PBX-27

1995: On the edge of one of the most expressive decades in electronic music, 
'Alien FM' gave birth to it's visionary sonic stew; A mixture of techno/electro/ambience and conception to the global ears world-wide. Then, disappeared without a trace (???). 2013: The signal has been Re-Activated....
 " Large Mechanics"   - Thunderous beats battle manic arps as the duo drop a vocal treatment on how its done, & how it is. Raw, Fast, and Massive.... Big tunage for a big return to the recording studio & dancefloors.

 " It's All About The Bangin"  - Keeping with the theme of the EP, the duo lay down a maximum big room monster intended for the last wallflower as well as the serious party-animal. Minimalistic 4x4 married to magical chords with the hot & cool vocal trade--off....Celebration Techno.

 " Large Mechanics (Modulation Dub Mix)  - Stripped & delivered proper by Detroit's own DJ K1. Straight, no chaser.
 " Alien FM Mantra (Station to Station ID)   - Not a track, but a vocal ID directly from the groups antenna/Used as a DJ tool voice over in sets.... Eerie broadcasted vocal concept and description left clear of music. A Puzzlebox recordings staple.

Large Mechanics - Alen Fm

Function Advance

For fans of the music that we promote Roel Funcken probably needs little introduction. A legend in his own right with releases dating back more than 23 years on labels such as n5MD, Ad Noiseam, Schematic, Analogical Force and his own imprints. Roel was also the organiser of the Mindcamp events in The Netherlands that featured the best IDM artists and is one of our biggest heroes and a true inspiration. Did you know Roel also makes beautiful paintings? The artwork for this mix is one example, but we urge you to check out his other works. 

The mix is an amazing collection of his own music and other artists that we're fans of, so we are more than happy with this contribution. Enjoy!

Tracklist (Artists - Trackname - [Label]):

1 Autechre - Kalpol Introl [Warp]
2 Ital Tek - Vanta [Planet Mu]
3 Audeka - Ignition Coil [MethLab]
4 Plaid - Cwtchr [Warp]
5 Karen Lust - 120 Classis [self / L50]
6 Scone & Initvoice - Little Off [Touched]
7 Roel Funcken – Prester Hynn EP [Funcken Industry]
8 Arovane - Foldt [n5MD]
9 Datassette- Zero Degrees Kelvin [Shipwrec]
10 Roel Funcken - Android Robson [Funcken Industry]
11 Autechre - Surripere	 [Warp]
12 Autophonic - Flets [Onrecords]
13 Deft - Bellyboy (Extended Instrumental Mix) [20/20]
14 Funckarma - Raud v2 [Funcken Industry]
15 Roel Funcken - Felting Bogrow [Stung Records]
16 Roel Funcken - Nefit Kraton [Funcken Industry]
17 Arovane - Scrai-n [n5MD]
18 Mr. Bill - Option Paralysis [Mau5trap]
19 JoeFarr - Spectate (Max Cooper Remix)[Leisure System]
20 Synkro & Arovane - Aspen [Apollo]
21 Duuster - Duuster & Donker (Funckarma Remix)[M-Tronic]
22. Ametsub - Sunglare Drive [Blueberry Records]
23 4msec. - rev [AMART]
24 Roel Funcken - Credence Barebones [Funcken Industry]
25 Roel Funcken - Ogden Morrow [Funcken Industry]
26 Quench - Kross	Dyn [U-Cover]
27 Ard Bit - 6002 [Lowriders]
28 Funckarma - Velvet [Funcken Industry / Sending Orbs]
29 Quench - Martar Cosmone [Touched]
30 Plaid - Maru [Warp]
31 Purl - Sagan (Kris Dubinsky's Journey) [Eternell] 
32 The Future Sound Of London - Dox 2 [Touched]
33 The Future Sound of London - Eggshell	[Virgin / Astralwerks]
34 Scone - Latuh [Funcken Industry]
35 Autechre - Characi [Warp]
36 Roel Funcken - Other Form of Matter (Erothyme rmx) [Touched]
37 Autechre - Rpeg [Warp]
38 Slidecamp - Realmsweeper [Glass Air Records]
39 Autechre - Speech3 (Autechre Mix) [Headphone]
40 Tekvision - Palaces [Drastic]
41 Grischa Lichtenberger - 12_11_13_Lv_1_C	 [Raster-Noton]
42 The Black Dog / Bilal - Merck [Warp]
43 Legiac - Hyoscyamine [Riddim Record Store]
44 James Shinra - Quickening [Analogical Force]
45 Aphex Twin - XMAS_EVET10 (Thanaton3 Mix) [Warp]
46 Erothyme - Silent Observers (Roel Funcken rmx) [Funck’d]
47 Kuedo - Memory Rain [Planet Mu]
48 exm - ignatio [Touched]
49 Max Fry x Hanz - Roaming [Night Owl Collective / Surreal]
50 Roel Funcken - Galatians Sundrone [Funck’d]
51 Tipper - Baleen [Tippermusic]
52 Trentemøller - Klodsmajor [Audiomatique]
53 LORN - Italics [Ninja Tune]
54 Roel Funcken - Nuclear Beta Decay [Funck’d]
55 Roel Funcken - Pead Bandorum [Funcken Industry]
56 Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman [Phantasy Sound]
57 Rival Consoles - Overflow [Erased Tapes]
58 Autechre - Montreal [Warp]
59 CharlestheFirst - Kirra
60 Oliver Dodd - Haumea [Detroit Underground]
61 Plaid - Zeal [Warp]
62 Trentemøller - The Forest [Audiomatique]
63 Whatsoul? - Kinesis [Renraku]
64 Roel Funcken - Spizm Ortaxx [Funcken Industry]
65 Ard Bit - Fiber [Symbolic Interaction]
66 LORN - DRAWN OUT LIKE AN ACHE [Wednesday Sound]
67 Woulg - Do I [MethLab Recordings]

featured artists:
@4msec @ametsub @ard-bit @arovane-1 @audeka @autechreofficial @charles-thefirst @danielavery @datashat @deft @erothyme @exmatproton @future-sound-of-london @grischa-lichtenberger @ital-tek @jamesshinra @joefarr_ux @kuedo @leisuresystem @mau5trap @mrbillstunes @oliverdodd @plaid @purl @tekvisionmusic @rivalconsoles @roelfuncken @slidecamp @synkro @tippermusic @trentemusic @woulgmusic

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Live version of the track "Scarborough Brutalist" from a live-set rehearsal recording in July 2023.

Scarborough Brutalist - Live Version

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 - Voicenote (Snippet)

ZOZIZSG

Mysterious Beds

210224 vers

Deep Koliis - Beyond Love

Not with a bang—
but like a machine giving up on its own code.

PulseVoid

Chasing Shadows

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