VA - Astraltopia
APR128 | Out Now

Available here: https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/astraltopia

Astraltopia is the third and final compilation in the Topia series, as well as the terminal release in the Astral Plane Recordings catalog. Made up of contributions from longtime APR artists and friends, Astraltopia traverses outgrowths of past label releases, novel sonic formulations and the infra-zones between and underneath extant club sounds. Accompanied by artwork from Sam Meier and mastering by Will Mitchell, the compilation follows 2012’s Heterotopia and 2015’s Psychotropia, both of which preceded the formal inauguration of Astral Plane Recordings. Contributions include material from Alis, Amazondotcom, CHANTS, Dane Law, LOFT, Maral, MICHAELBRAILEY (with Iceboy Violet), nunu and SHALT. Astraltopia is out now as a free and/or pay-what-you-want download.1. CHANTS - Seven Billion Spheres
2. Maral - lita
3. SHALT - Face Like A Wet Sun
4. LOFT - an safe heavenn
5. Alis - Catra
6. Amazondotcom - Pico Blvd
7. nunu - ransom
8. MICHAELBRAILEY - dead space (prod. MICHAELBRAILEY, Iceboy Violet)
9. Dane Law - Summer's End (Lift Me Up)

Astraltopia

MICHAELBRAILEY - dead space (prod. MICHAELBRAILEY & Iceboy Violet)

JEROME Mixfile #978 - a-rot

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JEROME Mixfile #978 - a-rot

'Aviario' is a collaborative EP by Ecuadorian electronic music producers Entrañas and Ene Ese, alongside visual artist Destello. The release coalesces the unique sonic palette, textures and rhythms of Ecuadorian music with the darkness of Club and Bass music. Taking influence from bird species inhabiting the diverse ecosystems of Ecuador, Entrañas and Ene Ese seamlessly transmute delicately layered soundscapes and birdsong into cutting drum patterns, creating invigorating compositions that spotlight the rich musical heritage of Ecuador and its natural environment.

'Aviario' ranges sonically from moments of ambient textural exploration in 'Trogón', to dance floor ready tracks such as the single 'Huiracchuro' where overdriven melodies weave between sultry drums making heavy use of 6/8 polyrhythms found in Ecuadorian genres such as Albazo and Bomba. The third track 'Curiquingüe' features additional composition from producer Zunfo.

The EP is accompanied by six corresponding artworks by Destello, who reimagines the colours and forms of the birds into candescent abstractions.

Entrañas & Ene Ese & Zunfo - Curiquingüe

Chapultepec (“grasshopper hill” in Nahuatl) has been a vital part of Mexico City for almost 600 years. A hydraulic marvel designed by the texcocan Tlatoani Nezahualcóyotl to work as a lung in one of the biggest cities on the planet. 

Throughout 19 tracks Lao explores the imaginative and timeless possibilities of Chapultepec in the form of deep melodies, organic textures, and tribal percussive patterns influenced by Jungle and Rave. The album is a homage to CDMX, the Mexican electronic music scene, and its dancefloor for the last 15 years.
credits
released February 2, 2024 

Master: Imaabs 
Arte: José Eduardo Barajas – Árbol Nube (2023) 
cortesía del artista y de PEAN 
Diseño: Mexican Jihad 
N.A.A.F.I CDMX - 2024

Batalla en el cerro

Novi Sad based DJ and event organiser Pirinač is distinguished by his rhythmically diverse and explosive sets. Pirinač’s style of matching and mixing music stems from his favorite video games, which shaped both his private and musical persona. Ultimately, the goal is not only having an arsenal at your disposal, but using and blending it infinitely, with no fear of experiment and without limitation. Starting in his hometown Zrenjanin and formerly a member of the Ferka collective, he’s been part of the local underground for a while - notably performing at Raprave season 0 opening, HiddenBG invites Jensen Interceptor and Mostly joking invites Hajj. Hе’s been part of the Gomila collective since 2023, and more recently a part of the Slutka collective. He is also the main organizer of the mini festival and event series, Shades Marathon.

SLUTcast #03 - Pirinač

++ PRESENTATION ++

Scores +°-  glyphs to sounds !

+°°+--+
Scores is a compilation exploring musical notations and how they can be interpreted as sounds. People have always tried to translate sonic expressions into visual cues that could be archived, passed down, and transformed back into music. 

From symbols to numbers, grids, staffs, figures or abstract shapes, several languages have been developed and continuously questioned to improve the ability to retain the emotion and meaning sounds can convey - what lies behind the veil.
 
What if this time, the notation would come beforehand?

+°°+--+
The project unfolded in two phases. In the first one, visual artists from the Global URL Nation could propose one sheet of music score, free of interpretation. They were invited to play with musical notations and explore what it would even mean.
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It welcomed chaggrin, Eurrope, M4X1US, MYEN, s1m0nc3ll0 & Ziyiz for 6 sheets


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In the second phase, artists from GUN could pick one sheet and create a track trying to follow it as much as possible. It invited them to question music as a physical object, with its shapes, colors, textures and layers with the following :

__How is the overall composition? Are there any axis or lines that could be interpreted as a timeline or a melodic scale?
__How many discrete elements are in the image? How are they laid out?
__What are the shapes involved?  What is their scale? Do they have sharp or blurry outlines?
__What are the colors/textures used? How do they relate with each other in terms of tones, contrasts…?
__How are the different elements layered on top of each other? Are they superimposed or do they merge in some way?
__How would they translate them in musical terms, such as textures, notes, structures, timbres, rhythms, dynamics? 

It welcomed Bademjan, Baje Nunca, C+Vis, Capiuz, Clair X, C.T.A.A.M.  Ecovoron, Epiphagi, HeedLess, Mambo Kahn, migu, POL100, Yau Hei ASJ & Ziyiz for 14 tracks ranging from ethereal scorescapes to hyperstimulating scratches. Sounds and shapes weave together, blurring the boundaries between the two media to create one whole entity

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With Scores, we invite you to seek the music that can be hidden in our surroundings, to decrypt and hear the phantom scores one can find in every shape, every color and every little visual detail __ open your ears and see the sounds, sometimes music lies in a simple fold of clothing


++ TRACKLIST ++

__((Sheet A by chaggrin))
A1. Clair X - Unravel
A2. migu - Red for Funeral
A3. Epiphagi - Everything We've Come To Be

__((Sheet B by Eurrope))
B1. Bademjan - Wrinklenest
B2. Yau Hei ASJ - Jigsaw Puzzle

__((Sheet C by s1m0nc3ll0))
C1. Ecovoron - Burning Shide
C2. C.T.A.A.M. - A-L

__((Sheet D by MYEN))
D1. Capiuz - Dreamer of Nightmares
D2. POL100 - Butterfly Wall

__((Sheet E by Ziyiz))
E1. Baje Nunca - En Blue Gray et DVD
E2. HeedLess - Incomprensibile

__((Sheet F by M4X1US))
F1. Mambo Kahn - Celestial Arson
F2. C+Vis - Untitled
F3. Ziyiz - Skies Inside (Ring The Bell)


++ CREDITS ++ 

Music sheets created by chaggrin, Eurrope, M4X1US, MYEN, s1m0nc3ll0 & Ziyiz. 

Tracks produced by Bademjan, Baje Nunca, C+Vis, Capiuz, Clair X, C.T.A.A.M.  Ecovoron, Epiphagi, HeedLess, Mambo Kahn, migu, POL100, Yau Hei ASJ & Ziyiz. 

Common cover by Griigg
https://www.instagram.com/griigg

Mastering by Ioannis Nafpliotis
https://www.instagram.com/iamxato/

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D1. Capiuz - Dreamer Of Nightmares

tokyo funk

SOSIG AT WAR II

Where are you ? / Frenchcore x Uptempo - V . 11

First Circle - Bitter?

About Let's Collapse

Let’s Collapse is a collaboration EP between Pixelord and Max Dahlhaus in Moscow and Berlin, respectively. The illusion of the global village, which it seems like yesterday’s, collapsed due to the outbreak of covid-19, but none of this can prevent people from contacting each other. This EP shows how the artists feel in it.

Both artists are good at creating cold music, and the collision of ideas has produced many wonderful changes in the results. The whole EP is like a roaring turbo engine, and the huge sound continuously presses our hearts. There is always some strange but beautiful sound between the heavy drums and the rough background noise, when they appear, it will make the listener's scalp tremble like two sharp pieces of metal rubbed in a flash. All these sounds constitute a sci-fi world, and the rich details bring people into endless spaces of imagination. The world is constantly destroyed and rebuilt in the journey of the seven tracks, and the epic ending leaves all this to the unknown.

《Let’s Collapse》由分别位于莫斯科和柏林的Pixelord 和Max Dahlhaus 共同合作完成。恍如昨日的地球村幻景由于疫情的爆发一瞬间崩塌了，但这一切都无法阻止人们相互联系。这张EP展现的就是音乐人在其中的感受。

两位音乐人都善于制作黑暗冷酷的音乐，这次创意之间的碰撞使结果产生了许多奇妙的变化。整张EP就像一台轰鸣的涡轮引擎，声浪持续地压迫着我们的心脏。在厚重的的鼓点与粗糙的背景噪音之间总有一些奇特但又美妙的声音，他们出现时就像两片锐利的金属片擦过一般使听者的头皮一刺。所有这些声音共同构成了一个未来的科幻世界，丰富的细节使人们进入无尽的想象空间。在这七首歌的旅程中，这个世界被不断地毁灭，又被不断地重建，充满史诗感的结尾把这一切留给了未知。 

Mix:Max Dahlhaus & Pixelord
Master: Max Dahlhaus
Artwork:Gabriel Massan

Let's Collapse

Pixelord - whoosh

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