https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/high-strangeness-ep

Optimo Music’s connection with South America continues to mushroom with this 4 track EP from Hermetics.

Santiago Niño a.k.a HERMETICS is an accomplished eclectic & conceptual electronic musician originally from Bogota, Colombia but now based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has a deep discography of releases across a range of genres. He plans to keep experimenting and exploring new sounds and unique percussive atmospheres. 

We asked Santiago to tell us a bit about The High Strangeness, and he goes deep......

The High Strangeness EP tells a story of the diversity of images, textures and atmospheres that I want to explore with this project, and it is also a tribute to many concepts and topics that interest me.

"High Strangeness" transmits a psychedelic drama, an astral journey through unknown dimensions, a leap into the cosmic, into the extrasensory universe and the dreamlike nature of reality. When I listen to this track I can't help but imagine Terence Mckenna telling his amazing experiences with Psilocybin and DMT. In part, this track is a tribute to the psychedelic counter-culture and its enigmas, Its high strangeness.

"Cobra Negra" is a state that connects me with the archetype of the warrior and his confrontation with his own shadow. There is an internal battle against the forces of nature and its' violent and mysterious fauna. This track takes place in an imaginary jungle where the warrior faces all the beasts, snakes and insects of his psyche.
 
The sound of "Coherence" places me in a pre-dynastic Egypt of high magic. It immerses me in its esoteric mysteries and its advanced spiritual technology. It evokes in me images of strange rites and ceremonies that were in direct communion with the stars and other planes of existence. Egyptian wisdom and enigmas never cease to amaze me, and this track is a tribute to my fascination with this civilisation, which seems to come from other worlds.

"Bon" is a track, that like "Coherence', is a tribute to a tradition, to an ancient shamanic culture, in this case, a tribute to the pre-Buddhist Tibetan 'Bon' tradition. The darkness, the hypnotism and the magnetism of its' mantras are what I wanted to capture in this track, an atmosphere that makes one travel to the strangest abysses of the magical and esoteric practices of an old pagan east.


Out on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce on May 21st

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 036 - Hermetics - High Strangeness EP

Disco Mortale (aka Daniel Monaco) and Sauvage World team up for a world of Italo, EBM & New Beat. Landing on REES' Paradiso Records the duo deliver a 4-track EP consisting of pulsating arpeggios, vintage drums and a killer dark energy backed up with remixes from Curses and Freudenthal, welcome to Destroy Inc.

Buy: https://paradisorecords.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/paradisorecords
https://soundcloud.com/danielmonaco
https://soundcloud.com/sauvage-world

Premiere: Disco Mortale & Sauvage World - Destroy Inc [Paradiso Records]

@nicolakubebe - Dream
Label - @innisfallenrecords

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PREMIERE – KUBEBE – Dream (Innisfallen Records)

Sometimes, a bird needs to step away from its flock in order to tell a different story from the rest of the gang. Tim Shaw, part of the respected Manchester-based collective Doodle, decided to fly solo for his very first appearance on the mighty Sprechen. Under the moniker of Amuse Bouche, Tim presents “Serendipity”, an impeccable reunion of five inspired-by-the-past multi-genre cuts focused on triggering not only nostalgia but also a sense of freshness on the dance floor.

And yeah, we had to check: “Serendipity does not come from Latin or Greek, but rather was created by a British nobleman in the mid-1700s from an ancient Persian fairy tale. The meaning of the word, good luck in finding valuable things unintentionally, refers to the fairy tale characters who were always making discoveries through chance.”

Amuse Bouche’s “Serendipity”, in turn, “goes all jacking & wonky with some 80's style breakdance beats alongside synth lines and rumbling bass notes which builds around a stuttered vocal sample before dropping to deliver the goods. Mutant-Cosmic-Breakdance is the order of the day here”, as perfectly said in the official press release of the soirée.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Beatport page of the label: https://www.beatport.com/label/sprechen/50925

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PREMIERE671 // Amuse Bouche - Serendipity

CWPT012: @lucadellorso - Actors
21 February 2025
Buy: https://lucadellorso.bandcamp.com/album/actors

Rich in melody and instantly classic in feel, Luca dell’Orso debuts on CWPT with a mini-album of lush Italo, sensitively summoned from the Netherlands. Having impressed with previous releases on labels including Bordello A Parigi and Red Laser Records, this longer player demonstrates a delicate approach to his studio, flitting between pop songwriting and analog experimentation.

From the soft fanfare that announces ‘Solitair & Solidair,’ ‘Actors’ establishes a confident groove that gently pushes an Alfa Romeo pedal toward Balearic ecstasy. On the instantaneous lead single ‘Dear Rosie,’ dell’Orso blends the signature palette of the vintage Yamaha DX7 synthesizer with longing vocals from collaborator Jolisa. A paean to a special person from a distant past, ‘Dear Rosie’ is blessed with a wistful melody befitting a classic Eric Rohmer film, a musical postcard of a treasured connection. From wistful midsummer memories, dell’Orso easily transports listeners to another season entirely with ‘Winter Scent’, a deep meditation reflecting the artist’s walks in the few hours of available sunlight, thoughts beautifully vocoded beneath a heavy sonic layer.

Out of this lavish gloom blossoms the inevitable sound of spring on the driving, optimistic ‘Love by Association’; an enduring recipe of distinct drums and pitch-shifting synthesis, frozen in time for frenetic Eurodisco dancefloors. On ‘Propaganda’, dell’Orso offers a more forceful take on the same instincts, skipping inner-Schengen borders to simmer via industrially-tinted pleasures as revealed in Dusseldorf, 1984. For a sublime finale, ‘This Time (Things Will Be Different)’ takes to the piano, where Luca dell’Orso finds space to demonstrate the elegant minimalism that easily coexists alongside his timeless energy.

Propaganda

@inch-of-shadow & @lagroovemachinemusic - Acid Gangsta
Label - @mmdiscos

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Eastern Stars | Acid Discos 002.

PREMIERE – Inch of Shadow & La Groove Machine – Acid Gangsta (MM Discos)

Dance Therapy

Catching Up With Reality (Original Mix)

Bold Doors

A distinctive piece from the Ballroom Records archive, “Vanilla Sky” by Ben Haydie and Noaski is featured on TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 4 — a curated collection exploring the label’s most atmospheric and genre-defying Electronica.

TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 4

Vanilla Sky

Quinta Queen - Breaking the Rules (Antoine Pete Remix)

Another TOPHIT from Amsterdam’s Disco Total production team, featuring Duvall on vocals. Limited to 200 copies.

Desire

Aroy Dee & Spaventi - Desire (Club Mix)

‣ San Francisco Based Record Label est 2001
‣ Run by @jasonjppeters
‣ Indie Dance, Dark Disco, Cosmic, Psychedelic

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