Interview: www.lowendtheorists.com/theory-therapy-mixes/40-akimat

Dewy electronics from the Bavarian forests.

Number 40 in the Theory Therapy series is a mossy bed of iridescent electronics and ambient textures by Berlin-based DJ Akimat. We absolutely love the Aussie-born selector’s taste in music and the way they craft mixes around specific themes. This one was inspired by “intricate, gentle nature in the forests of Bavaria” and features a bunch of recent favourites from Concave Reflection, dj hexscrew and Ultrafog. There’s also a forthcoming one from our label hidden in there too.

@akiiimatamik0

Theory Therapy 40: Akimat

A breath of fresh air for Animalia, as the label floats into its next release with a breezy, house tinged EP, tinged with the scent of summer and euphoria.

Emerging new local Melbourne/ Naarm producer Billus @billusmoon reveals his knack for groove and percussive eloquence in Shifting Sands, with four lighthearted, spaced out tracks transporting you straight to a lakeside in Portugal... or to your very own chosen space of zen.

A1: Shifting Sands
A2: Splay
B1: Cubic
B2: Under the Canopy

Artist: Billus (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Title: Shifting Sands
Format: 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork by: Harry Gorman (Albury/ Gawaimbanna-gu wiradjuri nhurranbaang, Australia)
Design by Lucas Hatsisavas (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Mastered by The Herbalist (Corey Kikos) (Melrbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Release date: 30th November 2022

Vinyl available via our Bandcamp + Clone, Oneyewitness, Redeye, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

billusmoon.bandcamp.com/album/shifting-sands

Billus - Shifting Sands EP (ANIMA6)

https://pollinate.bandcamp.com/album/dust-in-bloom

A 9 track LP by Melbourne/Naarm artist Billus available for pre-order now via  Pollinate Records.

1. Drown 
2. Air 
3. Rain Dub 
4. Terracotta 
5. Dust In Bloom
6. Murk
7. Sassafras
8. Tulip Dub 
9. Positivity Keeps The Disk Afloat


Art and design by Ava Clifforth 
Mastered by Joe Buchan

Billus - Dust In Bloom (snippets)

Bruce & Eris FM - Red

Today Phase Group are thrilled to present our next release by newcomers to the label, the excellent Hamburg band, Love-Songs. Their new album 'Passive Progressive' will be out on cassette and digital on October 18th.

Love-Songs are the trio consisting of Thomas Korf (electronics + vocals) Sebastian Kokus (Bass) and Manuel Chitka (Percussion) who make cosmic, kraut-inspired electro-acoustic music. Many will be familiar with their previous output on wonderful labels like Kame House and Bureau B.

'Passive Progressive' lands in the form of 8 enthralling tracks that take us through dreamlike and psychedelic echoing territories, where Korf’s modulating electronics and effected vocals ripple over the grooving rhythm section of percussion and bass supplied by Kokus and Chitka. Across the album, the band are joined by a host of guest musicians and friends from Berlin and Hamburg’s underground and experimental music scenes, supplying Trombone, Mbira, Clarinet, Flute and extra synthesisers and vocals to enhance the mind-expanding and unique sound palette of these incredible tracks.

As with most of the material we’ve released on Phase Group, this is music that’s hard to pin down, that lends itself equally well to creating transcending atmospheres in the early moments of a special kind of club set as to soundtracking a mind-bending and deep personal listening experience. We’ve no doubt that the sound that Love-Songs have crafted with Passive Progressive will be enthusiastically received by all sonic voyagers and fans of the label, and we’re over the moon to welcome them to the Phase Group family.

Passive Progressive is available on limited cassette, with double-sided risograph print artwork by Andrija Čugurović. 

Preorder is available now from our Bandcamp.

Passive Progressive

Love-Songs - Passive Progressive (Preview)

Single available now. Full LP out 22/11/24

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/vl-stay

Fan Club Orchestra / FCO - Void (ISLE018)

Full stream of Lamina's "Immortelle Des Dunes," taken from Olas Curativas LP on Twin System, out on December 6.

Pre-order: https://twinsystem.bandcamp.com/album/olas-curativas
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@twinsystem
@lalamina

Olas Curativas

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Premiere: Lamina - Immortelle Des Dunes

@viiiviiie invite @sarcus_soundsystem

En introduction, il y a un extrait du texte "8 poèmes sur les pieuvres" d'Héloise Brézillon, paru dans la revue d'écopoésie Fœhn. Puis, un mix avec du relief, des influences électroniques, dub techno, post-punk, de la guitare, des voix et une pointe de bass music.

Tracklist :
MONOLAKE - Mass Transit Railway 
REGNO MAGGIORE - La Via
ED RAIN - Subway Gang 
DYL & DB1 - Uniformity of Nature 
M. QUAKE - Annie u r a bird (feat Jonnine)
DYCIDE - Front
ZOLAK (CIRCLE STATE) - Un trou dans la boîte
AFLRED CZITAL - Window Seat 
LUCID DREAM - Realisation 
SIGNIFICANT OTHER - Postdrome
ANDREA OTTOMANI NONTET - Detail of the Crack (feat Abraham Parker) 
IMUGEM ORIHASAM - Internal 
D.K - Sequences 
NOVA VARNRABLE - Storm
LAC SEUL - Directional Boundary

Âmes Sensibles & Révoltées : vivie invite Sarcus Soundsystem (11.12.24)

zzz conduit

A strong sense of déjà-vu 
In this new place I call my own
Perhaps it’s only the way
Light moves across the room
Or that soft pulse
That hums through the walls.

Entre-temps traces a quiet arc between past and present. A moment suspended in the in-between. Born from long sessions in winter rooms and riverside solitude, the tracks mirror each other like siblings, growing side by side, shaped by shared silence and shifting light.

A quiet search unfolds to become an endless chase. Just a steady surrender to sound, to repetition, to moments of clarity softened by waves of doubt. At times, a strange sense of déjà-vu lingers, a gentle murmur of something once felt, just out of reach. In the balance between motion and stillness, between echo and origin, something like refuge begins to take shape.

@ektoplast

Artwork designed by Omar Tara

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Ektoplast - Déjà-vu (Original Mix)

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https://pollinate.bandcamp.com

Pollinate Records, Transferable Sound. 

Label curated by Dashiell.  

Est. 2021.

Billus - Dust In Bloom (snippets)

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