Matt UAP // In Eidsfoss

An absolute master groove-musher, British legend Ray Mang (Mangled, DFA, R&S, Toy Tonics, Eskimo... etc.) harnesses the power of the Italo-disco gods to weave a romantically jacking revamp; bridging the gap betwixt straight up electro heat and brass-laden funk from outer-space. Intrinsically tailored for the dancers’ pleasure, this one’s bound to bring crowds to a steady simmer, just as is true with every Mang- led piece of work.

Dorothea's Rainbow (The Remixes)

Dorothea's Rainbow (Ray Mang's Like Lemon Drops Remix)

Melbourne based Escape Artist has blessed us with a euphoria bursting EP for the 30th release on our main label series! For the past few years we have absolutely loved his genre fusing releases on labels such as Salt Mines and Kalahari Oyster Cult which wonderfully slip between Breakbeat, Techno, House and Jungle. For the “Energy Breakthrough” EP, the focus is primed straight for the lasers, with three blissfully exhilarating and ecstasy inducing original tracks, alongside a remix from one of our favourite up and coming producers, Adam Pits.

The EP begins with the title track which combines old school house piano stabs at the start that evolve into a soothing pad progression and a super saw breakdown that takes you straight to Amnesia circa 1998. Opting for a more broken drum beat, the track floats effortlessly like a night time motorway drive. For the remix, Adam Pits lifts it into the stratosphere, repurposing the bassline and slapping a thunderous 4x4 rhythm underneath. Invoking Sasha and Digweed at their absolute peak, the track fuses the classic sound of Progressive House and Trance with futuristic levels of energy. “Reach for the lasers” doesn’t quite do it justice.

On the B1 is “The Dream We Share” that marries together chopped up funk breaks, plucky synth melodies and uplifting 303 Acid squiggles with jubilant chords for an elated sonic journey. Rounding the release out is the stripped back and introspective “Breathing Room” that is a beautifully peaceful experience after the dance floor focus of the previous cuts. The refreshing aura of the track that harks to the golden age of 90s Chill-Out and Ambient Techno concludes the release in the best way possible.

Vinyl https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/escape-artist-energy-breakthrough-ep-pre-order-phonica-records/177192

https://phonicarecords.bandcamp.com/album/phonica030-escape-artist-energy-breakthrough-ep

https://soundcloud.com/escapeartistaus
https://soundcloud.com/phonicarecords

PREMIERE: Escape Artist - Breathing Room [Phonica Records]

Euan 92

Pinchy & Friends 006

A1. Strings of Eden
B1. Strings of Eden (Garden Mix) feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
B2. Passing Clouds

Additional production on B1:
Strings: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Harp: Miriam Adefris
Percussion: Cal Paterson

Artwork by Alexis Jamet
Written & Produced by Alex Kassian

One time - vinyl only - limited pressing 
Distributed to the world and beyond.

Strings of Eden

P&F 006 Alex Kassian - Strings of Eden feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3P8qEUs

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3P7b8YV

Esteemed proponent of outré dancefloor manoeuvres, Superconscious Records co-founder Fantastic Man makes his Kalahari debut proper.

Having shown up for rework duties on a couple of occasions, we find the mutable oddball at his most trippy and esoteric. In fact, OYSTER42 is the handiwork of a producer who has his formula of balmy, lysergic dance music down to an exact science.

‘Alltogethernow’ gets on a swaggering cosmic tip, all sub-loaded and celestial as levitational arpeggios and funked-up groove dovetail to mesmeric effect. ‘Alpha’, on the other hand, takes a vision quest through enchanted jungle terrain. Initiating with a hypnotic ritual chant, it’s tunnelling and murkily psychedelic; occulted dancefloor rapture tailor-made for the wormhole interior.

As if it were some artefact from a distant ‘90s utopia, Bioxy’ recalls a time when warehouse parties littered the Melbourne landscape. Where its predecessor evokes ceremony and ritual, this is an anachronistic, dilated flashback to simpler times. FM kicks it languid and life-affirming on the closing number. Radiant synth lines flutter with a gentle headiness as ‘Trojan Force’ takes us full circle with a reprise of the rainforest FX.

@fantastic-man

Fantastic Man - Alltogethernow EP | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER42)

Local Fuzz

Hatchback

Napoli based Gigi Testa brings the heat yet again on his third Rush Hour Store Jams release with some spicey Sichuan flavours, straight from the Dragon Temple... Milk not included...

Gigi Testa - Dragon Temple

CKNOWEP38 | Escape Artist - Far Away Places (EP)
BUY LINK: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/far-away-places-ep
Label: Craigie Knowes (https://soundcloud.com/craigie-knowes)
https://www.instagram.com/craigieknowes
> Escape Artist (https://soundcloud.com/escapeartistaus)
https://www.instagram.com/escape______artist/

Extended summer sunshine is poured into all 12”s of Escape Artist’s label debut. ‘Far Away Places’ by Escape Artist is a farewell to festival season in Europe and a warm hello to another dusty summer of parties in the Southern hemisphere. 4 serious trax tracks honed to lift dancefloors and spirits alike.

And yes, your eyes and/or memory don't deceive you. The catalogue number CKNOWEP38 is correct. This is the official 62nd Craigie Knowes EP. Mind, blown.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Escape Artist - Far Away Places

Balearic Biscuits, Vol. 5

Harmonized (LTJ Experience Remix) [feat. Mathias Heise]

Roadtrip soundtrack through the Norwegian highlands, with a collection of songs that have absolutely nothing to do with Norway 🤪

A journey through some of my favourite soundscapes, from ambient techno, balearic, house & deeper tribal cuts.

FULL TRACKLIST
00:00:00 - zakè - Hymn No. 3
00:03:44 - The Orb - Towers of Dub
00:07:11 - Big Bud - Temptation
00:11:43 - Begin - Wood Trees
00:15:47 -  Elninodiablo - Dorothea's Rainbow (Ray Mang's 'Like Lemon Drops' Remix)
00:18:51 - Escape Artist - Breathing Room
00:22:53 - Jorge Reyes y Antonio Zepeda - Wawaki
00:26:38 Jelly & Fish, Tina Welzel - Appreciation
00:30:47 DJ Pippi, Willie Graff, Kenneth Bager, Mathias Heise - Harmonized (LTJ Experience Remix)
00:34:51 - COUSIN - Toad
00:37:30 - Seahawks	- Escape Hatch
00:41:57 Petre Inspirescu - Delir 2
00:46:53 - Kuniyuki Takahashi - Flying Music (Long Dub Version Chapter 2)
00:52:10 - New World Science - Movement 2
00:55:25 - Gabrielle Roth and The Mirrors - Eternal Dance
00:59:00 - The Arc - Something Wonderful
01:03:21 - Chris Coco & Luca Averna - Walearic Dub
01:07:00 - Moscoman - I Ran (Simple Symmetry Remix)
01:11:00 - Alex Kassian - Strings of Eden
01:17:20 - Wes Lee - Afrospace
01:20:35 - Hidden Spheres - Euan 92
01:25:20 - Larry Heard - Feathers Floating
01:30:15 - COUSIN - A Message From Q
01:32:15 - Gigi Testa - Dragon Temple (Original Mix)
01:37:12 - Gene on Earth - Hatchback
01:42:00 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Luciano Remix)
01:46:55 - Brothers' Vibe - Bongoso (Original Mix)
01:53:05 - Bob Bonádis - Space Animals (Original Mix)
01:57:06 - Huerta - The Ritual
02:00:15 - COUSIN - Echo Flats
02:03:26 - Orbital - Halcyon + On + On
02:08:10 - Stefan Vincent - Synesthesia
02:12:56 - Fantastic Man - Alltogethernow
02:16:39 - O.H.M. - Oceanic
02:21:20 - Malin Genie - The Foolish & The Senseless Alike
02:24:05 - Escape Artist - Far Away Places
02:30:30 - Antigone - Words of Silences (feat. Cheyenne)
02:34:18 - Leif - Bluebird
02:39:00 - Iasos - Sighs From Heaven
02:43:00 - Sheila Chandra - The Enchantment
02:46:19 - Raphael Doyle - I Come From Ireland
02:54:21 - Endurance - 1
02:56:00 - Jamie Philokyprou, Solem Quartet, Billy Pod, and Luke Fowler - Brushes

09 - Halcyon + On + On

Buried deep beneath the castle was their only way out of the maze. Outside they could hear the tropical birds of the wilderness calling them, but they had yet to determine a way to break free to the jungle. The escape hatch would provide their only means of access to the greenery of the forest floor and the place of paradise. 

Seahawks are pretty freakin' balearic. I mean, their name is balearic, they sound balearic and the music they make is sure as hell balearic. Lush, peaceful and warm, their new release on Ocean Moon leaves us longing for sunnier climates.

Escape Hatch

PREMIERE: Seahawks - Escape Hatch [Ocean Moon]

Longtime resident of the label Stefan Vincent offers up Dynamic Reflection’s 37th vinyl, a four tracker consisting of three distinct original mixes from Stefan’s own hands and a remix by the fellow Dutchmen Artefakt. 

For everyone who has heard of Stefan Vincent and his music before, it’s no secret that he favors the use of melody and melancholy to bring purport to his tracks and The Spaces Between Time is no exception. While peculiar parts of sound design do their job by keeping things in motion at all times, lush pads find their counterpart in the familiar sounds of vintage drum machines that lay the foundation of these contemporary pieces of techno.

Add to that a very dreamy yet effective remix by Artefakt on the A2 and the tone is undeniably set. DREF037 is the kind of patiently evolving and expanding techno that crowds just will not get enough of, guaranteed.

The Spaces Between Time

Stefan Vincent - Synesthesia

I Ran (Simple Symmetry Remix) (preview)

Out on digital now here: lnk.to/LIR001

Vinyl 12" is shipping out May 22nd, pre-order here: lnk.to/LIR001

Having pinned to perfection the sonics of the Adriatic, Croatia’s Love International Festival bottles up their blissed out rhythms and sunrise sessions for the inauguration of Love International Recordings, fittingly, with a first release from UK producer Begin.  Bringing the Love International feel to wax and digital, the label will encapsulate the range of music the festival’s secluded party paradise has become renowned for. All the way from the balearic tinges of this first release, to the meatier house, techno and electro selections on show at Barbarellas.  Begin aka James Holroyd has a long history with Love International. Dating back to the early 2000s, Holroyd was one of the first guest DJs at the old Garden festival on the former festival site in Petrčane. Long serving Chemical Brothers tour DJ, Back to Basics resident since the 90's and Bugged Out co founder, Begin has long paid his paid his dues to the scene. In the words of Dave Harvey: “he’s been an absolute workhorse in dance music for time”.  Love International 001's tracks seemingly fit the festivals own daily lifecycle. From the docile guitar picking of meditative EP opener ‘Wood Trees’ to the slow daybreak funk of ‘Daypulse’ where synths pierce through the track like sun rays through the Adriatic dusk, the EP is a holistic reflection of what one might hear at one of the festival’s fabled sunrise sessions. ‘Garden Interlude’ ushers in a fresh burst of energy, with the revitalizing sounds of piano house, paired with warming neo soul vocals. ‘Into The Fun’ is a self fulfilling prophecy, closing the EP on a quintessentially balearic note.

@begin

Love International  :
www.facebook.com/Loveinternationalfestival
 https: loveinternationalfestival.com/

LI001: Begin - Wood Trees(A1)

Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Luciano Remix)

Big Bud - Temptation

O.H.M. - Oceanic

With assists from Ramzi and R Weng, Canadian trio Priori, Ex-Terrestrial and Emmanuel Thibau collaborate on a fourth world jam as New World Science. 

'Osmos (Movements)' is out early March on Temple Records.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2ErnWH1

@templerecordsofficial
@priori-ties
@richardwenger
@ramzihouti
@ex-terrestrial

Premiere: New World Science – Movement 2 [Temple]

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Something Wonderful

The Arc - Something Wonderful (1993)HQ

Proud bedroom DJ from the mean streets of Winchester, recently upgraded to living rooms across London. Kitchens available at a 5% surchage. Big things always coming soon....:P