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Taken from SBKT059: Gooooose - Rudiments
Limited vinyl + digital - 26th July 2023

For our 59th release, we are very excited to present ‘Rudiments’, a new album by Gooooose.

‘2022 was a strange time in Shanghai. The good thing about being locked inside for months on end was that I had had the chance to find the time to observe ordinary, everyday things that surround me and probably many other people. A pencil, socks, a packet of biscuits, vegetables, meat, or small thoughts or some feelings or emotions that last for only half of a second. They all have interesting shapes and very delicate structures, multiple layers, like some sort of primal architecture made by an anonymous person many years ago. They are constantly telling stories, however often ignored by me, or us, for whatever reason. I decided to sit down and observe them carefully, and later started making sounds for them and their stories.

in drumming, rudiments are small and sometimes fundamental pieces that could later form longer rhythmic patterns.’ - Gooooose

Artwork: Joshi Farnbauer
Design: Luke Griffiths
Mastering: Raphael Valensi

Rudiments

Gooooose - Eggs

¿Alguna vez te has detenido a contemplar algo y te has sentido abrumado por su belleza, su exuberancia, su vitalidad? A veces, nos encontramos frente a cosas que parecen desafiar toda lógica, que nos hacen cuestionar por qué son como son: su sonido, su tamaño, su forma, su aroma, su sabor. Son como anomalías en la realidad, algunas de ellas tan maravillosas que nos hacen reflexionar sobre nuestra propia existencia, mientras que otras parecen estar fuera de lugar, aunque necesarias para mantener un equilibrio.

Y luego están esas otras anomalías, las que la sociedad nos ha impuesto: cómo pensamos, cómo nos vestimos, cómo actuamos, nuestro color de piel, nuestra estatura, nuestra complexión, nuestra voz, nuestros sentimientos, incluso por lo que no sentimos. Nos hacen sentir como si fuéramos seres fuera de lo común, simplemente porque no encajamos en los moldes establecidos. Cualquier cosa que hagamos parece confirmar nuestra condición de anomalía.

A veces, las mayores y más perjudiciales anomalías son celebradas, se vuelven históricamente relevantes, pero su legado puede ser devastador, ya que erosionan nuestra identidad y nos hacen sentir inferiores. Nos frustra sentirnos impotentes ante estas grandes anomalías, incapaces de corregirlas. Sin embargo, aunque no podamos eliminarlas por completo, podemos iniciar un cambio, sembrar una idea que despierte y motive a las futuras generaciones a comprender que ser una "anomalía" no es malo.

Ser diferente no es una maldición; de hecho, es lo que evita que todo se desmorone. Es hora de abrazar nuestra singularidad, de reconocer que la diversidad es lo que enriquece nuestro mundo y nos impulsa hacia adelante.

Somos errores del sistema
Busca ser una anomalía y rompe las reglas siguiendo tu pasión. 
credits

Anomalías

El Irreal Veintiuno - Tez

Following the events of "Annihilation" and "Irrational Fear", xato presents the third part of his personal odyssey, "Stories with no fairy tales".

"Stories with no fairy tales" explores the dark self, with intense drone recordings, aggressive drum sounds and deep bass being the main sound focus of the project, surrounded by field-recording manipulations and deeply evolving textures.

As the project's tracks aged between 2019 and 2021, it never felt like the right time to release the project. However things changed when the reasons behind the tracks were revamped in the more recent years.

Artwork by v.3lo
Written, mixed & mastered by Ioannis Nafpliotis

Claustrophobia

all i wanted (paramore flip)

Radićeva 1 012 w/ asvany

Entrañas - Caverna
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM114
Format: Digital
Release Date: September 27th, 2024

Tracklist:
1. Indignado
2. Ajicito
3. Diclofenaco
4. Cruces
5. Cascada
6. Coscacho
7. Tigrillo (ft. Buena Tarde)
8. Nauseas
9. Toque De Queda (ft. Ene Ese)
10. Chivo
11. Muerto a Puntapiés (ft. Carlos Pabón)
12. Caverna

Ecuadorian producer Daniel Gachet “Entrañas” presents his debut full album Caverna on Infinite Machine. The project explores an amalgam of polyrhythms found in traditional Ecuadorian music such as bomba and albazo, blending them with jagged atmospheres of uk bass and grime. Through deliberate sound design, Entrañas seeks to place the listener within the unpredictable ecosystem of the city of Quito and its surroundings.

In this record Entrañas searches for a sound that conveys both the infrastructural chaos he experiences currently in his home city, while also reflecting the hauntingly beautiful and seemingly perpetual terrain just outside of Quito. Not far from the frequent and unpredictable power outages and city wide lockdowns which are now commonplace due to the ongoing narco wars, there is an Andean stratovolcano visible from many parts of Quito, including Entrañas own bedroom window. Ruco Pichincha stands nearly 5000m in height, attracting awe and curiosity of many who happen upon it, perhaps by way of its beauty as well as its innate potential for mass destruction. A particular location of interest for the artist, the mountain emits a kind of objectivity that is distinct from the urbanscape of human activity; it asserts itself, unobservant of the adjacent violence, trials and tribulations. Its very name–“Ruco” translated in English to "old" from the indigenous Quechua language–seems to reflect both its acquired reverence from native inhabitants of the region, as well as the relative incomprehensibility of such natural monuments.

On Caverna, references to Quito and its encompassing geography are apparent in ways that are direct at times, nuanced at others. “Toque de Queda” (trans. “lockdown”) was produced in real time during a city wide lockdown in which Entrañas and his collaborator Ene Ese were unable to leave an apartment for hours on end. The sheer apprehension of such a situation can perhaps be gleaned from the seething claps and non-melodic droning atmospheres that build, producing a tone of frustration and unease. Tracks like “Coscacho”, “Muerto A Puntapiés” and “Cruces” seem to take on a similarly minimal approach, focused on brooding heavy bass lines and relentless polyrhythms that become increasingly menacing as the tracks build. A listener might imagine these compositions to conjure the rumbling subterranean activity of Ruco Pichincha. As their names might imply, “Caverna” and “Cascada” take a different approach, building up shimmering soundscapes reminiscent of 90s new age. These ephemeral sequences seem to summon meditation on natural landscapes in a way that feels lighter and more optimistic, unveiling a softer vision.

In light of his prolific catalog, Entraña’s twelve-track work reaches into territory that feels both more personal and experimental–though these compositions are undoubtedly dance-floor ready. Caverna brings together anthems of leftfield club music with chambers of ambient reflection–both of which read as significant and distinct to the artist’s background and day-to-day experience in Quito. As the majestic and humbling mountainous surface of Ruco Pichincha might resemble, Caverna’s title track ends the record with a reminder; a gentle nod to the significance of such sacred wonders as places of refuge in our human experience; whether we can grasp them, or see them from our bedroom window.

Artwork by Benfika
Mastered by Fausto Mercier
Words by Sueuga

Entrañas - Chivo

ikloow - kiss

Overhaul and remaster from the track "Paralogic Theophany". 

Paralogic Raesoning 169bpm

Pozdrav svima

Svašta se desilo. Od stresa na poslu, do raznih techno žurki, pa čak i godišnji. I mimo toga svega radio sam na novom albumu. Najveća razlika što će te primjetiti jeste mastering. Upoznao sam nekoliko producenata i mastering inžinjera i po prvi put sam prepustio da neko drugi uradi mastering. Što mi je dokazalo da imam još dosta toga naučiti. U ovom albumu sam koristio nekoliko zvukova što sam sam snimio. Isto tako dosta toga sam uložio u sam dizajn zvukova da bi pjesme bile zanimljive i malo drugačije od prosječnog burgijanja i čekićanja. Hvala drugu Johannes što je radio mastering. Uradio je odličan posao. Pjesme možete direktno kupiti na Bandcampu a za koji dan možete stimati an Spotify, Apple music itd.
Uživajte i sve najbolje.

Hello everyone

A lot of things happened. From stress at work, to various techno parties, and even a vecation. Besides all that, I was working on a new album. The biggest difference that you will notice is the mastering. I met a few producers and mastering engineers and for the first time let someone else do the mastering. Which proved to me that I still have a lot to learn. In this album I used several sounds that I recorded myself. I also invested a lot in sound design itself to make the songs interesting and a little different from the average drilling and hammering. Thanks to my friend Johannes for doing the mastering. He did a great job. You can buy my songs directly on Bandcamp, and in a few days you can listen to Spotify, Apple music, etc.
Enjoy and all the best. 

Glad

TAR109
@natcase

Mastered by Stefan Konstantinidis at Fabrika Music
Artwork by Autosuggestion

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