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Prodigal son of the ESP Institute, Juan Ramos, rises from the cesspool of a world gone mad with 'Agua Del Cenote', his fifth release with the label. Whilst many artists are following their inner light to bring us some much needed joy amidst these rotten times, Juan (being the little shit that he is) follows an inner demon and delivers listeners and dancers a demented clusterfuck of sadistic chaos. The title track opens with what sounds like a butane torch and we metaphorically freebase into oblivion. Our perception of reality unravels, writhing in abrasive textures smeared across a low-slung, mid-tempo erotic thump. Everything feels blurry and distant, as if we’re swimming through an underground aquatic tunnel, in a panic, searching for an invisible band of spirits whose tune summons us into certain annihilation. Following this is a remix from a decorated lord of 20th Century electronics, Harald Grosskopf AKA The Synthesist. Harald wipes away grit and lethargy to reveal elements hidden deep within the mix as well as softens Juan’s sense of terror by building up to an optimistic layer of added synth. We’d love to offer some relief with the balance of the EP, however, the remaining two tracks paint complimentary hues in the same cerebral palette. 'Let It Go (Freaks Only)' veers closely to House in terms of tempo and gestalt, utilizing a vocal sample from Third Generation (Kerri Chandler) and a healthy dose of sub bass, but Juan hardly apologizes for his masochistic tendencies and certainly never relents into an uplifting mood. Closing the EP, Juan serves an antidote of sorts with 'Cuko', as if suggesting a way out of the swamp, but leaves it up to the listener’s intuition to not only see the carrot, but actually follow it into the light, thus completing the quest.

[ESP085] - Agua Del Cenote

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[ESP085] JUAN RAMOS - B2 - Cuko - SNIPPET

[ESP085] JUAN RAMOS - B1 - Let It Loose (Freaks Only) - SNIPPET

[ESP085] JUAN RAMOS - A2 - Agua Del Cenote (Harald Grosskopf Synthesist Mix) - SNIPPET

[ESP085] JUAN RAMOS - A1 - Agua Del Cenote - SNIPPET

Juan Ramos lives on planet Earth but channels voices from the aether. This is his first offering for the ESP Institute. On side A, 'Last Of The Natives' shows us just what we’re dealing with, a master manipulator of sound and consciousness. Juan culls the toughest kick drums and thickest latex bass slaps from a deep burial in our psyche and peppers them with alien chants and fleeting electronic flutes—a combustible sense of spontaneity that may at first appear chaotic but after fully immersed in Juan’s demented world, we find ourselves willfully under his control. On side B, 'Enemy Of Enemy Is Friend' also sets off from a disorienting place where a slow progression of acid, shakers and toms takes a good minute to allow us some footing around the groove. Once settled into his sophisticated rhythm, Juan opens the door to a glorious combination of chords, clanking guitars, shakers that scrub back and forth and the occasional smear of paranormal synth. We at the ESP Institute are enamored by Juan’s seemingly infinite skill for crafting mood and extracting optimism from darkness, but seriously, what color Speedo™ should she wear this summer?

JUAN RAMOS - B - Enemy Of Enemy Is Friend (snippet)

JUAN RAMOS - A - Last Of The Natives (snippet)

Juan Ramos speaks twelve languages and loiters at the zoo. This is his second offering for the ESP Institute. Last year his debut dropped us at the edge of oblivion and this follow-up release picks up right where he left us—ATKM pumps right from the start with a collision of elastic percussion, tubular clinks and cranks under what sounds like fragments of our androgynous tour guide’s speech though a malfunctioning PA. Halfway through the chaos she makes a left turn toward Belgium where the drum programming fattens up and we acquire an optimistic shimmering of chords. On side B, Globalización Ácido is a collaboration with close friends Discodromo, conjuring imagery of a moonlit expedition on the hunt for lord-knows-what. Many producers rely on jungle sounds, loosely appropriating some misguided sense of mysticism, but Juan rules his own kingdom where he creates an ecosystem through synthesis and digital manipulation. The narrative quality of his production knows no limits and his ability to twist machines into this chorus of cyber-creatures puts him at the top of the food chain, however, no animals were harmed in the making of these two songs.

[ESP052] ATKM b/w Globalizacíon Ácido - SNIPPET

B1 - Globalización Ácido - SNIPPET

A1 - ATKM - SNIPPET

Berlin based Cocktail d'Amore Music and Ene Tokyo join forces for Greenvision's debut - The Italo-American duo formed by Trent and Juan Ramos. pENE d'Amore Pt.1 is the name of their first 12 inch. This is one of those records that makes you start questioning matters of genre and music construction. Sit back, press play and enjoy this ultra-cosmic adventure. The different rhythm patterns included in Surdinia melt organically with the acid lines, the high UFO whistles and spaceship-like sound effects, exploding into an unexpected and comfortable piano house line, solving the puzzle and leaving you thirsty for more. Meccanica is a slow tempo gem, It combines elements of industrial and Balearic with a touch of submarine-like soundscapes. Ramos and Trent's music-making philosophy is as special as unique. The multitude of elements that compose each track has its own life cycle, its own ecosystem.

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PREMIERE : Juan Ramos & Trent present Greenvision - Surdinia

Berlin based Cocktail d’Amore Music and Ene Tokyo join forces for Greenvision’s debut - The Italo-American duo formed by Trent and Juan Ramos. Meccanica is a slow tempo gem, It combines elements of industrial and Balearic with a touch of submarine-like soundscapes. Ramos and Trent’s music-making philosophy is as special as unique. The multitude of elements that compose each track has its own life cycle, its own ecosystem.

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PRÈMIÉRE: Juan Ramos & Trent Present Greenvision - Meccanica [Cocktail d'Amore]

Greenvision is the collaborative brainchild of two ESP Institute artists, Juan Ramos and Luca Trentini AKA Trent, both longtime fixtures of Berlin’s infamous playground known as Cocktail d’Amore. Separately, these two explore their own very personal avenues of expression, putting their time in the trenches and endlessly polishing their works (this makes Juan’s third release with the label), but when their efforts overlap we’re gifted a view into their uncanny synergy. Juan and Trent channel an exorbitant amount of smoke-fueled creativity, building layers upon layers into music so dense that the bulk of their studio time might then be spent navigating and formalizing their output into tangible tracks. Greenvison’s collective debut with the ESP Institute showcases three intense cerebral workouts, 'Banana Paradiso', 'Rambutan' and 'The Color Of Maracuja', an array of experiments pulling from all the corners of the duo’s imagination—it is disorienting, cacophonous, introverted and psychedelic, but at the same time playful, melodic, euphoric and undoubtably arresting—guaranteed to induce hallucinations under proper circumstances. We welcome the induction of Greenvision to the ESP Institute, and with as your guide, we welcome you to accompany on our descent into their abyss. Try not to get lost.

[ESP068] Rambutan

GREENVISION - B2 - The Color Of Maracuja - SNIPPET

GREENVISION - B1 - Rambutan - SNIPPET

GREENVISION - A1 - Banana Paradiso - SNIPPET

After two solo releases on Lovefinger’s ESP Insitute, and two more 12” as Greenvision (his collaborative project with Trent) Juan Ramos graces Berlin’s Cocktail d’Amore Music with a new outstanding EP.  “Incorporeality” and “Liquid Sky Drone” are both vibrant, hallucinating, trance inducing tracks. Full-on sonic layering and unexpected drum patterns compose these two bangers. Multidimensional is the right term to describe Ramos’ music. His futuristic approach, yet full of references from the past, is gaining a strong reputation within the contemporary electronic scene.  Melbourne-Berlin based Kris Baha is on remix duties. “Liquid Sky Drone” becomes an industrial ballad - cinematic and romantic, at the same time bouncing and synthetic.  Artwork by Boldtron, virtual reality artist based in Barcelona.

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PREMIERE : Juan Ramos - Incorporeality

After two solo releases on Lovefinger’s ESP Insitute, and two more 12” as Greenvision (his collaborative project with Trent) Juan Ramos graces Berlin’s Cocktail d’Amore Music with a new outstanding EP.
“Incorporeality” and “Liquid Sky Drone” are both vibrant, hallucinating, trance inducing tracks. Full-on sonic layering and unexpected drum patterns compose these two bangers. Multidimensional is the right term to describe Ramos’ music. His futuristic approach, yet full of references from the past, is gaining a strong reputation within the contemporary electronic scene.
Melbourne-Berlin based Kris Baha is on remix duties. “Liquid Sky Drone” becomes an industrial ballad - cinematic and romantic, at the same time bouncing and synthetic.
Artwork by Boldtron, virtual reality artist based in Barcelona.

B1 - Liquid Sky Drone

B2 - Liquid Sky Drone (Kris Baha remix)

Juan Ramos and Trent AKA Greenvision are back for pENE d’Amore part 2, a collaborative release between Berlin’s Cocktail d’Amore Music and Ene Tokyo.
This precious 12” follows Rambutan, the duo’s offering to Los Angeles’ ESP Institute. The cover is made by visual artist Giulia Munari and reminds of the melting pattern of a Murano glass, referencing indeed the abundance the listener is soon to discover putting the needle on this record.
A multitude of acid lines tinged with a touch of trance and a carefree melody roll over an almost off-beat groove in Mountain of Madness, taking over A side.
On the flip, the didgeridoo-based Rolling2joints takes the listener exploring a mystical forest on a distant planet.
Again disorienting, psychedelic and explosive, Greenvsion’s productions sound like riddles to be solved, puzzles to be composed.
Their unique sonic layering philosophy results in an almost unclassifiable music genre ready to please the thirstier dance-floors.

A - Mountain Of Madness

Juan Ramos and Trent AKA Greenvision are back for pENE d’Amore part 2, a collaborative
release between Berlin’s Cocktail d’Amore Music and Ene Tokyo.
This precious 12” follows Rambutan, the duo’s offering to Los Angeles’ ESP Institute. The cover
is made by visual artist Giulia Munari and reminds of the melting pattern of a Murano glass, referencing indeed the abundance the listener is soon to discover putting the needle on this record.
A multitude of acid lines tinged with a touch of trance and a carefree melody roll over an almost off-beat groove in Mountain of Madness, taking over A side.
On the flip, the didgeridoo-based Rolling2joints takes the listener exploring a mystical forest on a distant planet.
Again disorienting, psychedelic and explosive, Greenvsion’s productions sound like riddles to be solved, puzzles to be composed.
Their unique sonic layering philosophy results in an almost unclassifiable music genre ready to please the thirstier dance-floors.

B - Rolling 2 Joints (Sativa Mix)

DJ and producer duo Discodromo are delighted to present a three-vinyl compilation and a book to celebrate the tenth birthday of their Berlin party CockTail d’Amore.

A2 Juan Ramos - Skincrawler

A2 Greenvision - Sleeping Bag In New York

The endless succession of segues, from record to record to record, is just another way of expressing the fact that we're all in this together.

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