"Taking the Piccadilly Delorean back to 2016, Mellah made an instant impression on the world with a killer set of mystical edits from Parisian prodigy Shelter. Now the mysterious imprint is back with a 12" double pack of dope, deep and dubby discoid flips on a whole host of Arabic O.G.s. The A1 offers a shuffling beat, sunny bassline and Balearic mood, the Idjut style build up eventually giving way to a Turkish pop chorus and some neat guitar work. The A2 bubbles along nicely, applying maximum filter action to the bass and strings of an Arabic disco winner before bursting into a big vocal and bigger chorus. Over on the B-side things bump up a notch into Acid Arab territories, wild reed riffs and tough Afro-house percussion powering the B1 into the peaktime while the B2 is the kind of tabla tonker custom built to cause dervish whirls.  The pump and bump continues on the C1 with a supercharged and cybernetic desert pinger, complete with acidic B-line and rampant saz licks. Next we get a little disco exotica, proper belly dancing tackle and then it's on to the final side, which ends the set with a couple of warped and wavey curveballs. Yalla!"

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Patrick says: If you've been hankering after more of that Middle Eastern magic, Mellah return with a double pack full of Turkish delight. Essential listening for fans of Baris K, Acid Arab and De Los Miedos.

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LENG SHOP - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/5-2-9-the-fox-with-the-dog

Leng Records is kicking off its 2019 release program by offering a debut to a previously unheralded producer from Russia’s fast growing nu-disco underground. Given the quality of the two original tracks on show on his first Leng outing, something tells us that we’re going to be hearing much more from Moscow-based Takovoi in the months and years ahead.

On the A-side you’ll find “5-2-9”, an effortlessly dreamy and Balearic affair that ebbs, flows and slowly unfurls over six spellbinding minutes. The track is built around a chunky, acid style bassline and loose, delay-laden drum machine beats. Yet it’s the drifting and dubbed-out musical elements that cluster around the groove – leisurely keys, yearning trumpet solos and kaleidoscopic, arpeggio style synthesizer melodies – that make “5-2-9” such a magical piece of music. Think of it as a statement of intent.

Takovoi’s love of TB-303 style acid lines and mind-altering electronics comes to the fore on “The Fox With The Dog” which sees the up-and-coming producer give his take on the timeless electro sound. It’s as spacey and atmospheric as you’d expect, with exotic electronic refrains and glacial synthesizer lines dancing across the sound-space. The groove – a combination of punchy drum machine hits, heavy acid-style sub-bass, occasional bursts of hand percussion and breakbeats – is pleasingly heavy, too, making this particular electro excursion a bona fide dancefloor delight.

LENG SHOP

Takovoi - 5-2-9

After a long night the sun finally rises as our high leader and big boss Filburt finally blesses O*RS with his very first full Artist EP. The emotive three-tracker ‚Unnoticed Love‘ comes along with two originals accompanied by a remix by none other than Charles Webster. 
As the title track’s relentless groove goes on and on pianos emerge and the track reaches full effect when the vocoder-heavy vocals hit, taking you to a higher place of emotional consciousness. Trust us, you wanna go there. 
‚It’s All About You‘ with it’s combination of harmonic bleeps, big pads, steel drums and an unique arrangement sounds like that sunrise we mentioned earlier. It is advised by authorities to sit back, relax and take a long bath in it. 
And then there is this Charles Webster Remix which moves through a foggy territory where the best kind of deephouse grows. While there Charles plants some tribal seeds before going even deeper with a bassline richer than the sauce your granny made for christmas dinner

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Filburt - Unnoticed Love (Charles Webster RMX)

Recorded during a one week residency at Red Bull Studios Paris in spring 2019. 

Innoxia (Myako & Basses Terres) 

Une légende de la tribu des Piaroa raconte qu’il existe, au coeur de la forêt Amazonienne, une colline au sommet de laquelle on peut entendre tous les sons du monde. Chaque son vient s’y refléter comme un écho, à travers les roches, les arbres et l’eau du fleuve. Inspirés par cette topographie mystique, Myako et Basses Terres tentent d’en proposer une exploration mélangeant fragments acousmatiques et expérimentations live au synthétiseur modulaire.

 "Innoxia"  C'est la rencontre de deux animaux cosmiques à travers les tumultes de la forêt amazonienne. Leur récit sonore est une ellipse astrale et ésotérique portée par des jeux rythmiques proches des bruitages industrielles. Leurs univers stellaires est une immersion dans la jungle douce, cristalline et métallique.

INNOXIA - l'arbre parle

Alessandro Alessandroni’s ‘Afro Discoteca’ is released on a blasting 12’’ containing 4 cosmic/disco tracks drawing influences from African music - never published before these incredibly powerful and evocative recordings were rescued from an old dusty tape found in the Maestro’s vaults.

The EP became an instant classic for diggers and worldwide tastemakers, bringing the name of Alessandroni to new audiences, far beyond the circle of film scores and library music aficionados .

March 2019: Four Flies asks to a rock band (CALIBRO 35) and three amongst the most brilliant and visionary Italian DJs and producers (Jolly Mare, L.U.C.A., pAd) to rework the original tracks, giving them new life for refined modern dancefloors.

The result is a stunning collection of electronic/cosmic/balearic reworks, which respects the spirit of Alessandroni’s compositions, projecting them into our present.

About Alessandro Alessandroni

Alessandro Alessandroni (Rome, Italy 03/18/1925 – Swakopmund, Namibia 03/26/2017) was one of the most important Italian musicians of the 20th century. A composer, arranger, singer and multi-instrumentalist whose impact on pop culture is immeasurable, from his unique guitar work and — perhaps most famously — his whistle for Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti western soundtracks to the unforgettable vocal hook of Piero Umiliani's "Mah Nà Mah Nà”.

In a career that spans seven decades, Alessandroni scored almost a hundred movies and recorded countless production music albums, currently acclaimed by the most important musical experts around the world.

AFRO DISCOTECA reworked & reloved

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Alessandro Alessandroni  reworked "Afro Discoteca" (Jolly Mare Lifting)

LENG SHOP - https://lengrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lunares-ep

If you’ve visited Ibiza in the last few years, there’s a fair chance you’ll have encountered DJ Pippi and Willie Graff. The experienced duo has been DJing together on the White Isle for years, finding time between sundown sets to make music together in Italian veteran Pippi’s home studio.

The pair’s first collaborative EP dropped on Drumpoet Community way back in 2007, with the belated follow-up appearing a decade later on Compost Disco. Here they make their bow on Leng with the “Lunares EP”, a typically warm and woozy collection of cuts named after the Spanish word for “polka dots” (a fashionable item in Spain and the Balearic islands throughout the 1980s).

They begin with the slow-burn sunrise bliss of “Lunares”, a shuffling and glassy-eyed affair in which evocative, emotion-rich strings, heady vocal samples, echoing sitars and lilting guitars slowly rise above a thickset backing track rich in dubby bass, swelling pads, starry electronics and snappy drums. Capable of tugging at the heartstrings, it’s a sublime slab of mood-enhancing bliss perfect for both weary dancing and sofa-bound relaxation.

“Island Visitors” is, if anything, even more spaced-out and intoxicating. Employing extra-slow beats and a prominent jazzy bass guitar part, the pair invites us to get locked in to a chuggy rhythm. Throw in druggy synth lines, tactile electric piano stabs and some suitably cosmic effects and you have a hallucinatory treat that would no doubt have gained the approval of the late, great Andrew Weatherall.

The EP’s final musical moment “Saxolicious” lives up to the premise of the title, with Pippi and Willie wrapping snaking, effects-laden saxophone solos around a languid, slow motion groove bristling with hazy intent. Expect chiming electric piano chords, dreamy pads, rolling grooves and another fine bassline that will worm its way into your subconscious, spark up a spliff and stay there for days.

Lunares EP

DJ Pippi & Willie Graff - Island Visitors

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Aska - Htela Bih Da Si Tu (Kompleks Re - Work)

DJ, producer, Ibiza dignitary Kenneth Bager assembles another string of Balearic pearls with Sunset Sessions Vol. 8. 

We get 18 tracks covering the new developments within the orange-tinged domains of chill-out & downtempo, house, disco, ambient and more. It’s aerial sweeps, coasting basslines, waltzing guitars and halcyon pads. Wobbling beats drumming ripples through aquatic expanses. 

If we were to extract a consistent purpose or idea from the (soon to be 20 year-old) release journey of Kenneth Bager’s label, Music For Dreams, it would be about keeping Balearic music fresh. Maintaining the genre’s bite and integrity by championing the bold and adventurous movements within and around it. With The Sunset Sessions, we get a taste of that. 

This 8th installment in the series features exclusive tracks by Copenema, islandman, Ambala, Be.Lanuit, Michael Rune, Mike Salta, Jamie Porteous, Underscorer and SIRS. Dance, drink, or daydream to it. Lose yourself somewhere far away or join the human beings around you.

The compilation is available in all digital stores: https://music-for-dreams.lnk.to/sunsetsessions8

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Underscorer - Panorama - 0227

My Friend Dario is back on Hell Yeah with an EP of Balearic bliss and bangers that comes before a vinyl EP on NuNorthern Soul later in the year, and a debut full length on this label in Spring 2021. Dario has a mature sound infused with world music and has released a number of EPs on this label before, He has remixed Calm here and also featured on the Buena Onda - Balearic Beats compilation.

He opens up here with lush Mediterranean vibes on 'Montalbano,' which pops and bubbles with trippy synths and bendy bass.

Next is 'In Gola' is Dario's most straight up dance floor oriented tracks... a balearic banger with a rasping bassline and crisp claps that make you move.

Last of all, 'Salamon's Son,' a soothing late night slow dance that brims with soul and is a firm favourite of the Buena Onda parties that will keep Catania's ever growing Dario fan base very happy in the run up to his debut album.'

Montalbano EP

In Gola

My Friend Dario - In Gola

Red Bull Studio Paris is a recording facility for Red Bull Music and its network of artists and partners. Stay up to date by following https://soundcloud.com/redbullmusic

INNOXIA - l'arbre parle

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