Release Dates

Album
"Metamorphose" 01 Apr 2022

Single 1 
"Amygdala" 04 Mar 2022

Single 2 
"Objekt"  18 Mar 2022


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Metamorphose

Amygdala

JakoJako - Amygdala (Metamorphose LP)

2022 rework of a early 2003 Monolake track. I just wanted to see if i can still open a Live set I made with Ableton Live 2 in Ableton Live 11. And then I spent the afternoon playing with it and decided to share the result. There you go! :-)

Atomium-2022-rework

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night with you/ночь с тобой

Taken from: VC-118A - Waves of Change - Delsin Records - 157dsr

buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7731/vc-118a/waves-of-change
buy digital: https://chaindata.bandcamp.com/album/waves-of-change

On his fifth album as VC-118A, Samuel van Dijk (@mohlao) is using his evolved electro practice to explore the notion of change - a universal constant which keeps us barrelling towards unknown futures.

With 2021’s Spiritual Machines, van Dijk presented a new approach which took his established (and celebrated) sound into downtempo and experimental pastures. Now the Dutch artist builds on that premise with a clear-sighted focus on the idea of change, as forces and factors in our present moment accelerate the states of flux within our lives.

Crooked machine rhythms remain the driving force behind VC-118A, but it’s the treatment of the drums and the richly developed layers around them which tell the story. The sources are largely analogue, from a trusted bank of outboard tools ranging from 606s and 101s to ample modern and vintage effects and various modular systems, but these sounds are carefully sequenced and shaped with digital processes to create the nuanced tones and textures which envelop Waves of Change. Crucial to the spatial immersion of the album is the subtle drop in tempo, widening the rhythms and leaving room for the atmospheric sound design to have a greater impact.

The fluid synthesis and sound design which permeates tracks like ‘The Deep’, ‘You’ and ‘Replace Image’ might well be considered a sonic metaphor for the ever-shifting state of the universe, while the reliably crisp rhythmic structures applied to the likes of ‘Heat’, ‘Club’ and ’Elektri’ have a metronomic quality as steadfast as time itself.

It’s the extended immersion of ‘Motherboard’ which offers the most complete summation of the album’s qualities at the midway point, coursing through subtly vivid soundscapes guided by elegant, constantly probing drums. The snatches of voices which emerge through the mix are those of van Dijk’s parents, sampled from a discovered box of tapes from the mid-80s when they were both sound artists. Thematically, the samples also embody the sense of change van Dijk was striving for making this album, capturing a moment in time for his now-separated parents when their lives were very different.

Balancing the disciplines of machine-powered sequencing and hand-shaped sound to render his ideas in sonic form, the continued evolution of VC-118A results in another mesmerising record steeped in craft and loaded with intention.

September 18, 2023

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VC-118A - Stream (taken from 'Waves of Change' 157dsr)

ob ell X2

A1 from i'd love to fly
releases may 30

pre-order
https://nthng.bandcamp.com/album/id-love-to-fly

music by nthng
picture by Karina Rovira
mastered by Isabel @ OLO Mastering
pressed at RAND MUZIK
distributed by Inchbyinch

I'd Love To Fly

And On

B1 from i'd love to fly
releases may 30

pre-order
nthng.bandcamp.com/album/id-love-to-fly

music by nthng
artwork by Karina Rovira
video by Raen Coplin
mastered by Isabel @ OLO Mastering
pressed at RAND MUZIK
distributed by Inchbyinch

In the city

Taken from the new Ben Frost EP - 'V A R I A N T' - out now on limited edition imported vinyl and digital on Mute / Bedroom Community.

The limited edition EP features remixes of tracks taken from the latest album A U R O R A by British producer Evian Christ (following his critically acclaimed Waterfall EP and work with Kanye West); Downward label boss and techno producer Regis (previous remix credits inc. VCMG, Terence Fixmer), Good by Air affiliated experimental artist Dutch E Germ (previous remix credits inc. Fatima Al Qadiri and Mas Ysa); Australian duo HTRK and raster-noton recording artist Kangding Ray.

V A R I A N T :: EP TRACKLISTING
Venter - Evian Christ TF 12” Mix
Venter - Dutch E Germ Remix
Venter - HTRK Remix
No Sorrowing - Kangding Ray Remix
Nolan - Regis Self Medicating Edit

Buy V A R I A N T here: 
Digital- smarturl.it/VariantDigi
LP- smarturl.it/VariantLP

Get A U R O R A here: 
iTunes - smarturl.it/auroraiTunes
CD - smarturl.it/auroraCD
Standard Vinyl - smarturl.it/auroraLP
Coloured Limited Edition Vinyl Boomkat - boomkat.com/vinyl/969946
Rough Trade - www.roughtrade.com/albums/81850

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Ben Frost :: 'No Sorrowing' (Kangding Ray Remix)

This is an Unofficial Mix by me. It won't be released or be available for download. 
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