released August 12, 2022 

Vocals by Lateena 
produced, mixed & mastered by Modulaw 
'Switzerland' & 'Like A Barbie' co-produced by Xzavier Stone 
Stress feat. DÆMON 
'Switzerland' & 'Like A Barbie (Remix)' feat Trannilish

Artwork by Latoya Breu & Binta Kopp

Lateena & Modulaw - Luxurious Legacy

Biométrica - Imaabs Remix

aslr

Lateena & Modulaw - Switzerland Feat Trannilish (co-prod by Xzavier Stone)

Lateena & Modulaw - Stress Feat DAEMON

Lateena & Modulaw - Like A Barbie (co-prod by Xzavier Stone)

Lateena & Modulaw - Shinora

Lateena & Modulaw - Handle Me Meat

Lateena & Modulaw - Attention

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SLIKBACK X SWORDMAN - 22GAZA

Since his first productions emerged back in 2010, Munchi has put his own spin on everything he's approached, bending moombahton into breakcore and creating moombahcore fusing skullstep and trap and making skulltrap, and curving bachata and merengue … . A voracious listener, he's been able to absorb sounds from across the diaspora - from reggeton and baile funk to Dutch bubbling and Chicago juke - and effortlessly engineer his own twist, creating tracks and mixes with a journalistic hunger for storytelling and contextual deconstruction. Blogger and musicologist Wayne Marshall even coined a separate genre for Munchi's diverse spread of genre-agnostic productions back in 2010: Munchiton. Since then, Munchi has worked with M.I.A. and Pharell Williams among others, and remixed everyone from Skrillex to Nguzunguzu, Noisia to Buraka.


 "I Love Mambo" was put together in 2010 for Dave Quam's notorious It's After The End Of The World blog. It was Munchi's first proper mixtape, and matched a handful of his original productions with his favorite tracks from the Dominican Mambo canon, that had evolved throughout the 2000’s after merengue ... even got more stripped down with live instruments replaced with digital sounds with the use of daws like fl studio. Munchi was fascinated by this music at the time, downloading everything he could get his hands on, scraping the internet's darkest corners for "the cheapest, cheesiest, dirtiest, most Fruityloops-ish" tracks. He laments that this era has come and gone, leaving "polished, pretentious and almost soulless" reggaeton to dominate the landscape. "At least when the rhythms were extremely raw you could feel the energy and spirit in it," he says. "It felt like it was alive and breathing." Listening now, the mix sounds as raw, fresh and vital as it did back then, brushing the dust off an often forgotten and certainly misunderstood moment in the history of Dominican music. At any moment the tracks sound so brittle they could collapse completely, only to be bolstered by a swift beat flip, vocal chop or cheeky bass drop. Over the course of an hour, Munchi accompanies us on a thrill ride through a genre that's left an indelible mark on dance music throughout the Caribbean and further afield. … "I Love Mambo" serves as a critical missing link. Munchi's "Detonao EP" is a collection of unreleased material recorded in Rotterdam between 2008 and 2010, and is among the most experimental, minimal and uptempo material Munchi has put his name to. Here he purposefully approximates the kind of jerky, plasticated speed dance that used to dominate the Dominican scene, offering his own spin on the mambo sound. Each track is unsettlingly clean, assembled from detuned toybox pianos, radio sting voices and cheap, groggy horns: opening track 'Damu Mambo' crashes into view thru hollow clunks, horror movie voices, pained air horns, glass smashes and rolling snares before ceding to looped vocals and "X-Files" whistles.In the wrong hands, this chaotic assemblage would be as playable as nails on a chalkboard, but Munchi's genius lies in his ability to massage almost anything into a coherent groove. There are even parallels to be drawn with Portugal's wiry batida sound, and Tanzania's hi-nrg singeli (just check those pacy percussive sounds on 'Comenzo El Party'). There's a sense that Munchi is aware of everything existing in the same continuum, shuffling through Dutch bubbling scrapes and bassline womps on 'Luis Esta Seguroski VIP', and mind-altering 'Percolator' trills on the hypnotic 'Ayoba Mambo'. A history lesson and wild-eyed cultural mashup that'll leave you breathless, "Detonao" is proof that Munchi is operating in a league of his own.

Damu Mambo

An ode to failure!

Departing from the image of the genius artists, the Hit&Miss compilation wants to show the hidden parts of creation, by embracing missteps and abandonment as a natural part of any artistic journey. 

Open to all members of the Global URL Nation, it proposed a new home for projects that couldn't find a place to exist otherwise, due to artistic (self-)exigency, technical problems, bad timing or any other reason often unknown to the general public. 

With more than 20 artists from a broad range of styles, experience and locations, it gathers unfinished projects such as aborted WIP, forgotten drafts, lost files, unconvincing demos, compulsive emotional bursts or technical experimentations. 

With all its flaws and raw cuts, Hit&Miss asserts the strength of trial and error, and cherishes the impossibility to develop an idea into a finished object as a learning process towards one's growth.


++ TRACKLIST ++

01. Antilita Octovyk - Mother Earth Solitude
02. Basura - Erythritol
03. Bademjan - The Blade Is Over
04. King Demitri - Reinitializing Heaven
05. Lukann - Blossom
06. Antilita Octovyk - Here Comes The Moon
07. Ancestral Vision - Mana Double Cup
08. RougeHotel - Sync 2 (demo before PSM 2020)
09. Bademjan - Ringfields
10. indigoblue - 060421
11. Pénélope - La rosée
12. Bademjan - Steel Lumens 
13. Sxmbra - Gloss
14. grrggg - unnerving rdm demo
15. Heart Shaped DJ - Me or everyone else
16. Fungal Mat - Dead or dormant?
17. jjjacob - Kijana
18. Nagruv - Barp (more percussion needed)
19. Bouzouk - Future Dog (Whatever)
20. grrggg - celestial gates demo
21. Cralias - ?collab
22. DJ Criminal Edit - Libertinages dans la pyramide
23. DJ Rotule - Ponpon
24. crat - too dudey
25. Medejin - Má forma
26. Antilita Octovyk - Fuck Marry Kill
27. LMN3 - CANNAPEASE
28. Antilita Octovyk - Лайка
29. grrggg - rocky rdm instrumental 
30. SNKLS - Problème avec personne (Brandy & Monica VIP)
31. J Sliwa - External Schism
32. Andres Komatsu - Tecmo
33. grrggg - CB2012
34. DJ Rotule - Departure (HxH NxC Edit)
35. crat - Asynchronous voice
36. Bademjan - Bleu Lunaire


++ CREDITS ++ 

Tracks produced by Ancestral Vision, Andres Komatsu, Antilita Octovyk, Bademjan, Basura, Bouzouk, Cralias, crat, DJ Criminal Edit, DJ Rotule, Fungal Mat, grrggg, Heart Shaped DJ, indigoblue, jjjacob, J Sliwa,  King Demitri, LMN3, Lukann, Medejin, Nagruv, Pénélope, RougeHotel, SNKLS, Sxmbra

https://soundcloud.com/ancestralvision
https://soundcloud.com/andreskomatsu
https://soundcloud.com/talitaotovic
https://soundcloud.com/bademjan
https://soundcloud.com/bazura
https://soundcloud.com/bouzouk
https://soundcloud.com/cralias
https://soundcloud.com/becrat
https://soundcloud.com/fungalmat
https://soundcloud.com/grrggg
https://soundcloud.com/indigoblue97
https://soundcloud.com/jjjacob
https://soundcloud.com/jsliwa
https://soundcloud.com/kingdemitri
https://soundcloud.com/lmn3muzik
https://soundcloud.com/lukann4
https://soundcloud.com/medejin
https://soundcloud.com/nagruv
https://soundcloud.com/poirot-penelope
https://soundcloud.com/rougeh0tel
https://soundcloud.com/snakeleserpent
https://soundcloud.com/sxmbra

Cover & visual works by Boris Van de Walle & Robin Lopvet
https://www.instagram.com/magicienboz/
https://www.instagram.com/robinlopvet/

Mastering by Bademjan

SNKLS - Problème avec personne (Brandy & Monica VIP)

track specially made for my Berghain DJ set, last week.
limited to 100 dl.
wave format

Happy Birthday, Hyperdub.

Berghain Assault

One brilliant and diasporic result of the journey Angolan music has made through urban Europe. Nazar has produced work after work, extremely progressive in the advancement of the matrix that is the basis of his lexicon – between the deconstruction of being Angolan and many other broken and mutated origins over time.

“KUDURO-AXIS: Luanda, Lisbon & Beyond”, with DJ Znobia, DJ Marfox and Nazar, is presented by maat in the context of the “Terra Irada” programme curated by Pedro Gomes. This programme was presented during “maat Mode 2020”, between May and December.

Image: design by Lisa Hartje Moura, from an original photo by António Júlio Duarte, “Abelhas, China”, 2008.

Nazar – DJ set KUDURO-AXIS: Luanda, Lisbon & Beyond, 2020

MDLW - THE SONGWEAVER

Merlin Modulaw is a sonic architect who constructs immersive worlds and identities through the medium of sound. His artistic endeavors encompass a diverse array of approaches, spanning composition, production, performance, multimedia works and spatial audio. 

From an early age, his fascination with the convergence of various influences fueled a quest for innovation.
He seamlessly blends experimental electronic music and sound art with classical composition, contemporary rap, dancehall, and R&B, along with regional club-music styles. This unconventional fusion reveals the underlying parallels, forging a musical language that defies traditional boundaries.
Guided by a keen ear for innovative sound design and a talent for captivating performances across various mediums, Modulaw's artistic vision takes tangible form. Whether presenting acousmatic experiences, DJ-sets, performances, sound installations, or his own musical creations, he consistently pushes the limits of his artistic expression.

Having studied sound design and electroacoustic composition, Modulaw's creative exploration extends beyond the realm of music. He ventures into new territories such as videoworks and print, expanding the boundaries of his creative expression.

Lateena & Modulaw - Attention

Modulaw

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