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Sweden's Ingemar Stalholm makes a return to the Archipel family after his excellent album "Mental Garden Still Life", this time with his "Anti Techno EP", on Kalimari's digital series. As the title suggests, Ingemar presents a batch of sonic sculpture which challenges the traditional ideas of techno. He accomplishes this very well with the use of highly intricate sound design and irresistible rhythmic structuring which views techno's well known 4/4 infrastructure from a very welcome and novel perspective. Ingemar incorporates subtle melodic weavings into his anti-techno which form brilliant, yet subtle, shifting multi-hued clouds of flickering aural plasma which meander through his asymmetric rhythmic matrices. One is reminded of the detailedness of Autechre's work viewed through the lens of techno from another world. Sven Laux and Strukturator join the anti-techno sect both injecting Ingemar's originals through their unique and attractively dub tinted lenses.

Ingemar Stalholm - 04 Collage (Sven Laux Remix)

Ingemar Stalholm - 06 Themule

A1. 20th November
A2. Layer
B1. Radiant
B2. Remade

Subtropical Breezy Charming Casanovas

IT037 ANDREA - REMADE

http://soundcloud.com/cleymoore + http://soundcloud.com/diogom = mcrchp

Arrangements I (low quality snippet)

Skee Mask - Compro

A1. Cerroverb 
A2. Session Add 
A3. Rev8617 
B1. 50 Euro To Break Boost 
B2. Via Sub Mids 
B3. Soundboy Ext. 
C1. Dial 274 
C2. VLI 
C3. Flyby VFR 
D1. Muk FM 
D2. Kozmic Flush 
D3. Calimance (Delay Mix)

Skee Mask’s endless search and fascination for fresh music, weed and burgers channeled into his own vision of sound. Enjoy the ride through his second album, a detailed experimental universe of a young dedicated hustler.

http://iliantape.de/itlp04-skee-mask-compro/

ITLP04 SKEE MASK - COMPRO

Donato Dozzy played an immaculate, mind-bending two hours of ambient, hip-hop, acid, techno, drum & bass and lots more at our Alternate Cuts party in Manchester with Absolut and Meat Free.

Alternate Cuts: Donato Dozzy (No Boundaries Set)

Solid Steel (18th May) Our guests this week are rRoxymore and Solid Blake who feature on the new “Modeselektion Vol. 04” compilation which is out on 1st June 2018 via Monkeytown Records x Ninja Tune. It features 17 exclusive tracks including the first new Modeselektor production since 2015 (a wild acid techno track ‘Kalif Storch’ - named after the nightclub of the same name in Erfurt, Germany) as well as tracks from exciting upstarts such as Skee Mask and Sarah Farina to exalted visionaries Peder Mannerfelt, Vatican Shadow and Actress.

In Hour 1 it's rRoxymore who has just released an EP "Thoughts of an Introvert pt2" out on "Don't Be Afraid" and is flying out next week to Sao Paulo to play live for a special Boiler Room session (23.05) that she have helped curate.  The event it is part of a collaborative project with Brasilian band Teto Preto. About the mix she told us;
"Nothing special , that the mix reflects what I'm playing during the Modeselektion gigs and also what I have been playing lately"

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on
fb.me/solidsteelradio
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Email solidsteel@ninjatune.net

Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-1852018-hour-2-solid-blake

Hour 1 - rRoxymore  https://twitter.com/Rroxymore

Saint Abdullah - Madar Komakam Kon - Boormam Nation 
Via Maris- Toys - Mistry
Reedale Rise -The Great AUK
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Ken Finger - Bury The Beds - Jericho One
Stabudown Production - Plastic System - Stabudown 
Bambounou_Handd LAVIBE001 
Hagan - Ashanti Riddim - Push & Run
Natlek& Nobel - A Repetition - Merge Layers
Bear Bones, Lay Low - Jabrojo Kalahari Oyster Cult
Almaty - Gennaro - NAIVE
Dan Curtin - I’ll Take You There - Sublime 
Cygnus - Astronoot - Barba records 
Damon Bell  Akebu_Lan - Meda Fury
DJ Raph -  Dance of the Agasambi - NOLAND

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 18/5/2018 Hour 1 - rRoxymore

HVL - Ostati - 0A008

( Organic Analogue Records )

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/hvl-ostati/686593-01/

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Tracklisting:-

A1. Shesavali
A2. Sallow Myth
A3. დაისი (Daisi)
B1. Under Libra
B2. Askinkila
B3. Sinister Sea
C1. Continuum
C2. აისი (Aisi)
D1. Futuro
D2. When Rivers Flow

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Copies : 300 (limited edition) 
Vinyl : Black Double LP (140g)With Insert. 
Release date : 30th June (approximately) 
Distribution : Juno 
Mastered : Optimum Bristol

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Back in 2015, Team OA proudly showcased the work of Georgian producer Gigi Jikia, better known as HVL. The Away From Everything We Know 12” was instrumental in establishing Organic Analogue’s tendency for deeper strains of electronic music, and now it feels right to be welcoming Gigi back to present his long-awaited debut album.

In the past five years HVL releases have been flying out on labels such as Rough House Rosie, Housewax, Flyance and many more besides. Favouring a dubby aesthetic and adept at handling rhythms and tempos between house, techno and electro, the HVL sound is as distinctive as it is classically rooted. Part of this balanced approach is undoubtedly shaped by Gigi’s role within the scene in his native Tbilisi. As a resident of the much vaunted BASSIANI, he’s helped bring electronic music culture to Georgia and his debut album, Ostati, is a conscious tribute to this youthful, dynamic scene on the farthest reaches of Eastern Europe.

The Georgian word Ostati describes, ‘one who has mastered their craft,’ and Gigi applies the meaning to both his own artistic development and that of BASSIANI and the Georgian electronic music scene that, even five years ago, was a faint whisper of what it is today.

Sonically, the album (which Gigi refers to as one of his most personal works to date) is intended as a document of the sound of Tbilisi - a seductive, understated update on the established HVL dynamics, centred on warm, outboard house and techno but with a noticeably understated mood. There are ambient tracks that let sweeping pads and tones ooze from the speakers, but by and large the club tracks take a pared down approach that favours space and meditation over bold brush strokes. This is far from run of the mill minimal techno though. Whether it’s the teeth-gnashing bite of broken beat affair “Askinkila” or the rough and ready acid workout “Continuum”, the sound is gutsy and dripping with character. “Sallow Myth” unfurls itself over nine minutes, pitching somewhere between the warm-up and twist-out part of the night with tranced-out acid lines and rugged drums to suit a heads down throng.

If you think of releases on Ostgut Ton as painting a picture of Berghain as a club, then Ostati spells out a space where dim lights and mysterious corners provide a playground for wild ideas to dart around in the dark. The overall atmosphere may appear subdued, but it’s merely a cover for the fiery spirit lurking underneath. More than anything, this release defines a sound for HVL and BASSIANI distinct from what you might expect to hear in a more established cultural hub.

While it may not be able to recreate the feeling of getting lost in the smoke in the middle of the empty swimming pool in the early hours of the morning, until you can make it to Tbilisi let HVL be your guide.

(words by Oliver Warwick journalist for iDJ mag / RA / Fact / Ransom Note)

Buy @ Juno

HVL - Ostati LP

Artists ztrl & nermo team up to come with a new project named Y.ø! The result is in tune with the slow heady techno Kalimari loves to release and brings really rounded sound to the dancefloor.

Y.ø - Phpos

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