“Music is a borderless language”

This is our gargantuan motto at Fauve Records.
With this mission statement arose a new project called 西 WEST & 東 EAST.

Born from the desire to link the world of the West & the East. The idea was to ask two artist/band to collaborate on a split EP, with one original track each and finally to remix each others’ work.

For Volume 1, it is with humble esteem that we present you to Mameen 3 from Belgium/Morocco and Dea from Indonesia. We are extremely happy to launch the new series with this extraordinary collection of retro-futuristic club music.

First up is Mameen 3 with their original title “Dada Glitter”. A hypnotic burner that feels like the instrumental B-side of a fitness instruction song made by Ziad Rahbani's grandson in 2043. Wake up in utopia and find yourself high on XTC on a glittery Bellydance rave under the Moonshine of Djerbas beaches. An absolute sparkler faithfully signed: soFa & Cheb Runner.

On remix duty of the previously mentioned track is the Indonesian future legend called Dea. After getting his hands on a vintage vocoder he pulled out all its magic blessing onto this stripped-down oriental-future-groover. A highly forceful bassline and effectively simple punchy beats do justice to this cosmic vocoder-funk gem. With lush chords and modestly well done modular toms, he puts the cherry on the cake. A masterpiece in a back-alley illegal trafficking vibe with intimate curiosity!

On the flip side is Dea’s original piece “Mesopotamia”. Just when you thought you’ve travelled enough in this EP, the shaman takes it a step further by landing you on a planet where all genres live together in harmony. Classical, space odyssey, salsa, middle-eastern, you name it, the influences are endless. With a clean yet effective 4x4 analogue-sounding pulse, he handles a multiverse of emotions that will take you on the best drugless trip you can experience.

Last but not least, Mameen 3’s “Rai Not Raimix” finishes the EP in style. Re-inventing the genre-less track by giving it an aspect of a sorcerer marching band. Amidst airy FM trumpets, off-groove claps and enthralled choirs the duo brings along the final smoky touch of this treasury of oddities.

西 WEST & 東 EAST

Dea - Mesopotamia (Mameen 3 Rai Not Raimix)

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Dea - Mesopotamia (Mameen 3's Rai Not Raimix) [Sound Station Strategy Premiere]

Wandering through the outback he was aware of his own bitter loneliness, there wasn't much out here but for the occasional ramshackle old house and the desert sands. His only companion? A crazy ass bronco with a mind all of his own and a wild kick. The sun beamed down upon them both as they marched and trudged through the abyss in the hope of finding a beautiful mirage, a vision of a waterfall or the great rains. This was the only hope the pair had left in hell...

t-woc is a producer from Dublin, he has recorded a stellar six track record for Strangelove, a mixture of oddball bashment and dub with playful experimentation dotted throughout. Strangelove is a label of which we are very fond and this is the latest in their excellent pursuit to enlighten us all.

PREMIERE: t-woc - Crazy Bronco [Strangelove]

Early August 2020, by the seaside in his parents' little house in Termoli, Southern Italy, A-Tweed produced this track during a truly dreadful and raging summer storm on Adriatic Sea. ⚡⚡️

PREMIERE : A-Tweed - Raging Summer Storm On Adriatic Sea

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/ninjaexoticmachine, yeho
Track: Explore My Crack
Label: https://soundcloud.com/phobhorecords
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 14/10/21
Purchase: https://phobhorecords.bandcamp.com/album/36-questions

In the middle of the summer Yeho, an Israeli musician coming from Tel Aviv, was wandering around Italy and randomly he found himself in the “Quintino Basement”, lair of Ninja Exotic Machine.
This casual encounter gave birth to three new tracks where the
duo’s downtempo and tribal style merges with Yeho’s crisp and raw vocal together with intriguing percussions samples extracted from live recordings of the percussionist Andrea Greco.
The result is an Ep called “36 questions” out on Pho Bho Records on the 14th of October.

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PREMIERE | Ninja Exotic Machine ft. Yeho - Explore My Crack [Pho Bho] 2021

For the debut digital EP on Viscera Transmissions, Komodo spreads his wings and takes his signature low slung psychedelica to the stars, to reap destruction on extraterrestrial dancefloors across the cosmos.

Title track Mirror Claws begins an ember in the desert, slowly stoked by guitar chord stabs and eerie screeches towards a slow yet inevitable psychedelic inferno.

For Night Crawler, the guitar steps back into co-pilot role as the acid bass takes the saddle, spurring the squelch dragon off into the void with a crack of the 303 whip.

Next up is Vanquished Angst with a dubby desert rock workout. Blazing guitar solos tear across the sky like thunderbolts whilst the hypnotic bassline and guitar progression burn through the dunes.

On the flip, Jonny Rock re-dubs the dub with his Vanquished Angst Dragon Remix. No slightly questionable guitar metaphors here, instead, a mind melting whirlpool of spiraling percussion, vocal quips, bass throbs and pads form a completely bonkers but brilliant piece.

Last but certainly not least, Chez de Milo arms Night Crawler with some serious ordnance. After changing up the beat pattern with a breaksy kick, electro warheads are ago, clearing the way for the original 303 line to cruise through. Heavy!

Credits: Thanks to Komodo for the amazing music in support of our new label, Jonny Rock & Chez de Milo for the delicious remixes, James Savage for the incredible masters, Kirsty Carrington for the gorgeous illustration and to Jessica Lau for digital design.

Mirror Claws

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Komodo - Mirror Claws [VTD001]

This compilation is in celebration of our Berlin party, Cocktail d’Amore, which we started with Boris five years ago along visual direction by Pindar (GoldNSour). What began as a gay monthly focused on bringing quality music into the alternative culture of Berlin has grown to be host to a diverse range of open minded freaks,queers and more seeking a carefree atmosphere. The music we have compiled is a reflection of the variety of sounds our guests expect from the unique Cocktail experience.

- Discodromo

A2 Dorisburg - Under Vatten

Cathedral Of The Sky

Cottam - Consciousness - Cottam 6 - Full Version 96kbps

After the vinyl release of "Life Worth Living" EP, the Belgo-Australiana duo Ca$hminus return with "VER$ION$" which is exactly what it says on the tin - friends' reinterpretations from around the globe. Melbourne’s brotherly duo Donald’s House get things started. After their debut EP on Berlin’s Touch Of A Distance a few months ago, they present their first ever remix: a low slung, far out dub version of “Paradise” - the original will see the light of day early 2020. 

Next up, favourite Frenchie E-Talking (Whities) delivers a shapeshifting dancefloor version of "De Vlasmarkt". A true rollercoaster of a track that takes you places. Emotional entertainment, dare we say it.

Hong Kong’s very own Mr. Ho rounds things off. The Mihn Club resident and one of the powers behind Klasse Wrecks offers a murky, understated groove with echoes of trance lurking out of sigh.

https://soundcloud.com/cashminusmusic

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PRÈMIÉRE: Cashminus - "Paradise" (Donald's House Eyez Closed Mix)[Cashminus]

A1) Midnight Mania 
A2 Atoms
A3) Mundane Brain

B1) P.N.G. (Praise No Ghosts)
B2)Jungle Dream

Optimo Music is psyched to release "Midnight Mania", a 5 track mini album from Australia's Tornado Wallace. Now based in Berlin Tornado Wallace has crafted an organic, psychedelic, percussive master work. The title track will be released as a digital single in advance of the album on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce. 

Tornado Wallace would like to add a few words about the record -  

The music is inspired by earth, both the planet itself as the small insignificant celestial being in the great cosmic story, and earth - the dirt itself - the womb and the tomb of life‘s mysteries and wild manifestations.

TW

Released on vinyl (and digital) on 20/03/2020. Distributed by Kompakt.

OM LP 17 - Tornado Wallace - Midnight Mania (mini album sampler)

The slow and trancey virtuoso from Frankfurt is back to release his solo EP. Each track has its own movement - mysterious, tense, exploring, expanding. Each movement is a medicine for your flesh and soul. The EP also includes great sounds from Greece. The remix by Anatolian Weapons is, as always, something more than just an interpretation.

From the first tribal beats, this EP triggers your body to want to move, something we're sorely lacking these days. We hope you can shake off the pandemic cobwebs to these tunes, wherever you are.

https://soundcloud.com/eshu-est
https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

OM LP 17 - Tornado Wallace - Midnight Mania (mini album sampler)

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