Lemonick - Locked Groove (SMBDL011)

The past year has seen Swiss producer Lemonick rise from relative obscurity to the fore of the club music world, releasing efforts on Nervous Horizons, Clubwerks and Car Crash Set, all while cultivating a bare bones, hybrid style that’s almost immediately recognizable. “Locked Groove” represents his arrival in the Symbols Download Series, a track that balances the rambunctious feeling of East Coast club forms with a serious, spaced out sense of sound design, all topped off with enough lick-driven funk flair to keep you moving throughout.

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https://soundcloud.com/hellolemo
http://www.twitter.com/hellolemo
http://www.facebook.com/hellolemo

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Lemonick - Locked Groove (SMBDL011)

It's hard to believe a whopping six years have passed since Travis 'Machinedrum' Stewart and Praveen 'Braille' Sharma first locked heads under the Sepalcure moniker. Hotflush Recordings have been chronicling their tale each step of the way, with six EPs and now two feature length albums in the kitty. 

This album follows in the same broken beat footsteps of their self-titled LP of 2011. Being from such different worlds, the pair insisted on working together in person — hence why it's taken a little longer for their second extended piece of homework to emerge. Folding Time's 11 tracks consist of both brand new material, as well as older forgotten projects that have been revived over many bottles of whisky. They explain that the title comes from the fact that, "it felt like we were connecting the present with the past. Going through each session was like digging through old memories.”

The all-encompassing work found in Folding Time is the result of their musical differences – factoring in both field recordings to live instrumentation. Tracks are multilayered and full of intimate easter eggs that are the final product of "two homies hanging out and having fun; a meeting of our minds." Our top pick is "Not Gonna Make It", getting straight to the point with stuttering footwork-esque rhythms and fractured vox that are now a Sepalcure trademark.

Indulge in Folding Time in all its fullness on May 20th.

Sepalcure "Not Gonna Make It" - Boiler Room Debuts

good fit

A2 - T-Byrd - Distance

Digital & Vinyl Album
https://theperiphery.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-from-the-periphery

www.theperiphery.net/work#/sftp/

All tracks written and produced by credited Artists 
Original artwork by Ben Kinde 
Design by Constellate 
Mastered by MA Spaventi at Spaventi Studio, Amsterdam

Sounds from the Periphery

T-Byrd - Distance

New single from @lordraja featuring @acemo.

"Streets of Rage 2" comes from the expanded vinyl edition of the previously released Amadeus EP. Amadeus is released in collaboration with @ghostly. 

Pre-order the vinyl: https://lord-raja.bandcamp.com/album/amadeus-ep

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What does a daydream sound like? Is it an audible confidence boost, a concentrated dose of caffeine shot straight into the bloodstream of dancing feet, a blue so overwhelmingly electric its field stretches as far as the eye can see? On Amadeus, the latest Ghostly effort from New York’s Lord RAJA, the shapeshifting producer answers his own question with a cunning, childlike purity not felt since he started tinkering with Fruity Loops aged six. 

Though his means of music-making have matured since then—on Amadeus he utilizes an arsenal of drum machines along with synthesizers and an Allen & Heath analog mixer slammed through for extra crunch—RAJA describes a deliberate return to youthful experimentation and immediacy, clearing the way for a “vista to his childhood.” 

Longtime fans of the producer may be accustomed to productions more directly aligned with hip-hop and leftfield beats, but his swagger hasn’t gone anywhere despite the decidedly dancier change of form. The release is bookended by an exuberant and naturally collaborative piece with AceMo—a fellow New Yorker whom RAJA describes as his favorite producer—and bonus track “Fox Den,” an eight-minute cosmic meander released as part of the Adult Swim singles series last year. On standout “O.K” his customary percussive potpourri mingles with vocal chops and an electro bounce even the most humorless club patron couldn’t resist. “Black Coffee,” another highlight, features synth lines so darkly acidic they should come with toxic warnings. RAJA describes the track title as a literal take - a soundtrack to jolt first date jitters, a call to cool courage. 

Amadeus, meanwhile, he suggests is a cheeky nod to the complex richness of his musical heritage. He says, “I think it’s kinda funny to flip an idea of western imperialism and how it proliferated. It’s playful as an Indian man to call yourself Amadeus, knowing how much composers borrowed from eastern classical influences.”

Amadeus (Deluxe)

Vinyl

Lord RAJA - Streets of Rage 2 (feat. Acemo)

track from the  5 years anniversary beat contest for prrrrrrr records. https://soundcloud.com/perserreich provided some original cuban casettes samples as starting point.

koopy - I've Never Been To Cuba (sad) [Prrrrrrr beat contest]

here it is - the orchestral edit of 'Secondhand Happiness'
all brought to you by @kord_z
>>> https://youtu.be/qRFT61VqaRc
visual art & cover art by Mikolaj
https://www.instagram.com/mikol___aj/
the drawing & initial design by Anka Bochorishvili

Orchestra - Zagareli & Strings

Musicians
I Violin - Natia Gugulashvili & Nino Kvinikadze
II Violin - Anuki Jajanidze & Mariko Kasradze
Viola - Mariam Chikvaidze & Nino Qoqrashvili
Cello - Giorgi Imanov & Murad Ibrahimov
Contrabass - Duglas Tonia
Solo Viola & Conductor - Giorgi Zagareli
Piano & Electronics - Alexandre Kordzaia

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kordz - Secondhand Happiness (Orchestral Edit)[VIDEO IN DESCRIPTION]

Science Of The Formless Self - SIDE A

Watch the BREWmix #1 live session on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/tMQM8J-8csY

TRACKLIST: 
00:00 ECHT! - Untilted 1
01:39 Chris Dave & Daniel Crawford - Takin Orders
03:49 Ashley Morgan - DOUBLESIZE
04:54 De La Soul - The Bizness
06:11 The Lesson GK - Joint 1
07:43 ECHT! - Untilted 2
09:19 ECHT! - Untilted 3
10:42 Ashley Morgan - REVELATE!
12:10 ECHT! - Champi
15:29 Kendrick Lamar - How Much A Dollar Cost
18:11 Ivy Lab - Cake
19:45 Lordel - Chipset
20:27 DJ Craze
21:20 ECHT! - Untilted 4

ECHT! - BREWmix #1

Sounds from the Periphery 
https://bit.ly/2U7vpFH

T-Byrd - Distance

Periphery

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