Intercity Direct is a digital release that celebrates a music culture centered around edits, mashups, cut-ups, and outright plunderphonics. The compilation is brought to you by Natiforme, a collective run by Derozan, Giaderza, Lulu, and Nèna operating between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. With 9 contributing artists hailing from both towns, the compilation connects the dots between the two cities in a split-second. From the up-tempo soca rhythms by Rozaly to the serene pop edit of Sane Again by Evelyn Palace, and back on an easy pace to Solomas' retake of the Tiësto classic Lethal Industry.

The release is more than a digital album. We aim to increase the communal value in our music scenes. Sharing fun, the fun of sharing, collaboration, and humor should be the standard. No purism, no snobbery. Just like NIZ’s cut on the local high-school anthem Schudden and april222.’s breezy track where pitched lyrics collide with trance-like snares. The playfulness continues with STYN’s kuduro version of Hudson Mohawke’s Cbat, a 2011-track that recently went viral on TikTok. Who’s ready for a viral meme remix?

Like the digital, the compilation is an open realm for the blending of genres and production styles. A connoisseur of genre-mixing, Noise Diva joins with a Middle Eastern bubbling track. New-York-based HMXGOD contributes with a dreamy riddim of Imogen Heap’s Hide and Seek, making us reminisce the early 2000’s with the pulse of today’s club sound.

The Internet generates new ways of consuming and connecting with music. An equalizing factor in contemporary underground club and music culture is the accessibility of digital means for DJs and producers to express themselves. In this spirit we made this into a ‘pay-as-you-like’ release. Support when you can <3.

The release comes with 32 bite-sized handmade artworks designed by Milena Anna Bouma. The silver epoxy clay USBs will satisfy the sweet tooth of any DJ, art collector, or gadget freak. The 3.0 USBs contain all the tracks in aiff quality. And bonus! You receive an additional enchanting cumbia track by the duo opti+, consisting of Natiforme member Derozan and wizard Ezra V.

Milena Anna Bouma is a multidisciplinary artist from Amsterdam she experiments with materials and textures to replicate daily life objects in an upbeat fashion.

Why €35.80,-? That’s the fair price for a round trip ticket from Rotterdam to Amsterdam. 
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releases September 15, 2023

Mastering by Kamilė Rimkutė.
Additional mastering for ‘babybaby’ by Krampfhaft.
Artwork by Milena Anna Bouma.
Graphic design by Geke Zaal.

Intercity Direct

Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Guy Sigworth - Sane Again (Evelyn Palace Remix)

DSM League - Simon Says (Rozaly Edit)

NIZ - Schudden

Noise Diva - babybaby

Solomas - Lethal Industry

Improv crew from Rotterdam & Amsterdam

Contact: natiformecollective@gmail.com