From its modest beginnings, the Swiss label Creaked has carved out a unique, colorful, adventurous and independent path of its own in the music world, appealing to both music fans and Djs with its eclectic sounds and textures. Growing international networks and community from Vevey to Manchester and Berlin to San Francisco, the imprint was first launched in Lausanne during the summer of 2004 before moving its office and headquarters to Biel/Bienne in 2018. Over two decades, surviving musical evolution and seismic industry shifts without losing its main position to support electronic music from experimental avant-pop to club sounds and beyond, the label keeps helping define the development of genres by unveiling records from newcomers to established artists. 

To mark its 20th anniversary, Creaked announces the release of "Music Falls into a Mysterious Void", a compilation bringing twenty new and exclusive gems, ten original cuts and ten remixes of emblematic tracks taken off its back-catalog that shaped the label's history with its artistry roster from the early days to the present. Freshly joined by the two brand new signings Nic as Well and Olive T, current artists such as Owelle and Inuit Pagoda rub shoulders with old pals like Larytta, Mochipet, Julien Aubert, My Panda Shall Fly and the late and greatly missed Bloodysnowman. 

With tracks including the dubby-slow-dance reinterpretation of Consor's ‘Monoski’ (2006) by Torchon & Ganj, the gorgeous IDM journey ‘Know Better, Do Better’ by Hrdvsion, the Me&Mobi’s post-electronica surgical cover of ‘Thot’ by Gaspard de La Montagne and the psychedelic-drone-ambient ‘Hamada’ by Al-Sarwib, this celebratory release encompasses a broad and stylistic range of the label's output. 

Highlights of the compilation contain Baltimore mastermind The Soft Pink Truth's rework of 2010’s ‘All Men Must Die’ by Sutekh, Bristol artist Galtier with his slamming remix of ‘Stride’ by Isolated Lines, ‘Who Took This Base Out?’ by Zürich geek minimal techno producer Cosili and pop wave hero Buvette's remix of ‘Clair de Lune’ by Los Orioles. 

While UK artists Ikonika appears with her infectious remix of Oy's ‘First Box Then Walk’ and Elsa Hewitt transforms Verveine's ‘Veine R #1’ into a subtle and delicate version, Parisian hybrid house genius Sunareht rounds off the ceremony with his majestic remix of Scarlett’s ‘Give Up’. 

Mastered by Samuel Vaney and art designed by Monokini, this selection of tracks is way more than just a compilation— this is 20 years of music activities, all packed together in one. Creaked’s tale is the slow rise of a real indie record label with multiple sounds and a wide roster from the ground up, learning through error and success, listening and always adapting without becoming jaded or losing its passion. With "Music Falls into a Mysterious Void", the label showcases its forward-thinking vitality through looking behind and braving into the future.

Isolated Lines - Stride (Galtier Remix)

https://sfx-space.bandcamp.com/album/blistering
remix by Bell Curve @bell_curve

Defanged (Bell Curve's Melting Mix)

Pho Beat Bazar Vol. 4

Chewlie - Ice Aching

Wave Drop

Objekt - Ganzfeld (Ulla "Girl At Müller" Remix)

@kwatakwata
@itsenayet
@slinknyc

https://ewata.bandcamp.com/album/ep-1

EP 1

pi premiere: E Wata - U D S2S (SLINK)

The CRTTR-CLB series carries the vision of exploring different ways of challenging the notion of club music. For each release we want to bring together four artists who have somehow given us a glitchy feeling on the dancefloor, while digging or in any other listening situation. We’ll be releasing a new track every friday.

So go ahead and listen to the fourth batch of freshly made tunes from the following lovely artists <3<3<3

> Capiuz <
https://soundcloud.com/tu_music

> Noria Lilt <
https://soundcloud.com/norialilt
https://strecke.bandcamp.com/album/the-insiders-of-the-in-between

> Joyo Ann <
https://soundcloud.com/joyo_ann

> Circular Square <
https://soundcloud.com/circular_square
https://circular-square.bandcamp.com/

Bandcamp

Capiuz - Shriek

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-simon-littauer-modular

Copenhagen-based record label Katharsis prepare to release the much-anticipated 'Modular' LP from local artist and composer Simon Littauer...The standout track from the album is ‘Xenon’ - a relentless barrage of feverish breaks slice through a dense haze of cyber-minded synth waves and throbbing bass to create this interplanetary treasure. As the piece builds to a frenzied crescendo, deconstructed drum patterns morph into a dance formula that is both puzzling and ethereal.

@simon-littauer
@katharsislabel

Modular

Xenon

Simon Littauer - Xenon [Katharsis]

@prieste5s
@tra_verse

Buy 🔗 https://traversee.bandcamp.com/album/prieste5s-enchantress
Listen on YouTube 🔗 https://youtu.be/4QIm2ZIiOvQ

traverse is very honored to unveil Berlin-based artist Prieste5s’s first EP on traverse, « Enchantress ».

Her music made its way through various platforms and labels, from Pino Peña’s W133 to Kangding Ray’s ARA and has always had a special place in our ears. Prieste5s’s workflow and research for organic sounds, paired with the minimalism of her production, brings a new depth and drive to her music. From Willow to 10,000 Lux she depicts a powerful landscape full of percs and toms that will get to your mind and feet.

Through Enchantress Prieste5s showcases her love for bass, percussion and hypnotic sounds, building a deep atmosphere and minimalist groove throughout the four tracks.

Prieste5s:
« Thematically, I take a lot of influences from the natural world, geology, and spirituality. Having studied evolutionary biology previously, I have a fascination for all things relating to natural-history. And as a somewhat spiritual person, I also enjoy exploring through my music the idea of one’s personal connection to the earth. I really like to play with the juxtaposition of technology and nature, both in the process as well as the materials I use. For me, it’s a way of showing that we should still seek harmony with nature even amid the chaos of the modern world. I feel like a big theme in my music is the ephemerality of the natural world and how we as participants of that experience can find ways to connect in a magical, childlike sort of way. »

PREMIERE: Prieste5s - Seance (traverse)

The Nostro Hood System summons forth it’s second full-length album from Berlin-based Eduardo Pesole, titled ‘Botanical Garden’. Taking influence from a beloved flower species, Eduardo takes the name ‘Hypocyrta Glabra’. Bringing a wealth of knowledge from an instrumental background, morphing further into sound engineering and composition for both short film, fashion and interactive media & video games, the sparse influences and practices result in a oblique approach to electronic music that takes form as fluid, organismal growths of xeno origin to that of earth.

We see the vision for the album germinate: ‘After 2 years of wandering through videogame sound design, abstract ambient live performances and improvisations, and the Berlin club scene I decided to synthesize my journey into music with this record, the botanical garden in berlin has been my peaceful oasis in which I could escape from the mess of the city and with the years passing this became a ritual, tripping at the botanical garden to reconnect myself with nature and escape the city. In a way composing this album has been the same thing, escaping from the boredom of the daily routine after being impacted by a lay off from the gaming industry. The composition process became a playful and peaceful ritual to escape from bad places of my mind and reconnect to my true self, finally I had time to nourish to my true essence.’

Our artist realizes a world that wholly occupies the NHS galaxy: ‘Each year, the inhabitants of planet BLIN journey to a place forbidden to all others: The botanical garden. this is the sole location on the planet where life still springs forth from seeds, water, sunlight and the lunar cycle. Yet, for this to occur, those who still posses knowledge of the ancient botanical techniques (a small group passing down these generational skills) must initiate a ritual wherein the old world and the new are able to coexist. The soil, no longer soil becomes fertile, the water, no longer water, becomes nourishment. it is the most primordial ritual in existence. None are permitted to observe the act of generation, yet all who have survived the new world shall, for the remainder of the year, partake of its fruits.’

Across the entire collection, an effervescent spirit of youth and life springs out, bubbling through the feverish palette of sounds, primarily propagated via granular synthesis and resampling techniques. The overarching intention takes form as a ‘digital forest’, channelling the chaos of nature through computerised, alien-like aesthetics and structures that are constantly evolving and re-forming, like sped up evolution occurring before your ears.
credits

Artwork by Medu
Steel animals by CO
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

Botanical Garden

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Hypocyrta Glabra - Capiotres Lianas

Listen to "Spliced From Memory" by georg-i taken from VA "lain os is online vol. 2: club cyberia" out on 15th October via Absurd TRAX

Bandcamp: https://absurdtrax.bandcamp.com

From ‘lain os is online vol. 2: club cyberia’, the 33rd release from Absurd TRAX (@absurd-creation), out on Oct 15. Building on the foundation laid by volume 1, this collection brings together another 17 artists from across the globe, spanning from Argentina to Hong Kong, all paying homage to Serial Experiments Lain—the quintessential anime for our generation.

Links:
www.lain-os-is.online
Absurd TRAX
https://soundcloud.com/absurd-creation
absurdtrax.bandcamp.com/artists
https://www.instagram.com/absurdtrax
georg-i
https://soundcloud.com/georg-i
https://georg-i.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/_georg_i_

lain os is online vol. 2: club cyberia

absurd trax

georg-i - Spliced From Memory (Absurd TRAX)

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💿 https://inverted-audio.store

EVENTS // 2024
Dec 7 - In-Store: Blank Mind with Sam Purcell & H.CHILD, Peckham
Dec 1 - First Press Record Fair, Brighton
Nov 3 - Record Fair at The Greyhound Peckham
Oct 26 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair
Oct 11 - In-Store: Kulture Galerie
Oct 6 - Wax On Tap Record Fair
Sep 28 - Transmissions Festival, Hackney Wick
Sep 14 - Inverted Audio Record Store Anniversary // Ozel AB, Chuggy, Antepop
Sep 1 - Pacific Tavern Record Fair, London
Aug 8-11 - Trevino's Record Fair, Houghton Festival
Aug 4 - Pacific Tavern Record Fair, London
July 28 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair with Accidental Records
July 13 - Antepop at Jumbi Peckham
June 15 - Antepop All Night Long at Rons
June 8 - In-Store: Overload Liverpool with The Cyclist & Waxtek
May 18 - In-Store: Baroque Sunburst
May 4 - In-Store: Ramjac Corporation
Apr 13 - Antepop All Night Long At Rons
Apr 6 - In-Store: Dying In Beauty
Mar 22 - Joe Davies, JVXTA, Antepop, Beeches at The Waiting Room
Mar 8 - Boaksi In-Store (Project Indigo)
Mar 3 - Leyton Record Fair
Jan 21 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair: Inverted Audio x Out Of Joint Records

2023
Dec 16 - Christmas In-Store
Dec 2 - Joe Davies (Smallville Records) In-Store
Nov 18 - Ben Kaczor (Dial) In-Store
Sep 15 - Inverted Audio Record Store Launch
Aug 18 - The Carpet Shop, DR MYSTERY, Nightwave, Antepop, Dweedo
Aug 10-14 - Houghton Festival Record Fair
July 15 - Brixton Brewery Record Fair: Inverted Audio Store x Out Of Joint Records
Jun 3+4 - Near Mint East London Record Fair
May 7 - Near Mint Brighton Record Fair
Feb 19 - Peckham Record Fair

2022
14 May - Inland, New Magic Media, Freddie Hudson, Pablo Garduño at Fuchs2, Prague
25 March - Konduku, Kate Miller, Severja, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN

2021 
05 Nov - Rhyw, Gramrcy, Golden Medusa, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN
03 Sept - GiGi FM, Vivian Koch, Jesse G, DJ Heartbreak at ÆDEN
01 Sept - Flaminia, Ireen Amnes, JacqNoise, Peter Kirn at ://about blank
07 Aug - Levon Vincent, Margaret Dygas, Catharsis Soundsystem
28 July - Ignez, Inland & Magna Pia, Sam Goku, Toxido Mask at ://about blank

2020
May 30 - Inverted Audio Live From Fiese Remise
Apr 24 - Inverted Audio x Wilde Renate [Cancelled]
Apr 3 - Diskothek Melancholie 2 [Cancelled]
Feb 11 - HÖR Berlin, Carsten Jost, Fred Mann (live), Antepop
Feb 08 - His Master's Voice, Fred Mann, Stereociti, Antepop at Zur Klappe 
Jan 17 - Jacques Bon, Alexis, Antepop at Zur Klappe

2019
Dec 7 - Benedikt Frey, LDY OSC, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Nov 8 - DJ Rubio (live), BNJMN, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Sep 13 - Christopher Rau, Carsten Jost, Antepop at Zur Klappe
Aug 10 - Gramrcy, DJ Assam, Antepop at Zur Klappe
July 10 - 10 Years of Inverted Audio: Kassem Mosse, Low Jack, Antepop, Elise at Griessmuehle

2018
Nov 10 - Inverted Audio meets Newtype Rhythms, Chalet Berlin
Oct 12 - Inverted Audio meets TOYS Berlin, Farbfernseher
Aug 31 - Doc Sleep, Laura BCR, Antepop at LAUT, Barcelona
Aug 31 - Inverted Audio x Discos Paradiso In-Store, Barcelona
July 5.6.7 - Inverted Audio Campfire Headphase stage at Farr Festival
April 19 - Deeper Than Deep at Paloma, Berlin

2017
July 13 - 16 Inverted Audio Stage at Farr Festival
May 13 - Peckham Rye Music Festival, Inverted Audio Stage
Mar 3 - Emotional Response / Emotional Rescue x Inverted Audio, Brilliant Corners
Jan 20 - Inverted Audio x Smallville Records, Peckham Palais

2016

Feb 5 - Inverted Audio x 45 ACP (L.I.E.S. Records) at Bussey Building

2015

Nov 13 - Inverted Audio x Young Male (White Material) at Bussey Building

Simon Littauer - Xenon [Katharsis]

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