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The cult of Multi Culti expands it’s horizons to include Nicola Cruz, backed by remixes from Xanga and L_cio.
Nicola Cruz’s music beautifully invokes the landscapes and rituals of his homeland, Ecuador, a country that contains both the majestic Andes mountains and the mighty Amazon jungle.  His sound is an amalgamation of folkloric traditions and ancestral mythologies, crafted with fine detail and slick production techniques. 
In 2012 Nicola collaborated with Nicolas Jaar on Clown & Sunset, and has since worked towards his debut album on ZZK Records.
Between past and present, traditional and modern, Nicola fits into a growing scene of South American artists exploring local indigenous and Afro-cosmologies, among fellow artists and ZZK label-mates like Chancha Via Circuito. 
For his debut on Multi Culti, Nicola has created Mantis, and it is arguably his most accomplished club record to date, a 105bpm tribal chugger that flexes shamanic authority over hearts and minds. Invocacion goes even deeper into the new, new age, presenting traditional instrumentation and mysticism in a modern framework. Australia’s Xanga joins in with a super lively, rhythmic remix that is as joyful as it is deep. Finally, Brazil’s L_cio presents a version that strips things down for club play, upping the tempo while keeping the characteristic flavour of the flute.

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Nicola Cruz - Mantis (L Cio Remix)

Everything, Everything

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Late October will see Dutch artist Man With No Shadow deliver his 'Drumfeld' EP via the long standing 100% Pure imprint, accompanied by a remix from Copy Paste Soul.

Dutch producer and DJ Man With No Shadow's production career has been steadily evolving over the past few years since stepping out of events to pursue his own music, since marking his debut on Shinedoe and 2000 and One's Intacto in 2013 he's gone on to remix Copy Paste Soul on his 2Swords label and release two EP's for Tom Budden's ALiVE Recordings. Here though we see Man With No Shadow step up with a new EP for 2000 and One's other label 100% Pure, one of Amsterdam's leading imprints founded in 1993.

Opening is the title-track 'Drumfeld' in which Man With No Shadow treats us to powerful drums further fuelled by a vacillating low-end drive, while raw dub hits and sporadic vocal hums further fuel the heady groove. 'Asteriks' follows and takes a more stripped-back percussive feel with delayed marimba hits subtly evolving alongside dusty drums sounds and grainy atmospherics throughout.

UK artist Copy Paste Soul then steps in to rework 'Drumfeld' next, putting his unique spin on things via choppy bass stabs, sweeping synths and an ever-evolving dynamism before a third and final original 'Double Dub' closes the package, again employing a groove-driven feel via energetic stab sequences and crunchy percussion.


TRACKLIST:

1. Drumfeld
2. Asteriks
3. Drumfeld (Copy Paste Soul Remix)
4. Double Dub

Drumfeld EP

Man With No Shadow - Drumfeld [PUREDV072]

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In 2016 Poker Flat featured some of the most interesting and successful producers worldwide and is happy to present some of the year’s highlights on this compilation - produced by label-mates like Tim Engelhardt, Florian Kruse & Hendrik Burkhard, MANIK, Martin Landsky, Marco Resmann and many more.

Martin Landsky - Echo In My Head

Well, 2016 was a bit of a mixed bag wasn't it? It's certainly a year that I wont forget in a hurry - for all sorts of reasons - good and bad. However the one common denominator throughout pretty much all of it has been music. Whether its what you turn too to make you happy or whether its the cause of what occasionally makes you sad, there is no denying that music is the one thing that brings us all together to share what is best about being a human. So here's to sharing and caring. We can all do more of both in 2017 but I want to sign off for the holidays by saying a MASSIVE THANK YOU to you all for caring about my music. As for the sharing, I'll start us off with this... ;)

Special thanks to Flow & Zeo for letting me use their acappella

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Eye of the Drums

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