Come on World, You Can't Go! - Frank Ocean

IM096 - @aroent - Say
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: May 27th,2022
Format: Digital
Artwork by Vojd

Following on from a release-packed 2021, Infinite Machine are back with a new 4-track offering from the relative newcomer, Aroent. Across 3 new original cuts (plus a rework by UK dance royalty, Ploy) the Berlin-based producer delivers some serious rollers crammed full of gnarly drumwork and a pervasive air of unease. Like the strange, abstract creature of the record artwork, the music of Say EP is an amorphous beast, mixing the dense arrangements/layering of 90s IDM records with the off-kilter and swung beats of UK Techno and Funky.

The EP opens with its title track; a whirl of snaps, claps and phantom samples all firmly underpinned by an acid-inflected bassline. Aroent embracing of chance and luck in his compositions is evident on this track, throwing in idiosyncratic automations and randomizers to grow and evolve the tune over its 5 minute duration. The vox samples (stolen from Breaking Bad) seem to decay and fall inwards on each other on ‘Say’, as if the song is soundtrack to a decaying and corrupted society (not dissimilar to Heisenberg’s).

On ‘Rolling Oddities’, Aroent’s love for the Bristol bass & techno scene really shines through clearly. A track that seems almost built for a spinny night that rolls on until the morning, the song really does what it says on the tin with its combination of driving, rhythmic elements and it’s smattering of pretty out-there decisions in terms of arrangement and sound processing. This is a definite must-listen tune for fans of Batu, Lurka or Hodge.

Next up, ‘Bobcat’ takes things in a slightly more buoyant and ecstatic direction with its ever-rising filters and muted percussion that seems like it’s dancing along on tip-toes. On this song especially, Aroent’s genre-agnostic approach to production is abundantly obvious with elements of techno and bass sitting alongside kick drums that wouldn’t feel out of place on some Jersey Club tracks.

Ploy brings up the rear on Say EP with a ferocious ‘Skeletal Tool remix’ of the releases’ title track. Taking a reductionist approach to his rework, the Timedance signee strips out some of the originals’ more hyperbolic or dramatic elements and reduces it to a polyrhythmic, semi-genreless heater. Seriously - you try and pin this edit down to a single ‘genre label’, I dare you!

Despite the small number of releases to his name, Say EP is a highly confident and well-realized offering from the Greek-born, Berlin-based producer. In a way, Aroent is already creating his own sonic signature that lifts and interpolates aspects across the UK Bass spectrum and turns it into something totally unique. This is music that lurks in the shadows of warehouse clubs.

Tracklist:

1. Say
2. Rolling Oddities
3. Bobcat
4. Say (Ploy's Skeletal Tool Remix)

Aroent - Say (IM096)

Sundowner.

Playtime: 19.30h - 21.00h

A LOT OF LOVE <3

Wurzelknorken 3000 Festival || 13-08-2022 || Dark Downtempo

Fred again… x Frank Ocean x Moderat - Chanel (Unreleased HQ Mashup)

SIM—OJ @ Lowlands [DJ SET] 19-08-2023
watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju-0hXRA3Ko&t=4s&ab_channel=SIM%E2%80%94OJ

1. SIM—OJ - Apocalyps + Zo Comfortabel (SIM—OJ ’Hacienda’ Edit)
2. Rosalía - Saoko (Vlado Remix)
3. Redlight - Gold Teeth
4. Jeremih - All The Time (hyalyte Edit)
5. J Hus - Who Told You (FS Green & Naken Edit)
6. Drake - Massive (NOIZ EDIT)
7. Burna Boy - Kilometre (BIICE Edit)
8. Daft Punk - One More Time (NegoO Remix)
9. El Alfa - Como Yo Me Muevo
10. Soul Faya - MVD Afro
11. TYSON - GABAROLA (Feat. Vanyfox)
12. Masters At Work - Work (Paquito Moniz Remix)
13. Roska - Killin’ It (feat. TT The Artist)
14. Ambonwhena, Rogero & Unu + Carlos Monsta - Padede Huambo (SIROJ LOWLANDS EDIT)
15. DJ Lycox - Rapaz Sinistro x My Humps (Cupidon Flip)
16. Hagan - Right Here (Club Edit)
17. ROSALÍA - BIZCOCHITO (TRIBALSTARS Remix)
18. Alcione - Você me Vira a Cabeça (Deekapz Remix)
19. Riton & Nightcrawlers - Friday (RICHTANNER® & SMILEZ REMIX)
20. Kingdom - Stalker Ha
21. Champion - Gunshot
22. Froukje - Niets Tussen (SIM—OJ Edit)
23. SIM—OJ - ID
24. sente - amigos
25. Sisqo - Thong Song (DJ KARAOKE Remix)
26. Trippy Turtle - 21
27. Taso & Siete Catorce - 2 for $20
28. HAI-LIFE - ALL I WANNA
29. Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair - Set The Roof (ft. Tayla Parx)
30. FS Green - Be (Show Me Love)
31. SISTERS DUB - SILVER
32. Section Boyz - Trapping Ain't Dead (Sim Fane Edit)
33. Soulja Boy + Sángo - AMOR DE SWAG (Simen Sez Edit)
34. SIROJ - VIBRATIONS
35. Travis Scott feat. Playboi Carti - FE!N (Sim Fane Edit)
36. Ice Spice - Deli
37. Salva & Brenmar - Let Me Bang
38. Rihanna - Pon De Replay (SIROJ’s Speed Garage Remix)
39. DJ Khaled x Drake - NO SECRET (Sim Fane Remix)
40. Ne-Yo - Closer (Flansie Remix)
41. Hammer House - The Jumper (Mass Medium Remix)
42. Sean Paul - Temperature (Skeptic Speed Garage Dub)
43. Sammy Virji - Never Let You Go
44. Nancy Ajram - Ya Tabtab (HABIBEATS Edit)

SIM—OJ @ Lowlands 2023

Tommy Wright III - Meet Yo Maker (320 Kbps)

non stop trance

Feel Me Before They Kill Me

Street Sh*t (feat. Princess Loko)

A$AP ROCKY - RIOT (SIM—OJ Edit)

Uffie Feat. Pharell Williams - ADD SUV (SIM—OJ Edit)

a live set created using a tb-303 and a Digitakt II

Intro - Safi(Live Set)

Safi