Title: Reflections on Instrinsic Value
Artist: Ronan
Fomat: Digital
Release Date: 
Cat#: EO/DM004

Sliding silver strands
Glide with effervescent ease,
through the twilight hour,
it seemed like it was right,
rewarding and really
it was… the only way.

Recorded over a year and a half period while living in Mexico City through the pandemic, ‘Reflections on Intrinsic Value’, the first full album from Ronan, finds him continuing an endless exploration of music culture through an omnivorous approach to style, trope and timbre. Conceptual and literal influences from the UK hardcore continuum, psychedelic trance and traditional ceremonial music are all present here but the focus remains on the quality and texture of the sounds both rhythmic and melodic, rather than the stylistic referential. Sensation and memory play a large role in the narrative structure as individual pieces oscillate through a spectrum of moods, highlighting the wide range of emotional states felt during peak experiences. Although his largest body of work released yet, the direction still feels open ended, like a ball of yarn with all different colored threads, we’ll see what one Ronan pulls next.

Ronan "Reflections On Intrinsic Value"

Building on the promise of nearly 10 years testing limits within club music, Batu presents his debut album Opal. Experimentation is a well-established facet of Omar McCutcheon’s identity within the leftfield techno zeitgeist, but more than ever on Opal he seizes the opportunity to incorporate ideas beyond dancefloor impetus into his animated, forward-leaning sound. 

Out on Timedance on the 29th of April 2022

Artwork by Butt Studio
Mastered by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven

Batu - Atavism

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of „Studio Pressure" by Plead Slyngshot Neewt on @okspirit.

Read our introduction here: https://bit.ly/3pRhlO9

Plead Slyngshot Neewt – Studio Pressure

@soreabuk returns to Control Freak for a full length white label release - a masterclass in organic, dubbed-out, dancefloor psychedelia, featuring live recordings by sound artist and modular percussionist @cikkun, following a recent collaboration with Azu Tiwaline.

As a DJ, producer and co-founder of Baroque Sunburst, Italian-born Soreab has been a mainstay of London’s underground electronic music scene for over 5 years. On ‘Teleportation’, he manipulates and twists Cinna’s deft percussion work into a distinct range of UK styles, ranging from 170bpm euphoria to subby, half-time explorations from the school of FWD>> and Plastic People.

On the B2, @drumsofjay (Phantasy Sound / Intergraded) takes a decidedly minimal tack with her remix of ‘Untitled 1’, with deep, dubby chord stabs and immersive rhythms for late night dancefloor revelations.

For Fans Of: Om Unit, Shackleton, Al Wootton

Limited pressing of just 300 hand-stamped records - don’t miss your chance to grab one!

Soreab ft. Cinna Peyghamy - Teleportation [WLFRK004] - Previews

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the cover is a spin on the artwork for Inade – The Crackling Of The Anonymous, released in 2001 on Loki Foundation

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phil in a maze — Bog

The dynamic duo https://soundcloud.com/atricemiras?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing returns to their Swiss home label https://soundcloud.com/miras1000000?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing with a bold and experimental EP titled ‘Mutualism’. The duo presents the sentiment of playful dancefloor experiences as they expertly navigate through eight chapters of genre-defying soundscapes, ranging from ambient to deconstructed club and IDM.

Find the full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-atrice-taxon

Mutualism will be out on January 23rd, 2023. Order a copy via https://miras1000000.bandcamp.com/album/mutualism.

Premiere: Atrice - Taxon [MIRAS002]

The heart. The core of it all. A bloody, meaty muscle the size of a fist, pumping perpetually. Working, all day, everyday, against the clock. Nature’s own metronome. Sometimes you feel it throbbing in your throat, spasmodic, wanting to escape. Occasionally it explodes in warmth, sending sharp little electric needles of euphoria through the body. Now and then it sinks down to the stomach, acid, heavy like lead.

And one day it breaks — it is broken —, it shatters, quartered as if pulled apart by horses. It hurts. And the sharp pain, imploding, feels inescapable. A solitary ache, a blow, a deep hole which cannot be seen or explained. But you try to mend it. You reach for the glue and the duct tape. You pick pieces of gut and tripe and patch it back together. You shield it and harden it with leftover scrap metal. As long as it’s running.

Could heartbreak hardcore become a subgenre? A cathartic, visceral style nudging itself into the tradition of the hardcore continuum, written and produced by heartbroken musicians?

Heartbreak is the painful devastation left behind by the fact that we are no longer one. Most of us don’t know what to do with it. There is no funeral, no mourning. The capitalist structures which surround and smother us have no cure, no solution for heartbreak. There is no time for it: pain is not productive. That is: we cannot value it as we value a commodity, unless it is deeply enmeshed in layers of meta-post-ironic subterfuge, lest we seem vulnerable. Abstraction upon abstraction, we’ve forgotten what pain is and we’ve tried to hide it. Violet does not, because she cannot. Her approach is violent, immersive, euphoric sincerity. That’s the only way to escape.

HEART opens the EP with early-morning IDM inclinations, cushioned by a dubstep-y, wobbly bassline. It melts into angelical, nostalgic pads, topped with a dusty piano that morphs into some sort of brass instrument - and then back, like an indecypherable instrument, yet unknown to those who touch the earth. The track takes inspiration from one of Violet’s biggest influences, Jamal Moss AKA Hyeroglyphic Being and other sonic experimentalists who push the boundaries of palpability.

BREAK delves unbashedly into DnB territories, with a sub-bass piercing the mix in the pad-led oneiric intro — which leads us into a surprise jazz breakdown — and then a drop with a saturated, nasty jungle rave stab, deliberately navigating between opposing frequencies and states-of-being, like one does when heartbroken.

HARD is a no-frills (for Violet standards) ode to techno realness, to those propulsive dancefloor moments which help us believe that it's worth it to keep pushing through the pains of being pure at heart. It’s highly inspired in the UK techno tradition, with a pinch of dub and percussion for days.

CORE comes as an unexpected treat, the record’s closing act. A genreless groover that seems to melt all sorts of influences — from Depeche Mode to DJ Satélite. A fast-paced slow-burner, the track is chock-full of intricate sound design and romantic moments coming from layered pads. Everything, all at once.

If heartbreak is the core of this record, the cover art by Lisbon artists Shcuro and Postmodern Bot suggest tranquil blue skies are just around the corner. After all, we’re naive over here - and Violet still wants to die an optimist.

text by joão biscaia 
credits
released February 14, 2023

mastering by Ten Eight Seven
cover art by Postmodern Bot and Shcuro

NAIVE019 Violet - HEART/BREAK HARD/CORE (preview)

yet is a slippery word in English. Amorphous, these three letters in different contexts can define contrast or emphasis, set a place in time, show an expectation that something will occur or, paradoxically, that it is likely to stop. 

It is this mercurial nature that makes yet the perfect title for Tresor's latest compilation: the label follows on from the more explorative sections of 2021's landmark Tresor 30 boxed set with a compilation, featuring 13 artists making music that resists easy definition. 

Every track hints at and borrows from the familiar yet none follow the expected path: halfway through Deserto, Nandele &amp; A-Tweed dramatically reveal a very different sonic landscape that was initially suggested; DJ Sotofett collaborates with Tamil artist Kavadi with results that are unlike anything in the Norwegian producer’s catalogue as yet.

Further invention can be found as Jean Redondo's Hypersonic moves across spaces inhabited by digital hardcore and hyperpop before swerving off-road and into a futuristic hip-hop section; on No Longer Human, Ireen Amnes takes a different path at the crossroads melding hyperpop, trance, and sci-fi soundtrack atmospherics, Significant Other heads towards UK Bass and Dubstep, and France's Willis Anne skims by the outskirts of footwork with a piece that is almost completely uncategorisable.

Yet more sonic experimentation comes from E-Saggila, Nadia Struiwigh, NVST, Solid Blake, and Viikatory who offer unique takes on the well-established electro blueprint, while Ryan James Ford, and Nit. both find ways to blend elements normally found in ambient pieces with those heard on a dancefloor.

The feel of the compilation is yet again reflected in the enigmatic artwork by Malik Arbab, where shapes and colours suggest animals and plants but in a world that appears to be transient and constantly evolving.

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Significant Other - Cellar One

@setrus_outsert
@goddezztemple

Next up on GODDEZZ, a 2-track EP of organic night-vision technology formed by South London sound and visual explorer SETRUS.

Cream Gambit & Dial Up Acid utilize deep, morphing bass signals coupled with fidgeting drum programming to take you under the earth.

Made for listening between your ears while farming insekts, or on a sound system while roller skating in a car park at dusk.

BC Pre-order: https://goddezz.bandcamp.com/album/cream-gambit

pi pi pi premiere: Setrus -  Cream Gambit (GODDEZZ)

Welcome to Lacuna, a new imprint by Dublin-based DJ Cachai that aims to map out prescient club sounds from artists around the globe. Chile’s Ripio and London’s DJ Double Oh! are up first with a split EP showcasing four exhilarating tracks of hybridised latinx bass sounds from across both sides of the Atlantic.


Lacuna… an unfilled space… a label recognising an opportunity to add to the dynamic conversations within the global bass music paradigm. Cachai, its founder, envisions this bright future via a sonic dialogue between artists from distinct corners of the world that opt to swerve dancefloor norms to instead forge new vistas through sub-heavy sounds and futurist rhythms. Its inaugural release features Ripio and DJ Double Oh!, presenting their inimitable interpretations of the latinx sounds.

 

Ripio kicks off the first half, landing with Aterrizaje. A chunky bassline ignites the reggaeton rhythm, while sharp saws percolate around its heated core. Mejor en español opts for a moodier groove, upping the tempo with a sharper dembow groove that pervades with a melancholy mist throughout.


DJ Double Oh! tags in for the second half, riding a patient tribal groove on Arranca with a glorious momentum that’ll have dancefloors sweating with warm-adled glee. BDYWRK heats up the ‘floor with its futurist soca rhythmic complexions, affecting its minimalist percussive drive with dub fx along its pumping journey. 


🎶Lacuna bachata…🎶


Logo design by Orla King
Press release by Nevan Jio
Tracks mastered by Imaabs

Lacuna 01 Previews (Ripio / DJ Double Oh!)

THIS SOUNDCLOUD VERSION IS SPED UP - Download version original BMP. Enjoy this rolling jungle banger by the Jungle Don Dada Hungry T available now for free download! Big ups Hungry T for this one, hope you all enjoy!

Producer's Instagram: @hungryt_dnb
Our Instagram: @404riddem

Free Download here

HUNGRY T - 'PURPLE AIRPLANES' (Free Download)

i want to die an optimist.

record label from Lisbon. founded by @Violet, distributed by Clone Records

NAIVE019 Violet - HEART/BREAK HARD/CORE (preview)

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