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Simple Symmetry - Che Che

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Following on from previous releases, Make Me Rich and their cover of Fergie's Glamorous, Japanese-Belgian duo AILI continue to ignore their bank balance and explore the finer things in life with new single Fashion. A somewhat tongue-in-cheek tribute to the strange world of haute couture, Fashion sees Aili Maruyama and Orson Wouters deliver another playful electro-pop number, this time adding traditional Japanese string instrument, the koto, to their banks of synths and Aili's deadpan vocals. https://soundcloud.com/ailimakesmusic 

Built around an unhurried groove and hypnotic Kosmiche bass line, camera-flash like bursts of melody all come together to provide the perfect backdrop for Maruyama to explore the Japanese relationship to fashion. Something that anyone who has taken a walk around Tokyo's famed Harajuku district, or developed a taste for raw selvedge denim produced in the Okayama prefecture, will know they can take remarkably seriously. 

As Maruyama sings, this time entirely in Japanese, that's even reflected in the language used to describe how you wear different items of clothing. 'Japanese uses different verbs that mean 'to wear' depending on what you're talking about,' she says. 'For example, unlike Dutch, Japanese has the verb "kaburu" for items you wear on your head as opposed to "kiru" for anything you cover your upper body with.'

Accompanying the single the band produced a video that captures the joyful and surreal nature of both the band and the fashion world itself. Serving up their best catwalk looks, a paint splattered Maruyama and Wouters take turns modelling everything from shirts made from salad leaves, to lemon glasses, grape earrings, green pea necklaces and more. 'Fashion may be taken seriously but that doesn't mean it needs to be serious,' Maruyama says. 'The video is a treat for the senses, one that hopefully will make you smile and your mouth water at the same time.' 

Video -> https://youtu.be/-sxhKO12r5M

So there you have it, if you start to see kids on Brussels' Rue Dansaert dressed in trousers made from witloof in the coming months at least you'll now know who to blame.

Bursting onto the scene in 2021 with their acclaimed debut EP, Dansu, Aili Maruyama and Orson Wouters have continually defied expectations as they playfully blend leftfield pop with underground electronic sounds. Having recently just returned from playing their first live shows in Japan, where they also collaborated with Nariaki Obukuro and Yaffle's TOKA creative company, Fashion is the first hint of what's to come from the band's debut album, set for release on Eskimo Recordings in 2024.

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Aili - Fashion [Eskimo Recordings]

Ahead of the release of their much-anticipated debut album, Nandakke?, Belgian-Japanese duo Aili serve up a brand new single, Tako Yaki. Named after the Japanese street food, Tako Yaki continues Aili Maruyama & Orson Wouters' hot streak of irresistible songs, marrying new wave funk rhythms and sparkling electro-pop to Maruyama's distinctive vocals and surreal storytelling.
Like the rest of the new album Tako Yaki is sung in the unique version of Japanese that Maruyama and her father created to stay connected when she left Tokyo for Europe aged seven. But if you're wondering what it all means Maruyama is on hand to explain.

“On the Japanese side of my family, some family members have surprisingly large big toes," she confides. "We used to call these toes takoyaki after the Japanese dish because they resembled it!"

Oyayubi wa takoyaki! Toe or takoyaki! Seems obvious really, and if that's made you hungry then you're in luck as Tako Yaki also features a guest appearance from Aili's dad as he lists off his own takoyaki recipe which, for those who want to try this at home, you'll need octopus, flour, dashi, and an egg. Eet smakelijk!

Making their debut with the critically acclaimed Dansu EP, Maruyama and Wouters quickly established themselves as one of Belgium’s most exciting new acts. Following a series of ecstatically received shows across Europe and Japan, an appearance on the Belgian TV show Roomies and support from the likes of Rolling Stone and tastemakers radio stations like KEXP and KCRW in the US and Nova in France the band's debut album is due for release Februay 23rd, 2024 on Eskimo Recordings.

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PREMIERE : Aili - Tako Yaki

Pre-order: https://eskimorecordings.bandcamp.com/album/nandakke

‘Nandakke?’ is the anticipated debut album from Japanese-Belgian duo @ailimakesmusic on @eskimorecordings, featuring 10 tracks of surreal electro-pop, joyful electronica, house music and more. 

Lead track ‘Nandakke?’ is sung in the unique version of Japanese that singer Aili Maruyama and her father created to stay connected when she left Tokyo for Europe aged seven. The song goes out to all people with families living in different countries who are finding a way to stay in touch even when language is a barrier. 

“‘Nandakke?’ Is a Japanese word that roughly translates to "Well, what was it?”, often used when you are looking for a specific word," says Aili. "The song is about the language I speak with my dad, a mix of French and Japanese."

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Premiere: Aili 'Nandakke?'

A kaleidoscopic sonic riot, Nandakke? is the hotly anticipated debut album from Japanese-Belgian duo Aili. Featuring 10 tracks of surreal electro-pop, joyful electronica, house music and more, Nandakke? is a euphoric album that sees Aili Maruyama and Orson Wouters more than fulfil the promise of their acclaimed debut EP. https://soundcloud.com/ailimakesmusic

Recorded over the course of six months in Orson's studio, packed full of vintage synths, Nandakke? captures the spontaneous spirit and creativity of those sessions. Exchanging riffs and rhythms, bouncing sounds and samples off each other, Aili and Orson would let the music take them where it wanted. The result, an album full of wild ideas and bold, playful experimentation.

More than anything an exhilarating feeling of discovery courses through Nandakke?, leaving you never sure where it will go next. One minute a pulsing electro-pop number featuring Aili's dad discussing his takoyaki (battered octopus) recipe, the next an explosive high energy workout song like Up & Down.

Certainly Aili was surprised to find herself singing in her own unique version of Japanese again.

"I thought that I was done with that after our debut EP, but apparently not as I speak even more Japanese on the album!" said Maruyama. "Every time we were in the studio these words would just tumble out. It's a complicated language but I just love to play with it.

“In many ways I'm an outsider, I left Tokyo aged 7, so there's a lot I notice as someone who is not a native speaker and it doesn't always make sense, there’s a lot of mistakes in it. But in a way that sums up the whole philosophy of the album and how Orson and I work together.”

That notion of duality, a sense of belonging but feeling apart, of being between two worlds and inventing your own captures the spirit of Nandakke?, itself a Japanese word that roughly translates to "Well, what was it?".

"It's something you say when you're looking for a word, like you know it but have forgotten how to say it. That's literally how I communicate with my dad the whole time," Maruyama explains. "The main feeling I have when I go to Japan is that I know the language, I can speak it, but part of me still feels like it doesn't have all the vocabulary. There’s a gap there that nandakke has always filled for me. All the lyrics come from that place, that seven-year old trying to speak Japanese."

Whether Aili’s singing about the language she invented with her father over the years to bridge the gap between them (Nandakke?), the idiosyncratic Japanese relationship to fashion (Fashion) or riffing on children’s playground songs (Yubikiri) the result is a remarkable album that defies easy categorisation.

Bursting onto the Belgian scene in 2021 with their acclaimed debut EP, Dansu, its lead track spent 8 consecutive weeks at the #1 spot of Radio 1’s VOX list and saw the band nominated for Studio Brussel’s De Nieuwe Lichting (‘New Generation’) award. Since then Aili have appeared playing live on the Belgian TV show Roomies, been tipped by the likes of Rolling Stone, become regulars on tastemaker stations like KEXP and KCRW in the US and Nova in France, toured across Europe and, just recently, played their first sell out shows in Japan.

TRACKLIST 
1. Aili - Nandakke?
2. Aili - Babychan
3. Aili - Yubikiri
4. Aili - Fashion
5. Aili - Ichibansen
6. Aili - Takoyaki
7. Aili - Up & Down
8. Aili - Gari Gari
9. Aili - Oyasumi
10. Aili - 東京 2023

Nandakke?

Aili - Oyasumi [Eskimo Recordings]

Forthcoming track on the new Simple Symmetry 12" with remixes of their album "Sorry! We did something wrong" with a stellar crew of people like Iñigo Vontier and Smagghe and Cross! 
Coming out next week! Get the whole thing here:

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Sorry! We did something different

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Simple Symmetry - Che Che (The Horsemen of Housing and Commercial Services Rework)

Born at the end of the 80s in Bastia, Corsica, François Dagregorio alias "Valerj" comes from a generation in which long formats occupy a special place in the discographies of electronic music artists. It was with this in mind that the production of "Le début du beau", Valerj's debut album, began: an almost fantastical desire to show something more intimate, to tell a story, perhaps his own story.
A child of dance music, dj since the age of 16, in the space of just three ep's Valerj's productions have already toured the world, appearing in the sets of major players on the dark disco / indie dance scene such as Jennifer Cardini, Curses, Perel and Modular Project. Always keen to collaborate and exchange ideas, since 2022 he has
also crossed paths with renowned artists such as Damon Jee, Roe Deers, Amarcord and Joe Lewandowski on remixes.
Despite his obvious affinity with the dark disco scene, which is still very active today, the artist has chosen a completely different path for this "debut album", reconnecting with influences that are much more house, ambient and electro.
Metro Area, Dj Koze, Boards of Canada, Nina Kraviz, Anthony Rother, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Jimmy Edgar - the list of heroes could go on and on, but that's not the point. Avoiding the trap of the "dancefloor compilation", offering music that can be
heard everywhere but heard nowhere before, that is the "ambitious ambition" of this eight-track collection: music that "speaks", that speaks of love, that speaks of the night, music that dances, that dances as well as lives.
In today's fast-paced world, "Le début du beau" is an attempt to give us time, by offering us a signposted route, a 47-minute guided loop that asks questions - universal questions about our ability to get back on our feet, our ability to remain hopeful, questions about our ability to give love, to give love and to receive it.
"Le début du beau" is an object, an object to be listened to in its entirety, an object to be revisited several times to better understand it, to better apprehend it, a nostalgic object that pays tribute to those records that sometimes change our lives
through their singularity, their ability to resonate with a moment, an era in our lives.

PREMIERE : Valerj - Le Début Du Beau (Feat. Thomas Marfisi)

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Simple Symmetry are back on Calypso for a second offering but this time around it's in a different format. They've enlisted remixes of tracks from their Sorry We Did Something Wrong album which first landed back in 2021 as a self-released project, which won over many fans with a sound that went way beyond the club and now gets repurposed for the dancefloor with extended and club versions. The Horsemen Of Housing & Commercial Services rework of 'Che Che' is a dark disco classic, Smaghhe & Cross rework 'Rounded With A Sleep' into something taught and trippy and INigo Vontier layers in plenty of darkness, grit and grime to his take on 'I Must Not Fear'.

More from the label - https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Calypso+Mexico/

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PREMIERE: Simple Symmetry - Che Che (Extended Version) [Calypso]

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Simple Symmetry are back on Calypso for a second offering but this time around it's in a different format. 

They've enlisted remixes of tracks from their Sorry We Did Something Wrong album which first landed back in 2021 as a self-released project, which won over many fans with a sound that went way beyond the club and now gets repurposed for the dancefloor with extended and club versions. 

The Horsemen Of Housing & Commercial Services rework of 'Che Che' is a dark disco classic, Smaghhe & Cross rework 'Rounded With A Sleep' into something taught and trippy and Inigo Vontier layers in plenty of darkness, grit and grime to his take on 'I Must Not Fear'. Odopt also mas his contributions with an mentally intense sonic pallete.

Also extended and club versions of the original tracks show their heads to complete a release that will make waves both on the dancefloor and at your favourite seat at the Korova Milk Bar.

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Simple Symmetry - Rounded With A Sleep (Smagghe & Cross Remix) [Calypso]

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Premiere: Simple Symmetry - Che Che (Odopt X** B**** Remix) - Calypso Records

Adam X is back with his third album release under his industrial guise, ADMX-71. Following releases with the legendary label Hands and his own imprint, Sonic Groove Experiments, Adam paired up with L.I.E.S Records in 2014 for Redacted Files, a 12” single of slowed-down and tense EBM wizardry. Adam returns to the L.I.E.S. front with Coherent Abstractions, a brand new album of singular experiments that pull from every corner of electronic music's landscape into a comprehensive and propulsive full-length. 

Coherent Abstractions pulsates with fractured rhythms, vacillating melodies and mesmerizing compositions that showcase Adam's impressive history working in all aspects of the underbelly of electronic music. Noise and industrial elements seep into the album's 11 songs, churning the cold and abrasive into feverish new territory. Though Coherent Abstractions operates primarily in sounds of solitude, guest vocalist Janina joins "Bound and Broken" for a rare vocal collaboration on an ADMX-71 track. We also hear a frantic vocal performance from the producer on Nearing Obliteration which is undoubtedly the apex of the album.

Throughout the album the music sweeps from breakbeat noir, anxious electronic dub to reflective industrial modes making Coherent Abstractions an engaging and varied listen, updating a late 80's EBM tone into modern sound design environments, while pushing a reverence for the past and heading into the deep unknown of the future. 

For those unfamiliar with Adam's deeply rooted history in the New York underground, he and his brother, Frankie Bones, pioneered techno in a post-disco, pre-Guiliani, New York City through the late-eighties and onwards past the nineties producing countless records under and finally opening their own shop and record label, Sonic Groove. At the same time they began throwing renegade parties, known as STORM RAVE throughout the 5 boroughs. which was, until this time unheard of in such a major U.S. metropolis and opened the door for what was to come.

Their record store Sonic Groove served as an essential hub for purchasing cutting edge electronic music from which they imported from across the globe. The shop also functioned as a crucial meeting point for likeminded freaks throughout the city to exchange ideas.

Furthermore, Adam was one of the most notorious train writers in the history of NYC graffitti as he trespassed the system and infiltrated train yards during a time when it was thought that the yards were impenetrable. After deciding to exit the world of graffiti he focused his energy solely on music. As time went by we've heard Adam transform his sound from fast paced hard techno to metal beat driven industrialized EBM, the sounds of the train yard always present in his music carrying him forward.

You can also check out a comprehensive article about Adam and Frankie and their relationship with music and graffitti in New York City below.
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ADMX-71 - Phenomenalist (LIES-067)

A lullaby featured in famous "A Night to Remember" cinematic trailer.
Vocals: Laura Doddington

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Lullaby Of Woe (A Night to Remember trailer music)

Dark Magic Music - Salem's Secret

Dark Magic Music by: Peter Gundry

Zak Marcom

Arctic White

https://urbanconnectionsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/urban-connections-the-eighth-passenger
"I convert your energy into frequencies.
Give me your energy, all your energy."
(remastered 22Jul2017)
Track made and dedicated to my friends here, as a message and a thank you.
In the total disorder : Franck & Jimi, Vinnie08, DVS NME, Rob James G, XY0815, Audraulic, M3taN01a, Mono-Enzyme, Kraftraum, Danny Electro, Gavin Northey, Elektrodos, TheDeadPlanet, Amper Clap, PL_anet, Laurent Boudic, T/Error, Ticco Ross, Commuter, Proyecto Periferia, Dave Doma, Vaimler, AE35, Ignatius1138, Cue-Radio, Redun, ... and you listener :) Wav DL

David Boura - Energy (Urban Connections 8)

Hessle Audio 019

a) Cactus
b) Porcupine

Release date : 6th February 2012
12" Vinyl / Digital 

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Objekt - Porcupine [HES 019]

"Verloren" is like a late night pink Dutch sky after a long day of heavy rain, a sign that a warm summer’s day is just ahead. It will make you sweat tonight. This long awaited follow up 7' from Dollkraut moniker "De Ambassade" after succesfull "Wat Voel Je Nou" will be released in the same form as the first : a beautifully designed disco sleeve with cardboard artwork. The vinyl will feature perfect-not-perfect, melancholic yet very danceable tracks. The machines in here take you back to the 80’s, but sound very contemporary nevertheless. Cop it here : https://knekelhuis.bandcamp.com/album/kh010-de-ambassade-verloren-7

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PREMIERE : De Ambassade - Verloren

Here's first single from my debut album Organic Lo-Fi. U Know Me Rec. 2012 (UKM 012)
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Sobura - Psycho

Blackline (abstract, minimal, rhythm, beats, melodic, screeches)

Goëtia

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/11/always

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Maths Time Joy "Always"

Dear friends, 

It's been a very long time since I last dropped a track on here; too long, so here's a 120BPM feeler to keep your ears warm during the holidays.

Love,
Nymos
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Title: Cathexis
Original track duration: 3:36
Track "completion" date: 17/12/2012
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I'm sorry for

all the things I failed to do.
all the things that never were.
---



Nymos - Cathexis

iM3 - Prologue / intro / ( feat Mc Blu ID ) [ Silence Before The Storm ] Album

Hour Of Dark Magic Music - The Shadows Bride  (Peter Gundry)

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