Unravel, is a bi-monthly series hosted by James Lotion, a Dutch DJ and co-founder of the queer and trans DJ and party collective SWEAT.

In the second episode of Unravel we will leave the restraints of our Corona isolation behind to discover a Parallel Universe, where the basslines are dubby, the voices are whispery, and the synths melt your consciousness into pure bliss.  

So close your eyes, take a deep breath and dive into a dreamland free of judgement and heavily infused by 90s downtempo, ambient and electronica.

https://soundcloud.com/james-lotion

https://www.retreatradio.net/unravel

Unravel #2 w/ James Lotion (16/03/21)

Russian producers are making their first outing on High-Jack with 3 tracks of trippy urban techno. Vadim Griboedov's remix is a grumbling stomper spiced with filtered chords.

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Lily Ackerman "Weiter EP"
@lilyackerman

1. Bathroom
2. Bathroom (gayphextwin Remix)
3. Weitergehen

Mastered by @darkstaraudio

Out August 20 2018

Weiter EP

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Revenu plutôt défraichi du Japon il faut l’avouer, Jonquera n’en jette pas moins l’éponge, et entre un ristretto et un Brèzème enchaine une heure de synth-pop et autres enjoués souvenirs du Pays pour cette dernière Pénequet.

https://lyl.live/episode/la-penequet-37/

Mars

La Pénequet (11.03.20) w/ Jonquera

Zonetech is the collaboration between two familiar Squirrels, C.l.a.w.s. & Billy Bates. This digital only EP which was circulating among the Squirrels Crew like a secret handshake, is now available to everyone, mastered for digital using analog gear by Bay Area Industrial/Techno legend Mark Pistel.
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Golden Hours is the sound of being stoned in the park on a beautiful Spring Day. The woozy pitch-shifted synthesizers are the cloudless blue sky to the fresh green grass of the quirky 808 drum patterns. If two stoners from Northern California who grew up playing in hardcore punk bands went back in time to record a track for the golden era of Warp Records it might sound like this. 

Ruby Ridge fits nicely in the Squirrels sound-world, albeit with a generous dose of cough syrup. Slow motion boogie to soundtrack John Carpenter's Escape From The Caribbean. Its robotic voodoo is infectious enough for dancing, but the tempo is slow & sexy.

It gets slower & sleazier with The Suspect. In an alternate universe, this is a goth hyphy anthem, chopped & screwed to a lean so droopy it almost falls apart. A sideshow at the skatepark, its groove is loose and its dub is heavy. It's the kind of beat teenagers make banging their fists on the lunch table at school.

Finally there is Emerald Icebergs pt. 2. Angular jazz funk, as if Yellow Magic Orchestra wrote the music for a hidden level of the original Castlevania,with a breakdancing battle between vampire broods. The unique drum programing that defines the whole EP is especially on display here, never anything but completely funky, but never in a typical way. The Zonetech beats also never sit still, they are always pushing & pulling, and always on the verge of launching into the digital dub stratosphere.

Words by Tasho Nicolopulos

Zonetech- Various Zones EP

Annie Hall - Invisible Dust [Exit Planet Earth] 
VC-118A - Moss  [Exit Planet Earth] 
Gesloten Cirkel - Secret Area [Murder Capital] 
Egyptian Lover - Dance 2 My Beat 
Richard Easel - Exterreri (Datawave Remix) [Specimen]
Datacrashrobot - Polytree [Diffuse Reality] 
Fleck E.S.C - Shaping Grey [Bass Agenda] 
Osc Kins & Jenny Sparks - Tabula Rasa 
Errorbeauty - Dropping Backwards [Zwaartekracht] 
Ma Sha Ru - Slew [Kindergarten Records] 
Richard Easel - Smooth Vibrato (Federico Leocata Remix) [Specimen]
Cyan85 - Contamination Ph0nk [Voitax]
SKUUM - Blue Nespresso [Strictly Strictly]
Distorted Drill & Phasz - Digeridoo Commander [Bass Agenda] 
Sansibar - Tamagotchi  [Exit Planet Earth] 
Yushh - Team Boot [Woozy] 
Dynacon - Eden Blast 
Parand - Astro s I.Q [Diffuse Reality]
Parand - Solar snoops  [Diffuse Reality]
Detroit’s Filthiest - Undefeated [Casa Voyager]
Glimmerman - Chainlink [Woozy] 
Plus Size Models- Fort Street Jit [Databass Records]
Plus Size Models - Cork Town  [Databass Records]
Foreign Sequence & omni causa -  nmbrsadny_19 [mindcolormusic]
Tout Casser - Broken What [Brainwaves]
Mause - 25-8-18 [Analogical Force]

Here There Be Monsters 016 [boxout.fm]

BUY VINYL:  https://grouprhoda.bandcamp.com/album/passing-shades
Group Rhoda, the solo project of Mara Barenbaum, returns to Dark Entries with ‘Passing Shades’. An integral member of the Oakland electronic music scene, Barenbaum has been writing, performing, and plunging into oneiric depths as Group Rhoda since 2009. This is the project’s fourth LP, and the third time Barenbaum has collaborated with Dark Entries; previously on the Max & Mara LP ‘Less Ness’ in 2013 and the Group Rhoda LP ‘Wilderless’ in 2017.
	Passing Shades is an investigation of the metaphysics of loss and the transitory nature of the material world. But it is not a grim collection; over 8 songs, Group Rhoda diverges through synthesizer-laden symphonics, four-to-the-floor inflections, and cosmic musings. Barenbaum’s striking voice and singular songcraft guide us through this labyrinth. Arpeggiated waltz “Flow” channels wisdom sought through martial arts; “Earthly Ark” sets a Margaret Atwood poem from the God Gardener’s Hymn Book to somber electronics. The vocoded canticle “Nevermore” is dedicated to the memory of a beloved cat. ‘Passing Shades’ is both mystifying and revelatory. Folk forms are echoed only to detour into the alien. Each song functions as both a fragment of a larger puzzle and a koan unto itself.
	‘Passing Shades’ was mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The sleeve was designed by Eloise Leigh, and features a hazy, clouded sky. The back cover uses a photograph by Harry Crofton. A postcard featuring a poem by Barenbaum is included, as well as a digital download.

Passing Shades

Group Rhoda - Passing Shades SNIPS

Marguerite Records monthly radioshow invite @warzouk (@bigscience) and @mayotunes at @rinse_france on 12th November 2020.

First hour - Warzou:
https://www.facebook.com/warzouk/
https://www.instagram.com/warzou_bigscience/
https://bigsciencerecords.bandcamp.com/

Second hour - Mayo:
https://www.instagram.com/originalmayo/

Marguerite Records w/ Warzou and Mayo - Rinse France - 12th November 2020

SONS OF TRADERS: "CROLLO NERVOSO" CASSETTE SIDE B
"Crollo Nervoso" (Nervous Breakdown) is a collection of tracks recorded in Berlin Schönlein Strasse between 2018 and 2020 by Italian super-duo (and cousins) Tans & Mike Tansella Jr. as SONS OF TRADERS. This is their 2nd full album, with over 80 minutes of sonic mayhem from SOT mostly inspired by Genesis P. Orridge, 242, A.S.F., Esplendor Geometrico etc. in the Italian 80's wave tradition. Additionally there are over 24 minutes of remixes by the likes of Chris Mitchell, Chupacabras, Elena Sizova, Jaundice, and Memory Clap Acid.
Cassette is 94 minutes and includes full SOT album along with remixes by Chris Mitchell and Chupacabras on tape. You will also receive digital download of these tracks, along with digital bonus remixes from Sizova, Jaundice and Memory Clap Acid. Brought to you by the unholy union of The Black Lodge and Fantasy 1.

Released December 5, 2020
Produced by SONS OF TRADERS - Tans X Mike Tansella Jr.
Dedicated to The Master of Vibes ❤️
Mastered by Alex Michalski.
Label art by Kosmik.
Tape production by Domokos B.
Hi quality Tape and Digital formats available at: https://blacklodge.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/tans-1
https://soundcloud.com/mike-tansella-jr

SONS OF TRADERS: "Crollo Nervoso" CASSETTE SIDE B [BLF1C007] 128K MP3

The first episode of the Saw-Mon and Natalie podcast helped us relax and recharge to dance to the second. A duo from Vancouver is on the air with an hour-long selection of all kinds of house.

Saw-Mon & Natalie

Saw - Mon & Natalie — 2

After a little lockdown-break we are finally returning with our monthly Headcast series. 

Issue 27 comes from Hamburg hero KLUENTAH. Head of ZEMENT records and responsible for releases on labels like Public System Recordings, Mechatronica, FUTURE ME RECORDS and many more. In his productions as well as his mixtapes, you can always recognise his love for heavily distorted drums, a kind of one-take-roughness and last but not least, a passion for the bounciness of Hip-Hop, which we highly admire. Attributes which also come to life in his duo FALLBEIL which he is forming together with Wosto. If you ever had the possibility to see those guys playing one of their hardware-only improvised livesets across Europe, you know what we are talking about. 

The mix he delivers for us reflects an open-minded mixtape-approach: a crossover between some synthetic disco vibes, bouncing breakbeats, some electro-bretterz and overdriven 808 romance. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/kluentah
https://soundcloud.com/zementrecordings

Headcast 027 | KLUENTAH

Compulsive electronic imprint based somewhere in Ukraine. Running by Mullah Shaheed since 2010

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