ritualistic intensity, congrats for this tune @oran-dead!

Losing your mind in the brainforest at night. Scratching out ancient signs in the undergrowth. Hitting panic mode in an old railway tunnel. Running topless through the trees with camo-dirt smeared on your face. This is what it sounds like.

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IM089 - @galtier - Pulchra Es Elementis
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: September 24th,2021
Format: 12" / Digital

With 10 years in the ‘biz’ firmly under his belt, Jiah Wells is poised to release the first full-length LP of his Galtier project, Pulchra Es Elementis. Whilst Galtier is arguably one of the originators of the percussive style that would eventually fall under the Hard Drum label, the heightened theatrics of his recent output have seen him channel Blade Runner-styled sonics and move further away from absolute club functionality. Whilst Galtier’s output often seems to soundtrack hypothetical, off-planet words, Pulchra Es Elementis turns the focus inwards: towards Wells’ own emotional constellation, his evolving spirituality and his attempts to tap into planes of existence beyond the tangible. The album’s Latin title translates to ‘Elements are Beautiful’ and encapsulates the artist’s belief that there is grace in all of life’s aspects; pushing past what we deem as good or bad, minuscule or massive.

Pulchra Es Elementis begins with Crystalised Larva, a brooding opener of breathy pad synths and expansive kick drums which reverberate through the mix as if the hits originate from the bottom of a valley. There’s an indistinct sense of tension on this track, in part due to a central melody, which never resolves but only descends lower in pitch. This tension turns to explorative wonder on Wilfull Saviour, where a mirage of musical ideas come in and out of focus. Although the sonic worlds Galtier explores are internal to him, Wilfull Saviour still possesses that sense of a cosmic journey we’ve come to expect from Wells; an ardent fan of dystopian films and literature.

Continuing this emotional odyssey, Bruised, But Not Broken sees the artist push deeper into the psychological undergrowth; its murky tonality juxtaposes crisp, Reggaeton-inspired drum patterns with a heavily compressed one-note synth line that modulates wildly - cutting through the mix like a nagging thought that won’t leave your mind. Next up is U Were, U Are & What U Will Be, one of the more club-ready tracks of the LP, which gets us moving with a snarling bassline and layers upon layers of percussive hits and inflections.

At Pulchra Es Elementis’ mid-point is the LP’s title track, a drumless interlude where blissful, shimmering synths create a patchwork of intensities. Galtier’s approach to songwriting shines through here; ignoring musical pragmatics, he opts to feel his way through his compositions without knowing where they might end up. Following on from that weightless breather, Phantasiai turns up the freneticism with its head-spinning mix of drum programming and a glitched-out synth line that yo-yos up and down octaves. Things get even more furious on the Superficie-featuring Cavernam, a hollow Hard Drum banger inspired by Eskibeat sensibilities and designed to create a sense of self-implosion.

The album’s penultimate track, (U Are) Beautiful, is a tale of two halves: beginning with a moment of serenity as synthesizers swell like an ocean tide before evolving into a marching crescendo of raw energy. Rounding off the album, Shine Forth hurtles through pacey drum work and all manner of strange zaps and klaxons before giving way to a final dose of nebulous ambience.

A musical journey unlike any other ‘club music’ albums, Pulchra Es Elementis is an LP that demands to be consumed in one sitting. Reflecting on his place within the universe and the musical landscape, the album could be viewed as a musical exorcism which sees Galtier working through and shedding huge chunks of his ego that stuck to him out of fear of the unknown. Pulchra Es Elementis begins on an insecure, overwhelming or, even, existential note before rounding off with a related sense of vastness seen with new, more positive eyes. It’s a voyage we hope you will join him on.

Galtier - Shine Forth

from Frontera EP 

available at https://wvwv.bandcamp.com/album/octoptic-frontera

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Octoptic - Mal Blanco

co-released with SODAA Club, 3 Swords Republic, Hard Return, HI-NRG, New Scenery, Sly Tone, and TOO MUCH INFORMATION !!

We're happy to contribute to this special release organized by SODAA Club, to support their activity with a selection of tracks from their compilation, curated by members of the Global URL Nation  (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

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SODAA Club is a community developing a decentralised governance model for a music & arts venue in London.

Their first release explores the foundations of their own sound - with members and friends of their commmunity, the 31-track compilation is "genreless and fluid, self-organised and bottom-up."

Inspired by the decentralised release of Alkisah by Senyawa, any label sharing similar values could release their own version : "the artists and the labels participating in this compilation believe in a more equitable and collaborative future for our scenes, one guided by principles of solidarity economy, distributed decision-making, and the rejection of capitalist notions of culture, music and space."

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The profits will be split between the artists and SODAA, as a way to raise funds for their long-term goals, with a part going to the labels for their help.

If you want to support the project further, you can also donate via Open Collective : opencollective.com/sodaaclub

++ SODAA CLUB ++

Web - https://sodaa.club/
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/sodaa.club/
Bandcamp - https://sodaaclub.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/sodaa_club


++ TRACKLIST ++ 

01. PiroPiro - A Harmless Way
02. Ikävä Pii - A New Set of Tools
03. ENGLAND'S COUNCIL OF LEGISLATION AND GOVERNING BODY OF HYPER REAL SIMULATIONS AND CONSTRUCTIONS - NOKIA 2023
04. JMEG - huh?
05. Graver Ekow - Santa
06. DJ Double Oh! - Soulseeker X
07. excel dj - wifi enabled human image objectification
08. ovid - upstream
09. Klahrk - Out My Mind
10. Valeria Radchenko - drith
11. CSV - Lasers
12. Bubble People - Duplicate
13. Hard Fantasy - Trifex

++ CREDITS ++

All tracks written and produced by the artists, as credited.
Mastering by Works Of Intent.
Artwork by ROOO.

Curation by CLM + HeedLess, muein, P I T, RougeHotel & Sxmbra

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Klahrk - Out My Mind

No more dystopias, please. The end of the world has been a prevailing theme of so much club music in recent years. On GLOBAL METANOIA, 10 artists choose instead to explore how an injection of hope might lead to something far more radical. From Beatrix Weapons’ cathartic mashing together of IDM, industrial, and breakcore, to SUTA’s bubbling experimental pop, to Die In
Polar’s vocalising over a pounding high-speed tresillo, the producers featured here not only push club music deep into adventurous new terrains, but manage to do so with a genuine smile.


Based in Guangzhou, aDeAD is the co-founder of underground party organization PAAK and holds multiple identities: music producer, designer, music critic, and video creator. In their performances they draw from a variety of dance music styles, breaking boundaries and honing a personal sound and aesthetic which has emotional violence at its core. aDeAD's new club music sound is expressed through future tribal rhythms, high speed impact, and unpredictability. They have released on Genome 6.66Mbp, Jyugam, Daftpop, and Gully Riddim, appeared on Shanghai Community Radio, Cloak, Radio80K in Munich, and Rainy City Radio in the UK, and have made mixtapes for Baihui, GNG, Jerome Mixfile, HKCR, and more.

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∎ Leese (@l-eese) and Capiuz (@tu_music) join forces for a new split EP on @overmybodytw. Along with two mutual remixes of previous recordings and a brand-new track from the experimental-oriented duo.

∎ Their EP can be seen also as a gloomy industrial futuristic version of a dancehall riddims. Imagine for example old-school classics like „Nanny Goat“ from 1992 by Jamaican musical pioneer Clement „Coxsone“ Dodd.

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Async Figure - Rover

Visionary Kenyan producer Slikback's remix for Italian collective FUCK!LACRÈME is a concentrate of unstoppable raw energy.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/fucklacreme-liesss-slikback-remix-beat-machine-records

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PREMIERE: FUCK!LACRÈME - Liesss (Slikback Remix) (Beat Machine Records)

metrist - ol face u got (hard fantasy edit)

UK DJ They-Ra announces ‘Never Decay, Vol.1’ compilation, with all proceeds going toward The Outside Project LGBTQI+ homeless shelter. Hear the rapid-fire rhythms and weighty bass of Teya Logos & Lvers’s ‘Link Up’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-teya-logos-lvers-link-up

NEVER DECAY, VOL.1

Premiere: Teya Logos & Lvers ‘Link Up’

More info - http://loose-lips.co.uk/blog/ice-eyes-maps-of-despair-abadir-remix-edt10
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Antipodes EP

Maps of despair (ABADIR Remix)

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