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Kohei Matsunaga aka NHK yx Koyxen follows up an impressive slew of releases for labels such as DFA and L.I.E.S. Records with a new full-length album for Hypercolour. ‘Climb Downhill 1’ is a dazzling collection of trippy post rave electro and wonky techno, pushing the sonics to breaking point in a contemporary stye.

Matsunga has previously deployed his brand of psychedelic bleeps and beats on albums for the likes of DFA Records (the legendary electronic label founded by James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem, Tim Goldsworthy, and Jonathan Galkin) as well as on London-based imprint Diagonal, run by Powell & Jamie Williams, and for Bruk Records.

Climb Downhill 1

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NHK yx Koyxen - Climb Downhill 1 (HYPELP025) [clips]

Download__ https://lucaduran.bandcamp.com/album/pa-bailar

Exciting news on the horizon: There's a new EP from el Duro Durán. Pa' Bailar is the new work of the Colombian-Swiss artist, in which he collaborates with his old talented pana, Parco Palaz. We have three tracks to get lost in the depths and eroticism that a dark, sweaty and hot dancefloor can present. After a long time, Luca once again dabbles in fast tempos that intertwine nostalgia and incisive percussive programming, whilst also slower, more sexy bends, as on "Ojos Cerrados".

And right there, in that track, is where the remixes stay. Perko makes a special intersection that Ricardistas and Basic Chanel fans will enjoy very much. Last but not least, one of London's prodigal sons, Laksa, makes a fabulous decision: 143 bpm half tempo | half guaracha.
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releases September 22, 2023

All NRG programmed by Luca Durán, Parco Palaz, Perko & Laksa between Zurich, Copenhagen and London | 2023.

Mastering__ Seph
Artwork__ Wurdex
Catalogue No.__ TRA016

Luca Durán — Pa' Bailar — TRA016 (Perko + Laksa remixes)

The release in 1995 of wipE'out'', a lightning-fast, razor-sharp, futuristic racing game that helped to launch the PlayStation in Europe and North America, changed video games industry. Equally striking was the game’s original music, which came from Welsh musician Tim Wright, aka CoLD SToRAGE, mixing the accelerated beats of drum & bass with the pure synth rush of trance to make music that sounded as breathlessly exciting as playing the game felt.

The second instalment of the advanced singles from wipE'out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack comes in the form of a 4-track package containing two original songs by CoLD SToRAGE –the iconic 'Canada' and the trance based 'Trancevaal'– plus two additional remixes by the French producer @simocell and the British IDM master @jamesshinra.

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General Blurb:

Back in the 1990s video games were still largely seen as nerdy: fun, sure, but basically a guilty pleasure that you’d soon grow out of. The release in 1995 of wipE'out'', a lightning-fast, razor-sharp, futuristic racing game that helped to launch the PlayStation in Europe and North America, changed all that. This was a game that looked and sounded both adult and cool, the kind of game you would put on display in your living room, rather than hide away under your bed. Key to this was the fact that wipE'out'' borrowed unashamedly from the clubbing experience and electronic music, in a way that put it at the heart of progressive mid 90s culture. It soon became a phenomenon.

wipE'out'' looked sensational, with Sheffield agency The Designers Republic - known for their work with Warp - creating the visuals, packaging and manual for the game, drawing heavily on the bright colours and excitable geometric shapes of the rave and club flyers of the early 90s.

wipE'out'' also sounded like a new rave dream. The European version of the game included music from The Chemical Brothers, Leftfield and Orbital, the kind of fashionable game syncs that were almost unheard of at the time. Equally striking was the game’s original music, which came from Welsh musician Tim Wright, aka @coldstorage, by this point already a veteran in the video games world, having worked on the music for Amiga titles such as Lemmings and Shadow of the Beast 2. His music for wipE'out'' was, if anything, even more extreme than the big-name syncs, mixing the accelerated beats of drum & bass with the pure synth rush of trance to make music that sounded as breathlessly exciting as playing the game felt.

These tracks were burned into the brains of millions of gamers; the soundtrack to a generation of late-night anti-gravity racing, as the sun gingerly rose beyond the curtains. But they haven’t, perhaps, quite got the respect they deserve, something that this release will address. In 2023, video game music is finally getting its dues; here, remastered and repackaged –and also remixed by cutting edge producers such as Kode9, μ-Ziq, Brainwaltzera, Simo Cell, Wordcolour, James Shinra, Surgeons Girl and Dattassette– are some of the most important, thrilling, innovative and most fun songs ever committed to game release.

wipE'out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack

Trancevaal (Simo Cell Remix) / wipE'out'' - The Zero Gravity Soundtrack [LPS-PS14]

Latest release from Bristol-based production duo @ajhalves.

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