Kusama

90s-inspired house groove.
Produced by CLU.

Voicemail Groove

Number 8 in the soundcast series is brought to us by young Italian, Jösh.

We first discovered him when watching a livestream from his bedroom in Milan and have wanted him on the series ever since!

Sit back over this spooky period and enjoy this mix packed with more hot 12 inches than a Napoli Pizzeria. 

Buon Appetito !

https://soundcloud.com/josef-nokri

Arcadia Soundcast 008: Jösh (ITA)

Three previously unreleased tech house tracks recorded in the early 2000s by industry legend Andy Panayi. Best known for his hand in An Alien Recordings label and productions under A² and Stopouts. 

It was an honour to work with Andy on this release, we were moved by his raw passion and love for music. The record is a celebration of Andy’s life and musical legacy.

Profits will be donated to Watford hospice.

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Available to purchase exclusively on label Bandcamp - realdealrecords-uk.bandcamp.com/


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B1 - Elemental (clip)

A1.  Drumcomputer (Snippet)

Artist: Various
Title: OVNIE 003
Label: Ovnie
Cat No: OVNIE003
Format: 12” Vinyl Only

Tracklist: 
A1. Antoine Sy - Forest savers
A2. Robbenspierre - Yoyoyo
A3. Pohl - Travelized
B1. Samuel Padden - Half Cab
B2. Kizoku and Luks - Test Tube

After a long break OVNIE returns with its third release, this time comes with a various artists format composed by 5 tracks.
 
A1. Antoine Sy delivers a reggae infused house groover to make you aware about the need to save the forests!

A2. "Imagine a beautiful lady acting like a robot in a super green garden under a glittering sun. She is clicking her arms and legs according to a simple 2-steppy texture and she is occasionaly singing nothing understandable except for a surfer-like interjection. Short-release synths and ethereal pads complete the picture adding some kind of nostalgic vibes to it. Yoyoyo!"

A3. Pohl strikes back with a moody a brilliant track on his own imprint Ovnie. „Traveling....“ has all the incredients to make you shake even at your home-office. A curly simple lead melody, a heavy old-school Bassline, crispy jacking drums and ascendant synth strings that colide with pealing LFO’ish addicting bleeps to a perfect dance track. 

B1. Samuel delivers a more funky breakbeat vision with acid zaps, bleeping tones and reverse percussions to keep the pace up and down a sure track to keep the dancefloor jacking.

B2. Test tube is one of many unreleased collabs by Luks & Kizoku. The moodiest one of the bunch, it is driven by breaky percussion, resonant basslines and lush keys.

Various - OVNIE 003 (OVNIE003)

With 2020 coming to an end, and the present times feeling like a surreal Twilight Zone episode, we felt it was the right time to invite a handful of friends & selectors to be involved in our Complex Future mix series.  

For the first instalment, we have invited an avid & seasoned record digger in Dale Mussington! As one third of NorthSouth Records, alongside fellow selectors/producers Harry McCanna (Henry Hyde) & Sam Bangura, Dale has provided us with an hour long mix consisting of wonky breaks & two stepping garage, pieced together with rolling house & techno. With smoother blends than your local barber, this one is bound to get your mum tapping her feet at the Christmas table.

FutureCast 001 - Dale Mussington

E1 Matthew Dexter - Reptilian Bassline

PHONO/LINE #6 - Hoser b2b Alexis Namur (Beau Mot Plage)

March 2021 will see the launch of Planet Orange Records with a 12” vinyl only release that embodies the much loved early sound whilst still pushing modern electronic styles the label thrives on, offering four cuts of slick electronic house music complete with artwork by Endless Visual. 

A1 comes from top guy and friend of the label, Markus Sommer.Based in Offenbach, Markus is no new name to the scene and we are super proud to be able to release some of his music. 

A2 is Pete Melba's debut release coming on his own label. A playful mix of  electronic house grooves featuring classic and modern sounds. 

B1 is from Leeds based, Laik Records founder Burge. A nod to the electro sound while keeping very in line with the sound of the label. Definitely an upcoming artist with super talent. Watch this space! 

Finally B2 is from our brother Human Logo, based in London and runs his label Technical Glitch. Bill has many a digi release under his belt, very happy to have him on board with our first release on wax. 

Artists: Markus Sommer, Pete Melba, Burge, Human Logo
Cat No: PLO001
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist:
A1. Markus Sommer - Ronastrug
A2. Pete Melba - House for a Mouse
B1. Burge - Tom Cruz
B2. Human Logo - Radioactive Brain Melt

Markus Sommer- Ronastrug Clip (2min)

Release date : April 2021

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SAISEI is a Japanese label founded and curated by Junki Inoue. Known as an avid record enthusiast and for his impeccable dj sets, Junki Inoue brings a very carefully curated, idealised and conceptualised platform that marries his native Japan and his current London-base.

SAISEI is a Japanese word which means ‘reproduction’ and ‘to play’ (as in playing records).
Japanese culture is widely known for being traditional as much as it is known for being forward into the future and this label’s concept makes justice to exactly that. Having started to dig records as early as 16, Inoue delved into productions from 1990s Japan to feature native gems previously unreleased on vinyl. The idea is to recapture and reintroduce unique pieces of Japanese electronic music on a new (old) medium which is vinyl and, to an audience it never reached before as most of this music was only released in Japan.

As with most things Japanese, they are generally ahead of their time, in this case, it means this is music sounding so fresh now as it did when it came out, one that survived the test of time to, 30 years later, prove the true meaning of timeless, sublime, elegant and sophisticated music. With that said, it is no surprise this label will not limit itself to necessarily functional club music but way beyond.

The first EP on the label is by artists KINO-MODERNO formed by Dat Planet and Wah Wah Fuzzmaster and distributed by Berlin’s ‘Off the Grid’. This extraordinary acid house & techno music of Kino-Moderno that was originally created with the assistance of a powerful sound treatment of a 3D recording system called BMC that makes it sound so refreshingly retro-future but with an undoubtedly 2021 twist when listening to it. While incorporating a binaural recording technique via dummy head and given an improvised digital remix treatment via a classic synthesizer, Synclavia 2, you can enjoy these powerfully penetrating tracks that sought a 3D audio, trip-like feel throughout.

Kino-Moderno was experimenting very early on with emerging, different recording ideas such as rapping, poetry-reading and synthetic voicing. Their use of a 3D recording system called BMC added to the sound carrying over to today, paired with binaural recording technique via dummy head and an improvised digital remix treatment via the classic Synclavia 2 synthesizer. The album which featured ‘Into the Future’ and ‘The Glove’ was quite experimental in its time but very danceable as well.

Original release on VHS:
https://youtu.be/ukre8NXkw04
https://youtu.be/hXKwc-UmI7g

B1. Eclipse - Live Mix (Extended Re-Edit) (snippet)

Contact: infoffthegrid [at] gmail.com

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A1. Drumcomputer (Snippet)

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