Heidi Sabertooth (@heidisabertooth) and Drakkar Noir (aka R Gamble @rgamble) are both core members of Lost Soul Enterprises (@lost-soul-enterprises), a New York based label and platform for analog experiments and mutant sounds past and present: wave, electro, body music, and all things in between. This EP represents the first time these two artists have appeared together on the same release.

The title of the EP, 'The Sleep of Reason' is inspired by the famous Goya etching (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters).  It is intended as both a homage to a visionary artist and a reflection that the sentiment in the artwork resonates particularly today.

Both artists approach music production using primarily analog hardware and synthesizers, rather than computers. 

'The Sleep of Reason' showcases two well-seasoned artists flexing a mastery of their machines, delivering subterranean electro, techno and body music. Gritty, murky basslines meet squelching melodies and alien vocals, all with the vibrant, present, live-wire energy of a hardware set performed in a smoky, crowded basement, rather than programmed within the confines of a studio.

Side A: Drakkar Noir
1) free delight
2) shadow reel
3) foot a night vine
4) strobah

Side B: Heidi Sabertooth 
1) This Time I'll Quit You for Good
2)  It Says You Read It
3) Smoking In the Studio
4) I’m Gaining Weight Again

All tracks written and produced by Heidi Sabertooth & Drakkar Noir, mastered by João Melo, artwork by dabecy.

Release date: May 7, 2021
Formats: Cassette / digital

Drakkar Noir & Heidi Sabertooth: The Sleep of Reason [JKTN073 Preview]

RELEASE DATE: Friday August 6 
https://dreamtone.bandcamp.com

Hi-Vis (@beyondbelow) continues the curation of Dreamtone with Chronostasis by @nervous-operator.

Written after moving to Chicago from Vancouver, Chronostasis is a reflection of urban landscapes in the midst of active reclamation by the ancient swamps on which both cities were founded. Mechanical sounds coexist with viridescent meditations. Each element is the entropy of the other, the successes of one modifying the strategies of the other.

1) In A Lonely Place
2) Korolev Cross Dub
3) Cut Outs
4) Right To Be Forgotten
5) Bluepoint Vance
6) I, The Supreme
7) The Greatest Flex
8) Trimming Limbs
9) Unforced Error
10) Coronal Rain
11) A Compelling Natural Force

All tracks written and produced by Nervous Operator and mastered by João Melo. Artwork and design by Alyssa Beers.

[PREVIEW] Nervous Operator - Chronostasis (DT004)

RELEASE DATE:  FRIDAY OCT 22
https://dreamtone.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-era

On Chaotic Era, Dickow's first release with Dreamtone, the artist zeroes in on a strain of glitched & scorched production that applies subtle decisions of textural disfiguration and effects processing to central synth figures that lurch and churn along their own chopped rhythmic grids. As Dickow builds tracks over foundations that might resemble a corroded sample airing out a melancholy quasi-melody, or backdrops of throbbing bass accented with speckles of static, he patiently tinkers with the timbre and level of intensity of each element in the mix. The result is a branch of ambient music that steps just over the threshold of narcosis into the realm of steady narrative development, complicated with the upheavals of a wall of distortion here, a sudden dollop of abstract electronic putty there - all struck through with microscopic details in tonal shaping and generatively interacting arrhythmic loop architectures.

Chaotic Era arrives in tandem with a surreal short graphic work by Lando. The artist runs a publishing collective called Decadence alongside fellow comic artist Stathis Tsemberlidis, who together have published 11 anthologies of short science-fiction comics featuring their own work, as well as other contributors - including a number of Lando's individual zines. Lando has also been featured in a larger collection of older / out of print work published by UK publisher Breakdown Press. His stories explore themes including ecology, geopolitics and deep time, while experimenting with the format of the printed zine to escape conventional expectations.

[PREVIEW] Strategy - Hellbound And Nitrous (DT003)

"What do you feel when you look into a mirror? How do you behave when you are observed, how do you observe yourself? Where does love exist in our bodies?"

Much like his namesake, Pascäal quantifies units of internal pressure, stress, and ecstatic release.

His music finds us ascending to phoenix-like points of greatest intensity within ourselves - a flammable mental peak of emotive energy that erupts into a revitalizing blaze, before basking in the illuminated potential of its glowing embers. It's through these combustive states of being that we find ourselves blossoming in cycles of renewal, guiding ourselves into expansion beyond self-imposed limits. Exploring these liminal zones on his second full-length album and first aural excursion for Dreamtone, NYC's Pascäal presents an exercise in lucidity for the mind, body, and soul - pushing onwards through stasis and uncertainty to paint a beautifully inspired picture of forward momentum and nonlinear progress.

Written in various states of mental isolation and fixation on the physical form, the 10 tracks contained within "BODY" seek to activate bliss and release the listener from cycles of rumination. Every musical component evolves in separate unison, activating momentum within the neurons and blood flow of the greater whole. Cascades of supple frequencies envelop themselves within webs of buoyant, percussive flourishes - enlivening refrains that urge focus to drift, to break the mind from obstructive cycles and allow a panoramic view of the self. Tender spontaneity and the multiplicity of thought are given space to manifest, as loops, repetition, and time dilation envelop us within an oscillating calm and the sublimation of effervescent love vibrations.

The nature of BODY's recording can be attributed to this phenomena - each track was recorded in one-take sessions during moonlit hours, a practice of meditative disengagement from the world at the close of a day's routine. As the listless obligations of our day-to-day briefly dissipate in these planes of luminosity, previously buried forms of desire and progress are given form and meaning as we engage with sound and ourselves. Boundless fluidity and unrestricted desire intertwine in swirls of light refractions and intricate pulsations. Rhythmatic pulsations take on the flow of breathwork, aligning a newfound awareness of being as we attempt to achieve tranquility in settings constantly punctuated by disorder. Forming a casual kinship between his sonic expression and the unique healing ability of musical trance states, Pascäal sketches the outlines of a world where pain and insecurity pass through our state of being into an astral beyond, clearing pathways for newfound possibilities of evolution and love. "BODY" embraces this revelry of the present moment - anxieties regarding any semblance of "journey" or "destination" evaporate into nonbeing, thriving within liminality in a constant pursuit of congruence and equanimity.

Everything is possible.

Written & produced by Peter Wiley
Mastered by Joao Melo
Artwork by Ohni Lisle
Design by Kevin McCaughey
Liner notes by Kiernan Laveaux

Body

Dreamtone

[Preview] Pascäal - Hyphae Drip [Out Feb 4th!] (DT002)

The first cut from Damn Skippy! out November 1st



"As friends, coming together to make music feels like a special occasion that's filled with lots of love and care, friendship and happy feelings. The tracks reflect that as well - they're bouncy, ebullient, fun, warm, and effervescent."

JKTN075 features respected and prolific North American artists, Ciel and Ali Berger, who are pairing up for their first collaboration. The three original tracks deliver an irresistible energy, with bouncing rhythms, catchy mutant melodies, and undeniable warmth. If that wasn't enough, the remixes come from two producers who truly craft their own sound and style and sound like no other - Atlanta’s Nikki Nair and Pittsburgh’s Davis Galvin. This EP is headed straight for the DJs and to a dancefloor near you.

Pre-order the vinyl at Rubadub:
rubadub.co.uk/products/damn-skippy-w-nikki-nair-davis-galvin-

Written and produced by Ciel & Ali Berger
Artwork: Patience Keller
Design: Jason Polastri

Damn Skippy!

Pre-order at Rubadub

Ciel & Ali Berger - I've Been Reaching For The Stars (Damn Skippy! EP out Nov 01, 2022))

Saint Thomas LeDoux is an artist and producer from East Tennessee. For the past six years, he’s been a member of the Knoxville-based artist collective, TEKNOX, curating underground dance parties for a small community of freaks and rejects. When he’s not DJing and dancing in dark rooms, Saint enjoys classic southern pastimes like karaoke, demolition derbies, and witnessing massive industrial accidents. You can catch his previous work on Finale Sessions, Partial Magic, and Junted.

Release date: February 14, 2020

Follow STL: @whatitdoux
Artwork: dabecy
Mastering: João Melo

Chain Letter EP

Saint Thomas LeDoux - Chain Letter EP [JKTN069 PREVIEW]

gayphextwin (@odi_me) returns to Jacktone with progesterstoned, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2018's full-length album, spiro. 

progesterstoned is the intersection of alt-rock and dubstep, grunge and IDM.

Release date: Delayed (TBD)
Mastering: Joao Melo
Artwork: gayphextwin

Tracklist
1. invrtme 	
2. spiraled 	
3. needout 	
4. ambientnoodle 	
5. wonderingwhy 	
6. jamband	
7. close 	
8. garbadgewoman 	
9. miss2

progesterstoned

gayphextwin - progesterstoned [JKTN071 Preview]

Release date: Friday February 5.

Evoking liminal spaces between the subterranean subconscious and the grandiose-yet-lethal cosmos of the psychedelic higher self, Strong Pill conjures soundscapes of ever-shifting scale, where fission-emission melodies and stalactite drips weave in and out of tectonic blocks of synth chords, while kick drums reverberate off the walls in what could be the skull, a cavern, or the boundaries of existence itself. Touch never forgets that at heart it's music that's meant to make you move, but where it moves you to depends entirely on the bounds of where you can conceive to go.

Written/produced and recorded by: Strong Pill / Nathan Young  
Mastered by: Joao Melo
Artwork: dabecy

Strong Pill - Touch [JKTN074 Preview]

Record label and sublabel specializing in abstract, ambient & experimental electronics. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Upcoming Release:
Ciel & Ali Berger - Damn Skippy EP! Remixes from Nikki Nair, Davis Galvin

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