From forthcoming LP "Murmurations" available on Cibachrome Editions April 1st 2022 https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/murmurations

A Vast Interiority - Lea B + Ben Vida

the significant novelty of kyoka‘s first full length album »is (Is Superpowered)« is that she uses her own voice much more often than usual, in the form of short snippets as well as longer sung melodies. these elements are set and arranged as if they were an autonomous instrument. sometimes these voices give the impression of being a babelesque language mix-up, or even a kind of cryptic message for the listener like found in the song »meander«.

the production process of the record was heavily supported by her label mates frank bretscheider and robert lippok, which is, in this way of forming a production team, a unique constellation in the history of raster-noton. whereas lippok focused on preserving the roughness and complexity of kyoka‘s compositions, bretschneider concentrated on refining them regarding their fluidity and focus. both tried to keep the vitality and hyperactivity of the initial tracks without losing their distinctive eccentricity.

although kyoka‘s sound is often kind of chaotic, it is by no means stressful but rather energizing and easy to enjoy. the only exception to this can be found in »piezo version vision«, the noticeably roughest track of the record. her particularly progressive style is best reflected by the song »re-pulsion«, a rolling groove combined with unusual clicks and snares and topped with crazy sounding voice fragments.

the album thus further deepens what was already initiated with her first ep »iSH«, released as part five of raster-noton‘s unun series. it presents a stylistically broader spectrum of kyoka‘s music but at the same time exhibits the fresh and positive, sometimes even childlike attitude she is already known for. this eventually renders »is (Is Superpowered)« a perfect extension of our label catalogue.

kyoka. re-pulsion. taken from kyoka. is (is superpowered)

@Yoong - Nonfiction
Format: Digital / Mini CD
Release Date: 27th of July, 2024
Additional mixing and mastered by @Go_Meee
Cover by Yoong
SL+24
© Seedlink⁺ 2024

Yoong - Cul-de-sac

Starfrog Slipmoded

Starfrog (slunty x Opheliaxz x innerfreekling floptropica remix) [feat. Ben Bondy]

From the forthcoming LP 'Metals' [DIAG068] released on Diagonal Records 07/02/2025. 

Mastered by Russell Haswell

Scott Gordon - 'And Away II' from the LP 'Metals' [DIAG068]

https://soundcloud.com/sseq for https://soundcloud.com/sofftronic

www.retreatradio.net/foil

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FOIL #16 w/ Sseq (12/04/25)

KEVIN DRUMM - return 
field recording - la tilia avec Elsa
GANG GANG DANCE - Glass jar 
NATHALIE ROSE LEBRECHT - Game Over
PATRICK SHIROISHI - how will we get back to life again ?
PAUL GIOVANNI - Willow's song (the wicker man)
KATIE JANE GARSIDE - Roadkill
CHARLIE OSBORNE - Stuck in a rut 
DIAMANDA GALAS - Interlude (time)
HAVADINE STONE - Cream petal 
MOVIE ACTOR - King shit / can't stop laughing
SHINETIAC - I hate being sober 
CAMILLE KELLER - Back east
TENDRE AEL - Learning patience 
JASO - Limp (zed)
OPERELLY - Crying is the only 
J - There was a time your mouth blew sweet messages into my ear 
BASILE3 - 1, 2, 3, 4 (slowed and reverbed)

Invité Spécial — Raphaël Massart

Underground legend Bloodz Boi leaves untold emotions in sounds. Broadcast from Beijing on a Tuesday every month. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/bloodz-boi/episodes/bloodz-boi-5th-may-2025

Bloodz Boi 050525

@kin_teal
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@exiles-electronics
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Kin Teal (Bálint Haller) is a Budapest-based producer who makes organic and tactile music that’s rooted in club culture. So far, he has released two EPs (via London-based Tropopause Records and New York-based Human Pitch respectively), and his latest drop (‘Undercurrent’) was a single on Scuffed Recordings. The main aim of his project is to express the contrast and connection between nature and humanity through juxtaposing natural textures with machine-made ones, and this sensibility is ever so evident on ‘circadian’, his latest offering.

The five-track EP is tightly packed with unformalized and unpredictable bass music – as per Kin Teal’s ars poetica, heavily digital sounds are carefully intertwined with natural elements. ‘circadian’ is a polished, if not totally pristine body of work: the playfully raw, broken beats carry artifacts of living organisms. The human voice is a central element here; whether chopped and scattered or looped and ethereal, these vocal samples are what make the material really breathe. ‘circadian’ is peak body clock music condensed into 18-minute cycles.
credits

releases May 23, 2025

music by Bálint Haller
mastered by Fausto Mercier
artwork by Márton Tóth
words by Dávid Gerlei