Order link: http://mannequinrecords.bigcartel.com/product/mnq-100-various-waves-of-the-future

Mannequin Records celebrates its 10 years and 100th release with a non-retrospective compilation, Waves of the Future, out February 16th, 2018.

Edition of 800 copies. 
Regular editions are available in black vinyl (500 copies) and grey vinyl (200 copies).
Limited silkscreen mail art edition available in 100 decal numbered copies on black vinyl (comes with silkscreened insert)

MNQ100 Various Artists - Waves of the Future

Memory

in meinen träumen


🌌 [CYBERLIFE.EXE] — a journey through neon lights, glitches, and digital melancholy.
Here, Synthwave nostalgia from the 80s collides with the cold pulse of Cyberwave, wrapped in the warm textures of Lo-Fi that soothe the noise of endless cities.

This is music for midnight streets, empty highways, and the glow of windows flickering in sync with your thoughts.
It’s where the past blends with the future, and emotions transform into digital code.

✨ Atmosphere:

neon synths glowing like city lights in the night;

deep bass, echoing like the heartbeat of a machine;

glitch effects dissolving reality into streams of data;

melancholic melodies leaving the aftertaste of nostalgia.

⚡ [CYBERLIFE.EXE] — more than music. It’s the soundtrack to a world where you choose: to be a wanderer in the neon haze or the hero of your own cyber story.

You can buy it

Listen to the void

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Waves of the Future // 2x12"
Release date: February 16th 2018

Mannequin’s newest project and 100th release overall: the Waves of the Future double LP compilation, which itself is not a conventional retrospective collection. Case in point – none of the artists appearing on this collection have put out their own releases on Mannequin yet, despite acting as Mannequin’s unofficial ambassadors (via DJ sets and other means). This makes the set even more compelling rather than less so, since it shows how Mannequin fits into a larger picture that includes other scene leaders and label owners including Beau Wanzer (Ecstatic), Willie Burns (WT Records), Silent Servant (Jealous God) and Ron Morelli (L.I.E.S.). Of equal importance is how Waves of the Future projects a sense of aesthetic resilience and continuity; showcasing just how well the current artists allied with Mannequin employ and re-interpret the sonic lexicon that appears on that label’s reissues of ‘classic’ acts such as Nocturnal Emissions, Bourbonese Qualk, Din A Testbild and Doris Norton.

However, none of this would matter as much if the music itself didn’t have strong potential for lighting a blaze in the dark corners of the human imagination, and of course for forcing bodies into motion. Each track here pivots around a couple of key sound elements that seem to set the stage for the next track to come: see the sputtering / chopped ghost voices on Morelli’s “Charges Won’t Stick,” which easily informs the slicing drone and authoritarian beat of Shawn O’ Sullivan’s “Ill Fit,” which then lays down the emotional foundation for the sequencer-powered “With You” from An-I & Adriani or the glassy landscape of Illum Sphere’s “Exhaustion”. Elsewhere, the wired mischief of Not Waving intersects easily with the spherical electro-funk and coded commands of Beau Wanzer. When all the disparate parts of Waves of the Future are soldered together, it perfectly illustrates Mannequin’s non-linear philosophy and Adriani’s suggestion that Mannequin listeners directly engage with the music rather than trying too hard to analyze or dissect it.

A1 / 1. Silent Servant - Defiant Pose 
A2 / 2. Ron Morelli - Charges Won't Stick 
B1 / 3. Beau Wanzer - Snake And Shake 
B2 / 4. Shawn O'Sullivan - Ill Fit 
C1 / 5. Not Waving - Secret Weapon 
C2 / 6. An-i & Alessandro Adriani - With You 
D1 / 7. Willie Burns - Light Far Over 
D2 / 8. Illum Sphere - Exhaustion

Mastering by Rude 66, Amsterdam, 2017.
Artwork and tracks selection by Alessandro Adriani, Berlin, 2017.

Waves Of The Future

MNQ100 - Not Waving - Secret Weapon [Zweikommasieben premiere]

Mannequin Records celebrates its 10 years and 100th release with a non-retrospective compilation, Waves of the Future, out February 16th, 2018.

Edition of 800 copies. 
Regular editions are available in black vinyl (500 copies) and grey vinyl (200 copies).
Limited silkscreen mail art edition available in 100 decal numbered copies on grey vinyl (comes with silkscreened insert)
Order link: http://mannequinrecords.bigcartel.com/product/mnq-100-various-waves-of-the-future

D2. Illum Sphere - Exhaustion

B2. Shawn O'Sullivan - Ill Fit

B1. Beau Wanzer - Snake And Shake

A2. Ron Morelli - Charges Won't Stick

A1. Silent Servant - Defiant Pose

Portland’s Body-San steps up on 100% Silk with the ‘Midnight’ EP. Hear the hazy ambient house cut ‘EZ Spirits’ now…

Read more: https://bit.ly/2E7t4B4

Midnight

Premiere: Body-San ‘EZ Spirits’

Vera Dvale & Psykovarius will release "AVAV" the follow up album to 2017's "UDU". 
Look out for - AVAV - released on Sex Tags AMFIBIA, April 2019.

Please note: this is not original recordings from the LP but sound snippets from an outdoor field recording of AVAV, done next to the Pacific Ocean, in the backyard of Selma Lodder, Papudo, Chile, 2018.

In stores:
CLONE 
https://clone.nl/item55857.html
OYE RECORDS 
https://oye-records.com/releases/vera-dvale-psykovarius-avav
JUNO
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/vera-dvale-psykovarius-avav/728539-01/

--- Backyard teaser of AVAV ---

axaxaxa #41 by @reymour – Vomi De Velours

axaxaxa #41 by Reymour – Vomi De Velours

On ‘Redeux’ ‘Penelope Two’s’ themes of life and death and of hope and dismay are still prevalent, being brought to the surface in a myriad of ways.  

On this SoundCloud stream, Throbbing Gristle’s Cosey Fanni Tutti’s dystopian, avant-garde and jazz tinged electronics are deployed alongside her signature Cornet to flip the album single ‘Carry Me’.    

After the release of her sublime, critically acclaimed sophomore solo album ‘Penelope Two’, Penelope Trappes and Houndstooth are pleased to announce ‘Redeux’; an album of top-drawer reworks of tracks from ‘Penelope Two’, which showcase not only the intrinsic brilliance of Penelope’s composition and performances, but also her far-reaching and all-encompassing musical influences and significance. 

“There were no preconceived notions of how the reworks would work together, just total freedom. I’m absolutely in love with all of these! I never really thought I’d get the chance to collaborate with such an array of creative artists who have inspired me, but at this point, I’ve learned to never say never” explains Penelope. 

01. Burn On (Mogwai Rework)
02. Carry Me (Cosey Fanni Tutti Rework)
03. Maeve (JFDR Rework)
04. Farewell (Johnny Hostile Rework) 
05. Night Hive (Paul Corley Rework)
06. Nite Hive (Nik Colk Void Rework)
07. Connector (Aasthma Rework) 
08. Farewell (Throwing Snow Rework)
09. Kismet (Poppy Ackroyd Rework)
10. Burn On (Félicia Atkinson Rework)

Released June 7th 
Vinyl / digital
-------------------

Penelope signed to Houndstooth in 2018 and released her sophomore LP (and photo book) ‘Penelope Two’ in October 2018. The minimalist, ethereal album was built around field recordings, meditations, guitars, synth drones, piano and reverb, and deals with mortality, predestination and empathy. Previously known for her work in the electronic duo The Golden Filter”

Under the latter moniker the duo released albums with Brille, Vinyl Factory and Optimo that were praised by The FADER, Pitchfork, NME, Gorilla Vs Bear and Resident Advisor. Additional endeavours included sound-tracking short films and feature films and are currently releasing new material.

When not making music Penelope works on photography, video and performance art as part of a visual arts collective, Agnes Haus.

Redeux

Carry Me (Cosey Fanni Tutti Rework)

BUY / STREAM LP

Penelope Trappes - Carry Me (Cosey Fanni Tutti Rework)

Pierre Bastien orchestrates his meccano marionettes on Tinkle Twang ‘n Tootle to form the charming imaginative ensemble that he’s been known for since the late 80s. 

Equal parts composer, inventor, mechanic, and performer - Bastien translates his imagination into instruments and compositions that defy any musical categories. Whether it’s preparing instruments like playing a trumpet underwater or through a kazoo, using belt-driven motors and mechanical components to perform cumbersome yet surprisingly musical operations on traditional instruments and household items, or using a fan to hit the strings of a kundi harp with flowing paper - Bastien’s love for tone, rhythm, noise and harmony is poetically reflected across his quite extensive oeuvre. 

Playful and melancholic, the sound sculptures that Bastien invents and plays with are partly inspired by the work of Raymond Roussel, a visionary French author who at the turn of the 20th century wrote a unique form of literature which inspired and guided artists from the surrealist and pataphysical movement and was declared by Michel Foucault as one of structuralism's founding fathers. On that note, the influence of literature and syntax on Bastien’s work cuts all the way through to the palindromes he uses for his track titles - which, much like his machines, infinitely loop. 

True to it’s adorable title, Tinkle Twang ‘n Tootle is a music box of unfolding whimsical structures, half broken rhythms, detuned harmonies, and fantastical sound collages that evoke a childlike sense of wonder and an urge to explore the spaces in between the sounds.

Tinkle Twang 'n Tootle

Pierre Bastien - Pet Step [from Tinkle Twang 'n Tootle]

Canadian producer RAMZi gives us another glimpse into her magical world on her new album Multiquest Niveau 1: Camouflé, recently released on her own FATi Records imprint. In similar fashion to her offerings for 12th Isle and Mood Hut, she paints an extraordinary sound palette of everything from breaks and acid to Balearic and experimental. We've got the official video premiere for 'Attak Mousaillon', check it out below...

"This video represents hope for resistance hidden in the decadence of the zombies world. The main protagonists of the RAMZi world, who are the children and the animals, are as always teaming together to trick, and this time, poison the zombies in their morbidity.

This music video is the continuation of a Federico Lamas’s VJset made for RAMZi 's live show at MUTEK Buenos Aires in 2019. Federico's video-installations, animations and illustrations always works through irony. A funny troy horse full of recycled darkness."

PREMIERE: RAMZi - Attak Mousaillon [FATi Records]

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