“Tetramorph,” the new EP from Daniele Antezza’s Inner8, consolidates and expands upon the gains previously made by that project, as well as those made by the acclaimed Dadub production team. Like all previous Antezza productions, it is distinguished by its exactly proportional mix of fluid and ephemeral sound phenomena with rain showers of colossal beats: an alchemical mix which brings us the three-dimensional atmosphere suggested by the Holotone label’s name. “Tetramorph” is no mere reprise of previous recordings, though: with this new work, Antezza again challenges himself to see how his signature style works when it is underpinned by a new set of theoretical or critical ideas, making for a listening experience that is both a thorough examination of existing musical dynamics and a suggestion of a new way forward.
Each of the four tracks on this EP represents a different phase in a four-fold process of creative praxis. The first phase, “Self Determination,” lays a thick latticework of beats over Middle Eastern marketplace ambience in a way that recalls prime Muslimgauze, particularly that project’s skill in making the foreign seem intimately near. “Iteration” follows “Self-Determination” on the EP just as it does within carefully planned lives. This 2nd track does not motor ahead with great ease, but instead the tempo drops sharply and becomes mired in a kind of transparent gelatinous substance, strongly suggesting that new iterations often mean new challenges, and hold out no guarantees of progress. By contrast, the following track “Consolidation” glides with an aerodynamic sense of freedom that is realized through a synthesis of rational and irrational strategies (themselves manifested in Antezza’s trademark beat shudders and carefully controlled noise-scapes). The closing chapter, “Aufhebung,” is assisted by Koichi Shimizu and places the listener in a central observation chamber from which all these past dynamic changes can be hazily perceived through a sea of electromagnetic interference. As the philosophical meaning of the title suggests, it provides a kind of paradoxical elevation through deconstruction, or the achievement of a greater sense of clarity even as the sonic dirt accumulates.
As Antezza puts it, Holotone’s mission is to communicate “using an unmediated language (art) to express the complexity of our hyper-mediated world”. Having achieved this, “Tetramorph” is music that offers as much of an opportunity for deep inquiry as it does for personal release.
WORDS: Thomas Bey William Bailey

HTN001 - Inner8 & Koichi Shimizu - Aufhebung (PREVIEW)

HTN001 - Inner8 - B01_Consolidation (PREVIEW)

HTN001 - Inner8 - A02_Iteration (PREVIEW)

HTN001 - Inner8 - A01_Self Determination (PREVIEW)

Koichi Shimizu - "Rumble" (from Wholetone EP, out soon)

Wholetone EP

HTN002 - Koichi Shimizu - Rumble

Koichi Shimizu’s contribution to the Holotone Catalogue 002 sounds like journeys from a ticket that exploded. Self organizing bodies without organs laying the blueprint for a soft machine spreading and fizzling towards available spaces or trickling downwards towards new spaces through fissures and gaps, eroding what is in its way. Drawing the tonal line from a cube to a tesseract, entering the Holotone realm.
Vinyl Out on the 17th of January 2017.
Digital version available from February 2017.

- All tracks written and produced by Koichi Shimizu, except track 3 produced with sYn (Federico Nitti).
- Mixed by Koichi Shimizu, Bangkok 2016.
- Mastered by Dadub at Artefacts Mastering Studio, Berlin 2016.
- Cut by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering Studio, Berlin 2016
- Artwork & Graphic Design by Martina Scala/Cubert, Berlin 2016.

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HTN002 Koichi Shimizu WholetoneEP 4 Wholetone(DigitalBonus) SNIPPET

HTN002 Koichi Shimizu WholetoneEP 3 FK(Feat sYn) SNIPPET

HTN002 Koichi Shimizu WholetoneEP 2 Rumble SNIPPET

HTN002 Koichi Shimizu WholetoneEP 1 Oriens SNIPPET

Misa Del Gallo (Death Qualia Remix)

Ritual (Nonima Remix) / Snippet

Razor Wire feat. Liam Noonan (Violin), Eden Grey (Piano) / Snippet

Ritual feat. Mar Del Corral (Vocals), Liam Noonan (Violin), Eden Grey (Piano) / Snippet

Gaining traction, gaining speed, the primaeval ritual reaches its boiling point, melting the borders of mind and flesh: a turgid vortex of unstable potential, constantly mutating and morphing itself. Unformed and unstructured morphogenetic flows of matter-energy-information, self-organizing processes constituting a veritable non-organic life: the Body without Organs, that glacial reality where the alluvions, sedimentations, coagulations, foldings, and recoilings that compose an organism occur, a motherly womb detonating hydrogen bombs in her prefrontal cervix, atomizing the doors of perception with sheer gargantuan sonic tremor.

All Music and Sounds by Franz Rosati 
Artwork by Franz Rosati 
Mastering by Daniele Antezza @ Dadub Studio

B03 - FranzRosati - Chase Me Astral (Snippet)

B02 - Franz Rosati - Mercurial Device (Snippet)

B01 - Franz Rosati - Xamy Disu (Snippet)

A02 - Franz Rosati - Protective Layers (Snippet)

A01 - FranzRosati - Continua Imperfect (Snippet)

Dadub's "Nusuth" (plus Ena Version) is the 2nd chapter of the Holotone Limited Series, invented for the purpose to create a place free from preconceived notions and format boundaries, changing from release to release with varying forms of content.

This 2 tracks EP represents the 1st episode of a miniseries of Originals + Dub Versions that the duo will release in the near future for Holotone.
This time Dadub invited Ena for an astonishing Dub Version.

- Handprinted White Marble Transparent Vinyl (200 copies) + Digital. 
- W & P by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma, Dub Version by Ena. 
- Mixed @ Dadub Studio by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma. 
- Mastered @ Dadub Studio by Daniele Antezza, Marco Donnarumma and Ena.

SideA - Dadub "Nusuth (ENA Dub Version)" - HTNltd002

SideA - Dadub "Nusuth" - HTNltd002

HTNdig001 - Lifecutter "Rapture EP"

Holotone crew is about to launch a New Digital Series, as usual without following any predetermined music genre identification.

This first chapter is by Lifecutter, Domen Ucakar moniker.
With Rapture EP, the producer explores a dimension of sonic tension and exploration, blending his love for techno-ish beats with his thundering mass of rumbling sounds trademar.

Lifecutter creative process is an escapism, a state of rapture, an experience of transcendence for the listener.

Tracklist:
1. Cascades 
2. Rapture
3. Light Trance
4. Tearing Down Walls Anxiety
5. Love Brutality

CREDITS: 
W & P by Domen Ucakar Mixed Domen Ucakar 
Mastered by Daniele Antezza @ Dadub Mastering Studio 
Artwork by  Iztok Klančar

Rapture EP

Love Brutality

Tearing Down Walls Anxiety

Light Trance

Rapture

Dadub's “Tuluu (incl. Pure Version)” is the 3rd chapter of the Holotone Limited Series, invented for the purpose to create a place free from preconceived notions and format boundaries, changing from release to release with varying forms of content.

This 2 tracks EP represents the 2nd episode of a miniseries of Originals + Dub Versions that the duo is releasing for Holotone. This time Dadub invited Pure (aka Current 909) for a breathtaking interpretation.

W & P by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma, Dub Version by Peter Votava.
 Original Mixed @ Dadub Studio by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma, Berlin
 Version Mixed by Peter Votava, Berlin 
Mastered @ Dadub Studio by Daniele Antezza, Marco Donnarumma and Pure.

Tuluu

HTNltd003 02 DADUB Tuluu (Pure - Version)

HTNltd003 01 DADUB Tuluu

Excerpt From The Upcoming EP by SWARMM:
"EXTRACT / TRANSFORM / LOAD"

Out On MAY 8th 2020

(W) & (P) by Liam Noonan
Mixed by Liam Noonan
Mastered by Daniele Antezza @ Dadub Mastering Studio
Artwork by Liam Noonan

EXTRACT / TRANSFORM / LOAD

SWARMM - Death Of A Generation / Birth Of Reform

Sound can be metaphorically compared to something which can show to our consciousness that reality is often not what it seems to be, exactly as the hypothetical holographic nature of our universe can reveal to our perception.

Holotone does not limit itself to any particular genre but rather emphasise the freedom of the artists to express their vision as they see fit.

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