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DBA016 CEOL - THE LIGHT

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Λένα Πλάτωνος (Lena Platonos) is a Greek musician, pianist and music composer. Her debut solo album, ‘Μάσκες Ηλίου’ (‘Sun Masks’) was produced in 1984 and reissued by Dark Entries in 2016. The album featured experiments with different sounds and a new batch of electronic equipment, such as the Roland TR 808 drum machine and Yamaha C60 synthesizer. Lena narrates each song in deadpan fashion, skillfully reciting her surreal Greek poetry. Her lyrics deal with the futility of love, the gap of human relationships, consumerist alienation in the bourgeois lifestyle of the 1980s.

We’ve recruited four of our favorite contemporary producers to remix their favorite tracks from ‘Sun Masks’. First up is “Lego” remixed by triple scorpio supernova Avalon Emerson, who is based in Berlin. Her remix morphs the track into a solid dancefloor twister. Next is “Lego” remixed by Lena Willikens, Cologne based DJ and resident at Salon Des Amateurs in Düsseldorf. She provides a deep and psychedelic journey through the darker shadows of the early night or morning. On the B-side is New Yorker and Firehouse Recordings boss Kim Ann Foxman remixing “Hoping By Shopping”. She transforms the spacey robotic vocoder track into a dynamic deep house workout, tough and dreamy all at once. Closing out the EP is a remix of “Wrong Love” by Berlin via Bucharest producer Borusiade aka Miruna Boruzescu. Enhancing the original melancholic piano ballad to a cosmic processional with poignant bass lines that build and recess like the ocean tides. 

All songs have been mastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. The jacket is a reinterpretation of the original ‘Sun Masks’ cover, isolating the photograph of Lena wearing sunglasses designed by Eloise Leigh. Each copy includes a two-sided postcard with a manipulated film still from one of Lena’s music videos.

Sun Masks Remixes

Lego (Avalon Emerson Version)

Blessing us with this exclusive track is HAUS of ALTR Family member @acemo . Ace is one of the most exciting producers coming out of New York. With his recent album release "Black Populous" this has been a great year for AceMo. sit back and peep this lesson in style.

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Lovely lush emotive dancetracks full of cosmic vibes ! In the opening track, a male soothing voice warns us for a gravitational collapse, and he couldn't be more right ! 9300 Records new family member, Intimacy, drags you from one musical dimension to another. His outerworld soundscapes and propelling drum rhythms make you doubt whether or not you're still on earth. Enjoy the trip !

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PREMIERE : Intimacy - Gravitational Collapse

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ID: Señor Chugger & Count van Delicious - Red Room
(@deliciouschug)
Genre: Industrial Italo
Release Date: 05 Feb 2019
Artwork: @user-649171230

Hailing from Cardiff, they’ve taunted dancefloors worldwide with their unreleased tracks. And for a first, we’re delighted to have Señor Chugger & Count van Delicious become our first Youtube premiere!

Dark and euphoric, Red Room’s rolling synth coupled with chuggy breaks helps deliver energy to any dancefloor. A badass boujee beat if we ever saw one. 

When speaking to Ben Cowper (@ben-cowper/ one half) about the track: ‘Haha yeah man it’s not just hard hitting and abrasive it’s got that softer synth line that stands out above the bassline and drums a little more.  We called it Red Room because the venue we used to do ‘The Mixtape’ (clubnight in Cardiff)  in, we always set the lights to red so it’s kind of a homage to that, and also the track is just dark, chuggy, sleazy and has that dimly-lit basement feel to it’.... ‘A big thank you to the artist of the video also for nailing the track!’... ‘We also have a radio show on Thread Radio in London called ‘Warp Speed Chug’ so expect a similar vibe there!’.

What’s better? Free download.

Red Room

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(PREMIERE): Señor Chugger & Count van Delicious - Red Room [FREE DOWNLOAD]

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@hood-joplin @textchunk

More infos on COMPLEX : https://www.complex.com/music/2019/11/premiere-hood-joplin-text-chunk-keepflowin

Digital / Vinyl available : https://hoodjoplin.bandcamp.com/album/mtxlt173-bank-account

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TEXT CHUNK & HOOD JOPLIN - Keepflowin'

Color Plus presents 'Pure Energy' - a full length record jointly released by Towhead Recordings and Vanity Press Records. Connecticut bred and Brooklyn based, Color Plus burst onto the landscape in 2017 with two vinyl releases on Vanity Press and Cazeria Cazador. He then founded his own imprint Towhead Recordings and released his first album 'Regular Energy'. Providing production for Eartheater, Little Pain & frequent collaborator Ize along the way, 2019 saw the release of his mixtape 'Roadrunner.'
Expanding on the ideas of 'Regular Energy', 'Pure Energy' is 10 manic tracks that will bring a dying dancefloor back from the grave.

TOW003 Pure Energy

PREMIERE:// Color Plus - Eat It [TOW003]

Track 14 on the 3rd 'Physically Sick' Compilation brought to you by @Discwoman & @Allergy-Season, Proceeds are going to Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013.

Artwork by Jordan E. Moss 
The Compilation was mastered by @DJ-SWISHA excluding tracks 4, 13, & 17

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