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Hissarlik - Daily Life (Tronik Youth Remix)

Feels Like Forever

Rhode & Brown - Back 2 U

http://soundcloud.com/italobrutalo
http://soundcloud.com/bungalo-disco
🛒 https://italobrutalo.bandcamp.com/album/heartware
🔊 https://youtu.be/9D5l9dhAEK4

A tale of paramount love for machines and the inextinguishable power of subjugation that lies in these button-studded boxes teeming with cabled bowels that feel so intimidating to the uninitiated, Italo Brutalo's longed-for debut album "Heartware" is a 12-track voyage across 25 years of intense synth collecting, fiddling, composing and endless loving for audio synthesis and the art of how robots make human bodies jack.

Throughout the twelve cuts that compose "Heartware", a feeling of retro-gazing, candidly playful glee prevails. Looking right in the eye of the era when dazzling flipper visuals and static-filled VHS glitches reigned supreme, Italo Brutalo invites us to witness first-hand his own textbook smorgasbord of fast-wheeling arpeggios and vocodized hoodoo ("Heartware", "Reach Horizon"), dystopian digital sunsets by the beach ("I Feel Lonely"), early hip-hop-informed whackin' n' thumpin' ("Analog Bars") and the slo but hard churn of a robot heist score ("Nobody Moves").

A lush tapestry of woozy exotic pads set in contrast with a deft and aggro drum programming ("As Above So Below"), followed by a new-beat oriented hammer-drop that shall leave no raver unscathed ("Heat of the Knight"), Italo Brutalo shifts the scope to radical effect whilst maintaining that cohesive headspace flush with the iconic 80s-to-90s-sourced assets. The hardware used in the making of "Heartware" is obviously the star here, and the inner sleeve pays tribute to that: the ideas behind the album have been there waiting to find their way out for over twenty years!

From adrenalin-boosting fractals of keyboard razzle-dazzle ("Chemical Element") to straight out pumping EBM primed for hi-octane mosh pits down the basement ("You Are Welcome"), via polyrhytmic percs-driven assaults and sizzling hot synth-smithery ("Into a Sampler"), the pressure levels never falter. Yet, Italo Brutalo sure knows how to weave further oneiric, softer narratives for your mind to frolic in unhindered ("Dream Machine") and rounds it all off with a total, space-opera'esque epic bound to have you spinning out of orbit into the great unknown ("Eternia"). 

"Heartware" is released in a neat double-vinyl gatefold package presenting the concept and machines involved in its making, including a twelve-page booklet featuring Italo Brutalo's key pieces of gear.

PREMIERE: Italo Brutalo - Analog Bars [Bungalo Disco]

The Lille-based label Enlace Records welcomes young and promising producer Laure for its forthcoming release. The interesting “A Confused Mind” comes to life with three well-constructed originals and two insightful remixes made with love by LESSSS and Zaatar زَعْتَر (SXDNS332) and kicks the doors of the dance floors with its bold and energetic attitude. Hailing from Paris, Laure devotes herself to not fluffy genres: From IDM to Industrial Techno with a touch of Acid is what drives her sets and productions. Harshness with a proper dose of emotion and progressiveness define her sonority.

The track we were solicited to premiere/review comes from the mind of another young and promising French talent: Zaatar زَعْتَر is also a member of the dark side of music club. Her debut piece on La Bonne Fête drew the attention of the Indie Dance/Dark Disco community and kicked off her producing career in style.

Her revision of “Messy Thoughts” brings the theme to a more EBM realm – get used to it, that’s how she likes it. With a raw and intense atmosphere, Zaatar’s interpretation comes with heavy doses of darkness and misbehaviour provoked mainly by its robust bassline, a menacing synth layer, and a sort of melodic gait.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://enlacerecords.bandcamp.com/music

Follow @laure_official, @zaatar_music and @enlacerecords, peeps!

PREMIERE385 // Laure - Messy Thoughts (Zaatar زَعْتَر Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/parissior
https://soundcloud.com/espaciocielo
🛒 https://espaciocielo.bandcamp.com/album/say-we-want-a-revolution
🔊 https://youtu.be/w8s-W7vaBcM

Label boss Parissior presents his second Espacio Cielo EP. A fresh selection of tracks that have been kept unreleased since pandemic started. "Say We Want a Revolution", "Salvation" and "Time to Think" show the musical concerns of the Spanish producer, each track deriving finto different styles: Dark Disco, Acid Techno, Breaks..

Remixes are in charge of two great friends of the label: Disco Mortale (Daniel Monaco) and Guyd.  Each one bringing different versions of “Say We Want a Revolution”: Disco Mortale  drives into EMB sounds and air snares while the second one mantains the Dark DIsco feel in a very well balanced remix.

Tracklist:

1. Parissior - Say We Want a Revolution feat Mike Sacchetti (Original Mix)
2. Parissior - Salvation (Original Mix)
3. Parissior - Tiempo para Pensar (Original Mix) 
4. Parissior - Say We Want a Revolution feat Mike Sacchetti (Disco Mortale EBM Remix) 
5. Parissior - Say We Want A Revolution feat Mike Sacchetti (Guyd Remix)

PREMIERE: Parissior - Tiempo para Pensar [Espacio Cielo]

James Rod brings us another set of re-edits that draw on the late 70s/early 80s glory days of Italo and cosmic disco. The precise source material will have to remain unidentified this time out, but any crossword buffs reading this will have no doubt already spotted which legendary Italian producer's name 'More Dore' is very nearly an anagram of, so that's a start! Elsewhere, 'Reinhood Times' is a very Euro in feel and will appeal to fans of artists like Goldfrapp, Moloko or Christine & The Queens with its angular synth-pop and ice queen vocal, while the pulsing, throbbing and surprisingly pacey 'L'Amoure' plays us out in classic Italo style.

James Rod - More Dore Love ( Rework )

Blip Service - Pink Daddy
BUY LINK: https://dancingfamilyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pink-daddy
Label: Dancing Family (https://soundcloud.com/user-51780230)
Release date: October 14, 2022

Blip Service signs his second EP on London based family-run label and events company Dancing Family. Pink Daddy carries with it 4 cuts dedicated to showcase different spectrums of pumping House Music.

From deep spaced out undertones to energetic production with rolling acid baselines and synth heavy melodies this marks a solid follow up from the producer's debut, 'Hothouse'.

Boasting previous support from Foundation FM resident Helena Star and Los Angeles' thriving electronic music platform Dirty Epic, the British producer delivers 4 new infectious dance-floor ready tracks.

Listen to and discover Pink Daddy, Freaks, Silver and Water Sign for extended cuts that sway effortlessly between galactic soundscapes and percussive danceable grooves.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Blip Service - Water Sign

https://soundcloud.com/que-sakamoto
https://soundcloud.com/fufu_records
🛒 www.fufurecords.com
🔊 https://youtu.be/ecYLJdq_X0c

For the 7th compilation, FuFu Records gathered 8 artists from 6 different Asian countries.

FuFu Records A&R (@MLCH) presents ‘88 - Double Happiness’ project, a compilation series of 8 tracks from Asian electronic music artists.

88 - Double Happiness comprises a mix of well-known artists and emerging talented producers who are showcasing the new sounds of Asia. It sonically explores the electronic musical scene coming all the diversity
of Asian countries.

Each artist brought their own flavour to the compilation with their unique sounds and dance-worthy beats.

In 2022, FuFu Records will partner with a new NGO to help the reduction of plastic in the ocean, particularly focusing on a project in Indonesia with the NGO Seven Clean Seas: plastic offsetting (https://www.sevencleanseas.com/)

2 USD will represent 1KG removed from Indonesian oceans/beaches... and it will be also used to pay the Indonesian people who remove all the wastes and to teach them correctly.

88 - Double Happiness: Enjoy the music and Support a good cause!

Tracklist: 

1. Guohan - Time Ft. Pete Beardsworth (China)
2. Saint Guel - Going On (Philippines)
3. Que Sakamoto+NT Feat. Karen sin Remedio – Omikoshi (Japan)
4. DOTT - Backfire Of The Mesmeric (Thailand)
5. JNS – Empty Dream (South Korea)
6. Moebius - We're Fucked (India)
7. Ken Bangun - Shake Up (Unknown)
8. Natsumi Hirota - Woven Bamboo (Japan)

PREMIERE: Que Sakamoto+NT Feat. Karen Sin Remedio - Omikoshi [FuFu Records]

Samo Records is happy to welcome back Neud Photo to the catalogue, he was featured on our “Sphere” compilation. He delivers three of his signature leftfield-acid-new beat tracks. 

Remix treatments by Fabrizio Mammarella with his acid 303 driving sound for “Let the Meat Cake”, along with Factor City’s Undo on a hypnotic/ trancey take on “Moth Breeder”. 

“Boca A Boca” by Neud Photo is out on Samo Records Oct 14, 2022.

All tracks produced by Neud Photo
Artwork by Greta Haga

Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/samorecs

https://www.facebook.com/neudphoto

https://soundcloud.com/mammarella

Soundcloud: 
https://soundcloud.com/samorecords

https://soundcloud.com/neudphoto

https://www.facebook.com/fabmammarella

Buy link:
https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/boca-a-boca

PREMIERE: Neud Photo - Let The Meat Cake (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix)

out on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/back-on-the-motorway

Lusca, Montessori - Into The Seventh Circle

Everything we see in the world around us has a shape. Auren joins our catalogue with the Electrically Shaped EP. This four tracker is ready to explode on each dance floor all around the globe. Fat basslines, broken rhythms and weird vocals will set your shoes on fire. Great for that peak time at a club. But it could also be broadcast through speakers at a church.

Electrically Shaped EP

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Auren - Exit Is The Underground

https://soundcloud.com/dj_parallel
https://soundcloud.com/inflectrecords
🛒 https://inflectrecords.bandcamp.com/album/khronos
🔊 https://youtu.be/jLltAP6WHXc

Inflect Records is very content in presenting you their second various artist compilation release - Khronos. The album name implies the concept of time and the tracks reflect different timelines. The energy varies across the release with each artist's interpretation. From groovy drums and gritty basslines to vibrant vocal cuts. Khronos is enriched with charismatic pieces from experienced electronic music producers. Embrace yourself in a timeless sense of motion throughout this collective album.

Tracklist:

1. Globemaster - Broken
2. Ducati Flux - Trixter
3. Verum Grimoire - Don't Fall Asleep
4. Empathy Slow - Already Here
5. Gianmaria Gamberini - Venere
6. Parallel - Control Drama

PREMIERE: Parallel - Control Drama [Inflect Records]

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from ROTCIV. Passion is an undying undefeatable force amongst these 5 International artists on the 23rd release on Curses' Ombra INTL. From new beat to proto-punk acid body music, the label's 23rd release features tracks from ROTCIV, Jorkes & NIKKNAME, John Parsley and Agle, taking passion to the maximum levels of incarnate infinite bliss. Today we present the acid injected body music heater "Dancity" from the Brazilian artist.

Out October 22nd on Bandcamp. Pre-order: https://ombrainternational.bandcamp.com/album/ombra-intl-023-passion-incarnate-2

@rotciv
@ombrainternational

PREMIERE: ROTCIV - Dancity [Ombra INTL 023]

Audio Soul Project - Spirit Repair Remixes
BUY LINK: https://audiosoulprojectofficial.bandcamp.com/
Label: Fresh Meat Records (https://soundcloud.com/fresh-meat-records)
Release Date: 28 October 2022
https://soundcloud.com/audiosoulproject https://soundcloud.com/chris-udoh

The Spirit Repair EP by Audio Soul Project was released in 2000. The a-side cut ‘Back To Joy’ gained most of the attention back then, licensed no less than 30 times to third-party labels and in heavy rotation by DJs across the musical spectrum. You could say the track put ASP on the map, and you wouldn’t be wrong. The other tracks on the EP got love too, with many deep house types name checking ‘Gettin’ Tha Feeling’ as one of their all time faves.

The goal of this remix project has been to find music makers that make our hearts skip today, who also have a special place in their hearts for the original Spirit Repair EP. Mission accomplished with DJ Mes, Chris Udoh, and Geto Mark.

West Coast house stalwart DJ Mes jumped at the opportunity of remixing Back To Joy. We love his productions and his fantastic label Guesthouse Music, so we were delighted to have him take a swing at the track. He must’ve grabbed the biggest bat in his closet, cause what he sent back is a fire and brimstone, ‘take the dancefloor to church’ stomper. Mes uses many of the original track elements and vocals, adding his own drums and bassline, a dynamic arrangement, and a righteous preacher vocal that asks us to feel the spirit and dance. Amen!

Pittsburgh native and Wamdue Kids alum, Chris Udoh turns in a remix of Gettin’ Tha Feeling. He mutates most of the original elements into a collage-like construction reflecting where he is today sonically and what he loves about the original track. Udoh is a producer of storied pedigree and his skills come through in the sweet mood of his shuffled reincarnation of Gettin’ Tha Feeling. He adds a spoken word about the importance of honesty in the act of creation. There’s a psychedelic nature to the way Udoh has pulled and twisted on the original elements; a layered accruing groove, with filtered waveforms, and continually morphing rhythms. This is Udoh in full command of his talents.

The final track of the EP ‘Say Yeah’ gets the Geto Mark treatment with an assist from one of the original producers of Spirit Repair, Mazi Namvar. Mark has been reviving the Chicago 90s ghetto / booty house sound with a slew of recent productions and remixes on labels like Bunkaball, Ghetto Rhythm Composers, and Jackinthebox. He’s gotten the seal of approval from the OG ghetto luminaries like DJ Deeon, DJ Milton, and DJ Urban. You’re either gonna get this version or you're not. Chicago Ghetto House can be called many things, but ‘subtle’ is not one of them. This 130 BPM, 909/808, SH101 beast is either going to have your dancefloor uncontrollably shaking their tailends or have people throwing drinks at you. Play at your own discretion.

PREMIERE : Audio Soul Project - Gettin' Tha Feeling (Chris Udoh Remix)

🕯 Special for Halloween 🕯

Go get it here for free: 
https://hysteric-edits.bandcamp.com/track/freak-it-out-mr-d-j-hysteric-edit

Free D/L

Freak It Out Mr. DJ (Hysteric edit) D/L WAV

From the back of the theatre stalls, she watched intensely, unable to tear her gaze away from the performance playing out on stage. The group of dancers moved so effortlessly, as if they were floating on air. Their limbs intertwined with one another creating beautiful shapes and figures upon the white backdrop; each silhouette as elegant as the next. She was totally beguiled by their movement, how their motion was so attuned - it felt like they were one entity, weightlessly flowing in unison.

Kalam Hub marks the fifth release on Palms Trax's Cooking With Palms Trax (CWPT) label, a platform for his own music and like-minded contemporaries. Conceived by Dublin-based producer Moving Still, the six-track EP continues his sonic exploration of his Saudi Arabian and Irish heritage that we've previously heard on a stellar collection of 12" edits and releases for Jive Hive and Nail Shop. A master of melody and rhythm, Moving Still marries traditional Middle Eastern melodies and tight, driving bass lines with a sprinkling of his varied influences from Italo and dub to breakbeat and electro.

Kalam Hub EP [CWPT]

PREMIERE: Moving Still - My Bosa Is For You [CWPT]

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* Pre-order:  https://tigerbalmmusic.bandcamp.com/album/waiheke

Having recently opened her account on Ubiquity Records with the brilliant, Bali-inspired single ‘Kete’, Rose Robinson returns as Tigerbalm with another snapshot of her forthcoming debut album, International Love Affair. As with its predecessor, ‘Waiheke’ gleefully blurs the boundaries between contemporary club music and the rising star’s love of rhythms and musical cultures from around the world.

All of the tracks on International Love Affair were specifically inspired by places Robinson has visited pre and post-pandemic. ‘Waiheke’ is no exception, with Robinson starting work on the track following an inspirational trip to the Flamingo Pier festival on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.

Once again, the track is rooted in the London-based producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist’s deep love of delay-laden 21st century disco, organic house and deep electronic club cuts. Pairing these influences with African-influenced percussion and sampled chants, Robinson delivers a sparkling fusion of Afro-cosmic and dubbed-out nu-disco rich in sparkling synth sounds and warm, weighty bass.

Appropriately, Robinson’s original Tigerbalm take on ‘Waiheke’ is backed with a wealth of inspired remixes tailored to tantalise and tease a variety of dancefloors. The headline-grabbing remix comes from fellow ‘world dance’ fusionists Alma Negra, whose organic sounding, loose-limbed rework adds dubbed-out synth, guitar and vocal snippets to rolling Afro-disco beats and a faithful rendition of Robinson’s brilliant bassline.

Semi-Delicious founder Demi Riquisimo, a rising star of the London deep and tech-house scenes, delivers a wonderfully spacey, tactile revision in his distinctive style, wrapping echoing sci-fi synths, intergalactic chords and chanted vocal snippets over a subtly acid-flecked house groove, while Quartz opts for a stripped-back, new wave-goes-dub-disco flex on a revision that sounds like a long-lost B-side from a sought-after early ‘80s post-punk single.

PREMIERE: Tigerbalm -  Waiheke (Demi Riquisimo Remix)

Artist: Krishna Goineau (Liaisons Dangereuses) feat. MCL
Track: Silent Servant Edit - La Dance
Release: 80's Tapes
Cat: IMO11
Label: ITALO MODERNI
Release date: 4 November
Format: VINYL + Digital
Pre-order: https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/krishna-goineau-liaisons-dangereuses-feat-mcl-80s-tapes

DT PREMIERE: Krishna Goineau Feat. MCL - La Dance (Silent Servant Edit) [Italo Moderni] (2022)

https://soundcloud.com/kimannfoxman
https://soundcloud.com/yourpalthewiz
https://soundcloud.com/surprisedonkey
https://soundcloud.com/throneofblood
🛒 https://throneofblood.bandcamp.com/album/tob-anniversary-ep-3
🔊 https://youtu.be/K87G6QexcV4

Throne of Blood continues the anniversary onslaught with the third of four EPs of new and exclusive jams from friends new and old. Following on from the first two Anniversary EPs which featured contributions from Joakim, Chloé, Justin Cudmore, Curses, Hardway Bros and more we deliver more dancefloor material from Pleasure Planet, Man Power, Danse Alice and Teleseen.

EP 3 kicks off with Sisters, all big rave energy owing a big debt to Pleasure Planet’s Kim Ann Foxman, Andrew Potter, and Brian Hersey’s memories of countless pilled-out 90’s era nights. In contrast, Danse Alice, a new project from dear friend and collaborator Remain (Meant Records) come with a slow motion groover, an emotional score for the comedown. Look for more music from this Marseilles-based duo coming soon on Lumiere Noire and Ombra Intl.

Rounding things out is an absolutely monstrous breakbeat banger from Newcastle’s Man Power, an homage to everything awesome about Chemical Brothers and the beautifully groovy “Sacambu” from our friend and long-time champion of the label, Teleseen.

It's an EP of contrasts, another way to resist pigeonholing what Throne of Blood has stood for over the past sixteen years and a refusal to chase any single sound, scene or trend as we look to the future…

Tracklist: 

Pleasure Planet - Sisters
Danse Alice - Shivers (Extended AdLib Version)
Man Power - We're Not Computers, Sebastian
Teleseen - Sacambu

PREMIERE: Pleasure Planet - Sisters [Throne of Blood Recordings]

Hot on the heels of Guinu’s modern Brazilian jazz-funk opus ‘Palagô LP’, comes an exceptional remix 12” of four standout album tracks.  For the A1, Jose Marquez flips the title track into a percussion-heavy and hypnotic Afro-Latin house burner, a masterful future classic of a mix that feels all but destined for late night Louie Vega or Osunlade sets. Faze Action harken back to their early 2000s vibe with a loungey beat-driven reimagining of ‘Haja Fé’.
 On the flip, Razor-N-Tape stalwart Diogo Strausz takes the angular ‘Eletromandinga’ into the stratosphere with anthemic synth melodies, rousing bloco percussion and interstellar vocal treatments. Rounding out the EP, well-loved Brazilian producer Carrot Green gives ‘Porão de Ferro’ an 80s boogie makeover, complete with dubbed out vocals and funky synth bass work over bouncy analog beats

PREMIERE : Guinu - Portão De Ferro (Carrot Green Dance Mix)

Considered to be bringers both of good and bad fortune, Pùcas could help or hinder Celtic communities. They were commonly known to entice humans to take a ride on their backs, giving the rider a wild and terrifying journey before dropping them at the place they were taken from.

This is exactly what I aim to do in my Dj sets, taking the listeners and dancers on a wild journey that brings both happiness and destruction.

With no emphasis on a particular genre, the underlying theme is Body Music with the core aim of getting people moving and in tune with their bodies, while letting go of the restrictive thoughts of the mind.


For Podcasts/Gigs contact me via private message on here or via email: patrick.mccutcheon@hva.nl

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