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Essential Listening February 2016 (Part 1)

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Our weekly roundup of new music, mixes, and more from Surefire artists.

[Surefire Agency] Weekly Roundup February 12 (Jams from our Stream)

LAWANLUPA: The Act Of Killing Mixtape
Researched & curated by Nova, mixed & arranged by Grey.
DOWNLOAD FREE here http://goo.gl/V0T61h or buy the limited edition cassette tape.
Tracklist:
Act of Killing sample- welcome ladies & gentlemen
vinyl sample- "10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, fire"
Yanti Bersaudara- Djangger  
Lilis Suryani- Genjer Genjer
Filastine & Jessika Kenney- Fitnah
A. Rafiq- Pantun Berjudi
White Shoes and Couples Company- Tjangkurileung
Act of Killing Sample- "that mosque singer was a communist, lucky for him I didn't know"
Euis Komariah & Yus Wiradiredia- Pengkolan
Yanti Bersaudara- Anggrek Merah
Sitompul Sisters- Solei Solei
Rully Shabara & Wukir- Senyawa
Anto Baret - Ken Arok
Artmoschestra - Madurasa
Filastine- Jakarta train station field recording 
Djuhana Sattar- Pandangan Menggoda
Mang Koko- Sabilulungan
Gamelan Ubud- Queen Mother's Funeral Procession
Act of Killing sample- "the future must not forget true history"
Lilis Suryani- Ontoek PJM Presiden Soekarno
Wukir Suryadi- Kereta Tak Berhenti Lama
Madesya Group & Aan Darwati - Sapu Nyere Pegat Simpay
Filastine & Nova- Gendjer2
Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang- Kidung

Cover art by Jakarta street artist Edita Atmaja

An extended version of this mix was made in collaboration with DJ/Rupture and Anonymous (co-director of The Act of Killing). It is titled Stage Boundary Songs and features the poetry of Wiji Thukul.

LAWANLUPA: The Act Of Killing Mixtape

Gosling (Intro)

http://shop.daisrecords.com/collections/vinyl/products/martial-canterel-gyors-lassu-lp

Martial Canterel "And I Thought"

8th track off of "1979", released on digital, vinyl, and handheld projector on Friends of Friends Records.

I figured I'd use this track as an opportunity to talk about some of the production on "1979". As some of you have been asking, I bounced all of the songs on the album straight to cassette tape. I bought an old Marantz portable tape deck on eBay and the songs went straight out of the computer onto the deck, fully mixed. The tape recorder is kinda fucked up and has a really pronounced pitch warble that I love. It gives everything a very distinct character. Throughout the years I've become less careful with my mixes. I don't think I would've ever done this when I was first making music and was obsessed with clarity or whatever, but now that I've been doing it a while I'm much more into interesting mixes... Mixes with character. 

This song in particular almost didn't make it onto the record. It's the only song with a beat on the album, and I wasn't sure that it fit because of it. But after playing the album to a few friends some of them said that it was their favorite, and that it provided a nice contrast to the rest of the songs. It's hard to gauge these things while working on the music sometimes as you're too close to it. But I'm glad I was convinced. Ambient music is just music after all.

- Ben

PS: The SoundCloud player really does some heinous shit to the tape noise in this one. Listen to a real copy if you can sometime.

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fofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/1979 <---- To buy digital/vinyl
shop.1979.la <---- To check out the projector
www.1979.la <---- To submit a memory for the gallery

The Future Never Comes

Neural Clan - I'm Getting Out (llᐗ∵ᐓll)

Gnod – Mirror
(Launch090)

As 2016 dawns , it’s a fool who predicts the next move of Gnod, seemingly less a musical collec-tive and more a psychic force fuelled by maverick spirit and fearsome willpower. 

Their mind-frying 2015 triple-album ‘Infinity Machines’ stood proud as a towering work of experi-mental expansion, acidic invective and nihilistic abrasion.Yet as an outfit whose restlessly uncom-promising nature is matched only by their unflinching anti-establishment drive, Gnod set about cre-ating a diametrically opposed aesthetic. 

Just as dramatically as their restless disposition morphed their sound to a binary-driven direction for their last work, now Gnod were to strip their electronic setup to a vicious, viscous attack, as redolent of the primal punishment of early Swans as the angular clangour of prime Public Image Ltd, yet shot through with a mercurial power and fiery intensity that could come from no-one else. The opening title-cut of ‘Mirror’ seethes with lithe energy and dubbed-out vitality, whilst elsewhere the eighteen-minute closing track ‘Sodom & Gomorrah’ may be the most dystopian piece of music the band have yet created; a harrowing yet fiercely compelling colossus of bleak abjection. 

“The tracks were pretty much written on the road in May 2015” elaborates Gnod’s Paddy Shine. “The final versions of the tracks on the album are a reaction to the results of the re-cent UK election and also some shit that was happening to us and our friends during that period. Lyrically it deals with mental health issues and how things like social media are a vehicle for our split personalities and egos - that and being under the thumb of forces and power structures we can't really fully understand, or even if we understand them we feel helpless to change the situation. This album won't change the situation or start any revolu-tions but it felt good for us to write some music to let the rage out"

Reflecting and refracting the uncertainty of a darkening era, ‘Mirror’ is a work of bold rein-vention and raw renewal, sculpting chaos and discord into a formidable statement of in-tent. Only one thing is certain - wherever Gnod choose to go next, their ire and inspiration blaze as brightly as ever.

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01 GNOD - The Mirror

Exclusive Bonus Track on 'Erased Tapes Collection VII'.

Available for free download upon sign-up here: http://www.erasedtapes.com/user/mydownloads

"Ryan contributed the second exclusive track in form of a remix he’s finally found the time to finish after all his extensive touring, and it’s a real beast, putting Óli and Nils’s original into a completely different light. Watch out for the moment when the beat kicks back in. It’s pure sonic bliss!" – Robert Raths, label founder

Read more via XLR8R: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2016/01/erased-tapes-releases-free-11-track-new-years-compilation-titled-erased-tapes-collection-vii/

Erased Tapes Collection VII

Four (Rival Consoles Remix)

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Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Four (Rival Consoles Remix)

The album talks about all the fears that prevent us from moving forward, the fear of living, the fear of dying, the fear of trusting someone and being broken. It talks about this fog that surrounds us everyday and never disappears, this fog we are used to live with and is easier to tame than to fight.

Bienvenue En Enfer

Trans A.M's (that full stop is important) debut offering is a class act. Not only is the Speechless EP a twosome of forceful techno guzzlers at its core, but whatever other influences they've shovelled in only seem to strengthen the deal. Example #1 being the title track. "Speechless" knits together broken, bass driven, robotic grooves with traces of dancehall dem bow riddim with a disastrous outcome. Catch it when it lands on January 30 via SPE:C.

Trans A.M "Speechless" - Boiler Room Debuts

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Order from Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/zelalem-bcamp

From the Zelalem EP.

℗ and © 2016 RVNG Intl. / www.igetrvng.com

Zelalem

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Mikael Seifu - How To Save A Life (Vector Of Eternity)

The second episode of Ampere Archives comes from the skilled hands of Joe "Synkro" Mcbride, the ginger glass wearing producer from Manchester. Since he found a new home at Apollo, sub-label of the iconic Belgian R&S Records, it was no surprise to find him on the bill of the R&S 'In Order To Dance' Weekender in December last year. Through atmospheric melodies and heady bass lines he created an easy but moody listening, illustrating influences from a wide spectrum of bass culture and electronica by decorating his story with inventive and touching soundscapes.  The overwhelming layers of lugubrious synths flowing over edgy beats and miniature voices like waves, leave you behind a little woozy. Perfect for some afternoon relaxing or to wind down an endless afterparty.

Recorded live during the R&S Records 'In Order To Dance' Weekender on 12.12.2015.

AMPERE
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Ampere Archives 002 - Synkro

Taken from the La Yegros album Magnetisimo available on Soundway Records. 

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http://smarturl.it/MagnetismoiTunes

La Yegros - Chicha Roja

After gracing our Copenhagian stage last summer, Max Graef's right-hand man Kickflip Mike [Joschka Seibt] now joins the Money $ex flanks alongside Glenn Astro, Delfonic, IMYRMIND, Hodini and Alex Seidel as the creator behind their fifth release. Joschka housing his debut EP with the homemade Graef-Delfonic-Astro imprint is a logical move, following on from his previous Box aus Holz dabblings. "Vanilla Seibt" is our top pick from M$R 005's five original cuts – gritty drum distortion grounding the celesta of scalic chimes and whistles above, upholding the well versed groove that the Money $ex / Tartelet / Box aus Holz / ava. crews are now known and loved for.

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Kickflip Mike "Vanilla Seibt" - Boiler Room Debuts

A track from the album Cosmic Winds out 02/23/16 on Constellation Tatsu.

Thousand Foot Whale Claw - Cassini

Limited hand stamped white label release, 200 copies, pressed on white vinyl.

Grab your copy here:
https://perfectstraight.bandcamp.com/album/pizza-dealer

Release date: March 14th
Distributed by Lobster Distribution.



PS001 B Midnight Osc (Ltd 7")

Rinse FM Podcast - Oneman - 1st February 2016

'Patience' Out Now - 
Ninjashop / Stream / Download: https://theinvisible.lnk.to/patienceSo

Taken from 'Patience' released 10th June 2016 via Ninja Tune.

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Save You

The Invisible - 'Save You'

NA - Cellar EP out 2nd March 2016 on 12" / Digital
Pre-order now and receive an instant download of 'Cellar Theme'

Bleep: www.smarturl.it/cellar-bleep 
iTunes: www.smarturl.it/cellar-itunes
Fade: www.smarturl.it/cellar-fade

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NA - Definite Sentence

Bookworms - Xenophobe LP (snippets) BNK002

Out now, thanks for supporting the music!
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The first set of 10"s on Peng Sound Records, bringing together all the artists that have been with us from day one, alongside Rider Shafique, the voice of thunder.

More info here:
http://tape-echo.com/news/ishan-sound-ft-rider-shafique-trojan/



Ishan Sound - Trojan (Gorgon Sound Remix)

Ishan Sound Ft. Rider Shafique - Trojan

'Redeemer' on BBC 6 Music - Mary Anne Hobbs show. 

Taken from the forthcoming new album 'Hollowed' out March 18th on Planet Mu.

Pre-order: 

http://planet.mu/discography/ZIQ374
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/hollowed/id1078169137

Ital Tek - Redeemer (BBC 6 Music - Mary Anne Hobbs show)

Collaboration between Dillon and Telefon Tel Aviv

Feel The Fall

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Ital Tek - Redeemer (BBC 6 Music - Mary Anne Hobbs show)

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