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CHERRYSTONES PRESENTS CRITICAL MASS
Splinters From The Worldwide New-Wave, Post-Punk and Industrial Underground 1978 - 1984

Touch Sensitive Records | TSR002
Monday 25th May
CD / DL / 2xLP
14 Tracks
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Eight years have passed since Cherrystones stayed true to his Word and pulled together the sympathetic sounds of the psychedelic ghetto. We’ve reached Critical Mass and we need to wipe the slate clean.

London’s best kept secret, Cherrystones has been on the underground scene for a while. People kinda speak of his grooved-out genius in hushed whispers.

You might have clocked his genre-busting album of Cherry Edits? Or when he closed down the final night of ATP after a decade long residency? Or when his jams pricked up the ears of a certain Creation Records label boss and he flirted with the mainstream? Or when the heat moved from London to NYC which saw our man deliver an epic Morricone-inspired LP while spending time as DJ Harvey’s sole label-mate. You might be following his endless list of production and remix work for the likes of Goat, The Horrors and Hospital Productions or caught him opening and closing shows at the request of Faust, Sunn 0))), The Oh Sees, Moon Duo, Chrome, Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Kutmah...

Or maybe you just know him from a night in a club with Cherrystones - where his distinctive ability to blend Italian film soundtracks, garage fuzz, krautrock and punk and translate them into a hip hop context defies categorisation.

"...As long as it makes people move on the floor, I'm into it. I've been running a rescue home for the culturally starved and ignored - a sonic soup kitchen within a philanthropic playground. That's the vibe"

On Critical Mass, Cherrystones tunes us in to fourteen groups separated by locale but united by a restless urge to create on their own terms. 
From Rizzo’s nihilistic Moogie-boogie to a pre-teen Chandra’s isolated no-wave. Through Dojoji’s Downtown-via-Lagos inspired punk-funk and Fote’s dark, industrial groove, Critical Mass presents a snapshot of an international underground enthralled with the possibility of the new.

“This compilation was put together through records I was enjoying at that time - loose chips, fragmented discoveries, random punts and the true excitement from that hit of “What the fuck is that?!”
It is an exercise in the good and the rad - solid jams from all corners of the world.
A veritable platter to switch on the uninitiated or those who hear and feel the truth - it is not an exercise in rarity to make people feel alienated.

I know what I feel and I hear the messages and feel the vibrations in these very songs - as will you if you allow them to”

In a world in search of an instant authentic buzz - this compilation is not a five second internet high. It is alchemy - made out of blood and sweat, and pure knowledge on how to make people move.
Don't you think you are worth it? Let Cherrystones shake your bones.
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Words on Critical Mass:

“Cherrystones has rabidly dug through decades of twisted cables and dusty circuits to present a collection of wonderfully obscure yet utterly essential tracks from the dark recesses of a place and time where innovation was a priority and boundaries were non-existent.”
Trevor Jackson

“Next to Weatherall, Cherrystones knows more about music than anyone I know. These killer post-punk rarities are a must for anyone who thinks they've heard it all but obviously hasn’t…”
David Holmes

“Critical Mass perfectly captures that electric moment when punk mutated into apocalyptic, synapse-shredding, cyborg grooves.”
Steven Krakow - Plastic Crimewave / Galactic Zoo Dossier

“Start to finish this compilation is a monster. Once again, Cherrystones makes me feel like I don’t know a thing about ‘post-wave-industrial’ or records in general.”
Gaslamp Killer

“Tough beats and synthetics run throughout Critical Mass. I’ve been Cherrystoned.”
Tom Furse - The Horrors

Dojoji: Quincunx

the only one

Second track from Joe Morris his forthcoming release on 
Balearic Social Recordings.

Forthcoming BSR003 Joe Morris - Stars Over Benirras

Bjørn Torske - Nitten Nitti (Harvey´s Not Normal Mix)

For our next record on Light of Other Days, we reached out to friends & companions with the request to remix some of our past releases. Until now we were very thrifty with remixes. In fact we only released one remix so far and that one was by HOVE himself on ETHIMM’s very first release. So this time around, we thought it would be nice to widen our circle and reach out to some of our favorite producers out there and ask for a contribution.

First up we have Unkown Mobile. His EP «No Motion» on ASL Recordings was one of our favorite records of 2016 so we decided to just straight up ask him for a remix. He came up with a beautiful rework of Gray Chalk’s «Dense Layers of Suspended Water» by adding some lush arpeggios and percussion while keeping the original mood very much alive. 

Next, we have Zurich’s very own Phantom Island. Lexx and Kejeblos transformed «Romance» by HOVE from a blurry ambient track into a delightful balearic house tune with a beautifully nodding hight-ceiling atmosphere. 

Last year HOVE started working with Michal Turtle. What began as a live collaboration turned into a very fruitful relationship between the two and HOVE even started to record guitar parts for Michal’s new music. Therefor we thought it is only right add a Michal Turtle remix to the Package. Michal came up with a very nice spaced out 9 minutes version of HOVE’s «Journey to Arendal» adding some more bass, bells and lots of delays. 

Zurichs underground-wizards Jack Pattern released some of the most exciting swiss electronic music in recent years via their own imprint Lustpoderosa. They turned Ethimm’s signature track “Burning Down” into a wild and joyful ride adding acid-basslines, outer-space soundbleeps and wacky percussions to the originals’ main theme.

Romance - Phantom Island Remix

The Mushrooms Project are well known for their sleazy mid-tempo laid-back percussive style, a sound that immediately resonated with rising stars and newly signed label mates Earthboogie. 

Specifically it was ‘Dubby Bolas’ from the Italian duo’s 2016 album ‘Rivea Corymbosa’ album that really excited Earthboogie and equally, the Mushrooms were fans of the afro disco sound the Londoners displayed on their debut track ‘Route Ten To Interzone’.

The mutual appreciation led to this remix project which was released on Record Store Day 2018 and showcases their complementary productions styles which collide with great effect.

LENG SHOP

Earthboogie - Route Ten To Interzone (Mushrooms Project Rework)

buy here: https://kitojempere.bandcamp.com/track/kito-jempere-edit

ドラゴンを追う (Kito Jempere Edit)

3 french edits by Youkounkoun, new fresh and french duo composed by Jeff Lasson (Get A Room) and Gaëtan Rossi.
https://soundcloud.com/plaisir-partag

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PREMIERE : Youkounkoun - L'homme Animmal

Produced & Arranged by Lexx
Written by Alex Storrer
Mixed by Reto C. Gaffuri & Alex Storrer at Fu Music. 
Artwork www.vanjensen.jp

Bandcamp

B. Lexx - Too Hot (Version)  Snippet

Zamki na lodzie

For some unknown reasons, Arkana podcast series was taken down from SoundCloud. 

For now EP2 will be here for your ears. 

The artwork is inspired by Major Arkana II, the High Priestess.

The Priestess Arcana is a symbol of hidden knowledge or other untapped power, wisdom, female mystery and patience when it appears in tarot readings.

Arkana EP2: Morta Mor

Label: The Very Polish Cut Outs
Cat. Nr. EECO002
Release Date: 30.10.2020

Tracklist:

A1 I.P - Aeorobica
A2 Bartoszek - Geburtstag
B1 Grabosky - Artatlan Varazslo
B2 Prima Musica - Jeden Krok



The Eastern European Cut Outs, the spin off series of The Very Polish Cut Outs, that launched last moves smoothly into the second round. The new vinyl only release contains 4 obscure tracks from  Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary and the Soviet Union that have been tweaked and looped by some brilliant native talents. Langsamer East German disco not disco? Check! Soviet aerobic dance pop? Check! Psychodelic hungarian rock chopped to sound like hip hop? Check! Enigma influencend Czechoslovakian proto-house? Check!

Keks - Geburtstag (Bartoszek Edit)

Sonraları "Arabesk" ismini alan bu füzyon müziğin yaratımında başrollerde bulunmuş prodüktör Abdullah Nail Bayşu ile jazz müziğimizin efsaneleri İsmet Sıral, Burhan Tonguç ve Vasfi Uçaroğlu'nun hatıralarına saygı, usta Vedat Yıldırımbora'ya sevgilerle...

In loving memory of Abdullah Nail Bayşu as well as the jazz legends İsmet Sıral, Burhan Tonguç and Vasfi Uçaroğlu. Also in honour of Vedat Yıldırımbora, who all once took the major roles in the creation of this fusion.

S&M Psikozelika

Re-editing forgotten polish gems since 2010...
Contact: polishcutouts@gmail.com

Keks - Geburtstag (Bartoszek Edit)

The Very Polish Cut Outs

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