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In a time where electronic music gets harder and faster each day, Berlin-based duo Brigade‘s debut album „Hard Times, Soft Music“ reclaims easy listening as a badge of honour. Being released on the 14.10.2022, the record is a meticulously calibrated work of room temperature, a home cooked meal between friends or a warm sonic blanket that tugs you in after a rainy day. Pushing their club roots to the side, Brigade‘s debut album confidently sits between ambient, house and hip hop. „We took the pandemic as a cue to take a break from dancefloor productions and play around with different genres and production styles.“ The first single „International Communication™“ showcases that breadth and introduces an album pretty much anyone in the post-Shrek cultural landscape could agree on. Basically, if you appreciate a good hug, chances are you‘ll enjoy this LP. 
Also, theres a pretty cute dog on the cover.

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Artist: @brigadeberlin
Titel:  Hard Times, Soft Music
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LUL021
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: 12” Vinyl + Digital
Release Date: October 2022

Hard Times, Soft Music

Brigade - Innercrowd People (LUL021)

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6. Gianni Brezzo - Dreams Of Sudden Clarity
7. edbl - Primo
8. Fresh Kils - Disavowed
9. Gary Beals - Good People, Good Vibes
10. Guinu - Haja Fé
11. Di Melo - Perlonga (Kenny Dope Remix)
12. Federico Aubele - Corazon
13. Heritage Orchestra , Jules Buckley , Ghost-Note - Ashley's Roachclip
14. Scarlet Monk - Crevices (feat. Swamburger)
15. Takuya Kuroda - Piri Piri
16. Tensei - Birds Eye View
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Eclectic melting pot of sounds and textures drawing on everything

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2 Kacimi - Les Secrets du Sable (Part 2)
3 Andrew Combs - Eventide
4 White Shoes & The Couples Company - Bersandar
5 Loverman - Another Place (acoustic)
6 Darvid Thor - Garden
7 The Mike De León Band - Todo Y Nada
8 Geoffroy - Only Child
9 Lunng Fern & Marta Gynku - Sciath
10 Andre Ethier - On the Wheel
11 Jon Mark - Signal Hill
12 Free - Mourning Sad Morning (Alternative Stereo Mix)	
13 Emma Russack - Migration
14 Arooj Aftab - Aey Nehin
15 The Smoothies - Moonlit Waves
16 Kate Bollinger - All This Time
17 David Gilmour - Luck and Strange (original Barn Jam)
18 Sam Weber - Silent Film
19 Ned Collette - The Kitchen Tunnel
20 The Orbweavers - In the Evening
21 John Martyn - Solid Air
22 Amarillo - Lullaby
23 Ellie Ford - Angel
24 Broadcast - Poem Of A Dead Song [Demo]
25 Timebox - Misty
26 Ned Collette - Blue Rooms
27 Eleni Drake - I'm Your Man
28 The Swingle Singers - River Man (Nick Drake Cover)
29 Joanna Gemma Auguri - Alone	
30 Lizzy McAlpine - nobody likes a secret
31 Orchid Mantis - heartache
32 Loverman - Candyman
33 Sam Weber - Tamarindo Sunsets
34 Cassandra Jenkins - Tape and Tissue
35 Eleni Drake - Let it Go and Let it Be
36 HOMESHAKE - Dinner Plate
37 Cigarettes After Sex	- X's
38 Tindersticks - Soon to Be April
39 Gabriel Birnbaum - Wild at Heart
40 Dominique Ane - La jeune fille a l'etoile
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42 Orchid Mantis Mei Semones - didn't mean
43 Badbadnotgood - White Light	
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45 Kacimi - Popologie
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After a long break it's time for a new edition of the 'Afreaka' mixtape-series! With the fourth volume we celebrate the start of the new vinyl only record label called 'Matasuna Records'.
On the debut release 'Afreaka' (MSR001) you'll hear four stunning reworks from Voodoocuts (Berlin) and SoulBrigada (Zurich). Afrofunk & -disco at it's best! More info: https://soundcloud.com/matasunarecords

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Howdy friend!

Summer's here and so is our latest coup. 
Just in time for the annual heatwaves we serve you hot soundwaves, perfect for the outdoors, enjoying time with your loved ones, or just to accompany a nice cup of tea.

This selection of earpleasers is brought to you by Oslo based Scotsman Kusht, who rode into our family on a gallant winged horse, delivering intricate tales from far away places. 
This release is filled with terrific instrumentals, organic rhythms, dispatching field-recordings and – as you might have grasped – friends from near and far, re-telling those stories.

So once again, sit with us, relax, have a cup and enjoy.

Yours truly,

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All tracks written and produced by Buddy Smith Goldie (@kusht-music) 
"Howlin'" was remixed by @yulemansur
"City Birds and Country Folk" was remixed by @piglion
"Square Kids" was remixed by @anton-feine and @oh_why 
Mastering by Tilmann (@haunted_water) 
Artwork by Alex Ringwall and Buddy Smith Goldie

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