Vinyl & Digital: https://fanlink.to/woulgbubblegum

Release dates:
YUKRU: 07 — 04 — 21 (apply: forms.gle/YYJk2fYb6kr4tbSm9)
Worldwide:  07 — 10 — 21

"In this album I was trying to explore the idea of pop music on PCP. PCP has fantastic lore around it and I think the most fascinating thing about it is that it seems as if many people have had these experiences where they took PCP, it presented them with an alternative reality, and they accepted it without question. It's as if that umbilical cord of knowing that you're high is cut, and the person taking it is fully immersed in the trip. Not only that but from some of the accounts, the alternate reality seems quite twisted and perverse. There are reports of people disemboweling and eating each other, or deciding that the best course of action is self-mutilation or castration, and then emerging from the trip still convinced it was the right choice. Or even the accounts of people gaining superhuman strength and fighting off 5 or 6 cops at once. It seems like there's something quite dark on the other side of that door. So for this album I tried to write what I imagine the pop music of that alternate reality might sound like. What would happen to the sugary sweet, wet dream, corporate sponsored top 40 hits, if we dipped 'em in angel dust and got "wet". What would happen if we slopped all of those fun summer hits into the meat grinder of the PCP reality tunnel, and just pushed them through. I like to imagine an intersection under an overpass in a cyberpunk dystopian future. It's midnight and you can see the neon's from the storefronts on the other side through the thick smog. A modded AE86 Corolla  pulls a left turn and you can hear the music pounding from the sound system as the rubber peels underneath it. As it's drifting through the intersection, smoke pouring out of the tiny gap at the top of the tinted windows, the music pours out of the car like a thick syrup, engulfing us as we stand frozen for a moment as they pass. This is what they were playing."
— Woulg

Artwork by Soyoon Hia Cha (Soyomyoyo)
Follow Woulg: https://soundcloud.com/woulgmusic

Bubblegum

Vinyl—Digital

Woulg — Bubblegum

Check out the rest of the album (Bubblegum) on your favorite streaming service or the yuku bandcamp page

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Fixate

From Yope EP Out Now
Links@->  orcd.com/yope
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Yope

Yope EP

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𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘹𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 “𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵” 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴; 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦—𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 ‘𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘪𝘵’ 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴. 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦-𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢.

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Renraku is proud to present its latest VA compilation—ANNEALED. 15 tracks from emerging and established artists across electronic music’s undercurrent. Rippling with new sounds and ideas, ANNEALED seeks to capture a contemporary snapshot of multiple scenes simultaneously.


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SERA022: Satellite Era presents “Signals From The Uncharted Expanse EP,” an array of acidic sound baths by Julian La Brooy, best known as Hitori Tori.

Out now on all major platforms: ffm.to/sera022

The braindance movement of the 90s was a pivotal era for electronic music, marking the sharpest left turn up to that point. As we began to connect through the World Wide Web, it was only a matter of time until producers would inspire each other to outpace their newfound internet peers. What would a post-braindance ecosystem look like?

Early adopters of drill ‘n’ bass, a neutral zone between braindance and jungle, likely could not have imagined what would come next. Enter the realm of breakcore - a high-stakes, high-octane subgenre that completely shook the experimental music scene in North America. From this point forward, there were no rules left to break, and with technology improving in quality and accessibility, the underground circuit of the early 2010s bloomed with fresh talent. To defeat oversaturation, beatmakers undoubtedly had to adapt to the obscurities within newly developing sound palettes; it is no surprise that we eventually landed on Vancouver-based artist Hitori Tori and his standout collection of eclectic sonics.

After mysteriously setting free demos from the early 2000s that made waves on Soulseek, Hitori Tori went on to become one of Canada’s best exports in experimental electronics. His consistent output landed him on grassroots record labels worldwide such as Kaometry, Occult Research, Concrete Collage, and recently - our friends at Evel. His signature sound evolved from fuzzy and rustic braindance elements, to pure breakbeat chaos. His approach to breakcore diverges from his predecessors, incorporating more atmosphere in the stereo, melodic sequences, and playful vocal samples to round it up. His latest contribution to the experimental music sphere expands on all these ideas, with a slight acidic aftertaste.

We welcome Hitori Tori to our crew with “Signals From The Uncharted Expanse EP,” an otherworldly project that takes his breakcore proficiency a step further while under the influence of acid techno. The basis of each track, unpredictable by nature, is a live performance that incorporates real-time sampling and improvising jams on his drum pads. At the heart of his production is the use of a tracker software, which is masterfully pushed to its limits throughout the EP. This can be heard in the single “Respite Compote,” a track that rapidly progresses from a sole acidic bassline, to a collage of disorderly drums and carefully selected vocal cuts. Keeping the energy up is “Younger Loves Phone,” a perfect showcase of his dedication to the renowned 303 synthesizer for this project. For those unable to process such rapid drum work, “Birdtits” and “Knots Will Fring” turn the tempo down to serve as accessible breakbeat workouts made for the dancefloor. “Racepatoc” is a suitable conclusion to the EP, with twitchy percussion proceeding into its outro that sounds like it belongs on a video game soundtrack - an arcade fighter, perhaps.

“Signals From The Uncharted Expanse EP” is a caustic celebration of what Hitori Tori has always excelled in - creating shapeshifting soundscapes full of disorderly drums and memorable samples. Though his forward-thinking style has progressed throughout the years, it still pays homage to what made experimental electronic music inimitable. The project becomes mutated with a newly discovered acid techno obsession, complementing his off-kilter drum programming and nostalgic vocals effortlessly. 

Written & produced by Julian La Brooy
Mastered by Amir Mashayekhi
Cover art & visuals by Nic Juister

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