RA New Tracks: August 2019

LP/CD/Tape/Digital out now September on Awesome Tapes From Africa.

The famous singer's first record, made following her discovery in a talent competition. Acoustic guitar and vocals. The first in a trilogy of recordings, the third volume of which was the first release for ATFA back in 2011.

La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1

Nahawa Doumbia — Tou Dibile

Up and coming Dutch DJ, Masalo, delivers a bold arpeggiated number drawing on Italo-Disco influences, and featuring the vocals of Guineo-Malian singer Doussou Koulibaly. 
Taken from the release "Esa Presents Amandla: Music To The People", an electronic compilation put together by South African DJ and producer Esa Williams.
Full release available from 6 September. "Yera" is available to download on Bandcamp now: https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/esa-presents-amandla-music-to-the-people

Esa Presents Amandla: Music To The People

Yera

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Masalo - Yera (ft. Doussou Koulibaly)

Sixth Sense

Sixth Sense (Louie Vega Remix) [feat. Ursula Rucker]

Limitation Without Distraction — from Nathaniel Young's debut album — Accosting Form, Pure Intent.

Artist: Nathaniel Young
Album: Accosting Form, Pure Intent
Cat No: MOTDLP005
Format: 12” White Vinyl LP, Limited Edition CD, Digital

"Accosting Form, Pure Intent" — Nathaniel Young’s debut album for Mysteries of the Deep — is a contradiction that makes sense. At once raw and elegant, it emerges from a place of constraint and desire. Its individual tracks reflect this paradox as the album unlocks itself like a koan: a riddle that, once solved, dawns on the listener like an epiphany.

Despite the assorted elements at work, a visceral quality binds everything together. Even the record's more subdued works are textured and tangible, at times balancing or playing against the serrated edges of its more structured pieces. Like all compelling works, the sounds here exist in a liminal space that is not entirely classifiable. Still, it is wholly cohesive in both its moodiness and its adeptness.

“The entirety of the LP was written using a Korg MS-20 Mini, Korg SQ-1 step sequencer, Korg Volca Beats, Korg Volca Kick, Behringer Model D, and a Zoom H4N. The core of each track was recorded live in one or two takes and subsequent synth parts were overdubbed after the fact. Since I was working solely with monophonic synths, I utilized a lot of panning in the overdubbing process to help create new harmonics, and even chords in some cases, which really helped flesh out the often extremely monolithic and singular sounding analog synths. Beyond that, as I mentioned, I really focused on creating sequences that I found I could listen to on repeat no matter their level of simplicity.”

All songs written and produced by Nathaniel Young (@nathanielyoung)

Mixed by Oliver Chapoy at Ohm Sweet Ohm, NY 
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studios, NY 
Photography by Candace Price 
Design by Gabriel Benzur 
Words by Taylor Bratches

Worldwide Distribution: wordandsound → what people playy

Accosting Form, Pure Intent

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MOTDLP005 - Nathaniel Young - Limitation Without Direction

&gt; Vinyl/Digi Preorder @ www.tinyurl.com/foxyj5 &amp; all usual stores worldwide &lt;

Following a monster 12” from Bones &amp; Natty earlier in 2019, Foxy Jangle returns with one of modern jungle’s freshest up and coming artists – Lynch Kingsley.

LK’s Foxy Jangle debut explores this dark, complex space further, delivering a double uppercut of cerebral, visceral jungle futurism. With a clear nod to past masters, Lynch’s craftmanship takes classic signatures forward into the unknown, with hyperdetailed sound design and razor-sharp precision drum programming across both sides.

Coming in at a combined length of 15 minutes, both tracks have a dense, epic feel, making for an intensive headphone workout. This is challenging music at its rewarding best.

Original artwork sleeve and labels by Dublin graff writer CISTO >>

Lynch Kingsley - Capricorn

Om Unit Presents: Cosmology - Dark Matter 
CBR032
3 x 12” Vinyl & Download
Released: 6th Sept 2019

Buy here: http://bit.ly/CBR032

A1. Om Unit - The Lake (Samba Remix)
A2. TMSV - Ominous
B1. Proc Fiskal - Death
B2. Danny Scrilla - Sacred Waters
B3. Moresounds - Watating 

C1. J: Kenzo - Dub For Bashenga
C2. Rude Operator - Broken Sky
D1. Vromm - Decentralized
D2. Oliver Yorke - Treasured
D3. Es.tereo - Floating Point 

E1. Margari’s Kid - Challenger
E2. Om Unit & Synkro - Reflextions
F1. Om Unit & Djrum - Ruins
F2. Crypticz - Chrysalis (Feat. Amy Kisnorbo)

"I’ve been a fan of Djrum for some time since hearing some of his early mixes and having seen him play out in his effortlessly interesting and bold style many times with the same philosophy applied in his tunes I had always hoped to collab with him. We managed to pull “Ruins” out of the hat and I’ve been waiting a while to reveal this mad mixture of hardcore and lo fi slow-mo energy  to the world. It’s a perfect fit for this amazing compilation of music, which I can’t wait to share with you all this coming September!"
- Om Unit

Fresh from a series of artist-led 12"s, Om Unit's Cosmic Bridge label returns with 'Dark Matter', its first compilation since 2017's 'Cosmology Selections'. Collected in a triple vinyl LP / digital formats, the release offers a fresh snapshot of the exciting possibilities and experiments happening at the intersection of hip-hop, jungle and bass music; a hybrid sound the label has pioneered since its first release eight years ago. 

Across 14 tracks, 'Dark Matter' showcases Cosmic Bridge's growing global roster of artists: Moresounds, Danny Scrilla, Proc Fiskal, Margari's Kid, Oliver Yorke, J:Kenzo, TMSV, vromm, alongside new faces Samba and Rude Operator, and perennial favorites Es.tereo, Synkro and Djrum, the latter two in collaboration with label head Om Unit. 

Stylistically the compilation covers a broad range, and gives listeners the space to digest it all with a running time of 75 minutes. There are stripped-down, meditative rollers such as TMSV's flute-led 'Ominous', the bass hypnosis of Danny Scrilla's 'Sacred Waters', and Samba's snappy, booming remix of Om Unit's 'The Lake'. The timeless energy of jungle is channeled in Proc Fiskal's 'Death', a percussive, bouncy number, while Moresounds plays with filters (and your mind) as he refines a less-is-more take of classic themes on 'Watating'. J:Kenzo highlights the music's Jamaican roots on 'Dub For Bashenga'; a tough, pounding cut that goes straight for the chest and which finds its counterpoint in Rude Operator's 'Broken Sky'. 

For those who like more expansive, cinematic approaches there are epic waves of drums, slick editing and euphoria in Es.tereo's 'Floating Point' and Vromm's 'Decentralized', while Oliver Yorke's 'Treasured' and Margari's Kid's 'Challenger' squeeze soul from colder sound palettes and tight breakbeats. 

Om Unit's two collaborations, 'Reflections' with Synkro and 'Ruins' with Djrum, reflect the compilation's ambitions and breadth. The former is a delicate, uplifting roller that sets you up for the dark rumblings, freeform stylings and frenetic rhythms of the latter. The compilation ends with a track that arguably stands tall on its own, Crypticz's 'Chrysalis' feat. Amy Kisnorbo; an 11-minute epic that plays out like a love letter to the magic of breakbeat science, dub technology and human creativity. 

Dark Matter is a finely crafted statement of intent from Cosmic Bridge and Om Unit, shunning easy self-congratulation for a dive into the musical potentials and connections of a sound that is now an established part of the global bass music vocabulary.

Om Unit Presents: Cosmology - Dark Matter

3 x 12" Vinyl/Digital

Om Unit & Djrum - Ruins (Taken from Om Unit Presents: Cosmology - Dark Matter) (CBR032)

Life and Death welcome Italian artist Whitesquare for a fantastic debut on the label that includes a remix from boss DJ Tennis. 

Whitesquare hails from Rome and runs his own Lyase Recordings while also releasing on Freerange and VOD. Those are perfect foils for his always characterful, cosmically infused house, techno and disco grooves which come with plenty of synth colour and timeless qualities. Always folding his own influences in with classic tropes, his genre-spanning productions and DJ sets have made him a key underground figure since first emerging in 2012. 

‘Visual Distortion of Reality’ kicks things off with a brilliantly rugged bassline underlining loose hits and drum fills. A robotic acid line takes the track far into the future and primes it for real dance floor destruction. The excellent ‘Not Moving’ is a spaced out electro styled cut with lithe drums and sleek synths journeying into the cosmos. Another killer bassline brings things to life in real style as you’re taken ever higher. Lastly, ’Jasmine’ is another trip to the stars, with a squelchy bassline and crisp snares impossible to ignore as they ride on perfectly programmed drums. This one gets a subtle Re-Match from DJ Tennis who layers in a little more synth drama and darkness as a result. 

This is a stylish, cinematic EP that voyages to the outer edges of our galaxy in thrilling fashion.

Visual Distortion Of Reality

[LAD046] Whitesquare - Jasmine

Taken from Corpus Hypercubus, the debut album from JESUSLOVESACID.

CORPUS HYPERCUBUS is our first trip into hyperspace. The album namesake is derived from Dali’s surrealist portrayal of the Crucifixion of Jesus, it depicts Christ on the polyhedron net of a tesseract or what we like to refer to as a hypercube. JESUSLOVESACID is an artistic concept by Vitalik Recordings label head Ryan O Gorman. The concept is based around the relationship between science and spirituality, hyper-dimensional geometry and iconography with heavy undertones of psychedelia. 

Will Berridge (or Path as he is better known on Vitalik) mixed the album and collaborated on the production of the album interludes. Marlon Lopez Holden performed the live bass on the album. The artwork is a collaboration between Julien Frener and Ryan O Gorman. 

The album is released in august, the launch party takes place at Pikes Ibiza August 31st with a live performance from Mathew Jonson (who is featured on the the first album remix EP with brother Nathan Jonson under their Midnight Operator moniker) plus DJ sets from JESUSLOVESACID and guests. Follow up EP’s feature remixes from Radioactive Man, Appleblim, Path, Paul Loraine and Francesco Mami.

https://www.facebook.com/JESUSL0VESACID/

https://www.instagram.com/jesusl0vesacid/

Higher Functioning Movements

From the forthcoming single, "My Love Is For Real" (feat. Haddaway), featuring remixes from Larse, Lipelis, and Moscoman. 

Out worldwide Friday August 2, 2019.

a co-release between DFA Records & @publicpossession / @livefromearth

@wolfram
@larse
@lipelismusic
@moscoman

Wolfram - My Love Is For Real (feat. Haddaway) [Larse Remix]

Funked up acid house produced by L.A.'s Xavier De Enciso. Released on Yaxteq.

Emotional Hunger EP

Yaxteq - 005 - XavierDeEnciso WarehouseDeep Original

Taken from SBKT029: Gabber Modus Operandi - HOXXXYA
Release date: 16th August 2019

For the 29th release on SVBKVLT we are excited to present ‘HOXXXYA’, a new album from Indonesia’s Gabber Modus Operandi. Artwork by Asian Dope Boys’ Chen Tianzhuo, mastered by Raphael Valensi

‘For this album, we owe a lot to the metal/noise scene and to the small rapidly growing rave crew in Denpasar, while at the same time a ton of influence strongly came from all the sounds blasting out from our banjar (neighborhood) community, the loudest spirits of Dangdut Koplo and Indonesian happy hardcore, to gamelan sounds and everything in between.’
– Gabber Modus Operandi

HOXXXYA

Gabber Modus Operandi - Trance Adiluhunxxx

Julia Govor - Shadow Dance / Premiere (Release date: 12/08/2019)

Physical/Digital - projectpablo.com/vmp

1. Sofware
2. Dead Channel
3. Boingo Myth
4. Scroll Up

Available everywhere September 6th.

Sofware

Download

Pre-order the new album 'Renegade Breakdown', released 25 September on Ninja Tune: https://mariedavidson.lnk.to/renegade-breakdownSo

Taken from the 12" 'Chasing The Light / Work It (Soulwax Remix) x Lara (Daniel Avery Remix)', released 16 August 2019 on Ninja Tune: https://mariedavidson.lnk.to/chasing-the-lightSo

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Apple Music: http://found.ee/marie-am
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Soundcloud: http://found.ee/marie-sc

Chasing The Light / Work It (Soulwax Remix) x Lara (Daniel Avery Remix)

Chasing The Light

Acisaronno (YAMU004)

Buy: https://defektplanet.bandcamp.com/album/magnetic-resonance

Third release on Winthorpe is from Dublin based producer - DeFeKT. A tireless advocate of true electro and techno who has been steadily honing his hardware modular based sound for the last few years. Familiar to many via a slew of 12?? eps and remixes an array of top labels including Electronic Explorations, Convex Industries, Solar One Music, AC Records, Cultivated Electronics, Boysnoize Records and a collaboration with Sunil Sharpe, under the name Tinfoil with five 12?s and an LP on their own self-titled label this four track EP is arguably his most accomplished yet.

DefeKT - Magnetic Resonance [Sept 2 2019]

Bubbling on the peripheries of the sonic universe since 2001 but floating in the vast caverns of space since 2013, cult imprint Marguerita Recordings springs back into orbit.

Previously home to music from the likes of Dexter, Edo 8, Luke Vibert, Detroit In Effect and of course the label captain Cosmic Force, Marguerita is back in business. Its return follows a rich vein of form from the label founder. An enduring energy in techno and electro, Cosmic Force has recently been spotted smashing up the Boiler Room and releasing on the likes of Something Happening Somewhere and Alienata’s Disco Atonicos.

Marguerita marks the next stage of Cosmic Force’s recalibration and he’s rolling deep with kindred spirits such as fellow Dutchman Sjamsoedin who has the honour of re-launching the label and does so in fine style; ‘Research’ comprises five pieces of uncompromised electro, often fractured with necksnap technoid breaks and laced with infectious acid, they rekindle Marguerita’s spicy kick and full-flavoured taste for experimentalism.

From the 23rd century sleaze and cyberpunk noir of robo-voxed opener ‘The Way You Want’ to the warehouse battering all-out 303 stomp ‘Dreams Of You’ by way of the dream-weaving aesthetics and rocket-fuelled breakbeats of ‘Blue & Pink’, it’s yet another powerful statement from Sjamsoedin that crosses the board from electro to techno via house. Like Cosmic Force, Sjamsoedin is on an unstoppable roll right now with the likes of Ame, Dixon, Jennifer Cardini all heavily supporting his last releases with De Sluwe Vos, ‘Never Know’ and the remix of Cabin Fever, which dropped on Mathew Jonson’s Capsule.

As with all things Cosmic Force, the label’s return hasn’t been taken lightly. The artwork for ‘Research’ is created through a series of photos of custom printed circuit boards made specifically for this release. 100 of them have been made and contain the EP itself. Trust us; these will not hang around…

Sjamsoedin - Chemical Analysis

TOTAL SOLIDARITY - a benefit compilation for grassroots LGBTQIA+ organizations in Poland

Instead of total hatred, we give you TOTAL SOLIDARITY. We present you with the compilation created thanks to the cooperation of Oramics collective and the person behind New York Haunted label - Drvg Cvltvre. All proceeds from the digital sales will support Polish queer organizations: Kampania Przeciw Homofobii and Miłość Nie Wyklucza, who monitor homophobia, provide all kind of support for queer people and have agreed to help us redistribute the proceeds throughout LGBTQIA+ organizations in smaller cities and towns of Poland, who need them the most.

Total Solidarity

SUFFER THE JOY (from +Total Solidarity+ a benefit compilation)

A2 Pär Och Annika

@samo_dj

Available for pre-order now - Out September 2019

Artwork by Gabriel Cole

Pär Och Annika - Samo DJ, To Apeiron EP (BZR002)

A1 from the upcoming EP!

Furious Frank returns to Butter Sessions with 'Ahora Sí'. The fully fledged house anthem is the result of a cross-continental collaboration with Barcelona based vocalist and producer Ivy Barkakati. 

We're treated to four versions of 'Ahora Sí', all tested and ready for the dance floor and those special moments! Kicking it off, Frank delivers his "Original Acid Mix". A deep, squelchy lurker with nods to late 80's and 90's house music, peaking with thick piano chords and Barkakati's deep Spanish vocals. On the 'Sunrise' mix, the piano and chords become the focus and set the mood for an uplifting journey, bolstered by the raw thump and jack of the drum machines. 

The flip side see's Barcelona based "IVAN" emerge with their version. The duo made up of Ivy Barkakati and Phran of Klasse Wrecks fame slow things down a touch, mangle the chords and inject the rhythm with flattering top-drawer percussion. Vancouver native D. Tiffany rounds the EP off with sub-heavy bass drops, hi-tek rhythms, euphoric vocal slithers and more stingin' acidic vibes. 

Pure and infectious house music for real people!

RA New Tracks: August 2019

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