No Hassle

Oysters In May

Out now on Crosstown Rebels: https://lnk.to/CRM274

Emerging Netherlands-based pairing Parallells will land on Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels imprint for the first time next month. Gifting us an emotive offering in Ashes of Snow (The Rebirth Of The Phoenix), it acts as a tribute to their favourite Portuguese beach club, Yamba, which was tragically destroyed by a fire last year. 

The brother’s spoke on what inspired them: “In May 2021 a devastating fire destroyed Yamba, one of our favourite beach clubs in Caparica (Lisbon), where we often performed. Yamba’s journey through the flames has become an inspiration to us and so we decided to compose Ashes of Snow. It represents the story of the phoenix as it finally rises from its ashes and morphs into a new form, with renewed wings taking flight towards a new adventure. On The Banks of The River is a continuation of Ashes of Snow, where love flows from Lisbon’s river to the Atlantic Ocean for a night full of emotions in Caparica.”

The title track hits a wonderful sweet spot between electronic elements and organic instrumentals. It feels raw and authentic, blending saxophone segments, electric guitar tones and a jazzy-like backbone to form a cut that feels ripe for both sunrise or sunset. On The Banks of The River comes next, manifesting as a more toughened dance music number thanks to deep bass components whilst still retaining the boys’ natural sound. Rounding off proceedings is Clive Henry, who’s remix of Ashes of Snow flies the flag for contemporary minimal. Weighty kicks reside next to delicate hats before ethereal synths are brought in, creating a romanian inspired piece that you can’t help but dance to. 

Parallells are two Amsterdam-based brothers hailing from the south of France. Multi-instrumentalists, composers, producers and label owners (Klassified), their music cuts across electronica, electro-jazz and underground dance music. Their live, hybrid and DJ sets have graced some of the world’s most esteemed stages, including DGTL, Robot Heart, Mayan Warrior, The Gardens of Babylon, Wonderfruit and many more besides. Their music is also heavily influenced by world culture, a feat that led them to launch their video series concept A Day In. Through this, they immerse in diverse cultures around the world, capturing sounds from their day-to-day life and unfold the story through the medium of music. Clive Henry is a linchpin of house music as we know it today. Cutting his teeth as one half of the tribal house duo Peace Division, he has held a long-term residency at Circoloco, Ibiza and has racked up bookings at standout venues and festivals including Printworks and Houghton to name a few.

Parallelle, Clive Henry

Ashes of Snow

Parallelle - Ashes of Snow (Clive Henry Remix)

Monnaka

Nether Portal

Peng Peng Here We Go Again (Remix)Original by Peng Peng

Peng Peng Here We Go Again (Remix)

Tinnitus

Pars Tensa

Track available at Traxsource: 
https://www.traxsource.com/title/920318/hermeto-ep

Hermeto EP

Hermeto

Sue Avenue - Hermeto

SUPPORT / BUY:

http://www.beatport.com/release/over-the-edge-ep/965196
http://www.decks.de/t/robosonic-over_the_edge_ep/c0a-7l
http://www.deejay.de/Robosonic-Over_The_Edge_Ep__106737

FEEDBACKS:

Joris Voorn: Wow, great work again! Thanx guys..
Huxley: cool release. will try over. thanks!
Adana Twins: This is why we love Robosonic! Full support and love for our Berlin Buddys!
MANIK: Cool stuff here. Will def play these.
Reboot: the edge is cool !
DJ T.: will download. thank you for good music!
Robert Owens: the edge, great
Worthy: Love the Robosonic vibes!!! Classy and sexy to the top!!
SIS: very nice ep thx
Hot Since 82: Th edge is wicked man
Homework: Over for us!
Daniel Dexter: Great tunes! 
Wildkats: Another great release. Thanks
Lee Jones: good use of that famous sample. will get some good reactions i'm sure
LEON: nice...support!
Hector Couto: The edge for me, really good track, perfect for my sets
M.in: nice release
Shir Khan: Kings of Beats - Kings of Samples - Kings of Fieldrecording. Robosonic is back like the Sega Megadrive. 
Monte: Verry Good EP. My fav. : B1 !
Los Suruba: Loving "The Edge", will play and support for sure ;)
AFFKT: Wow, loving this one a lot!!!
Samuel Dan: huge release by robosonic! will play these a lot. thx!
Channel X: Awesome vibes here. Thanks!!
Florian Meindl: The Edge is cool
David Jach: yes! nice ep and full support !!! great work guys
Benno Blome: over for me!
Ben Mono: big fan of the The Edge, cheers!
Mijk Van Dijk: "Over" works well for me. Should be again a success for Robosonic and OFF.
Julien Sandre: another fabolous work for Robsonic! love this ep
Tapesh: for the edge love that sample from david McCallum !!!


RELEASE INFOS:

While Robosonic's extraordinary OFF debut  „Worst Love“ was paying homage to a specific underground rap record by the Dilated Peoples (actually without sampling the record itself), the follow-up now takes it way over the edge: consciously, of sound mind.   Since their early vinyl bootlegs (2005) under various aliases and their critically acclaimed first album as Robosonic (2007), Cord and Sacha incorporate a certain sense of irony into their undisputed world class production work. For their next episode on OFF, the boys cut slices of hiphop sample history and flipped them into seriously soulful house music joints.   Functional arrangements with plenty of musical references to golden eras and past times create the emotional depth of Robosonic’s modern „hi-tech soul“.
„OVER“ with its intimate feel seems less obvious than the famous hookline of „THE EDGE“. In fact Dr. Dre was not the first beatmaker to cook it up, so Robosonic probably aren‘t the last either. They just do what they like doing best. Funnily enough our praised creators anticipate critics and let Talib do the talking:  „These cats ain‘t real.“


BUY ON BEATPORT

Robosonic - "Over"

fabric presents Maribou State

Intro (Mixed)

Marathon

Athens

I Know You Like It

Bass Man (1992)

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/total_20

Two decades. Twenty years. Twenty compilations. Over 400 tracks. Over two days of total playing time and countless coloured dots. If someone would have told us in 1999, when we put together TOTAL 1 that this would turn into one of the longest standing compilation series in techno world we would have laughed out loud. But here we are – in the year 2020 which will probably go down in history as the most difficult period ever for club culture. But we won’t stop doing what we’re doing. Music is our oxygen. We’ll dance together soon again.

The TOTAL series has always been like KOMPAKT’s yearbook and to say it with the late Frank Sinatra: It was a very good year. Our family of artists delivered a strong heterogeneous mix of uplifting sounds, from the lush reveries of ROBAG WRUHME and SOELA to the stark primetime bangers of MARC ROMBOY or ANNA & KITTIN and everything in between. Notable new entries to our crew are the Londoner KIWI with his wonderfully careless “Hello Echo” that picks up the camp disco vibes Justus Köhncke made a staple in our repertoire. Amsterdam’s DAVID DOUGLAS delivers an appetizer for a full course meal. His quirky pop approach sits comfortably between fellow dutchmen WEVAL’s abstract beats and AGENTS OF TIME’s opulent Italo Disco. YOTAM AVNI blends Detroit techno with new age jazz that reminisces the sound of ECM artists like Jan Garbarek or John Surman. The man with the hat, KÖLSCH also picks up jazzier notes in his very own big room style. Youngblood JONATHAN KASPAR appears twice, fortifying his status as one of the hottest beat smiths of our hometown Cologne. TOTAL wouldn’t be TOTAL without our permanent staff present in full force. As per tradition, KOMPAKT’s founding fathers, VOIGT & VOIGT, JÜRGEN PAAPE, JÖRG BURGER, MICHAEL MAYER as well as our Berlin outpost SASCHA FUNKE all deliver exclusive gems that also feature on Total 20’s double vinyl edition.

May TOTAL 20 become your trustworthy companion in these uncertain times.

Jörg Burger - Surprise Yourself (Total 20)

Two music making, tea drinking, boys from the Shire…