Absolutely superb Tommy!! Great stuff man :)

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of Blonds track „Bright Grass Bodies”, taken from the „Bar Records 07” EP on @bar-rotterdam . Released digitally soon.

Read our introduction here: https://bit.ly/3srcy5E

Bar Records 07

Blond - Bright Grass Bodies

Pre-Order : https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/this-doesnt-look-like-a-good-place-to-picnic

All tracks written and produced by Jacques Satre, Lebird, Solma, Selected Dream Memories, Fluid Matter, Mohammed Vicente, SNKLS, Visages.

Artwork by Symbiose
Mastering by IFA Studios

Copyright 2021 (c) Virtual Forest Records

This Doesn't Look Like A Good Place To Picnic

VFO.02 V/A - This Doesn't Look Like a Good Place To Picnic [Previews]

German electro producer Martin Matiske has recently breathed new life into his Blackploid alias. The project’s revival continues to bear fruit with the Strange Stars EP, Matiske’s third Blackploid release of 2021 and second for Central Processing Unit after issuing March’s Cosmic Traveler EP through the Sheffield label.

Blackploid’s two CPU drops have more in common than just stargazing titles. Those who enjoyed Cosmic Traveler will find plenty to like again in these four tracks, with Matiske serving up another quartet of snappy machine-funk joints this time around. However, while there is certainly a throughline between Cosmic Traveler and Strange Stars, this EP also finds Blackploid pushing the envelope at points by taking risks with his synth tones which thrill and enliven the record.

In keeping with the cosmic theme of Blackploid’s recent output, Strange Stars kicks off with ‘Star Patrol’. While this opening cut is full of the same needle-gun basslines and dinky synths that characterised Cosmic Traveler, the drum programming eschews the broken beats favoured by many in the scene for a straight house/techno snap. It makes for a very groovy jam, one with Drexciya, Computer World-era Kraftwerk and a pinch of Space Dimension Controller in its mix.

Indeed, the only track on Strange Stars which skips along on a broken beat is second entry ‘The Signal’. ‘The Signal’ also features some of Blackploid’s most impressive electronics programming to date, announcing itself with a brilliantly unusual synth that sounds like an old video game unit which has just gained sentience. When this alien tone is combined with another precision-engineered bassline the track invokes the grizzly bangers of the L.I.E.S. label, though the keyboard stabs which enter periodically also hint to the funkier electro of, say, Egyptian Lover.

‘The Unseen’, the first B-side of Strange Stars, finds Blackploid bringing together many of the things which made the two previous tunes such standouts. A steady four-on-the-floor and a slightly haunted feel to the synth choices casts back to ‘Star Patrol’, but much like ‘The Signal’ this joint also features some rather weird tones which are a hair’s breadth away from machine malfunction. It’s a feeling which runs through to closing cut ‘Light Corridor’, a number where melodies and anti-melodies zip around an array of gurgling electronic cells.

Martin Matiske’s fine run of Blackploid EPs continues with the intergalactic electro stylings of Strange Stars.

RIYL: Drexciya, Cardopusher, Legowelt, Beau Wanzer, Jensen Interceptor

Strange Stars

Blackploid - Strange Stars

AO 007 II Mother EP II

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2. Mother 
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artwork: Varterix

mastered by Davit Sukiasyan

Mother

AO 007 II Mother EP II

Artist:  https://soundcloud.com/tomlivingstonmusic
Album:  Red Spider
Label:  https://soundcloud.com/nebulaerecords
Release date:  25/03/2022
Format:  Vinyl & Digital
Buy: https://nebulaerecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-spider

Nebulae returns with a very special release to start the year. Red Spider, a planetary nebula, located near the heart of the Milky Way, Northwest of the constellation Sagittarius, and approximately 5000 light-years away from Earth, is the namesake of this new cosmic trip. Glasgow-based producer Arctor (Tom Livingston), delivers 6 pieces for the occasion, where you may find a fine collection of dreamy textures, lush pads, intricate drum patterns and funky acid basslines, all seasoned with his acid jazz approach, a distinctive signature of the Tremors label head honcho.
Producing high tempo electro and techno with soulful Detroit flavoured sounds, always showing an almost sick obsession with twisting textures in order to squeeze them to their maximum expression, he has been steadily building his catalogue, dating back to September 2015, with his first release Genovese EP. Since then he has been releasing, not only his own material, but also remixing a number of different labels and has had his tracks played by artists such as Bicep, Oneman and CEM.
For Red Spider, the A-side explores three different sci-fi scenarios, all glued together with gritty pads, reaching maximum expression in Echopraxia. Here, Arctor shows an astonishing spectacle of stretching, chopping and melting back and forth its stuttering chords, like an alien spider would weave its web. On the flip, B-side presents a more eclectic palette of textures; going from the energetic Junk and travelling throughout the relentless banger Protect Your Head, until we arrive at our final destination: Memory Gene (DJ Friendly Version), a smooth rework of Livingston’s first track on his Tremors imprint, originally released back in 2017.
Timeless electronics from a modern-day master.
Mastered at The Bass Valley Studio Pressed by Record Industry Distributed by Subwax
Release date: 25.03.22
Format: Vinyl & Digital
CAT#: NBL011
Clips: https://soundcloud.com/nebulaerecords/nbl011-arctor-red-spider Pre-order here: https://nebulaerecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-spider

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PREMIERE // Arctor -  Memory Gene (DJ Friendly Version) [Nebulae Records]

Various - WARCC03
Label: Warning (@warningberlin)
Mastering: Behrang Mohammadi
Artwork: Atelier Superplus
https://soundcloud.com/na_one

We proudly like to present to you our first full on Various Artists compilation on one of our beloved media - Music Cassette.  We collected bits of bouncing Electro, celestial Trance, fluid Breakbeats and in between for heavy rotation and impact on the dance floors of today and tomorrow.  Dig out your walkman and activate the Mega Bass, or clean the tape heads of your deck with a Q-Tip and press the Dolby button.  The hiss is calling. Full force Warning experience copied to magnetic tape to represent the retro future sound of Berlin on two sides.

PREMIERE : Naone - Underwater Bubble

We are glad to premiere a track of our beloved producer Low Tape. It will be out on V/A compilation by Scena Acid, a new label that is dedicated to acid music. 
The project was born after a forest trip in August 2021.

Artist: Low Tape / @low-tape
Title: "SCENA ACID"
Label: Scena Acid
Release date: 27 July 2022
Format: vinyl only
Buy: https://www.deejay.de/Various_SCENA_ACID_SCENAC1D_Vinyl__994451

PREMIERE: Low Tape — Personal Aced (Scena Acid, 2022)

"Static" by Berlin-based producer Philipp Kempnich is a dreamy breakbeat journey, wrapped in a warm, wide atmosphere. As the track unfolds, a gritty lead emerges, guiding the listener into an ethereal breakdown before building into an unexpected, powerful drop.

Static

Demo

bandcamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/perot

Who's that guy nerding behind a laptop in a French cafe? It might be https://soundcloud.com/gal-tsadok-hai, working on new beats. Since the Dutch producer moved to Montmartre (Paris), he not only shook up his life but also his modus operandi. While enjoying a cafe-au-lait and ignoring the white noise around him, he worked on his new Perot EP.

A new life, a new sound. So, Tsadok-Hai decided to throw all 4x4 beats overboard. Even on Mangue, a track that starts out as a decent enough dark techno track, only to derail into a breakbeat frenzy towards the end. The other four tracks are equally adventurous and playful, with wildly zigzagging beats, rubbery congo's and rattling drums. Like Squarepusher being locked up with The Gaslamp Killer and Mr. Oizo. A great EP which takes Tsadok-Hai’s sound in exciting new directions.

Artwork by Wouter Hoek



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Gal Tsadok-Hai - Banane (snippet)

It had began with small, trivial suggestions - changes that she could manage and adapt to quickly. They weren't life-changing, purely superficial or aesthetic, but soon enough these asks became bigger. He was trying to mould her into something she wasn't. Challenging him wasn't an option, she didn't like to go against the grain, rather she preferred to keep quiet and stay in line. 

Since launching back in 2016, Melbourne-based producer and label boss Louis Marlo has used his Felt Sense Recordings imprint as a platform to share his own creations with the world. Though there has been a four year hiatus since Louis' last two releases, this serves the label's ethos of prioritising quality over quantity. His third outing, Who Wants Alchemy?, is no exception. Coming complete with a remix from Lou Karsh AKA Reptant, the 5-track release blends electro, IDM and techno, at times calling to mind the more stirring side of Carl Finlow's productions through its glistening melodies, warm basslines and processed electronics.

Who Wants Alchemy?

PREMIERE: Louis Marlo - Who Wants Alchemy? [Felt Sense Recordings]

Glasgow based club, record label, rolling papers and collective running out of an old sweetie factory.  https://lunacymodule.com

*premiere requests to be sent as SC playlists- lunacymodule@gmail.com

PREMIERE // Arctor - Memory Gene (DJ Friendly Version) [Nebulae Records]

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