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Metallic structures towered high above the rest of the city, their appearance ominous and menacing. Who resided in these buildings, nobody knew. No signage emblazoned the entrances, and only on rare occasions were people seen arriving or leaving. They weren't offices or homes, they weren't schools or charities, their purpose was unknown, their story untold — an unsettling mystery that remained unsolved.

Next up on Coloray's Intercept Records comes the debut outing from UK producer Charlotte Denham AKA Talik. Influenced by her time spent living in Berlin, Hackney and Brighton, the four tracks across 'Cold Silver' showcase her ability to play with texture, rhythm and tension — crafting music for the body and the mind and finding comfort in the spaces between light and dark.

PREMIERE: Talik - Cold Silver [Intercept Records]

This Spring, Intercept proudly welcomes debutant Talik for a first EP that makes an immediate impression. Cold Silver features four tracks of rhythmically inventive electronic music with a wide sphere of reference.

Talik is UK producer Charlotte Denman, who is making her production bow after a year spent honing her sound in various states of lockdown. Talik takes influences from time spent living in Berlin, Hackney and Brighton, alongside her past years at university in the Midlands amongst projects such as Watch The Hype. 

Often starting a track on the piano before moving to Ableton, Charlotte works with various field recordings, manipulates a wealth of different sounds and then organises them into cavernous, atmospheric tracks for body and mind. All of that is evident in the richly constructed tracks she offers up on this EP.

Opener 'Cold Silver' is a tense and dystopian piece with thumping broken beats and whirring machines, loopy leads and plenty of textural sonic effects that mean the whole track brims with life. 'Can You Feel It Spark' taps into late night dance floor energies with a haunting lead synth and scraping hits all unfolding over vast, lurching beats and bass. 'When The Air Runs Dry' is an accomplished ambient track with a grainy, rainy wall of sound punctuated by shards of light and hope, while closer 'A Fazed Gain' shuts things down with reverberating bass and a nebula of scraping, glitching, dripping sounds that is offset by a more smooth and serene chord sequence.

There is a duality to each of these tracks that finds beautiful tension between light and dark, harsh and soft that immediately marks out Talik as an essential new producer.

Talik - A Fazed Gain

Talik - When The Air Runs Dry

Talik - Can You Feel It Spark

The Intercept label is proud to announce a debut EP from young musical dreamer Brian Omen. Across five thought provoking tracks, the Dutchman explores deeply introspective and interplanetary sounds that have you questioning everything.  Rather unusually, Omen chose to write Shores Of Awareness in GarageBand iOS on his phone. He aims to conjure transcendent soundscapes that probe at what it is to be human, all while drawing on a primal rhythmic instinct that pulls you ever deeper into his world. This is Omen's first proper solo release after putting out a deep and dynamic techno banger as Oppo Bala with Atilla the Hvn back in January. Under his own name he explores very different musical territory that draws on intimate late night conversations with friends as well as feelings of disorientation, the echoes of caves and muted tones.  As a genuine lover of many forms of art, Omen takes cues from all over the creative world, and it shows. 'Divine Child' has a rare spirituality in its celestial synths and pure sense of melodic beauty. 'Arbor' then soundtracks an ascent through the stars as a gorgeously, painterly synths are made to fizz, to shine, to glow harmoniously or get smeared in all directions while you gaze on in wonder. There is a sense of finality in that track which is flipped into a more optimistic outlook on 'Caloris Montes' with its serene strings and airy pads, then 'Appeasement' moves on a rubbery rhythm peppered with tribal percussion that is both ancient yet futuristic. This most thoughtful of EPs closes with 'Assuage,' which feels like a celebration of life as all consuming chords sweep you up and glistening arps light up the sky all around you.  With this stunning debut, Brian Omen manages to probe at deeply cerebral subjects with a rare musical skill that makes them accessible to anyone prepared to engage.

Brian Omen - Arbor

Brian Omen - Divine Child

Brian Omen - Caloris Montes

Brian Omen - Assuage

Brian Omen - Appeasement

Intercept is proud to introduce Breda-based visual artist and musician Mathilde Nobel with her debut EP called 'Stone'.

The EP starts with 'Thunder'. A cello and minimal, but supporting, instrumentation set the stage for Mathilde's vocals to shine. The song takes you into a downward spiral into Mathilde's psyche finally coming to a climax that feels like rain clattering on the castle's courtyard.

We're then taken to the lead track 'Stone' which combines strong bass grooves, loud, thunder-like, crashes, and deconstructed beats with Mathilde's singing.

'A' builds on that abstract side of the EP, and interchanges melodies for experimental percussion and beats. It's a dizzying experience where snares and lo-fi drum hits build-up to the final outro of the EP, concluding the story.

'Stone EP' is a unique endeavor in the inner workings of a young artist showing full potential in such an early stage.

Mathilde Nobel - A

Mathilde Nobel - Thunder

Mathilde Nobel - Stone

Axefield is back. After his introduction on the Intercept V/A with his incredible 'Slug' the Amsterdam-based producer is now back with his Intercept EP debut called 'Cocktail Culture'.

The 4 track-EP takes you through different chapters of the Axefield sound, each track with a playful and adventurous edge that's sure to surprise you.

Opener 'Cricket Drum' is a southside 808 inspired tune, combined with Dutch trance synth work. It makes for an odd combination that surprisingly works well. We're safe to say that we can't wait to hear this one out in a club environment.

'Soothe The Hyperactive Mind' does exactly the opposite as the title suggest. This 150 bpm floater feels lightfooted, but surprises at every turn with its deep basslines and joyful synth stylings. 

Title track 'Cocktail Culture' takes you to a more relaxing side, cocktail in hand. The off-kilter drums are combined with vocal chops that work in a hypnotizing fashion, taking you to the track we know Axefield from: 'Slug'.

Axefield - Soothe The Hyperactive Mind

Axefield - Cricket Drum

Ineffekt presents Kora, his 10 track debut album on Intercept. In around 40 minutes, the 19-year-old takes you through his colorful springtime of youth, sonically painting a picture with a diverse and vibrant set of sounds that feel like the first rays of sunshine after a long winter. 

Through a blend of glistening vocal pieces, strings of dreamy melodies, and distinctive rhythms, Ineffekt cleverly takes on a sound that both feels comfortable and illusive. It’s a nonchalant approach with ephemeral peaks of emotion that result in a combination of colorful and groovy songs. 

After the success of his EP ‘Solaris’ (2020) on Intercept, Ineffekt further cements his sound all while positioning himself between the club world, and the pop hemisphere. Catchy motifs are interchanged with grooves that feel like a constant drive towards the horizon. Standout tracks ‘Cascades’, ‘In a Flash’ and ‘Kora’ all show his tendency for anthemic sentiment, all while keeping depth and clarity to his sound. 

The record further reveals its diversity by going into more filmic and peculiar tracks such as ‘Vibrant Bands of Yellow’ and ’See You Blossom’, while also diving deeper into feelings of nostalgia and ambivalence. The juxtaposition of these two sides show a young artist, fully in bloom as the flowers he surrounds himself with.

Ineffekt - Kora

We're closing our 2020 with a 14-track collection of recent label highlights as well as offering up four brand new and exclusive tracks including one from label founder Coloray. In keeping with the 18-month old tradition, we're proud to showcase a compilation that explores the outer edges of electronic music with an always experimental and leftfield perspective.

Coloray kicks off with a new track 'Viewing' which is a bustling broken beat with emotive vocals stitched into the mix next to soaring string sounds and rumbling bass that makes for a true intergalactic trip. Oppo Bala is a new act from Tilburg made up of Brian Omen and Atilla the Hun, and they impress with their exclusive offering 'Stickerbrush Wave', a deep, dynamic techno banger with an angelic vocal up top and high-speed synth loops and celestial ambiance that makes for a heavenly state of mind.

Another exclusive comes in the form of a label debut from Axefield, who runs his own Who's Susan label and has been making moves since 2016 on various labels. His excellent 'Slug' has old school breaks layered up with hypnotic leads and fizzing synth textures that really bring the energy. The fourth exclusive is by Ramses3000, who returns to the label after his excellent Ataraxia EP earlier in the year. His cutting edge sound on 'Aurelia' is all about drilling bass and drum programming that is overlaid with bright, glistening melodies from outer space.

The other 10 selections showcase a broad range of extra-dance floor styles released on Intercept in the past 12 months. Tracks from French II, Lewski, Tsepo, Ineffekt, Nina Indi, Ozzy, David Kochs, Baril, and Sam Goku naturally bring this multi-dimensional collection to an end and showcasing a vast array of talents, as well as a unique and contemporary electronic sound we're

Axefield - Slug

We're closing our 2020 with a 14-track collection of recent label highlights as well as offering up four brand new and exclusive tracks including one from label founder Coloray. In keeping with the 18-month old tradition, we're proud to showcase a compilation that explores the outer edges of electronic music with an always experimental and leftfield perspective.

Coloray kicks off with a new track 'Viewing' which is a bustling broken beat with emotive vocals stitched into the mix next to soaring string sounds and rumbling bass that makes for a true intergalactic trip. Oppo Bala is a new act from Tilburg made up of Brian Omen and Atilla the Hun, and they impress with their exclusive offering 'Stickerbrush Wave', a deep, dynamic techno banger with an angelic vocal up top and high-speed synth loops and celestial ambiance that makes for a heavenly state of mind.

Another exclusive comes in the form of a label debut from Axefield, who runs his own Who's Susan label and has been making moves since 2016 on various labels. His excellent 'Slug' has old school breaks layered up with hypnotic leads and fizzing synth textures that really bring the energy. The fourth exclusive is by Ramses3000, who returns to the label after his excellent Ataraxia EP earlier in the year. His cutting edge sound on 'Aurelia' is all about drilling bass and drum programming that is overlaid with bright, glistening melodies from outer space.

The other 10 selections showcase a broad range of extra-dance floor styles released on Intercept in the past 12 months. Tracks from French II, Lewski, Tsepo, Ineffekt, Nina Indi, Ozzy, David Kochs, Baril, and Sam Goku naturally bring this multi-dimensional collection to an end and showcasing a vast array of talents, as well as a unique and contemporary electronic sound we're looking forward to continuing to build on.

Oppo Bala - Stickerbrush Wave

Ramses3000 - Aurelia

We're closing our 2020 with a 14-track collection of recent label highlights as well as offering up four brand new and exclusive tracks including one from label founder Coloray. In keeping with the 18-month old tradition, we're proud to showcase a compilation that explores the outer edges of electronic music with an always experimental and leftfield perspective.

Coloray kicks off with a new track 'Viewing' which is a bustling broken beat with emotive vocals stitched into the mix next to soaring string sounds and rumbling bass that makes for a true intergalactic trip. Oppo Bala is a new act from Tilburg made up of Brian Omen and Atilla the Hun, and they impress with their exclusive offering 'Stickerbrush Wave', a deep, dynamic techno banger with an angelic vocal up top and high-speed synth loops and celestial ambiance that makes for a heavenly state of mind.

Another exclusive comes in the form of a label debut from Axefield, who runs his own Who's Susan label and has been making moves since 2016 on various labels. His excellent 'Slug' has old school breaks layered up with hypnotic leads and fizzing synth textures that really bring the energy. The fourth exclusive is by Ramses3000, who returns to the label after his excellent Ataraxia EP earlier in the year. His cutting edge sound on 'Aurelia' is all about drilling bass and drum programming that is overlaid with bright, glistening melodies from outer space.

The other 10 selections showcase a broad range of extra-dance floor styles released on Intercept in the past 12 months. Tracks from French II, Lewski, Tsepo, Ineffekt, Nina Indi, Ozzy, David Kochs, Baril, and Sam Goku naturally bring this multi-dimensional collection to an end and showcasing a vast array of talents, as well as a unique and contemporary electronic sound we're looking forward to continuing to build on. 
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Coloray - Viewing

Dutch artist Baril teases with a new single 'Lockdown', a heartfelt electronic track that lands on February 26th on Intercept.

https://intercept.bandcamp.com/track/lockdown

Last year, Baril's debut six track EP One More Rush won plenty of support from both high profile DJs and dancers in the know. The melodic master has also remixed David Kochs and the result was one of the standout tracks in Keinemusik's Essential Mix. It showed that he is a mature musical craftsman with the skills to write deft but driving tracks which marry real feelings with lush soundscapes and smart samples.

'Lockdown' perfectly captures the feelings of forlornness we have all experienced in the last year. It's a richly layered track that drives forwards but never resolves. Angelic vocal harmonies float high above delicate pads while booming bass and crispy breakbeats church down low. Powerful yet dreamy, it's a track to get lost in as you gaze out into the distance.

This is another gorgeous electronic track with perfect hooks that builds excitement for the full length album Baril is currently working on.