Pre-order vinyl: 
https://needsnfp.bandcamp.com/album/needs-x-gvr-present-the-future-of-vinyl

Needs moves into the future of vinyl production partnering with Green Vinyl Records in Holland to produce a 100% recyclable record which uses 60% less energy cost compared to traditional vinyl production methods. This revolutionary step in vinyl history features the production skills of Saoirse, Reptant, Sansibar, Pugilist, LUXE and Hassan Abou Alam.

For Needs 009 we welcome another all-star lineup of producers, established and emerging, from around the world. Featuring room 1 ready techno from one of the scenes leading lights Saoirse; a bass heavy, electro-tech weapon from Melbourne's Pugilist; the cosmic electro baselines of the irrepressible Reptant; an otherworldly space excursion courtesy of Norway’s finest Sansibar; dancehall inflected acid trance from London-based up and comer LUXE; and to round things off some twisted breaky tech-house from Egypt’s latest export Hassan Abou Alam.

THE PROBLEM
With 4.3m vinyl sales in the UK last year (the 12th consecutive year of growth), it’s clear that vinyl is back in a BIG way. But the basic technological principles of record pressing have not changed for a century. While the vinyl boom has been a bright spot for physical media lovers and the record industry alike, pressing vinyl poses a more urgent environmental concern than it did in the format’s heyday. At times, the process can seem almost antithetical to green living. Records are made of PVC, which comes from refined oil and can take up to 1,000 years to decompose in a landfill. Traditional pressing machines are powered by steam boilers that require fossil fuels to generate heat and pressure; the water used is treated with anti-corrosive chemicals in order to prevent rusting, thus creating more wastewater. And that’s just the pressing procedure.

Consider, then, vinyl’s packaging and distribution. The ink that’s used to print cover art and liner notes is traditionally solvent-based, meaning it contains volatile organic compounds that can contribute to the production of ozone. Once the record is encased in a beautiful jacket, it’s then shrink-wrapped in plastic wrap before boarding a gas-burning, carbon-emitting truck to ship. Suddenly the choice to buy physical music shifts from an action that helps sustain an artist’s career, to one that potentially threatens broader sustainability.

THE SOLUTION
In 2019 Needs started conversations with Green Vinyl, a brand new pressing plant based in Holland, who have devised a revolutionary production method which uses injection moulding rather than steam energy, equalling 60% less energy cost than the traditional vinyl production. It also uses no PVC and is a 100% recyclable product, meaning you can dispose of it in your home recycling bin.

The other benefits are that the record sounds better (it has a wider frequency spectrum), it cannot warp, and it also has a longer play life.

The key features of a Green Vinyl produced record are:
- Injection Moulding instead of steam pressing
- 60% less energy cost 
- No PVC
 - 100% recyclable product
- Wider frequency spectrum - sound is equal or better than traditional vinyl pressing 
- Longer stamper life time - can be played more than 400 times (traditional vinyl starts to deteriorate after 100 plays)
- Rapid vinyl turnaround of 8 weeks (wait times are generally 12-16 weeks)
- No warping of records 
- No paper labels

Green Vinyl is currently the only pressing plant in the world with this technology and we are proud and honoured to be the first label to work with them and share this amazing new technology with you all.

Join us as we change the future of vinyl <3

B1. Sansibar - Sky Express (Needs 009)

Wash

Distant Lands EP

Premiere: Terrestrial Access Network - Distant Lands [LDI Records]

Our second release brings with it a plethora of talent. Canadians Maara & Unknown Mobile join local hero's Reflex Blue and Mabel for a 4 track record with naughty club heaters. Saddle up! 

Preorders available now at https://espacenoir.bandcamp.com/. 
Official release date in 12/09/22.  

Producers: @unknown-mobile, @maara, @reflex-blue-x and @mabelau
Mastered by Joseph Buchan
Art by Studio Balcony
Release Date: 12/09/2022
Espace Noir Label est. 2017
Distribution by @oneyewitness.

The Saddle Club

BUY HERE

EN02- The Saddle Club - Various Artists (Snippets)

@kasra-v
@radiantrecords

Kasra V’s Hyperdelic EP, his first release on Radiant Records, showcases the producer’s attentive ear for textural and rhythmic play. His last EP from 2018, Akasa, was a collection of dreamy, break-driven pieces, and a more ambient collaboration with Dopplereffekt; timbre and meticulously tuned sonics were also in focus then, but we now hear a reduction of form, and with it, a saturation of style.

“Voice note to self” kicks off the EP with a boom-bap drum loop. The rhythm continues as percussive elements are added and removed, adhering to the groove and its growing complexity. A warm bassline chugs along, pitched vocals mumble into the static, and an ascendant pad begins to give the track a gorgeous depth: a horizon. Following is a remix of the same track by Byron B. Yeates and Roza Terenzi, adapting certain samples from Kasra V’s production and looping them up to a brisk 142 BPM. As can be expected from these two, the kick’s punchy 4/4 structure is buttressed by crisp percussion and clever, unexpected rhythms.

On the B-side, “Vesper” takes us back to downtempo. Bumping on at around 80 BPM, Kasra V builds upon a drum-machine loop with processed percussion samples: a snare-roll one could hear in a jungle track, chopped claps panning across the break, and so on. And the slow, warm gurgle of an 808 comes in just at the point of fracture, holding it all together. “Night Prime” extends the EP’s principle of a drum loop serving as the skeleton – with greater drama, somehow. Like in “Voice note to self”, we hear vocal samples, but here they swerve in and out of clarity; we break into unexpected moments of silence, and the loop restarts; 3 minutes in, a huge, minor piano chord breaks upon the track like dusk. “Warm up great” closes the EP with the blend of left-field groove and dissonance one might associate with Future Sound of London or early work of The Chemical Brothers. The textures and tunings of each sample are so dense, so delicious, Kasra V lets us savour them for the last 20 seconds of the EP, lost in the reverb of a singly struck piano key.

pi pi pi premiere: Kasra V - Voice Note To Self (Radiant Love)

Back Of My Mind

Moments

12" vinyl & digital EP out now: mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/breakout

check the video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXj4IgdmoZo

All tracks: soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/teslasonic-composite-profuse-breakout-mtron011

Italian producers Teslasonic and Composite Profuse (aka. Heinrich Dressel) present a powerful and spacious electro record for the 11th release on our main label, splitting each side of the EP and remixing one another to full effect.

The Breakout EP is an electrifying journey into their vision of electro, drawing on new inspiration and decades of musical output on a long list of labels incl. Bunker, Shipwrec and Composite Profuse's own MinimalRome.

From the dazzling cosmic funk of 'Golden Sphere' and 'Teleforce' to the strange and dark spheres of 'Ausser Betrieb' and 'Thronic', the two producers present a captivating outlook on the electro sound, bound to move bodies and transport minds.

In most record shops and digital stores:

UK 
Juno - bit.ly/2Eanahd  
Phonica - bit.ly/2SkYUOt 
Unearthed - bit.ly/2Th6VII 
Coldcuts - bit.ly/2GIuYua
 Redeye - bit.ly/2BOXt5m

DE
Hardwax - bit.ly/2W2Y7nF
 HHV - bit.ly/2GKb9mg 
Decks - bit.ly/2Sjr0d7 
Deejay - bit.ly/2TdvDd6

NL
Pinkman - bit.ly/2JgglAI 
Clone - bit.ly/2NngAbx

Digital:
Beatport - bit.ly/2F68TCF 
iTunes - apple.co/2W3ealg

Distribution:
Triple Vision - bit.ly/2SZckFc 
Clone - bit.ly/2GILLO6

Discogs: bit.ly/2Nod8xn

Teslasonic - Golden Sphere

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!

B2. Ahora Sí (D. Tiffany Mix)

The title track from my upcoming record on @kalaharioystercult

What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.

“Digital native. Noun. A person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age.”

PRE-ORDER:

Juno - https://bit.ly/2JvXO0K
Redeye - https://bit.ly/2PxvdvU
Phonica - https://bit.ly/2N1k5pD
Cold Cuts//Hot Wax - https://bit.ly/2poxVsY
Decks - https://bit.ly/34b5y07
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/31WJPra

Escape Artist - Digital Natives [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

BufoBufo - Ectotherm (on Tone Dropout Vol.9)

The B1 off PHZ004: Rhythm and Isolation -  a quasi-old school breaks track which delivers a vibey electronic grit, balanced carefully with serene pad work and sparse moments throughout - it's the masterful arrangement here which allows Sedgwick to push the musical tension to the next level.

Out now.
Buy PHZ004 - linktr.ee/potatoheadz.records

Sedgwick FB - www.facebook.com/sedgwickAU/
Sedgwick SC - @s-e-d-g-w-i-c-k
Sedgwick IG - sedgwick.sound

Mastering by Corey Kikos @ Herbal Mastering
Graphic Design - studiobalcony.com

Rhythm and Isolation

PHZ004: Rhythm and Isolation

Sedgwick - Pleasuresque

mix series and label by @deep_creep

Q&A's on ----> pipipi.life <------

label ~ https://pi-pi-pi.bandcamp.com

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pi pi pi = (pie pie pie)