RA New Tracks: April 2018

When You Need A Minute

Constant, denial.
You are not enough. Are you not enough?

The friction of thoughts will always be there.

Take a breath. Look at the sky.
credits


Mastering by Matteo Lasio
@matteo_lasio

Under Friction

02-1225

Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah! - Dekmantel (DKMNTL052) 

a1.	Juju & Jordash - Herkie
a2.	Juju & Jordash - Rah-Rah
b1.	Juju & Jordash - Back Tuck Basket Toss
b2.	Juju & Jordash - Deadman
c1.	Juju & Jordash - Paper Dolls
c2.	Juju & Jordash - Hanging Pyramid
c3.	Juju & Jordash - L-Motion
d1.	Juju & Jordash - Attack The Crowd
d2.	Juju & Jordash - One Armed Liberty

https://shop.dekmantel.com/release/5775/

Gal (Juju) and Jordan (Jordash) return home to the Dekmantel stable for their fourth LP. It’s their most complete record to date. A series of purpose-written compositions, that highlight their maturity as musicians, and adept dexterity in the studio.

Without the pairing of Juju & Jordash, there would be no Dekmantel. The duo are an integral part of the label’s history, dating back to 2009 when they where they were the first act to release on the imprint. The two vagabonds can often be found performing live at various outdoor festivals and renowned clubs around the globe, jamming away behind a tabletop of buttons, knobs, synths, and drum machines - like a retro, control-station from Star Trek - albeit one that hums along with the jazz-centric, discordant house, and techno whirrings played by the musicians.

Nowadays Juju & Jordash have evolved far beyond their ’oddball house’ moniker. Their freestyle approach to performance, and immaculate refined sounds have became somewhat more defined, in a style that’s unique, yet elaborate, with a sense of otherworldliness, not only befit for the dancefloor, but otherwise transcendental moments. Following on from their previous LP, 2014’s Clean-Cut, a record of primal, forward thinking, variations from the studio, Sis-boom-bah is an album steeped in studio traditionalism, with a direction towards composition. “We wanted the focus of this album to be the music and not necessarily the process, so we made sure to perfect the performances before shifting the focus on to the production,” states Jordash about the record. Recorded over the space of a few, intense weeks, and built upon years of improvised live shows in front of thousands of listeners, Sis-boom-bah was written around grooves written by Juju on the guitar, and Jordash on the Rhodes. It was the first album the duo have written using such an approach, and solely produced and mixed by Jordash in Amsterdam over the course of a year, making it their most authentic record to date. 

Sis-boom-bah’s diverse, spiritual nature is built around Juju & Jordash's use of polyrhythms. The percussive sequenced grooves, and rhythmic backbone was generated using the Yamaha DX7, along with the Roland TR606 drum machine. This approach to rhythm can be heard from the outset within the very first track ‘Herkie’, an ephemeral, yet tribal approach to minimalist funk. The spirituality flows throughout the record, where it sounds like the duo have brought along the nature with them from the foresty raves. In actually fact, the background noise comes courtesy of “noise generators from two separate synthesizers, each with its own filter slowly opening and closing so it kinda sounds like waves or wind.” There are also nods towards their acid influences, with some surefire slices of house music too. Sis-boom-bah is still very much a Juju & Jordash record, yet it's one with a greater depth, musically and stylistically. As electronic music albums go, you'll be hard pushed to find one more complete. "People should listen to this on a loud and clear sound-system," explains Jordash, "high on life, in their own special safe place."

DKMNTL052 // Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah!

The 2nd release of 2018 on Gang Fatale is the first solo project from founding member Neana (on the Trak)
Following the lounge album Portal, the label returns to the natural environment of The Club. Two long-awaited Fatale classics come in the form of Neana’s ‘Private Joke’ and ‘Scrub’ with a video by Jungle Joe. 
Private Joke is a rendition of Ms Jackson’s Control, syncopated snares, toms and pastel synth chops scrap over a constantly rotating 8 bar structure. An intense sense of nostalgia is executed within JJ’s video: concise or lost memories are warped through hazy filters of shapeshifting colour, reflecting the fast paced but personal attitude of track 1.

Track 2 'Scrub' is a drum machine workout heading straight for dance club euphoria. Mimicking the rolling structure instigated by Private Joke, Scrub denies all melodic elements to allow the clientele to present their own tonality with confidence. Crashing and burning for over 5 minutes of action!!! , Scrub embodies utopian big room ambitions for dystopian futures.

Mastering by Rupert Clervaux
Art & Video by Jungle Joe

https://gangfatale.bandcamp.com/album/private-joke-scrub
https://open.spotify.com/album/0wzGmOQyeZp8dKn8rVxxMV?si=zoB6BmkTRIGzRUp80fHv1w
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/private-joke-scrub-single/1361921070
https://boomkat.com/products/private-joke-scrub

Private Joke / Scrub

Neana on the Trak - Scrub

"End-of-days, brain haemorrhage techno with pulverised breaks. " - Resident Advisor
Support from Aphex Twin, Nina Kraviz, Ben UFO, Objekt, Avalon Emerson, DJ Seinfeld, JASSS and more

AQXDM aka @aquarian x @deapmash -- out now on Bedouin Records

BUY:
Digi: bedouinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aegis
12": honestjons.com/shop/artist/AQXDM/release/Aegis

AQXDM - Ballad 002

Full track now streaming as part of RA's new tracks.

'Stratosphere' by Twoman, out on Man Band 22d June.

Buy:
Phonica: https://goo.gl/EThLC9
Clone: https://goo.gl/sUdVjn
Juno: https://goo.gl/YjCq5f
Rush Hour: https://goo.gl/e4muvm
Deejay: https://goo.gl/ByS5PT
Redeye: https://goo.gl/jnX9Sw
Decks: https://goo.gl/rDeH1V
HHV: https://goo.gl/DJZuqk

Twoman - Hot Jam Mixer Routing

'Erhu' - the first track from Walton's new album, 'Black Lotus'.
Released 6th July.
Pre-order now: https://tectonic.databeats.com/group/walton-black-lotus

Erhu

Walton - Erhu

Arkajo returns with three new cuts on the Aniara frequency, travelling through soundscapes in his elegant yet rugged style.

Artwork by TAS Visuals

Bandcamp

Arkajo - Avasarala

Another one off At Ease!! Out in May :)

Pre-order digi via FT > https://futuretimes.bandcamp.com/album/at-ease
Pre-order vinyl > http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=102387

At Ease

Will DiMaggio - O God Dam (Sus Mix) (from At Ease LP - FT046)

The museum was full of beautiful old artefacts and ancient relics from an era long ago. Dinosaurs hung disjointed by scattered bones upon string from the ceiling, a shell of the great noble monsters they once were in another life whilst a marble sweeping staircase led upwards towards ancient paintings and ornaments. The empty hall was deadly silent under the peace of the midnight hour, only the tapping of feet upon the floor could be heard in the depth of history. It was delicate and pristine. 

Tech Startup is a newly founded label run from Seattle, it is being distributed by Rubadub and the first release is a strong statement of intent from a new face who produces under the guise of A Psychic Yes.

TS000001

PREMIERE: A Psychic Yes - Delicated [Tech Startup]

Transfigured Time 006 - Cocktail Party Effect
Release date - 5th November 2018
Buy Vinyl - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/cocktail-party-effect-death-of-an-algorithm/705894-01/
Buy Digital - transfiguredtime.com/album/death-of-an-algorithm

Cover Photo by Andro Eradze 
Sleeve design by Gacha Bakradze
Mastered by Gigi Jikia

Distributed by Kompakt.

Cocktail Party Effect - Ctrl

A1. Skinrat
B1. Thomas

After just 6 months since first seeing Big Yawn perform, we are thrilled to welcome them to the Research family. A compelling prelude to their debut album "No!" due out in late 2019.

Over six years the Melbourne-based group has evolved, with members of the band running various releases through label and collective Fallopian Tunes. As of 2019, Big Yawn had become a four-member music group, motivated by a history of studio production, prolific collaboration and quality hangout time.

The groups freshest effort 'Skin Rat/Thomas' captures the band performing live in the studio, and it's typical Big Yawn: fat and punchy low-end bass; drums and live drum processing; delay fx samples; thick syrupy synths. 'Skin Rat' is a hyperbolically dubbed out, tongue in cheek, magnetic blend of UK garage, footwork and breaks. And 'Thomas' takes cues from a slightly damaged post-punk sound, amplifying a brittle and sinister type of atomic porn-funk.

Limited to 200 copies. Hand numbered and housed in a screen-printed sleeve, artwork by Julian Hocking.

Big Yawn - Skinrat (RREP04)

Free Download —> https://eddylarkin.bandcamp.com/album/various-vol-5
To celebrate the fourth birthday of French Bass label Eddy Larkin, old signings and new recruits come to join the feast. A-Sim, Stepart, Basic, Pap and Blame are back alongside hometown buddies Breaking-E and Théo Muller. With them, we welcome Alder, Hanah, Lucas GTZ, De:ma and Glory to splurge and complete the team. 11 tracks devoted to the dance floor, ready to unsheathe when the party hits peak time.

Follow @Blame_sound on Facebook: hhttps://www.facebook.com/blame.sound2/

BLAME - 45 Riddim (free download)

DJ Overnite, the toughest alias of label honcho Physical Therapy -- comes swinging for the speakers with Allergy Season’s first release of 2020 - “Boom Boom". On four pounding grooves, DJ Overnite steps out on his own as a purveyor of no-punches-pulled techno, sure to brighten the eyes of even the most exhausted raver.

Buy on Bandcamp

DJ Overnite - Thick Tool

This is a fundraiser for MASI with all profits going to them to help end the inhumane Direct Provision system in Ireland. Many thanks to all the artists for contributing tracks.

MASI is the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland, a platform for asylum seekers to unite, demanding an end to direct provision, the right to work and education, residency for all in the system, and an end to the brutal deportation regime.

Head over to MASI's website for more info on their work >>> www.masi.ie

DJ Biblical Plague - Carlito

run by @toma-kami

bandcamp: http://mbstudio.bandcamp.com

contact: toma.manband@gmail.com

Twoman - Hot Jam Mixer Routing

mb studio

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