After the release of Redox, which focused on the Open Music Lab’s 5-month music production course, Berlin’s Open Music Lab is back with a second release, Quanta. The OML label was born out of a supportive community of creatives from various backgrounds and abilities. It offers an opportunity for people to engage with unique blends of musical sounds that are enriched by different cultures and lived experiences.

Quanta showcases the music and work of some of OML’s most committed students and mentors. This unique release shows the range of talent at OML and the musical bond and creative collaboration that comes out of the community. Each track on the release is produced by an OML student and is accompanied by a remixed version from their mentors.

The first mentor and student pairs include Syria-born Fahd aka Tarabalsi, one of OML’s first students, and African Acid’s cofounder Dauwd. Fahd came to Germany as a young unaccompanied minor from Syria and has been a driving force between the school's growth. They worked on a track a few years back at Dauwd’s studio and recently re-visited it as a collaboration for this release. This is a deeply personal track, with lyrics recorded by Fahd singing “mum, where are we going”. In Fahd’s own words, the track is an “afro/oriental mix”, taking influences from both of their backgrounds, and playing around with African and Eastern instruments.

For the second duo, we have morphena and Leibniz. Argentinian-born emerging DJ and producer morphena has been a long-time student of OML and recently started becoming a mentor herself for new students. While studying at OML, she developed a strong musical connection with German DJ and producer Leibniz, who’s been a mentor in the OML community since the beginning. They teamed up on an acid, d&b, trance track for the release. Morphena describes the track as her first production where she can “imprint a hybrid between a club track and a song”. While keeping the lyrics as the main focus of the track, Leibniz gave more of a UK garage vibe to his remix.

The last duo is made of Abed Alfakir, another former OML student and new mentor from Syria, and renowned techno producer UVB. Abed was on the 5-month music production course and had UVB as a mentor and teacher. Abed always looked up to Sebastian and is a huge fan of the techno music he is producing. Abed’s track is a dark and driving techno track, into which he instilled a compelling melody, giving it a very catchy feel. For his remix, UVB played around with as many elements of the original track as possible while adding some of his own drums to give it a unique flair.

https://openmusiclab.bandcamp.com/album/quanta

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release date: February 26, 2022

Each track by the credited artist and remixer.

Design by Sophie Douala / @sophiedouala
Photos by Bethania Medina / @bethamaxph
Mastered by Chad Matheny / @emperorx

PREMIERE: Abed Alfakir - Reunion (UVB Remix) [The Open Music Lab]

The third just stretchin' release comes with tracks from fl_000, His Master's Voice and Session Restore. A compilation of tracks by three guys who know each other very well from Hanover. The sound varies from uk infused breaks to warm housey patterns. A very dynamic EP with many interesting facets.

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A 2 His Master´s Voice - Don't hold back

Acid house label Chicago Bee will release the compilation ‘Home Listening - Acid & House’ on 7 November, on vinyl and digitally. 

The vision for the ‘Home Listening' compilation album was to create a collection of tracks that complement each other and are fitting for repeated home listening. Being somewhat of a conceptual experiment, all the artists on the album were asked to imagine fusing Acid and House with the Virtualsex LP which was released on Buzz in 1993. A 303 sound would be welcomed but not essential with an emphasis on soulful emotion and melody.   

Some of the artists are people who label boss Mark Churcher (aka A-Eno-Acid) has struck up a relationship with since starting Chicago Bee and some targeted deliberately as Mark thought they would be able to hit the brief. The project threw up many interesting results with some artists drifting outside of their normal comfort zone! Artists featured include Derek Carr, Type 303, Fear-E, Forgotten Corner, and label boss A-Eno-Acid. 

From Finland, Dan Kaipio has become a versatile and prolific artist over recent years and this is his second appearance on Chicago Bee. With EP releases on the popular I Love Acid and Downfall Recordings labels to his name, he’s no mug. He nails a vintage acid sound with his track, ’Stairway To Jupiter’.

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PREMIERE : Type303 - Stairway To Jupiter

Artist: Keita Sano
Track Title: Legacy From Leyton
Album Title: Legacy From Leyton EP
Label: Row Records
Cat#: ROW014
Release date: 21.10.2022
Format: vinyl, digital

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Keita Sano from Okayama is back on Row Records with a new 5 track EP. Reminiscent of his 'Bowl Of Water’ EP in 2015, which marked the label's first release, his latest work fits perfectly with Row’s catalog. Here, roughness meets rhythmic clarity to ignite the dancefloor.
Included is a bangin' remix by Dayzero who has just released two EPs on Zam Zam and Livity Sound.

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Premiere | Keita Sano - Legacy From Leyton (ROW014)

Vinyl → bit.ly/3HtZdkG
Artist: Verlake https://soundcloud.com/verlake
Title: Keep Going
Remixes: Johannes Volk & Squaric
Format: Vinyl, 12" / Digital
Label: Diffuse Reality https://soundcloud.com/diffusereality
Catalogue: DREA 009
Artwork: Marta Minguell / Valco
Art: Brandon Saunders

A side >>
A1.Things Today
A2.Keep Going
A3.Self-Reflection

B side >>
B1.Higher
B2.Things Today (Johannes Volk Remix)
B3.Self-Reflection (Squaric 5PM Remix)

Digital-
07.Yes
08.Cinema
09.No Signal
10.X
11.Home
12.Aerial

Vinyl orders include two Diffuse Reality stickers and digital downloads of the full release.
www.diffusereality.net

PREMIERE: Verlake - Yes [Diffuse Reality]

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🛒 https://minddance.bandcamp.com/album/mystic-minds-vol-2
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Mind Dance return with the second volume in their ‘Mystic Minds’ VA series. Launched last year as a way to continue the strong collaborative nature of the electronic music underground, each installment will shine a light on local Australian talent and their cross-continental contemporaries.

Continuing this mission with a new batch of friends, family and former label mates in tow, round two rallies six artists from home soil and overseas for another deep excursion into the vast expanses of dance music.

From across the pond we have Dutch producer and Music From Memory regular Dazion who kicks off the VA with a wonky slice of rhythmic downtempo, and Phran, a Barcelona-based artist and member of IVAN - a duo alongside Ivy Barkakati - who puts his foot on the gas with a stomping techno cut.

Closer to home we have Aussie dance veteran and the man behind Mind Dance’s last release, Andy Rantzen, deliver a tight bleep-soaked acid jam, followed by Leo James and Mousse flying the flag for Melbourne with twinkling IDM and laid-back vocal house, respectively. Finally label boss Furious Frank closes out proceedings with a downbeat percussive house number to usher in summer, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere that is...

Tracklist: 

Dazion - I Want Takeaway
Andy Rantzen - Sleepwalkers in the City 
Leo James - Lonely
Phran - 2K
Mousse - Liquid Stye 3.0
Furious Frank - Textile Man

PREMIERE: Andy Ranzten - Sleepwalkers In The City [Mind Dance]

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Consistently introducing new artists and fresh original music to the scene, R&S Records deploy a celestial and intricate electronic piece from Hyphen.  ‘Winter Sky’ pulses and glistens with pleasing analogue tones and warm melodies, its rhythm anchored by sparse use of drums, culminating in a bright and inventive slice of timeless electronica.

Winter Sky

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El Outsider - 4 Club Use (CKD12)
BUY LINK: https://backdoor.bandcamp.com/album/bckd12-4-club-use
Label: Back Door Records (https://soundcloud.com/back_door_records)
https://soundcloud.com/merino 

If you decide to look up the strict definition of outsider in any dictionary, you'll find that the term is understood as "a person who is not involved with a particular group of people or organization or who does not live in a particular place".

Perhaps this is the most accurate description of Santiago Merino. For a long decade and from his native Medellín, this DJ and producer has always tried to keep his sonic spectrum open. An interdisciplinary artist capable of freely navigating through a myriad of genres is rarely encountered, and that may be the reason why Santiago enjoys a non-negotiable respect in the different scenes that make up the music circuit of his city.

On this occasion, Back Door Records is pleased to serve as host to receive one of the most anticipated facets within the range of music produced by this Colombian artist. The Outsider marks the debut of a new project signed by Merino, a new hunch in which house takes the helm of an EP entitled 4 Club Use.

Composed of five tracks, 4 Club Use seems to show us the true essence behind a genre that has almost been trivialized over the years. In this case, El Outsider decided to take the basic ingredients of tech house to produce a recipe much richer in flavors, textures and melodies. "Fire People", for example, leaves the window open for the airs of Detroit techno to come in and cool off any sunny afternoon. "Outsider" and "The Heat", on the other hand, are seasoned by the purest amen breaks, as if it were a blessing intended solely for the dance floor.

But the real deal across 4 Club Use is definitely El Outsider's own edit of Merino's track "Those Days". Raw and forceful kicks, meticulously sampled vocals and pads that seem to wrap them magically, make this bomb one of the candidate tracks to take the absolute podium of 2023.

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PREMIERE : Merino - Those Days (El Outsider Edit)

Intercept welcomes Tsepoback to the label after 2020's debut EP 'Twee' with a club-focused effort. 'Must Finish / Perc Track' is the result of a creative search where funand playfulness have been the main thread throughout the process of Jan's work.Being the closer of this period, the tracks are no-nonsense and technical, whilstremaining light hearted enough for easy listening. It's a difficult balance to strike, butTsepo does it with charm. We're happy to have him back on the label with thisimpressive two-tracker.

Tsepo - Must Finish

Locally grown talent is on deck for today as we welcome SPF 50 aka Stephan Kimbel Olso a fellow New Yorker and stalwart fixture of the scene. Through his residency at the Bob & Shirley party series, and running Professional Music, his sound and curation are always near. 

Today’s premiere of ‘Grove Map’ is a delightfully twisted affair, as undulating synths create an auditory wormhole surrounding the listener as soaring pads beckon and beckon forth, welcoming listeners to another world. Or as the label states, ‘named after The Grove, a stage deep in the woods at New York's Sustain-Release festival, where portals have long been known to be opened.’

Grove Map, and in turn the rest of the ‘Social Life’ EP will be released on March 17th by Bliss Point, a local label, no stranger to Delayed, whom we’re always listening to closely for forward thinking releases.

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PREMIERE: SPF 50 - Grove Map [Bliss Point]

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