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RELEASES

Written and recorded remotely in the fall of 2020, Adam O and MALT present "CODEC", a five-track EP in the formats of a 3” pocket CD and digital. Drawing from the themes of the virtual systems, isolation, and a distorted perception of time, "CODEC" reminisces experiences of the warehouse reaching through the smoking area with organically driven acid, pulsating techno, and mysterious breaks

Buy: https://maltmusic.bandcamp.com/album/codec-ep

Codec EP

Warning Label

E.S.P.

Let’s get to the point: SPEED, the latest release from MALT, is built to rattle the dance floor. Its foundation is a bass synth going for a jog, taking cheeky steps but on a determined pace. The drums are programmed to propel and leave no dead air. Don’t mistake it for a straightforward DJ tool, though: the track kicks off with a simple “woo!” and takes its time opening up into a frenetic sci-fi heist. Teases of breaks and glassy arpeggios come to a head and flip the picture, throwing you curveballs and keeping you on your toes. Like the best blockbusters, it’s an action sequence that finds time to be lush and methodical. Yes, at its core, it’s a track designed to get you there. It’s also a track that doesn’t have all day—it needs you to hurry up and fucking dance.

For the steadier heads, the DubMax Version provides the bounce with a more gradual measure. A twisted vocal echoes throughout, almost a chuckle resonating past the chugging and shrugging. It’s a romp. Adam O also boards on with a remix, fixing to take you deeper into the bogs. Knocking garage kicks grab you by the limbs; grimy bass synths pull you into the proceedings. If the original was a race against time, this one’s a test against space, tossing you around within its bounds.

The cherry on top: MALT’s remix of an unreleased Adam O track, “What’s the Password”, an expeditious thriller. Evoking late 20th century paranoia, it moves at a breakneck speed to take you through fiber optics and dial-up lines, through command windows and terminals, to get you back to basics. Wipe the sweat off your brows.

After a period of quiet focus, MALT—a secret weapon and enduring mainstay of Los Angeles—briskly returns with a laser-precise EP that’ll steam up dance floors everywhere. Refill your fog machines and pick up the pace; this one’ll get things going. 

Buy Link:
https://maltmusic.bandcamp.com/album/speed-ep

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PREMIERE: MALT - Speed

Los Angeles’s prince of acid electro, MALT, is back with a new 3-track EP set in the dark streets of a sci-fi noir, just in time for Halloween ruminations.

The title track “Scanner” is propulsive in its beat but walks steady, soundtracking the rush of a private eye keeping his head down and collecting pieces of his puzzle. Bright synth stabs puncture like new discoveries, before the Scanner comes around to knock our hero down a peg… a crunchy modulation rings out as a warning.

Force Placement, a hometown hero in L.A., anchors his remix around that cautionary siren, slowing it down and zooming in on the track’s shadowy realms. Chugging past clanging chains and clandestine voices, we’re the ones scanning now, searching for something we’re not sure of—before a harrowing discovery comes barreling towards us and the signal is lost in the noise.

B-side “Get Checked” is a more contemplative episode but no less energetic. That signature electro bounce remains under ominous pads that cloud around you, a haze that shrouds the voice you’re chasing. Does it have the answer you’re expecting? Or is it a figment of your imagination, wading in the waters of your introspection? Might be time to check yourself… you know, before you might wreck yourself.

Buy Link:
https://maltmusic.bandcamp.com/album/scanner-ep-2

MALT
https://soundcloud.com/malt_7
https://www.instagram.com/malt__man/

PREMIERE: MALT - Scanner

Release for NO BIAS "Bay Area Renegade Trax" compilation

TRACK: https://nobias.bandcamp.com/track/pretty-bass

COMP: https://shorturl.at/bfyJ8

Art: https://www.instagram.com/girlfriendgf/
Mastering: https://www.instagram.com/bastiengoat/
Memes: https://www.instagram.com/estoc_/

Pretty Bass

For the 8th compilation, FuFu Records gathered 8 artists from 5 different Asian countries. 

FuFu Records A&R (@MLCH) presents ‘88 - Double Happiness’ project, a compilation series of 8 tracks from Asian electronic music artists.
88 - Double Happiness comprises a mix of well-known artists and emerging talented producers who are showcasing the new sounds of Asia. It sonically explores the electronic musical scene coming all the diversity of Asian countries.

Each artist brought their own flavour to the compilation with their unique sounds and dance-worthy beats.

88 - Double Happiness

Digital Bones

6. Airbear & MALT - Digital Bones (South Korea)

https://maltmusic.bandcamp.com/album/heavens-door

MALT
https://soundcloud.com/malt_7
https://www.instagram.com/malt__man

Airbear
https://soundcloud.com/airtothebear
https://www.instagram.com/aaron.y.choe

Yetsuby
https://soundcloud.com/yetsuby
https://www.instagram.com/yyetsubyy

NO BIAS
https://www.instagram.com/n.o.b.i.a.s
https://nobias.bandcamp.com

Tracks 1-3 Mixed by Minhwa
www.instagram.com/minhwa.concept

Mastered by Bastiengoat
www.instagram.com/bastiengoat/

PREMIERE: Airbear & Malt - Jet Set Feat. Yetsuby [NO BIAS]

Drift

Black & White

Rush Hour

A.R.C.

soundcloud.com/malt_7

Acid Interception

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Even at the end of the world there will be clubbers. [Right, But’Club] is txtrs.’s second compilation album dedicated to the clubbers that even mankind’s collapse cannot stop.

Inspired by ‘Forever 27 Club’ a phrase used to describe a group of artists who passed before their time, ‘Right, But’Club’ describes the lives of millennials who struggle to prosper despite having done everything ‘right’. Our second EP is an interpretation of these dystopian and despondent ideals and realities.

To make [Right, But’Club] a physical reality, @textures.seoul collaborated with rave culture inspired streetwear brand @gpd_gearpurposedefined to form a team of millennial artists and designers. Together, we created a line of merchandise fit for any festival, rave, or streetwear, released before the ‘end of humanity’ as some doomsdayers would like to think.

Spinoza said that he would plant an apple today even if the world is to collapse tomorrow. In that spirit, despite facing the odds of imminent global destruction we’ll be at the clubs lending our bodies to music. Let the tracks of our new compilation speak for itself and imagine yourself dancing like there is no tomorrow.
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인류가 멸망한대도 클럽에 가야한다는 사람들을 위해 textures. 가 준비한 지침서 [Right, But’Club] 

스물일곱살에 세상을 떠난 아티스트들의 모임 ‘Forever 27 Club’과 같이 ‘Right, But’Club’ 은 2000년대 당시 옳은 일을 했지만 안타깝게 망한 사람들을 지칭하는 모임의 이름이다. 한국의 하우스/테크노 장르를 이끌어 가고 있는 @textures.seoul 의 멤버들은 이 디스토피아적인 주제에 영감을 받아 곧바로 두번째 컴필레이션 제작에 들어갔다. 

앨범을 제목 그대로 중의적인 의미가 담긴 이번 앨범은 음악 이 외에도 클럽과 페스티벌 문화에 영향을 받아 탄생한 패션 브랜드 @gpd_gearpurposedefined 와의 협업으로 그 어떤 클럽과 페스티벌에서도 간편하게 입고 춤을 출 수 있는 콜라보레이션 의류 또한 릴리즈 한다. 

textures. 와 GPD, 음악과 패션, 각자 다른 분야에서 90년대생들을 대표하며 활동하는 이 젊은 아티스트들의 협업은 과거 인류가 예측했던 인류 멸망의 시기인 2020년이 되기 전, 가장 주목해야할 협업임에 분명하다.

스피노자는 내일 지구가 멸망하더라도 오늘 한 그루의 사과나무를 심겠다고 했다. 마찬가지로, 내일 지구가 멸망하더라도 우리는 오늘 클럽에 가서 음악에 몸을 맡길 것이다. 지난 컴필보다 더 뚜렷해진 이번 앨범의 언더그라운드 댄스 트랙들을 들으며 내일이 없는것 처럼 춤을 추는 우리의 모습을 상상해보자.

MALT - System Failure

@malt_7

Transparency Press is a resource for artists to provide context and direct aid to their communities and practices. We've helped compile tracks from our extended community of producers in Los Angeles to provide them direct monetary aid as they weather current and ongoing struggles.

All revenue will be split evenly on an ongoing basis between all artists featured on the compilation. Your contribution will help these artists with everyday necessities and keep their practices moving forward. Thank you!

https://transparencypress.bandcamp.com/album/practice-los-angeles

D TIBERIO (@dtiberio): https://dtiberio.bandcamp.com/
Ghorba (@ghorbadj): https://ghorba.bandcamp.com/
Harriet Brown (@harriet-brown-1): https://harrietbrown.bandcamp.com/
Colored Craig: @coloredcraig
Force Placement (@forceplacement): https://forceplacement.bandcamp.com/
Dearly Departure (@dearlydeparture): https://dearlydeparture.bandcamp.com/
MALT (@malt_7): https://maltmusic.bandcamp.com/
INEF COUPE (@inefcoupe): https://inefcoupe.bandcamp.com/
Space Master (@callmespacemaster): https://soundcloud.com/callmespacemaster
Jake Turpin (@jake-turpin): https://jaketurpin.bandcamp.com/
Wheez-ie (@djwheezie): https://djwheezie.bandcamp.com/
Adam O (@4dam_o): https://soundcloud.com/4dam_o
Maral (@maral66): https://maral.bandcamp.com/

MALT - Earthbound

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