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Your favourite percussion pals take aim at the peak time on Volume 5, offering some different disco with a Balearic bent. Though the 45RPM button on the TDHQ turntable is finally fixed, these edit idiots managed to spill a spritz on the pitch control, so prepare to read this at -6%.

A-side “Slow Motion” sees the crew swing through some Canadian crates, transforming a high energy froth into sweet mid tempo syrup. Hydraulic sequences chug away to a cybernetic 4/4, lasers dance around the vocoder and a spacer woman sends us into ecstasy with an arms aloft chorus. The heads were spinning when this one teased in their radio mix, so don’t miss it on wax.

There’s a double feature on the flip, where TD tackle an overlooked slice of German glam, taming the tempo and turning out a totally cokey bit of disco rock. Repping expert bass grooves, euro boogie breakdowns, unexpected talk box, headband guitar riffs and a killer drum solo, this gives you that tops off at a family function feeling. The vocal version keeps it authentically off kilter, while the dub should appease peeps who think that Barrabas sounds like a deranged Rod Stewart.

Limited Press - Numbered Insert - Drum Fun Guaranteed.

TD005 A. Slow Motion Snippets

Metropolitan Soul Museum land on Polymath with a new EP. The two-track package features off-kilter and emotive sounds perfect for hazy early mornings. "Idyllic Metropolis" will be released on the Third Son run record label on the 25th of February.

Buy: https://www.beatport.com/release/idyllic-metropolis/3643958

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Premiere: Metropolitan Soul Museum - Idyllic Metropolis [Polymath]

As a digestive to Plato 5 Years B-day Party, we present Radio Plato Compilation vol. 1. – a music compilation in which we collected tracks from our talented show producers as well as friends of Radio Plato.

Mysterious ambient, dreamy jungle, atmospheric house – the compilation clearly takes the bright side of life and brings a summer mood, like dandelion wine. Take a sip!

Compilation by: Abibok, Anton Anishchanka, Bombaqla, Finds & Maxgreat, Leap, Pavel Evtuh, Plamag, Schmoltz, Stereobeaver

Artwork - Yana Chernova
Mastering - Vova Patapenka

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Schmoltz - Ptah Mix

The Bump

Duncan Gray - The Remote Control Thief

Pedrodollar formerly known as Petter hands in his first solo-single since his Border Community release "Some Polyphony" from 2006. This Maxi Single features Reggae-Not-Reggae movers and other tricks only Petter could pull off. Dont Snooze!

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Born Free 27 - A1 - Pedrodollar - Money Money Money

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/homesick-6/656896-01/
Homesick #6
Various
A1 - Apocalypse Now (Edit)
A2 - African Temperament (SSR Edit)
B1 - Summer Madness(SSR Edit)
B2 - 激光中 (MH Edit)

Homesick #6

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Available October 4th worldwide

Hi everyone.

Ian Wyatt aka Local Artist here to fill you in on the story behind this music. 

2018 was easily the worst year of my life. A number of intense and negative events seemed to collide including the life threatening illness of two of my closest loved ones. I spent a lot of time next to hospital beds trying to keep it together for the people around me and had to uproot a lot of basic human needs like home and security.

At night I kept making music, most of which will never see the light of day but was shared with my inner circle. What you hear on this record is what was reflected back to me after they gave it all a listen. Singing felt good so there’s lots of voice on here. Handing over control, letting in the unknown and giving up on my perfectionism seemed to fit the bill. The later stages of the music were finished while traveling with my partner for 110 days in the Mediterranean.

Gravity was finished in a Moroccan Air BnB after Jack J offered up a tasty arrangement of a previously loose ass live demo. Touch Tone started as a jam with Cloudface then was completely reimagined, keeping his keypad melody, and later touched up with Jack adding live drums. Boys Cry is dedicated to the memory of my Dad. Miss you and love you forever. And Fruits is just being itself. 

A1 - Touch Tone
A2 - Boys Cry
B1 - Fruits
B2 - Gravity

Artwork by Local Artist
Vinyl distribution by Rubadub and Commendnyc (NA)
Streaming everywhere

MH024 - Local Artist - Touch Tone EP

Good news! Pacific Rhythm is once again connecting game with one of Toronto's most promising young duos, Active Surplus. Active Surplus is the collaborative project from Evan Vincent (AKA Emissive) and Ian Syrett, who also appear on this past winter's fourth volume of Rhythms Of The Pacific.

Their new self-titled EP is their love letter to the house music sound that first sprouted from the West Coast. It's laid-back, groovy and touched with lovely instrumentation, like the plucked strings on "Meera," a heartfelt tribute to a loved one. "Meera" and the billowing groove of "Ambrosia" might remind you of early Pacific Rhythm releases, with dainty arrangements and chords that waft across the rhythm section.

But Active Surplus put their own spin on things. The EP was heavily inspired by the stuttering drum patterns of Baltimore club, which undergird each track in subtle but noticeable ways, making the grooves that much skippier and slippier. "Yeye" calls to mind the feeling of early Walt J material and delivers a devastating earworm that will stick with you long after the lights have come on at the end of a late night Dance Opportunity, while the looped woodwinds and cool-blue keyboards offer a sweet melodic hook on the irresistible "One Beyond." There's a confident, naturalistic quality to these rippling grooves and silky sounds, which the duo credit to an obsession with water. After all, in their words, "we might not live by the ocean, but we're all H20 on the inside."

Thanks for listening!

Active Surplus

Active Surplus - Meera

Written, produced & recorded by Prins Emanuel 2019-2020 at SingSang Studio.
https://fasaan-recordings.bandcamp.com/album/gli-ornamenti

Mastered by Darren Ziesing
Distribution by Rush Hour 
Cover: Ivar Lantz
In stores 31st of August 2020.

Life is full of wonder and excitement. Now it is also filled with the 14th release on Fasaan Recordings, produced by one of its founding fathers: part-time fruit picker Prins Emanuel. 

Gli Ornamenti comes in three different versions, which is nice. The U20 Mix is all about that sweet Roland U20 and offers us many of its decorative sounds. 
The Maximal Minimal Mix is the one to go to when you don’t want a lot of different stuff, but what you want you really want a lot of. 
The Ambient Mix is perfect to play while inspecting the grass growing under your apple tree. This is a good 12-inch single for the industrial balearic summers ahead.

Words by Simon Eliasson

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Prins Emanuel - Gli Ornamenti... (Maximal Minimal Mix)

Taken from 'V/A - Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997' (MFM050)
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© 2020 Music From Memory

Virtual Dreams: Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, 1993-1997

Sunshine's Theme (Sunshine's Remix)

E2. Dubtribe Sound System - Sunshine's Theme (Sunshine's Remix) (8 :10)

Radio Plato is a non-commercial community radio, originally from Minsk, Belarus.

We write about local music scene, host shows and publish podcasts. That's what we do to strengthen the community and highlight it worldwide.

Schmoltz - Ptah Mix

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