Releases

North-East weather warning for moderately stable patterns of Goa-inspired, trance-infused modern dark prog with a slight chance of faster breaks and electro before clearing with some deep downtempo chuggers and ambient soundscapes

Release Radar: 2023

june 23

Animalia presents the first in a series of 2 x 12” compilations… For volume one, comes Microevolutions… An homage to the label’s continued growth and evolution, a label dedicated to authentic celebrations of talented local artists. Here, Animalia returns to its roots with a release compiled by the members of Menage (plus special guests Ebbs n Flow), all compiled in the northern suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne).  The compilation showcases the various moods and facets that make up the deep yet somehow undefinable Animalia sound.  From deep techno to UK garage and everything in between, Microevolutions is an earnest reflection of the diversity of sound that makes Animalia so special.

A1. Sam & Jack Brickel - LSB 
A2. Dashiell - Recoil 
B1. Eugene Pascal - Logic Eclipse 
B2: Dashiell - Under the Ice 
C1: Ebbs n Flow - Skeptik 
C2: Ebbs n Flow - Spy Kids 
D1: Eugene Pascal - Cici 
D2: Sam Brickel & Dashiell - Mars 

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@dashiell
@pascalsone
@menagerecords
@undergroundcityloop

Artists: Sam & Jack Brickel, Dashiell, Ebbs n Flow, Eugene Pascal (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Title: Microevolutions
Format: 2x 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork by: Kavil Patel (Canberra/Ngunnawal, Australia)
Design by Tara Sydney (Sydney/ Eora, Australia)
Mastered by Mark Klon (Berlin, Germany)
Release date: 15th March 2021

Vinyl available via our Bandcamp + Clone, Oneyewitness, Redeye, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital via: https://animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/microevolutions/

Microevolutions (previews)

Check out Premiere for Close To Custom, Jesse Jacob - Tallander is out on Dolphin Flips.

Buy Link: https://dolphinflipsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flps003-tallander-ep-incl-madvilla-remix

Premiere: Close to Custom, Jesse Jacob - Tallander [Dolphin Flips]

Melbourne based artist Dashiell debuts on Felt Sense Records with five hazy cuts, including a remix from Salt Mines co-founder Rudolf C. Dashiell is a Melbourne born and raised DJ & Producer and a member of production group Menage alongside Sam Brickel, who released a track on Kia's Animalia imprint back in June 2020. Dashiell is a devotee to glitch & minimal musical styles, which shine through in his 'Going Nowhere Fast' EP on Melbourne label Felt Sense Records. The EP features a collection of tracks recorded over several years in some of Dash's ever-evolving bootleg studio setups like laundry spaces, and leaky tin sheds. The EP opener 'Aspect' sees Dashiell invite Steeplejack artist Sam Brickell to feature. The track offers fluttering grooves, hypnotic pads and spacey, humming low frequencies before 'Going Nowhere Fast' lays down breaky rhythms, tripped-out fx and twinkling synths underneath. Up next, 'Oxy' takes things into minimal territories as the shimmering bassline fuse delicately with moody textures and dubbed-out vibrations whilst 'Scratching The Surface' features ambient atmospheres, breezy soundscapes and glistening melodies. To finish, Berlin-based Australian producer and Co-Founder of the Salt Mines label rolls out a loopy remix of 'Going Nowhere Fast' as he blends trippy electronics and murky tonality.

Going Nowhere Fast

PREMIERE : Dashiell feat. Sam Brickel - Aspect

Ménage are back with another compilation of club ready cuts, comprising of 7 tracks written between 2019 and 2022.

https://menagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/back-burners-vol-2

Mastered by Joe Buchan, except for Hey Avalon, Alpini Stallion and Mischief, Mastered by Corey Kikos

Art by Belski

Menage Backburners 2 Snippets

Animalia's exploration of the lesser known artists of Melbourne continues with the launch of new sublabel, Cirrus, focusing on non-club, downtempo, ambient and otherworldly sounds from local Australian artists. 

The first release comprises of dreamy, non-linear modular improvised soundscapes from Melbourne/Naarm local The Soulscaper, a sideproject of Eugene Pascal, member of Animalia's electronic trio Menage. 

The Inside Voices LP offers a sentimental, familiar musical journey, evocative of the distinctive charms of life in Australia's south-eastern hub. All produced in the northern suburbs of Melbourne/ Naarm, the tracks provide an open window into the studios of the city's deeper side. The LP is a poignant follow on from the musical outputs of Animalia, staying true to the label's deep, cinematic and melodic style.

A: City Whistle
B: Mansion on the Hill
C: Inside Voices
D: Lost, But Not Forever 

Produced and Mixed by Eugene Peloza (Naarm, AU) 
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab (Rome, IT) 
Distributed by Clone (Rotterdam, NL) 
Artwork by Tzuling Hua (Taipei, TW) 
Design  by Jacopo Severitano (Berlin, GE)

All tracks produced in the North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri (Woiwurrung) peoples of the Kulin Nation

Release date: 25th January 2023

Digital & Vinyl via our bandcamp: https://cirruslabel.bandcamp.com/album/inside-voices

https://clone.nl/item71610.html

@pascalone

The Soulscaper - Inside Voices LP (CIRRUS1)

Catch the Signals from Fantastic planet, made for Heterotopian Bodies. 
Fantasic planet 002 EP from well known Bassiani resident Hamatsuki incl Eversines remix
Vinyl Release Date - 18.01.2023
A1 -  Routes 
A2 - Routes (Eversines remix)
B1 -  Lust Unhinged  
B2 - Shrink

Buy Vinyl

Hamatsuki - Routes EP (FAN002)

Echocentric Records & R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings team up to bring you "And You Never Come Back EP" by Pletnev. 

Bandcamp: https://echocentricrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-you-never-come-back-ep

"R.A.N.D. and Echocentric, two names known 
Join forces to release some tracks they've shown 
Four heady cuts, mind-bending and bold 
For curious dancers, their stories to unfold 

From Lithuanian maestro, Pletnev his name 
Modular beats, a rhythmic refrain 
For dance floors, these tracks are a must 
So come along, and give them a try, if you trust 

Together, these labels have come to create 
Songs to make you move, to elevate 
Your mind and body, with each passing beat 
So let the music take you, and feel the heat.”

@pletnev @rand_muzik_recordings @echocentricrecords @inchbyinchdistribution 

Releases January 13, 2023 
	
A1 - Bass Covered With Gold
A2 - Average Monday 
B1 - And You Never Come Back 
B2 - Am I Looking At Two Similar Cats 

Written and produced by Alex Pletnev 
Mastered by Nik Kozub 
Design by Jubbs 
Distributed by Inch by Inch
Pressed at R.A.N.D. Muzik

And You Never Come Back EP

Buy 12" & digi

Pletnev - And You Never Come Back EP - RMECR001

DAWL returns to Craigie Knowes with 4 uk-heavy tracks on the 'Hyper Charged EP'. Breaks, bleeps and furious 303 patterns - it's everything you've come to expect and more from master of this sound.

Release date: 30 January 2023
Catalog No.: CKNOWEP41

BUY @ BANDCAMP

CKNOWEP41 | DAWL - Hyper Charged EP

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

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3W1MrzY

From its beginnings as a reissue label, @sprayforever has always been guided by an insatiable appetite for proggy dance music. If excavating long-forgotten gems weren’t enough though, the Irishman behind it all emerged from the fever dream that was lockdown a fully-realised producer/DJ entity. Also taking the name for his alias, Spray comes forth with a typically fractal offering. 

Insistent throb and propulsive, direct drive underpin the A-side. Where ’VT Trad’ opts for nebulous, cosmic detail and shadowy flex, ‘Q3projz’ surfaces a more utopian take on the blueprint. 

‘Zippycher’ then comes flush with wide-eyed radiance; a buoyant, lysergic rite primed for collective physical experience. ‘Slipped’, on the other hand, recalls early ‘90s Art Of Trance while sidestepping revivalist tags. Proper third portal business.

Spray - VT Trad | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER46)

Animalia mainstay Sam Brickel (@brickel) returns with the Pulse of Life LP. A diverse, dreamy & lighthearted embodiment of Animalia’s signature style. Genre spanning, deep, cinematic & playful, the LP dips between bass-driven grooves, bouncy tech-house & jungle inspired euphoric rollers. A listening adventure for various contexts… a moment for every hour on a dance-floor, choose your own adventure through the free spirited world of Animalia.

A1: The Mind Flayer
A2: Hit Em' Up ft. Eugene Pascal
B1: Neo Cortex
B2: Second Moon ft. Dashiell 
C1: The Pulse of Life
C2: Like Minded Machines ft. Eugene Pascal
D1: Ansible
D2: Sunset on Freeside 

Artist: Sam Brickel (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Title: The Pulse of Life
Format: 2x 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork & Design by Lucas Hatsisavas (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Mastered by The Herbalist aka Corey Kikos (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Mixed by Eugene Peloza (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Release date: 12th June 2023

Vinyl available via our Bandcamp + Clone more.

https://sambrickel.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulse-of-life?label=761510570&tab=music

https://clone.nl//item72838.html

Sam Brickel - The Pulse of Life LP (ANIMA8)

For this edition, we welcome to IIL the like-minded artist: DJ G€LD, Jeremy Reinhard and Black M1D1 next to our very own Sebastian Habben. Expect some wild cuts, ranging from a sub-bass electro piece (ghetto vibes included) from over a chord-heavy peak-time stomper to some superb Detroit style deep house groovers on the flip. A firecracker rarely comes alone!

Bandcamp

Jeremy Reinhard – ADHS [IIL009]

Check out Premiere for Suburb Beat - All Day is out on Guilty Pleasure Recordings

Globe Audio Mastering : https://www.globe-audio.com
Pre sales : https://suburbbeat.bandcamp.com/album/all-day-gp004
Website : https://guiltypleasurerecordings.com
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/suburb-beat

Buy Link

Premiere: Suburb Beat - All Day [Guilty Pleasure Recordings]

Merriware presents “Lectroniq Love Affair” - A split EP from the members of Australian dance music group Ménage and the fifth release from Naarm/ Melbourne based imprint Merriware.

Dashiell, Sam Brickel and Eugene Pascal each offer up a track of their own solo material as well as a collaborative remix of the title track, giving an insight to their individual production styles and their sensibilities when working together.

The A1 “Lectroniq Love Affair” is unapologetic, no frills club music, with a vocoded hook taunting throughout and bassline you wouldn’t tell your mum about! Following this, the A2 entry from Animalia and Steeplejack alumni Sam Brickel “Vespene Dreams” is a heady mix of pinnacle late 90’s UK house with the sound palette of modern breaks. A real deep burner for the heads!

On the flip, things get stripped down for the Ménage Remix of the title track. Vocals peppered in the background as a chorus drenched acid line drives deep! Think Zip on the DC10 terrace and you’re getting there! Rounding it out, Eugene Pascal’s B2 offering “Late Night” is a delicate breakbeat mediation, with multiple synth lines converging to create a harmonic bed perfect for those sessions late into the morning hours.

Mixed by Eugene Peloza
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino at Analogcut Berlin
Distributed by One Eye Witness, NL

Lectroniq Love Affair EP

MWARE005 Ménage - Lectronicq Love Affair EP - Snippets

https://menagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/back-burners-vol-1

Back Burners Vol.1 Snippets

Second EP from Naarm/Melbourne producer LOIF

Link: https://loif.bandcamp.com/album/active-mind

Artwork by Liam Alexander-Quinn 
Produced by LOIF
LSDNB produced by LOIF and Ménage
Mixed by Eugene Peloza and LOIF
Mastered by Mark

Active Mind

Active Mind (Previews)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-louis-marlo-earching-for-paradise

@felt-sense-recordings label boss Louis Marlo takes control of the imprints third release, 'Who Wants Alchemy?' - presenting four original cuts, plus a remix by none other than Lou Karsh; if futuristic electro-influenced cuts are your bag, this one is a must-listen.

Who Wants Alchemy?

Louis Marlo - Earchin' For Paradise (ft Sam Brickel) [Felt Sense Recordings]

Record Label from Naarm (Melbourne) by @Pascalsone
contact: merritapeware@gmail.com