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April 2022

Thx to all my unexpected followers! just started curating music for my own purpose to start dj'ing. Feel free to send me more!

KW 17

Ukrainian records

Oysters - Snippets

PLTM014 is our first EP this year, a split EP between Label Owner FLAWS and Underground Minneapolis based prodigy Lonefront

Lonefront featured on ‘Formed Ethics’ with his track ‘Carnivalesque’ back in February earlier this year, Since then he has been on a momentous journey developing his craft, especially his drifting live sets, Recently playing at Reform Curated by DVS1 in Los Angeles. Ross (His real name) embodies an incredibly compassionate approach towards music, focusing on his niche of rhythm and flowing synthesis, his sound can be easily identified as the name that is Lonefront.

With this being FLAWS’s Second EP this year it is a special one for him pairing up with Lonefront on his home label. FLAWS has been observant and productive in this timezone, reforming his sound and vision as he enters the new period of Electronic Music. Constantly on the search for knowledge and light, it leads him to many exciting projects, some to be announced later this year.

Release Date - 30/11/2021 (Digital Worldwide)

Pre Order Vinyl - https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/246039/lonefront-flaws-knowledge

The fusion of these two coming together has resulted in a Textured, Soul-Stirring 4 Track EP.

A1 - Lonefront - Waver 
A2 - Lonefront - Vafra 
B1 - FLAWS - Nocturnal 
B2 - FLAWS - Projected

‘The projected reality of other, being separate from ourselves is the mere counterpart of a human experience’

Mastering - Phil Denton https://znlmastering.com/
Artwork - Sarah Benkacem (Morocco) 
Press - Kai Hickinson

PLTM014 - Lonefront | FLAWS - Knowledge (Snippets)

WB027: Borys - Voice In My Head

A1. Voice In My Head
A2. Grooveboxing
B1. Peroxide
B2. Kwaks

Debut release from our long-time partner and Kyiv's music scene legend

OTG: https://bit.ly/3GYaI2Z
Decks.de: https://bit.ly/3Fu6E9C
Technique: https://bit.ly/3yGOVK4
Juno: https://bit.ly/3qdEqdn
Discopiu: https://bit.ly/32nbUOt
Yoyaku: https://bit.ly/3JklTUh
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Ultrasuoni: https://bit.ly/3Nd5ofo
Phonica: https://bit.ly/3yMjzll
Small Black Dots: https://bit.ly/3w7VXIh
ColdCutsHotWax: https://bit.ly/32k7VSw
Bordello A Parigi: https://bit.ly/3AC41BB
Carpet & Snares: https://bit.ly/3qaXUzB
Redeye: https://bit.ly/3EczqL6
One Eye Witness: https://bit.ly/32iRLJo
Clone: https://bit.ly/3MtZDto
Viniil: https://bit.ly/3yeFNOI
Crevette: https://bit.ly/3N8lK8L
All City: https://bit.ly/38Fpccp
Jet Set: https://bit.ly/3PxwUG2
Chat Noir: https://bit.ly/3wtpP21

Release: April 20th, 2022
Distributed by @otg-distribution
Mastered at Analogcuts
Artwork: @pathmode

Borys - Voice In My Head EP (12")

HATE exclusive premiere.
Full streaming of the EP soon on our HATE Youtube channel.

Support the label, buy it here:
https://domtrojga.bandcamp.com/album/dogtooth

Artist: Poly Chain
Title: Dogtooth EP 
Label: Dom Trojga
Catalogue: DT008
Genre: Electro | Acid | Ambient
Release date: March 17th, 2022

Mastered by Kwazar at Gagarin Studio, Warsaw
Artwork by Bartosz Zaskórski
Design by Sasha Zakrevska.

Tracklist:
A1 – Kieł
B2 – Visa
B1 – Acid Regular
B2 – Visa Reprise

Synth enchantress Poly Chain returns to Dom Trojga for a smashing full EP release! Hailing from Kiev, 

she first made a name for herself during the years she spent in Warsaw, releasing her debut LP and becoming a fixture on Poland’s underground scene. After returning to Ukraine, she spread her wings further, with exciting releases and regular international appearances only briefly thwarted by the pandemic. Her long-anticipated EP for Dom Trojga is a treat in her signature style – filled to the brim with incessant, psychedelic arpeggios racing over raw and direct beats. The opener ”Kieł” is an unforgiving electro tune with a huge snare (we like) and tight, unsettling synthwork. ”Visa” offers some much-needed hypnotic comfort, and on the flipside, ”Acid Regular” hits the floor again with a serious groove, while ”Visa Reprise” closes off in a deep, echo-laden fashion.  The cover is a drawing by the inimitable Bartosz Zaskórski – an illustrator, sculptor and sound artist, whose uncanny, twisted bio-mechanical visions have been haunting us for years. Take a bite of Dom Trojga!

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Dogtooth E

Premiere: Poly Chain - Kieł [DT008]

The release of a debut album should be something to celebrate. But how would unbridled cheer be possible when your home country is invaded and uncertainty is the only consistent factor in your life?

Still, despite this troublesome period, marked by great anxiety and grave concern, Ukraine native Lostlojic releases his first LP, Мамай (pronounced ‘Mamay’), on our TECH-UM label. The title is derived from the legendary Cossack folk hero of the same name, who symbolizes the strength, freedom and fidelity of the Ukrainian people.
Its ten compositions transform and hypnotize the listener, or shoot a sudden jolt of electricity through their bodies. ‘Rosebud’, for instance, takes its name from – and features a sample of – Orson Welles’ 1941 landmark film Citizen Kane and is more than just pleasing to the ear; it’s a state of mind. The Ukrainian wunderkind knows how to play upon your aural perception like no other!
Many of its pieces are permeated with repeating phrases, which help you lull into the perfect mental state in which to fully grasp and enjoy this revolutionary record.
The album’s atmosphere seems at times to be grim, then mysterious, even alternately welcoming or hinting at hope and desire and in some instances convey all of these sensations at once. Which is, of course, quite fitting for the trying times we find ourselves in right now. It’s a major factor why this stunning debut necessitates repeated listening!
A special edition of Mamay will be released, sporting a cover design that features the Ukrainian flag. 

All profits from this LP will be contributed to Lostlojic’s home country in this time of great need!


Tracklist:

A1. Lostlojic - What is Love
A2. Lostlojic - Rosebud
B1. Lostlojic - Fake Steel
B2. Lostlojic - Stus Revenge
B3. Lostlojic - Drexd 
C1. Lostlojic - Secrets Lake
C2. Lostlojic - Timepassenger
D1. Lostlojic - Tryvoha 
D2. Lostlojic - Location Unknown 
D3. Lostlojic - Mamay

PRE-ORDER

Lostlojic - Mamay (TECH-UM004) ALL PROFITS GO TO UKRAINE!

Exclusive Kito Jempere - A King Of Comets (Samo DJ Remix)

It was November 2020 when Kito Jempere first released his Yet Another Kito Jempere Album - and the album not only marked a peak in his musical output as well as being but it was also peak of the second covid wave with artists mainly releasing music they had worked on during the first lockdown. Now, one and a half years later, Kito closes this album chapter with a deluxe version of it including the original tracks and remixes plus a whole lot of yet unreleased remixes that will see the light of day for the first time. Amongst those gems is also Samo DJ’s remix of A King Of Comets and the Stockholm producer definitely gives the track his twist. With release on Public Possession or his very own label Born Free Records, with artists like Baba Stiltz or with projects like KWC 92, the Swedish House-maestro has not only a reputation of delivering a unique sound but implemented it throughout the years in the scene. His approach to Kito’s A King Of Comets therefore is no exception and comes in with rather housey and few 8bit-sounds adding an old-school analogue flavor to it. As most Samo DJ-productions A King Of Comets combines or plays with its texture of Scandinavian dark-vibes and minimalistic yet advanced sounds that entwine each other and culminate in an unagitated classy composition that has it all. The almost break-esque implementation of vocals, the repetitive claps and scratches in the second part of the track though add unforeseeable nuances to the remix as well as a kind of laidback coolness one can only witness in the Northern hemisphere. 

Kito Jempere's Yet Another Kito Jempere Album (Deluxe) will be released on April 1st, 2022.

Buy the track: https://kitojempere.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/15.-A-King-Of-Comets-feat.-New-Composers-Samo-DJ-Remix-m-24bit.wav

Artist & label information
Kito Jempere:  https://facebook.com/KitoJempere // @kitojempere // https://instagram.com/kitojempere
Samo DJ: https://facebook.com/samoDJsattaoja // @samo_dj // https://instagram.com/sattaojamusik

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Yet Another Kito Jempere Album [DELUXE]

King Of Comets (Samo DJ Remix)

Buy here

EXCLUSIVE: Kito Jempere - A King Of Comets (Samo DJ Remix) [Kito Jempere Records]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/kobermann, https://soundcloud.com/detlefnet
Track: Gorillazähe
Label: https://soundcloud.com/goldgelbrecords
Format: 12" Vinyl VA
Release date: 01/04/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/As-W0MJ07Og

Detlef Weinrich aka Tolowse Low Trax releases a new (old) remix in his own unique way finds beauty in chaos, puts it together and takes it through the universe of his richest imagination to make us mesmerized by his music.
The 12" LP is out today with original tracks from Kobermann and Akrüül on the Austrian label Goldgelb Records

PREMIERE | Kobermann - Gorillazähe (Tolouse Low Trax Gorilla Heartbeat Remix) [Goldgelb] 2022

[english below]

"Mountain Storm" to utwór z nadchodzącego albumu Uwdara - "Broken Planet".

Preorder kasety rozpocznie się 1.04 o godz. 9:00 na superkasety.bandcamp.com
Nakład limitowany 100 sztuk.

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Info:

Uwdar (czyli 1/2 duetu ETNOBOTANIKA) prezentuje album Broken Planet. Wydawnictwo kasetowe oznaczone w naszym katalogu jako SPRK004 to coś absolutnie wyjątkowego. To co pierwsze rzuca się w oczy to sam wygląd kasety. Postanowiliśmy nieco zaszaleć i po raz pierwszy zrobiliśmy kasetę typu full print, a ponadto na dwóch stronach kasety znajdują się dwie różne grafiki w rożnych kolorach, które dzięki efektowi przezroczystości nakładają się na siebie. Do kasety dołączona jest także wkładka z czterema dwustronnymi panelami wypełnionymi zdjęciami, które przedstawiają inspiracje dla tego albumu. Projekt kasety w oldschoolowym stylu współgra z muzyką, która nawiązuje do złotych czasów breakbeatu, jungle i trip-hopu. Dobrze znanym breakom towarzyszą nostalgiczne, syntezatorowe melodie, za które tak polubiliśmy ETNOBOTANIKĘ i oczywiście sample. Jest tu sporo gitarowych wstawek umiejętnie wyciętych ze starych polskich punkowych kaset, ale też echa głosów z VHS (np. klasyczny dialog z Serpico, Beavis i Butt-head!) czy wycinki audio z gier komputerowych z epoki (Tony Hawk Pro Skater). Jeśli pamiętacie czasy pirackich płyt CD i kaset, gdy królowały albumy Prodigy i Westbama, jeśli godzinami giercowaliście we wspomnianego Tony'ego Hawka czy Wipeouta, to ta kaseta zapewni Wam niezły nostalgia trip! Rzecz jasna nie jest to tylko odtwarzanie tego co było kiedyś. Uwdar sięga po oryginalne breaki i przetwarza je na swój wyjątkowy sposób tak, że cały czas mają taneczny potencjał, ale albumu jako całości, między innymi dzięki licznym skitom, interludiom i zmianom tempa, świetnie słucha się w całości. Z tego wszystkiego wyłania się coś jeszcze - opowieść o "Połamanej Planecie". Czy to komentarz do czasów, w których żyjemy lub kondycji nas wszystkich jako ludzkości? Przekonajcie się sami!

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ENG:

Uwdar (that is 1/2 of ETNOBOTANIKA duo) presents Broken Planet album. The cassette release marked in our catalog as SPRK004 is something absolutely unique. What strikes at first sight is the very look of the cassette. We decided to go a little crazy and for the first time we made a full print cassette, moreover on two sides of the cassette there are two different graphics in different colors, which thanks to the transparency effect are superimposed on each other. The cassette also comes with an insert with four double-sided panels filled with photos that represent the inspiration for this album. The cassette's old-school design works in tandem with the music, which harkens back to the golden days of breakbeat, jungle and trip-hop. Well-known breaks are accompanied by nostalgic, synth melodies for which we liked ETNOBOTANICA so much and, of course, samples. There are a lot of guitar interludes skilfully cut from old Polish punk tapes, but also echoes of voices from VHS (e.g. a classic dialogue from Serpico, Beavis and Butt-head!) or audio clips from computer games of the era (Tony Hawk Pro Skater). If you remember the times of pirate CDs and cassettes, when Prodigy and Westbama albums reigned supreme, if you spent hours playing the aforementioned Tony Hawk or Wipeout, this cassette will give you a nice nostalgia trip! Of course this is not just a recreation of what used to be. Uwdar takes the original breaks and transforms them in his own unique way so that they still have dance potential, but the album as a whole, thanks to numerous skits, interludes and tempo changes, among other things, is a great listen. Something else emerges from all this - the story of "Broken Planet". Is it a commentary to the times we live in or the condition of all of us as humanity? See for yourself!
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credits:

Gfx & music: @uwdar
Mix & mastering: @stachy

Broken Planet

Uwdar - Mountain Storm

https://www.discogs.com/es/release/25162747-Jaisiel-On-The-Universe-EP

Record

Jaisiel - On The Universe

Anxiety had been crippling him these last few days, finding enjoyment in anything had become a huge chore. He felt like he wasn't in his right place; he didn't know the faces around him, he didn't recognise the buildings he passed - he was in need of familiarity and home comforts. There was a sense of belonging that had been snatched from him since moving to this new place, it was something he was unsure he'd ever find...

Noods Radio are dipping their toes into label waters with the launch of Dummy Hand, a brand new imprint driven by the independent ethos of the station and a dedication to "music from the outer fringes of the dance floor". For their first foray they've invited Vancouver-based dj_2button, a former resident of both Noods and its home of Bristol, who comes correct with Transient Communications, a collection of tracks that were inspired by feelings of wanting to be home. Sonically the release has a DIY feel, featuring tripped out rhythms and percussive grooves, that echo influences like punk, techno and industrial.

PREMIERE: dj_2button - Distant UFO Signals [Dummy Hand]

Bandcamp: https://nebulacollective.bandcamp.com/album/between-crises-v-a

Tracklist:

Namlitt - Across The Baltic Sea
Kontinum - Pemmikan
Murky fm - Worlds Apart
Murky fm & SPLINTER - Prophylaktischer Drop

Release Date: 06.05.22

@namlitt
@Kontinum
@murkyfm
@splinterneb

Mastering: @NFEREE

Nebula Between Crises V/A (Snippets)

Preorder Vinyl and digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3rRQQtg

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3ENicpC

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)

Non series turned 10 years last December since its inception in 2011. And we celebrate it with this great, deep, minimalistic, forceful, lethal compilation from friends and artists of the label.

Hope you guys enjoy this special release as much as we did programming it and producing it.


And thanks to the overwhelming support since the very beginning to our costumers, record shops, digital platforms, artists, technicians, engineers, designers and our beloved distributor (News) for making all of this possible.

M.


A1. Feral - Void
A2. Luigi Tozzi - Atacama
B1. Ryogo Yamamori - Zw
B2. Neel - Naeba

C1. Distant Echoes - Tuttaltro Club
C2. Biri - Sun Cure
D1. Yogg - Chicken Nest
D2. ORBE - Isolationism

E1. Viels - Ametista
E2. Sciahri - Resin
F1. DJ Nobu - Kawaba
F2. Psyk - L3 (Tobias. Remix)

Out: 20th MAY 

https://nonseries.bandcamp.com/

Various Artists - Diez. [non050]

Taken from Stefan Goldmann's LP Vector Rituals on Macro Recordings, out May 6.

More: www.orbmag.com/music

@macrorec
@stefangoldmann

Vector Rituals

Listen more

Premiere: Stefan Goldmann - Tiksi

Out 04/10/24

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://tinyurl.com/bd3b2x74

One Eye Witness:
https://link.common-ground.io/JJnxT5eDX

With a remix and a compilation cameo already under his belt, Canadian figurehead Priori makes his Kalahari return for the debut proper. 3 squelchy incursions complete with a hefty remix from fellow Oyster Cult acolyte Sansibar.

Known for traversing breezy, horizontal zones, the NAFF co-founder sets downbeat and ambient concerns aside for the direct and propulsive. Expect insistent, urgent forays down the wormhole as nocturnal jaunts made of ritual and darkroom throb coalesce with meditative, essential rhythm.

This is fractal gear born from the the traditions of European, Japanese and American Mid-West techno; tunnelling and immersive, conjuring moments of ascension for the gathered masses.

Finishing on Sansibar’s meaty refit, the one-two punch of seismic kick and dry-as-bone snare propels Priori’s original in a whole new direction.

Priori - Lexica | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER63)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/album/pinky-promise

Almost exactly a year since since ‘Felt Cute’ debuted on Kalahari and Blu:sh is back in the building. But this time around, it’s with a record evoking the muggy closeness of a dancefloor suspended somewhere between peak-time elation and wide-eyed vision quest.

Tweaking the blueprint to rapturous ends, the latest offering from this Blu:sh project propels itself forward with a muscle-bound groove. Six robust, deadly club trax replicate the breathy seduction of its predecessor, but this time, with added velocity.

Pinky Promise is full frontal and deadly while channelled through the same explorative prism characterising Benoit’s best work. Probably the toughest material the prolific shapeshifter has put out to date.

Nods to Eurocentric styles shine through with particular emphasis on the sexy and trance-inducing. It goes straight out the traps with a big dose of fractal fuel and stays murkily psychedelic to the very end.

Blu:sh - Pinky Promise | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER64)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://linktr.ee/kalaharioystercult

Denizens of the Oyster Cult, rejoice. Elusive dancefloor operator S.O.N.S has followed last year’s compilation cameo up with the deadliest of full debuts.

Booting off with some rough 'n ready gear, "Drive" is the latest chapter as S.O.N.S undergoes his metamorphosis into a more brooding entity. The esteemed Junction Records and Junction Forest proprietor oscillates between tunnelling acid techno and a darkwave-indebted workout somewhat reminiscent of Dutch pioneer Das Ding. Three night-stalking club trax rooted in ominous portent.

Trading the gentler touch and sound sensitivity of releases past for something tougher, and meaner, but there aren’t any diminishing returns. Quite a departure from the introspection of that aforementioned compilation appearance while retaining the transcendent qualities that always typified his work.

S.O.N.S - Drive | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER66)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/

One Eye Witness:
https://link.common-ground.io/7tqU6NFqU

Berlin scene figurehead Gilles Aiken, AKA Edward, coming through with a massive Kalahari debut (and it’s safe to say he understood the assignment).

Booting off on a massive remix tip as the veteran producer reinterprets Mike Parker & Aric Rist’s Trybet project, but trust him to allow for a moment of dancefloor introspection. It’s prime early morning gear in a rousing juxtaposition of beatific string harmony and tough-as-nails deepness. Triumphant ‘window shutters open in the club at 5 AM’-type shit.

The other two are quintessential Edward: impressionistic, widescreen odysseys across lysergic terrain, but groove-forward where it counts. A pair of head-spinning explorations intended for the dancefloor, flush with shadowy flex, insectoid detail and tripped-out flourishes while keeping it funked-out in the tradition of Detroit.

The ‘Deep Sea Villain EP’ plumbs the depths of smudged abstraction, and as we’ve come to expect from Edward, it’s big on hallucinatory detail. It all oozes the multi-layered surrealism that typifies his best work. Proper transcendent biz.

Edward - Deep Sea Villain EP | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER65)

Preorder vinyl and digital

https://bit.ly/4hGrJRZ

With Roza Terenzi and Sleep D on the remix, Alfred Czital & Ayu summon divine frequencies across a debut recalling the finest turn-of-the-millennium trance.

Spirits are high as we strive for utopia. Like relics of times passed – a bygone era where the free party reigned supreme – this is a union forged out of a mutual affinity for trippy dancefloor dynamics and live performance.

Rapturous and ecstatic, both originals evoke pure club hedonism. Sensual, sultry gear made of euphoric melodrama, close sweat and lysergic throb. Wide-eyed optimism coursing throughout, but like any good proggy majick, it’s not without a decent dose of shadow and ritual.

Coming in hottt with the remixes and both are befitting a release bent on traversing the wormhole interior. Oyster Cult acolyte Roza Terenzi keeps it taught and tightly-coiled on her rugged, propulsive re-fit, and not to be outdone, Butter Sessions founders Sleep D let atmosphere pull focus with a sprawling, dubby workout.

Alfred Czital & Ayu - Talk To Me | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER68)

Rubber Tijd with Stevie Whisper

@steviewhisper

RUBBER TIJD with Stevie Whisper

Out Now! Digital + Vinyl
https://riolabel.bandcamp.com/

Imagine

Keys - Imagine

@patriciakaas

"This is Bizarr, my first full length record. On this release, I tried to amp up the ritualistic tendencies found on the Diabel EP, which was also released at Knekelhuis. I’ve always been intrigued by the world of rituals and transcendence, both from an anthropological and spiritual perspective. Bizarr is built around these concepts and to create it I traveled to the island of Phuket, Thailand, to experience and embrace the soul and spirit of the Nine Emperor Gods festival, also known as the Vegetarian Festival. It has its origins in the beginning of the 19th century and is held annually in September/October in accordance with the Chinese lunar calendar. The latter makes sense, because Phuket is home to a large Taoist Chinese minority, an ethnic group calling themselves Peranakan. They are descendants of Chinese settlers, who believe that abstinence from meat and various stimulants is beneficial to good health, peace, and purity of the mind. The celebrations include performances held to invoke the gods, where white-clad participants act like mediums. These so-called Masong strive to achieve a pure state of being that enables them to connect with their ancestors and demons. When this state of trance is reached, ancestors are able to enter body and soul. Flagellation and auto-mutilation are used to reach this possessed plain of consciousness. These acts of piercing, flagellating and puncturing different body parts with knives, swords and other items simultaneously enhance this state. It may look torturous, but pain is absent due to the trance-like state and the protection of the gods, resulting in little blood or scarring.  
 
This fascination for these unusual rituals didn’t come out of thin air. My music has been deeply influenced by the legendary Coil, whose Peter Christopherson (also of Throbbing Gristle fame) moved to Thailand after Coil co-member Jhonn Balance died in 2004. Peter explored the world of Thai ritualistic culture as The Threshold HouseBoys Choir, releasing Form Grows Rampant, an album based on material collected at GinJae festival, a Nine Emperor Gods variation held in the Thai Krabi region. Unfortunately, Christopherson’s untimely death prevented him from furthering his explorations into the sound and spirit of his new country of residence. The Threshold HouseBoys Choir’s music and videos clearly paved the way for my interest in Thai culture. I delved into the world of Thai ritual practices, reading and watching as many sources as possible, before deciding to take things a step further by visiting the Vegetarian festival myself. This truly emotional and deeply inspirational journey left an indelible impression on me. I sensed something I can only describe as ‘vision almost tangible’, which gave me a very clear view on how the record would materialize. Bizarr signifies a defining step for me as an artist. The whole experience not only taught me a lot about the otherness of Thai culture, but even more so about the peculiarities of Western society - especially the superficiality of solely focusing on material gain."

Bizarr

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Patricia Kokett - Hexerrr

2000's MIX

Annanan is a Berlin duo making fierce analog jams, pitting voice against hard hitting drum machines. Over the past 7 years, the twosome have shared work on Pinkman, Black Opal, NOORDEN as well releasing music by TV.OUT, Seer & Bergsonist through their own MachineJazz imprint. They've built a rep for devastatingly good live shows, & tonight, we share one of those performances.

@annanan
@MachineJazz

Ep 216 pt.1 w/ Annanan

Run by @reycolino
Brussels - Amsterdam
info@kalaharioystercult.com
Distributed by @oneyewitness
Bookings & label showcases: peter@klsbookings.com // +44 (0) 7742 600894