Prodigal son of the ESP Institute, Juan Ramos, rises from the cesspool of a world gone mad with 'Agua Del Cenote', his fifth release with the label. Whilst many artists are following their inner light to bring us some much needed joy amidst these rotten times, Juan (being the little shit that he is) follows an inner demon and delivers listeners and dancers a demented clusterfuck of sadistic chaos. The title track opens with what sounds like a butane torch and we metaphorically freebase into oblivion. Our perception of reality unravels, writhing in abrasive textures smeared across a low-slung, mid-tempo erotic thump. Everything feels blurry and distant, as if we’re swimming through an underground aquatic tunnel, in a panic, searching for an invisible band of spirits whose tune summons us into certain annihilation. Following this is a remix from a decorated lord of 20th Century electronics, Harald Grosskopf AKA The Synthesist. Harald wipes away grit and lethargy to reveal elements hidden deep within the mix as well as softens Juan’s sense of terror by building up to an optimistic layer of added synth. We’d love to offer some relief with the balance of the EP, however, the remaining two tracks paint complimentary hues in the same cerebral palette. 'Let It Go (Freaks Only)' veers closely to House in terms of tempo and gestalt, utilizing a vocal sample from Third Generation (Kerri Chandler) and a healthy dose of sub bass, but Juan hardly apologizes for his masochistic tendencies and certainly never relents into an uplifting mood. Closing the EP, Juan serves an antidote of sorts with 'Cuko', as if suggesting a way out of the swamp, but leaves it up to the listener’s intuition to not only see the carrot, but actually follow it into the light, thus completing the quest.

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A GUY CALLED GERALD & SZAFRAN 

A trip through electro, indie rock, dark wave sets the mood for Dark Fire; a soundscape opening a new door to view a distant but familiar picture. 

Szafran (pronounced Sha-fran) is a Polish Berlin resident who, in recent times, has made his mark upon the deeper sides of techno, house and electronic music. He's known for playing live in the twilight zones of European clubland and festivals and now for the kind of longer extended dj sets usually reserved for djs with bigger riders than their record collections. 

Poland meets Manchester in Berlin.

A Guy Called Gerald & Szafran - Dark Fire

Voluminous Arts w. Gavilán Rayna Russom; guest Dark_Rose

Part one is an epic work by guest Dark_Rose: waifu wars of 2022<[afterlife love hotline]>, a shuddering expanse of FM synthesis and frequency clusters. Part two is Rayna’s churning set from the Funneled Smoke x Voluminous Arts co-produced Black Meteoric Star NYC Beat Boxx release party at h0l0 in NYC earlier this month, recorded live in the booth.

Voluminous Arts w. Gavilán Rayna Russom; guest Dark_Rose [29.09.2021]

Schneider is a Freiburg based duo that tells those everyday stories everyone has already experienced. Stories of desire and lost love, a confrontation with short-lived and powerful encounters. Their debut release Mitternacht is a two-track 7“. The name-giving A-side is about the desperate search for some love, accompanied by a distorted bassline, melancholic synths and echo-ringing church bells. The B- side culminates in howls of emotion. The perfect soundtrack for lonesome walks in restless morning hours. 

Release Date: 15.10.2021.
Pre-order: https://rasrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mitternacht 

Written and produced by Fabian Steck and Gonzalo Böckel. Recorded at Liquidstudio Freiburg. Distributed by wordandsound and Reach Another System. Photo by Frank Bale. Image editing by Simon Braun. Layout by Niklas Wille.

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DAGOBERT - Signals From The Dark

Galactic Funk co-founder Bertram lands on Dead Channel with his debut EP Kibra Cadena. Literally translated as ‘break chains’ in Aruban creole, and broadly referencing the breaking of colonial chains of imperial oppression, this six track EP of tense, brooding rhythms is driven and gritty. Spanning mutated psychedelic dub, Giallo-tinged cinematix, frenzied insidious acid, and methodically churning crispers, this stunning work is singular in its execution and focused in its vision. Visceral, heady, and relentless, this dark, genre-defying gem is a tour de force in sonic mastery.

Releases on limited cassette and digital March 18, 2022.

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Mastering by @kfrey
Artwork by Brian Drabant

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Bertram - Kibra Cadena [DC014] (Snippet)

A quick jam recorded in one take with no post-production on the evening of 4/8/2022. MPC One triggering TR8S, MC101, MicroFreak, SH01, Hydrasynth, Peak and Rev2.

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Visions: A Benefit Compilation for Artsakh is a compilation album with music from a wide range of electronic and dance music artists from the West Coast, East Coast, and beyond.

The album is produced by a community of artists with the intention to raise funds for the recent displacement and violence towards 100,000+ Armenians from the Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh) - a de facto self-governed autonomous region with an Armenian population indigenous to Artsakh. The displaced families and those who have no other option but to return to their war-torn towns are in need of housing, medical, psychiatric support, food, and basic essentials.

*This is an indigenous struggle, and as ethnic-supremacist ideologies are on the rise across the world, we wanted to have a project that stands in solidarity with indigenous people’s right to self-determination and existence, and help from here in a small way.

On September 27, 2020, a large-scale military offensive was unprovokedly launched against the Republic of Artsakh and Armenia by the authoritarian regime of Azerbaijan, backed by Turkey. Armenian civilians, settlements, and civilian infrastructures including schools and churches were continuously bombarded for 45 days with drones, aerial attacks, internationally outlawed cluster bombs and white phosphorus munitions. Several thousands of lives were lost, hundreds still in captivity, and over a hundred thousand Armenians displaced after 70% of Artsakh’s territories were taken away. Currently, ancient Armenian historical, religious, and cultural sites in Artsakh are being destroyed, contributing to the years of cultural genocide by Azerbaijan’s petro-oligarchic regime. This is an indigenous struggle, and as ethnic-supremacist ideologies are on the rise across the world, we stand in solidarity with indigenous people’s right to self-determination and existence.

100% of sales will be donated to the following organizations who are currently giving on-the-ground support for displaced families or those who have lost family members and their homes:

All For Armenia:
allforarmenia.org
“Since the start of the 2020 Artsakh War, we provide food/nutrition, warm clothing, and hygiene products for the refugee families of Artsakh. As of November 10, 2020, most of these families are refugees indefinitely. Our mission has evolved into a long-term, sustainable form of aid for these families that goes beyond basic needs. We are currently developing a sponsorship program, and working on providing educational resources, art and music workshops, and more.”

Gurgen Melikyan Multichildren Family Foundation of Kashatagh:
www.gurgenmelikyan.com
“Gurgen Melikyan Multichildren Family Foundation of Kashatagh was founded in 1996. Our purpose is to assist multichildren families to re-populate Artsakh.”


*Easy-to-read, categorized list of information and resources regarding this issue:

Artsakh Resources:
sites.google.com/view/artsakhresources/home?authuser=2

Artsakh Research Drive:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l9a2z9Tacqo_pprzzCv_iX17aQvLNbsY

Statement by National Lawyers Guild:
nlginternational.org/2020/10/nlg-ic-statement-on-the-attacks-on-armenia-and-artsakh-nagorno-karabakh/

A Call for Lasting Peace - Statement by Cornel West, Noam Chomsky and more: lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/lasting-peace-nagorno-karabakh/

Dr. Cornel West: Words In Solidarity:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZY0ykYxm4

Zoravik Activist Collective: “Media Manipulation and the War in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh”:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_ir_d0BA7g


Action Items and Petitions:

ANCA - March to Justice:
marchtojustice.org/action-alerts

Armenian Assembly of America - Action Center:
action.aaainc.org

Help the Armenian Community
helparmenians.carrd.co  
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Organized & Curated by:
Sebastian Ortega
Lara Sarkissian

Mastering:
rose cherami

Album Artwork (Hunot Canyon Zontikner, Shushi) by:
Maral Matig
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C.L.A.W.S. and Tyrel - Lost Desires

KREIDLER are Thomas Klein, Alexander Paulick, and Andreas Reihse.

The band was founded in 1994, with their debutRiva released 1994 on the Parisian label En Contresans. This was to be the first of 28 releases, with #29 the upcoming album SPELLS AND DOUBS in 2022.

KREIDLER played throughout Europe, Asia and America. In techno clubs, in rock venues, in concert halls. At festivals like Sonar, Roskilde, Nrmal, SXSW, or Cervantino. Commissioned by Goethe-Institut the band toured Sout-East-Asia and Mexico.
KREIDLER performed in museums and art galleries: at the Van Dyck retrospective in Antwerp, for Rosemarie Trockel, Thea Djordjadze, Mike Kelley, or in The MoMA NYC and in the Centre Pompidou Paris for Andreas Gursky. For a project of Djordjadze and Trockel they collaborated in 2019 with singer Asmik Grigorian at Elbphilharmonie, an extension to an exhibition at Deichtorhallen Hamburg.

KREIDLER'S music was presented in installations at Transmediale, at Image Movement , at italic Berlin, or - for 2 years - in Mischa Kuball's res·o·nant at Jewish Museum Berlin.
They contributed to artists books such as Deutsch - Young German Photography, Toit du Monde, Romantik. Their videos are regularly screened at film-festivals e.g. in Barcelona, Valencia, Baden-Baden, and Munich. Au-Pair, La Casa, Moth Race, and Tornado were awarded at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen.

KREIDLER'S musical collaborateurs include Klaus Dinger (NEU!, la Düsseldorf), Add (N) to X, Pyrolator, Young Gods, Leo Garcia, Chicks on Speed, or Anika.
They remixed artists like Einstürzende Neubauten, Depeche Mode, Edward, Faust, or Eurythmics.

KREIDLER music has graced the catwalks of Lagerfeld, Chanel, Lacoste, 22/4 _Hommes_Femmes, or Giles Deacon.
It is featured in films, plays and in the modern-dance - e.g. in Pina Bausch's Ten Chi or in Eva Meyer-Keller's Polaroid.
They worked with authors like Jacob Wren, Nick Currie/ Momus, Theo Altenberg, Mark von Schlegell, or Ricardo Domeneck. In 2015 KREIDLER'S collaboration with Sibylle Berg started, participating in touring lecture performance Der Tag, als meine Frau einen Mann fand, continued in 2018 supporting p≡p coop at re:publica#18, and in 2019 and 2020 for exclusives shows in Kassel respectively Augsburg.

KREIDLER composed soundtracks for Alexandra Sell's acclaimed movie Durchfahrtsland / Remote Area / Terre de Transit, for Tommy Pallotta's / Femke Wolting's The Last Hijack and it's extended online version - that was awarded with a Digital Emmy in 2015.
KREIDLER has an ongoing collaboration with Heinz Emigholz. Emigholz accompanied their album DEN in 2012/13 with 7 films. In 2014 KREIDLER contributed the music to The Airstrip. Emigholz' movie 2+2=22 (The Alphabet) is built around KREIDLER'S ABC recording session in Tbilisi, and premiered at the Berlinale film festival in 2017. In 2020 the band provided the score for The Last City.

In March 2019 KREIDLER celebrated the 10th anniversary of Mosaik 2014, with a remastered edition with an updated track list, and in a surround audio installation, Mosaik 2014 Seven Speakers, at italic Berlin. In Autumn 2019 KREIDLER released FLOOD. Forthcoming, in January 2022 is the album SPELLS AND DAUBS.

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