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Alen Skanner - Painkiller

Cheerful Pessimist

I Decided to Fly

****Physical Cassette Mixtape Available Our Bandcamp****
https://octoocta.bandcamp.com/album/love-hypnosis-vol-2

I heal myself weekly with the music I play. I listen deeply to the words buried within; the intention behind the lyrics either peppered-in or chorused. So much of the house music I connect with is rooted in love. It’s rooted in desire and hope. It’s rooted in narrative, “Do you want to trip with me?”, “I’ll outstretch my hand”, “I won’t forget about you, you won’t forget about me, we won’t forget about love vibrations!”. I listen to the messages to remind myself what I need and why I continue to move forward.

Vol.2 is represented in two mixing styles; long-melded blends (Trippin’ On Love) and fast, tight radio-style cut mixes with overdubs (Slammin’ With Love). Both convey the deep need for connection to one’s body and to others. It’s this connection energy that I find so powerful about house music’s healing magic.

Xoxo Octo Octa

♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ 50% of the profits the mix 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 - Love Hypnosis Vol. 2 Mixtape

UMAY 005

Born from Iranian political refugees, Sina XX’s connection with South West Asia has been a consistent inspiration. In Adjib (Persian for “weird”), Sina XX dives into his roots and invites us into an unexpected journey through South West Asia. Hard grooves, XL basslines and haunting percussion blends seamlessly with century old Persian instruments which have been carefully sound designed by the artist. Packed with 5 killer originals, the EP welcomes a sturdy remix by French techno mastermind and one of Sina XX’s prime support - Francois X, which will be released as a single in 2024. East meets West in a dark, sweaty room where diversity and originality is celebrated.
credits
released December 1, 2023

Produced by Sina XX @sinaxxmusic
Mixing & Mastering by Sina XX @sinaxxmusic
“Adjib” mixed and mastered by Lorenzo Targhetta @_allpass
Artwork by Noah Umur Kanber @noahks_ark
Upcoming: Remixer Francois X @francois_x

Sina XX - C U Slayter [UMAY005]

Available on Audio Cassette and digital download directly from the label’s Bandcamp: https://cclurl.bandcamp.com/album/a-night-in-the-skull-discotheque

Side A: Bass is Eternal
Side B: 2-step Mutual Dream

A Night in the Skull Discotheque by the beloved underground selector CCL is the latest offering in the T4T LUV NRG label’s highly limited DJ mix series of cassettes. This immersive journey through a wonderland of proto-dubstep sounds from the late 1970s through the year 2000 is a sonic sibling to CCL’s acclaimed 2018 mix Ode to Queer Steppas.

Inspired in part by Eris Drew’s use of “old records to create new styles out of fragments” on her Raving Disco Breaks Vol. 1 mixtape (T4T LUV NRG, 2019), CCL approached this recording with a parallel frame of mind. Created with 3 CDJs, one Turntable, and a Boss Digital Delay 200, the tracks included in the mix are deconstructed from their whole, and constituent parts are intertwined, sampled, and dubbed out while being further stretched beyond their physical limits. CCL mixed many tracks at the 'wrong speed', pitched beyond their original recognizable tone; others are recontextualized through imaginative layering.

With a solid nod to seminal mixtapes of the early 90s, CCL references the namesake for Side A, Bass Is Eternal, an unreleased 1992 mixtape by influential Bristolian producers Smith & Mighty, an important sonic fulcrum amongst the musical tributaries of the hardcore continuum that continues to reverberate to this day. CCL experienced the after-effects of this ‘proto’ sound genesis in 2008, while living in Bristol, by which point its emergent whispers had coalesced into what became known as dubstep. Tracing a rich history of reference through the samples, basslines, moods, and drum patterns emanating from Bass Is Eternal while looking for connections that predate it became a long-term fascination for CCL. The result is a DJ mix that connects the oft-forgotten dots between proto eras and modern developments in bass and dubstep.

For the resulting sonic ride on A Night in the Skull Discotheque, CCL leads us to a fantastical place of timeless surreality – a majestic haunted dancehall soundtracked by a giddy rush of steppers and dubbed-out delights. Subs rattle through syncopated percs, and moody synths glisten in macabre glory. Fantastical dancers wriggle in wispy eternity, liberated from their corporeal forms in all their greatest spiritual wonder. Both extravagant and dusky, A Night in the Skull Discotheque is a world of seductive in-betweens, a place caught between the moodiest depths and the highest exuberance – A love letter to one of the most impactful formative sounds of the last decades.


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A portion for the proceeds from this release will go to fundraiser "SUPPORT PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE!". You can also directly donate via:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-palestinian-solidarity-in-europe
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Tape design: Nina Muro
Mastering: TJ Hertz
Additional tape mastering: Eris Drew
Photography: CCL 
Linear notes: Nevan Jio

A Night in the Skull Discotheque [T4T015]

CCL - A Night in the Skull Discotheque

No Mercy Protocol

Description — Hard House Light
A playful, bounce-forward ride through hard house: chunky kicks, cheeky vocals, jazzy bass moments, and hands-up breakdowns. It’s the brighter side of the genre—fun, funky, and fast without the tear-out chaos. Recorded live in one pass and uploaded in five equal parts for easy listening. If you’re feeling it, drop a like/repost and tell me your favorite moment. Respect to all artists—support the originals.
Playlist
Whiplash (NG Rezonance & PHD Extended Remix) — JFK
Disco (Original Mix) — Head Horny’s
Lost & Found (Original Mix) — Christian Millan
That Jazzy Base (Original Mix) — Jose Luis Bernat
Good Vibration 2023 Rmx — Alfredo Pareja
Home Action (Original Mix) — Kim Sanz, PEPO WB
Hotmess (Stephen Nicholls & Nik Denton Remix) — Paul King, Stewart Who?
I Believe (Original Mix) — Juanris
Soft Man Bass (Original Mix) — El Mago, Sergio Caubal, Jose Luis Bernat
Scratchism (Zander Club & Jon Hemming Edit) — Champion Burns
V For Vajazzle (Jackhammer Siesta Remix) — Nik Denton, Ross Homson
U Found Out (Peter Steele Extended Remix) — Handbaggers, Peter Steele

HARD HOUSE (LIGHT) PART 1:5

taken from The Soft Moon - "Deeper Remixed Vol.1" 12" 
out: 
February 5th 2016 in Europe (aufnahme + wiedergabe)
February 19th 2016 in North America (Captured Tracks)

A1 Desertion (Phase Fatale Remix)
A2 Being (Ancient Methods Remix)
B1 Far (Blush Response Remix)
B2 Without (Codex Empire Remix)

[a+w V] / CTSP-027

www.thesoftmoon.com
www.facebook.com/phasefatalemusic
www.aufnahmeundwiedergabe.de
www.capturedtracks.com

The Soft Moon - Desertion (Phase Fatale Remix)

WHEN DESIRES TURN EVIL

Introversion created a name for himself with his remarkable debut with the first record on the label. The record is still in rotation today. and surely will be part of the rave scene for a big time span. He is back with a complete 12”. providing his ravy personal sound reminiscence to the 90’s. Now more than ever the artist is defining his own sound. creating a new window following the old and good roots.

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Buy the 12" Worldwide or in these online shops: 
Vinyl: https://fanlink.to/Sjg - #ARTSRECORDS
Digital: https://bit.ly/2K5Pqaw

Written & produced By Introversion
P+C 2018 Arts Ltd
® all rights reserved ＡＲＴＳ.

A1. Introversion - Laika

Cat-No: F//009
Fractions - Control

Fractions eschew biographical identity in their debut release for Berlin’s FLEISCH records. A potent mix of EBM, techno, breakbeat, electro, acid and horror-soundtrack provides only a title, ‘Control’, S&M leaning artwork that seems to reference Dali’s ‘In Voluptas Mors’ and a one-line manifesto: MAKE DEAD DANCE.

True to these words, established formalities are cast aside as the record
begins without ceremony; barrel-reverb percussion strikes, a hard hitting straight snare and vinyl crackle ambience set the tone; once the 4/4 kick hits, the basis of ‘Control’ is established. The first four tracks explore EBM, new-beat and acid within the 120-125bpm spectrum, horror-sci-fi pads weave between razor sharp arpeggiations, distorted 303 squelch emerges from doomsday sirens and in the vocal sample taken from the title track, a single, ominous voice urges the
listener to ‘control your mind’.

The final two tracks explore more broken, stepping rhythms, the
extended middle section of ‘Celestial’ transitions from pads that wouldn’t sound out of place in Aphex Twin’s ambient works into a cold John Carpenter-esque piano loop; the final track ‘Inhale/Exhale’ picks up the tempo but focuses on a slowly building frenzy of percussion and arpeggiation, with a snare drum that gradually gathers intensity as the track progresses, tying the swarming rhythm together and closing the record with the anticipation of a drop that never
manifests.

For a debut EP, Fraction’s ‘Control’ shows a markedly developed voice in tying together genres under a haze of dance-floor gloom.

Tracklist:

A1 - I.B.M.
A2 - MCDVIII
A3 - Welcome to 303 City
B1 - Control
B2 - Celestial
B3 - Inhale/Exhale

Mastering by Eric Van Wonterghem, PRODAM BERLIN
Artwork by Plástica

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A3 Fractions - Welcome To 303 City

Welcome To The D.D.R

Millimetric - Welcome To The D.D.R (Remix) [KAOS03]

трип presents ‘locus error’, a new double vinyl concept album. Moving beyond the scope of the traditional, arbitrarily compiled VA, трип's conceptual approach brings together a range of artists around a uniting theme, supplying a sense of cohesion and narrative thrust.
Like Noel Saavedra’s accompanying artwork, the narrative is vibrant yet nightmarish, a vision of classic trance music, including its psy side, refracted through трип's fearless, oddball aesthetic. Nina Kraviz sets the tone with 'test'. Kyoka’s ‘link’ coaxes you in with suggestive murmurs from all angles like an auditory hallucination. Ryan James Ford and ANTIGONE make label debuts, while SOPHIE and Juliana Huxtable unite for the first time as Analemma - a formidable pairing with an abstract offering, merging trance elements, metallic and corporeal sound design with vintage euphoria.
трип misfits PTU do their best to upset your sense of time and meter with two modern psy trance interpretations. Carlota contributes the nervously optimistic title track. Alan Backdrop’s hair and pulse raising yet classy ‘nizaj’ clears the way for the grand finale: X-Dream’s murky, mesmeric and minimalistic genre classic ‘superintelligence’. On the digital a ‘clever mix’ that was previously unreleased outside Japan will be released. Masters sit alongside newcomers to the form, on an LP for dancers deep in a fugue state.

locus error

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B3 ANTIGONE - DANCE

https://standard-deviation.bandcamp.com/

Nene H and Poly Chain are inaugurating the multidisciplinary label platform Standard Deviation, an offspring of ∄, the new club project from Kyiv. ∄ is a non-binary, safe space in Kyiv, vibrating to the sounds of techno and electronic music.

Standard Deviation is a newly formed, multidisciplinary label platform, working on the intersection of music, art and publishing operating from Kyiv, Ukraine. As an offspring of ∄, it aims to foster collaborative intercultural exchange between Ukraine and the world.

Millimetric - Welcome To The D.D.R (Remix) [KAOS03]

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