Great set, so nice to listen back !! What a night.. 🔥

вещь однозначно, как и многие другие вещи на этом лэйбле

Just over 2 hours of the finest in cosmic dance music from two leaders of the pack... Recorded live at Sameheads during another finer than silk Club Cosmic night

Nixxon & Alexander Arpeggio
https://soundcloud.com/nixxon
https://soundcloud.com/alexanderarpeggio

Nixxon & Alexander Arpeggio B2B Excerpt - Club Cosmic At Sameheads 12.08.23

Alessandro Adriani is a lot of things – producer, DJ, live performer and label owner of Mannequin Records – but above all he is a tireless music researcher.
The Berlin-based Italian goes further than your average “crate digger” in pursuit of information about sounds, styles, artists and record labels, devoting countless hours to unearthing the untold stories behind the music he loves, regardless of when it was made.

Adriani’s obsession has naturally shaped his other musical endeavors, not least Mannequin Records, the label he established over than a decade ago, voted label of the month by Resident Advisor in 2017.

Over the years, the imprint has won praise from buyers and critics alike for its open-minded blend of on-point reissues, archival collections and fresh productions. The intriguing, leftfield mixture of material on offer – think techno, electro, cold wave, industrial, EBM, minimal synth, and more – is naturally a reflection of Adriani’s wide-ranging and off-kilter tastes (as you’d discover if you had a quick flick through his vast and growing record collection).

Adriani is distinctively drawn towards the dark and obscure, and you can hear this approach amongst the long, drawn-out mixes of his similarly eclectic DJ sets. 

Alessandro has contributed outstanding mixes for Resident Advisor, FACT, Crack Magazine, Bleep, Cxema and Dekmantel. On the festival circuit he’s made appearances at Berghain, Tresor, Atonal, Boiler Room, Dekmantel, ADE, Dimensions, Neopop, Positive Education, Signal and more, together with his bi-monthly dates at Berghain and Panorama Bar, a residency he’s held from 2016 to 2020.


As a producer, Adriani’s output naturally draws on these inspirations, but also reflects his obsession with electronic hardware. 

Under his own name Adriani has built a reputation for delivering heavy, angular and forthright club cuts for such celebrated labels as L.I.E.S. Records, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Jealous God, Pinkman and - of course - Mannequin Records.

Follow IG: instagram.com/adriani.alessandro
Soundcloud: @alessandro-adriani-mnq

Artwork by Stela Alusi

ORBIT Series #025 - Alessandro Adriani

BUY VINYL: https://severedheads.bandcamp.com/album/ear-bitten
Dark Entries picks up Severed Heads yet again for Ear Bitten, a double LP reissue of some of the band’s earliest material. As originary Aussie industrial legends - although founder Tom Ellard would balk at being branded as such - Severed Heads shaped the continental subcultural sound with their kitchen electronics, chaotic tape loops, and quietly infectious nursery-rhyme-esque melodies. In 1979 Ellard, Richard Fielding, and Andrew Wright abandoned the moniker Mr. and Mrs. No Smoking Sign and adopted the edgier name Severed Heads “to pretend to be an industrial band such as Surgical Penis Klinik & Throbbing Gristle.” Noise-rockers Rhythmx Chymx had placed an advertisement in a local shop looking for a band to share the costs of pressing an LP. The Heads set about recording a Dadaist racket on a pair of open reel dictaphones and a cassette deck using a TRS-80 computer, Kawai Synthesizer 100F and Korg Mini Pops drum machine. Ear Bitten was released in 1980; original copies now fetch obscene sums, in part due to most of Severed Heads’ copies perishing in a fire at Richard’s home. The band’s next endeavor was a cassette titled Side 2, a collection of free-form experiments fashioned as Ear Bitten’s second side. For this reissue, Dark Entries has collected both Ear Bitten and Side 2 on the first disc, presenting the album in its full form. Disc two includes the original first version of Ear Bitten, which was only unreleased because it was recorded in a format not suitable for pressing. The album comes in a gatefold sleeve designed by Eloise Leigh and includes photos, liner notes, and reproductions of the original Xerox inserts from the 1980 issue. Ear Bitten delivers 22 tracks of pain you can dance to!

Ear Bitten

Severed Heads - Ear Bitten SOUNDCLIPS

Ever So Often w Samira - 14th August 2024 - Operator

For the 71st installment in our Just For The Night series, selectors take you on their own journey through groove. Anything goes.

Next up, welcome Sneaker DJ 👋 

His musical upbringing started out in the Detroit and Chicago space, before further influences like obscure Italo, new wave and minimal synth gems. He's based out of his part-time-hometowns Berlin and Dresden, where he operates the TailOut mastering studios with long-time collaborator Jacob Korn. We were first introduced to him via his impeccable edits on Deep Cover #8. In his own words:

"The mix was recorded for the Needsome radio show and was aired only once on Radio Dreyeckland, Freiburg/Germany.

The session is showcasing curation and craftsmanship that was developed on the fly without sync buttons or a defined order. The selection follows a pattern of progressive music - the majority from the 90s, from Detroit and all Western Europe. A vivid mental image of what Sneaker would have envisioned as the retro trend for 2024 unlike all that generic, shallow trance and gabba.

I had and even to this day have the feeling that my fellows in the radio studio didn't realise what they were witnessing. Despite my usual uncommon selections from a background of 30 years of digging, I played the obvious - even classics (you'll be surprised). These are - nevertheless -  unknown to the unknown.

I blended these tunes with dirty friction - cause I dare to play 3 decks. Harmonic mixing - cause I am not deaf unlike most DJs. If you are a selector (LOL) jerking off on your rotary - let me tell you straight to your face: you are lacking skilltalentandinspiration to add MUSICALITY. Cause yours is no art ... cause it lacks artistry!"

Thanks @sneakerdj 🙏

Just For The Night #71 - Sneaker DJ

Recorded/streamed live from the Operator stage at Weelde Festival 2024.

www.operator-radio.com

Stelkon | Weelde Festival - 24th August 2024

Per Amžius Ambient @ Radio Vilnius 08.23 w/ Marijus Klimaitis & Paranoid London

1part Marijus Klimaitis
2part Paranoid London

Per Amžius Ambient 08.23 w/ Marijus Klimaitis & Paranoid London

Recorded in Notodden (Norway)   02.08.2024

https://soundcloud.com/jokubas-bajorinas

Jokubas Bajorinas is a lithuanian Norway-based record collector and DJ/selector.
He has been collecting records and tapes since 2008 and got stuck within the sounds of the ‘80s underground. Not much has changed during the years and he’s appreciative to share this sonic reflection of his everyday anxieties.

• https://www.instagram.com/jokubas_bajorinas/?locale=ne_NP&hl=am-et

E.S.T. 094 • Jokubas Bajorinas

Long time in the vaults, soon out in pop heaven: Andrea & Alexander, a handsomely nostalgic pop project by Andrea Noce aka Eva Geist and Alexander Arpeggio. Originally launched in 2014, revitalized in 2023, the project originated as a live set-up consisting of synthesizers, effect pedals, and analogue drum machines. From there it slowly metamorphosed into a crew of songs with raw minimal-wave grooves and romantically haunting English and German pop lyrics, loosely evoking the aura of Siouxsie Sioux, Gudrun Gut or Nadine Bal. After becoming a live mainstay in the Berlin based underground club Sameheads, they went on a tour through Lithuania and soon after several unfortunate troubles led to the break-up of the band, prompting both Andrea and Alexander to focus on their solo careers. Andrea became Eva Geist and released for various international labels, played live and formed the female duo As Longitude. Alexander founded his own label Eine Welt, took over the management of the renowned underground festival Camp Cosmic and created two musical projects with Cid Hohner, Otto and Aufgang B. Now, years later, almost becoming a Soundcloud corpse some Andrea & Alexander recordings caught the attention of the R.i.O. folks and just seconds later they offer six freshly recorded cuts of Andrea & Alexander tunes that stood the test of time as authentic, soulful pop music. “What are we going to wear for tonight’s party?” Andrea Noce asks in their song “Tiney Party”. The answer is “Loved Up” a musical celebration outfit of six sincere recorded, emotionally accorded songs, who make the dance, give verve a chance, to be there, in that moment of all moments. An album for the listener that likes to dance. In his head, on the local carpet. “Loved Up” humming Andrea & Alexander tunes.

Artists: @andreanoce & @alexanderarpeggio 
Text by ML
Mastering by FPSF
Design and typography by: Omnigroup
Distribution by Word & Sound

Andrea & Alexander - Loved Up

Bandcamp

Andrea & Alexander - Amazing Grace

Preview of 9-track LP by https://soundcloud.com/das-ding-1 // 300 copies clear vinyl, download & streaming // released 21 October 2024 // https://electronicemergencies.bandcamp.com/album/selected-archival-recordings-1979-1985

Track listing:
A1. Bad Boy / A2. Kaputt 27 / A3. Untitled / A4. Yeah!
B1. Ritual - Demo / B2. Rebuild - Demo / B3. Midnight Crossing / B4. Preamble / B5. Cured

Minimal wave legend Das Ding is back on Electronic Emergencies after 10 years with a stunning selection of archival tracks from retrieved tape recordings. In the early eighties, Danny Bosten got together with his friends after school in his bedroom studio, somewhere in the bleak Dutch countryside. They experimented with cheap analogue gear and made music to kill time. The sound is raunchy and slightly experimental, but already unmistakable Das Ding. New wave, early EBM and proto techno are found this album, pressed on clear vinyl. To preserve the original atmosphere and sound, the tapes received the Ruud Lekx treatment.

Selected Archival Recordings 1979-1985

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Das Ding - Selected Archival Recordings 1979-1985 / EE042 / PREVIEW

Timothy J. Fairplay is back with another edition of Dungeon Module. This month including new
music by Cliff Solomon, Legowelt, Robert Bergman, The Jak, and lots more. Plus, as always
some new music by Timothy himself.

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