Release Dates

Album
"Metamorphose" 01 Apr 2022

Single 1
"Amygdala" 04 Mar 2022

Single 2
"Objekt" 18 Mar 2022

Via Bigamo Musik

Metamorphose

Objekt

JakoJako - Objekt (Metamorphose LP)

Produced slowly and meticulously over the last 12
months, these seven tracks are the closet thing we've
had to a new album from Andy Stott since the release
of his debut full-length Merciless five years ago.
Taking influence from an array of seemingly incoherent
noises, from the indefinable and unforgettable mindtricks
of Arthur Russell to the slowhouse of Kassem
Mosse, from the alternate VHS realities of James
Ferraro and Jamal Moss to the Linn Drum classics of the
vintage Prince era - these seven tracks create their own
pace and agenda, largely shying away from the
dancefloor in favour of something more complex and
hard to define.
Following on from the tribal malfunctions of opening
intro Signature, New Ground heads into a chasm of
layered loops, creating a decimated and re-wired funk
template coloured in with frayed percussion and
dislodged vocal samples. North To South starts off from
similar ground but adds a shuffling vibe at a deceptively
intoxicated 110 bpm.
Intermittent is something altogether different, taking
perfectly formed Boogie templates and screwing with
them until nothing quite fits, brittle elements floating in
and out of time yet somehow keeping it together,
before Dark Details delivers the most dancefloor
compatible six minute stretch of the set, all clanging
stabs and dense percussion, somewhere between
Shackleton and Bam Bam.
Execution and Passed Me By end things off on a slowed
down tip, the former deploying an anaesthetised and
padded 4/4 template sunk deeper into the abyss by
deformed, time-stretched vocals, the latter ending off
proceedings with a more delicate palette, letting go of
all that pent-up emotion with nothing but that rumbling
low-end and some strings for company.

Execution

04_chaos

Shedding the Past

Intro

Emptyset

Gate 3

Recur

Order

Stabil

Nine

‘New Atlantis’, @Efdemin aka Phillip Sollmann's 4th album, oscillates between fast, kaleidoscopic techno, multilayered drones and acoustic instrumentation, fusing for the first time Sollmann’s deep dancefloor productions as Efdemin with his sound art and avant-garde music projects. The latter include 2017’s Harry Partch-inspired ‘Monophonie’ performance and 2018’s ‘Panama / Suez’ EP with Oren Ambarchi and Konrad Sprenger.

Sollmann took inspiration for ‘New Atlantis’ from Francis Bacon’s unfinished 17th century novel of the same name, which describes a fictional island devoted to social progress through the synthesis of art, science, technology and fashion. 

Out now: “New Atlantis”, the epic, psychedelic title track off of Efdemin’s upcoming album out February 15 via Ostgut Ton. Across 15 minutes, Efdemin’s experimental spirit is in full swing, with morphing drones/chords generated by a mix of Efdemin’s hurdy-gurdy and drum machines, Konrad Sprenger’s MIDI-controlled Stratocaster, Joachim Schütz’s electric guitar and Nika Son’s synthesizer – recorded live during the quartet’s Tony Conrad tribute concert in Hamburg.

Listen at
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/album/new-atlantis/1446617084
Bandcamp: https://ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/new-atlantis
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/album/84349402
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0DvULRThTYtegc9nMTxkTx?si=tmOYwipxTt-Coq7XJGyc5A
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIBQEH6TH1Y

Efdemin | New Atalntis [OSTGUTCD45/LP31], out February 15, 2019.
Buy ‘New Atlantis’ as 2xLP, digipak CD or in digital formats: http://ostgut.de/shop/music/efdemin-new-atlantis-ostgutlp31.html / http://ostgut.de/shop/music/efdemin-new-atlantis-ostgutcd45.html https://ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/new-atlantis

All info: http://ostgut.de/ton/record/234
Artwork: The Centers Of The World, Brussels, https://centersoftheworld.wordpress.com | Layout: Yusuf Etiman

Efdemin | At The Stranger's House

R-N 123 . TRACK LIST :

1 . Athem
2 . Mojave
3 . Odd Sympathy
4 . Pruitt Igoe . ( or version )
5 . Or
6 . Mirrors
7 . Coracoid Process
8 . En Amaryllis Jour
9 . Lea vaila Scheme
10 . Monsters
11 . La Belle

CREDITS	

All tracks written and produced by Kangding Ray
Voices and lyrics on Pruitt Igoe, Coracoid Process and Odd Sympathy by Magne Mostue.
Voices on Athem and Monsters by Rose Tizane Merrill.
Words on Monsters freely pirated from « T.A.Z, the temporay autonomous zone, ontological anarchy, poetic terrorism » by Hakim Bey . ( anti-copyright, 1985, 1991 ) Available at www.autonomedia.org
Progressive keys on Or by Ben Frost
Drums on Coracoid Process and Or performed by Yacine Djeradi
Percussions on Odd Sympathy performed by Achille Farese
Salamander Modular synth for Monsters wired by Matia Simovich
Mastered by Andreas « Lupo » Lubich at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
©2010 . raster-noton . r-n 123

Press text :	

After the Pruitt Igoe E.P, Kangding Ray returns with his third album for raster-noton, pushing further his explorations on the edge of digital and analog sounds. With OR, Kangding Ray continues to blur the borders between experimental and bass music, and brings his signature sound to another level, somewhere at the darkest fringe of club culture.
With the massive metallic beats of « athem », the frightening distorded waves of « Mojave », the elevated groove of « Odd Sympathy », the modulated guitar walls of « Leavaila Scheme », or the low-bitrate Everest of « La Belle », KR creates deep atmospheres, loaded with echoes of collapsing economies, dysfunctional political systems, and corporate alienation.In an abstract manner, OR depicts the desillusions of modern civilizations, while initiating a positive reflection on crisis as a creative state.
OR (« gold » in french), as the only chemical element that seems to keep its value for eternity, refers to the cult of endless consumption and the absurdity of fluctuating currency valuations, while in english, as a logical operator or grammatical conjunction, OR represents the possibility of another choice, an « inclusive disjunction » which suggests that there might be another answer, a different path to follow.
Noticeable inputs have been provided by Ben Frost, who composed a keyboard line for « Or », Rose Tizane Merrill who lend her voice to the anarchist poem « Monsters », and Magne Mostue who wrote the words and sang on « Coracoid Process » as well as the vocal version of the prophetic electronic mantra « Pruitt Igoe ».

02 Mojave

Listen to all tracks from ‘Utility’ in full at https://sambarker.bandcamp.com/album/utility

On his debut solo LP ‘Utility’, Barker [@voltek] turns his focus toward melding experimentation and dancefloor pragmatism with the psychology behind the musical decision making process.

‘Utility’ is a playful but non-ironic musical approach to a whole spectrum of utilitarian and transhumanist ideas: from models for quantifying pleasure and “gradients of bliss” to abolishing suffering for sentient beings (not just people) through the ethical use of drugs and nanotechnology. Over nine tracks, Barker’s vision ebbs and flows through waves of deeply psychedelic musical vignettes; free-floating and futuristic melodies and rhythms as targeted brain stimulation.

Listen now in full

Barker | Experience Machines

"Vaporware 05" from Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask 2xLP due out late August.

"Vaporware 05" from Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask

From his early releases on the legendary german imprint raster-noton, to his more recent output aimed at the club, Kangding Ray managed to trace a singular trajectory, navigating the unexplored territories between experimental music and dance music.

Through his consistency as both Live performer and DJ, and a number of critically acclaimed releases, Kangding Ray showed his ability to keep a genuine artistic approach, while slowly crafting a unique universe, equally focused on emotional response and visceral impact.

Kangding Ray’s music tests boundaries, evolving constantly in its exploration of texture and rhythms, while talking equally to the body and the mind.
From his past as architect, Kangding Ray kept a multidisciplinary approach to art, applying his craft in diverse artistic fields such as visual arts, film scores, audiovisual installations and dance performances.