imagined.....to finally The Feather Drop which brings entirely new meaning to the word deep and which fires technicolour sounds of profoundly immense variety at the synapses at a rate of knots not many other producers can keep up with as all the while the bass holds court and keeps things deep rooted and dub heavy.

Secret Circuit (aka Eddie Ruscha V) has had a plethora of releases on an equally expansive plethora of labels under such names as The Parels (Lal Lal Lal), Blasé (ESP Institute), Food Of The Gods/Laughing Light Of Plenty (Whatever We Want), Odd Numbers ('No' Label), Shadow Kids (El Diablo's Social Club) and of course as Secret Circuit (Beats In Space, Emotional Response and Invisible, Inc.) 

Release date: 18 July 2018

Format: Ltd ed 12" (290 copies) with worldwide distribution by RubaDub Distribution / download & streaming from all major digital services

Out Of Body Interiors

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Symraah  a aujourd’hui le grand plaisir d’inviter Ottakam à passer chez Josh pour leur premier voyage en b2b. Toujours accompagné de percussions et d’hymnes d’autres mondes, ces deux acolytes comptent bien vous transporter dans l’univers fabuleux et parfois sombre de Macacão...

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Passez chez Josh #06 - Symraah & Ottakam présentent : Macacão - 07/12/2020

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