Pure Space :: Club Releases [previews]

Pure Space’s ‘Proximity III’, the third VA in the series, features an outstanding collaboration between rhythmic wizards Zara and Command D. Along nineteen tracks spanning from deep drum and bass to blisteringly fast IDM, the compilation meticulously represents the contemporary Australian scene. 

Find the full read here: www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-zara-command-d-xdc-1

Proximity III will be out June 15th, 2023. Order a copy via https://purespace.bandcamp.com/album/proximity-iii

Premiere: Zara & Command D – XDC-1 [PS015]

We’re delighted to finally share with you PROXIMITY III, the third instalment of our annual Pure Space compilation series. Across the 19 tracks, 22 artists find synergy across the spectrum of experimental electronica.

Creeping through deep d’n’b, blisteringly fast idm, and percussive club cuts across to bass laden experimental music, blissful tech and peak energy techno, we hope this release provides an access point for all electronic music lovers to explore the depths of the so called ‘Australian’ subterranean music landscape.

100% of proceeds will be donated to Aboriginal Legal Services; based in Redfern it is the first Aboriginal Legal Service in Australia and the first free legal assistance service in the country. www.alsnswact.org.au

Big thank you to Wayne from Suture Mastering and Hearwig (visual artist) for their contributions to this fundraising release.

Tracklist:
1. Sycee-h - Backstories
2. Posture - Run [https://soundcloud.com/deejayposture]
3. DJ BIG GUNS - seeking psychosis [https://soundcloud.com/djbigguns]
4. E Davd - Optics [https://soundcloud.com/edavd]
5. gi - hatch [https://soundcloud.com/gistrung]
6. Andy Garvey - Murky Like Dunj [https://soundcloud.com/andygarveyandygarvey]
7. Zara & Command D - XDC-1 [https://soundcloud.com/zaraolsen]
8. Sanguine - If You Know [https://soundcloud.com/sanguinesanguine]
9. Iti - See Your Angel [https://soundcloud.com/iti_mqn]
10. OK EG - Ephemera [https://soundcloud.com/okegmusic]
11. DIN - Mesh Cookie
12. Air Max ‘97 - Kaiba [https://soundcloud.com/airmax97]
13. Majella - Flutter [https://soundcloud.com/majella7]
14. PMA - Neurotiq [https://soundcloud.com/pmapmapma]
15. Face Dancer - Arcade
16. Eastern Distributor - Earth Shifter [https://soundcloud.com/eastern-distributor]
17. RXEX - Al Sul's Hidden Laboratory [https://soundcloud.com/rxexx]
18. Roy Batty Jr - Stolen From The Wallet [https://soundcloud.com/n6maa10816jr]
19. Aarti Jadu x Puscha - Parenthesis [https://soundcloud.com/aartijadu x https://soundcloud.com/puscha]

Artwork: Hearwig
Mastering: Wayne Sutherland @ Suture
Format: Digital

PROXIMITY III

Pre-order

PS015 - Various Artists - PROXIMITY III

Animalia mainstay Sam Brickel returns with the Pulse of Life LP. A diverse, dreamy & lighthearted embodiment of Animalia's signature style. Genre spanning, deep, cinematic & playful, the LP dips between bass-driven grooves, bouncy tech-house & jungle inspired euphoric rollers. A listening adventure for various contexts... a moment for every hour on a dance-floor, choose your own adventure through the free spirited world of Animalia.

Bandcamp Pre-order: https://sambrickel.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulse-of-life?label=761510570&tab=music

pi pi pi premiere: Sam Brickel - Ansible (Animalia)

collection two

we're back with a second wind ~ gently weaving between genres, across continents and over oceans. take a breath and immerse yourself in the journey.

featuring Tunnel Dancers (@secondcousins & Hugh B @outertimeinnerspace), @vicecitybeats, @opheliaxz, @ronan-music, @commandd & @gistrung, @space-biology, @maara, Radart (@papercutslimited), @duunscape, and @saphileaum

Mastered by P. Twigg (@ptwiggs)
Artwork by F. Andrinopoulos
With thanks to Arts Project Australia
Design by M. Davison

www.artsproject.org.au

Released digitally 5th July 2023
companion.bandcamp.com/album/collection-two

Companion operates on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri-Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and live. We pay our respects to their continuing cultures and connection to Country, community and music; and to Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

CMPN005 - V/A - Collection Two [Snippets]

Polygonia - Otro Mundo - Bambe - BAMBE004

buy:  https://polygonia.bandcamp.com/album/otro-mundo

a1. Otro Mundo
a2. Mind Alteration
b1. Implosion Of The Known
b2. Never Have I Seen...
+ Twirling Membrane (Digital Bonus)

Coming on the scene on Bambounou's Bambe label, Munich based producer @Polygonia presents 'Otro Mundo'. An exciting pack of extraordinary sonic pieces driven by intense rhythms with a strong focus on sound design and colorful harmonies. Next to her intriguing Grey Area works on this record, she also weaves two four to the floor productions into this collection, all featuring complex works on the drums and juicy sound aesthetics.

The story begins with 'Otro Mundo,' as Polygonia extends a harmonious and melancholic invitation, blending her own layered vocals with organic dubby beats, creating a captivating otherworldly atmosphere. Throughout the EP, Polygonia's distinct percussion and inventive sound design shine brightly. 'Mind Alteration' and 'Implosion Of The Known' lead the listener through mesmerizing groove-scapes, elevating perception to new heights. As the EP unfolds, 'Never Have I Seen...' offers a metaphysical experience, unveiling unknown marvels through rhythmic shifts.

The record comes with an impressive sleeve designed by Dimitri Erhard, representing the window to the other world.

distribution via Rush Hour Distribution

Polygonia - Otro Mundo [BAMBE004]

One of Pure Space’s dear friends and most regular contributors Roy Batty Jr. steps up for his first solo EP on the label titled ‘Complicit Stutter’. 

Whilst dodging Melbourne’s winter the tracks were first ideated on New South Wales’ South Coast in 2022. Partly fuelled by a self imposed creative pressure, and later finished with a fitting dose of anger and confusion. 

The release opens with ‘Maintaining The Distance’, where a warm bassline glides beneath wiggly synthesis to create a slippery track with murky danceability, affirmed by a crispy electro beat. 

Next comes ‘Machine Strap’, a track that speaks to Batty’s fear of the modern world, his entanglement with technology and the cavernous space that leaves within his life. The four to the floor beat keeps you grounded while the recklessly bending synthesis lifts you seemingly endlessly. It’s a dancefloor mutation to twist even the freakiest of minds. 

‘Kind of Mad Sometimes’ comes with staunch simplicity. A track constructed for slowly massaging your inner critic. Its dreary drum and bass tones lumbering with angst. 

Rounding out the release ‘Bible Lashing Belt Reading’ speaks to the conflict between community and organisation, exploring the idea of understanding spirituality through structure. It’s an introspective breakbeat cut that comes with melancholic pads, and sombre tones.

Tracklist:
1. Maintaining The Distance
2. Machine Strap 
3. Kind Of Mad Sometimes
4. Bible Lashing Belt Reading

PS014 - https://soundcloud.com/n6maa10816jr
Written, produced and arranged: Roy Batty Jr.
Mastering: Wayne Sunderland @ Suture
Artwork: Small Tasks
Format: Digital

Complicit Stutter

Bandcamp

PS014 - Roy Batty Jr. - Complicit Stutter

Pure Space returns with a certified dancefloor heater from local Eora-Sydney artist Command D.

First heard through the Inner Varnika festival soundsystem this year ‘Musik’ comes as an audacious dance cut, bolstered with aggressive drum programming, a punching bassline and playful sampling.

The vocals that carry the tune are reminiscent of many 90s dance tunes; simple yet purposeful to those rolling deep on a dancefloor.

Tracklist:
1. https://soundcloud.com/commandd - Musik

Artwork: 0uroboros_art, titled 'deep'
Mastering: Wayne Sunderland @ Suture
Format: Digital

Musik

PS016 - Command D - Musik

Pomegranate Skies is a new album from me exploring sonic themes of heaven and hell, dualities, split identities, and chaos. The music in this album is a reflection of the ever-constant existential chaos in my mind, reflecting a musical journey through all the different influences and inspirations of genres and electronic music eras throughout my life but also a nod to the amorphous weight of divine weirdness that inspires my music. Music that is reflecting a split identity, music in between cultures. Music that is both good and evil, both sensical and non sensical, both angelic and hellish, secular and divine. Music to give you visions of geographic wonders that don’t really exist. The absurdism of everything from Earth but also of Heaven. Music that doesn’t follow tropes but also sounds familiar. It makes you want to laugh and cry; the in betweenness of everything. Music that makes you want to reach up and taste the pomegranates growing in the skies.

@sepehr-a

Music by Sepehr Alimagham Tabari
Mastered by Nik Kozub
Physically distributed by One Eye Witness

Pomegranate Skies

Sepehr - Pomegranate Skies (GARM07) [Clips Continuous]

A1 Track of my latest record for Berlin based @nummer .
This one is really new actually, just done last year. Most of the drum sounds are synthesized which I'm quite happy about...otherwise what can I say, it's an Amphibian lair kind of vibe, hope you dig it. (:

Available on 12" and Digital

5D Worlds

Caldera - Amphibian Dance (Nummer)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital:
https://bit.ly/3ZEpLcL

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/46fL0ns

OK EG, AKA Lauren Squire and Matthew Wilson, take intrepid recce’s on a Kalahari debut of fathoms-deep techno minimalism and opiated braindance styles. 

With release titles like ‘Intertidal zone', 'Anther' and 'Prismatic Spring’, their ambition to evoke natural worlds is evident. But these tracks aren’t of this planet. Navigating truly alien terrain, ‘Rivulets’ finds the duo imagining uncharted environments into existence through the medium of analogue hardware. 

This is very much an album of two halves; the first on heads-down tips aimed straight at the dancefloor, with a second plate that veers further into abstraction. That said, they’re all the kind of far-reaching explorations where close listening yields great rewards. 

Between ‘Oxygen Channel’’s cavernous throb and the dub techno-leaning ‘Circular Arc’, the Antipodean duo set their stall out with a widescreen sense of space. Then, ’Rivulets’ comes in strong with the spiralling, trance-inducing gear. Stripped-back, no fuss; proper live improv techno for the most inquisitive souls.

Sending signals into the endless expanse, the second half is a demonstration of OK EG’s versatility. Where ‘Surface System’ and ‘Matched Grip’ further indulge dubby tendencies, ‘Flow Regime’ and closing gambit ‘Endless River’ traverse dreamlike dimensions through breaks and flow state IDM.

OK EG - Rivulets | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER52)

UwU all starz ~ a va collection of lush & mischievous servings of glistening dubscapes, bubbly breakbeatz, tantalising tech & effervescent electronica

ft. @maara, @8salamanda8, @roza-terenzi @d-tiffany, @phubu, @specialguest-dj @pontiacstreator @benbondy, @milliamusic, @jephvanger, @plebeiann, @loiflan, @simisea, @benoitb

uwudustbath.bandcamp.com/album/uwu-all-starz-uwu002

ltd edition cd wrapped in a yum pack w/ sexi riso print & sticker <3<3

mastering by disc archive
art by sarah lim
cd layout by noff
riso by sleep on it press

UwU all starz (UWU002)

Kasra V is here to engulf the club.

Fresh off the success of his recent release on Radiant Records titled "Hyperdelic," Kasra is submerging listeners with a signature sound touching on dance music visions from different epochs but harnessing a unique aural palette.

Kasra applies cut up techniques with sampling and utilizing his own voice as a tool throughout the record, topping the club energy with a punk rock sensibility.

Equal parts eccentric and equal parts calculated, the tempest of this record is doused in wild elements: anthemic vocal samples with arena shaking capabilities, 80's hedonistic nostalgia, catchy utopian vibrations with a psychedelic cyber flair, flirting with inspiration from groups like Meat Beat Manifesto and YMO. Euphoric and aerated, but with a slicing undertone utilizing his freaky sampling prowess.

Shaytoon is proud to present the next chapter of diaspora alchemy for your listening pleasure.

Prepare for a flood.
credits
releases October 20, 2023

Written and produced by Kasra V
Additional production on track 5 by Sepehr
Artwork by Morteza Vaseghi
Additional artwork done by Sepehr Alimagham Tabari

KASRA V 'FLOOD THE CLUB' (clips)

For our final release of the year we are thrilled to share this conceptual EP ‘An-Xileel’ from two aliases’ of Naarm based artist Daniel Jakobsson; Eastern Distributor and Jörmungandr.

The world building for this release came through a necessity for escapism for Jakobsson. Across this release, he takes you on a vivid journey through Black Marsh, a territory that sprawls through tranquil yet wild swamplands into densely breathtaking rainforests. 

Within this captivating landscape resides the Argonians, reptilian humanoid creatures who call Black Marsh home. The EP delves into the world of the An-Xileel, a mysterious anti-imperialist political faction among the Argonians. With sharp, obsidian eyes gleaming with ancient intelligence, they are dedicated to purging the former colonial influence and restoring the homeland to its pre-foreign rule state.

Opening the release, 'Sap Speaker' by Eastern Distributor sets the tone with a frenzied and energetic vibe, establishing the EP's atmosphere. Throughout the track, the crisp percussion maintains a sharp presence amidst the focused and intentionally immersive synthesis. The inspiration for this track stemmed from the swamp environments.

Moving on to Dam Dweller, the composition features cold, dark percussion alongside psychedelic sweeps that plunge the listener into a profound low-end groove. This groove undergoes a gradual evolution into a 4/4 eruption, accompanied by the delicate touch of gentle pads and strings. The inspiration behind this track draws from the water and cave systems of Black Marsh.

Dam Dweller gracefully concludes, paving the way for Sand Shaper, a mellow yet robust track. With a focus on organic instruments, a gliding bass, and bowed strings, Sand Shaper captivates with hypnotising atmosphere and polyrhythmic percussion. The inspiration for this piece lies in the territory's sandy shores.

Root Mender brings the tempo back up, radiating positivity, vitality, and life. Thick sub-bass tones resonate through the body, and purposeful drum programming slice through the ever engulfing ethereal pads. An amphibious croak pulses beneath heavy kicks, accompanied by soothing vocals. Strings and acid basslines elevate the track, marking it as the EP's highlight. The inspiration for Root Mender is drawn from the tree homes of the Argonians.

Concluding the EP, Tree Minder adopts an introspective tone. Minimalist percussion and sharp automation contrast with angelic pads and echoing sounds. Flutes, bells, and bows collectively paint the spirit of an alien world, mirroring the hope brought by the An Xileel to the Argonian people.

Tracklist:
01. Eastern Distributor - Sap Speaker
02. Eastern Distributor - Dam Dweller
03. Eastern Distributor - Sand Shaper
04. Jörmungandr - Root Mender
05. Jörmungandr - Tree Minder

PS017
Written, produced and arranged: Daniel Jakobsson
Mixed: Julian Loïcc Boggs
Mastering: Wayne Sunderland @ Suture
Artwork: w45t3
Format: Digital

An Xileel

PS017 - Eastern Distributor / Jörmungandr - An Xileel

Plunge into unexplored sonics with Paris-based Australian artist al dente as he unveils his debut EP on Pure Space titled ‘multiform’.

Across the release al dente assembles a hypnotic merger of eerie atmospheres and playful rhythms, inviting listeners to immerse themselves in a world that is both deeply mysterious and unexpectedly fun.

Kicking off the EP is "the temptation," a subtly bass fueled cut that casts murky textures across mesmitic delayed melodies with a pitched vocal sample holding the journey steady. It's instantly captivating and sets the tone of the release for a journey into deeply satisfying electronix.

Transitioning seamlessly into "multiform," al dente unleashes a torrent of slippery beats and twisted synths. Playful in spirit, the track balances its propelling bassline with a crispy four to the floor beat - perfect for warming the floor or a freaky late night adventure.

Flipping the switch, al dente ups the pace on “overnight”. With sharp, skippy rhythms and glitchy nuances the track melts together proto-electro with a modern production sheen. The vocal samples a Croatian soccer commentator, a nod to his family's Croatian heritage and continuation of the playful nrg throughout the EP.

Completing the release comes Melbourne-based producer White Fluff’s remix of “overnight”. Injecting the track with his signature blend of psychedelic sound, the remix feels stripped back yet purposeful, adding a new sonic pallet to the release. It's a reimagining that ensures that the EP leaves a lasting impression long after the final beat fades away. 
credits

Tracklist: 
01. al dente - the temptation
02. al dente - multiform
03. al dente - overnight
04. al dente - overnight (White Fluff Remix)

Releases May 31, 2024

PS018
Written, produced, mixed and arranged: Harrison Sewards / https://soundcloud.com/al-den-te
Remix: Kel Langley / https://soundcloud.com/white-fluff
Mastering: Wayne Sunderland @ Suture
Artwork: sammy__yee
Format: Digital

PS018 - al dente - multiform

Clicker

label, radio and occasional parties by https://soundcloud.com/andygarveyandygarvey focussing on so-called Australian music made for home listening and the club 

est. 2016

au distribution :: purespaceau@gmail.com
ex-au distribution :: orders@one-eye-witness.com

[politely, please no mix submissions]

PS014 - Roy Batty Jr. - Complicit Stutter

Pure Space

Recent comments

Andy Garvey

Ezra Clone

Tangerine

Eastern Distributor ~ Jörmungandr

Related tracks