Veteran of electro 214 carries us through the hidden alleyways of a cyberpunk landscape for Inchmix076.  The prolific producer spends an hour mapping out the grimy underworld of electro, filled with hi-nrg daggers and futuristic pulses. 

Danny Daze - Moscow (Etapp Kyle & Tarra remix)
Overmono - BMW Track
Andrea - AuxL
Limit B - Triaxial
Decca - Untitled007
Chemical - Miranda Outpost
Nullptr - Logical
London Modular Alliance - Broken Remote
Steffi & Sepehr - The Hairy Otter
D_Roots - Miami
Taino - Del Campo
Konerytmi - Ajastin
214 Memory Modes 
Hiver - Sequential Circuits
Dream Cycle - Sonntags
Moy Orbit Cloud

SC: @214_electro
IG: 214_electronix
FB: https://www.facebook.com/214.electro

INCHMIX076: 214

Mr Stereo Image

Astral VIP - Dugong & Nipuna - Refuge Worldwide [10.11.23]

The second release of POSITIVLAND by Mancunian artist:

Faff
@ffaf

PSTVLND 002 - 04/01/2024
positivland.bandcamp.com/

Limited ≈200 copies in Black vinyl, 180g.
Very Limited 26 hand-numbered copies, Splatter vinyl 180g
* Release Limited Edition 25/01/2024

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Note from the artist:


Faff’s Scrapbook.ep

This record is a collection of tracks I made from the start of 2019 to the end of 2021. They all exist completely independent of each other. My intention while working on music during this time was to create a time capsule/memory album for me to remind myself of my moments with. I had a lot of different experiences and substantially changed during this time. The early tracks were made by a completely different person than the person typing this. Of the 6 tracks on this EP, only one of them was made with the knowledge that it would be put together with the others and released as one cohesive article.

I wanted to make music again after abandoning it for 3 years. One of these tracks marks the turning point where a projected pipe dream of determined mastery was cracked through by what the speaker cone did when piano roll blocks were placed intuitively for the first time. 

In this .ep, I present:

THE CONCEPT

In its disjointedness, this music has presented itself to me as a scrapbook. It is rough around the edges, vague in its sentiment, and has more of an emotional than abstract association. While brainstorming for visual ideas to package these tracks in, I spat a bunch of words into a GAN and the words might be useful for you to get a sense of the general themes:  “synthesizer drum machine back catalogue emotional syneasthesia-inducing dance music” “vibrant energy synthesiser music record” “faffing about analogue synth music maker colour-changing light experiment” “bedroom studio acid bass sentimental rave artisan” “braindance analogue synthesiser data catalogue metaphysical music” “psychedelic synthesiser contemplation heartfelt breakbeat lullabies” “reaction diffusion rephlex records melancholic analogue music journal” “cerebral rave chromatic anthem dirge synth memories” “tr-808 analogue rave cerebral music energy ritual”

There is a dualistic nature to this EP, as it is a highly organised arrangement of totally disparate tracks. They are all (except one) built inside a DAW, but largely featuring live performance recordings of analogue hardware. The recordings are then processed after the fact. Layers on layers of humanity and machine, analogue and digital, specificity and ambiguity. All of the tracks are also subjectively experienceable pieces of music, but they sit in an objective folder structure on my laptop. Each one also was ignited by a unique occasion, but absorbs new meanings and connotations as time flows through and around them. These polarised paradoxes are key to the idea of this EP. Even to have a concept EP assembled from standalone tracks without any uniting concept is an example of the intertwining of opposites. Visuals associated are DAW architecture, poorly managed cables in thrown-together bedroom studio, piles of photographs printed out, computer folder structure, MIDI information in piano roll/automation envelopes, synthesiser encoders and pots.

Buy it:)!!

Special thanks and love go to Weefween, Robert and Chloe 

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credits
release January 4, 2024

Written, composed and produced in Manchester, UK, by Faff.
Mastered in Groningen, the Netherlands, by Johanz Westerman at Balyhoo Studio Mastering.
Designed in Manchester, UK, by Faff + Weefween + Positivland.
Distributed from Sardinia, Italy, by Desslab.

www.desslab.net
www.positiv.land

Faff - Shallow Focus (Snippet)

Ravingman is one of Asphalt’s alma mater. More than a scholar, he is the school per se, and his archeological mixes are sonic cathedrals assembled with the building blocks of the ‘nuums knowledge. It’s no coincidence that on what is considered the saddest week of the year, we pay homage to the dark ages with this mix based on the intersection of jungle & hardcore also known as Darkcore.  	

To provide further clarity on the matter, Ravingman lit a candle, put on his cloak, and sharpened his quill: “My favorite moment of jungle’s genesis stands between 93 and 94, when a massive ecstasy intake led to a paranoia phase in which the euphoric sounds of rave turned into darkness, right before the advent of jungle and dnb. The once far away dystopian and paranoid future of 1994, has become after 30 years, today 's doomed present. A present rich in crowd controlling technologies, addiction to mobile devices and social media which ironically leads to antisocial behavior. The darker sounds of 93/94 are now 2024’s perfect soundtrack.

On top of well known architects such as Dilinja, Photek o 4hero, this mix features a second line of producers in the trio Intense, Dj Fokus, Essence of Aura, Tango, Love Dove Jay, Skanna and the legendary Studio Monroe for whom Pete Voyager Parsons sound engineered, as well as a bunch of obscure white-labels (pun intended). The mixing style, rich in breakdowns, effects and small insertions between tracks, is fully intentional, and crafted to emphasize the cinematic paranoia aspect of it. 

Darkcore got quickly buried when many of these producers migrated to greener pastures, -such as the jazz influenced jungle of 95-, while others simply retired. Nowadays, this sound is seeing the light again thanks to a flurry of represses that are bringing back darkness to a new generation. As a footnote, the duo Vex’D paid homage to the metallic and abrasive track Vexxed which is featured in this mix, but in a 2005 dubstep context. Its title became the blueprint for their moniker.” 

When the Ravingman preaches, we embrace the darkside. 

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The cover was shot by our black and white magician Vansalaman, who sent us a picture that could very well be paying posthumous homage to our revered Juan Mendez aka Silent Servant. His loss has caused absolute devastation in the community, and coincided with the reception of our darker podcast, in a rather macabre and horrendous turn of events.
Intense - The Genesis Project
Intense - Journey To The Unknown                                                               
Dj Fokus - Chillout                              
Dj Nut Nut + Pure Science - The Rumble (Boom Shaka Mix)                                     
Dj Fokus - Vexxed                                                                   
Essence Of Aura - Can I Dream (Doc Scott Remix)                                        
Love Dove Jay - Final Solution
Essence Of Aura - Never Trust Your Fantasy                                                  
Hans Solo - Thirteenth Chapter                                                         
Babylon Timewarp - I Come In Peace                                    
Thunderhead - Untitled                                                         
On Remand - Controllin' (Tango Remix)
Dj Gershwin - Solar Energy
Appaloosa - Planet Claire
Intense - The Dreamer
Intense - Para Time Continuem (Vip Dubplate Mix)

Asphalt Podcast 007 - Ravingman

P. U. aka The Transient Mind has been active in the Vienna underground scene since more than a decade. He's resident on Vienna's RES Radio, where he frequently invites locals and worldwide selectors to share his slots. 
He has, early since Maturre was founded, played many tracks of the label in different radio and podcast sessions, and has been always identified as a true supporter to the label. 
Later on, we've found out that he, apart of his dj business, was also creating his own music, as many short tracks were posted on soundcloud. We were smashed by those raw atmospheres & naive electronic orchestrations. It couldn't stay forever here. 
We got in contact to ask him if he'd be interested to finish those sketches in the perspective of having a release on the imprint. After monthes of work, here's "In hindsight, it may not have gone the way you hoped, but when it's all over, you will be fine", the first ever album of A Transient Mind.

In Hindsight, it may not have gone the way you hoped, but when it's all over, you will be fine

PRE-ORDERRRR

A Transient Mind - IN HINDSIGHT...  [MRR020] // Album Extracts

Emotional Spaces - CWTCH (Janvier 2024)

Music activism toward rock infused music in various club music gender. Breaking music boundaries with death metal head banging. Is it a guitar or a spirit?

TANKWART @ SC23 – 29.07.23

Starlight Cicadas

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Bandcamp

Rowans (Amaliah Remix) [Dusty]

POSITIVLAND. Records Made with Love (the One that Is In The Air)
London + Sant Joan de Mollet 

 Out now  12" Vinyl PSTVLND 02
by Faff
https://positivland.bandcamp.com/

Distributed from Sardinia, Italy, by Desslab.
www.desslab.net