Such a beauty! Been waiting for this release.

journey

@omformer

Ute.Rec and Amniote Editions have teamed up for a collaborative release kickstarting the opening of Europe after a winter of heavy lockdown. An uplifting fundraiser compilation with 17 artists from both labels spanning moody landscapes and neo-trance.

The proceeds will be donated to The Red Van, a volunteer-run NGO working with harm reduction and human rights for street based sex workers in Copenhagen.

BUY: www.amniotexute.bandcamp.com/album/amniote-x-ute

Artwork: Rose Marie Johansen & Ross Paul McEwan
Mastering: Joel Krozer @ Six Bit Deep

Omformer - March Of The Goblins [Amniote X Ute]

@oprofessionell
@alpha-tracks-official

The second record in the "Interstellar Excursions" V/A series.

Four cosmic explorations crafted by DJ IBON, Mikkel Rev, Oprofessionell & Kineta. Sensitive, blissful and ambient states wrapped in high energy beats and basslines.

Kineta - Belle Air

@i_b_o_n

The second record in the "Interstellar Excursions" V/A series.

Four cosmic explorations crafted by DJ IBON, Mikkel Rev, Oprofessionell & Kineta. Sensitive, blissful and ambient states wrapped in high energy beats and basslines.

DJ IBON - Dead Hands

Tresor Records is proud to announce 333 Mirrors from Torus, the artist alias of Joeri Woudstra. Coupled with its catalogue number 333, it indicates the large-scale conceptual thoughts behind the record, typical of Woudstra's practice. As an artist, he sets out to frame re-interpretable references that trigger some subconscious recognition in listeners, with no set way to interpret them but leading to singular feelings and thought processes. The effect, a combination of static electronic sounds and looser field recordings, speaks to each listener differently. 

333 Mirrors is, in part, the continuation of a project called These Cars Do Not Exist, made with videographer Mark Prendergast during the Covid-19 limbo. The live performed short film sold out selected popup cinemas in 2020 in a short sprint of shows. Two of the tracks on that project, Sound of the Drums and Chroniko, are re-imagined on 333 Mirrors, emanating as versions created in live performances. Set to be released as a single, Chroniko VIP will be accompanied by an enduring theme from that project, the three-winged bird, this time deceased. On 333 Mirrors, in exploring the ambient, stretched sonic universe of this project more, Woudstra moves from these three-winged birds to the phoenix, finding a rebirth on the b-side with tracks that inhabit a similar sound as Deep Mid, Torus's inclusion on the recent Tresor 30 compilation. 

The sound of Torus places importance on the multi-faceted approach to sampling, pushing the idea behind the practice beyond usual boundaries. How to break the unwritten rules? Woudstra looks within by resampling previous Torus releases and reverse-engineering the sounds of the most revered pop and electronic musicians alive today, references that trigger recognition, melancholy and nostalgia in the listener. 

3000 Mirrors features a staccato arpeggiating rigid pattern, the sonic effect of standing in front of a strobe until it becomes the anchor. Silence and interruption are used as a device to explore the physically uncomfortable, more the central compositional tool than the disrupted harmonic structures.

Woudstra has never stepped foot in Tresor, so when writing this record, an enduring question spoke to him, what is Tresor when you have never been? How do you sample the essence of an unknown location? The closing track, Omnia, is the sound of anticipation, where the rave beckons. This imagined industrial space is calling for you.

Torus - Chroniko VIP

Track from NE89 E-Saggila – Blaze LP
Out on 12" and digital June 27th.

E-Saggila's latest release for Northern Electronics, Blaze, is a buoyant expedition into the abyssal depths of aesthetic shock-outs and scorched rhythms. Treading lightly through a range of tempos and airs, each track deftly leans into measured bouts of whiplash and recoil with affective consequence.

Artwork by Rose Marie Johansen.
Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome.

Blaze

E-Saggila – Seecure

Kineta is composed of the @ute-rec co-founder @oprofessionell & Ute-affiliate @alpha-tracks-official, two of the most prominent artists in today's blooming neo trance scene. Both are known for their fast-paced, psychedelic trance inducing sounds. 

UTE009 marks the final record in the 'Proto-series' from Kineta; A series of records written on the islands of Greece, in a secluded Mediterranean coastal town. ‘Proto’ effortlessly captures the creative symbiosis shared between the two producers while undertaking a journey through the realms of modern psychedelic dance music.
This final record brings high speed euphoria together with hypnotic- and trippy trance cuts, additioned by an emotional downtempo track to round it off on the B-side.

"Proto II​I​/​​III" is now available for pre-order on: https://ute-rec.bandcamp.com/album/ute009-proto-ii-i-iii

Premiere: Kineta - Pavo [UTE009]

UTE009 marks the final record in the 'Proto-series' from Kineta; A series of records written on the islands of Greece, in a secluded Mediterranean coastal town. ‘Proto’ effortlessly captures the creative symbiosis shared between the two producers while undertaking a journey through the realms of modern psychedelic dance music.
This final record brings high speed euphoria together with hypnotic- and trippy trance cuts, additioned by an emotional downtempo track to round it off on the B-side.

Digital:
bit.ly/UTE009digital

Vinyl:
bit.ly/UTE009oew
bit.ly/UTE009deejay
bit.ly/UTE009clone
bit.ly/UTE009hhv
bit.ly/UTE009juno
bit.ly/UTE009redeye

Written & Produced by: Filip Storsveen & Felix Benedikt
Mastering: Helmut Erler
Artwork: Ross Paul McEwan
Distribution: One Eye Witness

Kineta - Scorpius [UTE009]

Pr1nt

nthng - hug

Broken hearts
Broken electronics
Broken sleep patterns

Mix by Christian Stadsgaard and J.B. Hviid
Master by J.B. Hviid

Posh Isolation 277

Shadows of Sleep

Vanity Productions - Shadows of Sleep (feat. Emma Acs)

Mastered by Stefan at ArtDecade Mastering

The Dark Side of Love

Label heads Anthony Linell and Varg2™ demonstrate the modus operandi of Northern Electronics with this hulking blend of beauty and darkness, one of techno's most vibrant labels and a pillar of the community in Stockholm.

Get the tracklist at https://crackaud.io

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Northern Electronics: Anthony Linell & Varg2TM

Track from NE76 E-Saggila - Anima bulldozer
Out on 12" and digital September 18th

Pre-orders from September 4th on Bandcamp

An intricate lattice of runaway storms are tailored into E-Saggila's latest EP, 'Anima Bulldozer.' Careering off the edge from its own furious torque at some intersections, E-Saggila resolves the heady gains of the commotion with some of her most soothing composition to date by the EP's close.

Recorded by Rita Mikhael in Toronto, Canada 2019.
Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome.
Artwork by Rita Mikhael.

E-Saggila — Genesis Factory

Track from NE80 Varg2™ - Norrskensflamman
Out on CS and digital on November 6th.

Norrskensflamman – roughly “the northern lights flame” was a communist newspaper of Luleå that in 1940 suffered a sinister and cowardly attack. Their only crime was fostering a dream of a better world. A fairer world built on camaraderie, equality and peace. Only to see it go up in flames. 

Using an explosive charge fitted to the printing press, a violent fire broke out leaving five people dead. Among them two children. Devoured by the flames in a wicked blaze of a bizarre aurora borealis. In the subsequent investigation a conspiracy emerged, consisting of soldiers, officers and a journalist colleague, but shockingly also the local chief of police. Varg2™ bestows upon us an homage to Norrland, an album embracing collaborations with local abilities, driving spirits and heroes of the north. Varg2™’s bright and brilliant flame continues to enlighten and lead the way like a lantern for the feet – a pole star for the mind.

Recorded by Jonas Rönnberg in Ursviken, Sweden 2020
Side A featuring The Lapin King & CTM
Side B featuring The Lapin King, Jeuru & HforSpirit
Artwork: Depiction of Toivo Lundmarks ’Flammanmonumentet’, 1998.
Mastered by Noah Kin.

Norrskensflamman

Varg2™ — Norrskensflamman A

Track from NE77 Free The ID — No Rest Among Angels EP
Out on EP and digital on December 4th.

Through a sleet storm of bunkered kicks and arpeggiation arrives the rushing EP 'No Rest Among Angels' from Free The ID. Best recognised as Internazionale, and for directing the label Janushoved, the principal transmission under this new sign presents a collection of tracks as spartan as they are romantic, contorting the noisiest impulses into a sleek toolset.

Produced and mixed by Mikkel Valentin Dunkerley in Copenhagen, Denmark 2019.

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome.
Artwork and cover design by Jonas Bard.

Free The ID - Strobe Light Romance

Track from Varg2™ & Exploited Body (@exploitedbody) upcoming EP Etsin Turvaa, out December 4, 2020 via Northern Electronics (@northernelectronics).

Read: bit.ly/3qoLBiq
Pre-order: bit.ly/36ipDFK

A collaborative meeting between Varg2™ and Exploited Body has produced a scalding mess of sweat and suspicion across five headstrong tracks, gesturing towards a new and recombinant vector that’s lurking out there during hiatus.

Artwork by Cali Thornhill Dewitt

Mixed by Noah Kin

Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome

Free The ID - Strobe Light Romance

Northern Electronics

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