A tribute to Harpies Records' first compilation or just three DJs sharing the hope of better days in a collective and melancholic introspection.

HARPIES RECORDS 2021 everything's gonna be alright (28.01.22)

Epilogue

Bride - Spiral Harness

distortions, inversions of all this chamber made music to replace nightlong shakings between white or red horrors, fermented words; an imperfection being committed, beneath helpless intoxication, searching for a safe side of distance, libera, dreadful mourning. a spark of hope to all, bearing in mind a massive silence to be stopped by cheering from all around. 

when russia invaded ukraine it altered everything. writing music in these troubled days, during these historical events has become more sublimated than it has ever been; habitual leisure has been replaced by volunteering, the territorial defense of hometown, or the front line in the army. despite everything, music remains a significant part of our lives and continues to be the voice of history, communication, time, and memory. 

all revenues go to the ukrainian charities and defense forces.

cover designed by ratx.cc 
mastered by all options

hegs - dont sit

irel.ier's new EP out soon on london based, anti-capitalistic anarcho-label sm-ll!

it comes as an individually hand cut black vinyl (not lathe) in black disco bags.

there will be just a limited number of cuts. 

pre-order via https://sm-ll.bandcamp.com!

ltxfk EP

irel.ier - ltxfk EP

irel.ier EP on sm-ll / UAN0016

For EYX009 London based producer Tooth Rust steps out to follow up her breakout release on Cherce Encore ‘Striae’ in 2021. 

The producer from London debuts on Early Reflex with the experimental downtempo three-tracker ‘Glut’, which blends both organic matter and artificial elements yet thinking about the club. 

The enchanted opener ‘Gyre’ swallows immediately the listener into Tooth Rust’s cosmic vortex of eerie sounds, mournful chorus and marching snare drums. The relentlessly hypnotising kick drum and its rhythmic session do their job delivering a spell-casting club tool.

Buy via: https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/glut


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Glut [EYX009]

Premiere: Tooth Rust - Gyre [Early Reflex]

Primordial Om - Resplandor

Auricular are Yogev Freilichman and Mattan Bitton.

Under this project, this duo seeks to diffuse elements of club music from the past into the present, while remaining fresh and open to an unpredictable outcome.

From acid bass lines to algorithmic beats, Auricular creates an eclectic mixture of old and new techniques, leading the listener to find hints to the past and in the same time, discover new territories of club related music.

Produced and mixed by Yogev Freilichman and Mattan Bitton.
Mastering by Enyang Urbiks.

@yogev-freilichman
@user3226648

Auricular - Auris Interna

Taken from SBKT055: TRANCE BAND - Entrancing
Release date: 3rd March 2023

'Shaolin Affliction'
Electric guitar - Felix-Florian Tödtloff
Drums – Will Ballantyne
Bass & vocals – KIM KHAN

In a global landscape that increasingly prioritizes individuality over collaborative expression, TRANCE is a distinctive project. Initiated by Chinese multidisciplinary artist Tianzhuo Chen, best known for his work with Asian Dope Boys, TRANCE is as artistically amorphous as its constantly evolving line-up, that fluctuates as it shimmers across borders and time-zones. In 2019, the project was demoed in Beijing as part of a solo exhibition from Chen, a 12-hour durational performance that examined the altered states of living and dying and pondered the sounds, sensations, bodies and spaces that notion might suggest. On hold for three years due to COVID-19 restrictions, TRANCE was eventually premiered in Hamburg at the Kampnagel Theatre last year where it was presented as a surreal three-day ceremony. This time around the Trance Band was made up of Berlin-based noisemaker and vocalist Dis Fig, Indonesia's Gabber Modus Operandi, musician and MC KIM KHAN, guitarist and engineer Felix-Florian Tödtloff, and Vancouver-based percussionist and producer CITY. Chen directed the show, channeling each artist's unique energy into an alliance that highlighted their independent skills while pushing towards ideas that simply couldn't have been realized discretely.

"Entrancing" is a live documentation of that incendiary Hamburg session, powered by the performative fireworks that came from having the project halted for two years before it was allowed to burst into life once more. Just as with previous iterations of TRANCE, the space was terraformed into an alien landscape that allowed the collective to enact a carnivalesque display that was tightly controlled but creatively boundless. Musical u-turns were accompanied by monumental stage overhauls that reshaped a muddy, fog-filled outdoor riverscape into an arena, or a sweaty nightclub. This theatrical impact can't be visualized as clearly on the record, but musical cues do just enough heavy lifting to provide a tantalizing contour. When the alluring electro-acoustic plucks and resonant sustained string tones of 'There's a Ghost in the Lantern' cascade into cinematic drone metal on 'Ylva's Theme', it's impossible not to be drawn into the TRANCE narrative. Sonic stage lights flicker with uncommon intensity as the nebulous group rewrite their collective personal stories into stirring, synergistic poetry.

"Something changes!" KIM KHAN calls out on 'Soft and Black', cutting through warbling synths and itchy beatbox percussion. The track builds quickly, reaching a sizzling crescendo of buzzsaw noise and acidic electronics. It's a stylistic sea change that channels the group's kinetic energy into a rock show, and CITY picks up the message on 'Trance Genesis', adding rapid-fire drums to a barrage of guitar skronk. 'Shaolin Affliction' glues Trance Band's jagged artistic edges to a vintage metal template, gradually dissolving into throaty post-hardcore, while 'My Fortress' brings the show to a powerful conclusion with Dis Fig assuming the role of grunge balladeer, bellowing into the void over cacophonous live instrumentation. Unbound by musical and artistic conventions, TRANCE peers out from the basement, the gallery and the playhouse to forge an expression that's all of this and something new entirely. It's refreshing, witty, exhilarating and most of all, completely unpredictable.

Entrancing

TRANCE BAND - Shaolin Affliction

Pro Unlimited refers to soundcloud premium accounts from the ancient ages. It's an archeological dig the label used to find its sources. 

This 17 tracks various is a wide spectrum gathering of label affiliates, newcomers and producers we had a crush on in the past months.

It's generous in term of styles and offers uplifting ambient, psychedelic ravy cuts, punk trip hop, post-clubbish belters and a big variety of sound design pleasures.

Available in CD limited edition and digital (link in bio)

Mastering : Lorenzo Targhetta
Design : Christophe Synak & Nina Muro
A&R : @sleekfata

17 - De Cos - Fog Chaser

Low jack - Riddims du Lieu-Dit (BZH001 - Les Disques de la Bretagne)

Low Jack - Les Riddims Du Lieu - Dit - 03 They Rule

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