and again many thanks to Diana Payton for the vocals

Through Everything

Pure white light...

Released on @yumerecords

[YUMEOO5] A side

The Beacon

Celebrating the repress of this record, here's an unreleased version of Sgnelkab! 

Repress out now. 

Order here: http://www.tigernet.no/artist/5356--skateb%C3%A5rd

SGNELKAB - Unreleased "live in studio" version

Psychick visions from a dystopic parallax; closely mapped and cognate to the occupied plane we recognise but littered with nuanced distortions, twisting certainty just past the assured facade of familiar...

For its inaugural release Mirror Zone unveils a repressing of an overlooked EP from UK artist Memphis way back when in 1994. We're delivered complex, mystic rhythms nodding to the likes of PWOG, Paradise 3001 and Sabres of Paradise, the unique breakbeat-tweaked, tribal-trance epitiomising early 90s output from labels like KK, Go Bang!, Dream and ESP Records.

Vital obscura for those sick enough to search.

https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/upcoming/memphis-beneath-a-different-sun-12/

Beneath A Different Sun

[MZ001] Memphis - Beneath A Different Sun

More info - http://loose-lips.co.uk/blog/jem-temple-snbv013

Daisy Cutter

Pre-order

PREMIERE: JEM - Temple (SNBV013)

The All Star team at Acid Camp has been touring around the world in search of inspiration. They’ve created new and engaging tracks for you to share with your favorite dance floor or your private listening environment of choice. Find part one and two of our new series at your favorite record shops. A limited run of colored vinyl will be available at Acid Camp’s Bandcamp.

Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering 
Artwork by Margaret Fransee 
Layout by Danielle Elkind 
Pressed at RAND 
Distributed by wordandsound

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Simic – Orbetello

Cyber EP

Secretsundaze - Cyber (House Pass) [Mule Musiq]

Playfulness and elegance in harmony as youngster Ebende returns to Aniara with three fresh cuts.

Bandcamp

Ebende - Åter

spotify

Yaleesa Hall X Malin - Coronal Loop (MGM03)

Logtoad - Rat Full Of Coins EP Vol 1

Against Fascism Trax. 

Many small actions combined can have great power, and it is always better to try to do something than to do nothing.  I have long believed this.  It breaks my heart that AF Trax must exist, but sitting back and doing nothing is an option I simply cannot countenance.

Our current global political climate gives grave cause for concern, because when the world tips to the right, those within marginalised communities feel repressive outcomes directly & immediately.  It is easy to think “it surely isn’t so bad”?, but those people precarious in their life circumstances, marginalised in our communities and displaced across the borders of the world are already suffering the consequences - often violently - of this shift in ideology.

We live in an era where talking is endless, but where actions are harder to find.  If AF Trax reaches just one person to make them change their mind over being a supporter of the far right, motivates somebody to work against fascist thinking, informs someone or raises funds - then I will view it as having been a success.  Something solid will have been created, we will have done something.

Confusion seems to exist as to what being against fascism might look like. There are dedicated left-wing groups fighting under the Antifa banner, leading some to think that being against fascism is purely a left vs right ideological divide. But it is not. Surely the only people who aren’t against fascism… are fascists?  This is not left wing vs right wing posturing but a fight everybody, be they conservative, liberal, centrist, apolitical or any other point on the political spectrum should surely support fully.

The culture of dance music that we know and love was born out of the struggles of marginalised and vulnerable communities across the world  - and those who assert politics does not belong in dance music are shamefully ignorant of this essential history.  Dance music as a culture would not exist as we know it shorn from that history.  The dynamics of struggle and celebration has always (and will always) run deep in the DNA of Dance.

AF Trax hopes to harness a tiny fraction of this dynamic, to honour that history, to provoke dialogue that is fundamentally anti-racist, anti-sexist, non-homophobic, non transphobic, non-ageist, non ableist & to question and breakdown the class divide.  In these current political times we all need to stand up and be counted, strive to challenge and dismantle the logic of the status quo with all of our might.

The label’s message is very simple. The far right ultimately wish for the destruction of our way of life and indeed the lives of many of the people we love. The message is love. The message is solidarity. The message is No Pasaran - They shall not pass. It is a call to stand together, it is a call to stand up, it is a call to ACT.  Individually we may be powerless, but together we are strong.  

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!


** All label profits will be donated to Hope Not Hate  (https://www.hopenothate.org.uk) which campaigns to counter racism and fascism. 

Thanks to Lerato Khathi / Bring Down The Walls for permission to repurpose some of her text for the notes here. For Heather Heyer and Jo Cox.

Logtoad - Rat Full Of Coins EP Vol 1

A1)Ratchet Beat
A2)Screw Pump

B1)Drill Beat
B2)Hex Acid

Released on vinyl (and digital) on January 11th 2019. Distributed by Kompakt.

Through Everything

Max Alexsson