Glass's 'Anxiety Prime' bends underground club culture references into a playful and hybrid sound experience.

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Bringing in 2024 with our first EP from NHS boss Galtier & Synes co-founder Druid on with their split EP 'Stone Hardware'. The EP’s four tracks are a collection of solo works and collaborative efforts from both producers recorded throughout the duration of late 2020 and early 2021, taking form as a hybrid collection of club-ready dancefloor destroyers.

The established end product of this EP is evident in the release’s title – an organic, primitive sound palette that frequents Galtier’s dynamic sound as heard in the last few years, combined with Druid’s mechanized futurism taken straight from the streets of Neo-Tokyo. Each producer has offered a distinctive focus that they have merged together into one evolving, unanticipated synthesis of proto and post-earthly sound.

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Buy: https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/stone-hardware-ep

Stone Hardware - EP

PREMIERE: Druid - Soft Machine [NHS]

https://sfx-space.bandcamp.com/album/blistering
remix by Bell Curve @bell_curve

Defanged (Bell Curve's Melting Mix)

support tai.no.a II ♡ : tsunamirecordings.bandcamp.com/album/tai…i-no-a002

"𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑? 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑒, 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑥? 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠?

𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 30 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑘, 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝-ℎ𝑜𝑝, 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜, 𝑑𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝, 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒, 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐. 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑤, 𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑟ℎ𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ'𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠, 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑.𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒. 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟, 𝑇𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑑𝑦𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐. 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒. 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢."

releases June 28, 2024

Curation by Lisa More
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Mastering by Benoit D. / Perception Mastering

Jon Beige - Lava Soup

B.E.N.N est un producteur de musique taïwanais et il gère le label "Over my body". Reconnu pour ses compositions fusionnant la Bass-music et sonorités asiatiques. Il collabore avec divers artistes et se distingue par des rythmes sophistiqués et une approche expérimentale. B.E.N.N. est aujourd’hui l’une des figures influentes de la scène musicale asiatique, apprécié pour ses sets dynamiques et ses productions en constante évolution.

B E N N - Global zbeul music (Octobre 2024)

Relaxer - Chasing Your Own Tale (DJ Marcelle's Even Stronger Tale Remix)

@simon-littauer

The first katharsis release of 2025 is the album "Modular" by danish artist and composer Simon Littauer, known for his live performance on modular synthesizers with a very melodic and almost scientific approach to music. The album is a culmination of Littauer’s over 9 year-long journey with eurorack modular synthesizers. All the tracks on the album are recorded as one-takes, with no multi-track recordings or editing. Having spent infinitely many hours trying to master the instrument (even taking lessons in hardware design, coding, and electronic engineering to develop custom modules for his setup), Simon Littauer has played over a hundred live concerts on the system, including performances at Roskilde Festival (DK), By:Larm Festival (NO) and Spot Festival (DK).

On ‘Modular’, Littauer explores euphoric breakbeats on club-ready tracks like ‘Phicet’, ‘Swamp’ and ‘Xenon’, which might remind the listener of the universe of artists like Skee Mask, Richard Devine and Lanark Artefax, while calm and soothing atmospheres are introduced on ambient cuts like ‘Melo’. On ‘Jona’ Littauer is joined by J. Ludvig III - the drummer of Erika de Casier, for an ambient trance journey with live drum breakbeats. Overall, the album is a playful and experimental album that travels through many different genres, but with a consistent melancholic tone, that maintains the listener all the way through the 12 tracks.

Littauer explains, ‘‘My vision was to build a portable modular system on which I could perform, and improvise, while being able to recall sequences, samples, and settings reliably during live concerts, without having to re-patch between tracks. I feel like I can confidently say, that I succeeded with that. The sound and structures of the album are formed by how I configured my modular synthesizer, what made sense in a live performance context as well as other artists I heard during the process of making it. The complexity, impressive sound design, and machine-fluency of Richard Devine, whom I was fortunate enough to have as a teacher in the lead-up to the making of the album. And having followed the eurorack scene for many years - artists like Colin Benders and Catharina Barbieri have influenced my work as well’.

Littauer’s modular system is a 208 hp eurorack setup developed throughout 7 years. It is based around a Vector sequencer by Five12, the ER-301, configured as a live-effects engine and mixing console, two Hector modules from Poly, and two Bitboxes - one containing modulation signals and the other one containing oscillators and drums. One reverb module and a single module for macros and transitions developed by Littauer himself. The entire album is recorded on the ER-301 itself, during live performance. 

Mastered by Joel Krozer at Six Bit Deep
Artwork by jjjacob
PR by Fomo PR

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