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Releases (aka Dream_E, Alfie, Highfield Casuals, DJ59)

Alfie - Plastic Entertainment (OUZ03)

RA New Tracks: August 2019

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Mara Lakour - Clark St

The Aquarium, a beloved dancefloor at Fandango, isn’t confined to any specific genre but rather embodies an entire colourscape and aesthetic, guided by a 115 BPM restriction. Some of the most thrilling ideas emerge from spaces of limitation, and it is here the Aquarium has found its much-celebrated groove.

The Aquarium V/A Vol. i features 15 tracks spanning the entire scope of this amphibious dancefloor. The compilation surges through a journey into the minds and waves of 17 producers, navigating an underwater sound consistent in its diversity. From the wobbling pulse of Big Leg’s Jelly Dub Luv (ft. RexL) to COLA REN’s dreamy seabed roll, the filmic nostalgia of eoin DJ’s Things In Life, and the more danceable sound of E-Talking’s Être un autre ohm, each track is a love letter to every corner of the Aquarium’s deep blue.

The selection is curated by the team behind Fandango, and will be donating all profits to the marine conservation charity Blue Ventures. The charity was chosen to contribute back to marine life without which sounds and swells of aquatic bass could not exist. Blue Ventures works with small-scale local cultures and economies to support their natural ecosystems, ensuring a fair distribution of resources.

https://fandangooo.bandcamp.com/album/aquarium-v-a-vol-i
https://soundcloud.com/theburrellconnection
https://soundcloud.com/fandangoberlin
https://www.instagram.com/theburrellconnection/

PREMIERE: The Burrell Connection - Sandy On Mars [Fandango]

Dream Space is a new record label based out of Leeds, UK.

An idea which was first formed some years ago and is now being brought to life in 2025.

Our first release is Transmissions Vol. I, a compilation EP featuring artists who are based in or linked to Yorkshire & past guests of the truelove. parties we have been putting on in the city over the last 7 years.

All profits from this release will be donated to MAP Charity Leeds, who since 2007 have been providing alternative education in music and arts to young people who are unable to access the mainstream school system.

Dream Space - Transmissions Vol. I - Previews

Summer has arrived, enjoy!

Track list next week :)

[ID011] - The Tailors Mix

Tycho sunrise dj set from the Dusty Rhino at Burning Man on Thursday, September 3rd, 2015. 

Don't really know how to express my gratitude for the experience with everyone out there this year, it was so perfectly beautiful. Thanks to everyone who made it possible. See you next time!

Special Thanks to: David and The Space Between camp, Dane and the Dusty Rhino crew, Christopher Willits, Kirk & Karey, Nitemoves (Rory O'Connor), Heathered Pearls (Jakub Alexander), Rob Garza, Kiyoka, Katie, Seth, Tobias, and the whole Disco Space Shuttle crew.

RIP Mike Reigle and Jon Horvath

Track Listing:

Brothomstates - Mdrmx
Photek - T'Raenon
Casino Versus Japan - It's Very Sunny
Dominik Eulberg - Datenübertragungsküsschen ( Sistema Remix)
Dauwd - Kolido
Cubenx - First Wave Front
Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal
Daniel Bortz - Tomorrow We Start a New Life Again
Few Nolder - Clouds (Boso Reversion)
Daniel Avery - Knowing We'll Be Here
Daniel Bortz - Monkey Biznizz
What You Need (Downtown Party Network Remix)
John Tejada - Orbiter (Simian Mobile Disco Mix Version 2)
Dauwd - And
Jamie XX - Gosh
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
Boards of Canada - ROYGBIV

<<<< SUNRISE >>>>

Bibio - Lover's Carvings (Bruno Be & Eddie M Remix)
Roosevelt - Sea (Dub)
Downtown Party Network - No Drama Afterhours
Telephones - Blaff
Tame Impala - The Moment
Tycho - Awalk

Elsewhere - Burning Man Sunrise 2015

Support&Buy :
https://capeeshsociety.bandcamp.com/album/no-matter-what-happens-ep-capsoc002

@capeeshsociety

Premiere : Capeesh Society - No Matter What Happens (CAPSOC002)

AHADADREAM DRUM DUBS: 

RECOGNISABLE LOOPS WITH ROUGH AND READY DRUM WORKOUTS. 

ORIGINAL HERE: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrnACpUhe98

Download

Unknown T Drum Dub

LP/CD/Tape/Digital out now September on Awesome Tapes From Africa.

The famous singer's first record, made following her discovery in a talent competition. Acoustic guitar and vocals. The first in a trilogy of recordings, the third volume of which was the first release for ATFA back in 2011.

La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1

Nahawa Doumbia — Tou Dibile

Limitation Without Distraction — from Nathaniel Young's debut album — Accosting Form, Pure Intent.

Artist: Nathaniel Young
Album: Accosting Form, Pure Intent
Cat No: MOTDLP005
Format: 12” White Vinyl LP, Limited Edition CD, Digital

"Accosting Form, Pure Intent" — Nathaniel Young’s debut album for Mysteries of the Deep — is a contradiction that makes sense. At once raw and elegant, it emerges from a place of constraint and desire. Its individual tracks reflect this paradox as the album unlocks itself like a koan: a riddle that, once solved, dawns on the listener like an epiphany.

Despite the assorted elements at work, a visceral quality binds everything together. Even the record's more subdued works are textured and tangible, at times balancing or playing against the serrated edges of its more structured pieces. Like all compelling works, the sounds here exist in a liminal space that is not entirely classifiable. Still, it is wholly cohesive in both its moodiness and its adeptness.

“The entirety of the LP was written using a Korg MS-20 Mini, Korg SQ-1 step sequencer, Korg Volca Beats, Korg Volca Kick, Behringer Model D, and a Zoom H4N. The core of each track was recorded live in one or two takes and subsequent synth parts were overdubbed after the fact. Since I was working solely with monophonic synths, I utilized a lot of panning in the overdubbing process to help create new harmonics, and even chords in some cases, which really helped flesh out the often extremely monolithic and singular sounding analog synths. Beyond that, as I mentioned, I really focused on creating sequences that I found I could listen to on repeat no matter their level of simplicity.”

All songs written and produced by Nathaniel Young (@nathanielyoung)

Mixed by Oliver Chapoy at Ohm Sweet Ohm, NY 
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, NY 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur 
Words by Taylor Bratches

Worldwide Distribution: wordandsound → what people playy

Accosting Form, Pure Intent

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MOTDLP005 - Nathaniel Young - Limitation Without Direction

Guided by yet another of La Cheetah Club’s family members, Alfie leads us through the third Outer Zone with four homage laden techno cuts, all obliquely or otherwise brushing past centre-points of styles within the genre. Having proven himself as a producer capable of making serious dancefloor cuts as @theburrellconnection, this new moniker sees the Perth native coagulate sounds usually heard during the energetic moments before the always impending end of the night. Each track stems from influences or creative bursts entirely different from the last, with the EP opening to a lovingly crafted tribute to giants and ending with something drawn from wider sources of inspiration rendered singular. ‘Plastic Entertainment’ is anything but artificial, made with the direct intention of shaking walls and eyeballs.

Release Date: 5th August 2019
Preorder: https://outerzone.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-entertainment

Alfie - Plastic Entertainment [OUZ03]

For the third release on La Cheetah Club of Glasgow's label arm, Outer Zone, Alfie AKA The Burrell Connection channels trance-like ambience into an emotive electro cut.

Read more: https://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-alfie-coasting-outer-zone/

@theburrellconnection
@outer-zone
@lacheetahclubglasgow

First Listen: Alfie - 'Coasting' (Outer Zone)

As premiered on @resident-advisor's new tracks section 
https://www.residentadvisor.net/tracks/965367

Guided by yet another of La Cheetah Club’s family members, Alfie leads us through the third Outer Zone with four homage laden techno cuts, all obliquely or otherwise brushing past centre-points of styles within the genre. Having proven himself as a producer capable of making serious dancefloor cuts as @theburrellconnection, this new moniker sees the Perth native coagulate sounds usually heard during the energetic moments before the always impending end of the night. Each track stems from influences or creative bursts entirely different from the last, with the EP opening to a lovingly crafted tribute to giants and ending with something drawn from wider sources of inspiration rendered singular. ‘Plastic Entertainment’ is anything but artificial, made with the direct intention of shaking walls and eyeballs.

Release Date: 11th August 2019
Full EP Clips: https://tinyurl.com/y4twuvz9
Buy: outerzone.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-entertainment

Alfie - Return To Planet E

Physical/Digital - projectpablo.com/vmp

1. Sofware
2. Dead Channel
3. Boingo Myth
4. Scroll Up

Available everywhere September 6th.

Sofware

A2 Pär Och Annika

@samo_dj

Available for pre-order now - Out September 2019

Artwork by Gabriel Cole

Pär Och Annika - Samo DJ, To Apeiron EP (BZR002)

'Plastic Entertainment' is the third release on La Cheetah Club's Outer Zone!

Alfie (aka The Burrell Connection) leads us through the third Outer Zone with four homage laden techno cuts, all obliquely or otherwise brushing past centre-points of styles within the genre. 
Each track stems from influences or creative bursts entirely different from the last, with the EP opening to a lovingly crafted tribute to giants and ending with something drawn from wider sources of inspiration rendered singular. 
‘Plastic Entertainment’ is anything but artificial, made with the direct intention of shaking walls and eyeballs.

https://outerzone.bandcamp.com/album/plastic-entertainment

The Burrell Connection
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theburrellconnection
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theburrellconnection/

Outer Zone
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/outer-zone
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/0uterZone/

PREMIERE: Alfie - The Escapist (Outer Zone)

A1 from the upcoming EP!

Furious Frank returns to Butter Sessions with 'Ahora Sí'. The fully fledged house anthem is the result of a cross-continental collaboration with Barcelona based vocalist and producer Ivy Barkakati. 

We're treated to four versions of 'Ahora Sí', all tested and ready for the dance floor and those special moments! Kicking it off, Frank delivers his "Original Acid Mix". A deep, squelchy lurker with nods to late 80's and 90's house music, peaking with thick piano chords and Barkakati's deep Spanish vocals. On the 'Sunrise' mix, the piano and chords become the focus and set the mood for an uplifting journey, bolstered by the raw thump and jack of the drum machines. 

The flip side see's Barcelona based "IVAN" emerge with their version. The duo made up of Ivy Barkakati and Phran of Klasse Wrecks fame slow things down a touch, mangle the chords and inject the rhythm with flattering top-drawer percussion. Vancouver native D. Tiffany rounds the EP off with sub-heavy bass drops, hi-tek rhythms, euphoric vocal slithers and more stingin' acidic vibes. 

Pure and infectious house music for real people!

A1. Ahora Sí (Original Mix)

With his upcoming Keinemusik release, &ME is kick-starting the time machine, beaming you right into the year "1995". You know, the year in which Microsoft released Windows 95, Miguel Induráin is winning the Tour de France for the fifth time in a row and Robbie Williams quits his job at the Take That enterprise. In addition to those crucial events, that time also sees the rise of Two Step and Garage in the UK underground. Now play the eponymous tune on the A-side and you'll feel beamed right back into these days. "1995" comes along in absence of a straight kick, filling that gap with dense subbass layers and phantasmal Ambient soundscapes. Then again, there is that tambourine loop, getting the groove on, a staccato synth getting into your head immediately and those high pitched vocals providing the needed amount of oddness. A tune most folks might not have expected from &ME, yet one of his strongest anyhow.

"Starting Again feat. Atelier" finds the man going back to more common ground, re-introducing the straight kickdrum, wading through a haze of Ambient- and pad-layers, installing a catchy synth on top and then letting those utmost affecting vocals shine. Vocals that, as well as the guitar arrangements, come courtesy of Jas, the singer of Atelier - a band from South Africa.

&ME - 1995

TESTFM w/ Sasha Khizhnyakov — 24/08/2019

In this podcast, ATEQ celebrates five years of Bassiani. Melodic, melancholic and a pinch of darkness is how Giegling’s arty member creates this dream gone sound. „Things Happen After Birth“ encapsulates the flow of a journey that just started, even though a lot has already happened. We toast to the years to come!

@ateq

BASSIANI PODCAST SERIES

ATEQ - THINGS HAPPEN AFTER BIRTH / BASSIANI PODCAST 60

Sincere, sarcastic and unassumingly seminal: Glasgow's answer to Basic Channel, Southside's answer to Pub and Sandy's answer to those endless afters. 2s on the balcony and runs to the shop. An ode to the skyline; a symphony for the local legends; a tapestry of downtempo dreamscapes - from Shawlands to Neukölln and the world beyond. A warm dose of future-proof emotion. Strap in, this is one for heads, the lovers and all those along the way. Welcome to the layer cake son. Forever yours, Dream_E.

A1: DreamOne
A2: DreamTwo
A3: DreamThree
B1: DreamFour
B2: DreamFive
B3: DreamSix
B4: DreamSeven

releases June 22, 2020

Written by @theburrellconnection. Mastering by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven. Artwork by Guillaume de Ubéda. Distribution via Rubadub. Write up by Jack Anderson.

Bandcamp: https://paceyourself.bandcamp.com/album/dream-e-dreams-on-22

Dream_E - Dreams on 22 LP (PACE002)

https://theburrellconnection.bandcamp.com/album/breaks-that-strung-the-camel-back-ep

We are going to pause operations for a period of reflection over the next couple fo months and are delighted to pause with a killer EP by super talented Glasgow artist The Burrell Connection. We asked for some words and The Burrell Connection responded with the following -

"After a 2 year hiatus spent masquerading as Alfie and Dream_E, The Burrell Connection moniker is rekindled on Optimo Music with a blend of breakbeat club excursions for your aural pleasure. 

We present four tracks extracted from the vaults from the past few years, "facilitated by hyperactivity and channelled by the powers of Ableton, dub delays, samplers and synthesisers by Korg, Roland and Yamaha." 

A1 & B1 written in The Zen Palace, Neukölln (2020), A2 performed and recorded live at Revolver, Oslo (2019), B2 written at The Southside Centre Of Aural Technology, Shawlands (2018)".   

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, this is not a quest for stardom but the purest form of escapism."

Out on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce July 17th 2020

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 031 - The Burrell Connection - Breaks That Strung The Camel Back EP

https://outerzone.bandcamp.com/album/triple-m-ep-part-two

For the first record of the new decade Outer Zone welcomes Modus’ triumphant return for this second part of his “Triple M” sequence.

Standing in direct contrast to the stasis much of modern life has been held in, this EP offers up an opportunity to vicariously enjoy a world, where the futuristic vistas that techno promised at its genesis seem present. Machinic cycles, looping escapism and understated funk are the axes in which this space is rendered, a space that for a moment allows us some respite from stillness.