Tapesh & Saintès - Only You (Surge Recordings)

To dance is to reach for a word that doesn't exist,
To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations,
To feel the meaning of a moment in time.
- Beth Jones

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Sebastian Mullaert (aka Minilogue) - Dance thru Shadowed Structures Mix

Following a string of differently brilliant EP projects, iO are finally releasing their debut album. The outlet for the album release is, a very well known to iO fans, label Mulen. Without any exaggeration Barefooter can be called a longplayer - album, as it consists of 14 tracks, 10 of which will be available in digital format and 4 only on vinyl.

It is difficult to judge whether the release will meet the audience expectations, at least because this kind of iO no-one has heard, yet. Whilst for many producers releasing a debut album is like summarising their sound by repackaging old tracks under a new cover, Barefooter - is an independent work, it is more like the beginning of a fresh chapter, rather than a retrospective of the past.

Leaving behind trendy peak-time sound, iO delves deep into the depths of house music and takes to it like duck to water. Firstly, jazz riffs and abundance of syncopation, draw attention to themselves and make the sound more "mature" and original. Samples, without which it is difficult to imagine iO are softer and deeper, rhythms are slowler. Thanks to the creative production techniques, percussion grooves organically develop into melodies, this will most certainly please real music lovers.

The album really deserves to be heard in full, there is practically no bulging "hits" or "filler" tracks. Barefooter - is a real story with it’s prelude, climax and epilogue. This release will be accompanied by an additional bonus remix EP from Mulen artists. Westboy, Tish & Federico Molinari, Deep Square, Kirik are all presenting their visions of IO tracks, mostly providing them with a solid dancefloor groove. This thought-through combination of efforts by talented musicians once again demonstrates the unique potential of Mulen label.

A1. IO (Mulen) - Under the Bridge (Vinyl Only)

Namaste

Lone - Earth Trip (Unreleased)
Gabriola - Spirit Mirror (Nu Mix)(Unreleased / Magicwire)
Ex Terrestrial - Portal Vision (Kalimba Mix) (unreleased)
The Future Sound of London - Stolen Documents (Virgin)
Dream 2 Science - My Love Turns to Liquid (Original Mix) (Power Move Records)
Lone - From A Past Life (R&S Records)
Gnork - Tokyo Breaks (Unreleased / Magicwire)
Lone - Minds Eye Melody (R&S Records)
Joe - Tail Lift (Hessle Audio)
Maniqin - Slide6 (Nail Shop)
Earls Booom!!! - Thank You (Booom!!! Edits)
Scan 7 - The Resistance (Tresor)
Lone - Crush Mood (R&S Records)
DJ Haus - Hey, Now Wait a Minute (Unknown to the Unknown)
Rise Productions - Rise (Hilltop Records)
Lone - Temples (R&S Records)
Addis Posse - Let the Warriors Dance (??? Edit) (Unreleased)
Trevino - Derelict (Nakedlunch)
Posatronix - Shake It (Direct Beat)
Lone - Hyper Seconds (R&S Records)
Directional Force - Parameter (R&S Records)
Autechre - Cavity Job (Hardcore Records)
Special Request - Brainstorm (Houndstooth)
X-static - Free (Production House)
THC - Surreal (Twisted Records)
Lone - Pineapple Crush (Manchester Warehouse Vip) (Magicwire / Cheap Thrills)
Kaotic Chemistry - Drumtrip (Moving Shadow)
Johnny L - Hurt U So (Yo!Yo! Records)
Millie and Andrea - Ever Since You Came Down (Daphne)
SW. - Reminder (Burridim Mix by Dj Sotofett)

LONE - BBC RADIO ONE ESSENTIAL MIX

Beshknow Norouz1397(Pedram Eda)

For the next chapter of our series, we welcome the outstanding producer iO(Mulen). 

Being head of countless labels, he contributed in shaping the electronic sound from a decade or so. He join our podcast family with a full unreleased 1h40mins cut

Some of them will be released on his labels such as Whiteloops/Blackloops, VOY, Oldivibes, and Hoarder, while others will become a part of his solo album which is out this spring. This allowed him to extensively play with different moods, different genres and to show all shades of his production.

Trommel.046 - iO(Mulen) [all unreleased]

In steps Priori, who is one of this years stand out emergences from Montreal, aka the locale of the world’s almost unanimously agreed and revered hot bed of upcoming underground talent. His much followed output via several of his alias' as well as Co-founding NAFF along side his good friend Ex-Terrestrial, is seemingly forming a new movement of experimental, yet almost classically dance floor focused music. Whether or not this is intentional is not for us to know and whether you know it or not, you're listening to it, enjoying it and it's taking the dance music community by storm.

Priori manages to encapsulate this in his hour for us, expect stripped back dubbed out tunes, more melodic periods interspersed with harder pulsating no nonsense warehouse vibes. Whatever the tone of music there is little dalliance away from that razor sharp, industrial edges which have made that Montreal sound so infamous for.

If you haven't checked Priori's latest offerings, check the links below to his new record on NAFF, On a Nimbus, as well as a new forthcoming project on Clone!

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/priori-ties
On A Nimbus: https://naffrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/on-a-nimbus.
MSL 2020 EP on Clone: https://clone.nl/item57815.html
Us: www.fourheadsmusic.com

FH || Priori

www.openlab.fm | 106.4FM in Ibiza & Formentera

We are stoked to welcome Montreal DJ & producer Francis Latrielle a.k.a Priori to our OpenLab Presents series .  
Priori has been putting out some incredible EP’s and remixes in the past few years and, alongside Ex-Terrestrial, he runs NAFF Recordings, where he released his debut full-length “On a Nimbus” one of our favourite releases of last year. Tune in this evening at 8PM for 2 hours of music that’s dear to him and some unreleased and forthcoming material! 

Tracklist:
Space Afrika - Where is (Not on Label - 2020)
Pontiac Streator - Angelus Spit ft. Mister Water Wet (Motion Ward - 2020)
Feu St-Antoine - Printemps (Éditions Apparent - 2020)
Shuttle 358 - Swarm (12K - 1999)
Chestnut People - ??? (Unreleased)
Human Mesh Dance - Dahlia (Instinct Records - 1993)
??? - ??? (NAFF Recordings - 2020)
Donato Dozzy - Edera (Railyard Recordings - 2008)
Dino Sabatini - Extraction (Prologue - 2012)
Global Electronic Network - Time Square Pt. 1 (Mille Plateaux  - 1994)
Iota & Sam Brickel - Interzone (Animalia - ???)
Aural Imbalance - Genetica (Within Records - 2003)
DHS - I Am Your Control (Tino Corp - 2001)
Killer DJs - ??? (DustWorld - ???)
Walker - Untitled (DJ Ungle Fever - ???)
Ebi - Tori (Space Teddy - 1996)
Haruomi Hosono - Heliotherapy (Sun and Moon Records - 1995)
X Breaks - Mechanismz (Octagon - 1999)
Boof - Feeling the Color Blue (Spectrum Records - 2000)
Killer DJs - ??? (DustWorld - ???)
Ambien Baby - Cosquillas (NAFF - 2020
Love Spirals Downwards - City Moon (Projekt - 1998)
Slowdive - Option One (Instrumental) - Demo Version (Creation Records - 1995)
The Detroit Escalator Company - Twilight Finding (Peacefrog Records - 2006)
??? - ??? (NAFF - ???)
Kenji Kawai - Virtual Crime (RCA Japan - 1995)

OpenLab Presents: Priori

Montreal-based DJ, producer and label owner Francis Latrielle, better known as Priori, joins us for the 79th edition of the Phonica Mix Series.

Priori has become a firm favourite of ours here at Phonica over the past couple of years. His releases, which crossover through many electronic genres, from house and techno to IDM and ambient, have been picked up by such labels as Echovolt and Dust E-1’s Dust World in recent years, although much of his musical output, including his phenomenal 2019 album, ‘On A Nimbus’, comes via his own label, NAFF, which he co-runs with fellow Montrealer Ex-Terrestrial.

Head on over to Off The Record to check out the full feature, including an interview, where we talked about his past, present, and future plans, life in lockdown, Montreal’s music scene, and more. Enjoy!

Namaste

manu mana