La Danse #2 is the second digital compilation of a series from international talented producers we support and love.
Following our heart and taste for mixed influences and creed, La Danse is a tribute to the dance floor mixing together organic works in order to bring new energy in clubs. We hope this second volume will bring back our dance floors to life. From la Danza de los Voladores during Mesoamerican rituals to the Maenads in Greek mythology, dancing is part of social life from the outset, and will always be.
Because dancing frees body and mind - because club culture is essential - this compilation series preaches for an uninhibited and uncontrolled dance. There is only one motto « dance or get lost!

PREMIERE : Mishell - Don't Talk Boy

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Jacob Phono & Jens Bond - Lick Your Brains (Original Mix) (Full Length) [AUDIOMATIQUE]

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/the_tiger_ep

With The Tiger, Matias Aguayo returns to Kompakt with his first EP for the label since 2014’s Legende. Since then, he’s been busy with all manner of experiments and explorations – a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM, 2019’s Support Alien Invasion; the essential El Rudo Del House series; an album on Crammed Discs with his group The Desdemonas; collaborations with Sano and Gladkazuka (as Rionegro), DJ Spoko, Mujaji, Julianna, a new trio with DJs Pareja, named MDM Factory, and the latest offering on his Cómeme imprint, El Cameron featuring Ricardo Villalobos. But something special happens when Aguayo returns to the mothership, as though he’s reconnecting with something essential: “pop melancholy is just right there,” he says.

On The Tiger, Aguayo is in touch with the core of the flame, the music that’s at the centre of his being. While most of the music may have originated “in the foggy Mexican forest,” he’s sure that the EP is “still a Cologne record,” something you can hear as soon as the prowling bass, shuffling rhythms and ghostly voices of the title track lope stealthily into earshot. The titular character is caught up in the sensuous tangle of the night, that space between dusk’s delirium and dawn’s dreaming. Aguayo sings, “Do you see the same I see? Are we having the same dream?” – here, he’s picturing an after-hours revelation, “on a warm muggy night with all sorts of background noise from various nightwalking animals – but at the same time, I was a city dweller stranded in the jungle, who still dressed like he was about to go to the disco.”

The ascending, ever-circling bass of “Nightshift, The Red” tells another story, a spiralling mantra that’s hypnotically psychedelic, yet elegant, refined, filled with sonic textures you can almost reach out and touch, like knotted twists of exotic fabric. “The lyrics are very associative and somewhere between urban and jungle nightlife,” Aguayo mentions, “fireflies shine, but also the reflections of the disco ball.” “Show Me What You’re Feeling” takes us back to the 1990s, with Aguayo re-working some vocal and lyrical fragments from three decades ago, its beautiful uncertainty remarkable in what Aguayo calls its “extremely emotional openness”. Dappled with melancholy, it’s a lover’s hymn to intimacy and vulnerability.

Aguayo signs off The Tiger with “El Propio Propio”, a celebratory ending to an EP that’s rich and complex, full of lovely musical moments – the tender melodies woven through “Show Me What You’re Feeling”; the warping, pliable, plastic textures that Aguayo crumples and crinkles through “El Propio Propio”. Like much of Aguayo’s music, The Tiger highlights the senses, to advance a new sensibility, one that inhabits a fever-dream of hints and clues, a mystery that’s solved by the deep, dark sensuality of the rhythms here, fully in love with the nightlife. It finds its exoticism in unexpected moments, sideways glances, surprising twists and turns. After all, as Aguayo says, “moths are far more glamorous and mysterious than butterflies.”

The Tiger EP

Nightshift, The Red

Grounded

Grounded (feat. Fata & Morgana, Ricoloop & MENDRIX)

pre-order vinyl: https://milio.bandcamp.com/album/invisible-lands

Milio is back on Atomnation with his third full-length Invisible Lands in September 2024. It is the glorious result of an artistic journey in which the Dutchman has discovered new production skills and techniques. With this album, he shares his ultimate safe space, which you can come to understand while listening to it. Recorded with love, a variety of synthesizers, and experimentation using his voice.

In recent times he has impressed with his immersive live show, launched his label VIAVIA, hosted his own events and joined a new group A# to further explore improvised live experiments together with a group of friends.

Invisible Lands comes with original artwork drawn by Koen Taselaar. Taselaar’s visual language emerges from the grey area where text is not only meaning but also form. He expresses this in drawn puns, imaginary record sleeves, and large psychedelic paintings. An accomplished visual artist, he has been nominated for the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs and had a solo exhibition at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.

Invisible Lands

digital / vinyl

Milio - Oase

Germany’s @live-at-robert-johnson celebrates 25 years of electronic excellence with a mammoth new V/A compilation

‘Tell Me Something Good - 25 Years of Famous When Dead!’ is out 23rd August – have an exclusive first listen to @michael-mayer-kompakt’s electro-house gem ‘Prantocox’

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-michael-mayer-prantocox

Premiere: Michael Mayer ‘Prantocox’

Two of the scene’s most exciting forces, Paris-based ARYMÉ and Brazilian powerhouse Antdot, unite on “Romance”, a rich, emotional cut that bridges Afro House rhythms with melodic storytelling. Anchored by lush instrumentation and a hypnotic groove, “Romance” is a dancefloor journey infused with global flavor, a track that’s as intimate as it is expansive.
“Romance” captures the spirit of both artists, ARYMÉ’s high energy cosmopolitan flair meets Antdot’s masterful sonic identity, creating a timeless sound.

ARYMÉ: https://www.instagram.com/aryme_music/
ANTDOT: https://www.instagram.com/brunoantdot/

HMWL Premiere: ARYMÉ, ANTDOT - Romance  (Radio Mix) [Deeproot Tribe]

A soft rolling clap, a dark synth for the first push and finally these dreamy melody and whispering voices over it - welcome back Mister Thomas Gandey on Einmusika. Together with Alex Kaspersky he is bringing “To find a reason“ which will make the summer more groovy. “Pieces of Me“ comes with 80’s sound applications and a quality voice over it. Step by step this one makes you smile and lift your hands. On top we serve a remix by Ron Flatter.

Pieces Of Me EP | Einmusika101

Thomas Gandey - Pieces Of Me

Out Now!

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Oliver Schories - Royan (Bookwood Remix) [SOSO]

ATL024 - DARLYN VLYS - HORSE FEAT. HAPTIC

February 2019 marks two years of ATLANT and our most important release so far as we combine the musical talents of Nîmes (FR) born Darlyn Vlys with Sydney (AUS) vocalist Haptic, alongside stunning re-imaginings by electronic visionaries Mind Against, Tim Engelhardt and Peter Pardeike.
‘Horse’ first appeared on radars when Âme b2b Dixon premiered this emotional vocal to close their Innervisions hosted Royal Albert Hall 2018 event. With the rumour mill gathering pace it was a challenge to keep things under wraps, especially because we wanted to create an ATLANT package truly worthy of this special track.
The Original’s strummed bass-line and organic percussion immediately catch your attention, with everything stripped back to lay bare Haptic’s raw emotional shoegaze tone. A lesson in restraint, Darlyn Vlys’s subtle use of studio effects and sumptuous synth layers add warmth as Haptic asks us to pause, before leading the way to a string drenched chorus to ‘just give in’. Now the track develops, with the lyrics becoming ingrained in our memory. As the bass and beats exit, this time with a greater sense of urgency, Vlys leaves you wanting more.
Italian-born, Berlin-based duo Mind Against need limited introduction to anyone familiar with their music for Afterlife or Life And Death. These guys rarely provide remixes ... when they do, the output is always something special as witnessed on their recent Celestial Dub of SCB’s ‘Test Tubes’. We are privileged to welcome them to the ATLANT family.
Alessandro and Federico have delivered a true masterpiece with a deep dark groove gently underpinned by echoed crashes and atmospheric arps, as the vocal enters. A masterclass in drama, Mind Against accentuate every breath and lyric before a subtle deep bass drop increases the tension, letting ‘Horse’ run wild into a swirling arpeggiated crescendo that temporarily disorientates the listener, however Haptic’s vocal is always there to lead you home.
It is a complete pleasure to have BOg’s long time collaborator and good friend in the supremely talented Tim Engelhardt onboard. Tim’s Horse update subtly emphasises all of the key elements of the original, while increasing the dramatic orchestration, making the bass pulse and enveloping the lyrics in swathes of cinematic melodies as a sustained synth buzz and beautiful piano lines add incredible emotion. There is a purity and real beauty here.
The EP closes courtesy of the Peter Pardeike [Connaisseur | Innervisions] who builds on core events of the original to create a rich sonic tapestry perfect suited for unforgettable club moments. Peter’s teasing use of the vocal and extended breakdown raise a heightened sense of anticipation before whirring synths simmer and explode, with new melodies creating a sense of euphoria. Absolute perfection.

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