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BBC World Service Broadcast - Kagabas LP - 13th March 2021
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I've recorded this album at a Kagabas village, in the Sierra Nevada
mountain in Colombia. Kagabas are indigenous people who are concerned by the modern world's attempts to destroy the earth. As there's no writing, music is a way to pass knowledge down through generations and connect with environment. This LP combines songs, field recordings and musical compositions. They approved this album to be released. All benefits will go to Nativa.org to support the replanting of trees & getting land back

BBC World Service - Kagabas LP by Lion's Drums - 13th March 2021

Global Roots Radio, a weekly dose of experimental, underground music from across all corners of the globe; with independent music and culture at the core.

Thris is joined by Lion’s Drums, an audio project and album based on field recordings of the Kagabas People in their isolated Sierra Nevada mountain villages in northern Colombia.

Worldwide FM - Global Roots with Lion's Drums - 03.02.2021

Harold Boué AKA Abstraxion e Lion's Drums, é um produtor e músico francês radicado em Marselha.

Como Abstraxion começou a produzir música em 2005, e desde então já lançou pelo selo de Nicolas Jaar, pelo selo Dischi Autunno de Jennifer Cardini, e co-dirige a Biologic Records com o seu parceiro no crime DC Salas,

Em 2018 Harold sentiu vontade de explorar diferentes territórios musicais e lançou Lion's Drums,  que permeia e homenageia o caráter de sua cidade de Marselha: um pouco áspera, embora luminosa, e influenciada por elementos das culturas mediterrânea, africana e do norte da Europa. Isso se traduz em sons fortemente percussivos, nos quais os grooves tribais de disco invocam o espírito do vodu-techno. O seu primeiro EP  saiu pelo selo Hivern Discs de John Talabot, que trazia uma faixa co-escrita com Fantastic Man.

O artista viaja o mundo com a sua música, e com os seus hardwares seja ao vivo ou em sets de dj em lugares como o Pitchfork Festival, Berghain / Panorama-bar e, ocasionalmente, compartilhando os decks para sessões consecutivas com amigos musicais amados, como Roman Flügel e Budino , Bufiman, Chloé, Zozo ...

O seu Altercast é uma viagem atmosférica e profunda imersa em diversos estilos, e além de tudo, hoje é o dia de seu aniversário, ficamos muito felizes em de alguma forma fazer parte desta comemoração, e o desejamos imensas felicidades.

------------  https://soundcloud.com/abstraxion

Harold Boué aka Abstraxion and Lion's Drums, is a French producer and musician based in Marseille. 

He started to produce music as Abstraxion in 2005, and has so far released a fair amount of EP's as well as two studio albums ("Break of Lights" on Nicolas Jaar's label Other People - 2013 & "She Thought She Would Last Forever" on Biologic Records - 2016).  His latest EP "Black Vulture" was released May 2019 on Jennifer Cardini's label Dischi Autunno, including remixes by Black Merlin and Interstellar Funk. 

In 2018 Harold felt the desire to explore different musical territories and launched Lion's Drums, which he's developing in parallel with his Abstraxion project.  Lion's Drums music is inspired from and pays tribute to the character of his city Marseille: a bit rough though luminous, and influenced by elements of the Mediterranean, African and Northern European cultures.  This translates into heavily percussive sounds, in which tribal disco grooves invoke the spirits of voodoo-techno.  He released a first EP on John Talabot's label Hivern Discs, which featured a track co-written with Fantastic Man, and made a psychedelic acid remix of "Goca Dunya" by Turkish band Altin Gün.

Harold co-runs Biologic records with partner in crime DC Salas, and has released music by Matisa, ڭليثرGlitter٥٥, Malcolm, among others.  He travels across the globe to perform a hardware live act or dj sets in places such as Pitchfork festival or Berghain/Panorama-bar, and occasionally sharing the decks for wild back-to-back sessions with beloved musical friends such as Roman Flügel, Budino, Bufiman, Chloé, Zozo... 

Your Altercast is an atmospheric and profound journey immersed in several styles, and besides everything today is your birthday, we are very happy to be in some way part of this celebration, and we wish you all the best.

Lion's Drums - Alter Disco Podcast 113

Lion's Drums' name is an apt description of the Marseille producer's sound. Rhythm and heavy percussion are at the centre of his work — once you've heard one of his tracks, you'll be hard pressed not to recognise the rest of his musical endeavours.

Beyond these core components, Lion's Drums - real name Harold Boué - draws inspiration from his surroundings. In his own words, it's 'a bit rough, luminous though', just like external perceptions of Marseille. But perhaps most discernibly, it pays tribute to the diversity of the city, taking cues from Mediterranean, African and Northern European culture and tradition.

It's under his other moniker though that he first began making music all the way back in 2005. As Abstraxion Harold released several EPs and LPs, including outings on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People, Jennifer Cardini’s label Dischi Autunno and Biologic Records - the label he co-runs with Brussels producer DC Salas. It's been a home for a wealth of exciting artists since launching, including but not limited to Matisa, ڭليثرGlitter٥٥ and Malcolm, and the label bosses themselves.

More recently Harold's had his edit hat firmly on. Two hypnotic drum workouts of Manos Tsangaris came out last autumn on Cocktail d’Amor, one of which was premiered here on R$N, and these were quickly followed by long player, La Batterie, which consisted of edits, remixes and original works, all focused on the potential of the drum. 

Of course, with Harold there's no rest for the wicked so expect plenty more in store under both his aliases this year. But first, we invited him to record our mix for our main series, and here it is in all its mutating rhythmic glory...

Lion's Drums: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

This one is for my house girlies! Definitely different, featuring a much brighter palette than what I usually go for but with spring in full swing I was really longing to play a fun and juicy selection. 

TRACKLIST

Sunrise (RFX Edit)
Tony y Not - Fall Night Long
Vogue (RFX Edit)
Chic - Your Love
Running Hot - French Touch
Cargo (Yucca Mü Edit)
Pascal Moscheni - Piano Nostálgico (Edit)
Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You (Boys’ Shorts Edit)
Gitana (RFX Edit)
DC Salas - Hidden Dancefloors 
Tre Turner - Lockin
The Object - The Way It Is (EOE Edit)
Mr. Ho - Angel Number 909
Moy Boy - Notte Divina (Divine Version)
Abre Tu Corazón (RFX Edit)
Fernanda Abreu - Space Sound To Dance (Tucan Discos Edit)
Una Vez Más (EFX Extendet Edit)
La Schmock - Tears In Love 
Xaviera Gold, Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me (Ralphi’s Riviera Mix)
Evans Pyramid - Never Gonna Leave You (Housemix)
Hysteric - Tojo 84 (Power Mix)
DASCO - Acid Queen
Jex Opolis - 100% Electronic
Younger Than Me - The Early Sound Of Nothing (Maruwa Remix)
Phone Sex (RFX Rework)
Severed Heads - Greater Reward (Piano Power Edit)
Tapps - You’re The One (Hyas Edit)
Venice Arms - Trip With You
Running Hot - Boom
Azoto, Moonlight, Shana Moon - San Salvador (Original Mix)
Italobros - La vie en rose (Original Mix)
Azoto - Soft Emotion (Partner Music Edit)
Tallac - Pulsar
Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (Boys’ Shorts Edit)
Easy Going - Baby I Love You
Tapps - Don’t Pretend To Know

SUMMER MIX 2023

Xpresso Frizzante (spring '23 mix)

@ceydayagiz - la Culottée @ Le Point Fort d'Aubervilliers 27.05.23

Ceyda Yagiz - la Culottée @ Le Point Fort d'Aubervilliers 27.05.23

ALTRO GIRO 011 by @tasterecmilano with Herzel @herzel

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ALTRO GIRO 011 with Herzel

The next installment of our mixtape comes from @artyom_fet — the co-founder of @spaziolabel. As a house music adept, Artyom guides listeners from the nostalgia of old school and 90s vibes through deep textures and landscapes to the progressive and trancy cuts, telling his immersive story.

IDA MIX044: Artyom Fet

It feels gooood, to be back! And what an amazing start with no other than ABSTRAXION from Marseille, France cooking our little sweet spot LYKKE on Söder into a hotpot. Mixing that stretches genres, ages and intensities. A real deliverance. Rumours has it this might not be the last time we see him..

Harold Boué, aka Lion’s Drums and Abstraxion, is a French producer based in Marseille.
The desire to explore different musical territories to his Abstraxion alias led to Lion’s Drums’s birth.  As a tribute to his city, Marseille, Lion’s Drums creates music with its characteristics in mind: a bit rough though luminous and influenced by elements of the Mediterranean, African, and Northern European. This translates into heavily percussive sounds, italo-disco grooves, tribal house and voodoo-techno.

Lion’s Drums released a first EP on John Talabot’s Hivern Discs, made a psychedelic acid remix of “Goca Dunya” (Altin Gün), and in 2021 released his first album “Kagabas”.  “Kagabas” is an audio project comprising new compositions based on field recordings of original songs the Kagabas people sing to wild animals and their habitat.

A second artist album, “La Batterie”, was released on Berlin-based Cocktail d’Amore (2022).  Lion’s Drums nailed it with his edits for Sandy B’s classics “Student Nights” & “Amajovi Jovi”.
Harold also runs Biologic Records with partner in crime DC Salas.

Last but not least! We made a little collaboration with our friend Palmroos production, who runs a podcast series– Electronic Talks. Listen in here to get a background behind the music on Lion's Drums set and what he has been up to down in Marseille. Lion's Drums is a very versatile artist who has juggled many many different projects throughout the years. He has a lot of interesting stories to listen in on. 

Links:

RA Lion’s Drums - https://ra.co/dj/abstraxion
Spotify Lion’s Drums - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Jl6DsGmwz7jFS7TiyOwBu
Soundcloud Lion’s Drums - https://soundcloud.com/abstraxion
Electronic Talks - https://www.youtube.com/@electronictalkspodcast

BRUS 31 - Lion's Drums

New Dj Set by the awasome Enzio Etchaberri! @etcha-1


🚴New Dj Set by the awesome Enzio Etchaberri🎛️ @enzio_etchaberri 

The mix was recorded in the heart of Sisyphos, during a heavy rain storm just before the start of the party. More for home listening than dancing, a spacious trip through roughly 20 years of timeless synthesised music. Combining some of my older favourites with current ones. Mostly sourced from vinyl and with a focus on sounds you could find at Clone in Rotterdam. There are a couple of vocoder tracks, the robotic & rolling basslines, the stepping and raw rhythms and some solo synth flourishes. Stylistically I wanted to collect some sounds in anticipation of some kind of electro revival that probably will never happen, but you never know with the cyclical nature of music ;)

IM MIX 110:  Enzio Etchaberri

For number 100 and 1 we are warmly welcoming Les Yeux Orange. The Parisian duo is well known for presenting fantastic DJ set all over Europe but also for creating a colorful high quality online platform where the regulary present finest bits from all over the electronic music world.

We are happy to host their late summer DJ selection, a wonderful 69min collection of music that sounds like the prefect closing for a sunny festival weekend. May it help us all to keep warm during the times ahead, no matter how dark or cold they might appear. 

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Warning #101 Les Yeux Orange

FINA (Fig + Toledano)[live] Dance Your Name @ Japan Club CDMX 17.06.23

Keeping Busy (RPU) | The Imaginarium VII

For Viscera 106, we welcome Balam to the series with live recording at Artlab. The recording sees Balam play alongside Pablo Harymbat & Andy Menutti at his own club night, Club del Ritmo.

"Balam is a musician, producer and DJ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, focusing on electronic music and world music, combining modular and analog synthesizers with real and weird percussion sounds creating a unique atmosphere making every track an acid and psychedelic voyage through Latin-American nature and culture."

With the above in mind, this has seen Balam's releases land on labels that include Multi Culti, Pets Records, Get Physical, Hard Fist and more, and we're delighted to have him involved for the next mix in the series.

Let Balam's recording drift you to the centre of the cosmos.

Enjoy.

@balamok

Balam | 106

We are super excited for our upcoming party with Hara at Ohm Town in Nantes, and here is the sweet teaser!   🪐✨

Hailing from Athens, @hara_katsiki brings a sophisticated sonic palette and perceptive ear to dance floors. Effortlessly sweeping you into the astral, Katsiki entwines her compelling cosmic selections with Italo, Cosmic Disco, Indie-Dance, New Beat, Techno, Synth-Wave and infatuating rarities. She is a member of the Berlin-based label Wrong Era Records, a sub-label from Slow Motion Records and a dependable force within Berlin’s revered scene, which she now calls home. 

With regular slots at the formidable likes of Panorama bar, Renate, About Blank and KitKat Club, she is a strong figure within the nocturnal city and parties across the globe.

This mix is magnetically dark, sexy, full of shimmering synths. Last call and a perfect chance to catch the noir vibes 🌚 before some of us will jump into ugly sweaters and Christmas chants.

[Fauve Radio] – Tiger Tapes

Tiger Tapes 034 - Hara Katsiki

BRUS it's a multidisciplinary collective– radio show, record label and event organiser. BRUS provides immersive nightlife experiences that transcends traditional nightclub scenes. With its unmistakable themes and curated music journeys, BRUS creates an atmosphere of freedom and self-expression. Our events bring together underground artists from around the world, resulting in a fusion of sonic, visual, and multi-sensory mind-boggling experiences.

Our independent radio show is broadcasted on Thursday at 101.1 MHz in the Stockholm Metropolitan Area.

Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/radio.brus/

2024:
25/04 - Fotografiska - Anthony Linell, Bella Boo
XX/XX - Fotografiska - Artists TBA

2023
03/02 - Axel Boman
18/03 - BRUS Lounges
04/05 - Victor Norman, Hannah Prescott & Åke Falk
25/05 - Storken B2B JStaaf
08/06 - DJ City, towLie
27/07 - BRUS, The Borderland
17/08 - Lion’s Drums, Maja Korpi 
11/09 - Ari Bald & CJ Scott, Jo Bubbles
12/10 - ANTONSSON, Johanna Beckman + Mattias El Mansouri
12/09 - BRUS Radioskugga

2022:
09/07 - BRUS Picnic 
04/08 - BRUS Moln

Booking & collab : biologicrecords@gmail.com

Harold Boué, also known as Abstraxion and Lion's Drums, is a French producer and musician based in Marseille. His music transcends boundaries, drawing from a range of genres and influences including Italo disco, EBM, early trance, techno rave, and synth wave, resulting in a captivating and unique musical experience. Abstraxion's sets are unpredictable, and he has a talent for surprising his audience with unexpected musical directions.
Harold's live performances are a seamless blend of flesh and machine, with his modular GRP A4 allowing him to give a modern interpretation to the euphoric sounds of the '80s and '90s while maintaining a warm and dance floor-focused approach.
In addition to his music, Harold is also founder of Biologic Records. He is a prominent figure in the Marseille underground scene, having been involved in projects such as the Mouillette queer parties and the Encore Encore festival. Harold's upcoming album, set to be released in June 2023 on Dischi Autunno.

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