⭐️QUARANTINE UPLIFT⭐️

🌞FLIRTY🌞 - part 4

TUNES

Tech House & Progressive House

Sydney based producer/DJ Andreas. debuts on Nightime Drama with four tracks of grooving, acidic dub-techno. Andreas is a record collector and employee of the Sydney based Something Else Records store. Being surrounded by endless crates oh hazy house and subtle techno and inspired by the meditative power of sound systems, the producer translates these influences into a very solid pack of punch deep techno drifters. With its dreamy pads, dub heavy stabs and vibrant drums, the Dune EP proves to be a well rounded serving of fresh dance floor grooves that emanate a quality far beyond that of a producers debut release!

Dune EP

Andreas - Dune

A very specific shade of nocturnal vibe I was feeling.

Unreleased.

Deepshader – Noptile

Peaceful morning-after-trip vibes all over this one.

Unreleased.

Deepshader - Diminetile

Exploring the depths and shades of melancholy, quite a drifty one.

Unreleased.

Deepshader – Soma

BROR08

Gospel Truth

Format: CD, Download | Releasedate: 12.08.2016

Eight whole years have gone by since Stee Downes ecstasized the entire world with his debut „All In A Day“ (SK203CD). It probably must have been all the different, formidable collaborations with the crème de la crème of the pop appealing house music scene, from Flight Facilities („Hold Me Down“, 2014), Kraak & Smaak („How We Gonna Stop The Time“, 2014), Alex Barck („Like A Drug“, 2014), Lovebirds („Want You In My Soul“, 2011) to Kyodai („Music Rises Up“, 2013) or Marlow („Something Is Coming“, 2016), which kept the bustling Dublin based singer and musician again and again from raising the ante by releasing his long-awaited sophomore album.

“The Bigger Picture” though, is an album worth waiting for in every respect. The eleven songs are altogether a bit more mature than everything Downes has ever recorded to this day. Every track embeds a load of funk – spread over the 60 minutes never showing a disposition to get jittery but twists the listener round one's little finger smoothly and in a laid-back fashion hard to compare. “Lock And Load” and “Never Good Enough” are two textbook examples of throttled funkyness paired with boundless sex appeal. The preliminary single and opener “Big Mistake” is one of these songs literally inviting you to sing along. „You gonna get your life in check“ is just one of the album's many punch lines which will creep into your mind like an earworm. That's why it's hardly surprising that it took Downes so long to compose these eleven gems and finally, after several misrouted attempts, finding the matching co-producer in Pascal Blanche (of Chasing Kurt) and the perfect sound for his condign successor on Sonar Kollektiv. After all one of the tracks is called “Dignity”, a song with which Stee Downes explains what this is all about: To believe in yourself, to pull your own thing through no matter the effort it takes and trouble it may cause, and first and foremost to preserve your own freedom in whatever you try to achieve. “The Bigger Picture” radiates in all its facets, in its lyrics, in its production and in its casual groove an eternal optimism. You can prescribe this album extraordinaire easily for repeatedly daily consumption. One thing is for sure by all means: With “The Bigger Picture” Stee Downes has arrived all the way at the top, at the zenith of his glory.


06 - Stee Downes - Life

Stee Downes' new album The Bigger Picture finally sees the light of day. “The Bigger Picture” though, is an album worth waiting for in every respect. The eleven songs are altogether a bit more mature than everything Downes has ever recorded to this day. Every track embeds a load of funk – spread over the 60 minutes never showing a disposition to get jittery but twists the listener round one’s little finger smoothly and in a laid-back fashion hard to compare.

Buy here:

iTunes/Google play/Apple music
https://sonarkollektiv.lnk.to/TheBiggerPicture

Juno (CD)
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/stee-downes-the-bigger-picture/612295-01/

READ MORE:
http://www.sonarkollektiv.com/stee-downes-the-bigger-picture/

Dignity (Snippet)

Thomas-Seels VS Keith Thompson at midnight  (remix)

@semi_precious
@vestalus

Mastered by Vladimir Woodham Smith
Artwork by Bartholot

Semi Precious - No Distractions (Vestalus Mix)

Your Calling

Your Calling (feat. Stee Downes)

A lovely evening spent with Analoglab & Akai MPD

Reflections // LIVE JAM

Another Light (Cyril Hahn Remix)

Used to be Progressive Trance, now they call it Melodic Techno =)

Deepshader - Floating Points

featured on Oscar P, C. Scott, Davidson Ospina
Play Loud EP on Maurice Joshua Digital 

Oscar P and C Scott - The Message (Main Mix)

Zoles

Divas

The Waters in My Eyes (SA Remix Pack)

The Waters in My Eyes (PM Project Winter Remix)

Perception Music, Vol. 2

Loose My Mind (feat. Jamal Marquis) (Original Mix)

Perception Music Vol 8

Acid Love

Another debutant to hit the Particles roster, Deepshader reveals himself through his twin-track "Fragments" EP. Both originals and a pair of remixes complete a Moldovan picture.

A pulsating wave of sound immediately propels "Fragments" forward with dizzying power. Rich chord progressions and bassline prowess combine with ethnic vocal phrasing to create a heady melodic collage, while a heavy beat and lighter percussive cadence provide body-shaking groove. Heavily side-chained throughout, the result is a dramatic and striking work. "Sur" opens with whip-cracking kick, rolling groove and cleverly programmed bassline presence. Hitting its stride over a seven-minute duration, organic instrumentation meanders in freeform glory post-breakdown to create a mesmerising piece that showcases skill and craftsmanship in abundance.

The ‘twin-headed dragon' of Lanvary continue to dominate the underground dance scene with their uniquely crafted works, cooked up in their Moldovan production kitchen. Able to point to over 150 production credits to their name across a decade-long career, the duo have been frequent contributors on such notable imprints as Stellar Fountain, Mistique Music and Balkan Connection. Regulars on Proton Music and Particles, their "Venus" and "Everything You Feel" EPs for the former and "Micromegas", "Slingshot Ride" and "Leviathan" for the latter have consistently seen them creating a stir. Returning to Particles, the Lanvary remix of "Fragments" is thus an immaculately crafted affair that revels in glissando bassline dominance. Evolving in elegant fashion, phrases from the original ripple across the nine-minute piece in shimmering new cadence while a new arpeggio ripples alongside, mirroring the key change found in the bassline. A driving beat and rolling percussive groove complete a stunning reinterpretation.

Another new name to the Particles roster, Andrei Schirca's Nkoder moniker has seen him feature with a string of original and remix material across a ten-year history. Making his debut for Terminal 4 in late 2010, the Moldovan born artist has gone on to feature for the likes of Saturate Audio, Noise Dealers and Balkan Connection with a half-century of production credits. Moreover, his collaboration with Deepshader on "Twice a Sky" was a notable highlight on the "Da Funk pres. Deep Sessions 01" for Silk Music in early 2016. A Particles debutant, a growling bassline and cavernous sub-bass characterise the Nkoder remix of "Fragments". Filtered synth lines and pitch-bent stabs pierce the sonic landscape with analogue saturation while sumptuous pads fill the aural space with texture and depth. Elements from Deepshader's original echo through the remix but Nkoder's skill is to sculpt them into a new and immaculately crafted interpretation that erupts with raw analogue power across the stereo signal in the final movement to superb effect.

Two sparkling new originals plus remixes from Lanvary and Nkoder see "Fragments" coalesce around the work of Deepshader.

Directed by Jay Epoch
A&R by Marina Gerardi
Mastered by Deepshader, Lanvary, Nkoder
Design by Ben Mautner
Text by James Warren

Fragments (Original Mix)

Particles