The Fountain

Projections

Taking inspiration from classic garage, rave, and breakbeat anthems of the past, Tāmaki Makaurau artist deepState presents her latest EP via Echo Train Records.

Butterfly, signals a nod to downtempo stylings of the 1990's before moving into a rave inspired synthesis, paired with some subtly placed keys.

The second track, Starfield, leads in with soothing pads, towards heavy vocal bridges that build the song into a state of euphoric harmony.
Alongside these two tracks, Ōtautahi local Ultraviolet provides a remix of Starfield, a complimentary boosted breakbeat alternative to the original.

https://echotrainer.bandcamp.com/album/ech008-butterfly-starfield

DeepState
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/deepstate.music
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/deepstatenz/
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/deepstate-nz
Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3H8xkzh

Echo Train Records
Instagram - www.instagram.com/echotrainrecs
Facebook - www.facebook.com/echotrainrecs
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/echotrainrecs
Bandcamp - https://echotrainer.bandcamp.com/music

PREMIERE: DeepState - Butterfly [Echo Train Records]

The Cosmik Connection, Vol. 8

DJ Bigspin - Deep Indifference

This summer, Boiler Room & Native Instruments took Kode9 to Tokyo to explore the full spectrum of Japanese bass culture. A central focal point of our trip was an introduction to the ancient discipline of taiko: the enormous tree-hollowed drums used in Japanese culture for thousands of years. Originally used as fearful instruments in the theatre of war, it's only in the last half-century that they've been used for performance. As an academic in sonic warfare and the theoretics of bass, Kode9 was our ideal candidate to tackle their sheer magnitude.

Over the course of a few days, he set out sampling various taiko and took them into the studio with Osaka-based footwork producer DJ Fulltono. The result is "TKO", a heavy-duty 160BPM workout that brings the ancient drums right into the modern context of Tokyo's futurist footwork scene.

Cop the free download above.

Kode9 & DJ Fulltono "TKO"

B. Porcupine

Rounded

St Martins

Tension

Blue Deal

Minor Science - Blue Deal

Out now and available to purchase at:

https://mattfinneganplusone.bandcamp.com/album/u-want

Artwork by Rachael Kaye Mellor (@raykaymel)

PLUS ONE - U / WANT CLIPS (OUT NOW ON BANDCAMP)

PNL004 | Inside Hour

June 5th: For Bandcamp day today we will be donating all proceeds made from our compilation album Inside Hour to @blmuk Fund - we will also match all purchases of the album as donations.

We understand more than small one-off gestures is required and that to genuinely be able to address these issues it requires long term structural support of the cause.

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All profits to the NHS.

A 10-track compilation featuring 8 artists part of our close circle. The project is diverse throughout and hopes to shine a light through this period of isolation.

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We've not done a compilation since Ample back in 2017 - that was probably our first major release. Between then and now the idea of doing a compilation hadn't quite pushed Panel to what we wanted it to be. We'd get these incredible tracks in, and try to weave them into wider more considered projects, but this idea of an interconnected compilation never came together. Other projects - Anamnesis, Settle, Reprezent, etc - took priority. Then, just as the pieces for a compilation came together, COVID happened. And with it, a narrative and purpose for Inside Hour was created.

We know the NHS isn't a charity, nor should it be treated as such. Rather than public fundraising be treated as the norm, it should be able to rely on state responsibility. But this situation is incredibly difficult for many people, and we all have friends and family working the frontlines. As everything continues to unfold, we've been extremely lucky to have this project to escape to, allowing us to help keep ourselves and everyone associated creatively occupied. As such, for creating this space that has given us this privilege of escapism, we will be donating all the proceeds from this release to the NHS (and avoid Virgin Giving).

This compilation hopes to be an outlet, a light and an escapism for all of you through this period, just as it has been for all of us. But we also think it signifies the togetherness we hope everyone's been experiencing in recent months.

Keep safe,
- Panel

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