2018

Cosmic Tiger present the first in a series of various artist compilations designed to shine a light on far-flung musical scenes while raising money for good causes. Kicking things off close to home in our Asian base, 'Messages Volume One' welcomes a varied lineup of creators from disparate musical backgrounds – including revered masters of the craft alongside irresistibly emerging talent. The sounds may differ in style and tone, but what unites each of the artists involved is the sincerity of their respective approaches to making music, and the indefinable magic embedded in their sounds.
From Japan to Korea, Thailand to Indonesia, Singapore to Hong Kong: the far-reaching compilation takes in original compositions featuring blissful Balearic wonder, life-affirming disco, late-night house, seductive neo-soul, and a good deal more as it glides through the 
evolving skies of the vast Asian continent.
While shining a light on the effervescent talent that exists in Asia's growing underground community, we felt a strong desire to spread some positivity. We wanted to do what we could to help some of those whose lives have been thrown into turmoil by the bizarre times we're all currently living through. All profits generated from sales will be split between Bangkok Community Help Foundation and The Sweet Potato Project – charities based in Thailand and Indonesia respectively that are helping to support those who have been worst affected by pandemic enforced lockdowns. It's worth noting, too, that musicians and performing artists were among the first to see their 
incomes diminished by the worldwide closure of venues, festivals and events, and in many cases are among the last to be able to return to work. With that in mind, the generosity of the contributing artists here is even more profound, as each of them has seen their livelihoods dented by ongoing venue closures and performance restrictions. This is our attempt to pour some love into the world via music and collaboration. This is our message, and these are sounds plucked directly from the vibrant Asian underground.

PREMIERE : Gold Suite - Tabernas Yacht Club

B2 Midnite Magic - Disco Ritual EP PMJCC01

A1. Joe Morris - Jacaranda Skies

Inga Mauer remixes Curses for SC&P 003 which you can pre-order here: https://goo.gl/HwFgH4

SC&P 003: Curses - Together In The Dark (Inga Mauer Remix)

Philippe Cohen Solal feat. Horace Andy - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In

I have generally spent my entire career giving people compelling narratives for their misery. So in keeping with tradition, the bookends of this mix are things I have either played on, recorded, or spent endless days in the general proximity of the artists, and all are old friends. Sandwiched in between I suppose is the smoky cheese? Not sure what all of it means, as making mix tapes is something I have done since I was a wee lad, and every tape is reverential and has an emotional connection to it.
 
In praise of melancholy,
Adam

01	Bedhead - Lifeaft
02	Home - Memories
03	Windsor of the Derby - One
04	Delta Saxophone Quartet - Songs for Tony 4th movt
05	Ennio Morricone -  Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri
06	Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Te Morituri 
07	Roger Eno - Sunburst 
08	Michael Nyman - The Recollection
09	Jóhann Jóhannsson - A Spacetime Singularity
10	The Prestige - Colorado Springs
11	Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question
12	Alexandre Desplat & Hollywood Studio Symphony - 
13	Syriana (Piano Solo)
14	Bill Evans Trio - Peace Piece
15	Lewis - I Thought the World of You
16	The Flaming Lips - Felt Good to Burn
17	Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train 
18	Labradford - Battered
19	Sparklehorse - Dreamt for Light Years In the Belly of a Mountain (A.k.A. Maxine)

''Born in New York, Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie grew up fixated on a career in professional tennis, and was brought up under the wings of 1963 Wimbledon champion Chuck McKinley. A tragic knee injury ended his career at the young age of sixteen.

After receiving a tip from an old friend, and a ride from Santa Fe New Mexico, Adam ventured to Austin, Texas where he lived in a cloud of fog for 10 years, until moving to Europe and finding a better quality of life. Adam is probably best known for his work as founder of seminal musical projects Stars of the Lid and A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Wiltzie has written the original scores for several film and television productions including Salero, The Yellow Birds and Iris. He also collaborated with previous EE contributor Jóhann Jóhannsson on his scores for The Theory of Everything and Arrival, and wrote two of the main themes with Dustin O'Halloran in the 2016 Oscar-nominated film Lion.''

Adam is set to score 'The Burning Woman', http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4465572/ a film directed by Jake Scott and starring Christina Hendricks, Sienna Miller. The soundtrack will be released later next year. 

Stars of the Lid will return to play Sigur Ros-curated festival 'Norður og niður' on December 30th in Reykjavik, Iceland.

More info: http://bit.ly/2yki6TC 
FB Event: http://bit.ly/2hbHzLd

Electronic Explorations - 485

Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - 485 - Electronic Explorations

Off their debut album Europa via Kompakt Distro.
https://www.kompakt.fm/releases/europa_lp

Tapan - Bogovi

Mr. Fingers - Electron (Taken From upcoming Cerebral Hemispheres album)

Under one of his most notable guises, Larry Heard is pleased to present a new album for 2018. ‘Cerebral Hemispheres’ is his first full length album as Mr. Fingers in almost 25 years. Famous as one of the most important heads in the dance music around the world, Larry has enjoyed a successful career as a producer, remixer, collaborator, vocalist and DJ spanning 35 years. Due for release on his own imprint Alleviated Records, ‘Cerebral Hemispheres’ features 14 new pieces of music that allows the listener to fully immerse themselves and dig deep into Larry’s musical world. 

Available from Clone Distribution 13-04-2018
(pre-)order 3x12" vinyl: https://clone.nl/item49653.html

Cerebral Hemispheres

Electron

Mr. Fingers - Electron (Taken From Cerebral Hemispheres LP)

US LOVER Edit by Diesel

My 808 Edit of the classic Italo Funk 'Styx' by Maurice McGee
Out late September 2018

Maurice McGee - Styx (DJ Rocca 808 Edit)

Having shared edit duties on Universal Cave’s 10th release, Philadelphia duo Superprince take the reins solo for UC011 with four slices of Philly rework heat.
From the soulful Caribbean funk of ‘Mama’ to the syupy, slo-mo boogie of ‘Rose’, the A side is a sublime double header of slow jams to kick off the EP.
On the B side, Superprince picks up the pace with delicious, private press disco for the dancefloor in the form of ‘Come To Me’, before the dubbed-out balearic bliss of ‘Buy You A Dream’ closes out the affair with a chuggier and cheekier high note. 

Superprince:
https://soundcloud.com/superprince1

Universal Cave:
https://soundcloud.com/universalcave

UC011 [Universal Cave Records]

Order

PREMIERE: Universal Cave - Buy You A Dream (Superprince Edit) [Universal Cave Records]

Order:
https://oye-records.com/releases/franz-scala-mm-discos-06

This time we would like to introduce you one of the biggest Italo Selectors nowadays, owner of the well known record label SLOW MOTION, especially known in the Italo disco/dance/club scene.
Franz Scala his name, delivers a Ep full of Italo Edits and you may think it’s gonna all get cheesy here, but that's totally wrong.
Three of highly slick Italo-disco tracks that blend contemporary feel of the style and will fit into a wide variety of DJ’s sets.
Be careful, wont you blow up the disco ball !


A1) Electra - Are You Automatic (Franz Scala Edit)
B1) G.J. Lunghi - Acapulco Nights (Franz Scala Edt)
B2) Wish Keys - The One You Love (Franz Scala Edit)

B1) GJ Lunghi - Acapulco Nights (Franz Scala Edt)

Quiet Force - For Love And Emotions (Strauss & Pask  Mix)

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With the world in Covid-19 lockdown and the events industry stopped in its tracks, artists and online media like ourselves have been left financially vulnerable and, well...pretty bored. In an effort to alleviate both, Stamp The Wax launches Isolation Therapy, an emergency compilation built from scratch at lightning speed. 

We reached out to a bunch of friends who may need a hand, and gave them three days to make a track from scratch in isolation. 27 artists rose to the challenge and within a week from our first reach outs we were ready to go with masters (s/o Adam Scrimshire) and artwork (s/o Jess Ebsworth)⁣⁣. Final s/o to Aly Gilani for helping pull it all together. 

To provide artists with financial support as quickly as possible, royalty splits have been increased and accounting periods have been reduced to fortnightly during Coronavirus restrictions. Isolation Therapy will also provides much-needed funds for STW, having been hit heavily by the collapse of the events industry and postponement of all our media partnerships. If you can afford to buy the album, even if you don't like every track, it will be a massive support for independent journalism and go a long way to help us fight through this lockdown.⁣⁣

Buy: bit.ly/IsolationTherapy

Isolation Therapy

Bayetë & Probably Sean - Corona Theresa [3:12]

Label boss Marco unearthed Lyon based, Brazilian born @pedro-b-2 during lockdown. Impressed by the young and talented artist's fresh perspective, he snapped him up for three tracks that bring a new and different kind of energy and elements of breaks, house, afro and baile funk that are all designed to make you dance in different and unexpected ways.

Opener 'Abre Caminhos' has tropical sounding percussion and wild jungle noises, bird calls and crashing hits all making for a steamy and shapeshifting tune unlike any other. 'Racine' then masterfully layers up scuffed and shuffling kicks with off-grid percussive rolls and ethnic vocal chants. It's a tribal tune with a humid vibe and killer old school bassline. 'Sai Sacanagem' closes out with a darker, more textured bassline and electro feel that is finished with paranoid vocals and proto-house grooves.

This is weird and wonderful music that fuses organic and synthetic sounds into brave new forms.

Abre Caminhos

Pedro Bertho - Abre Caminhos

Selected by Dar Disku on his 1800 triiip's set.

A1. Joe Morris - Jacaranda Skies

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