Who got the funk

After a string of highly regarded Modern Balearic EPs over the last two years, Steve Miller aka Afterlife is back on his Subatomic imprint with his much anticipated ‘Baywatch EP’, looking forward to better and brighter days. True to the trademark mind-soothing touch we know him for, Miller lands a new, vividly hued quartet of sun-baked grooves, engineered to uplift and soothe both the body and soul. This couldn’t be more needed today.

 

Fresh coastal air blows across the opening track ‘Fly’, where we’re invited to take off to the sound of exotic string movements, as subtly arranged portamentos and prismatic synths entangle in one sensual dance. Bringing muscular weight to the bass range, title-cut ‘Baywatch’ ignites a dancefloor-friendly fire of playful acid synth and slow scudding pads. The result is efficient as it invites you to dive deep into Afterlife’s intricate sound design and lavish interplays on textures. Back to a quieter, more serene vibes ‘The Bridge’, is a sonic haiku with tapping drums, verbed-out Duduk solos and weightless chimes that pour out gently like water in a Zen garden.  ‘Lost Tribes’ wraps it up on an equally easy, yet more adventurous note with a ballet of jazzy solos, washed-out pads, chimes and subtle chords making their way to the surface from deep down in the most vivid of dreamscapes. It’s time for sunshine.

PREMIERE : Afterlife - Lost Tribes

The room was pitch black, except a thin strip of light that cascaded across the bed. Each night she reshuffled its placement, steeped the room in different amounts of light and shade — whatever would help her switch off from the outside world, she would try. Right now, she was in purgatory, a sleepless limbo that forced her to tread water between reality and dreams. 

Loka and the Moonshiners band member Elisa Di Riccio is making her first moves as a solo artist with the launch of her new project, APOTEK. The Italian-born, Belgium-rooted producer and keyboardist is set to release her debut long player in June, but ahead of that she's teasing several singles, including today's premiere 'Awake', all of which welcome you into her multi-dimensional and cinematic sound world.

Awake

PREMIERE: APOTEK - Awake

Life had become nomadic; they travelled from place to place, finding shelter for a day or two before moving on to new climes. It wasn't the life they'd chosen for themselves, but they had no choice in the matter. This existence had been forced upon them by powers far much greater than their own; now their only mission was finding a safe space to inhabit.

Milanese label Nothing Is Real took a brief interlude from showcasing what Italy's fertile music scene has to offer with their 'Made In Mexico' compilation earlier this year, and now they return their attention to their stomping ground through the sounds of Gabriele Lori, aka Astroloop. Marking his debut solo outing, following collaborations on Freerange Records, the three original tracks touch on several sonic influences—from hypnotic house to mid-tempo grooves and driving synthwave—and are bolstered by a remix from Mexican producers Theus Mago and Moisees.

PREMIERE: Astroloop - Safer [Nothing Is Real]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/adsxvintage, https://soundcloud.com/benji-da-freek
Track: Frank’s Einsamkeit
Label: Duca Bianco
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, EP
Release date: 10/5/21
Purchase: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/adsx-hanoben-db12-007/800207-01/

ADSX / Hanoben jump da Berlino to Rimini sul train degli Acidio !!
Sina‘s Freund is all fidanzato fidanzato v 303 303 303. Luv ov my livvvvve.
Werner‘s Spiel acido bumbles, taglia and incolla. Boogie boogie.
Elvira‘s Katzenfisch inno elettronico Krautrock. Synth anthem !!
Infine, Mund. Punk slap. Basso. All join hands with…
ACEEIID !!

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PREMIERE | ADSX / Hanoben - Frank’s Einsamkeit [Duca Bianco] 2021

https://soundcloud.com/apotek-music returns with the second standout single from her much anticipated new album, which is due for release this summer. APOTEK is the electronic alter ego of Elisa Di Riccio, an Italian born, Belgium based keyboardist and producer. She has performed in various bands over the years includings with garage-rock outfit Loka and the Moonshiners. This new solo project finds her delving deep into her own psyche, with this second single covering many different topics in the lyrics, which remain purposefully cryptic. The immersive 'Black Dolls' is an intensely layered piece of electronica with a range of synth textures, from the pixelated leads to the warmer, sustained pads in the background. Her own vocals shimmer across the surface of the mix and adds to the rapturous tension that builds throughout. The tough drum work is filled with power and ensures this one will make a huge impact that is both physical and emotional. This marks a second hugely original new single from APOTEK with plenty more to come with her debut full length.

Black Dolls

PREMIERE : Apotek - Black Dolls

Liverpool based party and record label Abandon Silence continues to shine the spotlight on their hometown with the release of a new EP by Matrefakt. Signalling Abandon Silence third release on their label, Matrefakt comes strapped with high-quality dance floor material. The EP contains six tracks, including three original productions backed by three on-point remixes from Asquith, Fall Forward and the mysterious DJ Mountain Dad. "Short Cut To Nowhere" streaming via us today in full.

Buy: https://abandonsilence.bandcamp.com/album/matrefakt-band-of-acid-ep

https://soundcloud.com/matrefakt
https://soundcloud.com/abandonsilence

Premiere: Matrefakt - Short Cut To Nowhere [Abandon Silence]

Freeride Millenium label co-founder Jorkes quickly follows up his well received Wet Dream EP with a new five tracker including remixes from Younger Than Me and Curses.

Jorkes is the driving force behind the ever-excellent Freeride Millenium label, he hosts a residency at radio 80000 alongside ParisBöhm and has been busy producing and streaming over the last year, despite the pandemic. His recent ‘Wet Dreams’ release was a critical success, with BBC radio support, a raft of press coverage and a mass of DJ support, now he follows that up with this latest inventive and rugged EP of club sounds.

Opener 'All Your Juices' has snappy snares and a taught, tight groove that makes for a mechanical rhythm. It eventually grows looser with big synth sounds and vamping chords that layer in fluidly and a great sense of electronic funk. Remixers Younger Than Me are a Berlin based duo that represents a link between the old and the new. They have released on the likes of Tusk Wax and here flip the original into a dark and pulsing tune with hammering drums and edgy, trance influenced synths.

In original form, 'Dancer in the Dark' has a kinetic drum and hit combination that makes you immediately jerk your body. As the synth energy grows, celestial chords bring light and cosmic rays and take you off into the future. Dark disco don Curses then steps up with another brilliantly rugged and raw remix that layers sleazy synths into angular drums. Finally, the brilliant 'Afraid of Letting You Go' has an eerie and mysterious vibe with crashing hits and unsettling synths that make for a dystopian abandoned warehouse feel.

Once again here Jorkes has cooked up left of centre sounds that draw on synth, disco and techno in bold new ways. Artwork as always comes from the ever creative Daniel Rajcsanyi.

Dancer in the Dark

PREMIERE : Jorkes - Afraid Of Letting You Go

When porcelain hits the floor it is seen as a promise for a brighter 
time. A time in that we calm down and reconnect to a higher grace 
in order to find contentment in the imperfections and 
impermanence of our human experience.  Kinsuby reassembles fragments of legendary music from Kraut to  Disco. Just like Japanese artists recompose wonky pottery with  gold. This can also be seen as a metaphor for life. Here our fractures are the actual gold veins and a portal to growth, creativity, knowledge and bliss.
The 8th Release is a remix for Wasuremono by berlin based artist 
Maltitz.  Through the super high BPM Maltitz puts all the craziness of the last months in this remix. The German Vocals don’t make a lot of 
sense and are quite funny – a reminder for not forgetting to laugh 
and be silly.

PREMIERE : Kinsuby - Wasuremono (Maltitz Remix)

https://freeridemillenium.bandcamp.com/album/fragile

This World

Cyberia

MIX & MASTER BY AKOU 
https://soundcloud.com/trentneuf
https://www.instagram.com/tr3ntne9f/

Trèntnèuf x Felk - ҜΔŘΜΔ

RT 034 - Track 04

techno, minimal techno, 142 bpm, driving deep basslines, progressive minimalist structure

Nexus Point

B2. Leekd - Harukai (Rumanians Remix)

Jerome is God. Jerome is Female. Jerome is Male. Jerome is You. Jerome is Me. Jerome is Inside but also Outside.

What began as a spontaneous, improvisational escape for London-based duo Jerome evolved into a tension-inducing and magical debut LP 'Moods'. Formed of 9 dark electronic musings, the pairing of Annalisa Lembo and Stella Mathioudakis set out to work in opposition to their classically trained backgrounds, instead approaching 'sessions' as a way to form songs.

Technoid mutations and chaotic, shifting structures become danceable industrial rhythms - one of which gets the remix treatment from techno-punk outfit Scalping's bass and production don James Rushforth AKA Exit Lights.

PREMIERE: Jerome - KoolKool (Exit Lights Remix) [Maple Death Records]

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               26/09@ Burger Disco Club, Athens 
               27/09@ Rokfor, Patras
               04/10@ La Démarrante, Annecy
               18/10@ Boom Boom Villette
               31/10@ La Rotonde Stalingrad
               13/12@ La Rotonde Stalingrad


Past Gigs : 
Paris => Cabaret Sauvage, Trabendo, Rex Club, Badaboum, La Java, Mazette, La Machine du Moulin Rouge, La Prairie Du Canal, Petit Bain, Nexus, La Madrague Festival, Palais de Tokyo, La Rotonde Stalingrad, Silencio, ZigZag, La Clairiere, Wanderlust, Nuits Fauves, Double Vie, Pamela, Virage,  Le Monseigneur etc...

France => Calvi On The Rocks, Cabourg Mon Amour, We Love Green, Sarcus Festival, Tres cool Festival-Deauville, Highfive Festival-Annecy, Briques Rouges Festival-Lille, Bains Numeriques Festival-Enghien, Macadam Nantes x2, Lieu Unique Nantes, Le Sucre Lyon x3, Le Terminal Lyon, Le Petit Salon Lyon, Iboat Bordeaux x3, Chapiteau Marseille, 1988 Live Club Rennes, Gare Saint Sauveur Lille x2, Ostra Nancy, Grenoble Campus, La Bobine Grenoble, Angers, Nuit Blanche Saint Denis etcetc...

Europe => London x4 , Manchester x3, Leeds x2, Edinburgh, Berlin x3, Hamburg, Freiburg, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm x2, Copenhagen, Geneve x4, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Zurich x4, Bern, Lucern, Madrid x2, Ronda, Barcelona x3, Porto, Prague, Skopje, Milan, Rome, Liege, Istanbul, Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest x2, Vilnius x2, Palanga, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, Saint Petersburg, Moscow etc...
RoTW ==> Mexico City x2, Guadalajara, Leon, Merida, San Miguel De Allende, Queretaro etc...

PREMIERE : Kinsuby - Wasuremono (Maltitz Remix)

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