
An epic sonic journey crossing classic Kompakt territory - from Pop Ambient to tuneful techno and house -, VAL MAIRA is not just the extended follow-up to DAVE DK's much-adored PALMAILLE 12" (KOMPAKT 277), a release that already stood out for its almost uncanny emulation of Kompakt's more impressionist panoply, but a sonic achievement in its own right - a record as delicate as it is candid, deliberately showcasing all its strengths and dodges, but ultimately - magically - amounting to so much more than the mere sum of its parts. In many ways, VAL MAIRA is the perfect Kompakt record, albeit one that Kompakt never made. Until now.

Dave's third full-length after his 2007 album on Moodmusic and a debut on Müller Records in 2000, this new offering named after a valley in the Italian mountains goes beyond admittedly impressive production skills, aiming for deeply personal expressiveness and emotional impact. From the tender dawning of opener FADE IN to the solid dance chops of enticingly grooving cuts like SMUKKE LYDE, NUEVA CANCION or COOLETTE, the record's preoccupation with the mutual dependencies of harmony and discord is quickly revealed: "I've tried to create an interlocking atmosphere of merriment and melancholy for the full duration of an album", says the producer, not withholding his intention to create something beautiful: "I hope that one can hear a little bit of hope in the tracks, like everything's going to be fine."

You might be forgiven for taking this as a massive understatement, coming from someone who seems to know a fair deal about that elusive something called human warmth. "Although you can be incredibly creative thanks to limitless digital means, I think that the biggest challenge lies in creating a link to something human, generating feelings of warmth that reach and move the listener", says Dave - painting the picture of a highly reflective artist that spends much time with fine-tuning the emotional registry of his pallet, laboring vigorously over the concept of a track as he does over its sound design: "before anything else, I need an idea and a general notion of the development of a track - just jamming doesn't work well for me." All the more surprising how all this planning and thinking translates into something as organic sounding and nearly self-emergent as HALMA, VEIRA or WHITEHILL, the latter featuring the distinctive (and decidedly human) vocals from PIPER DAVIS of Stimming fame.

One could very well describe these tracks as both intimate and sociable at the same time, a rare combination that might also account for the vivid sonic storytelling present in cuts like KRONSEE (referring to an actual lake near Dave's birthplace) or WE MIX AT SIX, the synaesthetic retelling of a delayed party at the beaches of Barcelona, where someone spray-painted the title's vital information on a t-shirt swaying in the summerly breeze. Heavily influenced by film soundtracks, drone sounds and organic noise, DAVE DK obviously feels very close to the perpetual atmospheric hum in between sounds, finding hooks and grannies in the tiniest nooks and crannies - and to hear these eleven tracks lovingly intertwining their inspirations while seemingly creating nutrient-rich textures and meaningful melodies out of thin ether remains a riveting experience even after the nth play-back.

 • The riveting new full-length from Berlin's finest DAVE DK
 • An epic sonic journey brimming with impressionist techno, pop- infused house and gorgeously textured ambient
 • 2xLP+CD edition pressed on 180gr vinyl

It's out now on
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iTunes: apple.co/1DVmzMV
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Dave DK - Smukke Lyde

A tale of ill-fated attraction & lust told from the POV of AI wearable tech

Stasis Flux

New digital EP out next Monday on 324 Records.
Two minimal pieces crafted with intention:

• * »Epitaf »* — a dense, shadowy track that unfolds with raw tension and grit.
• * »Norssmen »* — a slow, hypnotic drift that lingers, somewhere between ritual and trance.

A diptych of contrast — cold pressure vs inner weightlessness.
See you in the dark.

EpitaF (Alex Boneti Original Mix)

Maeve 07 
Ripperton - This, what remains EP
Digital Release: 04.12.15
Vinyl Release: 11.12.15

Buy Digital Here : https://pro.beatport.com/release/this-what-remains/1655429

Ripperton -  Isola  (Full Version)

@weval @margot @kasperbjorke @redaxes

buy link: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/WevalRemixesSD

A massively successful 2016 saw Dutch duo WEVAL release their chart-topping debut album (KOMPAKT 352 CD 131) while touring the USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, UK and more, crossing frequencies with acclaimed artists such as Dixon, Michael Mayer or Danny Daze. Reflecting Weval's unique sound cosmos, its impressive versatility, genre-bending appeal and catchy melodic genius, we brought together Israeli masterminds RED AXES, Danish club Mozart KASPER BJØRKE and Italian tag team MARGOT to put their own distinct spin on album highlights WAYS TO GO and YOU'RE MINE - resulting in an enticing, dance-ready bundle of reworks that will scratch your clubbing itch while retaining that very special, almost intimate feeling of the original cuts. A perfect way for Weval to head into a new year that will see them grow even more, with upcoming live performances at Sonar Istanbul, Primavera Sound Festival and DGTL Amsterdam already lined up.
LIMITED EDITION 12” ONLY AVAILABLE AT IN OUR RECORD STORE AND MAILORDER

Weval - You Re Mine (Kasper Bjørke Mix)

We're super excited to have none other than the Spanish masterclass producer Pablo Bolivar for our latest premiere with his track 'Vanished' coming soon on none other than Sasse's very own Moodmusic Records

‘Vanished’ follows and takes things up a notch, boasting a trippy melodic Techno framework encompassing; a lush trance-esque main synth melody, dark progressive chord-stabs and a steady four-to-the-floor rhythm.

All in all this is a very confident and powerful release that showcases the Spaniard at his very best.

Otherwise

For this track I wanted to combine simplicity and complexity, so I went for a simple broken beat structure and bassline, and then used lots of Max for Live shenanigans to modulate the drums and hats and vocals in an interesting way, playing with psychoacoustics and detail as much as I could. It's a bit of a weird one, but I've been playing it out a lot and it seems to work!

Max Cooper - Simplexity (preview)

This one goes out to all you soggy DJs out there. The selectors and entertainers whose slot is not in sync with mother nature’s winning hand. You look out over a sea of anoraks and subdued faces and wonder if the sun will ever shine again. You look at your beer and wish it was a warm cup of tea. You look down at your coat and realise you’ll never pack your winter wardrobe away for the summer…  

These instances are hard, if not impossible, to imagine as this year’s unlikely heatwave continues to dazzle and frazzle us. But we all know that those rainy day moments do exist. We’ve all played them in the past. We’ve all got many more in the future. And now Darkroom Dubs have the perfect soundtrack for them: Skinnerbox – ‘Music For Sad & Rainy Open Airs’. 

Two tracks tailored for the greyest of outdoor shows. Moody, pensive and vitally atmospheric; both ‘Cold Neck’ and ‘Wet Shoes’ counter and complement any damp DJ set consummately. The former is a lavish, eight-minute saga that ripples with analog weight and shines with sudden cosmic blasts. The sinewy latter extends the trip closer to nine minutes with a wriggling weave of acid and bass before smacking us hard with vibrant solar sensation in the epic breakdown. No matter how treacherous the conditions you play this in are, the sun will always rise.

Cold neck, wet shoes, warm heart: The weather might be an unpredictable beast, but these tracks most certainly guarantee temperate reactions. And let’s face it; this is Skinnerbox and Darkroom Dubs… These guarantee joy regardless of what weather mother nature throws at us. Enjoy!

Mastered by Conor Dalton at Glowcast Audio.
Art by Dave Beazley.
https://www.darkroomdubs.com

Played & supported by Ame, Kollektiv Turmstrasee, John Digweed, Nick Warren, Domenic (Sub Club), Toto Chiavetta, Audiofly, Luke Brancaccio, Eagles & Butterflies,  Baikal, Yotto, Rüede Hagelstein, Chris Fortier, JOBE, James Zabiela, Curses, Kolsch, Bog, Tiefschwarz, Fairmont, Tsugi Magazine, Data Transmission, Decoded, Ibiza Global Radio & many more...

Music For Sad & Rainy Open Airs

Skinnerbox - Wet Shoes (Clip)

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Offering a proper slice of jazzy house, Greenville Massive  deliver the goods with "Hope" on Seaweed records, known for their impressive backcatalog of lush releases.  Real stripped down deep house for the early hours and the true heads. Definitely feeling it.


After years of silence, Danish underground duo Greenville
Massive returns with a 4-track EP on Swedish house label
Seaweed Records. 3 originals with Greenville’s signature sound
that sits somewhere between authentic deep house and
melancholic electronica. The release is finished off with a
remix by Bäcksvart & Simon Kiisk.

Greenville Massive:
“We are thrilled to break our silence with an EP on Seaweed.
We have shared many great memories with the people behind the
label in the last few years and we are happy now to be part of
this fantastic family with much more great things to come!”

https://www.facebook.com/greenvillemassive/

Premiere:  Greenville Massive - Hope [Seaweed records]

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Max Cooper is an electronic composer, multi-disciplinary artist, music label founder and former scientist who has carved out a unique space in music and visual art.

He holds a PhD in computational biology at the same time as being the first contemporary electronic musician to perform at the ancient Acropolis theatre in Athens and one of the first clutch of musicians to produce in Dolby Atmos.

Cooper has enquired for over 15 years through music, collaborations, and his label Mesh, to explore the intersections between the arts and sciences with installations, performances, immersive experiences, online media, music videos and live events.  Anchored throughout is his emotive approach, connecting how ideas and forms feel, in a manner accessible to us all. 
 
As an artist synonymous with the evolution of club culture, Cooper honed his craft as a DJ with a 10 year residency at legendary Midlands techno event Firefly where he formed a foundational relationship with Architecture Social Club, with whom he still collaborates on extravagant immersive installations.

"I want to encourage the acceptance of electronic music as an art form like any other. Bringing electronic music and abstract audio-visual projects into concert halls, museums and galleries is liberating - the art world opens up doors to communicate in ways that aren’t possible elsewhere."
  
Pivoting from computational biology to electronic music might not seem like the most natural career transition, but for Cooper the commonalities are obvious:
 
"In both fields, you're in a sense, free. Free from the limits of living systems, free from the limits of corporeal sound. The only constraints are in your mind."

www.maxcooper.net 

Contacts:
Management: James Palmer-Bullock, The Wild Seeds - james@thewildseeds.com 
Label: Anthony Faulkner, Mesh – anthony@thewildseeds.com 
PR: Neil Bainbridge, Neighbourhood PR - neil@nbhd-group.com 
Radio: Matthew Maxey, Enganche - matthew@enganche.co.uk