The French electronic scene is bursting with new talent and dissolving boundaries, acting as a giant melting pot of influences from all different genres. In this spirit, Virtual Forest Records is hosting a new 12-track compilation to showcase the mesmerizing dark side of this creative movement 🍃

🌀 VFO005 | Various Artists - No Digging After Midnight 🌀

1. Natural Limit & Paul Reve - Organic Dreams
2. Klofink & RPS13 - 896
3. Solma - Ritualism (Dissociative Mix)
4. SRAMAANA - Quartz Resonance
5. A Strange Wedding - Inferno Seri (New Player In Town)
6. Qant - Salt Factory Anthem
7. Smogo - The Nine Forms Of Invisible
8. Fluid Matter - Boat Party Criminal
9. Urlcst - P.C.L. (Périclitation Catégorie Libre)
10. RM Estali - Laco
11. Indigo Persona - Zenith
12. Transfinite Humanism - Uniforma

Artwork by Symbiose
Mastered by Cédric iFa Oléon at IFL3 Studios
Copyright © 2022 Virtual Forest Records

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VFO.05 V/A - No Digging After Midnight [Previews]

https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding
https://soundcloud.com/virtualforestrecords
🛒 https://virtualforestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-digging-after-midnight
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The French electronic scene is bursting with new talent and dissolving boundaries, acting as a giant melting pot of influences from all different genres. In this spirit, Virtual Forest Records is hosting a new 12-track compilation to showcase the mesmerizing dark side of this creative movement 🌀

No Digging After Midnight condenses elements from deep techno, downtempo, UK bass, or even halftime into a unified whole. A foray into deep and uncharted waters, for a glimpse at the future of dance music 🔮

Tracklist: 

1. Natural Limit & Paul Reve - Organic Dreams
2. Klofink & RPS13 - 896
3. Solma - Ritualism (Dissociative Mix)
4. SRAMAANA - Quartz Resonance
5. A Strange Wedding - Inferno Seri (New Player In Town)
6. Qant - Salt Factory Anthem
7. Smogo - The Nine Forms Of Invisible
8. Fluid Matter - Boat Party Criminal
9. Urlcst - P.C.L. (Périclitation Catégorie Libre)
10. RM Estali - Laco
11. Indigo Persona - Zenith
12. Transfinite Humanism - Uniforma

PREMIERE: A Strange Wedding - Inferno Seri (New Player In Town) [Virtual Forest Records]

Pure Space returns with our final release of 2022, delivered by none other than Zara - a warm light shining from Naarm (Melbourne, Australia).

Crafted in the midst of Australia’s last summer, these tracks capture the blissful and euphoric feeling of warm weather and the potential it brings…

Starting on an ambient note and progressing to drum & bass, the release seeks to take listeners on a transcendental journey to a freaky realm.

We start with Pirr, a track representative of dawn and the new beginnings it brings. It’s an eerie, yet anticipatory feeling lingers in the air as the rising sun diminishes the darkness and reveals the beauty of the landscape. Soft kicks coupled with bird song gently grasp the attention, effortlessly drawing you into the release.

Guitar and reverb drums define the second track, Idyll. Switching the mood to melancholia where the track meanders around floaty vocals creating a gentle fluidity throughout.

Entering the DnB realm, Quixotic combines driving hi-hats, wubs, bass to instigate movement. The floating female vocals carry you through the track guiding you on what feels like a utopian dream.

Synthesised drums are combined with heavy bass, arps and breaks to represent the peak of the journey. A chaotic, albeit warm track with and trippy moments in time.

As the sun sets once again, the arc of the journey ends on acid synths, arps, claps and hi hats on Elysium. Transporting the listener into a sleep, a moment of peace or back down to earth.

@zaraolsen

Tracklist:
01. Pirr
02. Idyll
03. Azure
04. Quixotic
05. Elysium

Format: Digital

Written and produced by Zara Olsen
Mixed by LOIF & Zara
Mastered by Mark Klon
Art by niph / niph.ophelia

10% of profits from all Pure Space releases is donated to Aboriginal Legal Service, Australia's first Aboriginal Legal Service est 1970 - if you have the means we encourage you to also donate directly alsnswact.org.au

Reverie

Azure

Zara - Azure

https://soundcloud.com/aasudd?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing lands on https://soundcloud.com/midgar_records?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing with the 4-tracked EP ‘Pushedd’, displaying an adventurous pack of mid-tempo rollers and exploring the grey area of drum-‘n-bass-goes-techno exercises.

Find our full read here: https://www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-aa-sudd-menodice.

Pushedd [MDG020] will be out mid-January, 2023. Order a copy via https://midgar-records.bandcamp.com/.

Premiere: Aa Sudd - Menodice [MDG020]

Control Freak are proud to present the debut EP from Memory Play - the new alias and alter ego of Jo Kašpar, co-founder and resident of Bristol’s forward-thinking label and party series Dialogue. 

After several years writing and performing as one half of duo ASTRYD, Jo’s new project sees them turn towards more personal, intimate and conceptual explorations. The result is a trio of bold, technoid soundscapes - with an emphasis on intricate, detailed sound design. A high-octane and visceral performer, Memory Play’s live sets push their machines and audience to breaking point. 

Honed during a three-month writing residency and a series of explosive live performances across Japan in 2022, this EP is a first glimpse inside the world of a hugely talented young artist.

https://controlfreakrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/choice-ep

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PREMIERE: Memory Play - After Ani [Control Freak]

https://soundcloud.com/priori-ties Priori's latest single, "Pareidolia," is out today on all digital platforms. It serves as a preview of his upcoming EP by the same name on Midgar in mid-April, coinciding with the label's 9th anniversary. The title is inspired by the phenomenon of recognizing familiar patterns in random objects, which Priori artfully incorporates into his sound design. Imagine anthropomorphic water droplets ascending to a higher plane of existence.

Written and produced by Francis Latreille
Mastering by Anne Taegert at D&M Berlin
Cover Artwork by Jacopo Severitano - Severja
Released by Midgar Records 
Distributed by Ready Made Distribution Berlin

Pareidolia

Priori - Pareidolia

Rotterdam-based producer and sound artist Nikos lands on Flippen Bits with his debut EP, encapsulating his ever-evolving live sound in a tripped out four-tracker. 
Playfully layering rhythmic patterns, this textural debut EP takes inspiration from the sounds of techno, dub, bass music, drone, psytrance and morphs it into a trip of a debut outing.

Starting off slow and deep with trippy chugger Critter that delicately explores the spaces between the 6/8 and 4/4 metre, the EP picks up pace rapidly with the swooshing Cilia, a hypnotic techno track with breathy textures.

Nothing To Undo takes us further aspace with its polyrhythmic structures dancing around droney pads, while title track Metaturnal provides the perfect closing of the EP with psychedelic five-and-a-half minutes that continues the polyrhythmic Mantra of the EP with a more minimal approach.

Metaturnal EP

FLIPPEN BITS 002: Nikos - Metaturnal EP previews

Pure Space’s ‘Proximity III’, the third VA in the series, features an outstanding collaboration between rhythmic wizards Zara and Command D. Along nineteen tracks spanning from deep drum and bass to blisteringly fast IDM, the compilation meticulously represents the contemporary Australian scene. 

Find the full read here: www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-zara-command-d-xdc-1

Proximity III will be out June 15th, 2023. Order a copy via https://purespace.bandcamp.com/album/proximity-iii

Premiere: Zara & Command D – XDC-1 [PS015]

SoundUnbound Recordings boss Fentom (@the-social-fentom) is shining a light on the talents in his local stomping ground in the east of The Netherlands. Featuring music HGHR LVLS, Bastian Benjamin, Nerds With Acid, |grens|, Odaira and Oosterse Lach, and the label head himself, the VA vinyl release explores the fringes of acid, electro, techno and bass, with the aim of showing the world what’s happening in this lesser know underground scene.

Bandcamp Pre-order: https://soundunboundrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/white-001

WHITE_001

pi pi pi premiere: Fentom - Mesotron (SoundUnbound Recordings)

We’re delighted to finally share with you PROXIMITY III, the third instalment of our annual Pure Space compilation series. Across the 19 tracks, 22 artists find synergy across the spectrum of experimental electronica.

Creeping through deep d’n’b, blisteringly fast idm, and percussive club cuts across to bass laden experimental music, blissful tech and peak energy techno, we hope this release provides an access point for all electronic music lovers to explore the depths of the so called ‘Australian’ subterranean music landscape.

100% of proceeds will be donated to Aboriginal Legal Services; based in Redfern it is the first Aboriginal Legal Service in Australia and the first free legal assistance service in the country. www.alsnswact.org.au

Big thank you to Wayne from Suture Mastering and Hearwig (visual artist) for their contributions to this fundraising release.

Tracklist:
1. Sycee-h - Backstories
2. Posture - Run [https://soundcloud.com/deejayposture]
3. DJ BIG GUNS - seeking psychosis [https://soundcloud.com/djbigguns]
4. E Davd - Optics [https://soundcloud.com/edavd]
5. gi - hatch [https://soundcloud.com/gistrung]
6. Andy Garvey - Murky Like Dunj [https://soundcloud.com/andygarveyandygarvey]
7. Zara & Command D - XDC-1 [https://soundcloud.com/zaraolsen]
8. Sanguine - If You Know [https://soundcloud.com/sanguinesanguine]
9. Iti - See Your Angel [https://soundcloud.com/iti_mqn]
10. OK EG - Ephemera [https://soundcloud.com/okegmusic]
11. DIN - Mesh Cookie
12. Air Max ‘97 - Kaiba [https://soundcloud.com/airmax97]
13. Majella - Flutter [https://soundcloud.com/majella7]
14. PMA - Neurotiq [https://soundcloud.com/pmapmapma]
15. Face Dancer - Arcade
16. Eastern Distributor - Earth Shifter [https://soundcloud.com/eastern-distributor]
17. RXEX - Al Sul's Hidden Laboratory [https://soundcloud.com/rxexx]
18. Roy Batty Jr - Stolen From The Wallet [https://soundcloud.com/n6maa10816jr]
19. Aarti Jadu x Puscha - Parenthesis [https://soundcloud.com/aartijadu x https://soundcloud.com/puscha]

Artwork: Hearwig
Mastering: Wayne Sutherland @ Suture
Format: Digital

PROXIMITY III

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