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Heith - X, wheel
Label: PAN
Cat.No. PAN 119 
Format: LP / DL
Release Date: 07 October 2022
Purchase: https://pan.lnk.to/Xwheel

Heith’s devout interest in the notion of reality started long before he recorded his latest album. The Italian musician, producer and artist probed the spiritual aspects of sound and its cosmogonic potential already in his previous works released on his own Haunter Records label.
Exploring the textures of consciousness through research into the ritual animism, he kept an omnivorous and universalist approach to cultural and sonic influence. This is central to X, wheel, Heith’s debut album and first release on PAN. It’s a deep dive into his creative and spiritual practice, one where art and life are inextricable.

Written and recorded across different studios in Milan, Rome and Florence between March, 2019, and January, 2020, eleven tracks cycle through a world of stylistic references—from psychedelia, psytrance and freak folk to stoner metal, noise and early electronic music—while remaining firmly a part of a singular vision.

Album opener “Letter 4” staggers along collaborator Leonardo Rubboli’s winding guitar melody, while second track “Dero” cycles into layers of assorted sine wave lines and tonal systems outside of the Western diatonic scales. X, wheel sits calmly at the centre of its own vortex of dissonance and diversity, moving through a spectrum of ideas, moods, and emotional states with uncanny ease. A glimpse of contributor Jesse Osborne- Lanthier’s synth melody briefly surfaces from a cacophonous flood of reverb and distortion on “Stoned Witch”. Aase Nielsen’s lonely saxophone wanders around the nostalgic hypnagogic noir of “Ensemble For Somnambulists”.

Heith draws together an array of philosophies and fictions together into a sonic tableau that exists outside of linear time. As the titular wheel spins, it does not bring about repetition, rather constant change and movement, spiralling into infinity.

The hypnotic nature of the release is translated in the album’s liner notes. It’s a collage of sorts, constructed from Heith’s own diary entries using the non-phonetic alphabet and linguistic experiment called “Angel’s Hair” developed with artist Pietro Agostoni. Together with contributions from ZU drummer Jacopo Battaglia and didgeridoo player Fabio Goldaniga, X, wheel is an exercise in creating new forms of meaning through sound, turning spectral vibration into conscious awareness.

Heith - The hermit (PAN 119)

Pneumatic and Uriel proudly presents 'Divinity Reset’

Forged as a product of their move from Portland to San Francisco the project is an unapologetic exploration of avant garde composition personified by angelic synth lines and dissonant atmosphere. URIEL reflects and meditates on restarting/redefining their personal life and musical efforts through the lens of a celestial world.

Written and produced by Uriel (Jonathan Benz)
mixed by Jonathan Benz
Mastered by Reid Babbington

Available for Purchase through our Bandcamp

Uriel - Tarantula

For seven months Russia has been waging a disgusting war in Ukraine. Constantly, we learn new horrific truths about what the occupiers have done on the land, that they proclaim is theirs. We believe Ukraine will be free again and rightful judgement will be brought upon those, who hide their violent, genocidal intentions behind the mask of lies.

With our first compilation - ‘Soteria’ - we want to aid the fight for freedom, that is still ongoing. We at Xpone stand strongly in support of the Ukranian people and against the Russian terrorist regime. We don’t acknowledge the new territories annexed by the occupier, nor the old, and condemn the blatantly fake "referendums" that took place from 23-27 September 2022 on the territories of self-proclaimed “DNR”, “LNR”, and the occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

All proceeds from this release will go to Livyj Bereh — a volunteer organisation, which helps to rebuild the homes of those affected by the Russian invasion, as well as provides constant aid for the Ukranian military.

We thank everybody, who participated and all those, who are willing to support the cause.

Design by lovvlifer
Mastering by qwqwqwqwa

XCOMP01

mu tate - Almost Loosing Control

Celebrating 5 years of Eastern Nurseries.

A communal release comprising 14 pieces of modern electronic music, “Diving Headfirst Into The Sun" marks yet another entry in an ever-growing series of Eastern Nurseries compilations, bringing together new and familiar faces to the label's roster.

Doesn't it amaze you, the way our paths crossed?

Mastered by Owen Pratt
Artwork by Tristán Alcover

Diving Headfirst Into The Sun

Severin Black - Clari e Sinos

best of the year (and other years) mixed by jb glazer

tracklist:::

still house plants - sticky
godspeed you black emperor - sun is a hole sun is vapours
yung lean & bladee - coda
claire rousay - head
klein - blow the whistle
chief keef - banded up
farrah abraham - on my own
joshua chuquimia crampton - unifying force
nudo - soñado jales 
excel dj - kali malone (wayback machine)
la timpa - orin
mohammed adam - darkside boliyan
bianca scout - anon’s song
kevin shields - goodbye
lolina -de ja vu
---__--____ - when god released me feat lucy liyou
dj anderson do paraiso - joga leite
suutoo - extra
pusha t - story of adinon
cj calderwood - innocence, second movement
alexandra python - never said it before ever
alexandra python - souvenir

souvenir mix 2024

jb glazer - souvenir mix 2024

EN_
Coinciding with our first year of existence, Darkhorse presents "Foundation":

A collection of four unreleased tracks spanning the spectrum of broken rhythms that best define us, laying the groundwork for both the musical and visual identity of the label, featuring some of its most prominent members such as Tarek, Iron, Dreadmaul, and Offish.

Drum and Bass, Breakbeat, Jungle, and Halftime are some of the landscapes explored in this release, blending elegance, eclecticism, and potential for dancefloor impact, with a unique identity and a coherence that represents the label across all four tracks.

Now available on Bandcamp in digital and 12" vinyl formats, as well as on other platforms (except Spotify).

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Coincidiendo con nuestro primer año de vida, Darkhorse presenta "Foundation":

Una recopilación de cuatro temas inéditos a lo largo del espectro de los ritmos rotos que mas nos define, sentando las bases de la identidad tanto musical como visual del sello y protagonizado por algunos de sus mas notorios miembros como son Tarek, Iron, Dreadmaul y Offish.

Drum and Bass, Breakbeat, Jungle o Halftime son algunos de los paisajes que transita éste release, combinando elegancia, eclecticismo y potencial rompepistas, con una identidad propia, y una coherencia representativa del sello a lo largo de los cuatro tracks.

Ya disponible en Bandcamp en digital y vinilo 12", y en plataformas (excepto Spotify)

Credits:

-  Odderon written and produced by Manuel Romero
- Accusatio Manifesta written and produced by Olmo Aguilar
- Golen Teeth written and produced by Dennis Leick
- Mistral written and produced by Pawel Boguszewski
- Lacqer cut by Simon Davey at The Exchange Studio
- Mastering by Elizar Mel
- Illustration & Design by Adrian.BD.
- Distributed by Melting Pot Records.

Foundation

Mistral

Digital & Vinyl

Offish - Mistral

Murmuration Records dives into the deeper, darker edges of the D&B spectrum with a heavyweight two-tracker from Serbian producer Omneum, whose cutting-edge sound design and cerebral production style has helped earn his place amongst the greats of modern Neurofunk. 

'Consecration' is a precision-engineered weapon - razor-sharp drums, heaving sub pressure, and mechanised atmospherics all locked into a cold, relentless groove. Designed for warehouse systems and heads-down intensity.

'Ghosts' takes a more spacious, skeletal approach - stripping the elements back to their rawest form while maintaining a menacing, low-slung energy. Haunting textures, surgical edits, and an unshakable sense of tension make this a perfect B-side counterpoint.

This release solidifies Murmuration’s commitment to pushing intelligent, high-impact D&B with weight, depth, and detail.

Omneum - Consecration

Dance With Me

Dialect - Under~Between

From Under~Between.
Available March 19, 2021.

Learn more: https://smarturl.it/rvngnl67

Under~Between

Dialect - Under~Between

Label based in Berlin, est. 2008. http://www.p-a-n.org