Artist: Phocean Drive
Title: Smile
Label: Sex Tapes From Mars 
Cat No: STFM001
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1. Smile
B1. Dingalong
B2. Ding Dang

Phocean Drive’s highly sought after ‘Smile’ EP resurfaces with a full reissue for the debut venture on Sex Tapes From Mars new reissue imprint. Three esoteric yet funked up club-ready cuts that perforate the heart with euphoric, twigged out madness to rumble the more leftfield dance floors.

The full sonics were taken from original DAT and remastered at Analogcut, making for a full-bodied sound palette, and losing nothing from the original masterwork. 

The title track ‘Smile’ epitomises a golden era of Dutch progressive house, pairing sparse, titillating synth stabs, bionic vocoders and purposeful, grooving bass. 

On the flip, Dingalong heads for the basement, with an unabating acid line and steady, thumping drum work. It flaunts its subtle abstractions, coyly tripping while serving relentless energy. 

Ding Dang is a moody rework of its forerunning track, conjuring 7 am ambience through lush, gradually contorting pads and slick, sultry vocals. The shiny allure of galactic synth tones cooly rounds off a deeply mesmerising three-tracker on an intriguing new label series.

Phocean Drive - Smile (STFM001)

Radiant Rainbow

Ultra Knites continue their fine form and unleash the second installmant of the Knite Grooves series. This time round, Sem Marini is handed the A side while Mike Sharon welcomes vocalist Karina Junker for B side duties. There's no need for us to describe the tracks in words, that's what the player above is for. Into the fourth release on the label and many have described this label's output as 'perfect', Knite Grooves Vol. 2 is certainly no exception.

On Opaque Blue Vinyl:
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/sem-marini-mike-knite-grooves-vol-2/531127-01/

UKR004 :: Sem Marini / Mike Sharon - Knite Grooves Vol. 2 EP

Please Dance With Me

SOMETHING TO SAY

Mori

K, VA confirms that generosity is the kind of alliance that will make electronic music grow. the evolution of our scene has been marked by the synergy between artists, labels and collectives that have merged styles, ideas and visions to give rise to new trends.

Mastered by Damian Cotto of AWARE

Artwork credits to DELIK Music and Adrian Kupersmid, founder, curator and designer.

Paper Route

Louis Anthony

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