MUTEK Édition 23

Aguma - OhJoYmo

Aquarian - Mutations I: Death, Taxes & Hanger - Dekmantel - DKMNTL-UFO11

https://aquariandekmantel.bandcamp.com/album/mutations-i-death-taxes-hanger
https://dekmantel.com/shop/records/aquarian-mutations-1

a1. Death, Taxes & Hanger
a2. Rene Likes The Steak
b1. Sam Handwich
b2. Dead Whale

Canadian born, Berlin based producer @Aquarian debuts on Dekmantel Records’ UFO imprint with Mutations I & II, a series of two EPs following his debut album The Snake That Eats Itself and his collaborative records as AQXDM. The series marks his return to club focused solo material for the first time since 2017.

Originally written as inflection points for his typically boisterous and genre collapsing dj sets, Mutations deftly splices the foundational DNA of his earliest productions — electro, hardcore and broken beat techno – with new and vital influences.

Mutations I: Death, Taxes and Hanger finds Aquarian gleefully contorting mid-2000s dnb tearouts, wrong footed IDM and progressive trance euphoria into thrilling new shapes. Fast techno, hi-tek jazz, amphetamine-addled filter house and breakcore join the fray in Mutations II: Delicious Intent as he pushes intensity levels past breaking point. Whichever the touchstone, the results are clear: distinctly modern, highly-propulsive body music with an unapologetically emotive core.

DKMNTL-UFO11 // Aquarian - Mutations I: Death, Taxes & Hanger

Continuing the theme of community collaboration sparked by Hodge and Simo Cell’s recent 12”, Livity Sound presents the first joint works by Azu Tiwaline and Al Wootton. While they come from distinct settings (Azu in the Tunisian desert, Al in London’s urban sprawl), their music shares a similar affinity for intricate percussion and dub-informed space.
The four tracks on LIVITY052 deal in a variety of rhythms and tempos, veering from the propulsive intensity of ‘Blue Dub’ to the sparse, skipping 2-step framework of ‘Light Transmission’. Azu and Al’s refined, detailed approach blurs the lines between electronic sound design and earthy sonics, resulting in dynamic drum tracks loaded with weighty atmospherics and unrelenting tension.

Alandazu EP

Azu Tiwaline & Al Wootton - Blue Dub - LIVITY052

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Ultra-Scape 4

Ravens by N/UM
Recorded at Sear Sound, New York
Released by Positive Elevation Records

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N/UM is a New York house & techno influenced trio using analog synthesizers & drum machines, guitar and voice in live composition.