sasha - part 3

What better way to kick off your Monday than with this beautifully smooth sonic delight courtesy of London based soft music makers, Rainer. The duo released their four track Hope / Satin / Glass / Dreams EP last November and continue to keep the vibe alive in 2014 with some fresh remixes. Wild Swim take on the humbling, ethereal 'Hope', giving a vibe softer than silk. Press play and drift away.
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Track Premiere: Rainer - Hope (Wild Swim Remix)

Nature by Nature (Unit 1)

flower petals pretty how you smile 
take you where you want it’s worth my while
thought I might’ve been a little sadder 
always find the way back to what matters 
even if I have to close the chapter 
if I have to move a little faster 
I’ll protect you run from the disaster 
please just take me there don’t leave me after 

your still my one wish 
dream of our first kiss can’t let go of this 
can’t let go hold on too
I don’t want to miss you
I’ll just reminisce you 

no I won’t replace her 
leaving my heart vacant 
that’s for her to break it 
I’ll find you I promise 
hate me I deserve it 
you know I’m not perfect 
can’t stop yet still working

imfuckingsorrydonttellanyone

lay low [lilyoungsad]

heavens interlude. (prod inuyasha)

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Download: Woodwire - Glacier

'Save Some Love' is out now everywhere https://handsome.lnk.to/savesomelove
Written and produced by HANDSOME

Additional composition by Benjamin Fletcher and David Hunt
Additional production by Jayteehazard

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Save Some Love

HANDSOME - Save Some Love

Atlas Internet Cafe

Tyipng Error

Wave Of Mutilation

Wave of Mutilation

Beacon - Wave Of Mutilation

Bandcamp Exclusive for charity! Proceeds of this album will be donated to the Rainforest Trust to help fight climate change and deforestation. More info can be found at www.rainforesttrust.org/about-us/

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/kronolmusic
Label: https://soundcloud.com/routineespresso
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Artwork by @yungcurtis find him on Instagram!

Save the Rainforest

Kronol - Lacrime Romane [Routine Espresso Recordings]

All In The Same Breath

Fires In The Dark

Dear Future Self

Polar Lights

Painkiller

Album available here:
keno.bandcamp.com/album/transatlantyk

The story of how Transatlantyk came to be is, in many ways, one typical of our times. We've grown accustomed to being isolated, even stranded, in recent months, and Technology has become our means of overcoming these aspects of quarantine.

For Lübeck-based producer David Hanke, a.k.a. Keno, and Los Angeles-based musician Tristan de Liège, their intercontinental relationship began long before the days of lockdowns and social distancing. The pair 'met' on-line through mutual friends back in 2018 and quickly realised they were, in a musical sense, kindred spirits. Their shared tastes meant that what started out as a single track quickly morphed into an EP, and finally the full length album that you're enjoying right now.

Tristan's experience as a neo-classical musician was the ideal foil for Hanke's skills with a sample and production expertise. Both shared a love of the more lush and cinematic end of instrumental Hip-Hop and Downtempo music. This sound partnership is evident throughout the album, but particularly on tracks like Nkosi, and the title track, where luscious string sections dance playfully with fractured, programmed beats; or the melancholic opener, Kouyou, where more laid back drums underpin muted horns and joyous harps.

The pair's perfectly formed fusion isn't the end of the story though, as French chanteuse Elodie Rama is on hand to provide not only some impeccable vocals, but also irresistible melodies to this already mellifluous long-player. Speak The Language sees this brilliant vocalist drift seamlessly between euphonious song and spoken word whilst delivering one of the ariose moments of the whole album. Elsewhere, on Dancing In The Dark, Elodie gives a slightly more sombre performance, combining with lavish strings and driving rhythms to a tee; and on To Find A Way offers up an even more emotional and almost heart-breaking performance, aided by wistful and forlorn instrumentation.

Transatlantyk is a body of work from an amalgamation of rare talents who combine beautifully to take us through myriad emotions; from the urgent and compelling Off The Mark via the pensive Forever We Were, and finally find their Way Across thanks to a shared love of graceful and refined musicality and a good song.

To this day the three have never actually met in person, but here's a last hopeful thought that one day soon, as we emerge out of the darkness, they can finally join together in a physical, as well as a musical, embrace.

Text by Dom Servini

Transatlantyk

Keno & Tristan De Liege "To Find A Way feat. Elodie Rama"

Last of a dying breed. My debut album, 'The Man Nobody Can Touch', is out now: https://jenskuross.lnk.to/TMNCTEM

My new single 'Painkiller' is out now: https://jenskuross.lnk.to/painkillerFB

Day jobs: @TheAcid, @HowlingHowling.

Management: leon.alexander@redlightmanagement.com 

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Painkiller

Jens Kuross

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