PRE-ORDER: https://safe-trip.org/products/darling-tulipa-moves-album

AFTER BREAKING OUT OF OUR HOLDING FACILITY IN EARLY 2017, WE TRACKED THE HUMANOID ALIEN LIFEFORM KNOWN AS "DARLING" TO A DEEP BUNKER IN AMSTERDAM. WHILE WE WERE UNABLE TO GAIN ENTRY TIO THE INNER CHAMBER, AN OPERATIVE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED AN EAVESDROPPING DEVICE CLOSE BY. WHILE MONITORING THE LIFEFORM'S MOVEMENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO RECORD EIGHT MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS OF VARYING LENGTHS THAT IT HAD CREATED USING A RANGE OF ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS.

WE HAVE CALLED THIS COLLECTION "TULIPA MOVES". YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE TRACKS UTILISE A VARIETY OF RHYTHMIC PATTERNS, EXPLORE UNEARTHLY BUT ATTRACTIUVE SOUNDS AND ARE CAPABLE OF STIRRING STRONG EMOTIONS IN HUMAN LISTENERS.

WE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TOWARDS THE LILTING, SOFTLY SPUN MELANCHOLIA OF COMPOSITION 03 (CODENAME "SO DID WE"),, THE FLUID, BEAT-FREE BLISS OF COMPOSITION 05 (CODENAME "THE M SONG"), AND THE UP-TEMPO POSITIVITY OF COMPOSITION 07 (CODENAME "KISS THE GLASS"), WHOSE CHIMING, INTERTWINED MELODIES AND SNAPPY RHYTHMIC ENERGY REMINDED US OF SO-CALLED "INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC". WE WERE ASTONISHED BY THE QUALITY AND INTRICACY OF THESE ALIEN CREATIONS AND THOSE WE HAVE NOT DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. IT STRENGTHENS OUR BELIEF THAT "DARLING" IS A LIFEFORM WITH HIGHER INTELLIGENCE AND OTHERWORLDLY MUSICAL ABILITY.

ST012 - Darling - Tulipa Moves

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Still riding high on the success of their second artist album, Another, Crimea X offer up two more singles from it in the form of A Present and Haunted Love. Ensuring the package is even more essential are remixes from Lauer and non-stop Dutchman Legowelt, and of course it’s worth mentioning again that the originals were both co-produced and mixed by Norwegian legend Bjorn Torske.

Haunted Love is awash with seas of liquid synths and floaty-light vocals. It’s a brightly coloured track that chugs un-evenly on vast kick drums and echoes to the sound of distant glassy melodies. It’s rousing and uplifting thanks to the piano stabs and subtle cosmic energy that pervades throughout.

The remix comes from Running Back and Beats In Space associate Philip Lauer (who also works as Arto Mwambe with Christian Beisswenger and Tuff City Kids with Gerd Janson) and is a deeper, moodier affair. A mysterious kick drum lead groove sets the tone as the original’s pianos get vamped up into a more 80s leaning motif. It’s hugely engaging despite being relatively slo-mo and is the sort of end-of the night anthem that really sticks in you brain.

The other original is A Present, an ever-building and tumultuous brew of insistent drums and zithering synth lines. With vulnerable vocals floating up top and sweet, glistening analogue lines it’s a truly heartfelt indie-disco jam.

One of the most prolific producers around is Legowelt, an associate of Clone, Crème Organisation and Rush Hour that is also a celebrated hardware nut. His remix of A Present transform it into a foresty bit of deep house complete with impish synth lines, magical and mysterious melodies and a devastatingly snaking bassline.

Complete with two such fantastic remixes, these Crimea X singles are sure to prove as popular as previous efforts like Yev and recent Prins Thomas Diskomiks selection.

Soul Clap "Lauer Remix bringing that 80's dance funk. booyaaa"

Will Saul "Love the Legowelt Remix and a strong EP all around"

Axel Boman "Love both the originals and remixes. Very good release!"

Lexx "Love Haunted Love and the remix, perfect for the early morning"

Kiko Navarro "Very nice originals which remind me the great era of electronic pop"

Tensnake "Wow, my favourite producers remix one of my fave album's tracks, great"

Tim Paris "Lauer Remix is one of the most amazing things I have heard recently, 1000% support"

Ivan Smagghe "Proper balearic ?"

bookings:

Worldwide - annika@fling.fm
Italy - marco@pplayground.com

Crimea X - Haunted Love

Taken from "Music for Balearic Gabba Dreams" out soon on Music For Dreams

...closing out this bite sized bit of musical beauty is Melt by our friends Somerville & Wilson, a delightfully loose and organic bit of percussive deep disco that makes plenty of space for its lush chords and emotive synths as tiny waves seem to break at its feet. 

Somerville & Wilson - Melt
Written by Craig WIlson and Richard Somerville
Published by Expanded Music Srl courtesy Of P Playground
C+P 2013 Hell Yeah Recordings under exclusive license to Expanded Music Srl

Somerville & Wilson - Melt

This Free-P is a collection of songs made around the time of my first Culprit and Hot Creations ep's... hope you enjoy.

U Make Me Shy

Almunia - VIews From A Blue Train

Debut album from The Revenge on Roar Groove. Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange London. Featuring vocal collaborations with Sister Sledge on "Stay A While" and Jesse Rennix on "Another Light". Additional percussion on "Night Fever" by Esa Williams. Available on limited double 12" vinyl, CD and digital. Distributed by Roar Groove.

Stay A While Feat. Sister Sledge

Aeroplane featuring Tawatha Agee - "Love on Hold" Extended Mix

Release date:
March 24, 2017 via Glitterbox Recordings [Defected]

Aeroplane
@aeroplane
www.facebook.com/aeroplanemusiclove
www.twitter.com/vitoaeroplane

Tawatha Agee
http://www.tawathaagee.com/

@glitterboxibiza
@defectedrecords

Love on Hold (featuring Tawatha Agee)

Love On Hold (featuring Tawatha Agee)- Extended Mix

Smooth, Italo boogie from @nu-guinea taken from their new album Nuova Napoli, the result of extensive research into the funk and disco sound of their Neapolitan hometown.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/03/02/premiere-nu-guinea-ddoje-facce/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/ddoje-facce

Nuova Napoli

Nu Guinea - Ddoje Facce (STW Premiere)

PRE ORDER: https://safe-trip.org/products/artis-caecilia-single

THE SAFE TRIP ORGANISATION HAS BEEN BROADCASTING THEIR MUSICAL VERSION OF A TRADITIONAL "NUMBERS STATION" ON THE FREQUENCY 5079. HUMAN INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS THE AGENT BEHIND FOUR REGULAR, EAR-PLEASING TRANSMISSIONS IS THE SAFE TRIP ASSOCIATE "ARTIS".

USING A SPECIALLY MODIFIED "ONE-TIME PAD", WE WERE ABLE TO DECIPHER THESE UNDERCOVER OPERATIVES. THE ETHEREAL, DREAMY, ARPEGGIO-DRIVEN THROB OF "PANTHERA PARDUS", WITH ITS POIGNANT TONE AND UNDULATING LEAD LINES, WAS CLEARLY MEANT AS A WARNING.. THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF "CETACEA", WHERE MELANCHOLIC SYNTHESIZER SOUNDS AND MEANDERING ELECTRONICS GENTLY WIND THEIR WAY AROUND HYBRID ELECTRONIC/ACOUSTIC PERCUSSION.

PANIC SET IN ONCE WE DECIPHERED "GIGANTHOPITHECUS", A COMPOSITION LITTERED WITH FREQUENT INCREASES IN PERCUSSIVE INTENSITY AND A MIND-ALTERING MELODIC REFRAIN. OUR HUNCH THAT ARTIS WAS ORDERING IMMEDIATE ACTION BY AGENTS WAS CONFIRMED BY "DELPHINAE", WHOSE COLOURFUL MELODIC FLUIDITY, FUTURIST NEW AGE CONSTRUCTION AND LAYERED WOODEN DRUM HITS DEEPLY AFFECTED OUR RESEARCHERS. WE ORDERED OUR OWN AGENTS TO RAID THE STATION, BUT ARTIS HAD LONG SINCE SCUTTLED OFF INTO THE HAZY MORNING SUNSHINE.

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