TRACKS

Written and produced by @hadji-hajj
Mastered by Bertrand Härdi
PRMSSS013
℗ & © 2021 Promesses

“'Promesses Vol. 1' is the first compilation of the label including 30 tracks by 40 different artists from all around the globe. Promesses’ founders built this release as their DJ sets with the aim of putting forward recent musical hybridizations from club anthems to etherial interludes. 'Promesses Vol. 1' is a good testimony of the current label work.

Here is the full list of the artists involved in the compilation: Alvva • Amor Satyr • Antoine 80 • Apulati Bien • Banshee • Boe Strummer • De Grandi • DJ BeBeDeRa • DJ Lycox • DJ Sustancia ft. Sassyggirl (prod. EL PLVYBXY) • DOUKKALA • err walou (prod. Alphonse Karr) • estoc ft. Miedo Total • Felix Lee • fetva • HAJJ • Heron Fischer • Jwles (prod. Mad Rey & V900) • Keiska • Kelman Duran • Loto Retina • Manuka Honey • Marcy Mane (prod. MRCHEEZL) • prise de risque (prod. Ezded) • Ragazza XXI • terrence reznik • tommy moisi • u o (prod. Tony Turbo & tumy) • Vica Pacheco • Yikii"

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HAJJ - Purifying Water... It's Your Blood

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"The influence and presence of trap and rap in dance/experimental is obviously massive, and the lines between genres are more blurred than ever. HAJJ, however, says this is a recent thing; “I find that the electronic scene in France is just starting to encourage the integration of this culture. Not so long ago people insulted me when I played rap/trap in my sets.”

The underpinning idea for this compilation brought electronic producers not explicitly of that world to unpick whatever boundaries remain and contribute tracks for a mixtape – while a few of the artists are more obviously ready to “play the game” and already make music which exists pretty close to this horizon, this has been a challenge to think creatively for a few of the other artists invited."
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Dawn2021

Pithe - In The Tube

TAR136

A thunderous cloud surrounds you, revealing a vision of the future you can't avoid. The sight of a virtual world disturbing yet gorgeous. 

NOCTURNERROR's "Concrete Links in the Virtual World" sees its full release on September 17th.

The debut single from NOCTURNERROR on TAR is out now.
@Nocturnerror

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Release date:
16 August 2021

Concrete Links in the Virtual World

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Nocturnerror - "Motion Sickness"

High digital warmly welcomes Zonaa for the final release of its CD series.
The Parisian producer makes a point of delivering a strong hybrid vision for his first outing under this alias, shifting from dark dnb to softer sonic adventures, diluting club heavy quantum leaps into psychedelic liquid.
Music made to be felt deep in your bones.

Music by @z_o_n_a_a
Mastering by @paulie-jan
Visual by Rembagram

Tidal Simulation

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IM095 - Infinite Machine 10 Years Compilation
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: December 3rd, 2021
Format: Digital

Celebrating 10 years of solidly cerebral club music releases, Infinite Machine is celebrating its first decade with an 19 -track compilation full of heat from label mainstays, new signees and some of the friends who helped them along the way. Infinite Machine was born out of a desire to run an dance imprint with the same DIY ethos as the hardcore/screamo labels that xWOLFx, IM's owner, was previously involved with. Over its decade-long lifespan, the label has rapidly evolved into a central figure within the hybrid dance music scene that’s formed on the internet; a place where dembow drum patterns can easily sit next to Sinogrime samples and dubstep sensibilities. In the last few years, as the label and it’s artists have matured, Infinite Machine’s output has taken a slightly cyberpunk turn, moving away from pure dance-floor slammers and towards more conceptual works which deal with our ultra-accelerated culture or soundtrack imagined off-planet worlds.

Some highlights from the release include Galtier’s ‘My Mess is a Face’, a real head-spinner full of granular synthesis and warped sample work. Later on in the comp, Bungalovv delivers a sensory delight with ‘Alacran’, a track so dense with layers of sound design it feels like you can sink your teeth into it. All Centre signee Duswunder pops up mid-way through the release with the frenetic and furious ‘Black Bile’ which is absolutely not a track to be missed. IDM upstart Daniel Ruane’s contribution ‘ZZZZZ’ is hypnotic perfection - one of those compositions that really has to be heard to be believed. Towards the end of the release, long-time Infinite Machine signee Yilan appears with ‘Cortisol’, another slow mind-bender of a track full of siren-like synths and rolling stutters of percussion. And rounding out proceedings is W3C’s ‘Templar’, a great example of the sort of forward-thinking music Infinite Machine loves to release. It’s a track rooted in club culture but, at the same time, transposed away from that context to some other-worldly space.

In an era of dance music consumption where genre trends or in-vogue labels can rapidly switch from flavour of the month to faint memories, this 10-year milestone is a testament to the independent label's unwavering enthusiasm for unearthing fresh talent and pushing our releases at a relentless pace, much like the hardcore labels xWOLFx previously ran. Three cheers for another decade of jaw dropping releases and Infinite Machine's commitment to the church of DIY.

Artwork by Benfika

Infinite Machine 10 Years Compilation

Only Now - Forged (IM095)

Guilde 2

I Know Wat U Fear

Hajj - I Know Wat U Fear

Liminal Spaces

Ryong - Heartbreaker

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Hajj - ♡ Of Darkness

Taken from SBKT057: mmph - Harvest

Release date: 26th April 2023

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It's been five years since Korean-born, Los Angeles-based sound designer and composer Sae Heum Han, aka mmph, released his last EP Serenade on the Tri Angle label in flurry of activity. "Harvest" arrives after an unintentional pause; three years ago, Han was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that immediately changed his priorities. Bedridden and exhausted from medication, he was only able to work on music for around an hour each day - the rest of his time was swallowed by rest and precarious trips to hospital in the midst of a global pandemic. Now in remission, Han looks back on this period as a time of emotional evolution where the ideas behind "Harvest" could be unravelled. The album emerges from his desire to reconnect with the Korean music he heard when he was growing up in Seoul, using these discernible timbres as building blocks to decorate with his advanced palette of electronic sounds and processes.

Han's music has always balanced precariously between the rigor of classical training and the relative open-endedness of electronic experimentation. This duality is still present on "Harvest", but Han's canvas has widened slightly. He continues to blur the line between the traditional and the modern, emulating and mirroring Korean instruments with synthesizers and sound design elements, and blending them with acoustic sounds and live percussion samples. But where his previous records and scoring work highlighted his ability to weave baroque forms into tight, contemporary sonic tapestries, this album adds the drama, yearning and spirituality of folk. On 'Dialogue' for example, pitch-warped traditional vocals twist through an ensemble of bizarre future-ancient sounds; fluttering strings dissolve into spiked percussive barbs and synthesized wails cut through walls of industrial noise.

'Spirit' follows quickly, coaxing listeners into a trance state with its flurry of microtonal string plucks and irregular percussion. Han is a master of breath control, letting his brief moments of negative space interrupt any expected regularity and guide the track away from electronic music's expected grid. This just about prepares the ground for the title track, a labyrinthine maze of dramatic compositional motifs and dizzying sonics that mutates from gugak forms into a cacophony of pneumatic blast beats before snapping back. From here the album lurches towards the dancefloor for a moment, absorbing and contorting cantankerous club rhythms on 'Avnue' and 'Moon Jar', slowing to a crawl on 'Harvest II'. Despite hijacking its theme from the title track's blast beat section, it transforms into a ballad, acting as a fittingly tearjerking finale.

The record is rounded off by a trio of remixes that draw Han further into the SVBKVLT family. Egyptian producer ABADIR chops up 'Harvest' and reassembles it into a jerky banger, extracting its dancefloor potential and evolving hardstyle thuds into spectral concertina flexes. 'Moon Jar' meanwhile is turned into twitchy trance by Shade Seoul's NET GALA, and Yen Tech stitches together 'Avnue' and 'Dialogue', creating an anxious backdrop that shuttles mmph's android folk to the modern metropolis.

Artwork by Sae Heum Han
Mastered by Raphael Valensi

Harvest

mmph - Harvest

Written and produced by @hadji-hajj
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℗ & © 2023 Promesses

"'Promesses Vol. 3' is the third compilation of the label including 31 tracks by 44 different artists from all around the globe. This release is built like the previous ones: a long abstract narrative journey composed of eclectic passages from ambient ballads to deconstructed pop club anthems. 'Promesses Vol. 3' is a good testimony of the current label work.

Here is the full list of the artists involved in the compilation: abel31 • ACAB (@_@) ROOKIE • Agazero • Amazondotcom • AYEGY • Baby Pantera • Bianca Scout • blastah & DRVGジラ • bod [包家巷] • Brodinski & Modulaw • Broosnica • Dviance • HAJJ • Jorrdan • Kelman Duran & Ans M • LacopinedeFlipper (prod. Amor Fati) • Lili Castiglioni & Vilhelm. • Mda (prod. ambeats) • metaki (prod. Hugo Calcio) • Nafftero • pam3 (prod. more eaze) • ptite soeur • Ragazza XXI • Safety Trance • salome (prod. Dviance) • Sébastien Forrester & Apulati Bien • Taraneh • TTristana & Miss Jay • Uliss (prod. Idée Noire & Jorrdan) • u o & lazza gio (prod. les angelos) • Yaka"

HAJJ - Life as a Death Ritual

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Vox Tenebrae
Our Lady Of Darkness
Loosing U 4 ever
Reverse Catharsis
I Tried To Tell Ya Somethin' Through This Fucking Phone (VIP)
Reflections On Repulsiveness
Unreleased
I Know Wat U Fear
Rage Of Empire
♡ Of Darkness
Unreleased
Unreleased
Unreleased
Unreleased
Drag Me Into The Void

Pic by Clyde Arcalis at Cosmic Charolais 2K22

"DARKNESS FINDS HOME WITH U" LIVE 2K22

RONCE - CRÈVE
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Produced by Zoë Villerd
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Photos by Gabriel Cautain
Design by @hadji-hajj
Dawn 2023

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CRÈVE OR PAY

Ronce - All Girls Are Special (ft Hajj)

Darkness Finds Home With U (GhostPhone008)

Key To The Imagination, Pt. 3

Tzusing / M.E.S.H. — Split
Format: 12"
Cat.No: PAN 95
Release Date: 19 February 2019 
Purchase: https://bit.ly/2U0NNMw

Tzusing and PAN mainstay M.E.S.H. join forces for a club-ready split EP, the first white label in a new series.

Limited to 300 copies, hand stamped, no repress.

This EP is mastered by Jeremy Cox

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B1. M.E.S.H. - Atemlos (PAN 95)

In April 2019 improvising lyricist, producer and sound artist Elvin Brandhi  moved into the 'Villa' in Kampala Uganda working on a collaborative album with several artists from the Nyege Nyege collective.

 Auto-tune blast beats from field recordings of Evangelist churches, the swamps surrounding the studios, with warped drums by Kampala based percussionist Omutaba, improvised stream of consciousness lyrics from local rappers Hakim and Swordman Kitala, with glitched out bassy productions with Boutiq Studio manager Don Zilla and Congolese producer Oise. This new project called Viillaelvin is the  first full LP to be released on Hakuna Kulala.

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⚑ 21.06.24 PSSNGR x Professeur Promesses x Hark Records @ Hark Records (FR) w/ Ohjeelo, Pö, SPMDJ, DJ Eskro141, Jess b2b Squalo
⚑ 21.06.24 Volume 7th Birthday @ Volume (FR) w/ Sexe Caniculaire, Julpii, Daviaa
⚑ 13.07.24 Professeur Promesses x Petit Bain @ Petit Bain (FR) w/ Six Sex, Creamy G

✞ ✞ ✞ ✞ ✞ PAST GIGS ✞ ✞ ✞ ✞ ✞
⚐ 07.05.24 Jeune Lennon "Petit Ange" release party @ Point Éphémère (FR) w/ Jeune Lennon, Waralu
⚐ 28.05.24 Meth Math @ Badaboum (FR) w/ Meth Math
⚐ 25.05.24 Open Air Promesses @ La Cité Fertile (FR)
⚐ 04.05.24 Meta Night @ Meta [Marseille] (FR) w/ Le Frit, guerre maladie famine
⚐ 27.04.24 Zawa Show @ La Station (FR) w/ Rima Hassan, Pacôme Thiellement, Rowjay, Implaccable, Mystique, Casscendres, Raz 404
⚐ 22.03.24 Professeur Promesses 32 @ La Station (FR) w/ Mechatok, Brodinski b2b qoso, fetva
⚐ 01.03.24 Professeur Promesses x Isengard Guilde @ Beursschouwburg [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ Donna Candy, tommy moisi, Lilo
⚐ 26.01.24 Dabadaba [San Sebastián] (ES) w/ Baby Pantera, LaMia Mari
⚐ 19.01.24 Professeur Promesses 31 @ La Marbrerie (FR) w/ Lechuga Zafiro, DJ SOSA RD, Syqlone, Amor Fati, SPMDJ
⚐ 13.01.24 Professeur Promesses x Isengard Guilde @ Recyclart [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ Brodinski, Sarra Wild, Ariane Kiks
⚐ 01.12.23 Professeur Promesses x Baby Pantera @ Petit Bain (FR) w/ Gloosito, Timothée Joly, Laura Trance, Baby Pantera
⚐ 10.11.23 Professeur Promesses 30 @ La Station (FR) w/ Implaccable, umru, Tsip
⚐ 03.11.23 - Éditions Gravats x Fondation Petya Sasser Rike (FR) w/ Violeta West, Amor Fati, Pam
⚐ 19.10.23 La Banda Nova @ Badaboum (FR) w/ Yuksek, IAMBP
⚐ 30.09.23 Ici c'est Prairie @ La Prairie du canal (FR) w/ Zoomy, Mystique, Ohjeelo
⚐ 23.09.23 H3 Records @ Point Éphémère (FR) w/ bnvsky, Elio
⚐ 21.09.23 Paris Electronic Week @ Parc de la Villette (FR)
⚐ 15.09.23 Mini Club x Professeur Promesses @ Le Sucre [Lyon] (FR) w/ Kelman Duran
⚐ 25.08.23 Global System x Professeur Promesses @ La Machine (FR) w/ Safety Trance, miss sheitana, Franssouax
⚐ 09.07.23 - Peacock Society @ Parc-de-Choisy (FR) w/ DJ Python, DJ Sustancia, Ragazza XXI
⚐ 07.07.23 - Éditions Gravats x Fondation Petya Sasser Rike @ Le Sample (FR) w/ Clara!, Céline Gillain, Pam, Clara le Meur
⚐ 30.06.23 - Fuego @ Razzmatazz [Barcelona] (ES) w/ Taichu, Blue Canariñho
⚐ 23.05.23 Originators @ La Station (FR) w/ Debby Friday, Joya Blaauw
⚐ 18.05.23 - Nuits Sonores @ Le Sucre [Lyon] (FR) 
⚐ 13.05.23 - L'Extra Festival @ La Vapeur [Dijon] (FR) 
⚐ 12.05.23 - Professeur Promesses 29 @ Petit Bain (FR) w/ Sassyggirl, Amor Satyr b2b Siu Mata, Lili Castiglioni
⚐ 22.04.23 - Phonographe Corp @ La Rotonde (FR) w/ Mystique, Boule de Crystal
⚐ 31.03.23 - Professeur Promesses 28 @ La Machine (FR) w/ Florentino, Brodinski b2b Modulaw, Toxe, Marcy Mane, Baby Pantera, LEGIT GIRL DJ b2b vendredear
⚐ 18.02.23 - Dancehall Fusion @ La Gravière [Genève] (CH) w/ Bony Fly, miss sheitana, Mânaa
 ⚐ 12.02.19 - Schiev Festival @ Beursschouwburg [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ Isengard, Mid Fish, Rebel Up, Boomerang
⚐ 03.02.23 - abel31 "200" release party @ Point Éphémère (FR) w/ abel31, Lili Castiglioni, Vilhelm., Tony Seng, IA00111
⚐ 18.01.23 - B93 @ Le Sample (FR)
⚐ 14.01.23 - Professeur Promesses 27 @ La Station (FR) w/ Albany, Low Jack, abel31, Marara Kelly
⚐ 25.11.22 - Trill @ Razzmatazz [Barcelone] (ES) w/ La Diabla
⚐ 24.11.22 - Cero en Conducta @ Independance Club [Madrid] (ES) w/ Baby Pantera, Nasty Dalsy, Asra3
⚐ 19.11.22 - Professeur Promesses x Isengard Guilde @ Recyclart [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ blastah, miss sheitana, guerre maladie famine, Gomar
⚐ 28.10.22 - Slagwerk @ La Station (FR) w/ Oli XL, Golin, estoc, Club Eat, Dida, Otis
⚐ 07.10.22 - Professeur Promesses 26 @ Le Chinois (FR) w/ Kelman Duran, angsty camboyz revenge, Betty
⚐ 26.08.22 - Mirage Machine x Professeur Promesses @ La Machine (FR) w/ Mystique, Brava
⚐ 06.08.22 - Rinse France @ La Prairie du canal (FR) w/ Perreo Supremo, Pony Sirena, Rebequita
⚐ 16.07.22 - Dour Festival [Dour] (BE) 
⚐ 02.07.22 - Bal des Beaux-Arts @ Beaux-Arts de Paris (FR)
⚐ 24.06.22 - Summer Solstice Party @ Espace Triphasé [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ Flo Canté, Soumaya Phéline, Harold Lechien, Jujulove, Slut.com
⚐ 10.06.22 - Professeur Promesses 25 @ La Machine (FR) w/ La Zowi, Tash LC, Feadz, Evanora:Unlimited, tommy moisi, Apulati Bien, Ragazza XXI b2b acabesitos
⚐ 14.05.22 - Matéo Garcia (Private party) [Ivry] (FR) w/ Colin Johnco, SPMDJ, Zulu, Danse-Toujours, Gabriel Margeurie, ANDCL, DAF
⚐ 18.12.21 - Le Marché des Copains @ Atelier Commode (FR)
⚐ 05.11.21 - Professeur Promesses 24 @ La Machine (FR) w/ Yung Beef, Brodinski, winnterzuko, Clara! b2b miss sheitana
⚐ 25.09.21 - The Floor is Lava @ Morpho (FR) w/ Bengala
⚐ 17.07.20 - ZDA [Cévennes] (FR)
⚐ 28.03.20 - Professeur Promesses 23 @ La Java (FR) w/ Marcy Mane, Simo Cell, Azamat B b2b Bob Sleigh [Canceled]
⚐ 13.02.20 - Zoo Party 1 @ L’International (FR) w/ Dante Sito, 162
⚐ 31.01.20 - Professeur Promesses 22 @ La Java (FR) w/ La Goony Chonga, Clara!, Graal
⚐ 25.01.20 - La Machine 10 ans @ La Machine (FR) w/ DJ Marcelle, Stellar OM Source, Ploy, Clara! Y Maoupa
⚐ 31.12.19 - NYE AKU & 54 @ Toestand [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ De Grandi
⚐ 30.11.19 - Professeur Promesses 21 @ La Java (FR) w/ Jorrdee, Bea Pelea, Boe Strummer, Alvva
⚐ 08.11.19 - Offprint @ Beaux-Arts de Paris (FR) w/ 10lec6, Mad Rey
⚐ 26.10.19 - Looping Festival @ Le Chinois (FR) w/ Emma DJ, Security DJ
⚐ 04.10.19 - Professeur Promesses 20 @ La Java (FR) w/ La Zowi, Betty, Amor Satyr
⚐ 14.09.19 - Kho-nnection 2 @ Gambetta Club [FR] w/ Beurette Sentimentale
⚐ 29.08.19 - Festival Milieux @ Saint-Henri [Payra-sur-l'Hers] (FR)
⚐ 10.08.19 - Qui Embrouille Qui Festival @ La Station (FR)
⚐ 08.08.19 - Apéroad @ Le Sucre [Lyon] (FR) w/ Amor Satyr, Apulati Bien
 ⚐ 12.07.19 - Detroit City Audioguide @ Point Éphémère (FR) w/ DJ Roran, DJ Kaine, Manuel M 
⚐ 06.07.19 - The Peacock Society Festival @ Parc Floral de Vincennes (FR) w/ Octavian, Derrick May, DJ Stingray, Crystallmess
 ⚐ 29.06.19 - Friche la Belle de Mai [Marseille] (FR) w/ Rincon Sapiência, Amor Satyr, T9 RJ & Blo
 ⚐ 27.06.19 - Bal des 4’arts @ Beaux-Arts de Paris (FR) w/ DJ Pab
 ⚐ 21.06.19 - Studio X8 Block @ Au Fil du Temps (FR) w/ Him$, Mad Rey, Adriano Bico, Marcel, Doukkala
 ⚐ 07.06.19 - Festival Milieux @ L’International (FR) w/ Jwles, Paul Marmota, Amor Satyr, T9 RJ, JOLOTL
⚐ 24.05.19 - Bisou @ Le Gambetta Club (FR) w/ Belec
 ⚐ 03.05.19 - Professeur Promesses 19 @ La Java (FR) w/ Kelman Duran, Mad Rey, Pira Pora, terrence_31, Doukkala 
⚐ 30.03.19 - Rinse France @ La Station (FR) w/ Beau Mot Plage, Varoslav, Big Brothers
 ⚐ 29.03.19 - Biennale Internationale Design @ ESAD [St-Étienne] (FR)
⚐ 23.03.19 - Professeur Promesses 18 @ La Java (FR) w/ Ms Nina, Vanyfox, Crabbe, Muevelo 
⚐ 21.03.19 - Plage Club @ Artem [Nancy] (FR) w/ Ms Nina, Plage Club
⚐ 20.03.19 - Sous L’Train @ Badaboum (FR) w/ Amor Satyr, Sottoh, Moku John, Andy 4000
 ⚐ 09.03.19 - Mega Nouveau Perreo @ Beursschouwburg [Bruxelles] (BE) w/ Ms Nina, Pedrolito, Max le Daron
 ⚐ 09.02.19 - Pedro Booking @ Point Éphémère (FR) w/ coucou chloe, Epsilove, Cracki 
⚐ 08.02.19 - Nova Mix Club @ Badaboum (FR) w/ Jess & Crabbe, Vanyfox, Mobbs 
⚐ 31.01.19 - Le 9b (FR) w/ Bob Sleigh 
⚐ 18.01.19 - Professeur Promesses 17 @ L’International (FR) w/ Dj Lycox, Felix Hall, Mobbs

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HAJJ - Purifying Water... It's Your Blood

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