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Anworth Kirk - Side A

The instrumental for "Long Way Back", originally featuring Bliss (lyrics and vocals) from the album "Painkillers & Parasites", released November 3, 2013. 

Free download: http://jenova7.com/album/painkillers-parasites

Album artwork by B0ilbUttzZ: www.facebook.com/b0ilbUttzzZ 
Featuring vocals by Bliss (tracks 2 and 8) - soundcloud.com/ascendedmasters 
Featuring production by Esbe (track 3) - soundcloud.com/esbe1988 
Featuring vocals by Elenika (track 5) - elenika.bandcamp.com 
Featuring production by Groove Cereal (tracks 8 and 21) - soundcloud.com/groove-cereal 
Featuring horns by Vicky Flint (5, 6 and 14) - soundcloud.com/vickyflint 
Mastering by VPD of Dusted Wax Kingdom (tracks 8 and 21) - dustedwax.org

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Long Way Back (Instrumental)

Cliche 56: Red Axes - Ballad of The Ice LP (April 28th, 2014 - vinyl + CD + digital)

mp3: http://www.official.fm/playlists/tTHL
itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/ballad-of-the-ice/id847325595
vinyl: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/red-axes-ballad-of-the-ice/528596-01/
CD: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/red-axes-ballad-of-the-ice/528598-01/

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Red Axes is Niv Arzi and Dori Sadovnik, two young men who have always lived in Tel-Aviv and have been making music together since the noughties. Ballad of the Ice is their debut album. Their artistic travels have taken them from the rock scene to the dancefloors, and to creating an album. More than a summary, this LP is an invitation to discover a singular musical identity: a ballad of the ice, a song as light as love and cold as a tunnel, springy as a dance step and deep as nostalgia.

Originally, the two young men were part of the band Red Cotton. Their musical obsessions were very distinct and have never really left them since: post-punk, new-wave, synth-pop, gothic rock, italo-disco and all the other styles with double-barrelled names that flourished in the underground of the western world at the turn of the 70s and 80s. They were barely born then, and Israel was hardly a promised land for these musical trends. Nonetheless, today the people who love these styles, at the forefront of which Cosmo Vitelli, founder of the label I’m a Cliché who signed them, recognise Red Axes’ talent for creating tracks that are not only impeccably referenced but also terribly current, in their production and in their intentions.

In 2009, house and techno made a noisy entrance into their lives. They were DJs by then and Tel Aviv was all hedonism and crazy parties. Red Cotton was over and Red Axes began. In 2012, I’m a Cliché introduced them into a community of people who enjoyed what the musical press could refer to as ‘cold-rave’. Four EPs were released on the French label that discovered sharp acts such as Yuksek, Azari & III and Simian Mobile Disco. Add to these a bunch of edits that went spinning on everyone’s turntables, remixes and originals that attracted labels such as Kill the JD, Throne of Blood, Correspondant, Clouded Vision, Relish and others – these built Red Axes’ reputation as the makers of solid dancefloor tools. Meanwhile, being resident DJs of the Bootleg in Tel Aviv gave them the ability to play versatile, broaden their scope, improve their way of thinking the music. It also allowed them to rub shoulders with some of their favourite DJs, from Ivan Smagghe and Jennifer Cardini to the Cómeme crew. These established DJs quickly became major supporters.

But Red Axes didn’t get lost in a loop of never-ending clubbing. The extent of their research is evident on the album. Apart from beautiful vocals by Abrão, a member of various Brazilian punk bands of the 80s, Arzi and Sadovnik handled all the instruments and machines. The influence of the types of music they love – which aren’t limited to the ones we just referred to – is inevitably present, but translates in unexpected ways. There’s a lot of maturity in these songs, memories, hashed-out feelings. This music could emanate from much older men; it brings on a certain saudade. But it’s never heavy and doesn’t rely on dusty clichés: Red Axes are very current and love to have fun above all else. They tread on ice with a certain elegance, ice that mustn’t crack or melt.

After ‘Head Like Glass’, a pure cold-wave intro, Red Axes take us on a repetitive stroll of light percussion with ‘Kicks Out of You’. Then comes the rock track ‘Watkins’, followed by a brass dub ‘Only a Clown Can Catch an Axe’. The poignant ‘Papa Sooma’ feels like it’s coming out of an old cassette player, and ‘Road to the Hills’ is all intimate house feelings. ‘Neon’ will make you clap your hands on the stage of an urban western, while ‘Candy’ is a toe-tapping Mancunian devil. ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, a Bauhaus cover, adds a layer of groove in the bat cave, and finally, ‘Dreams Like a Tale’ closes the album in a psychedelic mist.

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Red Axes - Head Like Glass (OUT NOW - from debut album "Ballad of the Ice")

@kiddingkurrys is the co-founder of @slowisthenewfast - a collective of DJs united by their taste in slower tempos. He expertly blends various genres and moods and takes you onto a journey. It's more than just music; it’s storytelling.

SHöK 015 || Kidding Kurrys

Broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (11.072025)

Artist: @giununez  @tocae

Giu Nunez & Marcos Tocae @ Radio TNP 11.07.2025

trakklist:

Dettinger - Intershop (1)
Dregs - Keyed
Molen - Mechanism
Claro Intelecto - A Nightmare Before Bedtime
Perko - Sky Host
J. Tijn - Concave (Original Mix)
Stelios Vassiloudis - Grains
Alton Miller - Next 1
Craigie Knowes - Under Your Radar
Christopher Ledger - Change That
Fumiya Tanaka - Pitch Black
SameSame - Novel End
Z.I.P.P.O - We Need One Another (Original)
Destrata - Silva Bay
Answer Code Request - Zeitspielraum
Dmitra - Lab Rat ft. Soraya (DJ John Brooklyn’s Disco Dub)

workin' on it 015 w/ ESPIA

https://www.instagram.com/kamran_sadeghi_official

Kamran Sadeghi @ The Lot Radio 09-09-2025

Veteran NTS host Hampus brings you Doing Time: a genre-agnostic monthly trip through quality records from around the world’s past and present, featuring regular appearances from musical friends and family. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/doing-time/episodes/doing-time-14th-september-2025

Doing Time w/ FANTASY IN ORBIT: Below the neon - Japan's underground '80s – '90s 140925

A monthly, eclectic road-trip exploring old landmarks and new terrain. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/c-a-r/episodes/c-a-r-15th-september-2025

C.A.R. - On The Slip Road 150925

Special guest mix from Sanctuary.

Since making the move from Australia, Sanctuary have been immersed in the Berlin scene for close to a decade, co-hosting the former Altered Soul Experiment nights and founding their label, Life Classics. The label started as a home for their edits, then later branched out into a mix series and club residency at OHM. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/day-care/episodes/day-care-22nd-september-2025

Day Care w/ The Alaia, DJ Randy Ellis & Sanctuary 220925

Artist, graphic designer and DJ Paul Camo sets out to push the boundaries: free of all restrictions. Jump in the chat and listen as Paul Camo's WE ARE brings you on a voyage through the spectrum of jazz fusion, spiritual jazz, experimental jazz and everything in between.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/we-are/episodes/we-are-27th-september-2025

We Are... w/ Paul Camo 270925

Max Self Helpline - Aaja Channel 1 - 17 09 25

Two hours of timeless and minimalist dance music from German label Perlon – since their first release over twenty years ago, the name "Perlon" has become synonymous with funky, stripped back, and offkilter house and techno that has long-since outlasted the minimal house scene of the early 2000s that the label was birthed in. 

Selected and mixed by[ ML of 150 Session.](https://www.nts.live/shows/150session) 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-perlon-2nd-october-2025

NTS Guide to: Perlon 021025

Hybrid Synthesis (revisited By Tengri)

Perpetual Stargazing (revisited By Tengri)

No Apologies

Love Suicide (Acid Arab Remix)

05 Love Suicide (Acid Arab Remix)

Music label created in 2004 in Paris. Home of Cosmo Vitelli, Bot'Ox, Red Axes and many more. 
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Red Axes - Head Like Glass (OUT NOW - from debut album "Ballad of the Ice")

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