rings n boundabouts

no 10

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Breakbeat/Bigbeat/Brokenbeats…

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Daniel Avery - All I Need

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Blaqstarr is back! We've dusted off 4 of the heaviest unreleased tracks from the Supastarr era here and brought them into the light with brand new mixing and mastering. You might have come across these over the years but these new versions are super crisp and loud, doing justice to four classic tracks that were previously only available as low quality mp3s. Lose your mind all over again with "Hands Up Thumbs Down,” “Lemme Hump U,” "Feel It In The Air" and "Slide To The Left.”

Notes from Diplo:
Blaqstarr was the first US artist I released on Mad Decent. He might have been one of the reasons I started the label. Bmore club was this faceless, crazy, frenetic and scary dance music, not unlike the city itself. I thought Blaqstarr was the real star of this world. Almost a decade ago, many times I traveled down to Baltimore and sat in Blaqstarr and his brother's house, guns peeking out under the mattresses, blunt wrappers everywhere, computer guts laid out on what might have been a shelf turned into a desk, loose weights and blank cds all over the carpet. Blaqstarr would make his music with no chorus or verses, just chants, curses, girls screaming "Blaqstarr" and other random ideas thrown on the track - sounding the same way his brother's house looked. There's no rhyme or reason, it's like the ghetto spontaneously combusted into music. If Bmore was a full fledged music scene, then Blaqstarr was Hunter S Thompson. While most producers were making records for the radio, Blaqstarr was making a soundtrack to murder people with by using a screaming Lil Jon sample played like a piano. Oh and did I mention he could sing and in a crazy falsetto like Al Green. These are some of the records that got lost from that era before Hype Machine. We want to document what the real Bmore sound was about.

Tracklist
1. Lemme Hump U
2. Feel It In The Air
3. Slide To The Left
4. Hands Up Thumbs Down

Blaqstarr
Soundcloud: @blaqstarrmusic
Twitter: twitter.com/Blaqstarr
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Blaqstarr
Website: http://blaqstarr.com/

The Blaq-Files EP

Hands Up Thumbs Down (2003)

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Blaqstarr - Hands Up Thumbs Down (2003)

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Taken from the Toddla T, Danny Weed & Jammer single 'I Don't Wanna Hear That' released June 30 on Ninja Tune.

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I Don't Wanna Hear That

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Toddla T, Danny Weed & Jammer - 'I Don't Wanna Hear That'

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Mix by: Dj Blaqstarr


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Taken from the 12" Bootleggers With Respect


SERGE GAINSBOURG "Flash Forward" FEADZ edit

Preorder now on Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/luna-rossa-eight-cuts-in-the-giallo-vinyl/1073566-01/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud

A dark Italo compilation not for the faint of heart with the mystery, murder and madness of all that is Giallo. Serving as a soundtrack to a fictitious film Luna Rossa Johnny Jewel of Italians Do It Better fame laces the opening with the breathy arsenic laced "Flesh" as Simple Symmetry's "Il Gatto Nero delivers a disco banger that even samples a cat's heartbeat. Legowelt creeps into lens with "Oberalp Catarsi under his Occult Orientated Crime moniker. Other suspects include Prefuse 73, Antoni Maovvi, Makeup And Vanity Set and Om & Grails member Emil Amos. Lucky dip vinyl with base transparent blood base edition with a red moon marbled rare version. QR code on label for a secret non album track! Limited Edition and will be gone by nightfall.

More from the label: https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Secrets+Of+Sound/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud  


PREORDER

PREMIERE: Simple Symmetry & Gilbert Broid - Il Gatto Nero (Secrets of Sound)

11Schnull feat. Newinfluenzer - Ich und meine Ubahn
Stream & Buy - https://turborec.lnk.to/IchundmeineUbahn

When you love a record too damn much, you will soon discover whether you "got what it takes” to make it yours. Such is the case withTurbo label head Tiga, who has played 11Schnull & Newinfluenzer’s 2023 underground hit “Ich und meine Ubahn” in each and every one of his DJ sets since its non-Turbo release. But unbridled track-passion is not always enough, and sometimes one must take a step back and recognize that the music business is also a business. So our in-house Corporate Development team, which has of late been entirely focused* on figuring out how best to monetize Tintin entering the public domain, set to work, successfully licensing the original while also creating the fun and potentially life-saving opportunity to visualize just how amicable the licensing process was.

All of which brings us to the remix pack at hand. The essentially perfect electro programming and vocal performance of the 2023 original leaves virtually no angle for improvement, save for the fact that the 4:20 runtime not enough for the median touring DJ to satisfy their chatbot mistress before they must begin the exacting work of selecting and mixing the next track. As such, we enlisted producers who could interpret the song from different planes of existence, namely Chilean-German wizard Matias Aguayo, French hardstyle prodigy Krarmpf, German aesthetes Extrawelt, Hamburg electro master DJ MELL G, and Asturian highbrow god Architectural. For reference, the planes conjured by these remixes are as follows: blacked out on Ivermectin; finally beat a pay-to-win mindfulness game; voted the Greatest Living Teen Artist by the readers of US Weekly; transformed into an expressionless little muscleman as if by magic; going viral; and curing jet lag in our lifetime. It is not for us to say which remix corresponds to which realm of human experience, but we do know that it is limited to those options.

Finally, please do not invite a chatbot lover into your marriage. Your spouse cannot hope to compete. And know that this advice comes from our best understanding of current world affairs, and does not represent what a repressed British man would calling “taking the pee.” At their very best, jokes are funny, and the fate of the human bedroom is no laughing matter at all.

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11Schnull feat. Newinfluenzer - Ich und meine Ubahn (Extrawelt Remix)

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Beat Machine Records return with a percussive missive titled ‘Bantu’ that pairs local producer Maxwell Simons with the magnetic cadence of South African vocalist Richi Rich...On remix duties, ABADIR dives straight into the deep end with 'JOBURG'. His version plays like a lucid dream, cascading polyrhythms delve into outer orbit, while chopped vocal shards of Richi Rich hover like holographic spirits. By the time the amen breaks crash through, the track transmutes into something almost spiritual.

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Maxwell Simons & Richi Rich - JOBURG (ABADIR Remix) [Beat Machine]

After the Rain

Clouds Wore Your Scent

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In Memory

Building on his reputation for crafting evocative, sun-drenched soundscapes, Joe Morris continues to refine his modern Balearic style while expanding his sonic palette. Some Kind of Paradise draws deep inspiration from 90s trip hop, downtempo, and electronica, weaving in layered melodies, textured guitar work, and, for the first time, vocals from Morris himself. With its blend of hypnotic rhythms, rich instrumentation, and introspective atmospheres, Some Kind of Paradise invites listeners to lose themselves in a vivid, genre-blurring musical journey.

PREMIÈRE: Joe Morris - Dream Therapy

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TANTRON & Grace Barton - OVERLOAD

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⚡ Stream / Download 'Failøver & Dub Ten - Zorn' → https://cygnusmusic.link/2pkydwo

French producer Failøver comes in hot with a heavy club-ready EP on Empathy Audio, featuring a standout collab with Dub Ten.

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Bandcamp → https://studiosonics.bandcamp.com

Failøver, Dub Ten - Zorn [Premiere]

Buy 'Stamp Down' - https://linktr.ee/truthhertz

Like a fresh charcuterie board, expect nothing but the best cold cuts with Minor Forms' return to Truth Hertz.

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Minor Forms - Stamp Down

We're over the moon to welcome Finalfix back to Blackout for a full EP, having blessed us with his Hope Is Lost EP before. 
'Full Metal Halo' covers all corners, from referencing his influences in this genre to pushing it forward with his insane sound design.

Get it here: https://bfan.link/fullmetalhalo

Finalfix - Full Metal Halo

Minor Forms & Ill Truth link up on heavyweight bubbler 'Job Lot' - out now via Truth Hertz. Get it here: https://tr.ee/7lvF8f7Dts

Minor Forms: 
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Drum&BassArena:
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Minor Forms & Ill Truth - Job Lot

My Choices Are Not My Own feat. Tawiah, May Kaspar (Bredren remix)

In Hour 2 DK steps up with a special mix highlighting just some of the artists playing at the huge Clock Strikes 13 series of events in London this autumn, which include 3 Ninja Tune nights as part of their 25th Anniversary. This Friday it's the XL Recordings party at Village Underground, represented in the mix by Zomby, Mumdance and Special Request, whilst on Saturday it's the turn of Hyperdub with tracks from Scratcha DVA and label boss Kode9. Music from Actress, Florian Kupfer, Romare and the excellent new single by Max Graef and Glenn Astro all feature and they will be playing at the Ninja Tune nights on 20/11 and 12/12. All this plus music in for the Houndstooth, Local Action, 1080p, Tectonic, and Lex record label nights. More details here http://cs13.london

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
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Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-6112015-hour-1-jungle

Hour 2 - DK  https://twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel

Opal Block 	_	Bonnie Bobble	_	Astral Black
Finn	_	Finn Theme 	_	Local Action
DJ Marfox	_	Bit Binary	_	Príncipe 
LiL JaBBa	_	BraSS TaX	_	Local Action
Zomby	_	Bloom	_	XL Recordings
Kode9	_	Respirator	_	Hyperdub
Jon Phonics	_	Face Of Spades 	_	First Word
Via App	_	Baby K Interaction	_	1080P
Florian Kupfer	_	Explora (Slave)	_	Technicolour
Throwing Snow	_	Paint by Numbers	_	Houndstooth
Legowelt	_	Eternal Flux	_	Technicolour
Romare	_	Rainbow (Club)	_	Ninja Tune
Glenn Astro	_	User’s Guide To	_	WotNot Music
Actress	_	Gaze	_	Werkdisc
Max McFerren	_	Ya Bad Sister	_	1080P
Pinch & Mumdance 	_	Lucid Dreaming	_	Tectonic 
Special Request	_	Amnesia	_	XL Recordings
DVA	_	Allyallrecords (feat. Addison Groove)	_	Hyperdub
KeithCharles Spacebar 	_	S.T.A.C.Y.	_	Awful Records 
Max Graef & Glenn Astro	_	Magic Johnson	_	Ninja Tune
Golden Rules 	_	Never Die ft. Yasin Bey	_	Lex
Ivy Lab	_	Gettysburg	_	20/20 LDN Recordings
Dean Blunt 	_	The Narcissist ft. Inga Copeland	_	Hippos In Tanks
King midas Sound / Fennesz 	_	We walk together	_	Ninja Tune
Auntie Flo	_	Cape Malay Prayer	_	Huntleys & Palmers

Solid Steel Radio Show 6/11/2015 Hour 2 - DK  'Clock Strikes 13' mix

After a string of standout track releases on her label Coconut Beats, HAAi is now preparing to unleash her first ever full length EP under the moniker, leading with stand out single 'Growing Up With Muscle Cars'. 

Pre-order the EP now, due for release 5th July 2018: https://haai.bandcamp.com/album/motorik-voodoo-bush-doof-musik-ep

“This EP was made after I realised that what inspired me most was to combine my love of electronic music with the music I enjoy outside of the club. I decided to collaborate with friends from a couple of my favourite bands, including Fay Milton (Savages) who provides live drums on Motorik Bush Doof Musik and Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen) who performs on I Never Cared That Much For Jungle. For me, having live instrumentation on the EP adds an extra depth to the tracks & has given me a vision of how to I’d like future releases to sound.
My fave track off the EP, Growing Up With Muscle Cars, is an homage to my step dad who repairs and restores old muscle cars. He also used to take me to the drags in my hometown when I was little. We would push the race cars out onto the track. Some of my favourite memz as a lil kid.”

Growing Up With Muscle Cars

Nocturnal Sunshine – ‘Meant To Be’ (DJ Kicks Exclusive) 
16/04/12, K7 Records [K7295EP]

Meant to Be (DJ Kicks Exclusive)

Interview + Download:  http://truantsblog.com/2019/truancy-volume-247-clark/ 

Soundcloud: @throttleclark

Following an expansive discography of LPs on Warp from 2001 to 2017, the latest release from acclaimed British producer Clark sees him self-releasing an album for the first time on his own label Throttle Records. Titled Kiri Variations the fourteen-track album is an extension on his score work he produced for BAFTA-nominated TV drama Kiri back in 2018. Having delved into world of scoring for film and TV back in 2016 with the soundtrack for crime-thriller The Last Panthers, he's taken to the versatility of this type of work with ease. Clark's music, even if sparingly, has always had quite emotive themes and on Kiri, his use of piano, harpsichord, clarinet, strings, electronics and his own voice paints a wonderfully melancholic narrative. We caught up with Clark to discuss the work put into Kiri Variations, his performance at the Royal Albert Hall, the transitional two second 'holy points' in his productions and how producing music for horror films is one of the most satisfying things you could ever do as a producer. His Truancy Volume, a sonic extension of his recent scores, is a riveting tapestry of organic instrumentation. Incredibly coherent yet polarising at points, his embrace of recent acoustic sources can be heard throughout. Shuttling through haunting modern classical and folktronica to the trance-induced productions of Lorenzo Senni, it's an overlap of two circles both firing up emotion. As Clark puts himself  - "We live in a post-genre era, it's good to take advantage of that."

http://truantsblog.com

Clark

Truancy Volume 247: Clark

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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