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Special thanks to all the artists involved in this project, VASE for mastering and Daisy Does Tattoos for the artwork.

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STEP02 - Step Ball Chain 
Tapestry Of Sound
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A1 Maypole Theme (Surrealist Piano Roll Mix) [6:58]
A2 Maypole Theme (Looming Giant Mix) [4:59]

B1 Wasp Of A Woman [5:50]
B2 Inhale, Exhale [5:32]

Visual Art and Music have historically shared an important, entwined relationship; often posing questions of which provoked which in a project? What about when the imagery is a medieval surrealist, hyper coloured XTC wonderland? Genre-blurred and stirred, daring and dynamic dance music for the twistedly imaginative minds and bodies! The Tapestry of Sound is an audio tribute to the liquid lockdown Tapestry of 2020, a wall-size mixed media art piece originally intended for a live-stream backdrop; despite not being completed in time, it became the epicentre of communal creative junction & release - no limits or logical sense. The result, a sonic terrarium cultivated by longtime partners in crime D. Tiffany and Roza Terenzi; with the help of friends, weaving their sapphic magic into something wicked and new for STEP02, Tapestry of Sound.

A maypole is a tall wooden pole often erected as part of late 19th century European Midsummer folk festivals, around which a dance often takes place; coinciding with Summer Solstice, or in Corona-era... Scrollstice. The A-side presents two contrasting offerings of the Maypole Theme, opening with the Surrealist Piano Roll Mix; an effortless euphoria gliding and twirling amidst a rolling 2-step garage routine, playfully anticipating melodic ecstasy via black and white keys. A complementary contrast offered by the Looming Giant Mix; sleek and deep. A hot-femme fiasco, driving and deviating between 4/4 and a freaky broken plot-twist; evoking imagery of the night, skipping fiercely round the pole; which was often considered a symbol of the union between masculine and feminine energy.

Wasp Of A Woman initiates the B side blowout, stripped back and sensual, but don’t be fooled; this is a straight-up b0mb. Low end throbbing underneath ferociously swung drums, topped by microphone assassin Kaylin with the fire lyrical content, a true upcycle of genres to set the mood for a flammable dancefloor. Cooling off, only slightly for a cigarette break, is Inhale, Exhale the final track from the EP. The tempo finally settling down but bumping up the groove with thumping toms guiding a playful party-starter, rhythmic and melodically inspired; infectiously cheeky with subliminal naughty memos teasing their way in through the backdoor.

Let your mind run wild with this effortless collaboration, two minds sharing the same obscurely forward-thinking visionary, the Tapestry Of Sound; a Meta Musical Time Capsule.

Mixing by Tapestry & Marco Pellegrino
Mastering & Cut by Marco Pellegrino @ Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia & Kathy

Tapestry Of Sound (STEP02)

Thanks to @3lla for the lovely vocals.  
This was produced on stolen land. I acknowledge the people of the Kulin nations as the traditional owners.

I have always enjoyed music that is in the down to mid tempo range, weather it be chill out lounge, with jazzy rhythms or thick deep chugging grooves. Naoki Kenji has got to be one of my favorite artists currently, his depth of production is immense as he pushes his stylistic diversity through each album he has released, from smooth lounge jazz to ethereal house and punchy jazz influenced drum and bass, while holding true to his former practice. I have chosen to draw a lot of inspiration from Kenji's song "Let it flow" because of it's irresistible groove in the bass line, with its syncopated piano chords and its unbelievably catchy guitar licks and riffs. In starting my own production, the drums was the first element to go in, with a kick snare and closed hi hats to create a bass rhythm. Because I love the bass line in Kenji's song I tried to directly re produce the basslines rhythm into my production so I could try to start building the groove into a similar Jazzy vibe. There's a repetitive chord phrase in every second bar which the first chord triggers on the off beat of the third beat and then again on the first beat of the next bar with consonant intervals. I am going to use this technique in my production because I like how the second chord is triggered on the first beat of every second bar, and how that root chord works with the rhythm of the bassline which is also a 2 bar loop. 
From this inspiration of techniques from Kenji I had a very basic loop that I felt comfortable to start experimenting with sound design on synth patches. At first I found myself I little stuck on how to actually get the sounds that I was looking for so I analyzed some of the presets in operator to get an idea on what each oscillator should look like to create the sound, from there it was just deliberate experimentation with the envelopes and filters. I found that this process was very helpful when I was stuck trying to fill up the arrangement with other tracks, as I found that knowing the different components and functions of operator allowed for me to use my ears to register the actions required to move forward in the production. One happy accident occurred when I was experimenting the pitch envelope on operator, I found that a long decay shaped upwards with a quick square LFO created a rising effect that I could use as a build before a drop, something that I had never used before which I felt was a very helpful tool to create flow through each part of the arrangement.

Pongo - Vida (El Amor Dub)- (feat. 3lla)

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Bristol-based producer Remotif has lovingly curated a selection of tunes from some of his favourite producers for Stranger Together, a VA compilation aimed at raising funds for the International Rescue Committee (IRC). 

IRC is currently assisting with emergency resettlement for Afghan refugees. Afghanistan is the single country most at risk of deteriorating humanitarian crises in 2022, and 100% of the profits from this release will provide uprooted families with tents, clean water, sanitation and other basic necessities.

This 11 track release taps into a diverse selection of dancefloor tracks from producers across the world, offering everything from uplifting melodic house to dark, psychedelic techno - and everything in between.  

VÉRE leads the charge, easing the listener in with a salvo of ethereal pads and breakbeats on Only Just, before passing the baton on to Maara for her dark and trippy roller Going All The Way Up. Dylan Forbes drops shimmering house number Feels Like, which segues nicely into the effervescent uptempo sparkle of Manami’s Sunbeams. 
Remotif’s emotive, Final Fantasy-inspired The Golden Shiny Wire of Hope continues this uplifting energy before giving way to DJ Life’s trademark Aussie tech-prog funk with The Barrens. Alphonse’s Still Eye offers a propulsive, skitterish breakbeat workout and Ciel & Roberto switch things up with the bass-heavy machine groove of Deep FM.  

Ramu’s Nothing Else To Do adds a dash of hyperkinetic acid and LUXE’s Level Up hits hard with some truly stomach-churning basslines. To round off the compilation, Boulderhead deploys his trademark flavor of lean, wiggy trance-not-trance with Leaf Power Up.

Stranger Together

PREMIERE: Maara - Going All The Way Up

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Desire is one of the rising producer and DJ to watch. She comes back with “An Ode to Our Night” that demonstrates her genuine solar energy and introduces us to her universe infused with old school sounds yet twisted with a modern touch. The 5-track EP is imbued in acid, trance, electro, synthwave and a lot more influences which convey Desire’s rich and generous approach to music. Only a few artists are able to carry a message throughout their music and Desire is one of them, as the moving and powerful energy that emanates from the release conveys a feeling of empowerment. Each track transports us in an ecstatic balad blending melancolic moments, dancefloor-ready beats and stroboscopic acid lines. The 5 original tracks go along with 2 remixes by Azo (Kiosk radio resident, and spotted by Beatport as an emerging talent), and MZA (Maison Close / Taapion)

PREMIERE: Desire - Lumiere

when it rains it pours

Peyote Dreams - State Of Mind (Slack Mix)

03 Rio Rhythm Band - Zoom Soft (Inspiration Dub)

A1 - Adam Pits - Real Taste Of Gravity

a dance tune by Priori. Produced and mixed at Jump Source Studios in the fall of 2019. 

Release includes a Dust-e-1 Remix : https://prioricamp.bandcamp.com/album/infinity

Infinity

STEP01 - Step Ball Chain 
Roza Terenzi - Stylish Tantrum
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A1 Cosmology [6:21]
A2 Stylish Tantrum [7:19]

B1 Chosen Family Feud - Roza Terenzi & D.Tiffany [5:26]
B2 Illusions [5:40]
B3 Sxc Saloon - Roza Terenzi & Saoirse [5:59]

Popping The Cherry of 2020’s latest modern-contemporary record label; Step Ball Chain, is Roza Terenzi with “Stylish Tantrum”. Suggestive title to set the tone; the 5 track EP insisting sharp, sassy, high-tempered bombs with full bodied bounce. Unexpected tempo and timing variations, flared-up bpms, half time drum cuts and slicked modular flourishes, Terenzi’s signature cheek ramps up to an extra twisted club climate, atmospheric and evocative in texture as always. Featuring collaborations with D. Tiffany and Saoirse, the release covers extended dancefloor territory, assertive anthems delivering femme finesse, choreographed to perfection.

The A side fires up with an exuberant 4-by-4-2-the-floor routine, Cosmology. Vocal cuts from the queen Fiorella, billowing bells and dramatic synthetic sweeps to form fluidity over the tight bouncy low end. Whilst flirtatious melodic notions come and go, zip-lock percussion and commanding drumwork hold it down; squeaky steeze not-so-politely letting you know what’s to come. Deceivingly dubwise introductions soon furiously interrupted with Stylish Tantrum. Ricochet rhythms and bone breaking clap backs echo around your head, electrifying percussive fills and vocal spills snatching your attention before the everything glues together vicious harmony, baseline pulsating underneath a whiplash drum display - one for the dangerous deejays.

Chosen Family Feud opens the B side, a collab with seasoned associate @d-tiffany, showing off a bossy stomping brigade. Mumbling voices, waspy sirens and spooked out synth lines haunt the beginnings of the track, stripping back to a bassline breakdown before wailing vocals and clattered percussion take over, cymbals bursting. B2 is a moment to reflect, Illusions brings the energy down, low slung metallic backbeats thrown over encompassing, effortless pads and soaring resonance. The downtempo atmosphere crept up on by a double time d’n’b re-jig, softly gliding in over the growling sub, chopped breaks reflecting and falling. Closing out the record is another joint effort, recorded in Melbourne with @saoirsemusic ; Sxc saloon dashing back to the dancefloor, hot and deep. Throbbing bass married with slick galloping drums, sensuous fleeting whispers looping to draw you into hypnosis before a climactic tempo plummet intended to turn heads.

STEP01 is kicking its heels up, stomping, strutting and trailblazing for what’s to come.

Mixing by Katie Campbell & Thomas McAlister
Mastering by Alden Tyrell 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by True Tender

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