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Marco Shuttle's third album, Cobalt Desert Oasis, features a varied collection of music recorded across a two year period. Often traveling to remote destinations, Marco would come back to Berlin with field recordings, images, and other inspirations to process in his studio and turn into sound.

The theme of the journey turns into a something more abstract than a travel diary, where environmental sounds blend in with modular synthesis, drum machines, effects and analog oscillators resulting in a cinematic listening experience where psychedelia, ritualism, and mysticism weave together in a sort of alien soundscape - that as the title of the album suggests, is reminiscent of a parallel utopian world.

The album is rich in complex rhythmics, and more than in any of his previous work, has strong acoustic elements. Amongst other percussion instruments, Marco used the Tombak, a traditional Persian hand drum capable of reaching a very wide range of frequencies - from deep round subby toms, to high pitched sharp rimshots, throughout the record.

Marco Shuttle is certainly not new to these sort of elements, but in Cobalt Desert Oasis he brings the environmental element of his sound into the forefront in a way that takes the listener into a hazy expanse where it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the machine elements from the natural - and where the music almost becomes a visual experience, which relates to Marco's own photography used throughout the cover and insert images.

Written and Produced by Marco Sartorelli
Mastered by Neel @ Enisslab
Design by Josh Abramovici
Photography by Marco Sartorelli 

'Acrobat' is taken from Marco Shuttle's 'Cobalt Desert Oasis' LP
PREORDER: Vinyl 2x12"/Digital: https://marcoshuttle.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-desert-oasis
Out October 15th, 2021

Marco Shuttle
@marcoshuttle
https://marcoshuttle.bandcamp.com/album/cobalt-desert-oasis

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Marco Shuttle - Acrobat [INC-012]

Dopplereffekt - Tetrahymena EP
Leisure System

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‘Where is Agartha? What is the specific region in which it lies? Along what road, through what civilizations, must one walk in order to reach it?.’ Saint-Yves d’Alveydre in 1886

Agartha, the debut full-length album by Japanese producer Wata Igarashi, is a mysterious, divine thing. Named for the mythical secret kingdom, understood as a complex maze of underground tunnels, perhaps designed by Martians who colonised the Earth tens of thousands of years ago, it’s a similarly mystical, perhaps even cosmic trip – but this time, exploring an inner, deeply personal cosmos. Beautifully detailed and bustling with rich incident, it takes Igarashi’s music to new places, which still retaining his unique sonic imprimatur; in this respect, it’s perfectly at home with Kompakt, a label that’s always encouraged artists to make the visionary music they need to create, to take risks and make sideways steps into uncharted territory.

An eloquent producer and DJ, Igarashi has been releasing techno for eleven years now, appearing on such imprints as The Bunker NY, Delsin, Midgar, and Time To Express; he has also self-released his productions via his WIP net label. Throughout, Igarashi has consistently explored his unique approach to techno and electronic music, one that’s eloquent and poised, even when it shifts into more psychedelic terrain; he’s a master at balancing the sensual and the functional, and he has an unerring ear for the right texture, the right tone, at the right time. He brings all of this into Agartha, his most thorough-going expression of self to date.

For Agartha, Igarashi had a strong concept he wanted to explore. Visualising specific scenes from an imaginary film based on the titular secret kingdom, he created soundtracks for those scenes, spending time during the pandemic in his studio, working away carefully at the ten tracks here. Given his background in creating music for television and advertisements, Igarashi is well-placed to explore the marriage of the sonic and the visual in such intimate ways, but freed from commercial concerns, he let his imagination run riot. He also drew on a rich palette of musical influences – techno is in there, of course, but you can also hear the smoky, improvised jazz of the likes of Miles Davis (to whom the album’s title is an indirect nod), and the minimalism and systems music of Steve Reich.

The latter is particularly pronounced on the gorgeous, beatless drift of “Floating Against Time”, where an arpeggiated sequence lingers, lovingly, around your ears for nine blissful minutes, coasting across swooning drones and waves of ambient noise. “Ceremony Of The Dead”, originally composed as part of a Sony 360 Reality Audio spatial sound concert, is a deep pass into systems composition, with various patterns overlaid and interlocking, before a wordless vocal rises from the depths, a gorgeous counterpoint to the swarming textures that gather across the track. On the other hand, tracks like “Burning” and “Subterranean Life” nudge toward Fourth World territory, painting deluxe dreamscapes of uncertain provenance; the title cut is an abstract drift-world, Igarashi painting an alien tableau dotted by shape-shifting creatures.

Agartha’s conceptual framework means that everything on the album sits perfectly together; listening to it in one sitting is a dizzying, lush experience. Its imaginings of inner landscapes recall, in some respects, the nautical, aqueous mythologies of the Drexciyan universe, though from different perspectives. But the result is Igarashi’s own creation, a deluxe, enchanting trip through the visionary Agartha of this unique producer’s cinematic mind’s-eye.

Agartha

Wata Igarashi - Searching

Butcher Boy makes his debut release with “Blue Louiza” on Death Decay Magic. This five track EP is full of urgent, dangerous energy, shrouded in leather and mystery. Down to his visual artwork that accompanies his music, Butcher Boy is a compelling character, and one to look out for in the future. The EP is rounded off by remixes from Perdí La Luz and label boss Black Light Smoke. “Blue Lousiza” comes out April 18, 2024.


Butcher Boy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/butcherboyofficial/

Death Decay Magic
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PREMIERE: Butcher Boy - Blood Lust (Death Decay Magic)

Butcher Boy makes his debut release with “Blue Louiza” on Death Decay Magic. This five track EP is full of urgent, dangerous energy, shrouded in leather and mystery. Down to his visual artwork that accompanies his music, Butcher Boy is a compelling character, and one to look out for in the future. The EP is rounded off by remixes from Perdí La Luz and label boss Black Light Smoke. 
“Blue Lousiza” comes out April 18, 2024.

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PREMIERE : Butcher Boy - Blood Lust (Perdí La Luz Remix)

After a five year hiatus Luke Slater reanimates his L.B. Dub Corp alias for a dynamic, vocal-led ode to the club featuring Robert Owens, Paul St. Hilaire, Miss Kittin and more.The album 'Saturn to Home' will be released on 10th May 2024

@luke-slater @dkmntl

PREMIERE: L.B. Dub Corp - Only The Good Times [ Dekmantel ]

After a career spanning more than 15 years, we're finally going to launch his own label called Superwave!

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https://soundcloud.com/djedjotronic
https://soundcloud.com/annalann

PREMIERE: Djedjotronic - Consequence Feat Anna Lann (Club Mix) [ SUPERWAVVE ]

Between analog synths, industrial sounds, haunting vocals, pop incursions into techno territory, and a cinematic universe, the Bordeaux based producer unveils the contours of his new label. Built in collaboration with the singer and visual artist Anna Lann-who lends her voice for the occasion, the track "Consequence" embodies Djedjotronic's vision for Superwave : sharpbut resolutely open music, breaking down barriers and creating bridges between genres.

Written & produced by Djedjotronic
Vocals & Lyrics by @annalann
Graphic Design by Nicolas Malinowsky
Photo by Gregoire Grange
Mastered by @le_dom

Djedjotronic - Consequence (feat. Anna Lann)

B1 from i'd love to fly
releases may 30

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music by nthng
artwork by Karina Rovira
video by Raen Coplin
mastered by Isabel @ OLO Mastering
pressed at RAND MUZIK
distributed by Inchbyinch

In the city

B2 from i'd love to fly
releases may 30

pre-order
nthng.bandcamp.com/album/id-love-to-fly

music by nthng
artwork by Karina Rovira
video by Raen Coplin
mastered by Isabel @ OLO Mastering
pressed at RAND MUZIK
distributed by Inchbyinch

Tuned to a dead channel

10 years ago Power Station started in Melbourne, Australia as a weekly Saturday club night that turned into a label releasing music from the residents and friends of the party. Since the pandemic, we have been quietly re-constructing the plant due to the heavy impact of the effects of covid but are ecstatic to announce we are ready to fire up all the cylinders in the station again, this time with clean renewable fusion energy and new music.

To re-boot, we invite Kris Baha back to the station with a dance floor summer ready EP, “Breathe” which almost feels like the next progression after his last solo EP on the label all those years back in 2016 with ‘Mind Your Head’. ‘Breathe’ is a hazy reimagining of the mid 90’s/ early 2000’s y2k dance era while all still retaining Kris’s signature muscle baselines, textural ear candy, laced in euphoric synth lines. Channeling the era, in the lens of now’ using techno kicks, prog trance / 90’s synth lines and EBM influenced bass and sequences, for any fans of 90’s PVC trench coats and speed shades.

‘Mescalin Dreams’ Anyone that has followed the white rabbit knows of mirrored realities so Kris takes a Techno approach to prog trance while still retaining his classic EBM influenced bass line. “Mescalin, the only way to fly”

‘Breathe’, the name sake EP is about taking a moment to actually breathe, deep, into yourself especially in this climate. Hi pitched vocal samples run through out the track that symbolise the madness of the inner dialogue being juxtaposed on to the mantra, 'Breathe, Breathe, Breathe with me" - all fuelled by the hyper bombardment of social media, grabbing, holding your attention....you just need a moment to breathe to find your self.

‘Grains of Time’ is a euphoric summer hitter, a reminder of all the early morning closing moments on the dance floor, lost in ecstasy, lost to the dance floor, lost in the the moment and it whispers, ‘your soul is mine’

‘Bite Me’, is a hi bpm techno trance shell, found in the station years back but re-calibrated with a Chemical Brothers style ebm sequence, biten by techno vampires.

Breathe EP

Breathe - Kris Baha [PS0012]

"The Endless" as a concept album in tragic progressive metalcore / melodic djent. This is already a ready-made foundation for a multi-layered soundtrack  feelings and wishes

Destruction

New FIction

hey ! this is my new ost for my video games friend #planetwarz ! its a very epic, deep and melancholic track i'v made ^^ hope you are all fine ^^ peace annd love you all <3

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P8.1

Elusive dutch DJ and producer, nthng, announces his second album ‘Hypnotherapy’ on Lobster Theremin. Previously putting out records on his own label Transatlantic, plus the likes of Delsin, Lobster Theremin and Mörk, this thoughtful long play spans dub techno, hazy ambient and mind-bending trance, traversing through different moods. 

Float away with bright and airy opener, ‘50 Flower’. Spoken word samples intercept the ambience, bringing the listener down from the clouds. A2’s ‘I Just Am’ takes the EP into dub techno dancefloor territory with bolshy, rattling percussion and assertive vocals. ‘Heitt’ is a pacy slice of machine music for the wee hours, before drifting back to softness with barely-there ‘Beautiful Love’. ‘Wave Return’ injects a dose of wigged out energy, slowly evolving from drawn out dub into an effervescent jam. ‘Spirit of Ecstasy’ rolls gently - a prime slice of chunky, driving electronica. nthng’s title track, ‘Hypnotherapy’, see’s the producer return to the ambient fringes of moody techno, barely-there kicks, and shimmering pads. Rounding out the album, weightless ‘With You’ is a romantic post club track, soft, longing vocals sit upon almost bird-like sounds. Digi only bonus, ‘And Then There Was Light’ is nthng’s most ethereal offering yet. 

‘Hypnotherapy’ LP drops 24th April, via Lobster Theremin. 


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PREMIERE: L.B. Dub Corp - Only The Good Times [ Dekmantel ]

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