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Out 27/05/2022

Back in 2021, when Volodymyr Gnatenko agreed to work on his debut album, none of us could have predicted it would be released, post-pandemic, against the backdrop of war. At the time, the 23-year-old producer from Lutsk was riding high on a string of well-received 12s for labels such as Where We Met and Animals On Psychedelics, besides local Ukraine labels such as LSS557 and Rhythm Buro. He was, between covid closures, playing live at Kyiv clubs such as Closer and Kureni, looking to tour in Europe, and spending every spare second making music.

How things change. When missiles began to rain on Kyiv, Gnatenko, alongside a few friends from Closer, hid in his studio. For a while, the bombings did not stop. But for the producer, neither did the music-making. Choosing to stay in the city, he continues to make beats, managing only to mix down between bombing raids. He changed his first name to match that of his president, ditching the previous spelling of his name because it was the same as the aggressor, “[the same as] my worst enemy, I am ashamed and disgusted that I started my career with it”. 



The album speaks of softer, easier times. A combination of rich ambience, and laidback breaks alongside loose progressive and trance-fused dancefloor tracks, this debut brings together all the strands that Gnatenko plays with. The process, he says, was exhausting and long. Yet the results are lighter, fresher. Maybe because, he says, “it is dedicated to my future wife. All the tracks are my words of love for her". Deeply hypnotic and freely moving between ideas, it feels like it was made a lifetime ago, not a matter of months. Now, it resonates with a new defiance. It is a debut with an extra layer of meaning.

Words by Jane Fitz.

Volodymyr Gnatenko - Rainalice 2LP (OYSTER38 - Snippets)

@billusmoon
@pollinaterecords

Made mostly in quieter times, this album is a collection of attempts to weave sounds around threads of warmth, melancholy, and tenderness.

One for the softies.

https://pollinate.bandcamp.com/album/dust-in-bloom

pi pi pi premiere: Billus - Tulip Dub (Pollinate Records)

From the dark waters abyss to the moonlit world of @playvlada.

SpeLL: VLADA

Hypnotic Mindscapes unearths fragments from the temporal abyss with the 1998-2000 Compendium, a re-issue of selected works from LA based, Hawaii-born producer Matt K.Turner aka Kamahele. 4 deep cuts fitting for versatile use. Recorded 26 years ago, Kamahele‘s creations linger in a space where futuristic visions and dystopian longing intertwine, their relevance evading the decay of time.

Artwork painting by Abbas Rizvi. 

Artist: Kamahele  
Release Title: 1998-2000 Compendium
Label: Hypnotic Mindscapes
Cat n: HYPM005
Release date:  March 2025

Tracklist:

A1.  Maybe (Rough Cut)
A2.  Maybe (Tough Break) 
B1.  All I have
B2.  Lovelost

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[HYPM005] Kamahele | 1998-2000 Compendium [Snippets]

Drama Source Artifacts aka @felixwillik, founder of the collective @aestheticasanethos adds his chapter to the Lumbago Saga. One hour of a rising build up going from downtempo to progressive trance. 

We met Felix a few years ago in Frankfurt and felt a strong bound with all the people we met there. The result is a few appearances on the podcast channel from them. Enjoy the ride ninjas!

Drama Source Artifacts - The Lumbago Saga Episode 28

They called it a ‘colorful techno daydream’ and I wouldn’t say better — I was trying to stay away from black this time and make a soft-gliding atlas of muted tones and shifting light. Thank you, EOS radio, for the invitation!

Timur Basha @ EOS Radio | 17.04.2025

acid police 011 w/ Kife Suffer

RDS (@0rds0) showcases his darker side opening the EP with “Four Monsters," produced using the EMU E-64, delivers a loud, heavy bassline that unveils the artist's aggressive side. Followed by “64+1 Voices" is inspired by the sound of 90s Belgian bleep techno, mixing old-school vibes with a modern twist. 
On the B side, the most psychedelic track on the record, "Bias Adj" features an unusual groove and a haunting background that evolves throughout. Midway, a powerful lead bass enters, using a factory preset from the Yamaha DX200. Finally, "Slep2bn" is an electro track featuring steady rolling rimshots, classic 303 basslines, melodic bleeps, and immersive atmospheric textures.

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USR035 - RDS - Four Monsters

KOFI - Deep House Electronic Music DJ (14)

U -turn

X’trapolis is under threat... 

Word is spreading fast that the powerful and long-feared Agamid lizard known by many as Reptilius has been sighted building a dangerous army on the outskirts of Squamata, exhausting the forests natural resources and leaving previously thriving, culturally significant and beautiful areas decrepit and lifeless in a greedy, capitalistic move to gain control. 

Completely unaware of this, Reptant returns home to X’trapolis after spending 5 years conducting extensive research on Earth’s unique analogue technology. 

With his esteemed Lizard Tech Militia stuck back on Earth, Reptant finds himself alone and must seek help from the infamous Gecko Force if he wishes to succeed in protecting his home. 

The Gecko Force are a lounge of superior prehistoric native Gecko’s rumoured to have been some of the only survivors from the brutal Agamid colonisation of X’trapolis which occurred many generations ago. 

With their power and extensive knowledge of X’trapolis, the planet and all of its delicate and precious lifeforms just might stand a chance... 

Return To Planet X’trapolis was written, recorded and mixed by Reppi T. Lizrd AKA Reptant at Squamata Studios, X’trapolis 2019-2020. 

@reptant_the_lizard
Mastered by Alden Tyrell (@aldentyrell)
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut. (@marco-pellegrino)
Pressed at Record Industry.
Distributed by One Eye Witness. 

LKR Records, 2020, Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. 

“Dedicated to all the Lacertilia in the galaxy, May your forests remain untouched and liberated”

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Return To Planet X'trapolis

Reptant 'Return To Planet X'trapolis' // Album Previews // LKR010

Run by @reycolino
Brussels - Amsterdam
info@kalaharioystercult.com
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Volodymyr Gnatenko - Rainalice 2LP (OYSTER38 - Snippets)

Kalahari Oyster Cult