Techno's Outer Limits - October 2016

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
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Discogs: 
https://www.discogs.com/release/21614911-Primal-Code-AI-Calculator

Out 28.01.2022

Up next in our main series are Milan-based dub techno outfit Primal Code. With a solid back catalogue comprising releases for Hypnus Records, TGP and Konstrukt, the Italian duo have honed their skills to impressive effect over the last few years, forging a sound signature thoroughly engaging on both body and cerebral levels, and now punching in on KOC to breathe further hard-hitting opaque heat into the collection.

Putting things into gear, “AI Calculator” propels us across dim-lit streetscapes and murky subterranean entrails, pared-down to a minimal array of modular signals, subtle machine inflections and particularly acute rhythmic progression. Steering the original into further pumped-up, DJ-friendly territories, NAFF affiliate Priori drops the hammer badman style, bringing forth the racing muscular bass and squelchy machine talk on loop mode to keep everyone on their toes from start to finish.

Flexing a different kind of acidic swagger, “Autopilot” pulls out the weird extra-terrestrial jazz tropes and whirling dynamics for a round of proper otherworldly bop in the outer-space. Last but not least, “Mainframe” rounds off the release on a more openly experimental note, letting the loops, envelopes and textures float in a haze of half-controlled abstraction. The result evokes something of an immunocompromised Rubber Johnny getting glazed as he weightlessly drifts off from a galaxy to another, and into another world completely.

Primal Code - AI Calculator w/ Priori Remix (OYSTER32 - Snippets)

Atomic moog - Programm - Delsin Records - dsr-c21

buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/8189
buy digital: https://atomicmoog.bandcamp.com/album/programm

a1. Planet
a2. Programm
b1. Unlocked Groove
b2. Computer

French production duo and live act @Atomic-moog debuts on the Delsin Cameron series with their Programm EP. Operating in a deep techno niche since 2015 they've put out an excellent run of mesmerizing, introvert dancefloor techno for labels like Lowless, Subosc and Norwegian techno platform Monument. Here on Delsin they crafted the next chapter of their vibrant modular quest, sub heavy and sparkling at the same time, sparsely arranged subtle techno jams.

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Atomic moog - Programm (DSR-C21)

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Diving Bell

Patterns of Confusion
d_func, Pfirter

Vinyl: http://bit.ly/PD032_vinyl
Digital: http://bit.ly/PD032_digital
Feedback: www.paranoiddancer.com/PD032

A genuine sense of intrigue surrounds d_func.  Designed in the shadows of a distinctly deep and iconic techno character. Patterns of Confusion explores the complexities of his distinctive voice. Pfirter continues the narrative with a peak time odyssey.  Available on vinyl mid June 2016.

VINYL 

Patterns of Confusion | d_func, Pfirter

The newest entry in the Monad series comes courtesy of the French duo Charlotte Isabelle; and behind this unassuming name there lies an immediately perceptible depth and innovation. With a determined yet unpredictable approach that evokes the history of their home country’s creative avant-gardes, they deliver a uniquely organic electronic music that seems as if it has been finely aged for years in oak barrels rather than residing on a computer’s hard drive. This tension between atmospheres of ultra-modernism and pre-industrial craftsmanship makes for an intriguing listening experience from beginning to finish.
The leadoff track for their Monad contribution, “Anaba,” is an excellent introduction to their aesthetic, with the beat galloping along like some ingenious steam-powered contraption. A vocabulary of hisses and metallic hits adds to this feeling of an alternate history of technology, while creeping bass sequences keep the listener anchored in the present day. In the grand Monad tradition, it’s a danceable piece of storytelling. “Geridoo” continues this adventure in a slower tempo, with more steam rising up from Charlotte Isabelle’s machinery and with snare drum rolls snapping the listener to attention. A multi-layered droning undulates all around this percussive framework, making for an exquisite balance of the ethereal and the solid.
By the third track (“Desba”), the rhythms and environmental loops become more distinctly ritualistic and archaic, revealing Charlotte Isabelle’s skill as sonic time travelers. Tactile scrapings and distant vocal-like emissions point to an archaeological exercise carried out with beats and tones as the main exploratory tools.
After this excursion, the duo closes the EP with an immersive piece of stellar ambience that comes from an unknown time and place: an alien transmission that is the perfect capstone to a recording which, to this point, has kept its imagination tethered to the Earth. By the time the last glimmers of this track fade away, it’s clear that Charlotte Isabelle knows how to tap electronic music’s unlimited potential for fascination.

"Contains elements of "Le bruit d'une porte qui... " 
Original material by José Luís Ferreira.

Charlotte Isabelle 'Monad XXIII' [SAM023]

Release date 25th July (Vinyl) / 1st August (Digital)

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K-Records (BE) - http://goo.gl/2eFSKm
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After 2 revered releases since the turn of the year, Weekend Circuit return, welcoming Alfredo Mazzilli for his first EP on the imprint. Versatile in sound and challenging in his approach, Alfredo’s ‘Invisible Entity’ EP masterfully pushes ambitious ideas with great vigor to an international audience ever more ready to listen.

With artists such as Donato Dozzy, Aphex Twin, Sandwell District, Dino Sabatini and Substance making up a strong part of his most notable influencers, Alfredo favours the ambient & deep depths of the dark side of techno.
Enigmatic and unrestricted, Side A starts with Alfredo's original "Invisible Entity". A steadily unfolding juggernaut, the emerging energy soon engulfs the entirety of the track, percussian transcending the gloaming synth sound throughout.

Zadig's beckoning bass and kick drum driven remix will see sonic nods across the club with this four-on-the-floor gristle. "Statiform Region" is techno's answer to a cinematic interlude. A testament to Alfredo's lilting synth ability.

"No Way Out" kicks off the B side, with a algorithmic tinkering of sonic vs low hits and stabs. Rounding up, Echologist does what Echologist does best; a scattershot of intertwined and precarious techno sound, spliced with industrialised power.

A creative, radical, and emotionally skittering 13th release from Weekend Circuit, which will be released in stores worldwide on 25th July 2016.

Alfredo Mazzilli - Invisible Entity EP (incl. Zadig & Echologist Remixes) WCR013

Available at kabalion.bandcamp.com

Recorded in 2004 by @dannykreutzfeldt, also known as Periskop.

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North III

Periskop - North III

'Opia' from the Scandinavian Swords II LP compilation. Released on Northern Electronics

Buy: https://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/scandinavian-swords-ii
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Northern-Electronics-Scandinavian-Swords-II/release/8901056
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-xJfqXPMs

Opia

Climbing Himalaya: Part I

Feral - The Caves (Original Mix)

The Italian @PrimalCodeMusic releases their awaited first full-length album with Swedish @Hypnus. True to the duo's deep, hypnotising and dreamy style, La Via Della Seta LP consists of eight tracks that take the listener to a trip to somewhere else. Monument premieres track Varanasi, found from the releases B-side.

La Via Della Seta LP is out on August 26th.

Buy the release

MNMT Premiere: Primal Code – Varanasi

"What's in a name?" asked Shakespeare a few centuries back. "That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet," continued the poet. Well, when one listens to Birds Ov Paradise, the answer to old Willie's classic question is actually "Everything". It's rare to hear an artist with such clarity of vision and singularity of purpose; it's even more precious to have the artist's moniker almost define that vision. Pick any track from Birds ov Paradise and you'll hear birds in it. No, not a happy bird chirping in the background, but a litany of reverberated, occasionally rhythmic and occasionally chaotic percussive whispers, pokes, ticks and tacks, that indeed sound like a fluttering of wings. Sometimes those sounds resemble a flock of birds happily flying around a park on a sunny day; sometimes the birds are creating a menacing sense of tension straight out of Hitchcock, and sometimes the sounds channel somber darkness of ravens circling an old oak tree in a dark forest in the gray of twilight. "Wild Growth" leans towards the light rather than darkness. And with it's stronger sense of melodic purpose and benign ambiance, it sounds more like an early morning of what will turn out to be a sunny day, with minimalistic "birds" ambiance providing a sense ease and hope rather than gloom that's prevalent on many other tracks from the artist. It's another gem in the artist's library and clearly an original in a landscape overflowing with too many derivative producers.

Savannah EP is coming out on November 23rd via Hypnus Records (https://soundcloud.com/hypnus)
Write up by Slav Ka: https://soundcloud.com/slinkyslava

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A: Alan Backdrop - Ramas (mzXIII)

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Various Artist - Confluence 01
Release Date - 28 October 2019
Vinyl & Digital

Catalog Number - CNF01
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Artwork by Polygonia
Mastering by Giovanni Conti
www.artefactsmastering.com
Distributed by Juno

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Track List :
1. Dycide - Raijin
2. Daniel[i] - A Moment Of Confidence
3. Cyspe - Morning Revelations
4. Atomic Moog - Floating Motion

Daniel[i] - A Moment Of Confidence : this Rolling track mixing field recording and dubby synths, delivers a frenetic and melancholic feeling.

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