AFTERMATH

a night with the piano & me after listening to some genius Nils Frahm ...
full album available NOW - https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/2aUfcdFYn4GUmWWeKn3xxj or https://linktr.ee/martinroth

An Analog Guy in a Digital World

An Analog Guy In A Digital World

SOL 039 - "Syria" by Unders

1. Syria (Original) - Unders
2. Syria (Satori Remix) - Unders

Store Links:
Bandcamp: https://goo.gl/leY292

iTunes: https://goo.gl/0WXaWG

Beatport: https://goo.gl/BMORSm

JUNO: http://goo.gl/Oqfjsx

Traxsource: http://goo.gl/rsaLCK

Some times the music just magically comes out, and that is the case here with "Syria" by new Sol*Selectas artist Unders from Amsterdam. After several successful tunes above the 120 BPM mark on labels like Sincopat and Groove On, "Syria" was Unders' first attempt at slower grooves, and an accidental experiment that just "fell into place, and was automatic magic". Syria's current political unrest is all over the news and social media, and the story being painted is difficult to watch. Driven to create a song which goes against all the negative publicity, Unders says "between all the negativity, the more i looked into the situation, the country, its people and its culture, the more this track reminded me of so much beauty the media doesn’t portray." The song itself a slow minimal trip with chopped up guitar licks, a gorgeous flute sample that takes the listener to far off desert lands, and features the vocals of Veerle.  Satori is yet another up and coming producer from the Netherlands, gaining instant recognition sharing the stage and studio with Acid Pauli, and producing incredible tunes utilizing live instruments played by himself, and tastefully incorporating these with electronic elements. His remix preserves the original message of "Syria" lowering the BPM to an even more hypnotic 104 BPMs. Satori adds middle eastern strings and chords, swapping out the original vocal for a more Saharan inspired call, and even plays delicately with some acid sounds furthering the listeners journey.  
Both songs are meant to invoke peaceful images of Syria, and conjure up positive intention on the dance floor. Sol*Selectas is very excited to present the debut song "Syria" from Unders, and the amazing remix by Satori,  two artists from the Netherlands you would do well to keep your eyes and ears open to in 2016. 

Mastered by Pobla, SPAIN
Artwork by @backyartlove


Dj Feedback and Support:

Yokoo  - Enjoying Satori's remix here. The man is on fire.

Vivie Ann (Blondish) - love this!  think will make an edit and play on our essential mix , please can you send me anything else from the label that is fresh? would love to hear more ..

Maya Jane Coles  - Original is lovely

Nico Stojan  - great release!

Acid Pauli  - :-) :-)

Boddhi Satva  - THIS IS DEFINITELY A PIECE I'LL BE PUSHING.

Marques Wyatt- Solid!

Jon Charnis  - both are great! Satori remix slightly edges out as my fav. will support thx!

Be Svendsen  - Love the vibe

Mira (Katerblau, Berlin)  - Amazing Release!!!

Darin Epsilon  - Nice one, love songs with ethnic samples.  Really deep and emotional tracks.

Paco Osuna  - Will try thanks ;)

Sezer Uysal  - great package !! thanks

Richie Hawtin  - downloaded for r hawtin

Steve Lawler  - Downloaded for Steve Lawler, thanks.

Joseph Capriati  - downloading for joseph capriati, thanks!

Marco Carola  - downloading for marco carola. thanks

Claude VonStroke  - Downloading for Claude VonStroke

Gavin Hardkiss  - so good +++

Noraj Cues - Lovely cinematic tension builder by the hands of a talented craftsman who isn't quiet easy satisfied when it comes to sound. Making it sure you get the nothing but the best! Backed by a groovy & super clean percussion flavoured remix from Satori! Really love the use of all those Eastern instruments in both tracks! BIG solid release!!

Camiel Daamen - Yes! Great music guys! <3

John Dill (Robot Heart)  - been waiting to get my hands on this!!  love it!! 

Olaf Stuut  - sick track by satori!

Pablo Sanchez - Really nice! will play and support both ORG and Rmx 

Munchi  - awesome

Christopher Tooker (KMLN)  - love it! 

Timur Sardarov (White Ocean) - amazing

Syria

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Unders - Syria (Original)

Recto Verso

Toi et moi

Blond:ish feat. Bahramji - Laberinto

Mawal Jamar

Psychic

Paper Trails

Stavroz - Talabout EP (LUL009)

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Waking up in the middle of the night, feeling the gentle touch of moss on your bare skin and overwhelmed by the eery yet calming atmosphere of unknown surroundings. A location no one ever goes to, a destination unreachable by common means, but a place blurring the lines between having a dream and a state of mind. Welcome to Talabout.  

Stavroz managed to create a wholesome, comforting soundtrack for a place, which no words can describe. Take a rest, lay down, close your eyes and listen to a story told in an orchestral fashion, with such profession and ear for details like Luise never heard before. We are deeply impressed and thankful alike to be able to present this musical masterpiece. A heartly welcome to Stavroz, everyone.

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A1: Talabout
A2: Moser
B1: To be in Mara
B2: Merci éclair

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Artist: @stavroz
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LUL009
EAN-Barcode: 4025858070476
Format: 12” Vinyl + Digital Download
Release Date: Aug 2016

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Released by:
Laut & Luise

Talabout EP

Stavroz - Talabout

Spaces

Says

Feel the sun • feel the water • feel the breeze
~Sol~
News, bits & pieces: 
https://www.instagram.com/alef.musica/
@ alef.musica
Sol y Luna on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0q0JtFDTRMuS0FzsVWRVzv
Download:
https://ale-x-f.bandcamp.com/track/sol

part I of II tracks Sol & Luna, interpreting the celestial.

Artwork made by Dan Morris (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/381328293426358462/) and edited by me

Composed, mixed and mastered by Alef.

Sol Y Luna EP

Spotify

METANOIA029 - Forbidden Orchard
July, 03 2017

beatport: http://bit.ly/2syKPFk
bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2sjgpT9

1. coss - Forbidden Orchard (Original)
2. coss - Forbidden Orchard (Aluna Renacimiento)
3. coss - Forbidden Orchard (Arutani Remix)

The water of the valley stream
Never shouts at the tainted world: “Purify yourself!”
But naturally, as it is,
Shows how it is done.

coss' Forbidden Orchard tells you
the story of a secret garden littered with great
fruit trees and unknown pleasures...

Steffen Kirchhoff and Maywa are teaming up
as Aluna to transform this journey into a
contemporary ceremony guided by ancient
patterns and a divine voice.

Our dearest friend Arutani discovering time
and space with his version of the Orchard.
Deep triggering rhythms meet gently layered
spheres right to the middle of nowhere.

@coss | @arutani | @alunaritualmusic
@steffenkirchhoff | @maywa
www.metanoia.one

Forbidden Orchard

coss - Forbidden Orchard (Original)

A Tribe Called Kotori

PACHANGA BOYS - Time

Wild Window

buy the song here

08 - Mees Dierdorp - Smile for You (preview)

Listen to the new single 'Atlas’: https://bicep.lnk.to/atlasSo

STREAM THE FULL TRACKS HERE: lnk.to/FMB013

A1. SIGNS
A2. ARC
B1. ARC (BENJAMIN DAMAGE REMIX)
B2. SIGNS (JOHN BELTRAN'S EASY SUMMER MIX)

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JAMES SHINRA | SIGNS / ARC SAMPLER (FMB013)

Following on from a pair of Extended Players released in 2011 ("Passed Me By" / "We Stay Together") Andy Stott returns to Modern Love with 'Luxury Problems', an 8 track album of new material recorded over the last 12 months. Five of the tracks on the album feature the voice of Alison Skidmore, Andy's onetime Piano teacher whom he hadnt seen since he was a teenager back in 1996. There was no grand gesture in mind, it just sort of happened - but after almost a year of studio work the result is really quite unlike anything you'll have heard from him before. 'Numb' opens the album with Alison's voice; layered and looped but essentially left bare and exposed, tumbling into a dense shuffle, sort of somewhere between Theo Parrish and Sade, but more f*cked. 'Lost and Found' follows and deploys a growling rave bassline and a disturbed vocal, the beat assembling itself around a squashed Linndrum like a submerged Prince/Cameo production, haunted and impenetrable, but full of funk. 'Sleepless' started life as an African drum edit that sooner or later succumbed to Stott's intense rhythmic shifts. It's a sound that's been imitated countless times since the release of 'Passed Me By', here re-tooled and re-built for its next evolutionary phase. 'Hatch The Plan' ends the first half of the album with some heavily treated location recordings and a low end grind that probably doesnt quite prepare you for the vocal arrangements that follow - it's just a beautifuly inverted pop song. The second half opens with 'Expecting', the most recognisably 'Stott' moment on the album: a wrecked, deliriously knocked-out 4/4 shuffle deployed at halfspeed; those heavy kickdrums sucking in everything around them. 'Luxury Problems' is next and offers up the album's most quietly euphoric and open 5 minutes; conventional arrangements and drumloops disrupted by sharp disco bursts that mess with what you know: it's straight and beautiful and unbalanced and damaged, somehow all at once. "Up the box" switches up the narrative and goes somewhere else entirely, an extended intro that seems to build continuously for 3 minutes before breaking off into a slowed-down Amen edit, creating a kind of narcotic Jungle variant that fragments everything and ends just at the point you think it's going to go off, before "Leaving" finishes the album with an almost unbareably beautiful arrangement of voice and synth and a final key-change that takes you from joyful to forlorn in an instant.

06-Luxury problems

Famous Nadav Ft. M.Meyer - One For Jessie

Out now on Rekids: lnk.to/REKIDS164

Prolific American artist Jon Hester returns to Rekids for the first instalment of his new album, ‘Converge’, this September.

Jon Hester grew up in the Midwest US, living in Chicago and Minneapolis while taking musical cues from Detroit. Initially he was a dancer, and later transitioned to the decks with a refined understanding of what it takes to move a club. He progressed to hosting his own events, holding residencies, and working at a record shop, and now brings his physical rhythms and adventurous drums to his productions, with output on respected labels such as Transmat, Deeply Rooted, Dystopian, Klockworks, and LET Recordings, not to mention multiple appearances on Rekids.

Continuing to show fine form on his debut album, Hester now serves up eight of his signature house and techno fusions with plenty of his trademark directness across four sides of vinyl. The superb 'Sending Signals' opens the album with scene-setting synth modulations full of sci-fi atmosphere. It's the calm before the storm as 'Metropolitan' then immediately sets off on a cantering groove that is eventually run through with busy, jazzy piano keys that bring the soul.

'Haze' has excellently taught kick drums with hypnotic synth tones adding colour, and features Hester on saxophone. When 'Rain' comes, things grow darker and more menacing, with shakers and urgent stabs keeping you moving at a slick pace.

The second half of this compelling record features the loopy punches and pulses of the super smooth 'Dreamstate', beautifully cosmic and widescreen techno of 'Free' and pensive but urgent deep electro of standout cut 'Flex.' Last of all, 'Equinox' is lit up with distant chords which bring a far-sighted gaze to the rolling, robust kicks.

Jon Hester - Metropolitan

To the World & Beyond

Uhuru

Bint El Khandaq

Since you've all been waiting so long for our new release we thought it would be fun to have Nathan (on saxophone) give you a wonderful story, drenched in a Stavroz sauce. Eat it while it's hot! 

AFTERMATH

LAPONDER