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2022_Apr

The art of losing isn’t hard to master

Awaiting

For our 50th cassette release, we're very happy to welcome in Shakali (aka Simo Hakalisto) born in Finland, though now residing in the Czech Republic.

"Aurinkopari plays a lot with polarities as it seeks to find something celestial in the mundane. The brightest sound of the album was captured in the darkest night of the year. Sine waves, scaled according to old wartime engineers, ended up sounding like a magic flute. A hydrophone detected other-worldly sounds of a drowning compost and a ceremonial Javanese gendèr was recorded in a bunker… While the processes of recording the album were often playfully esoteric, the music itself is warmly heartfelt." - Shakali

Encompassing global and local music traditions and pre-Midi times, this album feels very organic, playful and warmly connected to a natural, higher consciousness state of being....We couldn't ask for a better way to celebrate our 50th cassette release.

Written & Produced by Simo Hakalisto

Mastered by Amir Shoat

"Aurinkopari" is available now on cassette via our online store.

GMT50 Shakali - Aurinkopari (Snippets)

@furiousfrank
@papercutslimited

The debut LP from duo Sunflower Aquarium offers a full spectrum bloom into the electronic ecosystem. Dylan Batelic (Paper-Cuts) and
Thomas Martin (Furious Frank) fuse together for a 7 track collection of low-slung immersive deepness, embodying a cycle of life via the ebbs
and flows of sonic seasonal evolution. A collaboration of cyber synthesis; written simultaneously Melbourne through Adelaide
during late 2021, the result a refined yet spontaneous take on dubbed downtempo through to driving dance deviance.

Planet 4 induces a sharp sense of hypnosis. Traditional techno
expressions flirt with your ears, layers of repetition locked and loaded, dwindling into the abyss..

Out April 11th, Pre-order  ~~~~~> https://bit.ly/3Jmm69t

Words by Katie Campbell @roza-terenzi

pi pi pi premiere: Sunflower Aquarium - Planet 4

@milliamusic
@kind_tree
@raw_silk
@benbondy
@specialguest-dj
@uwudustbath

Eagerly awaited yet patiently bubbling under the surface, UwU dust bath emerges with its primal offering, a deeply generous and authentic sonic array from lowkey prolifics Purelink. Despite the
Chicago trio’s humbly mysterious presence, the transcendental music speaks resoundingly.

The most unforeseen plot twist comes via xphresh (Special Guest DJ & Ben Bondy), causing Rihanna’s notoriously iconic vocals to drip like honey, seeping into the fuzzed post-dancehall daydream; a sunkissed celebration.

Words by Katie Campbell 

vinyl preorder : www.one-eye-witness.com/release/16539…link-Purelink
digital preorder : uwudustbath.bandcamp.com/album/purelink

releases July 1, 2022

Purelink

pi pi pi premiere: Purelink - Butterfly Jam (xphresh Bad Girl version)

Rhyw comes through with some honey glazed goodies!

Written and produced by Alex Tsiridis
Mastered by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven
Distributed by Rubadub
Artwork and design by Sean Bell

Releases: 23/09/2022 (Digital) + October 2022 (Vinyl)

voam010 clips

a1 - Rhyw - Honey Badger (VOAM010)

After appearing on Acid Test’s 10 Year Anniversary compilation Patricia, aka Max Ravitz, debuts an EP on the label with Less Than 7, a collection of tracks that sits squarely in the club-focused end of the label’s output. Ravitz grew up in Chicago and has family roots in Detroit; these cities cultivated his affinity for mid-western dance music, with early Trax Records being a standout favorite. Years later, while living in New York, collaborator Alexis Georgopoulos introduced Ravitz to Tin Man’s Neo Neo Acid LP (released on Acid Test in 2012). This album struck a particular chord, impacting his creative vision for the Patricia project and setting him on the path towards a fruitful collaboration with Tin Man as Ociya (also released on Acid Test). 

After 2021's IDM-leaning Blue Ridge LP, the Less Than 7 EP marks Patricia's return to the dance floor. Here, Ravitz explores four dimensions of acid music, each track deploying that classic squelch to differing effect. Both tracks on the A side pack a gut punch. The almost industrial beat on ‘At A. Gallop’ stomps along under moody pads and dripping acid lines until, midway, new harmonies reveal fresh vistas. ‘Head Gap Width’ is the EP’s most direct statement, a bolt of dubby techno energy with gurgling acid bass and rhythmic Detroit stabs. The B side then shifts things to a more emotive plane. ‘Winding To The Side’ uses its 9 minutes to fully explore the harmonic interplay between its buoyant braindance acid lines, which are engineered to suspend the late morning dance floor in time. ‘Coffee Computer’ closes things out, with its detuned pads, walking acid bassline and child-like piano lending it a wistful air that falls between house and IDM. 

Less Than 7 was recorded at Ravitz’s home studio in Asheville, NC, and mastered by close friend Josh Bonati.

https://patriciaaa.bandcamp.com/album/less-than-7

A1 At A. Gallop

Pre-order: https://portableakabodycode.bandcamp.com/

Taking the reigns on @portable-aka-bodycode's acclaimed track 'Ripple Effect', @call-super leans into the jazz dimension of his wide-ranging palette to reveal the sweetness of this beautiful track.

The remix sways from delicate piano to a relaxed, sentimental kind of garage, eventually edging towards an uplifting, off-centre strain of house music.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Portable 'Ripple Effect' (Call Super Remix)

@reptant_the_lizard
@trustvienna

https://trust.bandcamp.com/

"They entered the structure at dusk, barely able to comprehend its magnitude in the dim red twilight of the setting Agamid sun. Extrasensory hallucinations, infinitely folded spaces and quantum impossibilities had quickly separated Reppi T. Lizrd from the Gecko Force. Now his air supply was dwindling, and his limbs were numb from wandering endless corridors and strangely illuminated hallways, yet his determination to reach the centre of the palace only grew. The one-eyed tyrant was waiting."

Hailing from the land down under and currently taking the northern hemisphere by storm, @reptant_the_lizard joins forces with TRUST for his 'Halls Of Perception' EP - five tracks of blistering electro bass, percussive beat workouts, and bleepy moments of transcendent bliss.

distributed by @clone-distribution

Release date:
24 October 2022

pi pi pi premiere: Reptant - Syncussion Concussion (TRUST41 )

@0rds0
@kalaharioystercult

RDS plumbs the depths of analogue texture on his Kalahari debut proper. Following a guest appearance on Eversines’ ‘Plooi’ EP, the Amsterdam artist returns to explore the more expansive integers of his hi-tech sound across four deftly crafted tracks.It's exactly the sort of enveloping, sophisticated material we’ve come to expect from a De Lichting member.

Straight deep space manoeuvres on the opener. Setting billowing widescreen pads against solid, tight groove, ‘2312’ feels as if it’s escaping the eye of some turbulent solar event. Then, landing with a sensitivity absent from the harsh climes of its predecessor, ‘BBsuite’ leaps from translunar to tenderness with dappled keys and lithe breakbeat intricacy. Saying that, there’s still something undeniably explorative and sc-fi in its mood, almost reminiscent of Orbital or Future Sound of London.

There’s more refined deepness on the flip, starting with ‘Silky’s supple, slinky flex. Forlorn, exquisitely widescreen ambient techno, it treads between the warm optimism of early Detroit modes and a certain somber melancholia. And finally, ‘Autechrein’ finds RDS smudging his palette on a dusty, downtempo overhaul of the after-hours formula. 
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releases November 12, 2022

https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/album/suite

Suite

pi pi pi premiere: RDS - BBsuite (Kalahari Oyster Cult)

@keptmale
@indexrecords

New INDEX:Records transmission comes courtesy of Texan vibist Gi Gi. Trodding his own path of introspective, nu-age-infused ambient scapes and trip-hop-laced downtempo divagations, Gi Gi eases us in a distinctively soothing headspace. A self-driven, immersive audio bubble engineering a polychromatic mix of organic field-recording, exotic dub shades, lushly textured envelopes and smooth loungey jazz accents.

“Pyxis Glint” shows off an ambiguously feverish ASMR-like temper with its tightly woven web of chimey Andean melody and straight out Rephlex-fashioned escapism.

Pre-order: indexrecords.bandcamp.com
Written & Produced by: Gi Gi
Mastered by: Marco @ Analog Cut
Artwork by: Amos Turner & Marutonkun
Words by: Baptiste Girou

Lamella Pressed

pi pi pi premiere: Gi Gi - Pyxis Glint (INDEX:011)

@mariiinmusic
@lapserecords

The second release on Lapse records welcomes UK Tech House mainstay Len Lewis, who’s extensive catalogue of club music stretches across the last few decades, along with newly appraised London based DJ and producer Mariiin. The split EP supports a four track selection of old and new head down club music touching different moods.

The B side spans a more contemporary 4x4 influenced thread of this style that circles closer to the outer rims of techno and acid. The Italian born producer joins the label with the “Snake Is Changing It’s Skin” and “Impasse” which continue fittingly to carve their signature sound, a style consistent in their early releases on the likes of BPR and EYA Records and across their DJ sets as Pleasure Club resident.

https://lapserecords.bandcamp.com/album/lapse002

Out November 10th 2022

LAPSE002

pi pi pi premiere: Mariiin - The Snake Is Changing Its Skin (LAPSE002)

✧ ‘Faded’ out december 9th
https://mu-tate.bandcamp.com/album/faded
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/mu-tate-faded-pre-order-utter/183994

Mastered and cut by Anne Taegert at D&M
Artwork by AS, center labels by Art Crime, laid out by Alex Egan. 
A special insert designed by Art Crime is also included with physical copies.

Faded

f12 dub

mix series and label by @deep_creep

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

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