january 2021

sophie

February 2020

PRODUCT extended

We're very excited to be giving away this track from SOPHIE today! It's an exclusive rework of the two tracks 'EEEHHH' and 'Nothing More To Say' from his debut EP release on Huntleys & Palmers. He's got support from the likes of Actress, Tensnake and Jackmaster - who's already commissioned his own dub version. SOPHIE tells us "I try to make music which is fun to dance to—that should be the loudest voice talking." We hear that voice talking loud and clear...


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FMM: SOPHIE - EEEHHH/Nothing More To Say

UNSOPHIE

SOPHIE - TRANSNATION

artwork by @carssererere
lyrics: go, i dnt wna let u down, go
i dnt wna hear a sound bro
iwna be buried down low
im a file tht u didnt download
im a virus,,, n im with th dead like osiris
n im covered in gold feel lik midas
woke up to the sound of the sirens,,,,
woke up to the sound of the sirens n im fucked up off the pack i need silence
and im so high off the ground like a pilot
n i cant see off an eye like a pirate
cant trust me bitch im a tyrant, got ur btch wet like a mf hydrant 
yea bitch im evil like im part of hydra (xad xxaddaxxadvoiiii)
(hook again)
sum that u didnt download, got a white btch she like marilyn monroe like bro oo o
yea im wit a white hoe,, hearts on me and they all chrome
(xadvoiii)
got the chrome hearts on me n the trueys on me n the 3 bands on me bitch im walkin like a zombie,,  n i pop an oxy in the fuckin lobby n i pop a molly im so fuckin naughtyyyy
(hook)
end

virus

The term ‘tourbillon’ has two meanings - it is the French word for “whirlwind” and also a device used in watchmaking to improve the accuracy of a timepiece. Both definitions feel apt when listening to Tourbillon, the latest release on Central Processing Unit from Australian producer Tim Koch. Following on from Koch’s CPU debut Spinifex back in 2018 - an album that initially emerged via minidisc - Tourbillon is a four-track EP which dazzles with its perpetual-motion post-IDM productions.

These tracks draw you into their webs by forming dense interlocking sonic patterns over the course of several minutes. While the rhythmic programming and lattice of alien percussion tones can appear discombobulating at first, Koch also bewitches the listener with the slyly melodic synth work that he laces throughout Tourbillon.

Opening track ‘Estranger’ is a fine example of this combination. The first section here is a blend of blown-out drum sounds which comes off like an industrial electro tune run through a meat grinder. However, the track soon blossoms with the introduction of some amazingly atmospheric synth pads, and the two contrasting elements come together for a strange and rather beautiful whole.

‘Estranger’ finds a mirror-image in Tourbillon’s final cut ‘Hankert’, a track in which more of those gurgling percussive tones play off the rich chord progressions that chirrup away in the background. Between ‘Estranger’ and ‘Hankert’ we get two propulsive grooves in the form of ‘Disfugue’ and ‘Dreitark’.

How, then, to contextualize such unique material? Calum Gunn’s recent outing for CPU is a good point of comparison, and the electronics here bang and whirr in a manner which nods to the post-IDM innovations of artists like μ-Ziq. One can also see Tourbillon as descended from acts like Cabaret Voltaire, the industrial electronics innovators from CPU’s home city of Sheffield. However, Tourbillon is ultimately an EP which exists in its own lane, an open-minded and open-hearted set which runs with the futurist spirit of CPU and Koch’s previous home of Merck Records.

Australian producer Tim Koch returns to Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit with Tourbillon, an EP of otherworldly post-IDM productions.

RIYL: μ-Ziq, Calum Gunn, Proswell, Modeselektor

Tourbillon

Tim Koch - Tourbillon

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A final parting gift to close off the year that changed the lives of so many. This is for you. Well done for making it through. You are still upright, still powering on, still here. 

Use the skills you have learnt this year to move forward with great strides. You've been through tough times now. You know that you are stronger than you think. You can do this.

Mastering by Fausto Mercier
Photo taken by Galtier

Soem1 (Ode 2 U)

@nemerov

Budapest-based Nemerov returns to EXILES, pushing forward his experiments and explorations on codependent structures, atonal harmonics and vibrant movements. ‘Automated Dances’ presents fragmented, sorrowful beats, constantly redefined by human intentions, system limitations, underlying errors and logical conditions.

Focusing heavily on FM synthesis and highly percussive patterns, ‘Automated Dances’ presents sonic tensions, struggles and Nemerov’s ambiguous approach towards conventional electronic dance music. Following his previous release ‘Six Recital Pieces’ on Czaszka Rec., AD features deep dives into an ever-mutating stream of digital patterns that sound like pieces of glass falling on a metal cube.

music by Gábor Gyulai
artwork by Hargi Csík
mastered by Roland Nagy

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Nemerov - AD02

https://soundcloud.com/amorsatyr
https://soundcloud.com/siumata

Hailing from Paris, duo Amor Satyr & Siu Mata make their debut on NHS with two mutated dance hall inspired cuts laden with manic energy and seriously hard drum work. Following up their debut collaboration on Hiedrah Club de Baile comprised of two tracks focused on the 150bpm range, the pair slow down things to around the 100bpm mark. This has no effect on the frantic energy however, as both releases maintain a level of madness through the double time percussion programming and warped melodic aesthetics; an offering of truly innovative club tracks from these two fine producers.

Mastering by Doug Shearer
Artwork by Hamza Robati

Nahash - EP

Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Ash

Enshrouded in high-pitched static and elusive fumelike oscillators come "Sundowning", a new mini-album signed by Preston Weippert's most prolific alias, aka Volunteer Coroner. Co-founder of the Colorado-based Trust Collective label, Weippert's music vectors a collection of desolate murals often painted with industrial-grade fuel. A low-resolution picture of oil fields burning from your window seat. Closed eyelids against the sun, into the red.

“Loss as gain- forever in blood”

EN17

Recorded during the Summer of 2020
Volunteer Coroner is P.W.

Sundowning

Volunteer Coroner - A Token Saved From A Previous Life

** 12" Vinyl Available For Pre-Order - https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/shes-calling-ep **

For our forth release, T4T LUV NRG present an e.p. of two beautiful songs and one evocation by label co-founder, DJ, and producer Octo Octa (Maya Bouldry-Morrison). “She’s Calling” is the third piece in Octo Octa’s two-year exploration of the connection between music and ritual, closing the loop on themes explored on her “For Lovers” ep (Technicolour, 2019) and full-length album “Resonant Body” (T4T LUV NRG, 2019). 

While many describe dance music in terms of escape, for Octo Octa and many others like her, dance music is about connection. The connections we feel on a dancefloor are transformative, but in time spent alone, dance music remains a powerful tool for connection with nature, with ourselves, and with something ineffable that feels like magic. The title track, “Goddess Calling,” captures a moment of such revelry, a result of the union of sound and ritual.  

Maya wrote the second song, “Find Your Way Home,” in early 2020, a few weeks before she cancelled her tour and headed back to the States because of the pandemic. She originally intended the title as a metaphor, the journey being internal, but the title would prove to be prescient. She made the song in order to take a trip into herself, to bring herself peace during an intense time.

Many religious and mystery traditions employ the use of uttered word formulas as a way to bring something into your life. “Spell for Nature” is Octo Octa asking in her own voice to connect with nature personified in the form of a goddess. The recording is about the moment when she saw something she knew was there all along. When she peaked behind the curtain and found something enveloping and eternal. 

Poem:
There’s a light in the center of the woods
A bright fire seen through the trees
We’re around it gazing into the flames
She’s brought us here
A bell chimes
She’s asking you to come as well
We’ve heard her voice since the beginning
And You’ve been listening your entire life
She’s calling

50% of the profits from the album will be donated to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), which works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine their gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.

Octo Octa - Find Your Way Home (from She's Calling EP - T4T004)

UNISIL

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ELLE

Pre-order: https://echobrown.bandcamp.com/album/struggles-ep

Echo Brown's new track 'Love Won't Do' tugs at the heartstrings. It's tech-y, growling drum 'n' bass, but glowing vocals push the buttons necessary to bring your feelings to the surface. 

The track's taken from his forthcoming 'Struggles' EP on Lenzman's label The North Quarter, a hub for soul-soaked d'n'b, and the Raleigh, North Carolina producer said: “This project really has been a culmination of a lot of different emotions I've felt over the past few years. Some of the tracks I wrote well under stress of the usual circumstances we all deal with while living out our lives."

The EP, out on February 12, also features KinKai and Abnormal Sleepz.

01. Afrmations (feat. KinKai)
02. So Good
03. Tug O War (feat. Abnormal Sleepz)
04. Love Won't Do
05. Phenomena
06. Afrmations (Instrumental Mix)

Struggles EP

Premiere: Echo Brown 'Love Won't Do'

C Powers is up next on Astral Plane Recordings imprint Contagion Discs with ‘Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?’. Hear the grungy acid garage cut ‘FishWash’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-c-powers-fishwash

Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?

Premiere: C Powers ‘FishWash’

"We remember 'Altered States' being one of those pivotal records that completely got us into house and techno," Dense & Pika say

READ MORE –– https://www.dummymag.com/new-music/dense-pika-oxbow-ron-trent/