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RA New Tracks: July 2019

Venetian Snares - Hajnal

Preorder Link: https://amaruk.bandcamp.com/album/thick-lip-deal-wid
Release Date: 25/11/16
AMAR010:
A - AMIT - Thick Lip 
AA - AMIT & Nomine - Deal Wid
Support from: Mark Pritchard, Machinedrum, Doc Scot, Om Unit, Dbridge, J:Kenzo & SPY

Deal Wid / Thick Lip [AMAR010]

LEWIS JAMES
SHAPESHIFTER (EP)

APHA015
Limited Edition 12" / T-shirt / Risograph Print & Download
Released: 13th October 2017 on @Fracture's @Astrophonica. Check @unclelew on soundcloud

Pre-order includes immediate download of Ferro --> http://bit.ly/APHA015


A1. Shapeshifter
A2. Ferro
B1. Your Love Is A Power (feat. DanDansK)
B2. Turbo

Pre-order is up now! 
http://bit.ly/APHA015

Astrophonica welcomes Lewis James to the fold with the Shapeshifter EP. A professional sound designer and life long musician, London-based Lewis James first appeared on the label via the Gradients compilation in early 2017. With this EP he celebrates his love of jungle and drum & bass across four tracks that combine analogue and digital processes to create what he calls, "a spaced out identity, somewhere between science fiction and the dancefloor." 

The title track opens with a wide, cinematic and laid back feel -- floating arpeggios, processed guitars and bowed viol, effected vocals -- before living up to its name with a subtle switch towards tougher, rhythm driven movement. "Ferro" picks up the action further with an homage to the classic drum & bass formula of combining starkly different moods between the intro and the core of the track. Here it all begins with a bright, lush opening, a gradual walk into the light before descending into the pits of a smoky, 3am dancefloor with punchy breaks and a call and response between rubbery bass and grinding synth lines. Come back up for breath halfway through and then dive in again. 

On the B side, "Your Love Is A Power" aims for the sweet spot between classic jungle rinse out and catchy, ear-worm pop. Built around a beautiful vocal performance from Dan Dans K, the track marries the energy of jungle -- the simplicity of an amen smashed over a reece bass -- with the emotional power of a top 40 pop song. It's simple but highly effective. The EP closes on a high note with "Turbo", a punishing beatdown of 808 drums and acid melodies with enough switches to keep the most adventurous of listeners of their toes. 

With the Shapeshifter EP, Astrophonica continues its exploration of cosmic electronic music. All four tracks display the evident love Lewis James has for the possibilities offered by the 160-170 tempo alongside a fascinating attention to detail and an ear for brilliant, cinematic moments.

Lewis James - Shapeshifter (Power Play) (APHA015)

LMajor's 'Propaganda' is a 130 hardcore roller coming out on his Club Glow Vol. 2 split tape with Mani Festo. 
Article: https://weareinsert.com/audio/premiere-lmajor-propaganda-club-glow

Club Glow Vol 2

Article

Premiere: LMajor - Propaganda [Club Glow]

Beatport

Phunkadelica - L'Aria (Marcus Worgull remix)

KG & Scratchclart - Touch - Taken from HDB126D -  Touch EP released on Hyperdub on 12th of July Digital only.

Preorder here:
https://fanlink.to/KGScrartchclarttouch

KG & Scratchclart - Touch (Taken from Touch EP out 12/07)

'The Pretty Lights' by Queensyze 
Title track from The Pretty Lights EP out on @nervous-records July 26, 2019 

https://www.beatport.com/release/the-pretty-lights-ep/2657232

Premiered on @resident-advisor 
https://www.residentadvisor.net/tracks/964250

The Pretty Lights

The Pretty LIghts

Resident Advisor Premiere: The Pretty Lights by Queensyze [Nervous Records]

Order Threaded Habitat (LP)

Jacktone Records
https://jacktonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/threaded-habitat

Beacon Sound
https://www.wearebeaconsound.com/shop/threaded-habitat-lp

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Beacon Sound and Jacktone Records are pleased to announce a limited edition joint vinyl release by Hugo RA Paris titled Threaded Habitat. The new LP from Paris follows two of Jacktone’s most popular releases: Mystique Youth (2015) and Horizons Beneath The Surface (2016), which appeared under his alias, Lavender. 

The transition to the Hugo RA Paris moniker with this album marks a more personal shift in approach. Threaded Habitat combines ambient textures and techno rhythms to reflect tension between humanity and nature—particularly the cyclical nature of collapse and renewal. It also marks Jacktone's first collaborative release with the record store and label Beacon Sound, which has put out works from veteran experimental musicians like Terry Riley and Colleen. Beacon Sound is an important node in Portland, where Paris also lives and developed the flagship modular product for leading Eurorack manufacturer 4MS: the SWN. 

The album's closing track was entirely composed on a SWN prototype and recorded in one take. In fact, much of his work is done in layers of single takes with minimal processing to preserve its raw emotion and embrace minor imperfections. As an MIT-trained engineer and physicist, working with hardware—from...  more
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released July 19, 2019 

Heliphagis Spoken Word: Ayako Kataoka 

Photography: Sam Hamilton 

Design/Layout: Darren Cutlip 

Vinyl Mastering: Dietrich Schoenemann/Complete 

Digital Mastering: Nathan Moody/Obsidian Sound 

Mixing: Hugo R.A. Paris/Marc Kate
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Nurture (Single Mix)

Wraetlic Remixes 01 ~ BLTRS016
Released July 26th

A1 Wraetlic - Tactic (Hodge Remix)
A2 Wraetlic - Spivate (DINA Remix)
B1 Wraetlic - Idioms (Deena Abdelwahed Remix)
B2 Wraetlic - Indoctrinato (Pseudopolis Remix)

After releasing Wraetlic's seminal 'Ad Absurdum' earlier in the year on Huntleys + Palmers (https://is.gd/wzuGJz), we're very pleased to have arranged for the entire album to be remixed by friends, associates and artists we've long time admired. These will drop over the remainder of the year on Belters and we're very excited to share all these new interpretations. Vinyl only, followed by digital compilation.

Watch out for contributions by the following ~ 
Voiski, Sapphire Slows, Pye Corner Audio, Wilted Woman, Smagghe & Cross, Cucina Povera, Tolouse Low Trax, Benjamin Frölich, Shedbug AND more. 

The first one is easily the heaviest record on Belters to date. Headed up by Hodge, who can do no wrong to our ears and as expected, he's turned in a stomper. This is well matched with the thundering effort by Toronto-via-Cairo's DINA. On the other side, Deena Abdelwahed does the damage with a wonky number, alongside Glasgow's boy wonder, Pseudopolis who drops the pace but keeps the heat.

KG & Scratchclart - Touch (Taken from Touch EP out 12/07)

Hyperdub Records