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Silicon Scally, the alias of electronic music producer Carl Finlow, released his critically acclaimed album 'Mr Machine' in 2002 on SCSI-AV. The album was a masterful blend of electro and sci-fi soundscapes, showcasing Finlow's unique style and production prowess, which took the listener on a journey through a futuristic world of machines and technology. It ranks as one of the finest electro records of the early noughties. Fast-forward to 2023 and Sync 24's Cultivated Electronics label is proud to present 'Mr Machine PT 2'. Like its predecessor, the new album is filled with intricate synth melodies, driving rhythms, and pulsating basslines, all perfectly balanced to create an immersive listening experience. 'Mr Machine PT 2' once again showcases Finlow's ability to not only create relentless beats for the dancefloor but also dynamic soundscapes that transport the listener to another world. Created using a mixture of both old analog gear and very modern plugins, both albums were written with a very strong emphasis on the machine aesthetic, reflecting the cutting edge of what was available at their respective times. Futuristic and timeless. The album will be released on triple-pack vinyl and digitally.

Pre-order on CLONE - https://bit.ly/CE045_SiliconScally

Mr Machine PT 2

CE045 - Silicon Scally - Mr Machine PT 2

TL Premiere #1301 (2023.07.07) : Silicon Scally - Super Fluid Tones [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 166th Premiere of 2023, we have a track by veteran UK Electro producer, now based in France, Carl Finlow, aka "Silicon Scally", titled ‘Super Fluid Tones’ from his forthcoming EP "Soft Robotics" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (@cpurecords).

The EP will be available on August 4, 2023 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl + Digital.

▶︎ Pre-order : https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/soft-robotics

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Release Info :

Silicon Scally - Soft Robotics [Central Processing Unit]

Carl Finlow keeps on keepin’ on. Not only is Finlow one of the most respected names in electro, a producer who boasts a sprawling catalogue that takes in a wide variety of aliases, but he’s also spent recent years establishing himself as a mainstay for Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit label. Soft Robotics, the new EP from Finlow’s Silicon Scally project, is the fifth Silicon Scally release in five years to boast one of CPU’s instantly-recognisable black-and-white covers.

The reason that Silicon Scally and CPU keep linking up is simple; they’re a perfect fit for one another. Central Processing Unit has established itself as a haven for post-Drexciya producers since launching in 2012, and there are few artists better than Finlow at building on the Detroit group’s sound. The union bears fruit once more on Soft Robotics, an EP of lithe machine-funk jams that will both do damage in the dance and also reward more concentrated home listening.

Things begin at a steadier speed than one might expect. Rather than barrelling off with the kind of sinewy roller one associates with the CPU name, Soft Robotics’ title-track takes things at mid-pace. The groove reveals itself without hurry, Silicon Scally adding or subtracting elements - twitchy modular loops, pensive pads, the occasional blurt of low-end - atop the chugging bass/drums groove. It’s a track which wins you over with guile rather than force.

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Things limber up further still on first B-side ‘Spin Ratio’. The track’s 808 kicks are punchier than those of the A-side jams, and there’s a dizziness to the bass tone which gives ‘Spin Ratio’ an intriguingly off-kilter feel. Atop the booming beat we find ourselves hypnotised by cells of melody and harmony interlocking or moving apart - particularly the staccato module at the track’s heart. Sure enough, ‘Spin Ratio’ is the Soft Robotics joint which cleaves closest to Drexciya, invoking other Detroit disciples like Jensen Interceptor in the process.

After Soft Robotics picks up speed in the middle, closer ‘Super Fluid Tones’ brings us back to where we started. This track returns to the more measured delivery of the record’s opener - there’s a steady pulse to the drums, and once again Silicon Scally packs the mix with so many intriguing whizzes, bangs, blips and blurts that it’s impossible not be won over by this tune’s construction. ‘Soft Robotics’ and ‘Super Fluid Tones’ bookend Soft Robotics very nicely, and Silicon Scally’s smart pacing gives the EP a lovely ebb and flow.

The ever-excellent Carl Finlow drops a Silicon Scally release via Central Processing Unit for the fifth year running. Like its predecessors, Soft Robotics is an excellent and deftly-crafted collection of modern machine-funk.

Tracklist :
1. Soft Robotics
2. Jitters
3. Spin Ratio
4. Super Fluid Tones

All tracks written and produced by Carl Finlow.
Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield
Design by Human / www.humanstudio.com

Soft Robotics

Super Fluid Tones

TL PREMIERE : Silicon Scally - Super Fluid Tones [Central Processing Unit]

Artist: Versalife
Title: Genetic Cluster EP
Label: Natural Selection
Catalogue No: NS004
Format: 12" Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 8th September 2023

Physical pre-orders available now via Juno and Rough Trade:

Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/versalife-genetic-cluster-ep-vinyl/962286-01/

Rough Trade: https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/versalife/genetic-cluster-ep

Further digital and physical pre-orders will be available from Friday 4th August via all good retailers, including Clone, Boomkat and our Bandcamp page: https://naturalselectionlondon.bandcamp.com

Track Listing:
A1 - Overclock
A2 - Luminous Idle State
B1 - Ghosting
B2 - System Shock

"Following on from his appearance on one of the label’s launch compilations, Versalife (aka Conforce) releases his first full EP for Natural Selection. ‘Genetic Cluster EP’ releases in September and takes up the torch from Kamikaze Space Programme and Rommek, whose prior releases via the London based imprint saw support from the likes of James Ruskin, Tommy Four Seven, Takaaki Itoh, The Advent, Alienata and more.

Genetic Cluster is an impeccably crafted Electro release that maintains bite and aggression, whilst its textures and atmospheres spiral into the ether, taking the listener on an unpredictable emotional journey.

Based in Rotterdam, Versalife has seen his music released by the most highly esteemed of Electro labels such as Frustrated Funk, Clone, Delsin & TRUST. He returns to Natural Selection after releasing via their inaugural VA compilation release ‘NS001’ in 2021, with his track ‘Nostalgia’, which has gained support by some of the most respected DJ's worldwide, inc. Dave Clarke, Plant43, Annie Hall and more."

Mastered by @dadub Studios, Berlin
Cut by Simon at The Exchange Vinyl

@conforce

Genetic Cluster EP

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TL Premiere #1327 (2023.08.18) : Versalife - System Shock [Natural Selection]

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For this 192nd Premiere of 2023, we have a track by Versalife (aka Delsin's Conforce) titled ‘System Shock’ from his forthcoming EP "Genetic Cluster" on the UK electronic music record label based in London : Natural Selection.

The EP will be available from September 8, 2023 on 12" vinyl & digital.

Pre-order : 
▶︎ Bandcamp : www.naturalselectionlondon.bandcamp.com/album/genetic-cluster-ep
▶︎ Clone : https://clone.nl/item73487.html
▶︎ deejay.de : www.deejay.de/Versalife_Genetic_Cluster_EP_NS004KUDOS_Vinyl__1028399
▶︎ HHV : www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/versalife-genetic-cluster-ep-1037405
▶︎ Juno : www.juno.co.uk/products/versalife-genetic-cluster-ep-vinyl/962286-01/
▶︎ Rough Trade : www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/versalife/genetic-cluster-ep
▶︎ Suburban Trash : https://suburbantrash.com/electro-electronica-idm/3759-3760--pre-order-ns004-versalife-genetic-cluster-ep.html 

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Release Info :

Versalife - Genetic Cluster EP [Natural Selection // NS004]

Previews : https://soundcloud.com/naturalselectionlondon/versalife-genetic-cluster-ep-previews

"Following on from his appearance on one of the label’s launch compilations, Versalife (aka Conforce) releases his first full EP for Natural Selection. ‘Genetic Cluster EP’ releases in September and takes up the torch from Kamikaze Space Programme and Rommek, whose prior releases via the London based imprint saw support from the likes of James Ruskin, Tommy Four Seven, Takaaki Itoh, The Advent, Alienata and more.

Genetic Cluster is an impeccably crafted Electro release that maintains bite and aggression, whilst its textures and atmospheres spiral into the ether, taking the listener on an unpredictable emotional journey.

Based in Rotterdam, Versalife has seen his music released by the most highly esteemed of Electro labels such as Frustrated Funk, Clone, Delsin & TRUST. He returns to Natural Selection after releasing via their inaugural VA compilation release ‘NS001’ in 2021, with his track ‘Nostalgia’, which has gained support by some of the most respected DJ's worldwide, inc. Dave Clarke, Plant43, Annie Hall and more."

Tracklist :
1. A1. Overclock
2. A2. Luminous Idle State
3. B1. Ghosting
4. B2. System Shock

releases September 8, 2023

Mastered by Dadub Studios, Berlin
Cut by Simon at The Exchange Vinyl
Pressed and packaged by Packaged Sounds
Cover art by Holotic Psd

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Follow Versalife : 
Bandcamp : www.conforce.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/artist/2184838-Versalife
Facebook : www.facebook.com/versalife.electro
Instagram : www.instagram.com/conforce_aka_versalife
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/conforce
YouTube : www.youtube.com/user/borisbunnik

Follow Natural Selection :
Bandcamp : https://naturalselectionlondon.bandcamp.com
Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/label/2961371-Natural-Selection-2
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/naturalselectionlondon
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/naturalselectionlondon1
Linktree : https://linktr.ee/naturalselectionlondon
RA : https://ra.co/labels/19368
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/naturalselectionlondon

System Shock

TL PREMIERE : Versalife - System Shock [Natural Selection]

Taken from Lucie Antunes' It’s Amazing EP on InFiné Music, out August 23.

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Premiere: Lucie Antunes - It’s Amazing (Dopplereffekt Hadron Matrix Version)

Taken from: VC-118A - Waves of Change - Delsin Records - 157dsr

buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7731/vc-118a/waves-of-change
buy digital: https://chaindata.bandcamp.com/album/waves-of-change

On his fifth album as VC-118A, Samuel van Dijk (@mohlao) is using his evolved electro practice to explore the notion of change - a universal constant which keeps us barrelling towards unknown futures.

With 2021’s Spiritual Machines, van Dijk presented a new approach which took his established (and celebrated) sound into downtempo and experimental pastures. Now the Dutch artist builds on that premise with a clear-sighted focus on the idea of change, as forces and factors in our present moment accelerate the states of flux within our lives.

Crooked machine rhythms remain the driving force behind VC-118A, but it’s the treatment of the drums and the richly developed layers around them which tell the story. The sources are largely analogue, from a trusted bank of outboard tools ranging from 606s and 101s to ample modern and vintage effects and various modular systems, but these sounds are carefully sequenced and shaped with digital processes to create the nuanced tones and textures which envelop Waves of Change. Crucial to the spatial immersion of the album is the subtle drop in tempo, widening the rhythms and leaving room for the atmospheric sound design to have a greater impact.

The fluid synthesis and sound design which permeates tracks like ‘The Deep’, ‘You’ and ‘Replace Image’ might well be considered a sonic metaphor for the ever-shifting state of the universe, while the reliably crisp rhythmic structures applied to the likes of ‘Heat’, ‘Club’ and ’Elektri’ have a metronomic quality as steadfast as time itself.

It’s the extended immersion of ‘Motherboard’ which offers the most complete summation of the album’s qualities at the midway point, coursing through subtly vivid soundscapes guided by elegant, constantly probing drums. The snatches of voices which emerge through the mix are those of van Dijk’s parents, sampled from a discovered box of tapes from the mid-80s when they were both sound artists. Thematically, the samples also embody the sense of change van Dijk was striving for making this album, capturing a moment in time for his now-separated parents when their lives were very different.

Balancing the disciplines of machine-powered sequencing and hand-shaped sound to render his ideas in sonic form, the continued evolution of VC-118A results in another mesmerising record steeped in craft and loaded with intention.

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VC-118A - You (taken from 'Waves of Change' 157dsr)

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Six years after their inaugural release, Nicosia-based record label Capparis Spinosa line up another hamper filled with three Levantine treats, courtesy of Cypriot label boss @alex-tomb.

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Alex Tomb - Sepiaria Linn [Capparis Spinosa]

Taken from the forthcoming album 'Luminous Machines' release date 5th February 2024. Pre-order vinyl and digital at:
https://plant43.bandcamp.com/album/luminous-machines

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WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY EMILE FACEY
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION BY EMILE FACEY
© PLANT43 RECORDINGS 2024
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Luminous Machines

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Forest Drive West is gifting Midgar with 4 dub cuts infused with warm, earthy tones and cosmic delightfulness.

Mastered by Mike Grinser at D&M Berlin
Release Date : 26 June

Artist : @forest-drive-west
www.facebook.com/ForestDriveWest/

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