Dreamscape   009 Sound System

Label: Studio Barnhus 
Cat. no: BARN 026 
Artist: Baba Stiltz 
Title: Total 
Format: 2x 12’’/CD/digital download 
Distribution: Wordandsound 
Release date: 13 October 2014 
studiobarnhus@gmail.com 
www.studiobarnhus.se 

01. Missing 
02. Reality Sparks 
03. Rain Dance 
04. Sun Dance 
05. Ja Rule 
06. Golden Eye 
07. Aches 
08. Drone Zone 
09. Weeeb 
10. Hotel Exile 
11. Quest 1 
12. Discovery - New Dawn 

Baba Stiltz hails from a tradition of funky outcasts centred around the calm yet unpredictable city of Stockholm, Sweden. Since his infant days he's been guided through the nitty-gritty basics of what it is to be a true music lover by some of the city's most prolific artists, producers and djs. 

Despite his youth, 20-year-old Baba boasts an impressive discography, with two albums of dreamy folk-pop (as The Betlehem Beard Corporation) and a string of hit singles within the elusive Skweee scene already under his belt. 

His more recent studio adventures have led to three 12'' releases on Stockholm dance label Studio Barnhus as well as recurring production work for post-rap phenomenon Yung Lean. 

Total is Baba's debut album under his own name and his finest work to date. From the opening machine-funk arpeggio of Missing to the sanguine melancholia of closing hiphop beat Discovery – New Dawn, Baba's masterpiece rides through psychedelic screw-pop, minimalistic emo-acid and opiate-drenched coming-of-age-ambient. As lucid and strong as it is obscure and beautiful, this is an album us folks at Studio Barnhus are immensely proud of presenting to the world.

Baba Stiltz - Reality Sparks (from the album Total, out on Oct 13)

N’n’G Ft. Kallaghan - Right Before My Eyes (Grant Nelson Vocal Mix)

The in-demand US DJ unfurls dubby, dance floor poetry.

Where does sentimentality fit on the dance floor? For Liv Klutse, AKA livwutang, the answer is everywhere. The New York-based DJ is guided by a deep desire to stir connection, finding themes and points of correspondence across an impressively broad range of sounds, tempos and eras. 

This emotional intuition lends Klutse's sets a depth few others can match. Her selections can seem unpredictable, rooted in an appreciation for feeling over genre—hard and soft sounds are carefully balanced with surrealism and bursts of nostalgia (for instance, the Lazy Dog bootleg edit of Everything But The Girl's "Tracey In My Room"). But as versatile as she is, a few signature traits colour her style, such as a love for dubwise music and rhythms from across the Black diaspora, alongside a refreshingly introspective energy that invites dancers to find moments of meditation—even during peak time. 

A former staffer at our New York office, Klutse has long merited an RA Podcast. Her slow-burning blends and mystical selections have graced near-enough every major festival and club out there, from Dekmantel and Sustain-Release to Nowadays, where she's been a resident since 2022. Despite this cross-continental touring schedule, she still plays plenty of grassroots venues—testament to her days with TUF collective and Orphan Radio in Seattle, as well as her enduring belief in the power of DIY, community-orientated dance music. 

"How did you come down off life?" James Massiah asks at the beginning of RA.975. Across nearly 90 minutes, Klutse's downright beautiful mix seeks answers to this question, reflecting on hedonism in times of political decay. She's in full-on dub mode, moving through meditative bassweight, glitchy house and flat-out weirdo techno with a deftness we've come to expect from one of the most promising, singular voices in dance music right now. She's got there all on her own terms—and we couldn't be prouder.

@livwutang

Read more and find the tracklist ra.co/podcast/975

RA.975 livwutang

Club Cowgirl is celebrating two years as a label with this hot-come-house stomping 9 track VA with all of the extended Cowgirl family.

BUY:
https://clubcowgirl.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-rodeo

PREMIERE: Jelsen - Classic House [Club Cowgirl]

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Label: Jungle Mania
Catalog#: JM 05
Released: 1994

Urban Jungle - Back In The Days (Sexy Ladys Mix)

Remastered and available for a FREE DOWNLOAD. First released in 2003 on Ekstreme Records, UK.

Enjoy and please let us know if you play it out or include in a dj mix!

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