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Following his latest contribution to Innervisions Limbo compilation and a personal EP on TAU, Skatman returns to his home of Scatcity Records, offering up his second album Aromanticism.

This eight track collection defines Skatman's current artistic direction as well as his vision for the future of his label and the melodic scene. We see him bring his sound forward as a more minimalistic approach to the deep and melodic sounds that have shaped him over the years.

Skatman’s mission with this LP is to bring back the integrity to the sound he loves, taking it to a new level and triggering a change of direction within the niche that is melodic electronic music. The name ‘Aromanticism’ is a reference to the revolutionary aspect of the realism movement that happened as a reaction to what dominated art and literature in the age of romanticism in the 19th century.

’New Era’ is up first, introducing you to the album with delicate lead lines and a mellow, broken house groove that eases you into the sound of Skatman. ’Sophie Maria’ is again melodically driven, with a soft underlying bass line carrying reverb soaked chords and twinkling flurries of synth patterns.

Skatman starts to darken the mood with ‘Moonlight Shadows’, bringing much tripper and adverse sounds to the stage, paving the way perfectly for the more minimal sounds of ‘Orient Maze’.

‘Intergalactic Knights’ launches into vinyl number two with echoing snare hits and more mind boggling hooks before the chugging, meatier ‘Words Don’t Make Sense’ storms through with an ethereal vocal sample and marching percussion.

‘Purple Rain’ begins the journey back to earth with rattling hi-hats carrying reverb-drenched leads and a monotonous bass line. Closing the show is the title track ‘Aromanticism’ which sees Skatman offer up a groovier percussive backbone and 80s influenced pads, gelling around a slightly acidic bass foundation.

Aromanticism LP lands March 26th on Scatcity Records with a special 4 track vinyl edition running alongside the digital.

Skatman - Moonlight Shadows

MBR426_ Rosalinda de la Espada - Quirivi (Yamil Remix)

Well, we’re glad his Road to Nowhere has led here. We welcome Yamil back on MoBlack
Records to deliver our 426th imprint, bringing an underrated Rosalinda de la Espada classic
across the turn of millenium, and into the limelight. The Spanish DJ/Producer’s 2021 dance
revival of ‘Hermanito Mio Quirivi’ lets us savor the sound of cumbia, a track that can steep the
soul of Panama in any dancefloor through to its finish.
The rich cultures and traditions that melt in the transcontinental republic’s pot impregnates its
music with depth, and Yamil carefully preserves that. Maneuvering the original’s quintessence
with grace, his rendition is vibrant, vivid and voracious. Percussion seeps deeply and the
hi-hats are warm to the touch, the Afro groove is suave, and the Latin infusions are seductive.
With subtle electronic tweaks that invigorate rapture, Quiribi is lush. But it is Rosalinda de la
Espada’s soulful storytelling at the marrow of both the original and remix that elevates ‘Quiribi’
from the depths of past to the motion of present. The late folk heroine’s timeless vocals, robust
and heartened by history - her story, lands in perfect harmony with Yamil’s midas touch for a
track that makes us just want to dance forever, anywhere, everywhere.

Words by Marie J Floro
Mastered by Daniele Mattiuzzi - Wave Life.
Artwork by Rachael D’Alessandro
Release date: 02.04.2021

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MBR426 - Rosalinda De La Espada - Quiribi (Yamil Remix)

Shocked by the essence of ‘macabre’, Swiss multi-instrumentalist and producer Jimi Jules refers to the first surviving animal sent into space in his upcoming EP “Ham The Monkey”. With a speed of 4,500 km/h, the four year old monkey “Ham” was the first living being fired into the atmosphere. A journey against his will.

Jules reflects the feelings and sounds felt from being trapped and out of control throughout the tracks - notably in “Grumpy Monkey” and
“Tinnitus". Continuing the development of interplay between the artist and listener whilst endeavoring to blur the worlds of sound and art, the EP features evolving imagery created by digital artists Claudia Rafael and Pascal Wiemers.

Ham The Monkey EP

Grumpy Monkey

IV98 - Jimi Jules - Grumpy Monkey

Latteo - Syrio

Nocturno

Strange Lands

Equanimity

Eternity Denied

1) Late Jam
2) Equation
3) Houses In Motion
4) Late Jam [Willie Burns' Dance Remix]

Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.

Late Jam (Willie Burns' Dance Remix)

Smoke 'n' Mirrors for Om Records. For more releases go to www.om-records.com

"History" by Groove Armada (M3 & Bachelors of Science Remix)

Artwork by Michael Cina. cinaart.com

All songs written and produced by thestand4rd and Doc McKinney.

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Tryna Fuk / No Reply

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So i ran a poll on twitter a few weeks back seeing what style you all wanted to hear and chillout won. So I made this vaporwave inspired track for you all. Hope you enjoy!

Support Me On Spotify!!! 
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LHGV9VCUqymwCMh05tv7P 

Artwork by Beeple

inspired by @home-2001 music 


https://youtu.be/zHmCqBlh6cA

DL 
https://sagenebulous.bandcamp.com/track/time-is-an-illusion

Time Is An Illusion

visual

Body Music is Vito Roccoforte (The Rapture, Vito & Druzzi) & Bosq (Whiskey Barons). Just one is their debut EP, out now on Razor-N-Tape

Video here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ihjcER-FI

www.facebook.com/bodymusicband

Mixed by: Caserta
Guitar: Mark Usher
RNTR016

Just One

A new one for my home base Rush Hour.

This is the last release with older material. I am currently working on very new stuff and hope it all turns out in a good way. 

Both tracks were edited and mixed in the late night hours in some east berlin studio with my dear friend Dirk Leyers.

Hunee - Tide / Minnoch (Snippet) [RH 119-12]

The first release of this year, controls London’s own Adam Ficek aka RKC, former drummer for Pete Doherty's Babyshambles. After he left the band, he devoted himself to his solo project Roses Kings Castle (RKC). The remixes on this EP are contributed by the Spanish exceptional artist Pional (Hivern Disc, Permanent Vacation, Live with John Talabot), the Norwegian Diskjokke (Full Pupp, Smalltown Supersound) and the Swiss Sound-wizard First Season.

Tracklisting 

A1 Kittens Become Cats (Pional Remix)
A2 Kittens Become Cats (Original)
B1 Kittens Become Cats (First Season Mix)
B2 Kittens Become Cats (Diskjokke Mix)
Bonus digital: Kittens Become Cats (First Season Sunday Dub)


RKC - Kittens Become Cats (SR003) promomix

Rockin - Poppin Full Tilting

Rockin - Poppin Full Tilting (Long)

Offworld started off with the question:

“what if Jam & Lewis signed to Metroplex?”

80s soul meets Detroit electro *Metroplex* - the label run by techno legend Juan Atkins

https://hndsth.lnk.to/offworld

VINYL /
2 x 12” 140g clear vinyl in a spined silverfoil laminated sleeve housed within a chrome silver outer bag with screen-print front and rear, black inners + photo insert.

CD / 
4 panel digi-sleeve - open pocket - silver lamination.

Offworld

Arse End Of The Moon

BUY / STREAM

Special Request - Arse End Of The Moon

out now on @96-and-forever-records: 
https://baltra.bandcamp.com/track/libra-v9b

video directed by @huntertexas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKJTkuD91eQ

Libra v9B

Eris Drew - Transcendental Access Point

'Scatcity are renowned for producing serious melodic collections and their tenth release certainly doesn’t disappoint as Spanish producer Yamil offers up his Woodhouse EP. Label head Skatman also makes an appearance alongside Ivory, both of which on remix duty.

The title track welcomes you in, carried by deep rumbling drums than roll along as foundations to warming pad swells and echoing toplines. ‘Running Over Me’ follows, lowering the tempo with an ethereal vocal that grips you from the off, building as a concoction of stunning synths and marching percussion.

Skatman offers up a darker take with dominating reverb soaked synths darting over a pulsating bed of kicks and bass. Ivory then closes the show with rich chords jittering around a more minimalistic vocal offering.'

Follow: @ivory_tower // @yamill // @scatcity-records

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