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Mixed Bag (2023) Part ✌

electronic trax 2023 (house techno) part 4

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After Dark

Pleased to share the 9th episode of the Kuboraum Digital Sound Residency, hosting Studio LABOUR’s mind-altering soundscape mass and mess, dispersion of subjectivity.

LABOUR is the Berlin-based sonic entity composed by multidisciplinary artists Farahnaz Hatam and Colin Hacklander. Bringing together their experience in molecular biology, sound art and post-tonal theory, they compose ambitious and reverently experimental audio works centering around the transformative potential of sound. Their practice promotes active listening and a heightened sensory awareness, interrogating existential questions and the power structures that form our collective reality. Through immersive performances shifting between digital sound synthesis, algorithmic compositions, percussions and vocals, LABOUR explore the juxtaposition of amplified and unamplified sounds within specific architectural spaces.

“LABOUR devise methods of co-existence and distinction through rupture while gesturing towards the possibility of strong, sudden shifts in consciousness.”

'mass and mess, dispersion of subjectivity’ shows their continuing exploration of temporal juxtapositions, merging algorithmic rhythms with cyclical pulsing drum layers to discover alternative notions of time. This new track relates aesthetically to their previous pieces next time, die consciously (بیگانگی) and hit of enlightenment, contemplating on the construction-of-self and the extent to which external forces create us, being heteronomy the condition of all things. Operating simultaneously on multiple temporalities — from microsounds and stochastic synthesis to rhythmic cycles to acknowledging that which propels beyond — these pieces take a critical stance towards notions of regulated time by embracing rhythmic instability and sound as sculptural material.

Their recent performance Sungazing premiered in Kraftwerk during X100 Berlin Atonal (2022) is one of their most extensive works so far, involving an ensemble of 30 drummers, 7 string players, 4 dancers, 2 drum sets, and 3 visual artists, all distributed throughout the audience. Proposed within the framework of Xenakis’ legacy, the performance was described as ‘An ode to the one who pursues an experimental lifestyle, an ode to the avant-garde’. Other commissioned compositions and performances include: Eventide in collaboration with Fa’ Pawaka (2022), Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin ; Sungazing, HAU (2022), Berlin ;  Constructs of Sanity, Musica Sanae, Berlin (2019); nine-sum sorcery, Berlin Atonal (2019); Activating the Gropius Bau, Sonically, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2019); next time, die consciously (بیگانگی), Berlin Atonal (2018); Hacklander’s Activating the Messeplatz, Sonically and Stochastic Activation: Basler Trommeln (with Isabel Lewis), Basilea, Art Basel (2018); conatus/consent, Neue Musik in St Ruprecht, St Ruprechtskirche, Vienna (2015) and Levels of Intrusion, transmediale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2014).

composition and production by LABOUR: Farahnaz Hatam and Colin Hacklander
second drummer: Masaya Hijikata
bass clarinet: Yoni Silver
drums recorded by: Francesco Donadello

Photography: Evelyn Bencicova

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Studio LABOUR - mass and mess, dispersion of subjectivity

Where The Bough Has Broken

Inner City - Good Life (Heisy's Hard House Tribute)

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E |  Kelvin Belton - Drone One [Transhuman Society]

artist name: Kelvin Belton 
label name: Transhuman Society 
release name & cut number: Polylog EP / Trasy001
release date: 10th September 2023 
pre-sale: https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/album/polylog-ep
shops links:https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/album/polylog-ep

explore more: 
Trasy IG: https://www.instagram.com/transhuman_society_ 
Trasy SC: https://soundcloud.com/transhumansocietymusic
Trasy BC https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/album/polylog-ep
Kelvin Belton SC: https://soundcloud.com/kelvin-belton
Kelvin Belton IG: https://www.instagram.com/kelvin_belton_909/

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E |  Kelvin Belton - Drone One [Transhuman Society]

Artist: Kelvin Belton
Release: Polylog EP
Label: Transhuman Society
Catalog: TRASY001

Tracklist:
1. Drone One (Original Mix)
2. Avon (Original Mix)
3. Rough Pattern (Original Mix)
4. Jupiter One (Original Mix)
5. Polylog (Original Mix)
6. Polylog (Casual Treatment Remix)
7. Matter (Original Mix)

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https://www.instagram.com/kelvin_belton_909/

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CV Premiere I Kelvin Belton - Jupiter One

Pre-order the album here: https://pprz.bandcamp.com/album/celestial-pursuit

Full release on Tuesday, September 19, 2023 

DJ Hockey approaches techno by intermingling layers of contrasting elements. Defining characteristics for his productions are grounded, thick, encompassing atmospheres often on the introspective side. Psychedelia is present in all of his musical expressions, crafting dynamic journeys resulting in playful and groovy sets.

With releases on labels Model Future, PPRZ and RF Records, DJ Hockey works to propel his interpretation of techno with his production work.

1. Red Giant opens the EP with gentle, dusty percussions, eerie atmospheres and cavernous low end sub. Delayed claps create swirling wind ontop of the steady pace.

2. Kuiper Belt is a tool effective at infusing a reserved moment in a 4/4 set, or making a transition from electro to 4/4 techno. Gentle melodies and hypnotic elements glide over the kicks and snares.

3. Andromeda is a scifi inspired 909 workout. Grooving toms, aggressive snares and spacey claps float around a vox sample while intensity builds from the synths until take off.

4. Starburst is a layerable tool with a strong kick and sparkly arpeggiated synthline which modulates throughout. Simple yet effective percussions provide build up and release through-out this straight forward melter.
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W+P by Tanner Hockey / DJ Hockey
Mastered by Pheek
Artwork by Tanner Hockey

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We premiere some new deep and driving techno from Bristol based, Kelvin Belton on Transhuman Society. ‘Matter’ is a tunnelling techno trip that glides through spiralling string sections, futuristic synth sequneces and dynamic drum grooves.

We feature new music coming on ‘Trasy – Transhuman Society‘. Trasy stands for Transhuman Society Transhumanism is a philosophical school of thought that seeks to extend the limits of human possibilities, whether intellectual, physical, or psychological, through the use of technological processes. The interests and values of humanity are seen as a commitment to progress.

This latest EP on the label includes 6 original tracks from Kelvin Bolton, alongisde 1 remix from the revered producer, Casual Treatment. While in the originals Kelvin is introducing us his highly intense bass driven and more mystical mood with hypnotic loops and Big Room 90s techno, the remix is focusing more on a clean but intense rhythmic section building up blessed grooves.

We premiere ‘Matter’ one of the stand out pieces of works from the Polylog EP. Kelvin Belton goes deep on this one, finding inspiratiuon from murky Berlin basements, and creating a dub influenced piece of funcional techno that is just as funk fuelled as it is deep and eatheral. Mettaltic drums grooves push the track forward as winding soundscapes create a dizzying atmosphere, alongside moduylar style synth bleeps, and dubby pressure traps. This is a hard-edged trip through ghostly warehouse techno.

Kelvin Belton
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Polylog EP

Four Four Premiere: Kelvin Belton - Matter [Trasy - Transhuman Society]

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Yves Tumor - Limerence (Deterioration Mix)

Banger Speed Tech Groovy track by Pōnky :)
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FREE DL | Pōnky - THIS MY CHIP (4ALL Series)

OUT NOW: https://portal-records.bandcamp.com/album/unfold

Acaera - Unfold EP [PRTLL001]

A1 Unfold (Vinyl Only)
A2 Apex
A3 Anaesthesia

B1 Learned Behaviour
B2 Forella
B3 Reorientation (Vinyl Only)

Release Date: 1st December 2023

Written and produced by Acaera.
Mastered by Giovanni Conti at Artefacts Mastering Berlin.
Original Artwork by Anon.
2023 (c) Portal Records, all rights reserved

Previews are 128 kbps MP3

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Unfold | Acaera | Preview [PRTLL001]

Bank NYC is very excited to present the definitive statement of Collector, "No Prospects". Collector is the solo guise of Jason Campbell, resident of Newcastle, Australia. Since 2014, Campbell has been channelling the industrial malaise of his hometown through his unique take on heavy electronics. After a series of releases on global-spanning labels such Steel City Dance Discs (UK), Nice Music (AUS), Clan Destine (SCO) & Night People (US), the debut long-player for Bank NYC finds Collector embracing true album form for the first time in his discography. Across eight pieces, Collector delivers a bleak sonic narrative via a hardware-only approach to production: Analog drum machine patterns are intricately intertwined with menacing synth lines, and driving bass is met with the unrelenting clatter of tightly-sequenced field recordings taken straight from the heart of local industry.

Thematically, "No Prospects" navigates the downfall of Newcastle's BHP Steelworks at the end of the 20th century. Acknowledged widely as the largest de-industrialisation event in Australian history, the closure of the Steelworks in 1999 marked a dramatic cultural shift where blue-collar vocations were vanquished due to an economic slump, and were consumed by the trending cosmopolitanism seen in adjacent cities. "No Prospects" draws on Campbell's family lineage in the Newcastle's steelworks, providing a rich, personal context to an industry that both gives and takes away. The sharp intensity of the album is sustained by dramatic shifts in pace: the devestating slow burners of 'Two From Five' and 'Ricochet' are instinctually offset by the frenetic 'CFT' and 'Workers Club Collapse', which showcase Campbell's no-nonsense approach to shaping an almost club-ready breed of modern industrial techno. Although diverse across both sides, cohesion is found in Campbell's toolkit of samples that are unmistakably Collector. The album's eponymous track, 'No Prospects', serves as an introspective centrepoint - a largely arrhythmic excursion shrouded in familiar brooding, textural drones, and underpinned by the chug of machinery on the brink of collapse.

Although forever indebted to the spirit of local electronic outcasts, Bloody Fist Records, Collector's "No Prospects" is a remarkably distinct statement straight from the heart of Australia's Steel City. The complexity of arrangements speak to Campbell's long association in experimental music communities, whilst the persistent feeling of dread conveys a uniquely regional story of decay and futility. Pure Novocastrian industrial electronics.

No Prospects

Collector - Gauze (BNK-040)

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E |  Kelvin Belton - The Radical Tension Between Being & Becoming [TRASY]

artist name: Kelvin Belton 
label name: TRASY (Transhuman Society) 
release name & cut number: No Mercy EP / Trasy002
release date: 10th May 2024 
pre-sale: https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/track/kelvin-belton-the-radical-tension-between-being-becoming-original-mix 

Explore more:
https://www.instagram.com/kelvin_belton_909/ 
https://www.instagram.com/transhuman_society_/ 
https://soundcloud.com/kelvin-belton 
https://soundcloud.com/transhumansocietymusic

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E |  Kelvin Belton - The Radical Tension Between Being & Becoming

Track: No Mercy (Mathys Lenne Remix) 
Artist(s): Kelvin Belton 
Label: Trasy (Transhuman Society) 
Catalog: 002 
Format: Digital 
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release Date: 10th May 2024 
Mastering: Kelvin Belton 
Artwork: Kelvin Belton 

SoundCloud: 
Kelvin Belton: https://soundcloud.com/kelvin-belton
Mathys Lenne: https://soundcloud.com/mathys_lenne

Kelvin Belton: https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/album/no-mercy-ep
Mathys Lenne: https://mathyslenne.bandcamp.com/

Instagram:
Kelvin Belton: https://www.instagram.com/kelvin_belton_909/ 
Mathys Lenne: https://www.instagram.com/mathyslenne___/

Label links:
Bandcamp: https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/album/no-mercy-ep
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/transhumansocietymusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transhuman_society_/

ANTIDOTE Premiere: Kelvin Belton - No Mercy (Mathys Lenne Remix) [TRASY002]

Artist: Kelvin Belton
Label: TRASY
Title: No Mercy
CAT: 002
Format: Digital
Release Day: 10.05.2024

Buy-Link: https://transhumansociety.bandcamp.com/album/no-mercy-ep

Follow TRASY here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transhuman_society_/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/transhumansocietymusic

Follow KELVIN BELTON here:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kelvin_belton_909/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kelvin-belton

TC Premiere: Kelvin Belton - No Mercy [ TRASY ]

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