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Nigerian electronic musician and violist Ibukun Sunday debuts on Phantom Limb with Harmony / Balance, a brooding, introspective take on Afro-ambient music that follows two acclaimed digital-only albums for Phantom Limb imprint Spirituals.

Based in Lagos, Ibukun Sunday has expertly positioned himself between the rarely-married cultures of ambient and West African musics. He entwines his compositions with field recordings from his native Nigeria and deeply considered philosophies of existence, humanity, and society. The themes of Harmony / Balance derive from Swami and Hare Krishna founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta and his work Bhagavad-Gita [Eng: “As It Is”], a script on the duality of human nature. In Bhaktivedanta’s text, two cousins - warriors from the sacred Hindu text the Mahābhārata - and their armies are pitted against each other. The humility, self-control, and devotion of one cousin against the arrogance, envy, and pursuit of power of the other. Bhaktivedanta writes that from this battle we see the necessity to cultivate and nurture our love and faith, but to simultaneously understand our selfishness and hubris. Appropriately, in Ibukun Sunday’s music, a heavy, apocalyptic dread contrasts fascinatingly with passages of light. The static-spiked, corrosive sound design of Harmony / Balance conjures darkness, but its skipping rhythmic patterns and melodic contours are made of beautifully vibrant colours.

Though Sunday excels in drawn-out elegance and magisterial repetition, his unique practice, classical training, and core culture shine through in a pure and singular way. Scattered throughout Harmony / Balance are unexpected melodic antiphonies closely aligned with African music, interspersed between huge, spacious drones and field recordings.

Ibukun Sunday - The Chariot

released 22 December 2014
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'Bound' and 'Valkyria' written by my.head. 
Produced by my.head and Last Japan ©2014. 

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Roll up Roll up!  We have a seriously tasty package for APPIAN019 and have gone back to a Various Artist format for this one. 

Here we share 4 sets of artists that have been on our radar for some time - some new joiners to Appian and some old friends : ) We think each track stands out from their past discographies and offers something special. 

Timeless cuts to suit intimate dancefloors.

Hope you enjoy : )

Estrato Aurora & Siarem - Fuego

Flipped Drake's 'STICKY' into a Jersey Club edit, sampling Kanye's 'Fade' - Free DL, Enjoy!

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STICKY (JABS DIDIT)

FKA Twigs - Drums of Death (Umbra Abra Re-Animation)

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Label: Midnight Shift
Artist: Freivogel / Sinclaire
EP Name: Untitled
Cat No: MNSX029
Date: 14 Feb 2025

A1 Two
A2 Three
B Four

Freivogel / Sinclaire with their debut Untitled consisting of three live recordings made using only a concert flute and an Octatrack M1. The recordings are live taken from improvised sessions and have been left unedited. 

Shifting between playful and austere, the simple goal for these sessions was honest improvisation; comfortable in both its limits and potentials. Placing classical instrument performance and extended playing techniques alongside heavy sonic processing and cavernous acoustics, they are in some ways uninfluenced by genre, governed only by a drive to find moments of clarity amidst chaos. 

Recorded in single takes using a simplified setup of the flute - played into a microphone and wired through an Octatrack - every sound heard in the recordings comes in one way or another from the flute as a single sound source, manipulated and looped on the fly with additional live improvisation over the top. 

The result is a timeless capsule of heady drones, offbeat electronics, and mischievous flutes, captured during a time when the world stood still. Scuzzy at times, glistening at others, and ever-optimistic in the pursuit of something new. 

Adam Sinclaire is a flautist who has worked with artists such as Billy Bultheel and Ziúr, recorded for labels including PAN and Purple Tape Pedigree, and performed for institutions including KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Schinkel Pavillon, and Martin-Gropius-Bau. His practice focuses on using extended playing techniques to explore the limits of the C flute. 

Marco Freivogel is a producer and composer who has released an extensive discography on labels including Mannequin Records and Veyl, and collaborated with artists including dBridge, Mare Nero and Mathew Jonson, remixing artists as diverse as Hercules & Love Affair, Shackleton and Yappa. His Prequel Tapes project sits between utopian and claustrophobic, tracing harsh industrial atmospheres and levitational ambient from a lifelong obsession with sonic extremes. Marco currently works on compositions for film and television, alongside his own releases and collaborations. The EP will be released on 14 February 2025 as limited vinyl and digital via Midnight Shift. Art direction by Mauro Ventura.

All record profits from this release will go to 3ezwa.de, providing financial and legal support to those facing repression for their commitment to the Palestinian cause.

Performed by Marco Freivogel & Adam Sinclaire
Recorded in Berlin between 2019 - 2021
Artwork by Mauro Ventura
Layout by Takashi Makabe
Mastered and cut by Simon at The Exchange


Untitled

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Sazón De Luna Llena

Waxcap

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Throw Dat Lotus in a Circle (esentrik edit)

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Rise (Or:la remix)

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Konalgad - Sous Aqua [DDR006]

We’re thrilled to welcome back Konalgad to Dance Data, this time with his debut LP, “Club Dream”. Spread across two discs for maximum fidelity, this is sound system music with grooves primed for mixing and dialed-to-a-Tee bass weight, but hovering above the grounded structures are fleeting rhythmic textures that veer things off into a world worth getting lost in. Throughout its 11 tracks, “Club Dream” plays out like a full mix, ebbing and flowing through a variety of energy levels and moods. Some of the range you’ll find here includes half-time dream-step, peak time pulses, and dubbed out mid-tempo tech, all done with a cohesive restraint and appreciation of atmosphere. The record imparts it’s own kind of dance floor dream logic onto the listener, inviting us to let go of making sense of things and trust in its fuzzy logic.

All tracks written and produced by Ahmad Qatramiz
Mastered by Alex Michalski
Artwork by Jesse Pimenta
Words by Jesse Sappell

EU Distribution by One Eye Witness

𝑲𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒂𝒅
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/konalgad
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/konalgad

𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂 
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/dancedatarecords
Bandcamp : https://dancedata.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dance.data



Club Dream [DDR006]

Sous Aqua

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𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Konalgad - Sous Aqua [DDR006]

a flashlight to the abdomen- i’m not the only one with the impulse to hide inside my skin

Heart Arrow

First single from their album 'Fronte Violeta'.

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A Orelha do Mundo

Forget

~ LAAPS 043 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP43]

artist : Ben McElroy
album : Elkwort
duration : 41.21 mn
date : April 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / green LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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Ben McElroy - composition, arrangement, mixing, instrumentation

Elinor Rowlands - spoken word on "The Howling and I Must Have Walked past There a Thousand Times"
Debbie Armour - vocals on "Kindling and "Deosil"
Nick Jonah Davis - guitar and bowed weissenborn on "A Dream Of Deosil"

Recorded at home, Jt Soar (with Phil Booth and Rich Snug) and Nick’s studio-shed.

Mastered by Nick Jonah Davis
Artwork by Nieves Mingueza
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.benmcelroy.co.uk/
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Ben McElroy - I Must Have Walked Past There a Thousand Times (with Elinor Rowlands)

Artist Name - Bios Contrast, Nilotpal Das
EP Title -  n1ghtrunners
Release Date: 28/03/2025
Copyright - 2025 Bios Contrast
Listen/Order Link: https://bioscontrast.bandcamp.com/album/n1ghtrunners
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bios.contrast

I recorded rain near the beach in Puri, Orissa and combined it with EL-B Drums and Burial like pads.

Credits:
Field Recordings, Synths, Bass, Drums, Mixing, Mastering & Artwork by Nilotpal Das


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