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After the first two Earthly Tapes & a handful of EPs, Earthly Measures drops its first full-length album with Mente Organica’s El Espacio - a beautifully crafted album with glorious textures, steady grooves, calming vibes & a dancefloor filler or two.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia – producer & multi-instrumentalist Mente Organica has slowly been making a name for himself within the folktronica/Latin scene. Following multiple album and EP releases over the past few years, El Espacio marks his first release on wax and the music stands out from anything he has done before. These 8 tracks surprise & reward the listener as individual harmonies at first, and finally, as a whole and immersive symphony.

From “Pablo Bebe’, a track he wrote which is inspired & dedicated to his best friend – to ‘Close the Door’, written in the depths of quarantine, reflecting isolation, loneliness & introspection, & ‘Yoga’ - a song written with his father that can be easily heard filling the dancefloor as well as easy bedroom sessions, this album truly does feel like his most personal work yet. ‘Eagle’- an utterly unique track born in Pucon, Chile, after meeting opera singer Katy Prado - blends sensibilities of 60s psychedelic rock vocals with Mente’s signature electronica. ‘Dame Un Segundo’ is the lobby track of the album, with Balearic vibes: chilled, jazzy & floaty. Title track ‘El Espacio’ pays homage to Mente’s influences growing up - think Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation & Air - giving us that Trip Hop vibe. ‘Huanini’ is a real groover - a low-key dance track that evokes that “start of the night” feeling of excitement, with heavy experimentation of granular synths. Finally, rounding the album off with melodies of hope, delight and positivity, ‘Partida’ reminds us that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

Mente Organica - Dame Un Segundo

Stefan Schwander (Synthesizer - Harmonious Thelonious), Philipp Janzen (Drums - Von Spar, Cologne Tape), Christopher Marquez (Bass - Von Spar), Michaela Melian (Vocals - F.S.K.), Marc Knauer (Artwork)

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Conductors (ft. Harry Charles) Live in Berlin

a down tempo MINI MIX as a promo podcast for Cumbia Libertad Vinyl release from @hawaii-bonsai ,  
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Mental exercises

We are delighted to premiere this wonderful track by Flower Thief. It was released earlier this year but you can't get more chilled and relaxed with productions like this, downtempo beats, soft vocals, easy going kick... what more do you want when you are soaking up the evening sun rays? If you want originality and fresh music, make sure to give Flower Thief a follow and listen to the rest of this super EP and the first EP released last year. Make sure to support the artist and the album can be purchased via bandcamp. 

Some words by the artist: 

"Flower Thief is an individual project that was born in the South of San Jose the capital of Costa Rica founded by Fabian Better. We were looking for the voice of the underground composers and djs with a A mixture of Downtempo beats, alongside guitar,bass and keys.

Sun and shades is the second EP released in March of this year, in which we see a better work thought with a beginning and an end.
In which the artist makes us go through different states, to close the cycle and start over again."

Flower Thief on Soundcloud: 
https://soundcloud.com/flower_thief

Flower Thief on Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/flowerthiefproject/

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Shika Shika is proud to present “Rwandance” the second album by German multi-instrumentalist Andi Otto. Anyone that has had the opportunity to see Andi’s live performance knows about his talent as cellist and was no doubt blown away by his self-made device, the “Fello” - a sensor-extended cello bow.

“Rwandance” sees And move into new territory - born out of a meeting between And and Rwandan musician and dancer Evariste Karinganire, while collaborating for the music of dance piece Planet Kigali.

“The idea was to first listen to a music archive of songs and instrumental recordings of instruments from Rwanda. Then I tried to transform this material into my own sound. I was mesmerised from the very first moment when I heard this beautiful language: Kinyarwanda alongside these instruments like the Umuduri a percussive bow instrument, and rhythmical structures, like the 5/4 and 3/4 feelings which are the basis of many songs.”

Andi has a talent for using technology in a way that is touching and touchable, enticing out warm and organic tones from his machines. On “Rwandance” this sensibility enters into a perfect dialog and harmony with the traditional Rwandan rhythms. His break away from the traditional 4/4 structures of electronic music is not only refreshing but full of groove.

"Planet Kigali“ was premiered at Kampnagel in Hamburg at the end of 2018:

"Planet Kigali“ is about a bunch of time-travellers who come back from the future to our present year. They remember that there had still been borders and passports in 2019, a fine, utopian plot… and they represent a hypothesis of what aspects of Rwanda’s cultural tradition could look and sound like in 200 years. The time-warp makes it possible to shift the focus away from the topic of the country’s horrible genocide. Instead of investigating a post-traumatic society, the piece tries to jump ahead to the future and to the past simultaneously. Between old memories or recordings and our dreams, fears or expectations of the future.”

Conductors (ft. Harry Charles) Live in Berlin

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