blogged here http://www.generationbass.com/2014/11/21/drvg-cvltvre-presents-north-by-northwest-10/

Pumping Slugs in your brain, but not the lead type!

Pre-order here; http://shop.wichelroede.net/product/r-zone-r-zone-14

Keeping up the pressure with their anonymous EP series, R-Zone now offer up three more cuts of purely dance floor aligned action. 

Opener You Wear The Mask Of The Beast is a mysterious cut with a spooky lead synth, subtle, buried deep drums that are full of implicit energy and build to a heady peak. Raw textures, unfamiliar patterns and perfect back room vibes all pervade. Salt Volatile This Sucka is a slow mo but chugging track with frazzled synth lines, atmospheric pads and curious melodies all spiralling above lazy, ramshackle drums. Last but not least, Arrowhead is a sludgy, dirty, sleazy groove that sounds broken. It’s a fantastic fusion of fucked up machines sounds that keeps you on edge throughout. Once again here R-Zone have confounded all expectations with their left-of-centre electronica.  

For those who know;

"Not quite for me this one..."
Owain Kimber (Innate, Bristol)

"Not for me, sorry."
Norman Nodge (MDR, Berlin)

"NO."
Kirk Degiorgio (ART, Ipswich, Suffolk)

"not my style"
Mike Grant (Big 50 Entertainment, Oak Park)

"not for me"
Osunlade (Yoruba Records, Imerovigli, Santorini)

"Cool tracks , but i won't play them this time"
Laurent Garnier

"not for me"
Vince Watson (Bedrock / Cocoon / Ovum / Planet E / Poker Flat / Yoruba, Amsterdam)

"Cheers!"
Rivet (Skudge Present, Kontra-Musik)

"''you wear the mask of the beast'' is the one for me here.. thanks"
Simone Gatto (OUT-ER)

"thank you for the music!"
Dj T (GET PHYSICAL MUSIC GMBH, Berlin)

"yyyyyyyyeeeesssssssssss !!!!!!"
Marco Bernardi (Take The Elevator, Bristol)

"Not very playable for me.. but these are cool!"
Truncate/Audio Injection (Truncate, Los Angeles)

""Salt Volatile This Sucka"! Killer track, killer title. "Arrowhead" is also awesome. Great stuff."
Philip Sherburne (Pitchfork, Barcelona)

"A bit slow for me, but sounds interesting!"
Darko Esser (Doornroosje, Nijmegen)

"not quite for me."
Electric Indigo (indigo:inc)

"total mood rave!"
Hunee (Hunch Music / Rush Hour, Los Angeles)

"i like the mystic underground feelings all the r-zone releases breathe. excellent hypnotic stuff."
Syncom Data (Syncom Data)

"loving all of these releases"
Chrissy (The Nite Owl Diner, Brooklyn)

"digging this, thanks"
Lord Of The Isles (Unthank, Shevchenko, Permanent Vacation)

"Arrowhead sounds great!"
Mirella Kroes ([in]cognito, Amsterdam)

"great series, arrowhead is my favorite of this release"
Clara Moto (InFiné)

"R-Zone are proper nuts, full full respect"
Dj Simbad (Various / Browsnwood Rec.)

"really dope label! salt volatile this sucka is my favorite! great vibes!"
Marco Zenker (Ilian Tape)

"yeah this is my fav R-Zone i think"
Divided (Resin)

"not really for us, thx"
GoldFFinch (Turbo, Dirty Bird)

"Great lease again will play out :)"
Charlton/Tapirus (Mord / Krill Music /Midnight Shift, Rotterdam)

"not really for me, only into 'Arrowhead'. Thanks anyway."
Angel Molina (Sonar Music, Barcelona)

"You Wear The Mask Of The Beast is the best of a bad bunch!"
Giles Armstrong

"enjoying all of these thanks. will prob play arrowhead most"
Gingy (Clone, Toronto)

"not really feeling that, sorry"
Ben Sims (Theory, London)

"Arrowhead!"
Tommy Four Seven (CLR)

"SVTS for the win"
Tomaz (22tracks, Sint Pieters Leeuw)

"consistently different challenging and funky!!"
Appleblim (Apple Pips, Bristol)

"not for me"
Ksoul (Ksoul & MuteOscillator, TORINO)

"not feelin it."
alex cortex

"Salt Volatile This Sucka is really nice and Arrowhead is a slow mo sickness!"
Chille jr. (Night Moves@Fnoob radio, Koprivnica)

"downloaded for r hawtin"
Richie Hawtin (M-nus, Berlin)

"Arrowhead is nice and edgy thanks. Might run it even slower"
Mosca (Ann Aimee, Not So Much, Prime Numbers, London)

"Top draw EP!"
Circular Rhythms (Scenery)

"NFM"
Vincent Pollard (Exclaim, Toronto, Ontario)

"You Wear The Mask Of The Beast! Thanks !"
Necta Selecta (Eat Music)

"cool fucking label - thank you"
Slam (Soma Records)

"I'm very much into arrowhead, slow burner. club support"
Jan Kinčl Zero (Radio808, Zagreb)

"All brilliant, will def play Arrowhead!"
calumclouds (Clouds)

"Another solid addition to the series. I like 'Salt Volatile..' particularly. Thanks"
Lakker / Eomac (R&S / Killekill)

"More restraint than the usual R-Zone, less rave leanings too. Turns out to be one of the most compelling so far."
Simon Whight (Data Transmission / Inverted Audio / Ibiza Voice, Ashton-Under-Lyne)

"Brilliant! love all 3 tracks"
Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco Radio Show, Rijeka)

R-Zone 14 - You Wear The Mark Of The Beast / Salt Volatile This Sucka / Arrowhead (@wichelroede.net)

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We R here

R-Zone. Who is involved isn't exactly a secret, those who feel so inclined can piece the information together quite easily. It is however irrelevant to the concept of R-Zone, which would like to shift the focus away from namedropping and perception based on hype around individual artists and bring it back where it belongs; in the lap of the music.

The sounds exhibited across each track are fresh offerings that combine brightly coloured synths, swirling pads and non-standard beats into captivating and kaleidoscopic soundscapes that constantly evolve from start to finish. A cosmic, intergalactical energy pervades each release, transporting you to a world far away from here. The rest of the tell can be told by R-Zone themselves:

“Have you ever stood in a traffic jam in the middle of nowhere with complete strangers desperately looking for a party that may or may not exist? Have you ever wandered around a bombed out illegal warehouse rave at X in the morning on an E come-down? Have you ever stood in limbo between the click of a strobe or between the shards of a dense orange haze that emanates from a fog machine? Floating away on never ending waves of music and substance induced - we may as well call it - LOVE? Where for one brief moment it didn't matter who you are and what you do and how you look or how many scene-points you have? If so then you will remember the R-Zone as a shadowy place that never fully exists yet is always waiting. “

“In the whip of a snare, the beat of a kick, the wail of a string or the rush of an arpeggio, in those heart pounding moments of anticipation and in the glorious release of a drop. And then, as those frozen moments echo out and fade into a corner of space-time where nothing seems quite real, you descend among your peers, feeling somehow richer and more enlightened - as if you have been touched by something. You know it can make the world seem an empty place, a barren wasteland devoid of endorphins, where neurotransmitters merely twinkle but never shine. Just remember you are not alone. Others have entered the R-Zone with you and together we may embrace its infinity - as we enter into a new age.”

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