sound like tongue rolls in subterfuge cell

Buy on Beatport: www.beatport.com/release/scorpio/1347213
Buy on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/scorpio/id900346398
Buy on Juno: http://www.junodownload.com/products/liar-scorpio/2536756-02
Buy on Boomkat: boomkat.com/downloads/1064836-liar-scorpio
Buy on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Scorpio-Liar/dp/B00LYF7OWC
Buy on IM: infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/im02…ar-scorpio

Liar has flirted with club music throughout the entirety of his output – he’s touched on every conceivable genre and BPM, in the process accumulating quite the arsenal of trax that could warm up a rave, sustain it at peak time, or cool it down at 5 AM. But it’s always been an afterthought in the grand design of his shape-shifting auteur approach. With “Scorpio”, however, Liar intends to quit teasing the club and make her an honest woman.

That being said, his commitment is by no means monogamous. Not content to allow himself to be overly influenced by any particular sound that has graced his DJ sets over the past couple of years, he crossbreeds the exponential club innovations of Night Slugs in the wake of “Classical Curves”, the uncompromising vibrancy of the Parisian scene, and the escapism of the UK rave. Grime, jungle, ballroom, metal drumming, new wave, Eurodance, industrial, EBM, jock jams and the kitchen sink also inform the mélange. This is no mere pastiche reel, however. As an inherent geographical outlier, Liar is uniquely positioned to have a truly universal perspective on all the musical languages he incorporates, and he leverages this into an almost academic, yet highly personal oeuvre. Conceptually driven and titled by his ascendant zodiac sign, “Scorpio”, like its namesake, is probing, passionate, precise, powerful, and sometimes precarious.

Opener “Hyper-Ego” is equal parts grime tour-de-force, avant-pop, and machine music masterclass. The clap-happy formula and narcissistic aesthetic of Liar’s earlier “Alpha” beast is revisited and revised, diva house vox are cleverly repurposed, the production reins are held taut, and a resplendent, bleeding edge anthem emerges.

“Key Party” is a distilment of countless snippets of keygen music and General MIDI classics into a cohesive retrofuturist operetta, adorned with frenzied rave vox and Fairlight-era samples, all of it tethered to a brutalist techno/ballroom hybrid.

The cheekily-titled “Club Medz” is subtly elegiac in tone, serenading towards the balcony of drug culture from the terra firma of club culture. An 808 provides the rhythmic foundation atop which acoustic kicks pound away, seemingly affixed to a robotic metalhead drummer’s double pedal, while submerged strings relentlessly bellow and Middle Eastern Korg M1 licks provide the counterpoint.

The oriental flavor pervades well into “Ha-REM”, itself also a double pedal pounder. Starting of as a molecular deconstruction of “ha tracks”, it explicitly mourns the demise of their novelty via its pitched-ha-crash-marche-funèbre, before erupting into an almost peerless drum workout, only to segue into the most poignantly emotional moment of EP. Its VIP is wholly suprematist, stripping it to its bare bones, unearthing a bold and tenebrous club tool.

Closer “The Ballad of Scorpio” exists somewhere within the triangle of Detroit electro, world-beat and freestyle arena breaks. It is built around a vocoded stanza of one of Liar’s own poems - “Muzzled gun and hidden knife./Father’s milk and bits of coal./I am the evil in your life./I am the good inside your soul.” – which quite aptly sums up the spirit of the EP.

On the remix tip, Foba reworks “Key Party” into trapstyle house, injecting tribal NY groove and toning down the brutality. Conversely, Spurz ramps said brutality up to 11 for his acidic “Key Bump” club weapon edit.

An ode to past, a testament of the future, and a commentary on both, “Scorpio” is Liar’s present for the present. Raise your head if you believe.

Early support from Bok Bok (Night Slugs), SPF666 (Club Chemtrail) and Ra’s Al Fatale (Gang Fatale).

Tracklist:
1. Hyper-Ego
2. Key Party
3. Club Medz
4. Ha-REM
5. Ha-REM VIP
6. Key Party (Foba Remix)
7. Key Party (Spurz ‘Key Bump’ Edit)
8. The Ballad of Scorpio

Written, produced and mastered by Liar.
Artwork by Andronis.

Liar - Scorpio

Buy on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/scorpio/1347213
Buy on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scorpio/id900346398
Buy on Juno: http://www.junodownload.com/products/liar-scorpio/2536756-02
Buy on Boomkat: http://boomkat.com/downloads/1064836-liar-scorpio
Buy on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Scorpio-Liar/dp/B00LYF7OWC
Buy on IM: http://infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/im025-liar-scorpio
Buy on Kudos: http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/IM025/Liar_Scorpio

Liar has flirted with club music throughout the entirety of his output – he’s touched on every conceivable genre and BPM, in the process accumulating quite the arsenal of trax that could warm up a rave, sustain it at peak time, or cool it down at 5 AM. But it’s always been an afterthought in the grand design of his shape-shifting auteur approach. With “Scorpio”, however, Liar intends to quit teasing the club and make her an honest woman.

That being said, his commitment is by no means monogamous. Not content to allow himself to be overly influenced by any particular sound that has graced his DJ sets over the past couple of years, he crossbreeds the exponential club innovations of Night Slugs in the wake of “Classical Curves”, the uncompromising vibrancy of the Parisian scene, and the escapism of the UK rave. Grime, jungle, ballroom, metal drumming, new wave, Eurodance, industrial, EBM, jock jams and the kitchen sink also inform the mélange. This is no mere pastiche reel, however. As an inherent geographical outlier, Liar is uniquely positioned to have a truly universal perspective on all the musical languages he incorporates, and he leverages this into an almost academic, yet highly personal oeuvre. Conceptually driven and titled by his ascendant zodiac sign, “Scorpio”, like its namesake, is probing, passionate, precise, powerful, and sometimes precarious.

Opener “Hyper-Ego” is equal parts grime tour-de-force, avant-pop, and machine music masterclass. The clap-happy formula and narcissistic aesthetic of Liar’s earlier “Alpha” beast is revisited and revised, diva house vox are cleverly repurposed, the production reins are held taut, and a resplendent, bleeding edge anthem emerges. 

“Key Party” is a distilment of countless snippets of keygen music and General MIDI classics into a cohesive retrofuturist operetta, adorned with frenzied rave vox and Fairlight-era samples, all of it tethered to a brutalist techno/ballroom hybrid. 

The cheekily-titled “Club Medz” is subtly elegiac in tone, serenading towards the balcony of drug culture from the terra firma of club culture. An 808 provides the rhythmic foundation atop which acoustic kicks pound away, seemingly affixed to a robotic metalhead drummer’s double pedal, while submerged strings relentlessly bellow and Middle Eastern Korg M1 licks provide the counterpoint. 

The oriental flavor pervades well into “Ha-REM”, itself also a double pedal pounder. Starting of as a molecular deconstruction of “ha tracks”, it explicitly mourns the demise of their novelty via its pitched-ha-crash-marche-funèbre, before erupting into an almost peerless drum workout, only to segue into the most poignantly emotional moment of EP. Its VIP is wholly suprematist, stripping it to its bare bones, unearthing a bold and tenebrous club tool. 

Closer “The Ballad of Scorpio” exists somewhere within the triangle of Detroit electro, world-beat and freestyle arena breaks. It is built around a vocoded stanza of one of Liar’s own poems - “Muzzled gun and hidden knife./Father’s milk and bits of coal./I am the evil in your life./I am the good inside your soul.” – which quite aptly sums up the spirit of the EP.

On the remix tip, Foba reworks “Key Party” into trapstyle house, injecting tribal NY groove and toning down the brutality. Conversely, Spurz ramps said brutality up to 11 for his acidic “Key Bump” club weapon edit.

An ode to past, a testament of the future, and a commentary on both, “Scorpio” is Liar’s present for the present. Raise your head if you believe.

Early support from Bok Bok (Night Slugs), SPF666 (Club Chemtrail) and Ra’s Al Fatale (Gang Fatale).
 
Tracklist:
1. Hyper-Ego
2. Key Party
3. Club Medz
4. Ha-REM
5. Ha-REM VIP
6. Key Party (Foba Remix)
7. Key Party (Spurz ‘Key Bump’ Edit)
8. The Ballad of Scorpio

Written, produced and mastered by Liar.
Artwork by Andronis.


Liar - Key Party

Romanian producer Liar may not have released on Night Slugs in the past but listen to his music and there's no denying that there's echoes of the label's output in the last few years.

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/liar

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Download: Liar 'Club Medz'

Buy on Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/scorpio/1347213
Buy on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scorpio/id900346398
Buy on Juno: http://www.junodownload.com/products/liar-scorpio/2536756-02
Buy on Boomkat: http://boomkat.com/downloads/1064836-liar-scorpio
Buy on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Scorpio-Liar/dp/B00LYF7OWC
Buy on IM: http://infinitemachine.bandcamp.com/album/im025-liar-scorpio
Buy on Kudos: http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/IM025/Liar_Scorpio

Liar has flirted with club music throughout the entirety of his output – he’s touched on every conceivable genre and BPM, in the process accumulating quite the arsenal of trax that could warm up a rave, sustain it at peak time, or cool it down at 5 AM. But it’s always been an afterthought in the grand design of his shape-shifting auteur approach. With “Scorpio”, however, Liar intends to quit teasing the club and make her an honest woman.

That being said, his commitment is by no means monogamous. Not content to allow himself to be overly influenced by any particular sound that has graced his DJ sets over the past couple of years, he crossbreeds the exponential club innovations of Night Slugs in the wake of “Classical Curves”, the uncompromising vibrancy of the Parisian scene, and the escapism of the UK rave. Grime, jungle, ballroom, metal drumming, new wave, Eurodance, industrial, EBM, jock jams and the kitchen sink also inform the mélange. This is no mere pastiche reel, however. As an inherent geographical outlier, Liar is uniquely positioned to have a truly universal perspective on all the musical languages he incorporates, and he leverages this into an almost academic, yet highly personal oeuvre. Conceptually driven and titled by his ascendant zodiac sign, “Scorpio”, like its namesake, is probing, passionate, precise, powerful, and sometimes precarious.

Opener “Hyper-Ego” is equal parts grime tour-de-force, avant-pop, and machine music masterclass. The clap-happy formula and narcissistic aesthetic of Liar’s earlier “Alpha” beast is revisited and revised, diva house vox are cleverly repurposed, the production reins are held taut, and a resplendent, bleeding edge anthem emerges.

“Key Party” is a distilment of countless snippets of keygen music and General MIDI classics into a cohesive retrofuturist operetta, adorned with frenzied rave vox and Fairlight-era samples, all of it tethered to a brutalist techno/ballroom hybrid.

The cheekily-titled “Club Medz” is subtly elegiac in tone, serenading towards the balcony of drug culture from the terra firma of club culture. An 808 provides the rhythmic foundation atop which acoustic kicks pound away, seemingly affixed to a robotic metalhead drummer’s double pedal, while submerged strings relentlessly bellow and Middle Eastern Korg M1 licks provide the counterpoint.

The oriental flavor pervades well into “Ha-REM”, itself also a double pedal pounder. Starting of as a molecular deconstruction of “ha tracks”, it explicitly mourns the demise of their novelty via its pitched-ha-crash-marche-funèbre, before erupting into an almost peerless drum workout, only to segue into the most poignantly emotional moment of EP. Its VIP is wholly suprematist, stripping it to its bare bones, unearthing a bold and tenebrous club tool.

Closer “The Ballad of Scorpio” exists somewhere within the triangle of Detroit electro, world-beat and freestyle arena breaks. It is built around a vocoded stanza of one of Liar’s own poems - “Muzzled gun and hidden knife./Father’s milk and bits of coal./I am the evil in your life./I am the good inside your soul.” – which quite aptly sums up the spirit of the EP.

On the remix tip, Foba reworks “Key Party” into trapstyle house, injecting tribal NY groove and toning down the brutality. Conversely, Spurz ramps said brutality up to 11 for his acidic “Key Bump” club weapon edit.

An ode to past, a testament of the future, and a commentary on both, “Scorpio” is Liar’s present for the present. Raise your head if you believe.

Early support from Bok Bok (Night Slugs), SPF666 (Club Chemtrail) and Ra’s Al Fatale (Gang Fatale).

Tracklist:
1. Hyper-Ego
2. Key Party
3. Club Medz
4. Ha-REM
5. Ha-REM VIP
6. Key Party (Foba Remix)
7. Key Party (Spurz ‘Key Bump’ Edit)
8. The Ballad of Scorpio

Written, produced and mastered by Liar.
Artwork by Andronis.

Liar - Ha-REM

Liar - Club Medz

Liar - Hyper-Ego

@kimannfoxman serves up two pumping house cuts with a classic prog twist

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-kim-ann-foxman-dance-dont-stop

ST004 We Are Rhythm

Premiere: Kim Ann Foxman ‘Dance Don’t Stop’

Supercontinent EP, named for the ancient geological era when Africa and South America were joined as Pangea.

A reformulation of rhythmic ideas inspired by South African Amapiano and South American Baile Funk governs the two hemispheres of the record. The pair examine and deconstruct dancefloor material, eschewing 4/4 for interlocking shaker patterns, searing acid lines, cracking breakbeats, and vocal samples in Zulu and Brazil Portuguese.

An ascending percussive riff marks the arrival of “Pulgueiro Baile”, followed closely by break beats and the nostalgia of distinctly British acid electro. While pulguero translates as ‘flea market’ there is nothing random to be found; it is an intentionally future-forward retelling of a vintage sound, replete with a mind-melt breakdown of rave pads.

Artist: @kassiansound
Buy: https://kassiansound.bandcamp.com/album/supercontinent

PREMIERE: Kassian - Pulgueiro Baile [!K7]

Marking the label’s most club-ready outing to date, and signalling a venture into darker musical realms for the Magic Ritmo co-boss, the three tracks on 'Echo Ritual' connect the dots between electro, EBM and wave.

A departure from the Italo, leftfield house and trance-soaked sounds heard on his previous releases for the likes of Permanent Vacation, Bordello A Parigi and Palms Trax's CWPT, ‘Echo Ritual’ charges straight out the gates with its euphoric, whirring synths that ring out over an infectious chugging bass line.

‘Northern Chug’ follows suit, taking cues from visceral body music and heavy, stomping electro, before REES ups the tempo for closing track ‘Venom’; another deadly dose of slithering electro fuelled by biting, metallic synths and razor sharp percussion.

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Batou - Armor Sonic Secrets EP
BUY LINK: https://underwateraudiodynamics.bandcamp.com/album/armor-sonic-secrets-ep
Label: Underwater Audio Dynamics (https://soundcloud.com/underwateraudiodynamics)
https://www.instagram.com/underwateraudiodynamics
> Batou (https://soundcloud.com/batoubapt)
https://www.instagram.com/batoubaptt/

We are launching the first release from our Breton label: Underwater Audio Dynamics.

The label comes from the meeting of two oceanic creatures off the coast of Brittany and will be devoted to underwater energies, taking an open look at the electronic scene, in search of unique and off-the-radar universes.

Batou's EP highlights 2 energies that are dear to him: one marked by two downtempo pieces with acid-Breton sounds and the other more focused on percussive prog house sounds.

Dive into the depths!

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Batou - Oceanized

Inhale Exhale V​/​A 016
BUY LINK: https://inhaleexhalerecords.bandcamp.com/album/inhale-exhale-v-a-016
Label: Inhale Exhale Records (@inhaleexhalerec)
www.instagram.com/inhale.ex/
> Tilman (https://soundcloud.com/tilman)
https://www.instagram.com/tilman_fine/

INEX016 takes you on a magical journey through the mellow realm of house music. Veteran Eddie C delivers a disco-infused belter that will make your hips shake. Tilman presents a juicy nu-groove track that transports you back to May 1st, 1992. Making his wax debut, Julius Renner offers a soulful voyage to the peak of the dance floor. Toomy Disco, a newcomer on Inex aswell, delivers a shuffling and groovy bomb, pondering the future of DJs. Ron Brown collaborates on a deep, almost Latin-spiced organ track with moments of melancholy and hope. Lastly, Meeshoo touches our souls with strings and disco excellence.

PREMIERE : Tilman - Forevermore

@kasra-v celebrates a decade on NTS Radio with a star-studded compilation of ravey trance, house and breakbeat

‘10:10 Kasra V Presents 10 Years On NTS Radio’ is out 14th June via @v-sionrecs. Listen to @angeldlite’s mesmerising contribution ‘Candy climax’.

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-angel-dlite-candy-climax

10:10 Kasra V presents 10 years on NTS Radio

Premiere: Angel D’lite ‘Candy climax’

@paramida brings together “past, present and future” sounds in celebration of 10 years of her @loveontherocks label

‘Sky Is The Limit’ is out 7th June. Listen to E-Talking’s sunkissed house heater ‘Mystere de l’Amour’.

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-e-talking-mystere-de-lamour

Premiere: E-Talking ‘Mystere de l’Amour’

Pre-order: https://gigifm.bandcamp.com/album/movimiento

'Movimento' is the new five-track EP from @gigi-fm landing on her label, Sea~rène, traversing soaring electro to chugging summer anthems.

"'Raspberry Pie' holds a special place in my heart as it represents a slice of joy, a personal remedy against sadness, a sweet and carefree moment captured in sound," she says. "Creating it was like bottling up the essence of pure happiness."

Download: Liar 'Club Medz'

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