I have decided to release the latest tracks I produced with Cor Bolten on my Bandcamp page. Most of these tracks have been part of my DJ sets for the past two years.

Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark EP

Pre-orders of the EP are exclusively available on Roel's Bandcamp and the full release will be out from March 22, 2024.

▶︎ Pre-order : roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/album/stark-ep

Make sure to join us for the listening party to the Stark EP on March 22. 

https://roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/merch/stark-listening-party

Tracklist :
1. Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark1
2. Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark2
3. Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark3
4. Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark4
5. Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark5
6. Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten - Stark6

All tracks written and produced by Roel Funcken and Cor Bolten.
releases March 22, 2024


Artwork is a piece called "Pilf" - Dutch manipulated pour, acrylic, spray paint and marker on a 50 by 60 cm canvas - Roel Funcken (March 2024).


https://www.instagram.com/p/C4D73AoMx8t/

Stark ep

Stark5 by Roel Funcken & Cor Bolten

trialxerror

Sleepy Sunday selections with some spiders insoide. 
Dive Reflex Service drops a chunk of calming arachnid goodness in the middle of some more Limbo adjacent releases. 
Broadcast live on Noods on March 10th, with your host Titus 12.

Label:

Limbo links

Radio Limbo ~ "Spider Reflex Service" (March '24)

From the Scape One album Neutron Drive.
A brand new electro album taking in various elements of old-school styles with a new twist of synthetic waves and beat manipulation.
Buy: https://scapeone.bandcamp.com/album/neutron-drive
Stream: https://share.amuse.io/O7ZUngnCi0l6

Starburst

Igloo Magazine exclusive!

https://igloomag.com/newswire/faex-optim-lucky-charm

The direction that Faex Optim (aka Wesley MacDonald) steers "Lucky Charm" is a little different from what we are used to from the multitalented sound sculptor. His crystallized sonic worlds mostly rested on well-established Boards of Canada psychedelic and downtempo dynamics, but "Lucky Charm" has a more reflective melody with danceable electronics and broken beats that we're welcoming with open ears. An utterly refreshing and colorful track.

Faex Optim "Lucky Charm"

Twin heavyweights Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug) and Joseph Kamaru (KMRU) unite for Disconnect, a powerful study of dread, hope, and profound sonics that marries depth-trawling dub with Kamaru’s voice, ambient sensibilities, and negative space.

Kevin Martin first became aware of Kenyan ambient musician KMRU “watching the short 2020 documentary Under The Bridge,” he tells us. “Which, aside from immediately finding Joseph's approach to sound and music so instantly impressive, I also found his spoken voice possessed a captivating, lilting, tonal quality, with his soft-spoken accent.” Following this, Martin dug into Kamaru’s records, and found not only a kindred spirit in skillful exploration of sonic space, but also a fan of The Bug. So began a mutually respectful relationship, initially held in Instagram DMs and reciprocal admiration for each other’s work and eventually blossoming into an invitation sent by Kevin to Joseph to collaborate on a new album.

The results - debut collaboration album Disconnect - collect a back-and-forth creative dialogue that started life in Martin’s studio. “I think I surprised Joseph by suggesting he contributes vocals,” Martin tells us. This ability to identify, isolate and exploit the nonstandard is a trait shared by both musicians and employed to devastating effect on Disconnect. Its vocals, sitting somewhere between intonation and spoken word, capture the ear and fizz with simmering power. They are indeed a surprise, coming from a musician specialising in instrumental, field recording-laced ambient musics, but tell intensely evocative stories, weaving poetry into the pair’s grandiose greyscale musical architecture.

The record is just as deep, dark, and arresting as we can expect from Kevin Richard Martin, following his acclaimed rescore of Solaris (released in 2021 on Phantom Limb) and a handful of self-released solo albums that explore a sound just as heavy as The Bug but at a menacingly slower pace. And it is just as evocative and unique as Kamaru’s KMRU canon, each object delicately and purposefully placed so the timbral mosaic builds with shimmering and hypnotic beauty.

KRM & KMRU - Differ

Tertiary

Preorder now on Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/bochum-welt-module-2-vinyl/1003495-01/

Finally, the debut Bochum Welt album Module 2 has been reissued by BMG. Bochum Welt (Gianluigi Di Costanzo) has just recently celebrated 30 years of releasing music. His brand of IDM, electro and techno has been often copied but never equaled. His futuristic music seems to always be forward thinking and ultimately, timeless sounding. This edition is on matching green vinyl and includes all the classic material of the first release. Fans of AFX, Squarepusher and Cylob are sure to be aware of Bochum Welt. But for those who aren't....

More from the label - www.juno.co.uk/labels/BMG/

PREORDER

PREMIERE: Bochum Welt - Extra Life [BMG]

Gravitation

Afraid of heights

Rebirth Protocol

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