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Artist: Man-L
Title: Cyberport EP (Incl. Altitude Remix)
Label: Equilibrisme
Cat No: EQLB001
Format: 12” Vinyl Only

Tracklist: 
A1. Cyberport
A2. Direct Sun
B1. Cyberport (Altitude Remix)

Equilibrisme: a balancing act, a harmony of multiple different elements, tuned to each other seamlessly. Equilibrisme launches it’s first vinly release! The first instalment Cyberport by Man-L is a three tracker EP including a remix by Canadian dub-techno legend Matt Thibideau under his moniker Altitude. The whole EP is a beautiful mix of minimal and dub techno. With Cyberport, Man-L is diving deep while still maintaining a dancefloor vibe, Altitude’s take on Cyberport is a stripped back deep and dubby excursion that feels like floating. Direct Sun will take you on another journey of warm chords and delays. It’s all about the balance!

Man-L - Cyberport EP (Incl. Altitude Remix) (EQLB001)

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deejaycast#150

Artist: Loopdeville 
Title: Knock Knock Series 2 
Remixers: Fernando Costantini, Alex Kid & Alexandar Kyosev 
Label: Knock Knock Series Release Date: April

Tracklisting: 
1) Ambient Anarchist
2) Ambient Anarchist (Alexkid Remix) 
3) Get U High 
4) Get U High (Fernando Costantini & Alexandar Kyosev Remix)

Knock Knock might not be that old having launched as a sub-label of Kiara in 2012, but already it has made waves with some quality deep and dubby releases. Now comes Knock Knock Series 2 featuring two originals by Loopdeville and remixes from Alexkid, Fernando Costantini & Alexandar Kyosev.
First up, Ambient Anarchist is exactly as it sounds, a tortured chamber of ambient strings and textural scrapes is laced up with the sound of muffled voices talking at a party. It's brooding and masterfully atmospheric before evolving into a minimal, stripped back and waify rhythm someone like Villalobos would love. The same track in the hands of Alex Kid is a much punchier affair, with a raw, hard hitting kick drum driving the track along as weird ambience and occult sound effects float about up top.
Get U High is the other original and is indeed a heady brew of darkened rhythms, moody atmospherics and delicate sound design. Synths seem to howl, FX seem to come over like malicious spirits and it makes for groovy but moody listening.
Finally, Fernando Costantini & Alexandar Kyosev re-interpret the track as an itchy tech house number with coarse claps
repeating over a tightly bobbled kick drum. It works you into a nice hypnotic trance with seemingly very little effort and sums up this understated but idiosyncratic label delightfully.

Loopdeville - Get u High (Fernando Costantini & Alexandar Kyosev Operationnal Remix)

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