Stefan Z - Let it Go EP - RMBS012

Alexander Robotnick - Simple Music
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Label: Hot Elephant Music 
https://soundcloud.com/alexander-robotnick

Long-time Italian electronic music pioneer Alexander Robotnick returns with a new album, ‘Simple Music’, this winter. Across eight tracks, he distils a lifetime of influences into fresh, forward-thinking disco cuts that bring a whole new vitality to the scene.

The legendary Robotnick (a nickname Maurizio Dami assumed in the 80s) is a towering name in Florentine music and someone who very much defined the early disco scene thanks to a superb run of enduring club cuts, not least his seminal 'Problèmes D'amour'. Although he is now in his 70s, he is still kicking out essential jams. His music features plenty of the arpeggios that have always given his music its character, coming on labels like Permanent Vacation, Clone, Bordello a Parigi and Bosconi Records. Few artists understand analogue machines and dance floor mechanics like this man, as he proves once more with this, his eighth studio album.

The concept of ‘Simple Music’ is to craft tunes for any setting. It is about combining traditional music parts, chords, melodies and songs to make music that is varied and vibrant and constantly evolving. Says Alexander, "Riffs and grooves are not endless, and when you are my age, you may have heard them already. I am having more and more trouble finding interesting tracks for myself, so I felt the need to produce “simple” music that generates genuine feelings in a music scene that can be averse to risk."

Seductive disco-house opener 'Babel' is about the difficulties of understanding each other, even if we speak the same language and culture. The vocoder vocals take centre stage next to lush chords, then 'It Is So Easy' has a smug character in the vocal refrain and a sneering attitude in the verses that is playful and characterful next to the rugged and punchy drum grooves. The brilliant 'Why' is built on elastic electro-disco and muses on a lover’s inconsistency, while the space disco of 'Underpass' is a dark vision of a late-night walk that channels the original Robotnick sound of the early 80s.

The heartbroken robot lullaby 'Virtual Empathy' is about "the empathic feelings induced by mainstream TV to manipulate mass consensus", whilst 'I Want To Know' finds Robotnick describing his dreams and wondering about their meaning over funky bass twangs and serene disco sounds. Then comes the only instrumental 'Intro-Robo' with its multi-layered arpeggios and the magnificent title track, which captures the whole essence of the album with taught retro bass, icy hi-hats and stiff rhythms that will jerk any floor into action.

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PREMIERE : Alexander Robotnick - It Is So Easy

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'Tokyo producer Satoshi Fumi makes his debut on Rhythm Cult for his latest EP 'Eternal Refrain'. Satoshi's music is elegantly dance-centric, with nuanced rhythm work and beautifully layered melodies that are supported by club-ready energy and dynamics.

Every element of the tune 'Eternal Refrain'' has been developed for summer festivals & parties through its euphoric merging of numerous styles, creating something unique and unforgettable.

'Fractale' combines organic percussion work with effortlessly unique and appealing piano hooks and delicate synths to create a detailed sound environment that rewards repeated listening with fresh discoveries.

Stelios Vassiloudis rounds up this special release with two magnificent remixes of the title track 'Eternal Refrain'. The first gives Vassiloudis' distinctive perspective on ''Eternal Refrain'', opting for stronger beats and bouncing bass throughout. Chunky grooves and high-energy sonics kick in right away, making it a head-turning peak-time jam! With an intimate mix, the second remix takes the listener on a voyage of auditory ambience.

Rhythm Cult's exceptional output continues to impress and surprise us. RCD017 is yet another EP on the verge of greatness.'

Follow: @satoshi-fumi / @rhythmcult

Satoshi Fumi ‘Eternal Refrain’ [Rhythm Cult]

Premiere: Satoshi Fumi - Eternal Refrain [Rhythm Cult]

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PREMIERE : Punky Wash - Hit The Rhodes

Bocholt (Johannes Klingebiel Remix)

“Imponiergehabe” (the German equivalent to “exhibitionism, imposing behavior”) is the name of the brand-new EP of the Munich + Passau-based duo So.undso coming soon on their very own Dance Petrol Records. Consisting of four tracks heavily influenced by Italo Disco and Trance, Chris & Markus set their foot on different soundscapes away from their customary House Music territory. Well, they warned about this change of behaviour in their previous appearance on DPR with “Just Like Before”, their contribution for the volume 003 of the compilation series “Selected Fuels”, and its naughty Italo-infused bearing. 

With solid appearances on Lisztomania, Mango Sounds, and DPR itself, the lads spare no efforts to keep evolving as artists and surprising their audiences with multi-genre-embedded cuts brought to life with high expertise and sharp creativity. 

Premiered here, “Morso Di Serpente” (Italian for “snake bite” – yeah, Chris & Markus might have embarked on a language spree this time) may start with a House Music vibe, but it does not take long for the “folgado” (Portuguese for “sassy” – sorry, we could not resist joining the party) style of our beloved Italo Disco shows its face – and once it takes over the stage, it’s game on! A peak-time singularity is born!

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label: https://dancepetrolrecords.bandcamp.com/

Follow @so-undso and @dancepetrolrecords, peeps!

PREMIERE600 // So.undso - Morso Di Serpente

Tal Fussman is an outstanding young artist worth keeping an eye on. His productions are at the forefront of innovation, breathing new life into the electronic dance scene. His releases on renowned labels like Innervisions and his own Survival Tactics label among others affirm that his sound is a pioneering fresh blueprint for the Techno/House world.

In his Focus EP for Drumpoet, Tal showcases his versatility across a diverse spectrum. The track "It's Alright" serves as a futuristic house anthem, while the title track "Focus" champions the break-beat influenced side of the spectrum. The EP reaches its peak with the tribal and dance-floor-driven tracks "Don't Want To" and "Into the Chamber," ultimately delving into the emotive and experimental soundscapes of "Goal" and "Will Fade“.

Buy: https://drumpoetcommunity.bandcamp.com/album/focus-ep

Focus EP

PREMIERE: Tal Fussman - Will Fade [Drumpoet Community]

Boblebad, real name Ulf Moen Denneche, is an Oslo-based musician and artist. His powerfully individual music has been released on highly- respected imprints, including Eskimo, Full Pupp, and Paper Recordings.

With a stubbornly eclectic sound signature, Boblebad's genre-defying back-catalogue includes gorgeously emotive Balearic soundscapes, brooding deep house grooves, adventurous journeys into electronica, deviant contemporary disco refinement, and all things between. 

This EP 'Oslo Love Affair' his first release with Citizens Of Vice encompasses all these sounds, effortlessly drifting from Nu Disco to Balearic and back again.

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Artist
https://soundcloud.com/boblebad1

Label
https://linktr.ee/citizensofvice

PREMIERE: Boblebad - At The Beach [Citizens Of Vice]

Written, Produced and Engineered by Stefan Zlatarits
Mastered @ Phonogenic Audio

Stefan Z - Let It Go - RMBS012

Stefan Z - Losing Consciousness - RMBS012

Written, Produced and Engineered by Stefan Zlatarits
Mastered @ Phonogenic Audio

Stefan Z - Call It Anything - RMBS012

Stefan Z - Muddy Water - RMBS012

The second release on Alan Dixon’s Love Attack label comes from the man himself, delivering a dreamy new EP entitled 'Night Time Melodies’.

Following high-profile releases on Gerd Janson's Running Back and Jennifer Cardini's Correspondant, Alan moves to his deeper side kicking things off with ’Night Time Melodies’ - an infectious piano house workout that sees super-slick keys dance elegantly around a chuggy, bumping bassline and beautifully resonant synth licks. Once again demonstrating his unfaltering ability to craft alluring, feel-good dance music Alan offers up a slice of sun-drenched optimism.

The track also receives a groove-tinged remix from Kiko Navarro moving things into the main room. Punchy snares and shuffling hats set a footwork-provoking rhythm underneath energetic, stabbing piano chords, with Navarro gradually working in a delectable wobbling acid line ramping up the energy for a sense-tingling, euphoric re-work.

The release is backed up by 'Tell Me When’, a modern-sounding club track to be heard in places such as Berlin's Panorama Bar. Pillared by an irresistible bassline, Alan lays down a dusty kick-hat pattern, punctured by ecstatic claps and engulfed in a plethora of scintillating synths.

1. Alan Dixon - Night Time Melodies MST

Born in 2011 after an extended vacation in Berlin, Rhombus emerged in its hometown of Vancouver as a platform to release music from long time high school friends Stefan Zlatarits and Oliver Nickels. After five years in operation, the label has collected some new friends along the way shaping its musical identity…..the story continues.  
                           
Oliver Nickels | Stefan Z | Trulyors | Kris Davis | Iain Howie | Jesse Bru | Lowbrow | Kuprion | Braue

rhombus.label@gmail.com

RELEASES:

RMBS001 - Stefan Z - Too Hip to be Square EP
RMBS002 - Oliver Nickels - Velvet Graveyard EP w/Nitin RMX
RMBS003 - Stefan Z - The Lovewolf EP
RMBS004 - Oliver Nickels - Shootout EP
RMBS005 - Stefan Z - Someone Else w/Safeword RMX/All i Know ft Jahrine
RMBS006 - Oliver Nickels - Giant Carnivorous Amoebas EP
RMBS007 - Stefan Z - Care EP
RMBS008 - Oliver Nickels - Railtown EP
RMBS009 - Trulyors - Wolf Story EP
RMBS010 - Finley - Mind Inside
RMBS011 - Kris Davis - Cult EP 
RMBS012 - Stefan Z - Let it Go EP
RMBS013 - Oliver Nickels - Railtown w/Jay Tripwire Remix
RMBS014 - Oliver Nickels - Rhode Warrior
RMBS015 - Iain Howie - Awake
RMBS016 - Kris Davis - Cult | Polaroid (Stefan Z & Oliver Nickels Remixes)
RMBS017 - Rhombus V - 5 Years of Rhombus
RMBS018 - Stefan Z - Not There/Maths
RMBS019 - Oliver Nickels - Everything Is Already A Memory
RMBS020 - Angles + Cuts

Stefan Z - Muddy Water - RMBS012

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