Moo - Musiq (ALLEY001 · 2006)
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Moo - Spacetravelin

scorpiostar II

HEADFIRST

BUST THA GRIP

Ensemble Entendu is the collaborative project of Astro Nautico co-founder and co-owner Sam O.B. (f.k.a. Obey City) and label artist Photay. 

Since July 2014, inspired by back-to-back deejay sets at Astro Nautico parties and around New York, O.B. and Photay have been linking their individual production styles between Brooklyn studios in order to create a form dance music that centralizes the timeless power of the drum. 

With a track entitled ‘Cause ‘N’ Effect,’ the oldest (c. 2014) collected on the Ensemble’s debut release Selected Rhythm Works, Vol. 1, the duo raises the question: who in this collaboration is causing what effect on whom? There are rhythmic and melodic idiosyncrasies of both artists present on each track. Footprints stepping in footprints. And beyond or behind the artists are the sound signatures of house music, new jack, African polyrhythm, dub reggae, ‘80s prog (roto toms!), P-funk, dancehall, and much more. This flurry of styles stitches a Trans-Atlantic tapestry of drumming across generations and seas, with a center nowhere but the dance floor. 

Ensemble Entendu’s debut is sampling notions of library music and rhythm tracks. The duo’s name refers to deju entendu, the psychic phenomenon that occurs when you hear something you think you’ve heard before, even though the sound may be being heard for the first time. Selected Rhythm Works, Vol. 1 (a nominal reference to Aphex Twin) loosens the threads of connection between then and now and tomorrow, allowing listeners to weave their own journeys in historical time through body movement.

Selected Rhythm Works, Vol. 1

Cause N Effect

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Silkk

INTERTWINED feat Sarah Saldivia.
Taken from the forthcoming SWEATSON KLANK - " Fine Lines" LP out may 25th on Friends of Friends Music. 

Los Angeles producer Sweatson Klank builds his productions as if they were films, developing a story from start to finish, sending listeners on a sonic adventure ripe with ferocity and accented with unique texture. Stylistically, 'Fine Lines' his debut full length for Friends of Friends, picks up where his 2017 'Then I Was Me’ EP left off, melding forward thinking Hip Hop and Electronics as a back drop for a soulful and sultry journey through a tumultuous love affair, loss of self, and the dark empty spaces in our minds. 

The songs on 'Fine Lines' sit in a space occupied by Hip Hop, Future R&B and House, yet the record cleverly transcends any single genre. While much of the production is hard hitting, the album manages to walk a tightrope between heartache and swagger. A meticulous fine line that weaves itself like a thread throughout. Sweatson Klank enlists a number of features on the album including newcomers Ana Calvo, Sarah Saldivia, and Annie Bass as well as past collaborator, Montreal producer Ango. 'Fine Lines’ is a deep front-to-back listen, immersed in multitimbral textures, colors and sentiments that reveal themselves more with each listen.

Fine Lines

Intertwined

Itunes

Intertwined feat. Sarah Saldivia

Naoko

electrocaïne’s X-Series focuses on hip-hop and beats while staying true to the label’s colour. We’ve reached out to two Chicago artists. @Lapgan who’s a beatmaker and @megiapa who’s a producer and melodist. This single announces Lapgan x megiapa’s upcoming EP.

Liminal State of Mind reflects the uncertain nature of the current moment in history. We are facing constant dualities; the duality of hope and hopelessness, conviction and doubt, involvement and isolation, revolution and regression. This track evokes the feeling of existing between spheres and eventually finding peace amidst it all. We've invited Casablanca's beat-maker, @Saib_eats, for his interpretation on this piece.

Mastering: Neil Combstock (https://www.facebook.com/thestudio.mu)
Artwork/Concept: Chloé Ip (https://www.instagram.com/pandaismean/)
Design: electrocaïne

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Lapgan x megiapa - Liminal State of Mind

Some Say I So I Say Light

Dialtones

email: lapganmusic@gmail.com
bandcamp: https://lapgan.bandcamp.com/
visuals: https://www.lapgan.com/visuals

Naoko

Lapgan

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