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In celebration of International Women's Day 2021 all proceeds from this release will go directly to charities working with queer people of colour, refugees and sex workers in Berlin.

Special thanks to all the artists involved in this project, VASE for mastering and Daisy Does Tattoos for the artwork.

Tracks uploaded in low bitrate please purchase at:
https://radiantlove.bandcamp.com/album/radiant-love-iwd-comp-vol-2
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Kasra V - Eternal

Enter the ultraverse. The ultraverse is the dimension that you can access when you really want to. A shared universe that provides a cornucopia of delights. Shaytoon is proud to present a collection of music gathered from Iranian artists from all corners of the ultraverse. 

Aria Rostami kicks off the compilation with "Birth in the Garden Triptych", meshing cinematic undertones with a sense of urgency with beautiful and mysterious pads drenching the listener in allure. Unique and enigmatic duo Saint Abdullah provide a earth-shattering track with "Lustre Ware",  a freaky number falling somewhere between 90s east coast hip-hop and muslimgauze (except actually produced by middle easterns). Voiski takes us on a futurist technoid journey, drexciyan-esque elements and ethereal pads make you forget all your problems and then ricochet back into pure hypnosis. 

Label boss Sepehr takes the torch with "Diaspora Simulacra", a hyperreal image of his sonic mind ebbing and flowing between psychedelic drum shuffles and primal chants, perfect for a romantic evening with the void. Pupils may dilate after listening. London-via-Iran artist Kasra V takes a 90's styled approach reminscent of Prodigy with "Thousand Year Dream", expertly placing samples that play with each other in a harmonius yet jacking fashion. 

Next up, goddess Paramida serves up a dreamy and timeless slice of champagne house music with "Konbanwa (Ibiza Mix). A tune that you could equally hear as an uplifting soul churner in Panorama bar or taking a stroll through candy cotton fields right at dawn. LA based artist Maral supplies us with "Lorestan Reggae", deftly utilizing Farsi vocals and grungy drum and guitar textures to create an epic punk rock soundscape that sounds like it was recorded right before an apocalypse! 

Iran based artists Milad Ahmadi delivers an enchanting, low slung roller with a high octane edge. Temp Illusion 

Shaytoon is allied with our Afghan family who is currently violently being starved to death due to US imperialism. A portion of proceeds will go to Wellness Worldwide, a volunteer-based NGO providing healthcare & social support to vulnerable populations in Afghanistan.

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V/A - SOUNDS FROM THE IRANIAN ULTRAVERSE (CLIPS)

Miro-Benji & Stuster - We Are Looking For Nothing Isn't That Something?
BUY LINK: https://freeshelter.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-looking-for-nothing-isnt-that-something
Label: Free Shelter (https://soundcloud.com/freeshelter)
https://soundcloud.com/miro_benji https://soundcloud.com/stuster https://soundcloud.com/kasra-v

5 track EP from Miro-Benji & Stuster including Kasra V's remix on it getting released on 10.6.22.

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PREMIERE : Miro-Benji & Stuster - Engel (Kasra V Remix)

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https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1675775011/Kasra-V-Hyperdelic-EP 
https://radiant-records.bandcamp.com/album/kasra-v-hyperdelic-ep

A1. Voice Note To Self
A2. Voice Note To Self (Byron Yeates & Roza Terenzi Remix)
B1. Vesper
B2. Night Prime
B3. Warm Up Great

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Kasra V’s Hyperdelic EP, his first release on Radiant Records, showcases the producer’s attentive ear for textural and rhythmic play. His last EP from 2018, Akasa, was a collection of dreamy, break-driven pieces, and a more ambient collaboration with Dopplereffekt; timbre and meticulously tuned sonics were also in focus then, but we now hear a reduction of form, and with it, a saturation of style.

“Voice note to self” kicks off the EP with a boom-bap drum loop. The rhythm continues as percussive elements are added and removed, adhering to the groove and its growing complexity. A warm bassline chugs along, pitched vocals mumble into the static, and an ascendant pad begins to give the track a gorgeous depth: a horizon. Following is a remix of the same track by Byron B. Yeates and Roza Terenzi, adapting certain samples from Kasra V’s production and looping them up to a brisk 142 BPM. As can be expected from these two, the kick’s punchy 4/4 structure is buttressed by crisp percussion and clever, unexpected rhythms.

On the B-side, “Vesper” takes us back to downtempo. Bumping on at around 80 BPM, Kasra V builds upon a drum-machine loop with processed percussion samples: a snare-roll one could hear in a jungle track, chopped claps panning across the break, and so on. And the slow, warm gurgle of an 808 comes in just at the point of fracture, holding it all together. “Night Prime” extends the EP’s principle of a drum loop serving as the skeleton – with greater drama, somehow. Like in “Voice note to self”, we hear vocal samples, but here  they swerve in and out of clarity; we break into unexpected moments of silence, and the loop restarts; 3 minutes in, a huge, minor piano chord breaks upon the track like dusk. “Warm up great” closes the EP with the blend of left-field groove and dissonance one might associate with Future Sound of London or early work of The Chemical Brothers. The textures and tunings of each sample are so dense, so delicious, Kasra V lets us savour them for the last 20 seconds of the EP, lost in the reverb of a singly struck piano key.

KASRA V
Title: HYPERDELIC EP
Cat: RADIANTLOVE006
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mastered: MARCO PELLEGRINO
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: NAT MARCUS

KASRA V - HYPERDELIC EP

Akasa

Kasra V - Atropa Belladonna feat. Klorzeiger & To Nhan (Dopplereffekt) - FH013

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