After a stunning start by Refracted, the second instalment in ara's "UTIL" series, dedicated to unique club music tools and flamboyant functional tracks is coming from german producer main(void).

The release is accompanied by 30 additional tracks, called Entanglements, as a Bandcamp exclusive: https://soundcloud.com/aboutrecordingartists/sets/mainvoid-util-02-entanglements/s-J0gFE9Yaltx

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A friendly greeting is not extremely far from hell, hello, says Casanora, waves and laughs, “Hell_o”, a first dip, a few first hesitant steps on deck, a murmur and crackle catches in the sails, and then we leave the safe harbour: the bass kicks in. “Electric Water” is the name of the new EP by Bernese artist Casanora, and what is that: swimming or flying, floating or falling, looking at the sky or drifting?

“Electric Water” is about losing gravity, diving and living underwater, being hunted by shadows and bones; the state of calm before the storm. It is this twisted feeling between comfort and restlessness. You’re floating in between. Imagine you’ve been thrown into a dimension where you’ve never been before: adapt, adjust and wait until you find your way back home. Meanwhile you start to dance with creatures in electric water. The third EP by Casanora is inspired by Shadow & Bones, Blade Runner 2049 and Ghost in the Shell, but traces its own path into surreal territories.

Casanora is a sound designer and multimedia artist, from Bern, Switzerland with Italian roots. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Sound Arts and a Master’s degree in Contemporary Arts Practice; in 2020 she won the Demotape Clinic Award at the M4Music Festival in Zurich, and in 2021 she received an award from the Musikförderung Bern for her track “No Surprise”. With “Electric Water” she has fantasised this whimsical, self-confident electronic music in mischievous complicity with her computer, moving somnambulistically safely, captain of the barge, from one place to another: between club and parlour, ship’s belly and upper deck, hesitation and decision. When the fog rolls in, Casanora’s quiet joy is apparent; when the storm comes, it’s probably thanks to her.

It gurgles, chirps, blazes, echoes and breathes in English and Italian, to which creatures appear, figures and shapes dance: where and on which planet are we actually here? Casanora’s musical work is unthinkable without an image; for every track on “Electric Water”, a little world of its own flashes into view. Sometimes pastel soft, sometimes shiny metallic, sound and image spin on a common space. Casanora plays with these darkly coloured virtual landscapes, which add another layer to her music, complementing here, contrasting there. It’s like that live, too: a bit like being allowed to sink into the wild imagination of a good witch.


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releases November 4, 2022

Electric Water: Written and produced by Casanora

Hell-O- Mixed Casanora
Lontano- Mixed Casanora & Modulaw
In My Bones- Mixed Casanora & Soundwise
Lay Low- Mixed Casanora & Modulaw
The Blood Returns- Mixed Casanora & Soundwise
The Blood Returns Remix- Mixed Roscius
CTR Home- Mixed Casanora & Soundwise

Masterd by Benoit Piccand
 Artwork by Julie Folly 
Videos Jose Vigers
Text by Alice Galizia
Supported By Kultur Stadt Bern, SWISSLOS/Kultur Kanton Bern, and Burgergemeinde Bern.
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Electric Water

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The music on the debut album Stromfragment is characterised by low-fi samples and field recordings that are combined, arranged and mixed to create an immersive sound experience. The whole thing takes place in a sonically industrial environment, which is reinterpreted by melodic synth sounds into a place to dance. The low tempo of the tracks, which is unusual for the genre, is given an unusually progressive drive by the steadily progressing compression.

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Human Space Machine debuts on re:st with the Zone EP, composed during the recent lockdown era, and we are delighted to host the premiere of Sigh from this upcoming release. Through its galloping percussion, the track strides beautifully over a trail of mid-range frequencies built on slithery basslines and grooves. With a prowling tone and a gradually improved pace in its tempo, the delightfully rhythmical pattern gives away the feeling of yearning for an expedition to unexplored, hypnotic sonic territories. As a result, Sigh delivers a well-known warm feeling of engagement with its persistent loops that eventually put us deliberately into its Zone.

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Kangding Ray's EP 'Predawn Qualia', out now on ara
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“ Who will ever do anything better than that propeller ? ”
( Marcel Duchamp to his friend Constantin Brâncuși, while visiting an aviation technology exhibition )

We need to talk about tools.

The next release on ara, kicking off the new “UTIL” series, will question the process involved in releasing a functional dance music record nowadays, and will be available in digital format, as well as a limited edition customised tool with a download code.

Alex Moya, a.k.a Refracted, has a special place in the ever-changing club music ecosystem : his tracks are staples of countless techno DJ’s and his distinctive sound has spread its influence far beyond the borders of the genre. 

Refracted uses the limitations of utilitarian techno as the creative force behind his productions : the application of disciplined restraint channeled through his unmistakable artistry results in pure abstract gems - as necessary as they are deeply moving.

These are feathered tools, both useful and flamboyant, and we hope you’ll enjoy listening, playing and dancing to them.

# Limited edition tool with download code :
Numbered edition of 33. Handmade with love in Berlin

Fully functional chromium-vanadium steel wrench, fitted with multicoloured natural cockerel feathers.
Use it to fasten nuts & bolts in style, frame it, or exhibit it as a work of art.

Editions are individually numbered - each recognisable as part of a whole, while being slightly different due to the manual production process.

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01 - ara004 - Refracted - M5:8mm

Dates:
24.05.2024 TONTON – transact Festival, Buffet Nord Bern
05.04.2024 Kometa Festival /w The Arem Experience , Burgdorf
10.12.2023 Prefermusic Festival, ZOOBAR Bern
29.04.2023 Blackhole Festival, Liebefeld
07.10.2022 Sonic Mountains, Dampfzentrale Bern
13.08.2022 Klub Kegelbahn, Luzern
13.08.2022 Les Digitales, Buvette Südpol Luzern
08.08.2021 Les Digitales, Porrentruy

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