TL Premiere #1979 (2025.08.22) : Anna Karina - Melancholy [Connectome Records]

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For this 138th Premiere of 2025, we have a track by Anna Karina titled ‘Melancholy’ from her forthcoming EP "Metaphorisch" on the new Ukrainian label founded by Grid User (@artem-kres) : Connectome Records.

▶︎ The EP will be available from August 23, 2025 in digital on Bandcamp here : https://connectomerecords.bandcamp.com/album/anna-karina-metaphorisch-ep

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Release Info :

Anna Karina - METAPHORISCH EP

Anna Karina, Ukrainian music producer based in Berlin,
has released her first EP!

This EP showcases synthesizers and VCV Rack. The sound explores the sensations of wind and the vast, heavy landscape of the mind.
Rather than imitating the physical world, it channels perception — translating emotional states into abstract sonic forms.
Noise and glitch elements represent the raw, untamed aspects of the ocean, not as it sounds, but as it feels.

Through generative techniques, where algorithms influence structure and detail, the composition mimics the unpredictable nature of waves, thoughts, and shifting inner currents. The result is not a direct simulation, but an evolving soundscape that captures the movement and instability of an internal ocean.

This ocean is metaphorical — an ocean of emotion, memory, and perception. It has little in common with literal wave sounds but resonates as a deep, sensory reflection of a mental state.

The goal is not realism, but transformation: to turn the intangible into an auditory environment. This process creates a unique listening space where meaning is felt, not explained.
The result is a deeply personal landscape, shaped by resonance, dissonance, and silence, where the listener is free to drift, dissolve, or reassemble within the sound.

I want you to remember abstract soundscapes that evoke memory, mind, emotion, and altered states.

Tracklist :
1. GLASSWARE
2. MELANCHOLY
3. STEIN
4. STURM

releases August 23, 2025

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Follow Anna Karina :
Instagram : www.instagram.com/ank.ann

Follow Connectome Records
Bandcamp : https://connectomerecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/connectome.records
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/connectome_records

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METAPHORISCH EP

TL PREMIERE : Anna Karina - Melancholy [Connectome Records]

The label Richmerch returns with two fresh tracks from the argentinian female duo She Teiks. 

On the A-Side, we have "Forest", a track with obscure electro/rave rhythms for the most demanding dancefloors. 

On Side-B comes "Traff", 8 minutes of electric punk sounds that won't let your feet to stop moving. 

We are pretty sure that this E.P. is going to have the repeat button of your player stuck for days.

She Teiks - Traff (Original Mix)

@Durolabel stalwart and Mexican native Tyu (@theroommatesweb) is back on the label with two fresh new cuts that come with fantastic remixes from Bawrut and @NivAst.Tyu has released his distinctive brand of disco on Calypso Records, Trafico and his own Discos Sentimiento label. He draws on a rich sound palette and cleverly treats vocals to cook up intriguing music that has groove and character to spare.

‘Pieles’ has a haunting female vocal that brings cold wave vibes to the stark metal drum line. Piano stabs and tumbling fills add rawness and energy to this fantastic marching disco cut. Tel-Aviv based artist Niv Ast then excellently reworks it into a loose limbed, jumbled bit of disco funk with reverberating hits, echoing vocals and lots of whirring drums that keep you off balance.

Release Date - 28/06/19

Sinchi Blog - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/tu-pieles-niv-ast-remix/

Youtube - https://youtu.be/swGxyayoMIs

Pieles

PREMIERE - Tyu - Pieles (Niv Ast Remix) (Duro)

The collaboration with Modular Project continues in 2019 with the release of 'Vivid Poison', their new single.
Alberto Iovine and Alessandro Fumagalli started to work together in 2015, joined by a strong love for music and vintage synths, and now they are running their own record label Nothing Is Real, spreading their music in Italy and around Europe.

Their electronic style is influenced by new wave and 80’s sound fusing powerful drums, pulsating synths for an emotional impact. ‘Vivid Poison' is the perfect example of this mixture.
Originally conceived after a jamming in the studio, after listening to a lot of Italo disco music, the song comes to life thanks to the collaboration with the artist Eleonora Zaripova.
The Russian-Tartarian artist now living in Berlin has a classical music education and jazz-experience. Her beautiful voice transmits fragility and strength, melancholy and soul, and fit perfectly with the music produced by Alberto and Alex, taking us back in time.

The release also includes two valuable remixes. After her debut on Rebirth in 2017 Perel is back on the label with two strong remixes combining the original vocals with her unique 90’s synth pop sound.
Tel Aviv artist Nadav Spiegel aka Autarkic, follows his productions on Disco Halal, Golf Channel and Turbo with a powerful remix, injecting his modern Israeli vibe, filthy, intensive yet emotional.

GRAB YOUR COPY NOW HERE 
https://www.beatport.com/release/vivid-poison/2643098 

FIRST FEEDBACKS

ÂME "Would love to play it !"
RAMPA "Original is computer !"
ADRIATIQUE "Like the release a lot. both perel remixes might be my favourites !"
TENSNAKE"Love this !"
SANDRINO "Dope release, digging all mixes !"
BARNT "Great !"
TOM FINDLAY (GROOVE ARMADA)"Classy stuff, really diggin the EP will play on my Soho Radio slot"
SEVERINO (HORSE MEAT DISCO)"Oh Yes !"
BEHROUZ "Really like the original !"
NICK WARREN "Very cool, digging the Perel 1996 mix!"
KASPER BJORKE "Sounds amazing! Great remix pack !"
CHICKEN LIPS"Love this !Fave mix is Autarkic mix. Great production btw"
SASHA "Proper 80's flavours! Autarkic mix is great too!"

Modular Project feat. Eleonora - Vivid Poison (Perel Miami Beach Remix)

After releasing his last EP under Correspondant imprint, Mexico based Max Jones (@mrjonesmrjones) has chosen a label for his upcoming "Drain EP" that has been ignoring the norm and broadening the definition of electronic music since 2008: “My Favourite Robot Records” (@my-favorite-robot-records). This 3 track EP offers us an insight into Max Jones's approach to sound designing and music offering. Possessing a background from film scores, this EP is a cinematic drama with melodic groove and celestial stylings.

We are happy to premiere “Pasilo X”, heavier, darker and more intense with arpeggiated chords that rumble up and down the scale next to coarse claps making the whole thing perfect for late-night warehouse settings.

Release Date: 25/10/2019

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvpCe8MStoo&t=1s
Sinchi Blog: https://www.sinchi-collective.com/premiere-max-jones-pasillo-x-my-favorite-robot-records/

Drain EP

PREMIERE - Max Jones - Pasillo X (My Favorite Robot Records)

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Hi there, this is the already third installment of the Familiar Faces anthology. For those who missed the first two: all the contributors to this fine selection of tunes are whether label residents who already provided their fair share to its backcatalogue or friends and affiliates, the Riotvan family hooked up with in one way or another (pun intended, by the way. Looking at you, New Hook). The connecting link being a certain like-mindedness in mentality and sonic expression, once again shaping this compilation up to the utmost current status update of what is going on in the Riotvan world.

And for a kick-off there's even some sort of premiere ushering things in with Reznik & Mikesh's opening tune Calumet. Both dudes are far from being strangers to the label, but teaming up and handing in this ferocious Acid stronghold of a tune, after they introduced themselves just recently with a Telepopmusik-remix, puts themself out there as a force to be reckoned with.     

Then there's Llewellyn, Riotvan mainstay and one of the focal artists when it comes to NeoDisco done the smart way. His new track Falling Apart definitely is no exception to the rule - delightful arpeggios, peculiar vocal-parts and one hell of a catchy synth-hook, engaging the time warp right back to the 80's.
It's no big secret that Jennifer Touch has a certain knack for that era, too. Her Hollow Flake gives us a foretaste of her debut album that will be out in April on Fat Cat Records and checks the listener in on another cruise through bleak emotive waters, building on a stomach punching beat and rough acidlines, graced by her sometimes distant, sometimes heartwarming chant.

Mexican friends Zombies In Miami have been playing on Riotvan nights already and now they leave their mark within the release records as well with Soleil, a soulful peaktime gem full of gloomy deepness.

Then there is the Zombie's compatriot Paulor with a hyper-organic sounding Letter To Futura that's shaped out of e-guitar and bass, Postpunk-emulating drums and percussion and an even Krautrock-reminiscing, trippy jam-aesthetic.

Speaking of Postpunk, closing things off are New Hook with their haunting and forceful O T - a cold sounding, yet fiercely intoned social criticism with unmistakable nods towards Malaria or Die Tödliche Doris, yet presented with an urgency that sets them apart from any formal retro-self-sufficiency.    

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Familiar Faces Nº3

Calumet

BANDCAMP

Reznik & Mikesh - Calumet (Snippet)

The drums roared triumphantly, they banged and boomed as if they were being hit by some fantastic hammer. Marching through the streets the parade was the centre of attention as onlookers watched from apartment blocks and balconies. The colour and chaos on display was easy on the eye and captured the imagination of a city under siege. This was the "Tudo Bom" procession and it was designed to uplift spirits and shake the establishment to its core. Dancing to the beat of the drum, they made their way forwards with pride and purpose, on towards city hall. 

Bigamo is the record label run by Frank Wiedemann of Âme. On this EP Abrão's music is put to the test as it is remixed and reimagined by a talented assortment of producers and musicians, including Sado V.

Bigamo Remixed Pt1

PREMIERE: Abrão – Tudo Bom (Sado V Remix)[Bigamo]

"A cutting-edge melting pot of eclectic electronic influences and outer-national vibes, these six tracks form a bold and vibrant opening statement and display a seemingly limitless creative voice." – states the press release, and is something that resonates completely in line with this new package. Following the release of his account opening single for Intercept, Ramses3000 returns with a heavily influenced debut EP that reaches into the personal depths of his global experiences.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/ramses3000-terra-incognita-intercept
Buy: https://intercept.bandcamp.com/album/ataraxia

https://soundcloud.com/interceptrecords
https://soundcloud.com/ramses_3000

Ataraxia

Premiere: Ramses3000 - Terra Incognita [Intercept]

Exclusive: Alf Champion - Parte Operantis (Mike Simonetti Remix)

Alf Champion's first name does not derive from Alien Life Form but is short for Alfonso. However, Alfonso wants to be called Alf and Alf was one of the founding members of Ray Coyote, a rock band from Guadalajara in Mexico, before he chose to go solo as he focused more on electronic music. Alf's first appearance as a solo artist was on Optimo Music and now sees him continue walking the credible path with a five tracker called Primus on Mike Simonetti's label 2MR. The EP comes with altogether two original tracks and is completed with three remixes as Simonetti himself took on remix duties for Parte Operantis. Mike's remix approach takes the listener to an almost forgotten time, that of music being played in a little dark room with sweat dripping from the ceiling onto the dance floor – this experience was once called clubbing. A lush bass line wobbles through the club and is enriched with tonal changing arps and various spooky sound textures that fade in and out like a ghost hovering over the floor. Lastly Simonetti adds a slight and repetitious Acid-note to the remix that rounds off the misty enigmatic dance floor trip that we hope to re-experience one day.

Alf Champion's EP Primus will be released on 2MR on June 12th, 2020.

Buy the EP
Bandcamp: 2mrecords.bandcamp.com/album/parte-operantis

Artist & label information
Alf Champion: www.facebook.com/DJBITCOIN // @user-858046445 // www.instagram.com/alf_champion
Mike Simonetti: www.facebook.com/mike.simonetti.16 // @mike-simonetti // www.instagram.com/mikesimonetti
2MR: www.facebook.com/2MRecords // @2mrecords // www.instagram.com/2mrecords

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Alf Champion - Primus EP (incl. Mike Simonetti, Tyu, Cabizbajo Remixes)

Parte Operantis (Mike Simonetti Remix)

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EXCLUSIVE: Alf Champion - Parte Operantis (Mike Simonetti Remix) [2MR]

Listen to Time To Sleep's (@time2sl33p) banging remix for Javier Martinez (@javiermartinezmx) which is out Nov 20, 2020 via @phisica !

Bandcamp

Javier Martinez - TUNDRA (Time To Sleep Remix)[Phisica]

Leipzig based record label run by https://soundcloud.com/peter-invasion & https://soundcloud.com/panthera-krause. Distribution and mailorder for all releases worldwide is handled by https://soundcloud.com/muting-the-noise.

Reznik & Mikesh - Calumet (Snippet)

RIOTVAN