V/A - Vuota Beatitudine (LL07)

Written and produced by HERNVNDEZ @hernvndez871 /MXSTVH @mistah211 / Jegsaha @jegsahahworld / Jean Redondo @jean_redondo / KSETDEX @kset-dex / Lorica @ubinas / PRESENTE @prsnt / Alec Pace @alecpace / MVRKMVCHINX @markmvchinx

Format: 12inch vinyl/ Digital
Cat. No: LLC07
Release Date: February 10th 2025 

A1 - HERNVNDEZ (ft. MXSTVH) - Artes Oscuras
A2 - Jegsaha - Gusa
A3 - Jean Redondo - You !
A4 - KSETDEX - Gemini

B1 - Lorica - Wane
B2 - PRESENTE - Vuota Beatitudine
B3 - Alec Pace - Mantra Separation
B4 - MVRKMVCHINX - Shutter

A polymathic affair spanning the broadest musical bandwidth, French outlet Lowlife Cartel resurface with ‘Vuota Beatitudine’ - a fresh 8-track VA extrapolating their eclectic approach to contagious effect. 

Draped in surreally murky cover art courtesy of Paris-based artist Léa Bouton alias Absolemabsoluxe / graphic design by Metaphore Collectif affiliate Nicolas Guillerminet, this new release features contributors from distinct mental and geographical regions alike: American chopped-and-screwed shock outfit HERNVNDEZ ft. MXSTVH, a hi-tech DnB / raging electro crossover from Mexican producer Jegsaha, BFDM & Tresor alum Jean Redondo on duty, junglistic jazz stunts by Chicago’s KSETDEX, German ambient voodooist Lorica, spectral post-indus from PRESENTE, Italian vibist Alec Pace up with a ragga-informed vengeance and Memphis-via-Mexico style slowed-’n-throwed madness from MVRKMVCHINX. 

Lovers of Southern lo-fi rap narratives will find in both HERNVNDEZ ft. MXSTVH 'Artes Oscuras' and MVRKMVCHINX ‘Shutter' the kind of lo-slung gangsta heat to wake up both grillz-teethed zombies and have these gold-felloed Cadillacs’ afterburners flaring. Hailing from the Mexican capital city, Jegsaha fires off a barrage of breaks-laden fire, processed vox menace and frantic bass onslaughts that go straight for the jugular. Fragmenting the groove down to molecular abstraction, Redondo treats us to a mischievous hybrid of ghetto-tech’y jack and discombobulated post-pop experiment with ‘You!’, whereas US producer KSETDEX welds a smokey jazz piano onto a muscular UK bass chassis on the addictive ‘Gemini’. 

Flip it over and there’s Frankfurt-based producer Lorica dishing out a hypnotic slice of atmospheric electronics, both immersively brooding and unimpeachably uplifting in equal measure. ‘Vuota Beatitudine’, the track that gives its title to the EP, works a distinctively paradoxical strain of rattling floor rhythms and zero-G escapology, in limbo betwixt heaven and hell. Conjuring up an infectious palette of ragga-infused maneuvers and packing massive bass and snare-heavy punch, Alec Pace’s fiery ‘Mantra Separation’ is prototypical dancehall arson rolled into a steely techno membrane. A wide-ranging display of explosively diverse, satisfyingly weird sounds to keep minds and bodies on the edge.

Artwork by Léa Bouton
Design by Nicolas Guillerminet
Mastering by Luis Calderon

© Lowlife Cartel 2025

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HERNVNDEZ(ft.MXSTVH)/Jegsaha/Jean Redondo/Ksetdex/Lorica/PRESENTE /Alec Pace/MVRKMVCHINX - VB(LLC07)

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Record label run by Adrien Qir.

@hernvndez871 @mistah211 @jegsahaworld @jean_redondo @kset-dex @ubinas @alecpace @markmvchinx 
@saverio-celestri @prince-de-takicardie @tundramane @koste_music @ekkeltype @oprofessionell @mikkel-rev @shampoo
@hadji-hajj , @enceence , @honealome , @kuzmapalkin-music , @camikazyuzi
@shcaa , @m-rble , @lunarenergy , @buttechno , @fmyapar , @s_olbricht , @prsnt , @stepintoonline , @sweet-boi , @ghettoghetto , @lucretio , @jeigomusic , @jon_gravy , @dosbeast210 , @120913 , @rolandjones , @user-351075793 , @loteagnit , @souldeepness-drum , @deejay-667 , @PaulSantangelo , @loophie , @Weanin , @lil_taty1

Dates:
05.04.19 Label Night w/ ZULI, Hajj, Strahinja Arbutina, Lil Taty, Adrien Qir - "Paloma", Berlin

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