10 10 2015

State Of The Nation - Fad Gadget cover

Thank you to @rach3ll for letting me sample her sick tune & prime ambient vocals

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Buddha's Gaze

voicecoils (ft. rachel)

For the chilled drive. Not too hectic, not too laidback. 

Curbing

Rework - Hardcore EP - MEANT024

BUY THE 12" VINYL:
www.colette.fr/vinyl-harcore-ep-meant-rework.html
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/rework-hardcore-ep/583387-01/
http://www.decks.de/t/rework-hardcore_ep/c5o-oa
http://www.deejay.de/MEANT024_-_Rework_-_Hardcore_Ep_-_12inch__195024

BUY THE DIGITAL VERSION incl. BALD REMIX:
https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/hardcore/id1035594030
https://pro.beatport.com/release/hardcore/1601308

Played And Supported By:
Erol Alkan, Ivan Smagghe, Barnt, Dixon, Magda, Chloe, Tiga, Troy Pierce, Kasper Bjorke, Arnaud Rebotini, Maceo Plex, Ewan Pearson, The Hacker, Headman, Duncan Gray, Abstraxion, Matt Walsh, Manfredas, Mugwump, Tim Paris, Alexander Robotnik, Claudio Coccoluto, Mr G, Pulp Disco And The Outcasts, My Favorite Robot, :Terry:, Sean Johnston, James Teej, Laurent Pastor, Gameboyz, Tronik Youth, Get A Room!, Il est Vilaine, Acid Washed, People Get Real, Bottin, Luluxpo, Paul Loraine, Andrew Grant, Richard Norris, Gabriel Ferreira, Demian, Bozzwell...

12" Vinyl Tracklist:
A1 - Too Forward (Original Mix)
A2 - Overdosed (Original Mix)
A3 - Hardcore (Original Mix)
B1 - Candy And Kong (Original Mix)
B2 - Candy And Kong (Click Box Mental Remix)

Digital Exclusive:
DX1 - Too Forward (BALD Remix)

The Meant label really is on a fine run in 2015, and now offers up its 3rd release of the year. This one is a brilliant, club ready package from Rework and features excellent original material alongside carefully A&Red remixes from BALD and ClickBox.
Rework is a German collaborative project between Daniel Varga, Michael Kuebler and Sascha Hedgehog. As well as having ties to this label, they have released on Items & Things, Visionquest and Playhouse, and high profile fans include Seth Troxler. The creative trio has been doing this more than 15 years now, and as such is as good at making essential 12”s as it is full length albums.
Opener ‘Too Forward’ is a freaky bit of slow motion electronic house. Vast kicks form the marching beat as trippy vocals repeat the title’s refrain until it loses all form. Around it, sparking electronics and phased synth lines make for a fine cacophony that will undoubtedly freak out ‘floors.
The devilishly dark and alluring ‘Overdosed’ is a more up tempo track with shadowy post punk energy. No wave synths gurgle and tinny chords light up the centre as a disaffected vocal mutters about overdosing over the top. It’s another perfectly freaky track. Last offering ‘Candy And Korg’ is a wiggling, synthetic house track cut from the Gemini mould. It’s bubbly, rich and subtly groovy and is the sort of thing you’d hear in a Craig Richards set.
Magda favourites ClickBox then remix this one into a sparse but elastic affair with dry hi hats the main hook of a perfectly reduced minimal track. Finally, buy the EP digitally and you will also get a brilliant BALD remix of ‘Too Forward’ that is all tough synths, alien arps and reverb rich vocal ad libs.
Once again here Meant and Rework have cooked up a perfect dance floor storm.
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Hardcore EP

Buy on Bandcamp

DX1 - Rework - Too Forward (BALD Remix)

Download / Info:
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2015/09/10/download-michna-and-dust-la-rock-mix-the-orb/

Michna & Dust La Rock Mix The Orb

Kurt Stenzel - "Parallel World"

From the "Tokyo Black Star-Edo Express EP" (wf-002) to be released on vinyl in stores worldwide on November 2nd, 2015 through Complete USA

Paris-born, Tokyo-raised, New York-based international eclectic French DJ, music producer and sound designer Alex from Tokyo is very excited to announce the October 2015 launch of his record label "world famous" with a new Tokyo Black Star EP (the first release in three years)!

Working in harmony with music partner and sound/mastering engineer Isao Kumano in Tokyo, Alex from Tokyo formed Tokyo Black Star in 2000 while remixing Big Moses feat. Jan'elle's house classic "For you" for Kerri Chandler's label Bassmental records. Since then Tokyo Black Star has released five EPs including the first-ever release on high-profile Berlin label Innversions (the "Psyche Dance EP," 2005) and their full length debut album “Black Ships” (April 2009, also on Innervisions), an EP on DJ Deep’s Deeply Rooted House label and remixes for artists like Tony Allen (P-Vine records Japan, 1999), Carl Craig (Psyche “Neurotic Behavior” on Planet E, 2011), Phenomenal Handclap Band (Tummy Touch Records, 2013), Bing Ji Ling (Lovemonk), and Kuniyuki (mule music), and among others. 

Always looking for new challenges and sonic adventures, in the summer of 2010 the Tokyo Black Star duo were joined by top Japanese audio professionals at Isao’s studio in Tokyo, leading to the creation of a new “revolutionary” audio brand called phonon (www.phonon-inc.com), which makes exceptional pro-audio equipment for studio and DJ use. phonon has been getting lots of attention for their legendary studio monitoring headphones the SMB-02, and now, at the same time as the launch of the world famous label, phonon are releasing their brand new mobile hi-fi phonon 4000 headphones. The attention to detail shown in the production of these top class electronics is typical of the kind of the care and love Tokyo Black Star put into their productions and Alex from Tokyo displays in his much-respected always-joyous DJ sets around the world.

Tokyo Black Star's last release, in 2013, was a special musical contribution called "X"  for a unique celebratory 10th anniversary compilation for Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas fashion brand Y-3.  Alex from Tokyo co-directed the exclusive compilation which can be heard at www.Y-3.com/music. Early in 2014, Alex from Tokyo was chosen to compile Volume 10 of the great CD series "Originals" on the London label claremont 56. Shortly after, in the summer of 2014, Tokyo Black Star started to work again on some new original music with the help of their great musician/analog equipment otaku friend Kenichi Takagi. The collaboration was fruitful, leading to Kenichi san officially becoming the third Tokyo Black Star member, bringing along some of his favorite old, new and handmade (modular) synths into the mix.

The four different straight up house music club tracks here on the "Edo Express EP" showcase Alex from Tokyo's versatile and funky DJ style and come from a very special fun jam session that took place in January 2015 at Isao’s Tokyo Black Star and phonon studio with Kenichi. The stunning artwork for the release is done by long-time collaborator the very talented New York based Japanese artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, who has been creating the Tokyo Black Star visual identity since their first release on Innversions in 2005. Please note that this is the first release on world famous but the catalogue number is actually wf-002. 

Tokyo Black Star-Mitokomon

A special mixtape courtesy of Listen To This!:
http://www.listentothis.info

Tracklisting / Liner Notes:
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2015/10/09/listen-to-this-present-omg-japan-a-mixtape-of-experimental-japanese-music/

OMG JAPAN: Rare & Experimental Japanese Pop (1980 - 1989)

Playing With Fire - Ambient fire(Rolling Stones cover)

" ITALOS "

KANO - CHINA STAR

Black Mesa

Turned to Stone (feat. Joan Lorring)

MEANT Edit Series - Year 3
Shriekback - Evaporation (Jake Fairley Edit)

For this new episode of the Meant Edit Series, our dear friend Jake Fairley aka Fairmont is on the go.
He had quite a busy year releasing his excellent and all around the world acclaimed new album "Automaton" on MyFavoriteRobot Records,
But he somehow also found the time to deliver this excellent edit of Shriekback's Evaporation.
And we would like to thank him deeply for that!

So ENJOY - because yes, this as a free download - thank you for the support and merry X-Mas from the Meant Team!

Past episodes by Clouded Vision, Monoblok&PSLKTR, Remain: http://soundcloud.com/meant/sets/edits_freedownload/

Shriekback - Evaporation (Jake Fairley Edit)

First single off Double Sun - the new album from Kanaan:

https://elparaisorecords.com/releases/kanaan-double-sun

Kanaan from Oslo, Norway is back with their 2nd album in 2020. Following the impromptu Odense Sessions with Causa Sui guitarist Jonas Munk released in February, Double Sun is a different beast all together: Treading the same path as their 2018 debut Windborne, Double Sun is a studio effort in the best sense of the word. Perfectly balanced on the edge of dynamic improv, throbbing beats sizzled in scorching fuzz and topped off with deeply layered soundscapes. This album sees Kanaan reach a new plateau.

Kanaan presents a unique perspective to psychedelic rock, painting with a wide palette that includes jazz and post-rock. Double Sun devotes as much energy to sonic colour as it does to groove and energy. The spirit of experimentation is everywhere: From the savory, pastoral sounds of opening track Worlds Together, to the soaring exploratory paths of the two-part title track. In the creative process, Kanaan dived deep into the possibilities of the studio, adding intricate layers and twists and turns to these tunes: acoustic guitars, percussions & synthesizers embrace and enhance the Norwegian modern day version of a power-trio. 

Ask Vatn Strøm: Electric and acoustic guitars. 
Ingvald André Vassbø: Drums, percussion and organ. 
Eskild Myrvoll: Bass, synths, electric and acoustic guitars.
“Double Sun pt. 1 & 2” features lead guitar from Bjørn Klakegg.

Kanaan: Öresund (Double Sun)

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Shriekback - Evaporation (Jake Fairley Edit)

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