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‘Aquamarine Puzzle’ marks a new step in the sound of Luxus Varta who has previously released on Solar One Music and Intramuros Records.  Six paths are etched for this journey into time, space and the machine.  A spectrum of sound is allowed to roam, to wander into strange worlds of galvanised synth lines, serrated snares and soulful strings.  The 12” comprises perfectly balanced, astral melodies countered by crisp and precise rhythms, and distant harmonies tethered to absorbing bass.  A renewed partnership with machinist in arms, Paris The Black FU of Detroit Grand Pubahs is formed for the mechanical dreamscape that is ‘Globb’.  A complex and utterly compelling encounter with the Luxus Varta nebula !

Cover painting by Gerhard Richter, Lake - 1997 © Gerhard Richter 2017 (0079).

Aquamarine Puzzle

Ukitz

Mannequin Records celebrates its 10 years and 100th release with a non-retrospective compilation, Waves of the Future, out February 16th, 2018.

Edition of 800 copies. 
Regular editions are available in black vinyl (500 copies) and grey vinyl (200 copies).
Limited silkscreen mail art edition available in 100 decal numbered copies on grey vinyl (comes with silkscreened insert)
Order link: http://mannequinrecords.bigcartel.com/product/mnq-100-various-waves-of-the-future

Waves Of The Future

B2. Shawn O'Sullivan - Ill Fit

desire is proud to announce the release of subtitled debut album by Italian synth-wave masters Newclear Waves. 

Hailing from Rome, exploring droned out electro pop territories with an interest for a refreshing hyperactive 80s New Wave, Newclear Waves’ soundscapes seem to surround a fruitful visual-graphical imaginary which deals with mass consumption, apocalyptic visions, weird machineries, post-modernism and the order of chaos. A promising new coming in the universe of home made electronic avant-gardism.


B5 Where The Sea Stands Still

a fall of Saigon (procrastination edition) 🐉

Shake your body baby!
Look at me!
Do you like it?

Shake Your Body Baby

Dirk Desaever - Collected 1984 - 1989 (EXTENDED PLAY)
Side A is a reissue of the highly sought after Disdain EP from 1988 by White House White. While it’s the most straightforward New Beat / EBM section of this Collected, Desaever’s sense of dramaturgy, his sound design, rhythmic patterns and use of film samples create a dark and mysterious ambiance at odds with the smiley atmosphere prevalent in most contemporary New Beat productions with infectious grooves focused on setting bodies in motion. 

On Side B, three previously unreleased tracks in a similar spirit to WHW’s sound with a dark and sleazy atmosphere, elegant arrangements that sound of an almost baroque persuasion, mysterious film samples and dance-inducing rhythmic sections that range from 104 to 108 BPM.

DIRK DESAEVER'S COLLECTED 1984 - 1989: A THREE FORMAT RELEASE ON MUSIQUE POUR LA DANSE.
Musique Pour La Danse is thrilled to present its latest “Collected” anthology, the label’s most ambitious release since it released an extensive anthology of music produced by New Beat pioneer Ro Maron back in 2015. 

This time label managers Olivier Ducret (Muriaux, CH) and Ed Isar (Paris, FR) have focused on another essential Belgian producer: Dirk Desaever, the man behind White House White, A Thunder Orchestra and Danton’s Voice. Rare and sought after, his records fetch high prices among collectors. Some of his productions under these aliases have appeared in crucial compilations such The Sound of Belgium series as well as Walhalla’s Underground Wave, along with edits by Mick Wills for Biorythm and Marcel Dettman for Dekmantel. 

What was initially supposed to be a simple reissue affair soon turned into a much wider project, as Desaever shared heaps of amazing unreleased material with the label. It seemed much more interesting to shed light on the dark side of this producer’s body of work, rather than to focus on content already reissued elsewhere. 

After listening to noisy tape rips over and over, Ducret & Isar opted to break this release down in three formats (EP, LP distributed via NEWS and a cassette sold by the label direct), each one with different content. They entrusted sound engineer Lorenzo Targhetta with remastering the music and it’s impressive how much he managed to polish the sound without altering the unmistakable grain of music committed to cassette tape.

Get it on vinyl / tape

Dirk Desaever - Collected 1984 - 1989 (EP Trailer)[Musique Pour La Danse ]

The seventh release of the MSQ label is related to the label owner Moralez together with the legendary techno/ hardcore/ EBM producer The Horrorist. Their casual acquaintance at one of the night underground parties in Neukölln (Berlin) led to that future collaboration. EP contains three versions of the track “Sleep when you die”: the original version with the lyrics and vocals by Oliver Chestler aka The Horrorist; extended (DJ friendly) version without any vocals; and the “chaos effect” variation in the best traditions of the early hardcore techno.

https://soundcloud.com/mosaiquelabel
https://soundcloud.com/Moralez
https://soundcloud.com/thingstocome

PRÈMIÉRE: Moralez & The Horrorist - Sleep When You Die [MSQ Records]

live recording part 4 from our last schlagloch III party with dietroiter & kluentah...the next edition will happen on 07.12.2019 at Frappant...as always with wosto , dietroiter and kluentah...
Schlagloch 4
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Kluentah https://soundcloud.com/kluentah
Fallbeil https://soundcloud.com/andateyka
Teerpappe https://soundcloud.com/teerpappe
Zementhttps://soundcloud.com/zementrecordings

live recording from our last schlagloch III party with dietroiter & kluentah & wosto

Halflings, the electronic music group of Jeremy Nissan and Ryan Woodhall, was started on Long Island NY in 2005 as a direct response to their suburban upbringing. The duo’s background in DIY punk and their obsession with raw sound led to a distinctly compositional and live approach to harsh noise and power electronics. As teenagers, Halflings caught the ear of Ron Lessard, who released their first full Length LP Self Esteem on RRRecords. 

Over the years the band has pushed the structural element of their work to the forefront, fusing extreme sound with pop, prog, and electronic dance music. Halflings develop each album thematically, often writing lyrics from a first-person perspective as a means to gain understanding of their subjects as well as their own psyche. 

Little Orchard Boy was conceived as a concept album born from their shared formative experiences of sexuality & masculinity. It should be no surprise that the record digs into the band’s early encounters with New York night life. A distinct NYC dirge permeates the raw funk grooves spanning the album. The 3 tracks featured on Little Orchard Boy were initially composed for live performance before being put to tape in 2019. The EP marks an evolution in Halflings’ sound; While the band’s style of noise has always exuded musicality, Little Orchard Boy introduces a more streamlined usage of melody and song structure. The album’s complex drum programming and subtle studio techniques showcase Nissan’s background as a drummer and Woodhall’s background as a producer respectively, but the true power of the sound lies in the duo’s shared musical vocabulary that they’ve developed over the past two decades.

Primitive Languages/Psychic Liberation concludes it’s year span of amorphous output with Little Orchard Boy. Marking the final chapter in the output of the label formally known as Primitive Languages, which created the lane for the new undertaking of Psychic Liberation.

*Mastered by Josh Bonati
*Pressed at Palomino Records

Label: @psychicliberation
Artist: Halflings
Track: "Some Young Guy"
Title: Little Orchard Boy
Format: Vinyl + Digital Album
Release Date: February 14, 2020
Pre-order: https://primitivelanguages.bandcamp.com/album/little-orchard-boy