Ring my bell (HEY: ALBERT Rework)

New mutant offshoot from the Talking Drums crew…

You know how it goes at the after party, over indulge and you end up hogging the conversation. So, in the interest of better dancefloor discourse allow us to present Drum Chums, a new series of edits by percussion pals from across the globe.

This inaugural edition comes from our good buddy Basso, a Hamburg homie whose digging expertise is rivalled only by his scalpel skills and superb silliness. Dipping into the darkest corners of his ever-Growing Bins, Bussi shines up a quartet of rediscovered delights for an edit EP which oozes grooves and off balance moves.

On an uptempo A-side, the German luxuriates in the spectral arps, glistening licks and uplifting chords of fusion boogie winner 'Do Stay For Breakfast' before serving the steamy, sultry and seductive vampire disco jam 'Soft Choppers'. 

Things take a turn for the Balearic on the B-side thanks to the Afro-tropical pop of 'Simple Stroll', all electroid bass, chugging percussion and playful guitar, and finally the cosmic cool of 'Breaking Bread', a spaced out bossa for heads and feet. 

100% Drum Chums guaranteed...

A2 Basso - Soft Choppers

#hsmpremiere
Eddie C - Dysk Dzokej On Acid 
Good For Dance 
Craft Music
Release date: 27 Sep 21
Format: Vinyl

VA Good For Dance the new release from Craft Music label. Four disco and house tracks saturated with acid bass. Compiled specifically by DJ Craft for summer dance floors.

https://soundcloud.com/craftmusique
https://www.instagram.com/craft.music
https://soundcloud.com/eddiec
https://www.instagram.com/therealeddiec

HSM PREMIERE | Eddie C - Dysk Dzokej On Acid [Craft Music]

Incantation

Johannes Heil (Aum)

Lie Down In Darkness (Michael Mayer Remix)

Day 140 of my song a day project. See the whole project at www.myacereporter.com.

Day 140: Daft Punk Is Playing At My House (LCD Soundsystem)

These are stripped-down 160mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: Siren
Title: Lulu incl. remixes by Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi, Siren
Cat.-No.: CPT 496-1
Format: 12" / Digital
LC 02518
Release Date: 21. July 2017

Tracklisting:

Side A:
A1. „Lulu“ (Original) (7:15)
A2. „Lulu“ (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix) (6:07)
Side B:
B1. „Lulu“ (Siren Remix) (6:47)
B2. „Paradise“ (Siren Remix) (8:04)

For their fourth release on Compost, SIREN, (Darshan Jesrani and Dennis Kane) offer up Lulu. A haunting and driven song with an emotionally lacquered vocal from Devi Mamboka. The song also features elegant guitar work from Danny Chavis of The Veldt (His twin brother Daniel sang vocals on SIREN’S first release) bass from SIREN engineer supreme Mark Dann, and percussion from Liquid Liquid front man Salvatore Principato.
The Italian disco- and cosmic pioneers Daniele Baldelli and Marco Dionigi joined forces for an extraordinary timeless smoothly grooving re-interpretation of Lulu.
“Pre nom Lulu” - German dramatist Frank Wedekind published the two “Lulu” plays “Pandora’s Box” and “Earth Spirit” in 1895. They are unique and genre shattering as they present a female protagonist with a strong voice, and one possessive of a highly sexualized and independent mind. Following up “Paradise” where their vocalist (Felice Rossner) declares: ”Sell the house, sell the car, take my phone, I’m not coming back....” SIREN again delivers another female voice, one that is confronting existential doubt head on; “Darling let’s jump...” Devi Mambouka give voice to Lulu in the song and inhabits the heroine’s indifference to bourgeois convention with graceful and sensual defiance. She begins by telling her lover to “shut his mouth and listen to me” then describes a trip they will make “losing one’s eyes, losing one’s bearings, getting free and saying yes”. The lyric heralds transformation and builds on the ideas of SIREN’s previous songs, Gauntlet, A/Way, and Paradise.
In the barren context of contemporary dance music, which seems indifferent to the ideas of art and philosophy, SIREN is going fully against the grain, drawing inspiration from lyricists like David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, and writers like John Ashbery and William Burroughs. Siren loves bands like Suicide and Bauhaus, groups that make powerful sensual songs while still bringing complex thinking to the table. SIREN feels, like Funkadelic, that you can free your mind and your ass will follow. The songs sleek production and affecting rhythms evoke a journey taken, nocturnal and urgent.

The cover art for Lulu is by NYC artist and owner of the fabled bar/gallery Lit Erik Foss. SIREN and Foss had a dear mutual friend, NYC graffiti legend SPAM (who was the bartender for every one of SIREN’s Strobe Lodge parties) and SPAM had a girlfriend named Devi Mambouka – that’s how we do. Chatting with Erik about the song Kane asked him if he had anything that might be right for the idea, and after an afternoon of looking at work – they choose the image, “a touch of class”, the back cover features an artwork from Kane – a portrait of imagist poet Hilda Doolittle.
NYC still has hardcore community of artists musicians and writers, tough minded and complex, SIREN feels grateful to engage with their collaborators and hopefully add to that storied history of art making and also to provide a motivator to get on the dance floor.

@sirensoundny
@startreeny
@dsgtnyc

Siren - Lulu (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix)

*This is an unofficial edit* *Track is not on sale*

The return of the Suara Free releases after a little break comes with a magnifique edit of our Italian friend Heartik for the timeless James Holden's hymn "10101". Quality and free music. No more words needed.

[Suara Free 006] James Holden - 10101 (Heartik Edit)

Lollipop

Lollipop (Dream 2 Science Remix)

Analog Acid Synth
Composer, producer & performer.

Incantation

MLD