@hedohydr8
It is time to let go of your fear and doubts. You must learn to embrace the darkness of your soul, for it is a light beacon of hope for humanity. Your soul wants to show itself in its truest form, strength, perseverance, courage and determination of spirit. In this lifetime your soul needs to cleanse and open its feelings for katharsis.

With the double compilation “Infinite Summer: Ekstase & Fantasi”, katharsis celebrates the return of raves and concerts to society after a long period of pandemic shutdown. A magical summer has passed filled with an incredible pallet of emotional material, ready to be expressed. Therefore, we encouraged a collection of artists we adore to channel their imagination of the greatest way to conclude an endless summer night into a piece of music.

This resulted in a grand assemblage of harmonious manifestations, naturally splitting into two divisions with opposing focuses. On the first part of the duology “Ekstase” coming out on September 20th, we are presented with fourteen tracks for the dancefloor in an array of different styles, ranging everywhere from energetic morning vibes on the junglish opener “Origin, Gate's Dawn” by Yem Gel to hardcore sensations on Mang’s trap-infused roller “Based Halo”.

Infinite Summer: Ekstase

Sweet Confusion

Hedo Hydr8 - Sweet Confusion

aircode - Slow Burn

upsammy - Germs in a Population of Buildings
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 132
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/GerminaPopulationofBuildings

On her sophomore album "Germ in a Population of Buildings”, upsammy moves through her surroundings with the curiosity of a place-bending landscape architect. The album is rooted in her interest for ambiguous environments in constant shift, and the feeling of discovering strange patterns in different ecosystems. Often, the Amsterdam-based artist finds herself zooming in and out beyond a place's most recognizable surface features to inhabit the microscopic and gigantic. Gathering field recordings and evocative environmental sounds, she shapes this source material into vibrating electro-acoustic rhythms and unstable, psychedelic textures.

upsammy's debut album, 2020's critically-acclaimed "Zoom", was praised for its careful reimagining of IDM, evolving vignettes that nodded towards the dancefloor without being shackled to its rigid set of rules. On "Germ in a Population of Buildings" her process has evolved considerably; the skeletal trace of IDM is still present but it's been trapped in amber, allowing her unique sonic landscape to develop organically. 'Being is a Stone' is a proof of concept in many ways, layering upsammy's contorted voice in rickety patterns beneath a lattice of fragile rhythms and faintly melancholy synths. It's never immediately obvious where the sounds are coming from - a hiccuping beat might be glass cracking underfoot, and larger pulses could be wet concrete, rusted iron or bent plastic. As the sounds develop they morph into each other, demolishing what came before and building on top of the ornamental wreckage.

On the dynamic 'Constructing', upsammy's sound design fluxes through hyperactive bass music structures, abstracting expectations at every turn. Often her sounds are whisper quiet, rattling and vibrating until heavier masonry drops and disrupts the structure. And when discernible rhythms subside into the background, like on the album's eerie title track, they become almost illusory, morphing between the real world and the electronic. upsammy's processed voice works like a bridge between these realms, snaking between stark, whimsical melodies on 'Patterning', arching from AutoTuned detachment into cooing, dreamy intimacy. By considering the harmonies between each location she's visited, upsammy has been able to build a unique topology that's an uncanny digital amalgam of her lived experience. It's a thoughtful alternative in an era more concerned with flatting the landscape than crumpling it and examining its peaks and troughs.

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Mixed by James Ginzburg
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos and Tharim Cornelisse

Germ in a Population of Buildings

upsammy - Green Lung (PAN 132)

Futurist electronics from stars of the Chinese underground, presented monthly by Shanghai-based label & scene linchpins SVBKVLT. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/svbkvlt/episodes/svbkvlt-21st-september-2023

Svbkvlt w/ Abadir 210923

<Tchinisses> or < petits choses, babioles > in Walloon from Liège (BE). Tchinisses is a moment of musical and spoken word experimentation with Holy Coco and her guests. Through purely musical or hybrid sets (with live speech or other experimentation/medium), this show will try to focus on language & artistic expression in all its forms: musical sets working on sound textures and voices (rap, poetic art, autotune,... ) combining electronic music through bass & dub music, percussiv breaks, glitch texture, ambient, contemporary stuff, etc. How do we express ourselves today? How do we think and build ourselves through artistic expression? How do you make a place for yourself as womxn in the private, public and artistic sphere?

TCHINISSES w/ Keki (24/04/24)

5GT211220
Released in 2020 as a lockdown package.
Digital now available only on 5gatetemple.com

5GT21122O

5GT211220 Side A (Excerpt 2) *DIGITAL

R3APYDUBZ - SORROW BPISSER JUTSSY

YOOOO, thank you guys for 500 followers on Soundcloud! I cannot stress enough that this project, the mixes, songs, and everything else is nothing without all of you who show love, support, listen to my stuff. For that I give you my Evil Ryu Knight bootleg as a free download! Hope y’all enjoy this one! Love y’all ❤️❤️❤️

AD x Subfiltronik x Curzed vs Akira x Styn - Evil Ryu Knight (Hellion Bootleg) (500 Free DL)

@leoproducer xo
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DL: https://boygirlxo.bandcamp.com

VPN (Mechatok Remix) x Dautadra (Mr Mitch x Massacooramaan)

VPN 📶

Out now on DL & streaming. Taken from the album "Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor's Autobiography)" out 28 September 2018.
Mu store: https://planetmu.bleepstores.com/release/105082-jlin-autobiography-music-from-wayne-mcgregors-autobiography
Bandcamp: https://jlin.bandcamp.com/album/autobiography-music-from-wayne-mcgregors-autobiography
Buy: http://smarturl.it/JlinTheAbyssOfDoubt

By now, the story of how Jlin went from working in a steel factory in Gary, Indiana to being one of the most widely appreciated electronic musicians is well known. “Black Origami” was one of the most critiically lauded albums last year. Seriously prolific and seriously hard-working, she has toured constantly since its May 2017 release and despite being involved in a wide range of projects, still manages to find a balance and “do some personal healing and growing.”

Here we are over a year later with “Autobiography,” the score for her collaboration with renowned British choreographer Wayne McGregor (arranged by Unsound). This isn’t technically her third album (that’s due to arrive in 2019 or 2020), but the soundtrack flows with all the emotional peaks and troughs of a well-sequenced LP.

For Jlin, making music for dance is the fulfillment of one of her lifelong dreams – and remarkably, Company Wayne McGregor’s performance was the first show she’d ever seen. She describes the process of working with Wayne: “We first met face to face in October 2016 in a downtown Chicago hotel, talking for about a solid two hours. Immediately, I saw Wayne was very friendly and energetic. He’s brilliant, witty, and knows exactly what he wants; an absolute gem to work with. Before I even started composing for Autobiography, Wayne told me so gently that he trusts me completely with my direction of creating the score. That was the best feeling in the world. I would wake up at two in the morning and work until six in the evening until I completed all the pieces. We were both very happy with the outcome. Creating the score for an impeccable piece of work such as Autobiography changed my life as an artist.”

“Autobiography” is a highlight in an evolving and growing career. During the last year, Jlin has also become an in-demand remixer, securing her place among a roster of music heavyweights. Unsurprisingly, given her positive and outgoing nature, she also developed friendships with the artists she has remixed such as Björk, Max Richter and Ben Frost.

Jlin will be touring with Company Wayne McGregor performing “Autobiography” this year into next. She’s also completing a commission for the Kronos Quartet titled “Little Black Book.” She still approaches every performance “with the same attitude of doing my best to execute a good show, no more, no less. Doing my best is what’s most important to me.” She also still lives in Gary, Indiana, which keeps her grounded. She notes with her typical humility, “The local community is a little more knowledgeable of me now. But I don’t mind my community taking its time.”

Jlin - The Abyss Of Doubt

Planet Mu Records