Masters of Afro ambiguity, Elite Beat are back with two short, sweet and on repeat tracks as they whimsically & musically wander through the Sahara to Eastern African realms on their jazz juiced dub camels.

Found this track on my hard drive and don't remember making it

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The machine sprung to life with a great electric roar, inside it buzzed and hummed sending out an enthusiastic noise which echoed with a precise tone and texture. This was the flange factory, where dreams were made and the noises of nightmares echoed between empty walls as dancers moved back and forth. The lights began to flicker and flash as the electrical currents pulsed and vibrated with a scattergun sense of purpose. Soon they would be lost beneath the fog and the sounds of a world beyond... 

Lucas Croon is a producer on who it is wise to keep close tabs, he has released music previously on Themes For Great Cities and Aiwo. Now he lends a hand to a new split release on Feines Tier, an imprint based in Cologne. His track "Flange Factory" is destined to do wonders in the hands of well informed dj's.

PREMIERE: Lucas Croon - Flange Factory feat. Thimo D [Feines Tier]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/koyil
Track: Shoort Distance Migrant
Label: https://soundcloud.com/serenades_show
Format: Cassette tape, Digital, EP
Release date: 10/12/21
YouTube: https://youtu.be/pGvMlzXY2xA

Now, when the borders are clearly defined again, Serenades are launching a series of the sound guides that will lead you to different countries of our planet.
The debut release was compiled on the label crew homeland: five Russian musicians set off on their inner trips with a whole set of skills and ideas and came back with some beautiful music stories. We are inviting you to live through their experiences and get an idea of what Russia is like according to this compilation.
Bon voyage and we’ll see you in the next country.

Serenades from Russia

PREMIERE | Koyil - Short Distance Migrant [Serenades] 2021

MY LIFE IS pt2

Laughing

Last Dance

A blend of post-punk, dub and funk on this reissue of Bristol band Maximum Joy. The inaugural release on Silent Street, a new label from Chris Farrell (Idle Hands) and Kiran Sande (Blackest Ever Black).

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/08/17/premiere-maximum-joy-building-bridges-building-dub/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/building-bridges-dub

I Can’t Stand It Here On Quiet Nights (Singles 1981-82)

Listen on Youtube

Maximum Joy - Building Bridges (Building Dub) (STW Premiere)

Krokakai aka Kyle Webster is at the controls for the second Invisible Inc's digital-only release. Ranging from tribal sci-fi rave to new wave electro and then powering onwards to almost industrial sounding slo-mo techno, the machines under Krokakai's control are perfectly tuned for Invisible Inc.'s dark side. 

https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc
https://soundcloud.com/krokakai

Out on April 22nd!

Pre-order!

PRÈMIÉRE: Krokakai - Bodhran Beat [Invisible, Inc.]

Off Cosmo's record on Malka Tuti - Holiday in Panikstraße Part 1
You can order the record here:
https://malkatuti.bandcamp.com/album/holiday-in-panikstrasse-part-1

Cosmo Vitelli - Groupe Surdose (Malka Tuti)

A1. By The Light Of The Pyramids
B1. Postcards From Gortupal

In an era of boundless self promotion, anonymity is a rare and precious thing. Listening to Trevor Jackson's NTS show one night we heard a glorious piece of music by something called Elite Beat. A quick search found 10 years worth of recorded material but not a single photo or youtube clip. They had made a record with Niger born guitarist Mdou Moctar but were based in Portland, Oregon. More questions than answers but we knew we had just heard one helluva cosmic link up! 

We still don't know what they look like but we can tell you Elite Beat is a 6 piece ensemble now in their 12th year as a musical collective. Their sound is non prescribed rhythm music with an emphasis on live playing, free form expression and dubbing techniques. Players who have absorbed the plethora of global grooves from dub, Ethiopoques and Tuareg guitar music (probably the odd Dead bootleg too). They aren't retromaniacs or here to revive a genre. Just some cats from Oregon talking that universal language, fueled by laugher and a vision of the eternal. 

*To preserve audio quality, the vinyl versions have been carefully shortened*

Elite Beat - By The Light Of The Pyramids (RREP03)

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Elite Beat - By The Light Of The Pyramids (RREP03)

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