Barely a month after making his debut on AZZUR's multi-artist Bouquets Des Fleurs EP, Olaf Orbit pops up on Tom Tom Disco with his debut solo single. Title track 'Space Operator' shows that he has a firm grasp of nu-disco dynamics, with the up-and-coming producer adding spacey electronics, weirdo noises and trippy synth melodies to an arpeggio-style bassline reminiscent of New Order's 'Blue Monday'. Tony disco adds a little extra rubbery nu-disco bounce and some wonderfully deep-sounding breakdowns on his tidy remix, while bonus cut 'Olaf' is a bolder and even more synth-heavy tribute to the halcyon days of Italo-disco. As debut singles go, this is quietly impressive.

Space Operator

Olaf Orbit - Space Operator

Another powerful release lands on the mighty British label NEIN Records: “Back On The Motorway” is the fruit of the interesting collaboration between none other than Montessori and Lusca (SXDNS216), two skilled and respected Mexican artists who decided to join forces for the first time ever to bring to life a couple of darkness-infused bangers. On the remix duty: Bucharest-based producer Valentin Gabriel Pandelescu aka Eddie Lanzat contributed with an exciting interpretation of the title track.

With recent appearances on HEARec, Nothing Is Real, and Play Pal Music, Montessori impresses with a refined ability of seamlessly gathering Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, and New Wave elements in his productions, while Lusca draws attention due to his more acid and intricate sonority whose result can be found on vital imprints such as Innisfallen, Golden Soul, and NEIN itself.

Eddie, in turn, joined the party with his characteristic cosmic/dark-matter-soaked favourite concoction – this time incremented with some Industrial garnishment to spice things up. His debut on Sir Neil Parnel’s roster couldn’t be more crowned, we dare say.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/

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PREMIERE414 // Montessori & Lusca - Back On The Motorway (Eddie Lanzat Remix)

Roe Deers presents his fascinating debut full-length Salt Town Boy, a leftfield collection of wild sonic tales filled with dusky moods and punk attitude. The first LP to be released on Good Skills, the label Roe Deers runs with BDHBTS co-conspirator Titas Motuzas, the album brings together tracks produced in his Vilnius studio over the past six years. It also features a series of unique storytelling vocal contributions from an international list of friends and colleagues.
Roe Deers is a Lithuanian-based project led by Liudas Lazauskas. A regular at Vilnius institution Opium and a key member of the city’s fertile scene, he’s long been breaking the rules of genre in his explorations of the uncharted territories of murky electronic music, releasing on labels like Omnidisc, Turbo, Nein Records and Throne Of Blood.
The Salt Town of the album’s title is Druskininkai, the Lithuanian spa resort where Roe Deers grew up and first began DJing at a venue run by his parents. The breadth of styles and moods he was exposed to from an early age can be heard across these 12 intriguing tracks, which blend elements of beat science, electroclash, post punk, italo, krautrock and EBM into a deliciously intoxicating brew.
The skewed motorik pulse of opener and lead single ‘Trident’, featuring apocalyptic intonations by French-Canadian lyricist C.A.R., sets an offbeat, ominous tone that prevails for the rest of the album. Vocal contributions from Israeli producer Niv Ast (‘Late Night Tale’), Norwegian troublemaker Sex Judas (‘Rodeo King’) and Berlin-based singer Aquarius Heaven (‘Walking Down The Streets’) each bring out the moods – vampish, febrile, industrial – that permeate Roe Deers’s textured, percussive productions. At the album’s centre are two tracks that point to the past and possible future of the Roe Deers project: first, ‘Thème’ features French post punk band Order89 in a compelling disco-noir moment that recalls his earlier club EPs; then, regular collaborator Palmės Žiedas provides Lithuanian vocals for ‘Tarp Raudonų Šviesų’ (‘Between Red Lights’), a frenzied howl of a track that fits an entire film score into its short three minutes.
The instrumental pieces on the album have their own stories to tell, from the dusty dive bar meditation of ‘Flying Carpets’ to the paranoid proto-techno pulse of ‘Celebrity Theme’ and the 11-minute cyclical epic ‘Never - Ending -’. As the last moments of cinematic closer ‘Fin’ play out, we realise that our trip down the twisted paths of Roe Deers’s beguiling sound world is coming to an end; but we also know that to go back in again all we have to do is press play.
Roe Deers will be launching the Salt Town Boy LP with a live performance and DJ set in Vilnius. The album will be followed by a remixes EP.

Music written & produced - Roe Deers
Vocals - C.A.R., Niv Ast, Sex Judas, Order 89, Palmės Žiedas, Aquarius Heaven
Record Label - Good Skills
Artwork - Art Belikov
Photos - Alina Pasiuk
Master - The Wall

Walking Down The Streets (feat. Aquarius Heaven)

20 Years Of Catz 'n Dogz

The Game (Catz 'N Dogz Interpretation Remix) [feat. Bicep]

Scntst - Let U Go

it's been a while but XXX the label is back with a new release by Roe Deers. Known for his dj sets that don't hold back & productions that have been played all over the world by DJ's from all over the world.

On remix duties we have an upcoming talent from Amsterdam - Marijn S. With a release on SPRAY this year, DEKMANTEL festival booking and several other things coming she's one to keep an eye on.

XXX015 consists of 6 tracks on digital format. 5 originals and one remix.

We've never been the label to put things in a genre but to describe these tracks with words is even hard this time. Menacing, out of this world sounds alternate with industrial EBM sounds. One thing is for sure, these tracks will make a lasting impression on the dancefloor.

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PREMIERE: Roe Deers - It's Time (XXX)

Synth pop artist Colder returns from ten-year hiatus with new single including remixes by Christian S, Marc Piñol, Patrice Bäumel, In Flagranti, Vito & Druzzi …

Colder - Turn Your Back (Christian S Remix)

Topping off an incredible run that included last year’s releases SICKO (KOMPAKT 322) and YOU ARE A BLADE (KOMPAKT 343), UK producer and long-time Kompakt ally REX THE DOG presents two brand new jams on TEUFELSBERG - this latest offering connects the dots between the powerful, melody-driven techno of Rex’s earlier works and his current set-up that favors muscular, raw tracks with a distinctive analog bite. The latter is no accident, as Rex has become increasingly involved in DIY synth design, building his own modular hardware for studio and live use. Title cut TEUFELSBERG starts off lean and mean, quickly establishing momentum with propulsive beats and a simple, but seriously effective bass line – the track’s main protagonist, however, is a sweeping melody blowing up for the track’s entire run time, an utterly scenic synth job that doesn’t even flinch from a ground zero break. Meanwhile, the flip side shells out a proper rave whacking with industrial-infused banger SHORTWAVE - another relentlessl piece of prime time techno that is as monolithic as it is playful.

Als weiterer Höhepunkt eines unglaublichen Laufs, der letztes Jahr mit SICKO (KOMPAKT 322) und YOU ARE A BLADE (KOMPAKT 343) begann, präsentiert der UK-Produzent und langjährige Kompakt-Vertraute REX THE DOG zwei brandneue Knaller auf TEUFELSBERG – ein perfekter Spagat zwischen dem kraftvollen, melodieverliebten Techno seiner früheren Produktionen und dem rohen, muskulösen Stil mit analogem Biss, welcher seinen aktuellen Output charakterisiert. Letzteres sollte nicht verwundern, ist Rex doch zunehmend in Do-It-Yourself-Synthesizer-Design abgetaucht und baut inzwischen modulare Gerätschaften für seine Studio- und Bühnenbelange selbst. Das Titelstück TEUFELSBERG startet schlank und sehnig, dreht mit treibenden Beats und einer simplen, aber schwer effektiven Bassline schnell den Hahn auf – der wahre Star ist hier jedoch eine mitreissende Melodie, die wie in Zeitlupe über die gesamte Lauflänge des Tracks explodiert, dank ungemein malerischer Synthesizerklänge die auch vor radikalen Breaks nicht zurückschrecken. Währenddessen keilt die Rückseite mit einer ordentlichen Portion Rave auf dem Industrial-beeinflussten SHORTWAVE aus – erneut ein unermüdlicher Techno- Schieber zur besten Sendezeit, der sowohl monumental als auch verspielt kann.

Rex The Dog - Shortwave - Snippet

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Label boss Aimes returns to his home base with a double track ep of chugging acid-tinged left-field techno. Both tracks implore multi-dimensional existiliast lyrics combined with cosmic leaning production.  
 A1 is the title track of course, describing an out of this world existential experience. The track is bouncy, fun, and slightly odd, but certainly danceable. 
 On A2 (which is offered up only on vinyl), Aimes takes the original song and turns it into a club-ready slow-burning stomper with a full on repetitious acidic bassline fit for any sleazy techno set.  
 The remix on A3 comes courtesy of Sean Johnston aka Hardway Bros (member of A Love from Outer Space with Andrew Weatherall) who turns the original into a dark and brooding version with a punchy bassline and cosmic synths.  
 Aimes’ second original on the EP, We Are Eternal, is a massive slowed down acid burner that reiterates the eternalness of humanity. Incredibly psychedelic in nature, the pulsing bass and bubbling acid line is prime for a dark and sweaty rave.  
 B2 comes courtesy of Panorama Bar resident Massimiliano Pagliara who submits a cosmic, dubbed out flip of the original, taking the listener on an extended spatial journey. 
 On B3 Japanese producer Que Sakamoto and his production partner NT ramp up the bpms for a dark disco rendition of the original.

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PREMIERE : Aimes - We Are Eternal (Que Sakamoto & NT Remix)

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Irish newcomer Dylan Forbes joins Echocentric Records for a debut vinyl release full of chopped-up vocals, spacious synths and brisk sub-bass heavy rhythms. Running at full pace from the onset, this one takes no prisoners.

Produced by Dylan Forbes 
Mastered by Nik Kozub
Art by Jukka Kettunen 
All rights reserved Echocentric Records 2020.

EP Title: Kingston EP 
Artist: Dylan Forbes 
Label: Echocentric Records 
Release date: 17/07/2020
Cat#: ECR006 
Genre: Breaks, House, Electronica 
Format: 12" & digital

A1 - Dylan Forbes - Evolution
A2 - Dylan Forbes- Return 2 Return
B1 - Dylan Forbes - Rumination
B2 - Dylan Forbes - Kingston M13

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Kingston EP

Kingston EP ECR006

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Dylan Forbes - Kingston EP - ECR006

As head of Italian (centric) Slow Motion label (and international artist sister imprint, Wrong Era), and through his own productions and remixes, Franz Scala has been pioneering the retro-futuristic aesthetic of club culture weaving together elements of proto-house, wave and Italo for the nuovo contemporary dancefloor long before it’s current vogue. Now alongside Bordello A Parigi, and supported by Sameheads, Slow Motion presents Scala’s euphoric debut album Mondo Della Notte.

A homage to the world of the night where Franz plies his trade. Solid production and understanding of the various references informing the contemporary dancefloor imbues this set with a quality of permanence. Each track clocks-in at around the seven minute mark accommodating all Scala’s retro influences  providing the space for walls of sounds to expand and unfold along these infectious rhythm voyages.

Industrial guitars signal the title track’s intent while ethereal vocal snippets escape the machines hailing to the listener through densely effected, spacey drums blurring the boundaries between disco and wave. Stelle’s cross-continental tunnel trip takes the listener to a darkened dancefloor. Flickering light emerging by way of rapturous synths complementing each other in short radiant bursts resulting in a steady, off-kilter workout that wouldn’t sound out of place during the latter years of The Paradise Garage. Cometa’s urgency hurtles through the void towards it’s destination gaining momentum with each synth stab and chorus leaving the impression you’re listening to some long lost classic that just collided with the planet. Dreamline a rhythm dense Chicago influenced jam packed with desolate, metallic strings; whispered, twisted vox, and haunting phrases. Rising from a swamp Chrono startles the listener, the track’s infectious trippy patterns reminiscent of the hazy trance that occured when clubbing collided with guitars at the dawn of the second summer of love. Museum of Illusion comes at you like John Carpenter scoring a heavy giallo soundtrack. The artist’s trademark tough, italo-informed drum workouts are best illustrated by Scala’s rework of One Way Love. The composition’s rhythms’ morphing into a darker proto-house framework with a tougher edge than it’s previous incarnation. Gladio’s hypnotic tribute to the foundational cyber-funk of Detroit ends this trip into the nether world of strobes and speakers, a sword-edged machine conversation between a measured motor-city bass and responding off-world hardware, the tracks warm undertones taking you inwards beyond the industrial world these sounds originally emerged from.

It is a tribute to Franz’s careful, attentive approach to his love of music that, for the first time, after a decade running Slow Motion, he finally releases his own productions through his own label. Mondo Della Notte, a collection of contemporary mutations grounded in previous era’s, is the culmination and testimony to his artisanal dedication to his own creative output and his obsessive enthusiasm for what moves the dancefloor. Enjoy this journey through the night. Ascolta forte.

Franz Scala - Gladio

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