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Quantum Leap is from John Maus' forthcoming album, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, out on June 28th in North America on Ribbon Music and June 27th in the UK / Europe on Upset the Rhythm.

Hear another track, Believer, from the album here: http://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic/john-maus-believer

JOHN MAUS lives in his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota. Whilst working towards his PhD in Political Science, he also composes music that taps into melancholic fantasy and affirms that we are all truly alive. Questing synthesizers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John's deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. Born in the decade of synth pop and sharing his birthday with George Frideric Handel, John started making music when Nirvana posters went up on every teenager’s wall. It’s this curious conflux of influences that partially helps to describe John’s music. It’s a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80’s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus.

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves breaks new ground for Maus. The shirt pulling and air punching of his impassioned live performance is finally captured in all its frenzied appeal alongside a tender inner space that wasn’t as apparent on his previous albums. It’s a record where promise takes the lead for the first time, providing a counterpoint to John’s default existential calling.

Signup to stay informed of the latest John Maus news, including a chance to pre-order the new album on CD/limited-edition LP:
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http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA - Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Quantum Leap

John Maus - Quantum Leap

Late At Night

'Believer' is taken from John Maus' We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves out June 28th on Ribbon Music (North America) and June 27th on Upset the Rhythm (Europe).

View the 'Believer' video directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford here: http://youtu.be/PMku-GbafEg

Hear another track, Quantum Leap, from the album here: John Maus - Quantum Leap by RibbonMusic

Signup to stay informed of the latest John Maus news, including a chance to pre-order the new album on CD/limited-edition LP:
http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/
http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA -  Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands * 
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside * 
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar * 
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

Believer

John Maus - Believer

John Maus - Keep Pushing On

Song from These Things Take Time (DSA, 2008)

Molly Nilsson - Joyride

I-F's acid project Beverly Hills 808303 recorded live in De Verdieping (Trouw Amsterdam) during Clone Label Night:  Back To The Acid Planet on the 15th of August 2014.

I-F: http://www.octopus-agents.com/artist.php?id=162

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/591529154279079/

I-F aka Beverly Hills 808303 @ Back To The Acid Planet, Trouw Amsterdam (15-08-14)

This week's mix comes from Silent Servant. His prolific output as a producer and artist has laid the groundwork for much of the most ambitious and forward thinking electronic music of today. As a member of the now defunct Sandwell District, he helped force the hand of change with uncompromising ability. 

LN-CC Store Mix 042 - Silent Servant

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/21671/1/stream-cosey-fanni-tuttis-experimental-decade-hopping-mix

Colder – "Crazy Love"
Frank Bretschneider – “A Soft Throbbing of Time
Senking – “Great Day”
CoH & Richard Chartier – “Bleak is My Favourite Cliché”
Andy Stott – “Bad Wires”
The Haxan Cloak – “Observatory”
Atelecine – “Red”
Bohren & Der Club of Gore – “Zombies Never Die”
Vangelis – “Love Theme from Blade Runner”
Martin Denny – “Diga Diga Doo”
Monte Cazazza – “A Gringo Like Me
Mark Stewart – “Stereotype” (feat Nik Void)
Pere Ubu – “Heaven”
Captain Beefheart – “Hard Workin’ Man”
Coil – “Tattooed Man”
The Beatles – “Here Comes The Sun”

Cosey Fanni Tutti 2014 Mix For Dazed Digital

If you ever witnessed a performance by Melvin Oliphant III aka Traxx, you know that the man is more than just your average DJ or producer. Genre-bending and constantly in a state of trance, Traxx is a unique species in our contemporary world of electronic music. All comes forth out of a endless love for music that catches his ear and instantly sets all motion in his body in progress. Seeing him play a deck-segment for the first time will probably knock you out of your shoes as his intense, expressive way of experiencing the music he plays is unparalleled. Not only are his performances not to be missed, his contribution to the Jakbeat movement via his Nation imprint amongst other affiliated labels and his own productions and collaborations are on a similar level.

In 2013 Traxx closed out the smallest stage stage of the first edition of Dekmantel Festival, to prepare the inauguration of a long-standing commitment between Nation and Dekmantel that went into it's third time this year, when Traxx got up on the decks of  the Melkweg Club to close out Saturdays Dekmantel by Night.

Nation decided to share with us in this podcast of the recording from that first night in 2013. An energy-level so intense that brought the crowd into a frenzy, while dancing in the rain.
Hit play, and reminisce...

Dekmantel Podcast 034 - Traxx

Very few musical acts achieve the levels of unanimous acclaim of Autechre. The English duo of Rob Brown and Sean Booth are not an act you simply like; they are an act you love, fawn over and dream about. They’ve got themselves here over the course of the last 28 years, and have done so by amassing a discography that’s about as perfect, influential and accomplished as could ever be possible. A key Warp label act from day one, they have released tens of albums, well over a ten EPs and have featured on a dizzying amount of essential compilations, mixes and remixes in that time. Without their contribution to the IDM canon, its fair to say the modern musical landscape would look very different. 

Rhythmic but experimental, absorbing yet abstract, cerebral and psychedelic, their ever evolving output is up there with the likes of fellow luminaries Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin as some of the most important in all of electronic music. As well as being fine craftsmen in the studio, Autechre are also revered live performers who really manage to conjure up captivating and otherworldly soundtracks that marry heavy bass with ethereal melody. The pair themselves do not care for genre, but suffice it to say that they have mastered everything from hardcore to ambient to glitch and plenty of indescribables in between. 

When the pair recently laid down an impressive set at Dekmantel Festival, we asked if they might be up for a doing an early inspiration mix, whereby they put together a collection of the sort of electro and hip hop tracks that turned them on as youths. At first they hesitated, pointing out that "we don't do strictly retro stuff, it's too corny.” But alas, a few days later, a huge file landed in our inbox… That file is a 4 hour and 18 minute mix that basically encapsulates not just Autechre’s own influences, but also acts as a fine anthology of the greatest electro sounds of all time. Every sub genre imaginable gets touched upon along the way, with nods to forefathers like Kraftwerk, killer cuts from Man Parrish, classics from Newcleus and retro gold from the likes of The Beat Club. It is a thrilling ride and a truly rare treat that reminds us just why we love Autechre, as well as shining a light on a vast genre that often pays second fiddle to house and techno.

Dekmantel Podcast 035 - Autechre

2115/10/05 i've been back and forth through the server ducts all nights, removing countless faulty memory units, which corrupt faster than we can replace them. it's as if the entire system is beginning to hallucinate, changing code at will and stealing processing power for its own purposes. what's happening? 

e1 :: the exaltics - flexible horizon [preview]

Cat# SHIPLP04
Written & Produced by The Exaltics
Artwork (etch) by Jaco Putker
Distributed by Clone
Release date 2x12" vinyl: 25-01-2016
Release date digital: 22-02-2016

the-exaltics.com
jacoputker.org
shipwrec.org


The Exaltics - The Girl And The Chameleon (OUT NOW)

MNQ 012 /// Led Er Est / Ancien Régime 12'' ep SPLIT 2010

Limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies in glossy and normal paper, it includes 2 inserts.

LIMITED EDITION LP cover on hand-made serigraphy on hard carton closed with black sealing wax for the first 50 copies.

Led Er Est - PS 18

Ritüel

PS 18

“Kaiyo Maru” appears on The Driver, Out Now

iTunes- https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-diver/id519162287?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
CD/LP- http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr072-led-er-est-the-diver

Website:  http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/collections/led-er-est
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lederest/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lederest


Led Er Est - Kaiyo Maru

CC Entrance

CC Axis

CC Accident

CC Nixed It

'Mental Breakdown' is from John Maus' A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material out on CD, special edition LP, and digitally on July 17th (North America) / July 16th (Rest of the world) on Ribbon Music.

Tour dates:
06-15 Toronto, ONT - Lee's Palace (NXNE)
07-12 New York, NY - Pier 84 (River Rocks Series) *
07-20-22 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-09 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-10 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
* w/ Dan Deacon

Find out more info on the release here: http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/?p=291
Pre-order the Special Edition translucent pink vinyl limited to 500 copies available here: http://bit.ly/mausraritieslp

Pre-order CD/special edition LP

John Maus - Mental Breakdown (2004)

'Bennington' is from John Maus' A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material' out on CD, LP and digitally July 17th in North America and July 16th in the rest of the world. 

Find out more info on the release here: http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/?p=313
Pre-order the Special Edition translucent pink vinyl limited to 500 copies here: http://bit.ly/mausraritieslp

TOUR DATES
07-12 New York, NY - Pier 84 * (River Rocks)
07-14 San Diego, CA - Casbah
07-21 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-09 Oslo, Norway  - Oya Festival
08-10 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-14 London, UK - Scala
09-01 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival
09-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
09-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge (MusicFest NW)

* w/ Dan Deacon