X.L.V. is our first selection from so far the only Open Call we did. Was a great choice and her break beats are still making smiles on our faces and moving our heads, was a great time, thanks!
Also many thanks to all the artists who reacted to our call!

X.L.V. @kitkat

00:00 to 00:48' : December
00:48' to 2:00 : Morah

Rinse France Podcast

RINSE FRANCE - December Radioshow #36 w. Morah

12" vinyl and digital download
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‘Verdigris’ the new EP from Japanese artist Atsushi Izumi, is a deep dive into the crevice of the mind. It is an exploration of where fearful emotions lie and confronting them. It is only through this conflict that light can shine through in the end.

The Osaka native has a background in music and sound design and as such found his sound going through a metamorphosis from Drum n Bass to a more experimental sound. His EP ‘Snow’ was released under the subtract imprint last year and saw the initial phase of this transformation. It was followed up by ‘Lansing / Mistrust’ via The Collection Artaud, which continued his growth of using slowed out heavy percussions surrounded by frantic synths and modulations. 

Atsushi Izumi’s use of long drawn out hallow synths is like an ominous cemetery at night before these powerful percussions detonate in. He uses heavy spaced out bass drums, either as a single or double beat, which simmer as they echo and roll. They are surrounded by these chaotic, textured synths, which can sound like a cicada, hovering and distorted to give a mechanical effect. It feels like being thrown into the woods late at night, eerie yet calm in the beginning, before extreme panic sets in and you feel like you’re being chased.

Japan witnessed the end of the world up close and it is still reflected in their art and music: it delves into the sadistic and explores deep themes of melancholy and the apocalypse. This is juxtaposed against pure joy and serenity, showing that life is there to be enjoyed and struggles have an end, which is translated quite coherently to this piece.

As an extra bonus to all this, there is a scintillating remix from ANFS. The Greek adds a bit of pace to the track Zeit. He is an artist who enjoys frantic distorted techno and it shows in this cut. He takes the basic elements but whereas the original slowly introduces the percussions, ANFS bangs straight in. It’s structured yet frantic and a massive sound.

‘Verdigris’ is due for release on 17th May 2019 under the mysterious Swiss label Thrènes, that is known for eye-catching signature artwork and a deep and dark techno sound.

Soundcloud Atsushi Izumi: @atsushiizumi
Soundcloud ANFS: @anifas

Verdigris EP

Atsushi Izumi - Verdigris EP

Listen to Kamikaze Space Programme - QA, on the Split 7 inch with Fret / Mick Harris out now on Ohm Resistance on Vinyl and Digital. https://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/track/qa-2

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Lost In Ether | Podcast #128 | Grebenstein

* All tracks in podcast are unpublished Grebenstein's materials presented exclusively on Lost In Ether!

BIO:
Grebenstein is a musician, dj and graphic designer living in Kassel, Germany.
After playing in several bands as a drummer and guitarist he made his solo-debut with a 4-track EP Grebenstein on Downwards Records in November 2014. The follow-up to the debut was Strong Proud Stupid and Superior on Downwards, the mini LP featuring 'highly stylish, unrepentant brace of drum 'n synth noise pressure.' In 2017, Grebenstein released Gloss EP on SAMURAI Horo. His latest release was an EP called „raging tender“ together with Seefried on Downwards Records.

Explore more:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/j.grebenstein
SC: https://soundcloud.com/grebenstein

Lost In Ether | Podcast #128 | Grebenstein

Collapsing Horns

Monday Off mainstay Cory James returns for a meditative and shadowy EP that tenderly unfurls with the haunting and melodic "Avila," followed by the subtle psychedelic skittering of "Bubble Nebula." The core motifs of "Bubble Nebula" are then re-worked throughout the wave-like ebb and flow of "Bubble Nebula Eyes Down," and Italy's Ruhig remixes the release's title track into a pounding workout of shifting grooves and tensile atmospherics.

Mastering: Artefacts Mastering Studio
Artwork: Liza Shutova
Exclusive distribution worldwide: Ready Made Distribution

Walls Of Avila

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B1. Cory James - Bubble Nebula (Eyes Down)- Monday Off MOFF007 (Snippet)

ALEX PASTORE - AUFRUHR T+U MIX 2019

https://soundcloud.com/moralexcerpt  nace de toda esta decadencia implacable, una criatura diabolica sin un lugar estable en el tiempo y espacio. Francesco Presotto , ya conocido como la mente detras del proyecto post-industrial Skøgen y el techno  mutante de Søulless, une fuerzas con el reportero musical, compositor underground y escritor Davide Pappalardo a.k.a. Førgotten y Abismø,  yendo un paso mas en la busqueda de la musica noise moderna con raices en el pasado. Mezclando harsh noise, ambient, musica orquestal y mantras ritmicos, buscan lograr un sonido con un proposito y lejos de las escenas de moda y los cansadores cliches. Esperen una banda sonora para nuestra era, comentarios sonicos acerca de politica, sociedad , angustias internas, y el lado violento de la existencia - rabia, melancolia, confusion, momentos de epifania que pintan un mundo contradictorio sin certezas mas que la muerte.

https://soundcloud.com/moralexcerpt is born out of all of this unrelenting decay, a devilish creature without a stable place in time and space. Francesco Presotto, already know as the mind behind the post-industrial outfit Skøgen and the mutant techno project Søulless, unites forces with music reviewer, underground composer and copywriter Davide Pappalardo a.k.a. Førgotten and Abismø, going one step further in the pursuit of modern noise music with roots in the past. By mixing harsh noise, ambient, orchestral music, rhythmic mantras, they want to achieve a sound with a purpose and far from both today's fashionable scenes and tiresome clichés. Expect a score for our age, sonic comments about politics, society, inner turmoils, and the violent side of existence — rage, melancholy, confusion, moments of epiphany picture a contradictory world with nothing certain but death.

Of dolls and murder podcast # 39 Moral Excerpt [ODMP39]

Full album → bit.ly/33yPszG
Artist: Halosaur
Title: Jane's Jungle Fever
Format: CD
Catalogue: DRSS139
Artwork: Agustina Kreutzer

Tracklist:

1.Virtual Nap
2.Jane's Jungle Fever
3.Funky Green Leaf
4.Nothing But Copy
5.Flocell
6.The Conversation
7.Ether Maze
8.Last Dream

www.diffusereality.net

Halosaur - Jane's Jungle Fever [LP]

Bonnie B2B S S S S † January 5 @ HÖR BERLIN

If there’s an artist to successfully traverse the treacherous divide between drum and bass, breakbeat and techno it’s Christopher Jarman’s prevailing alias, Kamikaze Space Programme. With roots indebted to the music he released on labels like Renegade Hardware under his Raiden alias, his abstract, field recorded, industrial and broken admission into the annals of electronica has seen his music backed, supported and released by the heaviest of renowned labels - namely Luke Slater's Mote Evolver, Mord to Osiris Music, Mord and Mote Evolver, WNCL, to the freshly minted Eomac’s Eotrax and further afield on Trust via Kamikaze Space Programme’s electro-minded wares. 

Having proved himself a razor-sharp edge of meticulous drum and bass production when rising up through the ranks of the genre’s definitive platforms, Kamikaze Space Programme’s hybrid sound, has joined the dots through a constellation of labels inhibiting a grey zone between UK club music and steely brutalist industrial textures. 

An accomplished session musician and avid field recording artist, Jarman’s music by and large is made up of foley sound design and sonic experimentation using bespoke apparatus and homemade microphones. Capturing internal resonances and electromagnetic radiation of objects, re-amplified or organic, classic hardware dub mixing completes the Kamikaze Space Programme aesthetic. Having worked with BBC Radiophonic Workshop and Rotterdam’s Re:Vive initiative too, there’s no denying Jarman of his credentials, with his repute as a formidable DJ and live act backed by his place in heavy weight line ups across the globe, be they at Berghain, Kompass Klub or Dommune to performing at festivals like Atonal, Krake and Kiev’s Next Sound.

Other collaborative projects, furthermore, have found their way through Simon Shreeve (aka Mønic, of Downwards and Kryptic Minds fame) to his Osiris Musik collaboration with Adam Winchester (Appleblips) under the moniker, Dot Product. He’s also proved a deft hand in the remix by taking on productions by Planetary Assault Systems, Emika and The Exaltics to NY’s The Horrorist.

Encompassing the most brutal of industrial sound design alongside intrinsic field recordings and the sleeker, low tempos and frenetic energy of jungle, breakbeats and drum and bass, Jarman’s ability to maneuver between genre and style sees the music of Kamikaze Space Programme defy classification while spiralling from one nether-spectrum of sound to the next.