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Indent - Phantom Pressure

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Pho Beat Bazar Vol. 2

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Animistic Beliefs - MERDEKA

With their profound take on electronic music, Animistic Beliefs have steadily solidified their spot in the global underground. Influenced by cultural concepts such as ancestry, animism and mythology, as well as the languages of political techno, punk, bubbling and IDM, Linh Luu and Marvin Lalihatu consistently translate their visions into sensitive productions as well as high-octane live performances. On their new record, MERDEKA, the artists explore and embrace their cultural heritage in all of its pride, pain and complexity. MERDEKA symbolizes Animistic Beliefs’ breaking free, coming to terms with their changing selves and letting go of external expectations. The record rethinks childhood memories, confronts the generational trauma left by (post-)colonialism, and re-connects Linh and Marvin – respectively of Vietnamese-Chinese and Dutch-Moluccan descent – with their formative cultures. 

MERDEKA marks their first step in an overall departure from western club music. For its layered sound, Animistic Beliefs once again draw from the past, present and future of global club music, creating a sonic space where fast techno, warped breakbeats and ambient soundscapes make way for the augmented influence of (Southeast Asian) tribal music. 
The record incorporates Indonesian scales and recordings of 
the Tahuri (a wind instrument made out of a conch shell), Totobuang (Gamelan-like gongs) and Tifa drums, known as ‘the Moluccan heartbeat’. 
There is no audible distinction between old and new, between organic and digital, between instrumentation and voice. 
It is through words that the artists further touch on their experience; To Dream About Water opens with a stirring spoken word fragment by Marvin, marking the first time his voice is recognizably featured, whereas Khi Minh Gap Lai (‘Until We Meet Again’) centres on a Vietnamese poem by Linh, in which she beseeches her ancestors and finds a safe haven for unanswered questions. 

In true Animistic Beliefs fashion, MERDEKA will set fire to sweltering clubs and (sleepless) dreams. Yet, for the artists, it is essential to amplify the stories that spark that flame and keep it burning. 
The release of MERDEKA follows CACHE/SPIRIT, their ongoing collaboration with visual artist Jeisson Drenth, which extensively explores the artists’ intersectional identities. As such, the latest album is the next step within a bigger, introspective investigation. More unapologetic than ever, MERDEKA embodies a turning point on Animistic Beliefs’ ongoing journey towards self-acceptance – fuelled by the sound of urgency. 
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released August 26, 2022 

Written and produced by: Marvin Lalihatu and Linh Luu 
Artwork by: Don Elektro 
Mastered by: Rashad Becker

It’s Called A Dip

NHD006 - Henzo - Stretford Blues

https://henzo.bandcamp.com/album/stretford-blues-ep

Finishing off Henzo’s banner 2022 that has seen releases on YCO and Peder Mannerfelt Produktion, the Manchester based producer dials back the tempo into 5 cuts of gloom-ridden dancefloor damagers for his Nervous Horizon debut. Running the gamut of Dancehall, Techno and Drum & Bass, the EP’s refined palette is laser-guided in its intention of favouring groove and atmosphere over melody and hooks.

The opening track, 'Survivorship Bias', rolls out a lurching and smudged drum break over an equally sketchy Donk and vocal sample in a Bolton-meets-Belgium chug affair. 'It’s Ours and Hours Alone' and 'Writhing' lean more towards a typical Dancehall rhythm, smattered with the reticulated percussion that Nervous Horizon have been known for, saturated and growling. 'His Troublesome Knees' sees a variation on the theme of the opener, with the addition of harrowing, gnarly strings that posit drama in the riff that runs almost throughout; An inescapable tension that juxtaposes the highly danceable groove. Rounding out Stretford Blues, 'A Pocket You Didn’t Expect' feels like 3 tempos at once: 82, 164 and 328BPM. The battering, unrelenting kicks laced over taut breaks and hats hark to Jungle Techno and Tech Step in their composition, but the drawn out and bleak orchestral breakdown, coupled with a barking, irate bassline, suggest that Henzo shows no allegiance to nostalgia and is moving intently into the future.

Henzo - Writhing

Jossy Mitsu - Diatoms (Transaquæ) Nehza Records

Woods for the Trees / Handover

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[MATR003] LWS - Woods For The Trees

Indent lands on Meld Records with a captivating four-track EP - plus a dubby flip by Small Crab.

Shimmering with club-ready brilliance, each track unfolds with sonic intricacies. Indent blends sublime textures with drums and bass that perforate the amalgamation of the soundscape.

The opening track of the EP, Take, is the first single which fuses breaks with vocal chops with an atmospheric breakdown.

Phantom Pressure

Take

Indent lands on Meld Records with a captivating four-track EP - plus a dubby flip by Small Crab.

The second single of the EP and the first track of the B side, Component, brings a synth driven sub bass hitter of a track that starts with a fast UK techno driven drums into a percussion laden breakdown and taking it into a halftime 140 dubstep inspired second half with bright LFO wobbles.

Component

Indent lands on Meld Records with a captivating four-track EP - plus a dubby flip by Small Crab.

Shimmering with club-ready brilliance, each track unfolds with sonic intricacies. Indent blends sublime textures with drums and bass that perforate the amalgamation of the soundscape.

Orbiting Frequencies

Phantom Pressure (Small Crab Remix)

[EC2A-076] DIFFRENT

Pure Love

https://soundcloud.com/t_u_n_a

pictures projected
as they flicker through the leaves
an afterglow of spring
sets the soil in motion
–Julian Schäfer

Fairy-esque synths, digital strings and spectral atmospherics combine to lure you into tuna's “Object Permanence”, out via NYC's Altamira Records on June 14th, 2024. In the release, tuna, real name Julian Schäfer, evokes fractals that combine his glossy audio productions with the lushness of the boreal world.

Represented through a mixture of auditory synthesis and fantastical themes, “Object Permanence” ponders, and then objects to, the idea of immutability. The natural world serves as a metaphor for the concept. An appropriated painting of a shoreline on the EP's cover may seem like a representative moment of nature's beauty and order, but through evaporation, tides, human intervention, and the life and death of millions of organisms that live within, a seemingly static frame is actually representative of a continually changing environment.

The closing song, “Melt Like Water,” encapsulates this theme with a quote by a tribal community elder from Vanuatu in Werner Herzog’s 2016 documentary, "Into the Inferno." “Everything will melt, the stones, the trees, everything, like water.” In our crumbling world, how can one expect any permanence?

All tracks written by Julian Schäfer
Piano on "let's just rest on the floor and watch the dust settle" by Theresa Worm
Artwork by Alex van Dorp
Drawings by Melanie Nguyên Pietsch, Julian Schäfer
Mastered by Christoff Reidel (https://soundcloud.com/riedelchristoff)

tuna - melt like water

[EC2A-079] ESC

Mind Warp

Purchase Link: https://scottsteer.bandcamp.com/track/say-my-name

Say My Name (Scott Steer Edit)

Separated (D3KO Edit)

Label: Koltrax
Artist: Kolter
Format: Digital
Cat. Number: KOX03D
EP Title: Who You Talking To ?
Release Date: 28th February 2025 
Support it: https://www.beatport.com/release/who-you-talking-to/4928054

Kolter :
https://soundcloud.com/koltercologne
https://instagram.com/koltercologne
https://facebook.com/koltercologne

Koltrax :
https://soundcloud.com/koltrax
https://instagr.am/kol.trax
https://facebook.me/profile.php?id=100087804903809

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https://soundcloud.com/house-six
https://fb.me/HouseSix.yt
https://instagr.am/housesix_
https://spoti.fi/3pHAj7J
housesixyt@gmail.com

Beatport

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Kolter - Wub Riddim

Music composed and produced by Uio Loi @uioloi
Released by Videogamemusic
https://videogamemusic01.bandcamp.com/album/template

Artwork and video for Prist by Eric Ko (ericko.info)
Cover designed by Sam Bristow Bell (http://sb-b.co.uk/)
Prist video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlCLUP1wVU

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http://kyleyerhot.com/
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If DoDonPachi was trapped inside of a glacier.

Download here: https://kyleyerhot.bandcamp.com/track/frozen-bullet-hell

Frozen Bullet Hell

Contact and bookings: indentsound@gmail.com

Releases on: @scuffedrecs @meld_records @noire-state @holdinghandsrecords