Bandcamp: https://aakaara.bandcamp.com/album/obsidian-promises
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/aakaara

        Lost in the depths of space, AAKAARA takes listeners on a journey to the outer limits of the sonic universe with their latest album “Obsidian Promises”. Blending influences from punk and metal, EBM, architectural design and certain celestial objects, AAKAARA offers a fresh take on industrial techno. This body of work is dark and brooding, full of haunting and thought-provoking soundscapes. Metallic and cold one moment, blisteringly hot the next. Pounding drums create searing rhythms, acid-drenched synths weave abrasive textures, and noise permeates the stereo field.

        Inspired by the mysterious and alluring world of black holes, the producer explores the beauty of extremes through sound.

        "If you know my work or me," AAKAARA says, "it's no secret that I have a spiritual connection to, and an obsession with, black holes. It's not about doom and gloom, but about beautiful extremes: infinite calmness, ultra-high energy, being deeply centered, and inevitable attraction.”

        “I try to sonify this in a naive sense. It isn't an attempt at science; it's a way for me to practice a makeshift spirituality about these entities through craft and functional dance music for people."

        Spirituality and stellar inspiration were essential to AAKAARA's life during the three years they spent between Los Angeles and London, while writing this album. It provided a sonic home during a period of transition, when they didn't feel at home and didn't have access to a studio. Everything was made "in the box" using only Ableton 10. After collecting guitar pedals and amplifiers for years, AAKAARA has shifted away from a hardware-focused mindset and is now more invested in the conceptual framework, narrative, and cultural implications of their work.

        Visuals also play an integral role in this maximalist experience. The outer sleeve (front and back cover) conveys the “big ideas” visually, while the companion poster includes custom typography, detailed drawings, symbol design, and poetry. The poetry provides a textual counterpoint to the lyric-less music, written in parallel but later stages of the production process. The visual identity of this work is inseparable from the music, describing it in an integral way. It’s the other side of the coin, not simply an accompaniment.

        With its spiritual connection to the infinite and mysterious, “Obsidian Promises” harnesses the beauty and intensity of celestial entities as musical inspiration, transforming the science into mystical, narrative-driven sonic . Get ready for a ride through the unknown as AAKAARA's latest offering takes you on a high-energy trip through the black hole's playground.

SE 16 // AAKAARA - "OBSIDIAN PROMISES" (12")

Usuario: Ofiuco (https://soundcloud.com/0fiuco)

Formato: digital set

Elemento: Boro

Descripción: El boro es un metaloide representado por el símbolo B y número atómico 5. Su nombre proviene del árabe "buraq", que significa "brillante". Tiene un aspecto negro-marrón en su forma cristalina y se caracteriza por su alta resistencia y bajo peso.  Este elemento se encuentra distribuido en la corteza continental y oceánica, en las aguas de ríos y mares, en los suelos y rocas, principalmente en minerales como la borax y el kernita. Posee diveras aplicaciones en productos de la vida diaria como gotas oftalmológicas, talcos para pies, enjuagues bucales, jabones, pesticidas y detergentes, así como en toda clase de vidrios. Cuando se traga o inhala, el boro se distribuye ampliamente por todo el organismo y algo es incorporado a los huesos.

Ofiuco es una Dj y autodidacta de oficios que reside en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile. Destaca que en sus selecciones oscuras y fríamente afiladas se logra materializar una espontánea generación de notas mentales hipnóticas que el subconsciente no logra eliminar, al igual que el boro incorporado en los huesos. Sus presentaciones en vivo habitan preferentemente el underground y lo autogestionado, tanto en Santiago como en regiones. Actualmente es curadora de https://soundcloud.com/corriente_alterna_podcast y es residente de blackspot.cl

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Ofiuco - Boro (016)

[21.10.2023]
ig: laprinzessagalaktika
Sc: https://soundcloud.com/laprinzessagalaktika

Living in a galaxy is sparkling, but there is no space for hard dark kicks. Thank you vacuum. Industrial techno with a deep dark bass is LaPrinzessaGalaktikas’s sound wave on planet earth. Thank you ether. She is inspired by the acceleration of gravity, her beats run fast. Supermassive black holes are like Galaktika’s hard dark kicks, massive and giving a lot of energy. Her sophisticated rhythms are like dark matter, unexpected. The colour blue likes her

Curated #26.4 w/ La Prinzessa Galaktika

[21.10.2023]
ig: lvca.leli.live
Linktree: https://linkr.bio/2o9oo5

Born amid the heart of Italy,Abruzzo, Luca leli's journey took a distinctive turn as he sought knowledge and inspiration in Piedmont, embarking on a path that traversed both technical and artistic realms.

His formidable foundation was laid during his studies at the prestigious Polytechnic University and the hallowed halls of the Conservatory of Turin. It was here that Lvca leli's passion for music found its voice, transforming into a profound and dynamic art form.

Lvca leli's musical genius finds expression in the captivating fusion of elements that define his signature sound. His compositions resonate with a deep synergy between synthesizers, evocative cinematic sounds, and the raw, gritty noise of post-industrial Turin. The result is a sonic landscape that transports listeners into an entirely new realm, where traditional boundaries of music dissolve, and innovation flourishes.he spearheads a post-modern music project that blends live performance and meticulous music production. This innovative endeavor seamlessly melds the worlds of industrial and melodic technology, harmoniously amalgamating analog and digital machinery. What sets Lvca leli's work apart is his penchant for incorporating emblematic samples plucked from infamous movies, infusing his creations with a cinematic allure that's as captivating as it is distinctive.

Curated #26.3 Hart Lab w/ Lvca Leli

[21.10.2023]
ig: anemonaligia
Sc: https://soundcloud.com/anemona_dj

With her dystopian sound Anemona loves to take you on a journey through different styles, mixing breaks and all variations of techno. Born in Romania, raised by cats, she soon became part of the viennese  scene with her peculiar sound and her versicolored attitude to music. Go with her flow

Curated #26.2 Hart Lab w/ Anemona

[21.10.2023]
ig: adriatica_hart.lab
Sc: https://soundcloud.com/adriaticadj

Adriatica started djing after a longstanding love for hard and dark techno that brought her to dig deep in the underground space in the research of full-bodied, hard-hitting tracks. Her sets are strongly influenced by industrial, dark and timeless sounds, with an intense and energetic build-up where the bassline is the undisputed protagoni

Curated #26.1 Hart Lab w/ Adriatica

'One Of The Receivers’ is an 8-track adaptation of the text, ‘Notes From A Pandemic’, released by August Skipper in 2020, a collection of poetry and abstract musings on the nature of shared delusion and collective psychosis in the face of extraordinary historical events. The music takes the form of heavy, cinematic drones, interspersed with moments of explosive sound design, a shifting base upon which a narrative unfolds that is at once dream-like, bizarre, foreboding and intimate.

In October of 2020 August Skipper released his text “Notes From A Pandemic” in book format. With text sleekly inlaid on a cloth bound cover, black on black, the materiality of the book contextualizes itself within the historically tense environment it came to fruition within. Hand numbered and signed, a limited edition of 200 copies, the gesture of intimacy between writer and reader is reflective. Skipper advertised the book as a reflection on “the psychic implosion resulting from the initial European quarantine”. Two years past the global phenomena that was, and for some still is, COVID-19 Skipper's negotiation of angst, vulnerability, and confusion was a prescient illustration of what would come to be a particularly turbulent world event.

November 12, 2023 sees the release of “One Of The Receivers”, a re-examination of Skipper’s text within an aural framework. Not simply a spoken word recanting of the text, Skipper uses “One Of The Receivers” as a new setting for dramaturgical collaboration and tonal placement of his writings. Skipper enlists fellow artists Cunce, Angelo Harmsworth, Luna Vassarotti, Samuel Savenberg, Wan, and Ireen Amnes to engender the uneasy surreality that is the post-pandemic zeitgeist into hallucinatory auditory landscapes. Skipper’s voice floats with dramatic affect over his collaborators’ sonic palettes, stylistically challenging his utility as both narrator and sound source in the environments that “One Of The Receivers” inhabits.

Skipper’s journal of uncertainty resonates in a new capacity from its initial inception both in time and media format. Curiously, the recycled investigation within his musings give pause for reflection that, in fact, we are perhaps in no further illuminated a space. Sitting amidst an interstitial contemporary reality of dread, boredom, and confusion we collectively yearn for a new kind of catharsis, one that seems, as yet, beyond our immediate grasp.

Release digital and limited edition cassette w/ booklet: November 13, 2023

Final mixdown: August Skipper
Mastered by Conor Dalton at Glowcast Mastering

August Skipper & Cunce - The Skin Of Strangers

Live recording of FANGARM Live set at OHM Berlin , during the second VūMantra Records night, together with Vū, 3SBAT, MINA LORD, THIRD REPLICA, B777, ENÈH.

VūMantra Records

FANGARM Live @ OHM Berlin X VūMantra Records night [Vūdcast_017]

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Temple of Static


Austrian artists Ankermann and Relinquo debut on Renesanz with 2 solid tracks. 'Poseidon' EP features their signature melodic techno sound.

Buy it at: https://www.beatport.com/release/poseidon-ep/5232858

Follow Renesanz on Facebook: www.facebook.com/renesanz.records

Ankermann & Relinquo - Odyssee (Original Mix)

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