Release Dez 21

Fatique Moche

Dropping their second Corpus compilation, Ransom Note Records offshoot Insult To Injury showcases gems from the label, past and present. Focusing on remixes from early digital releases, augmented with a brand new mix of Timothy Clerkin, these four dance floor weapons see a release on their rightful format, 12” wax. 

Opening proceedings with a meditative, shadowy remix of Timothy Clerkin’s Primary Function, Berlin’s Shokh takes us down into the depths, showcasing his masterful production skills with a lofi trip into the darkness.

Corpus Vol.2

Timothy Clerkin - Primary Function (Shokh 12" Remix)

RAT 22 Credit 00 & Wolf Müller - Funk The System

Funk The System! The recipe is simple: Dig deep, listen to your heart, record everything you got on a dusty old desktop computer, leave it to simmer for the time of a pandemic, and if it’s still fresh, serve it up on the finest plate of black wax!

This collaboration started in Düsseldorf in the year 2018. Locked up for a week in the Flanger Studios, Wolf Müller and Credit 00 recorded everything: from the jaw harp to smartphone apps, chopping up GDR Jazz breaks and squeezing the Funk out of every synthesizer and drum machine at hand. 

You will hear the open mindedness towards all sorts of musical influences from the first note. Each of the five tracks showcases a wild mix of flavours: Disco Reggae, B-Girl Breakbeats, Protest Folk, Subway Funk, Tabla Rhythms, you name it... they’ll take it and shake it! It is obvious these two got sonically socialized and educated by the multiculturalism of Hip-Hop in their early days.

After the first Recording Session, the tracks fermented for some time until they were cracked open again. This time in Leipzig at Credit 00’s Westend Workshop. That’s also where Rizmi from Birmingham joined the team and lent her voice to the title track. She reinterpreted the lyrics of the obscure German 1980s Workers’  Rock Song, that Wolf digged out for the Intro Skit of „Funk The System“. 

A long time in the making, Rat Life is very happy to finally publish this EP!

A1 Yelofire

Aphrodite Wants to Dance

Venice Affaie seeks only to give humans a look into their own lives, history, suffering, and peace, all while providing a backbeat sprinkled with sexuality, romanticism, and especially entertainment. The concept of “Ascension” is much larger than a description of upward motion; it is the human description of our evolution from four to two, from caves to high rises, from child to elder, and from stardust to flesh. This collection of songs has been in the works since 2021 and meticulously arranged to provide the best possible lens into Venice Affair’s concept of human existence. 

The track “Alive” seeks to display the contrast between the wholesomeness of romantic affection and the emotional torture of such affection falling through due to externalities. 
“Dead of Night” is an observation of emotions one may feel when the subject of their love is away without care, leaving in their path longing and unspecified vitriol. 
“The Web” is a natural progression of these emotions in the verses, a culmination of feelings that leads one to leave. Leaving a once bountiful love is compared through the analogy of nomadic people leaving a region which was once home, now depleted of resources, rain, and vegetation.

Credits:
All songs are written and produced by Venice Affair from 2021-2024.
All tracks have been mixed/mastered/engineered by “Lucky” Lawrence Leonard III.
Guitar, synth, bass, vocals, and drum machines are performed by Venice Affair.
Sau u on “The Web” is performed by Alex “Royat” Marshall.
Contribution to production on “The Web” is from Colin Gotschall. 
This work is dedicated to the human condition and millennia of suffering of our species’ development.
Special thanks to Lucky Lew and Mark Hatchfield.
Artwork by Paulo Jeca Schulz.
RWCLTR028. Raw Culture, Rome, 2025.

Ascension

[RWCLTR028] Venice Affair - Ascension [180 Limited Vinyl Edition]

Timur Ptahin - Acid Shake

Sábanas Negras (May Mc Laren Mix)

http://honestjons.com/shop/label/Berceuse_Heroique

Interstellar Funk - Caves Of Steel (Convextion Remix)

On the occasion of the 300th release on Tresor Records and the 20th anniversary of the mysterious Scopex imprint, we are glad to present you the long awaited re-edition of the three essential Scopex records, along with a previously unreleased track, recorded during these essential sessions.

All tracks are re-mastered from the original DAT tapes. The recently unearthed “Original Flow" was originally recorded in 2000 and previously unreleased. The 4 records come together in a beautiful gatefold sleeve featuring the original and idiosyncratic Scopex designs with delicate spot UV print. Essential...

Tresor.300 releases November 24th on 4x12" vinyl only.

Simulant - Optimal Flow (Tresor.300)

https://blackseedacts.bandcamp.com/track/sacre-dance

Sacred Dance

ΚΕΜΑΛ / Berceuse Heroique / Ancient Monarchy
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Distribution: Honest Jon's Records
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