Amsterdam based Leyla records presents part two of it's various artists compilation, this time bringing together a host of international artists, as well as a contribution from label boss Chafik Chennouf.

The four tracker commences with Insufferable People from label regular Manni Dee. Following his spectacular EP on Perc Trax, Dee delivers a dancefloor roller containing punctilious sound design integral to his work, with vocals from the artist superimposed over crunchy drums, riding the waves of submerged synths.
Track two from France's Von Grall offers a similar treat for DJs, this time with more introspective elements working in harmony with propulsive polyrhythms. As the track creeps forward the revelation of drones and synth lines further involves the listener and contributes to a musical landscape populated by rhythmically independent segments, coalescing to form a cogent whole.

Head honcho Chafik Chennouf injects light in to the darkness on the B1 with Kosmai, redolent of EBM style funk rhythms. The stolid arpeggios function as the foundation for percussive interplay which propel the track in to new territory as it progresses. The 90s rave influence becomes apparent as the automations mould and shape the multidimensional lead.
The closer, Useless Landscape, from Japan's Katsunori Sawa immediately immerses the listener as the concrete groove is quickly overtaken by field recordings and a unique tonality emerging through layered drones and warped artefacts. Reminiscent of his work with Yuji Kondo as Steven Porter, the track unveils an intimacy through detail, while maintaing distance through evolving layers of sound creating.

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Various Artists | Parallels & Influence part II | LEYLAVA002

Trippy Techno Compilation

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Taken from SBKT011 - Osheyack - Fake/Fiction/Fraud
Release date: 2nd September


Osheyack - Fraud (Tzusing Remix)

SBKT012: Yen Tech - Mobis (Deluxe Edition)

Re-release with exclusive bonus track + remixes from Tzusing and Sentinel.

Yen Tech returns with Mobis, a paranoid, sci-fi tinged rap album tailor made for our digital (non) reality. The air of dystopian unease and dread is no longer bubbling beneath the surface here: it’s blown wide open, with lyric references to exo-suits, drones, vapor-crews and futuristic stimulants permeating the album’s ten tracks. High-tech pop theatrics, bi-lingual neo-party music, or belligerent swaggering - on Mobis we are too busy going full throttle to tell the difference. Your Angel Unit is ready. 

This is Yen Tech’s debut full length. 

Includes bonus track 'Prototype', plus remixes from Tzusing and Sentinel

Tracks 1 - 11 written and produced by Nick Newlin, NYC, 2015 
Track 12 remixed by Tzusing, 2016 
Track 13 remixed by Sentinel, 2016

http://yentech.net

Mobis

Armored Core (Tzusing's 偶像 RMX)

Live Galaxy Spank session recorded at The Malthouse, Bristol 27/07/15

Vitamin (Galaxy Spank session)

Kaelan - Inner Expanse - ETG020

London’s EarToGround reaches its sentinel twentieth release with more bespoke, forward thinking Techno and happily welcomes on board another Italian artist, Nicola Campanella aka ‘Kaelan’. With this release he very much shows why he is here via an excellent display of his prolific, emotive sound. Kaelan first came on the radar after his early release on Dax J’s imprint ‘Monnom Black’. Tracks written for ETG020 fit perfectly with EarToGround’s overall aesthetic of ever evolving Techno. In addition, the release also includes dynamic remix work by ‘Kessell’ from PoleGroup and Granulart Recordings.

So far being played and supported by the likes of: Marcel Dettmann, Sigha, Truncate, Luke Slater, AMOTIK, Dustin Zhan,  Rodhad, Antigone, Chris Stanford, Dax J, Emmanuel, Peter van Hoesen, Kirk Degiorgio, Ben Sims, Pfirter, Stephanie Sykes, Boris, Rem Co, Aiken, Jonas Kopp, Philippe Petit, J. Tijn. 

Full, special edition, cover artwork with ETG stickers included..

Written and produced Nicola Campanella
Remix work by Valentin Corujo 
Mastered by Simon at The Exchange 
Graphic design by Grade A

www.eartoground.co.uk | info@eartoground.co.uk
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Kaelan - Inner Expanse - Audio Clips - EarToGround Records - ETG020

Release date (vinyl, cd & digital format): 24th of February 2017

A1 Suffocate
A2 Down
A3 Stabbing
B1 Porcelain
B2 Strobing
B3 Coming Apart
C1 Black Massing
C2 Interior
D1 Her
D2 Morning Star
D3 Positive Mutilation
D4 Porcelain (Ideal)

Token is pleased to announce Metabolism, the sophomore album from Sigha. The LP marks James Shaw’s third release on the Token label following his singles Christ Figures and Our Father. Metabolism represents an arrival: the artist offers his definitive statement on a production aesthetic that has been in development over the last few years.

Shaw’s work as Sigha has always placed the listener at a centrifugal point that invites a clandestine hypnosis rather than an abject hysteria. Cavernous low ends fixed firmly and effectively in a mono space tether the music to the body, while exquisitely executed white noise patterns and crystalline pads warp and hiss around the stereo environment. This keen ear for distinction within the frequency spectrum acts as the central theme on the LP.

Metabolism encompasses a power dynamism that departs from the explicitly greyscale finish found on his more conceptual work as Sigha and as A Vision Of Love for Guy Brewer’s Avian label. Though elements of Metabolism maintain a driven, corrosive quality, each searing sequence or mordant drum machine hit occupies its own space. On high-energy dance floor moments and abstract tracks alike, Shaw’s approach to distortion is one that sets out with an objective to separate components rather than to bind them. This creates a matrix of aural stimuli that remain heady and inherently propulsive, but are realised in a fashion more akin to high fidelity sound design than processes traditionally associated with the techno genre.

The record possesses a powerful musicality beyond this acute attention to form and structure. In the past, Shaw’s productions have often married high-energy drum work with subtly shifting minor keys spread around the sonic periphery. On Metabolism, emotive leads sit squarely and comfortably in the foreground, and build towards rapturous crescendos that are crisp and omnipresent throughout the mix. These careful layers generate the extraordinary tension that has since become a hallmark of the British artist’s work.

Metabolism is a techno album, but its frame of reference is generous, drawing on the finest facets of the artist’s own varied discography and the wider electronic music landscape. Cohesive and modern, Shaw’s latest work eschews a handful of riffs on a single idea in favour of a multi-faceted, fully realised expression of what the genre can be - it is a vital addition to the Token label’s already enviable catalogue of releases.

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TOKEN70LP – Sigha – Metabolism

B2. Katsunori Sawa - Useless Landscape

B1. Chafik Chennouf - Kosmai

A2. Von Grall - End of Borders

A1. Manni Dee - Insufferable People

this beatless version of "Way" is a hidden vinyl-only bonus track and can be found on Gravitational 002.