@despinadespina - Fire from Heat
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM105
Format: Digital
Release: October 20th, 2023

Despina was trying to write a follow-up to their 2022 record ‘Gravity Games’ on Kindergarten Records as they fell into a deep depression, during a harsh New York winter and against a backdrop of escalating legislative attacks on trans people in the USA. In the struggle to express themselves through music while maintaining their usual exuberant voice, they found a darker musical path, and ‘Fire From Heat’ is the result of exploring this path.

The title ‘Fire From Heat’ comes from the expression “heat from fire, fire from heat,” an expression that is used by the trans community in voice training and that was popularized by YouTuber Z from TransVoiceLessons. At the same time as Despina searched for their voice as a trans, non-binary person in a country continuously stripping the rights of their trans siblings, they found an alternate, musical voice through the extensive use of human and non-human voices. This dichotomy and the interplay of both voices became a conceptual thread that runs through the entire record. These voices are countered by rhythmic constraints, undulating cyclical grooves, sinister basslines, and interruptive structures that create a delicate interplay between the imagined speaker and an idealized dancer.

Artwork by Benfika
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

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Our favorite Marseille’s hybrid bass wonder boy RAVL is back with an impressive single of meticulously designed electro cuts, to be released in early 2024 on the club exploratory Lyon-based imprint Bad Tips.

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Australian NHS boss Galtier and UK label Synes co-founder Druid team up for a collaborative EP 'Stone Hardware'. The EP’s four tracks are a collection of solo works and collaborative efforts from both producers recorded throughout the duration of late 2020 and early 2021, taking form as a hybrid collection of club-ready dancefloor destroyers.

The established end product of this EP is evident in the release’s title – an organic, primitive sound palette that frequents Galtier’s dynamic sound as heard in the last few years, combined with Druid’s mechanized futurism taken straight from the streets of Neo-Tokyo. Each producer has offered a distinctive focus that they have merged together into one evolving, unanticipated synthesis of proto and post-earthly sound.

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Stolen Velour (@stolenvelour) returns to Kindergarten Records with another confident display of intricate sound design and mind-bending rhythmic fluidity. In equal parts an embrace of silliness on the dancefloor and a serious piece of floor-shaking heft, Jasper builds on the palette of his last EP with the label, Onyx, and elevates Stolen Velour’s sound to new heights. A pair of label regulars switch up the flavours on the remixes. Sobolik (@tomsobolikmusic) strips back the opener to inject some space and a touch of dub, whereas Despina’s (@despinadespina) take on ‘I Know, I know’ tames some of the og’s wilder impulses to laser-in on strobing breaks and a wobbly low-end groove.

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free download: https://bonebrokk.bandcamp.com/track/tdoa001-gravity-reversal

'TDOA' is a series of one-off club-ready tracks. The goal is to release 1 track per month till the end of 2024. The tracks will be available as free downloads with the option to pay more if you want.

First one up for January is 'Gravity Reversal', 145 BPM Broken Techno x Dembow material.

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Out now : https://links.paradoxeclub.fr/limbo-session

Funky infectious rhythms and driving techno pulse merge in @Sylvere's track Limbo Session 🏢
The unwavering energy, reminiscent of Temple Run's frenzy, is tailor-made for massive club settings.

Written and produced by Sylvere
Mastered by Le Dom
Artwork by Manuel Moreno Cortes

PRDXS007 - www.paradoxeclub.fr

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https://sfx-space.bandcamp.com/track/wait-aya-dub-zo-mc-pherson
Brilliant surprise remix by the wonderful artist @aya_yco ! A slow-burning roaring footwork drum and bass remix of my track Wait taken from my album Pitch Blender.
This one comes as a super yummy cherry on top of the already delightful Pitch Blender remix EP, with works by Scratcha DVA, Jana Rush, Kasimyn Gendang, Jessica Ekomane, Mc Yallah and me.
We've heard with immense joy these being played out there in clubs and on the airwaves. Thanks for the love!

Giving it extra back at you now! Go hear it now
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