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Hell Yeah kicks off 2024 in fine style with a new album from Australian producer @dawn-again . Every Dog's Hotel is a dreamy and breaks-driven downtempo excursion the artist has dubbed "pubwave."

Melbourne-based Nick Verwey has been crafting solo and collaborative cuts for the best part of a decade on labels like Houseworx and Enjoyment Division. He operates in a world where danceable grooves are paired with laid-back moods. His lo-fi sound is both sunlit and sunset-ready and is for grown-up crowds who like to get down on rooftops, sandy enclaves, or laidback living rooms. This new album, however, he describes as "pubwave" and was conveyed during lockdown when Nick and his friends were missing their favourite communal drinking spots.

"My friends and I were missing the pub, missing dance floors, missing being able to hang out and have fun," he says before explaining that, at the time, he was listening to a lot of 90s and 00s downtempo chill out by the likes of Heights of Abraham, Pork Recordings, Baby Mammoth and Bullitnuts. He came up with the idea of creating something similar but in his own way, initially with spoken word poetry from his friend over the top, though when it came to recording that never quite worked so it was shelved until later when Nick tried again without the vocals. "The whole project has been more than years in the making. I'm super proud of the end result. I think it still nails the dreamy, Balearic "pubwave" vibe and comes with a gorgeous cover painting by my mate Holly Hunt. It's an old English haunt called the Old Neptune, and what nails the brief more than a pub that is literally on the beach?"

The title track is a welcome opening with leggy breaks and soft shakers encouraging you to sway while gazing up at the melodic stars before 'Foam Party' gets more zoned out with its vaporous chords and gentle drum tumbles. 'Journey Through The Schoonerverse' is a suspensory trip to the clouds with effortlessly loose breaks and painterly synth smears, 'Wonky Friends' has a more weighty but still dubbed out and slow motion house kick and 'Kneverending Knockoffs' keeps the energy rising with raw percussion and acidic twitches that journey through a heat haze on a warm afternoon. Closer 'Backyard Paradiso' is the horizontal finish that washes over you like rays of sun and gently breaking waves to leave you relaxed from head to toe and digital bonus 'Hard Earned Thirst' is an extra chance to luxuriate in Dawn Again's richly layered synths and leisurely breaks.

The superbly welcoming Every Dog's Hotel is a place to pull up, sink a drink, and soak into some lavish and escapist downtempo sounds. 
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Every Dog's Hotel

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Patch Notes:

Using the external stereo line input of the new MEGA MILTON to directly connect and amplify a Teenage Engineering K.O. II for processing by the MFX’s 2051 Bit Corrupter. 

Starting with an Akemie’s Taiko sequence, MIDI out from Pamela’s PRO Workout (via PPEXP-1) is connected directly to the K.O. II using a TRS cable. A second TRS cable is taken from the K.O. II output directly into the new MEGA MILTON’s stereo external line input. Pam’s clock is stopped then restarted, now sending MIDI clock and transport to the K.O. II. Its audio is brought up to Eurorack level by the MEGA MILTON and patched on to the MFX for processing by the 2051 Bit Corrupter engine, producing sample rate reduction and clock synced glitching. The Taiko sequence and K.O. II are mixed down via the Jumble Henge.

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PLAYLIST:

Cold Storage „Canada“ (James Shinra Remix) [Lapsus Records]
Emerson „Sending All My Love Out“ (Egyptian Lover Remix) [Kalita Records] 
Peletronic „Utopia“ [Fortunea] 
Klaus Benedek „Hibernation“ [Fortunea] 
Deetron „AM_909“ [Nu Groove Records] 
Manabu Nagayama „Light And Shadow“ (Masalo Version) [Rush Hour] 
Ootkeen „Polynesia“ [Cyanide] 
Boo Williams „Nite Vision“ [Phonogramme] 
Orlando Voorn „Essence of House“ [Fluid Funk] 
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fortunea Radioshow #130 // hosted by Klaus Benedek 2024-02-07

"DJ ONONiiONIONION is a Showa Kayo (J-Pop from 60-80’s) DJ project by Berlin based Japanese musician / composer, Taishi Nagasaka (Jaguar No Me / ex - Fat White Family etc).  He takes you on a 1 hour trip to Japan in the Showa Era. 

You will receive full of nostalgia, even if you have never been to Japan.  Some of you can just dance, some of you dig new music . All of you will have fun anyway! So, enjoy!"

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Klaus Benedek grew up in a small town near Vienna. His interest in electronic music began during the 90s techno hype. He spent hours watching video clips on MTV and viva and thus gaining knowledge about electronic music. In 2004, he began teaching himself to produce. Gathering his inspiration wherever he could, he began collecting 12" vinyl records the same year and 2 years later got his first dj-gigs. From 2008 till 2010 he was one of the resident DJs at the MNML Thursdays in the Camera Club. In 2012 he started with Alex Kolodziej the event-series Tellerbetrieb. Currently he finds most of his inspiration in Chicago House, Deep House, Disco and Breakbeat. After releases on labels like Petrol Dollar, Subversaal, rekooda, Soul Shift Music, Clean and Dirty Recordings and tanzbar, Klaus launched his own label forTunea in 2014.

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