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GATORADE (YUNG LEAN COVER)

Altiplano, Volor Flex’s effervescent collab with fellow Russian producer and good friend Encode, is yet another dateless - albeit state-of-the-art - immersion into the polyrhythmic, dense, visceral compositions that this prolific artist is constantly fine-tuning somewhere in the steppe of the Ural Mountains.

There’s a lot of synced up emotional comfort and tension happening on both sides of the release, balanced-out, as ever, by artfully crafted elements of structure and style. Among them, the everpresent UK garage signature, the noise-drenched soundscapes, the sharp snares, the skittering beats, the melancholy vocals (especially on Altiplano, which easily competes with You In Me or Fake Love in unforgettableness), plus those entrancing moments of fervor followed by profound relief that Volor is such a master of.

The main track and subsequently the EP were named after the highest and largest plateau in South America, and that’s how exalted and wide-reaching this music should feel. Both inner-city and otherwordly, both London and Syktyvkar, the 7-track, two-sided EP is going deep to get that right, raw vibe. The 12” comes with a wonderfully exciting digital perk, a sweet and soulful bonus track titled Avia.

Tracklist:
A1. Altiplano
A2. Unbone
A3. Entropy
B1. Frontiere
B2. Boring Apparatus
B3. Sidewalk
Digital Bonus: Avia

Volor Flex & Encode - Altiplano

Volor Flex & Encode - Boring Apparatus

Volor Flex & Encode - Unbone

Volor Flex & Encode - Entropy

Volor Flex & Encode - Frontiere

Out of the plethora of tributary acts that glorify the heydays of UK house and garage comes ARME, a live performance based duo that is here to chart a wild, unexplored area of this imaginary musical map. Arapaima & Empt have teamed up less than 6 months ago and have worked through the sunshine season to bring you their self-titled, 8-track long debut EP just in time for the Indian summer.

Their music is deeply infused with solar energy, soaked in booming percussion, bouncy claps and bursts of cheerful vocals that glide above the punchy basslines. Besides the proper use of these classics, there are a few quirky components (such as the ballroom shouts and Jersey club squeaks) that, juxtaposed with the garage-tinged house frenzy, bring a brand new flavour to the blend. 
 
The duo’s taste-range is very palatable, enabling a straightforward versatility that covers a wide array of genres - Feel It, Dap Dap and Guatemala appeal to any expert ears, Gush and Stay Around exude radio-hit potential while Let’s Go, Want it and So Clean morph into something darker and grittier that shifts the vibe from balearic to bass-heavy. Rounding off this release, it feels like every element of style that ARME employ was specifically designed to bring pure joy and nonchalance into any dark club this winter. 

Tracklist:
1. Dap Dap
2. Feel It
3. Gush
4. Stay Around
5. Guatemala
6. Want It
7. Let's Go
8. So Clean

http://www.soundcloud.com/arapaima
http://www.soundcloud.com/emptt
http://www.fb.com/arme.live

Artwork by Kae // http://zangtumbtuuumblr.tumblr.com

ARME - Let's Go

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Up-and-coming British producers Kalli (Manchester) and Dharma (Newcastle) bisect this EP with their bigtime techno-off, adding two new breeds of muscular, bigroom sounds to your collection of club tools. FORZA is Origami Sound’s new club music concept series and this split release with two tracks from each producer marks its inception.&#13;
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Soft and rough at the same time, Dharma’s ‘Nine’ and ‘Tuesday’ are both elaborate compositions with every element in place, relying on anticipation, engineered to soothe while imploding. There to take you from your comfort zone to the good kind of shock are Kalli’s ‘Deadline’ and ‘Raindance’, both striking with raw power - their elaborate, trance-inducing atmospherics and wild warehouse hooks are predestined to bring out the rave demons in anyone.&#13;
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Just like in the Mahabharata, Kalli &amp; Dharma’s coming together is pure karma, but this time they’re protagonists in a friendly versus, where the listener gets to decide their fate. Fact is, the pair is a powerhouse, so picking a favorite is no picnic.&#13;
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Mastered by Natal Zaks &#13;
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Dharma - www.fb.com/Dharmatunes &#13;
Kalli - www.fb.com/kalli2323tree

Kalli - Deadline

Ghostpoet - Cold Win (Thinnen Remix)

My Luv

For Jesse Somfay music has always been about communicating and sharing immense feelings which he finds impossible to convey in any other way. His Borealis alias was born as a twinned satellite to his work under his birth name. Much like conjoined twins, the two share the same heart and breathe with the same lungs, and even though they speak of similar things, they do it from two different vantage points. According to Jesse, it is better for something to be felt in whole than to be defined and reflected upon in approximation, and this album - his sixth to date and second under the Borealis handle - is a truly wholesome, boundless, gorgeous emotional experience on both the end of its creator and its listener. 

Glittervoice is Somfay's most energetically intense work to date. It is both euphoric and dysphoric and the music itself cannot be pigeonholed into any particular genre - hints of techno, oldschool trance or rave complement each other just to ultimately get lost in an artfully crafted trademark sound. It’s easy to allow this multifaceted, hyperlayered, continuously shapeshifting aural multiverse to deprive you of any form of reason, activate all senses and carry you where no music has before, regardless of where you listen to it. Glittervoice’s 16 tracks encompass everything from visceral warehouse techno to stylish ambient compositions via rapid hypnotic drum loops and trance synths of cosmic proportions, all filtered through his unique etherial aesthetic. 

Having something equally introspective and weighty yet exceptionally club-friendly is a rare feat that could soundtrack any modern techno mecca - be it a big dark room or an open air festival. 
The emergence of Borealis meant an unexpected turn for Somfay, but at the end of the day, much like its worthy genre-defying predecessor, Glittervoice is yet another album not of this reality - a sonic guide to entering “the flow”.

Borealis - Foldfrost

HIGH JET’s debut EP is a concept release built around their two steadfastly creative tracks, ‘the chase’ and ‘slenderman’. Despite contrasting in genres and moods, they are coherent in design within the context of the release, which was put together similarly to a two film feature: a retrofuture 80s French cop movie and a dark, clever, contemporary horror film. Both tracks come with an addictive novelty value, possibly due to the sense of humor the Bucharest-based duo display through their musical and visual approach.

‘the chase’ is a lax car chase soundtrack with a vivid lead synth hinting at knockabout electronic pop, French electro-house and carefree nightdrives through Vice City. The track is somewhere between wailing and refreshing thanks to its nostalgic hook and alert chord changes.

Second in line is ViLLAGE’s first take on ‘the chase’, a parade of a track that marries the ear-catching fanfare with a sugary pinch of R&B, some hybridized footwork and ensnaring harmonic repetitions. ViLLAGE’s playful pop tinges, colorful synth samples, loose progession and contained drop from his first remix of ‘the chase’ also jut out into the bouncy, melodic house version of the track.

The mood immediately shifts from the washed-out, summery vignette to a much darker place with 3 levels of rawness that the listener has to tread through carefully, making use only of a glowstick with infinite light but a very short range. The relentless and hammering ‘slenderman’ with its maddening percussion, laughter and chants (one of them being the Romanian word for monster) is to obsess over for days, while its two remixes range from ARME’s sweltering UK garage bass to Kalli’s stomping warehouse techno, all three of them dancefloor hit material.

The chord-driven, modern take on an 80s film score alongside their fun nod to the first great myth of the web - the unsettling Slenderman - are sure to indulge a savvy, reference-loving audience. The EP comes with a DIY alt-humor video that has to do with cars, synesthetic flashbacks, absurdism and the 1980s.

Produced & mixed by HIGH JET, ViLLAGE, ARME and Kalli 
Mastered by HIGH JET @ Home Jet 
@highjet 
www.fb.com/dahighjet

Artwork by ROK 
www.fb.com/robnrok

HIGH JET - slenderman (Kalli Remix)

http://bit.ly/volorflexsabo ::

A master of lovelorn emotional surrender, Volor Flex brings his narrative to an end with Sabo, his fourth and last album under this alias. The reasons are only his to know, but Volor Flex certainly won't be this producer's final musical persona. Parts of Sabo already hint at subtle changes in direction and style - natural consequences of artistically perfecting oneself - showcasing even more of Volor's expert manipulation of samples and composer skills. 

Volor Flex's reputation and popularity have been steadily on the rise for the past two years; he has released 3 albums and 3 EPs, all representative of what it means to brilliantly adapt the specifics of a signature style while living up to the staple sound itself. The man who has been referred to as Burial 2.0, Alex Frolov of Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia delivers us a complete, 20-track long, intensely introspective album, possibly his finest work to date. 

Sabo is laden with familiar bittersweet moods made of crisp, dancy garage breaks paired with artfully constructed soundscapes as fragile as glass that Volor peels back until they break apart and fade away. All twenty tracks enclose the darnkess of the boreal forest, the harshness of the tundra, the anxiousness of isolation, the solace of being lost in thought and the memories of a loved one. Volor Flex adds a new expanse to the timeless comfort area that he's been building and has now completed, a place of relief and daydreaming the listener will repeatedly want to come back to.