Multi Culti serve up a full-length treat from Peruvian artist Aristidez.

Cofounder of Lima-based party collective Casa Locasa and the non-profit label Behua Icara (translated as Healing Rhythms), in support of indigenous culture, Aristidez has recently relocated to Berlin.

With releases on Calypso, Disque-Discos, and Kebrada, as well as remixes for Amplio Espectro, Ida Sound, Discos Aquelarre, Rotten City Files, and Playground Records, Aristidez has quietly made a name for himself with a growing catalog of low-key dance tracks that have been championed by the likes of Matias Aguayo, Andrew Weatherall (RIP), and Inigo Vontier, to name a few.

With an emphasis on the hypnotic power of rhythm, Aristidez channels indigenous influences in subtle fashion, alluding to visionary experience without resorting to pastiche or obvious tropes. There are freaky tribal rhythms but no shaman samples, just expertly produced tracks than reveal an expansive set of electronic influences that range across tempos and decades, from breaky 90s rave, 80s proto-trance, cult dub, downtempo and more. It’s listenable, danceable, heady and kaleidoscopic stuff that should stand the test of time.

Uncultured Rhythms

Spiritual Playboy

Multi Culti World Records venture deeper into the new new age with the release of "Ocean of Beauty - Meditations for Synthesizer and Bansuri Flute," a collaboration between California-based artist/DJ Earthtones and Indian classical musician Sheela Bringi.
Earthtones, fresh off his genre-defying debut album on Wonderwheel, here dives into the deep end of the ocean of ambient. With music that traverses cultures, he’s known for bridging influences from Cumbia to hip hop and house music. Here he presents his most consciousness-expanding work yet, no doubt influenced by his involvement in Ojai new age culture, years living in ashrams, practicing Shaktism, + spending as much time curating sounds suitable for aural healing and meditation as for dance-floors.
He’s found a perfect muse in Boulder-based Sheela Bringi, whose virtuosity in Indian classical music sets the tone of the record with her bansuri (Indian bamboo flute) & harp, blending traditional instrumentation with more contemporary influences. Bringi was a direct disciple of bansuri master GS Sachdev, and represents a devotional musical lineage.  She has released two solo albums, "Shakti Sutra" and "Incantations," and her work has been featured on over 50 world and ambient records, plus publicly on outlets from NPR to NBC News, & more.
"Ocean of Beauty" is the English translation of an ancient Sanskrit text devoted to the divine mother, the Śri Saundarya Lahari,  The song titles are taken from verses in that text, and the album is in fact a dedication to the goddess Lalitā Devī.  It creates a serene, meditative space which seamlessly blends traditions; synth-driven ragas with a spirit of tranquility that nurtures Multi Culti’s philosophical bent towards ‘music without borders.’
The album will be released on LP mid-November and across streaming platforms from January 1, 2025

Ocean of Beauty - Meditations For Synthesizer & Bansuri Flute

Earthtones Feat. Sheela Bringi - Ocean Of Beauty

@unitedfreedomcollective

Founded by Robbie Redway, Mathieu Seynaeve and WaiFung Tsang, UK-based 'United Freedom Collective' has grown into a collaborative network of diversely talented artists that includes Jordan Stephens, Falle Nioke, Eliza Shaddad, Labdi, William Rees and Facesoul, among others. WaiFung and Mathieu work as psychedelic researchers and health practitioners, so in addition to the four EPs released on Maribou State's 'Dama Dama' label, they have also created soundscapes for psychedelic therapy sessions, online yoga and breathwork channels. 

Influenced, in their words, 'by birds, trees, Buddhism, yoga, headless way meditations, Jungian analysis, Zen Taoism, Chinese plant medicines, indigeneity, Amazonian and psychedelic cultures, icaros and worldwide healing traditions.' The music is eclectic, ranging from afro-inspired jazz to Chinese folk, psych-rock to dub and dance music, an ambitious and inclusive range that has already seen them work with musicians in Kenya, pointing to exciting future collabs that extend well beyond the borders of western musical traditions. Their sound was described by Clash Magazine as an 'aural mosaic that glitters with colour and potential,' and while the sheen of the production and precision of the arrangements might seem a departure from Multi Culti's left-field endeavours, the psychedelic idealism and global connectivity make it a natural fit with the open-ended ethos of the label.

On this new EP, Robbie takes the lead on production and, for the first time, sole vocal duties on all five tracks, which present a fantastic range of influences and style. Lead single 'Between Memories' blends tropes of ecstatic dance with uplifting vocal piano house, somehow making hippie flutes fit in with Detroit strings to epic, hands-in-the-air effect.' Title track Bright Patterns' bridges the gap between Jungle, Jai Paul, and Jamiroquai, a fusion of funky filtered disco-house and electroclash with side-chained pop vocal hooks.' 

Having already had radio support from KEXP, BBC6 Music (Laverne, Ravenscroft, Charles, Nemone, Letts), Jazz FM and Worldwide FM (Gilles Peterson), with a live show has recently sold out Dalston Curve Garden and The Waiting Room, London (as well as gigs at Lost Village, Blue Dot, Neon In Nature and Wilderness festivals) the young collective's future is looking exceptionally bright.

Bright Patterns

Today in the share-zone:
An abandoned, unfinished dub of Client Liaison, back from when we were going to release them on Multi Culti. Fun fact: Duke Dumont also did a remix that never saw the light of day (or night). I gave up on this one because it was too 'white' and I couldn't imagine ever wanting to be seen playing it. Now's the time when you tell me I was wrong and crazy and it's actually making you groove away from your computer terminal and into the outback of your mind.
If this reaches 1 million plays I'll upload the vocal version.

Client Liaison - End of the Earth (Von Party's Balearic Dub demo)

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Herwell's Callan - W.E.N.D

tears dropping on my skin

Galactic Boogie Woogie

Galactic Boogie - Galactic Boogie Woogie

Steve Reich - Come Out (Nicolas Jaar Remix)

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Edit Service 75 - by Manfredas

Night Noise prides itself on giving a platform to new artists with fascinating and left of center sounds, and Middle Sky Boom is exactly that. The opener ‘Souvenirs’ is a fantastic brew of jumbled drums and tripped out synths. They step up through the scale and will send hands skyward as freaky vocals and layers of filter add kaleidoscopic colour to the grooves.

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Out on April 22nd!

Souvenirs

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PRÉMIÈRE: Middle Sky Boom - Souvenirs [Night Noise]

The world is turnin'
I hope it don't turn away
The world is turnin'
I hope it don't turn away

Joakim - On The Beach - Superpitcher Remix

Music to trip to. Music to meditate on. Music to upgrade your DNA. Music to get your whole family dancing. Music to teach you. Music to live by. Music to die to. MUSIC TO MULTIPLY YOUR MIND.

CULT LEAD BY @vonparty & @dreemsdreems