ambient/vapor

2022-08

2022_Aug

DJs Click Here: https://bigzen.bandcamp.com/album/up

Bandcamp

UP - 2022

livwutang

North Shore ( Play Shuffle )! - 3

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Mickey Dagger. He returns to New York's Samo Records with the exceptional EP "I Want to Be A Cowboy". For his cover of the ‘80s kitsch track "I Wanna Be A Cowboy,” featuring Athena, he adds his signature dark and slightly sarcastic spin. On the remix side, Antoni Maiovvi delivers a big room mix, Thomas Von Party a breaky one, Ortrotasce with an old-school industrial/EBM version and label head Facets, who was convinced by Mickey to provide his own take.

Out October 1st on Bandcamp. All the proceeds will be going to ISKWEU Project an indigenous women's shelter in Canada: https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/

@mickeydagger
@samorecords

PREMIERE: Mickey Dagger - I Want To Be A Cowboy feat. Athena [Samo Records]

Asha’s Awakening

The Internet Is Like Eating Plastic

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* Pre-order: https://beatsofnonation.bandcamp.com/album/das-album

When the Das Druid’s album landed in our inbox, we admittedly listened with skepticism. A whole album, a whole damn album!? But a few minutes in the skepticism turned into romanticism and we were immersed and in love with the Das Druid sound. I mean whats not to love when it sounds like a combination of three of your favourite bands - Primal Scream, The Stone Roses, and Happy Mondays. 

A nod to Manchester, the Hacienda, rave culture, being ‘lost in the music’, and all music based upon groove the ‘Das Album’ is a retro-futurist approach to modern-day psychedelia. Pure bliss from start to finish Das Druid’s  ‘Das Album’ is available April 22nd worldwide via Beats of No Nation.

PREMIERE: Das Druid - Euphoria (a rave instant)

@abdulraeva

BUY: https://echocentricrecords.bandcamp.com/album/protogen-ep

Four tracks of hypnotic no-nonsense club bliss. Best enjoyed at 4am on a sweaty dance floor - hands in the air, eyes closed.

A1 - Vapordisk
A2 - Acidflex
B1 - Vela
B2 - New Horizons

Releases August 19, 2022. 12" vinyl and digital.
Distributed by @inchbyinch

Written and produced by Steffan Todorovic & Joonas Arro 
Mastered by Nik Kozub 
Design by Phantasyman 

(C) & (P) Echocentric Records 2022

ECR013

Protogen EP

Buy 12"

Abdul Raeva - Protogen EP - ECR013

Like meeting an old friend again, Dalmata Daniel welcomes DJ Overdose back to their catalog. Six years ago the infamous Dutchman’s ’05 Poly 800 Loop’ EP was released, which served as a powerful launch to Dalmata Daniel, opening the first chapter in their story. Later in 2019, a split release with Sematic4 was also a highlight in the life of the label; and now, 3 years later, DJ Overdose checks in with the ‘Powers of Ten EP’ with a J. Mono remix, available both in digital and vinyl format, the latter having 2 bonus tracks.

The distinct, crunchy sound of DJ Overdose, bearing aspects of old school hip-hop-infused sampling and contemporary analog vibes creates the perfect blend of both worlds. ‘Garden of Lust’ opens up the adventure with a combo of warm basslines and solid drum-programming. This initial track feeds us these cardinal elements as the bread and butter they are: subtle variations and fine spices do appear here and there as the track goes along, but the key, beating pulse in ‘Garden of Lust’ brings massive hits stable as a sledgehammer in the hands of a blacksmith.

‘Feed The Beats’ elevates the game to cinematic territories: its majestic string-like central melody makes me alert and ablaze, making me feel like I’m in a late 80s L.A. setting facing malevolent zombie-aliens in my Wayfarer shades. Blasting beats and Carpenterian coolness all over the place, while the spooky bassline just keeps sneaking up on me endlessly.

If you are wondering when’s the best time of the year to bring out your boombox at last, then this is your lucky day: with ’BOB’, the first bonus track on the vinyl, we can experience some roarin’ bassdrums, snappy snares, MCs with the speed of light and all that jazz. The low-bit sampling and vinyl scratching come and kick you right in the face so hard that it becomes pretty obvious you’ll can’t help but start some serious beatbox battles in your bathtub with your rubber duck.

A feverish groove in the prime time of a funky bash, in the haze of a sensual rave-up: that’s all one really wants when going for a Saturday night out. We definitely get this and much more from ‘Room 714’, another vinyl-only bonus track. A berserk voice and ethereal chords guide us through this mysterious track, but while we are busy trying to impress our crushes on the dance floor, things around us are slowly getting very, very freaky, maybe a bit way too freaky.

As wobbly and jolly as it gets, our Dutch friend ends his session with ‘Ðr ¡v€ M€ ¢r@z¥’, a vocoder-heavy disco banger, full of merry vocal FX and smart rhythmic glitches as he completes his flight. To close the EP, our local hero, J. Mono delivers an insane remix of ‘Ðr ¡v€ M€ ¢r@z¥’: one can clearly imagine how he grabs and turns the BPM knob all the way up, fires up some arpeggios on his mighty synths and casts a complete reimagination of the original track.

DJ Overdose
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jayoverdose
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deejayoverdose
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dj.overdose/

Dalmata Daniel
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dalmata-daniel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DalmataDanielLabel
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalmatadanielrecords/

Powers Of Ten EP

PREMIERE: DJ Overdose - Feed The Beats (Dalmata Daniel)

Support it here: https://sounddeptcc.bandcamp.com/album/fusion-ep-gst27
The 27th release on Gestalt Records (@gestaltlabel) comes from Manchester-based @aidenfrancis, spanning three original cuts of driving techno and a levitating remix by South African producer @terrencepearce aka Biodive.

Fusion

Support it here

PREMIERE: Aiden Francis - Espeon [Gestalt]

Jon Jones (@jjonjjones) is first to contribute to the DS global frequency database, with a blissed-out 3-track EP, 'Hyla'. In this program, we are situated in an open-world environment with a densely populated 3D rainforest installed. Here we will explore the realms of cybernetics and it's correlations between ourselves and the natural world.

Now available to experience throughout our EtherNet™ system.

Program A is a transcendent journey, dosed with a utopian vision. Organic progressive breaks and a mycelial 303 acid line, infused with euphoric beauty, all maintaining the organic touch that really defines Luke's music. 'Gateway' is best defined as a simulation of ascending the stairs to the higher plane. 

Program B1 'Nor Heaven, Nor Hell' is a deep, swirling cosmic trip. An echoed inward spiral driven by an earthy groove and beautifully weaved percussion, all lifted with blissful pads. This program is optimised for forest use.

Program B2 is a soundtrack to your personal interpretation of paradise. Tune in your frequency and let your imagination roam free. Thoughts of luscious glades with water reflecting the sun at it's highest, drifting weightlessly above a natural utopia.

12" & Digital pre-order link:
https://dreamsoftware.bandcamp.com/album/jon-jones-hyla-ep

Distributed by One Eye Witness:
https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1660566633/Jon-Jones-Hyla-EP

Jon Jones - Hyla EP Previews (DSOFT001)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3dQVMKV

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3TkF7zF

Maara’s latest effort comes straight from the inner zone. Whether meant for use as vision quest guidance or club hedonism, Fancy Feast continues the Canadian’s tradition of crafting seductive, trance-inducing dance music in mesmeric fashion. 

‘Can’t Slo Down’ is a vehicle for transcendence. Locked-in, hypnotic fare with subtle gear shifts consistent with Maara’s propensity towards trippy atmospherics and urgent dancefloor dynamics. Then, in a heady alloy of ritual throb and fractal warehouse ruffness, ‘Highrollerz’ finds Maara at her most propulsive. 

Prog reigns supreme across the record, but 'Princess Express' has the third-eye dilating magick in full effect. It’s both fractal and functional, a ritual incantation with rugged appeal. ‘Rude, Crude & Out Of Control’, on the other hand, harks back to those halcyon days of the free party movement. Proper breakbeat torque with yet another healthy dose of prog.

Maara - Fancy Feast | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER41)

https://bigzen.bandcamp.com/album/up

In the club, but not of it club.. the ice giant, Uranus.

3 more tunes where this came from on the EP - Digi only

thank you love you

Uranus

Blueberries

x1999

Hardware live set performed September 2022 at @best-in-town-sound

Octatrack
Digitakt
DJM 900NXS2

Emissive - Live @ Best Out Of Town Year 2

Myth Dawn Age

In SZ’s own words: I’m pleased to present a lil’ slice of my nearly 7hr set from No Way Back 2022.  A wild ride that began with Vangelis and somehow meandered onto the CISCO hold theme?

NWB, by far, is my favorite room to play as I get to truly stretch out and see all my friends at once. Year after year. A humble ty to everyone for letting me do my thing. Whatever the hell it is. If you ever figure it out, pls let me know. 

I hope to share a dance w you all v soon — Love is the message

Interdimensional Transmissions Podcast

IT Podcast

IT.podcast.s12e05: Scott Zacharias at No Way Back 2022

Tune in every first Sunday of the Month on beloved.wtf at 11 AM CST for an hour long smooth brain session. This mix starts off with a chill, downtempo mood, dipping into a lil jazz and feels, then back to beats on the trip hop side. We take the usual smooth brain route into atmospheric and abstract trax featuring talented artists making moves across the world. (tracklist below)

Track List:  
Aftermath (version one) - Tricky
Sandpaper Kisses - Martina Topley-Bird
Kissing the Opaque - Mere Mortals
Love Is the Message - Yussef Dayes & Alfa Mist ft. Mansur Brown
I Don’t Have To Cry - Maryn E. Coote
Radio Attack - Prefuse 73
Smoking the Edge - Dabrye
IIDRAMA - b. l’explosió - drames rurals
R.E.M. IV w/ Nick León - Jonny From Space
Lurking - Roiju
Mechanical Castle - xexyz
Goodbye, Goodbye - µ-Ziq
Underwater (One For Keni) - LEILA
Phantom Call - FABiOLA
Eciflere Gel - Anadol

Aired on May 07 2023 
for other Beloved Radio show archives, check out their Mixcloud page: www.mixcloud.com/belovedwtf/

Smooth Brain Sunday 05 (May 2023)

Rinse FM Podcasts

C to the Power of X with BAKE - 29 May 2023

zi! (@zi_dj ) @ the GROOVY GROOVY party in brooklyn, nyc on the 7th january 2023, 2-4am 


photo credit nieto dickens

a few words from ziry:
"I am thrilled to share the recording from my New York debut with the world! A truly special night with special people where I really got to do my thing. Big big thanks to Akanbi & DJ Temporary for the invite <3"

<3

ani/live Sixteen: zi! @ GROOVY GROOVY

Onandon

Wake Up

Foma

Ski Fly

Fall Apart

Chord

Physical: geographic-north.com/cassette/transformative-nature/
Digital: geographicnorth.bandcamp.com/album/transformative-nature
Catalog #: GN45
Neon Fog Cassette, limited to 100
Mastered by Sean McCann

Café Ale is Los Angeles-based musician and producer Alejandro Cohen. An irreplaceable fixture in LA’s sprawling music scene, Cohen has contributed his deft auditory touch to projects ranging from the hallucinatory Balearic bliss of Pharaohs (100% Silk, International Feel, ESP Institute, Holy Mountain) to the fuzz-drench auteur pop of Languis (Plug Research, Pehr). In addition to his acclaimed musical output, Cohen is responsible for corralling a wholly inclusive and globally-minded stable of tastemakers as director of dublab, Los Angeles’ long-running radio station.

Spanning eight shimmering sketches, 'Transformative Nature" marks Café Ale‘s debut set of recordings. With help from a revolving cast of collaborators, Cohen has crafted a tantalizing medley of evocative, rhythmic burners suited more for a breezy sunset than the dance floor. 

Opener “Devout” is an uplifting drift of noise and melody, floating down a river of serrated drones and serene piano keys. “Push-me Pull-U” unfurls its noir-ish, neon-flecked careen through saxophone-littered vistas. “Subir Es Lo Mejor” slithers with a muted and stuttering house beat, perfectly balancing rhythmic meditation with hypnotic transcendence. “Hymn” dials the narrative back into a warbled and woozy ambient symphony of synthetic beauty.

“Stranded” plays out like an autumnal raga for an unseasonably warm backyard house party, while “Dress’n Up” nods to some grand and cosmic melodrama. “Dead Child Song” brings a disarmingly moving melody of love and loss, countered by closer “Fallen Angel,” a curiously shoegaze-y traipse through a slurred and heady, effects-laden dream sequence. 

A captivating statement that shows Cohen’s dynamic, wide-ranging, and wholly unique approach to dance music.

Café Ale - Subir Es Lo Mejor

Physical: geographic-north.com/cassette/tokonoma/
Digital: geographicnorth.bandcamp.com/album/tokonoma
Catalog #: GN46
Cassette, limited to 100
Mastered by Sean McCann

For more than a decade, Jon Porras has carved out a sprawling, emotionally evocative niche of sound using a variety of sonic elements and associations in his solo work on such seminal imprints as Root Strata, Important, and Thrill Jockey. But Porras has also been associated with a number of celebrated collaborations, with musicians Evan Caminiti (as Barn Owl), Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Ellen Fullman, Stephen O’Malley, Jacob Felix Heule, and visual artists Paul Clipson and Wilhelm Sasnal.

Tokonoma is Porras' fifth solo work, ending the almost four-year silence since his last release. More than a comeback though, the album serves as one of Porras' most enlightened works to date, touching on the dark, expansive tones explored on past releases and shedding light on Porras' bright future.

Assembled gradually from layers of Yamaha DX7, physical modeling instruments, synthetic voices and analog tapes, processed with complex programming and outboard patching, the six pieces explore the musical possibilities of improvising against mathematically generated patterns. Through these chance operations, MIDI programming and other generative principles, Tokonoma uses algorithmic tools to reexamine composition in the age of information overload.

"Generative Counterpoint" opens the set with a run of effervescent synth tones that beam up into the sky with unending hope and optimism. Deep throbs of rhythm pulse into the space as waves of color wash across the frame. "Stochastic Return" turns the narrative into more modern classical territory, performed by an entire virtual symphony of synthetic sound but conducted with entirely human sensibilities and emotions. "Still Life" continues the vibrant minimalism with a heaving hum of shimmering tones and meditative repetition.

On "Dissolving Boundaries," Porras examines an ever-evolving pattern of piano miniatures that shift and modulate into the infinite. "22/7" is perhaps the most pointillistic piece of the set, perfectly balancing moments of total sound and near-silence in a forceful blitz that's both highly complex and genuinely natural. "Ultraviolet Interval" closes the tape with a blur of phased color and chopped beauty that eventually dissolves into a cloud of static white noise.

Jon Porras - "Generative Counterpoint"

Temperatures are dropping and we’re all feeling the effects. Bordello A Parigi is letting the cold winds of the north swirl inside its doors with Russia’s Volta Cab bringing a fresh 2LP to the table. A spread of influences come together for the eleven tracks of Rise Again. Take “Emerald’s Phantasy”, a piece built on layers of percussion that blends elements of disco with notes of techno. “Dark Room” is a different affair. Arctic chords are cut with electro and distant vocals for an unsettling treat. “Kruger” stomps to a terse beat before lush pads bloom in a work that builds to dizzying peaks. Warm blasts balance these colder moments, the rich grooves of “Savage Fury”, the floor filling funk of “Board Scandinavia” and the removed romance of “Sweet Exorcist” all show another shade to the Volta Cab sound and of course there’s more. Rise Again is an audio collection of vibrant colours and hues, tracks pitch from icy blues to autumnal ambers and fiery reds; a musical kaleidoscope that stretches across a spectrum of styles.

Order here: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/upcoming/volta-cab-rise-again-2lp/

Uranus

BIG ZEN