Scissor and Thread's Essential Tracks

The 15 Best House Tracks of June 2022

"Silence is beauty
A gentle absence that cools a fevered mind
Silence is hope
A quiet place where thoughts become dreams
Silence is strength
A sweet breath that fortifies resolve."

June brings sunny summer vibes to the underground electronic music world with dazzling releases from Frank and Tony, Mary Yalex, Tammo Hesselink, Levon Vincent, DJ Python, Kangding Ray, Edmondson, RDS, Anthony Naples, Skee Mask, and Jacques Greene. 


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Favorite Release from June 2022

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Frank & Tony drop their new Dream Vibration EP some 5 years after their last outing as a duo with the much-celebrated Odes EP.

Having teased the full release with two upfront tracks - Time Out Of Mind and Timmy Regisford’s masterful instrumental rework of Stretch Out Like The World, we now get to enjoy the full package.

Title track Dream Vibration kicks off with a lazy breakbeat, floating, barely-there chord washes and eventually and slowly reveals a thick, low kick and deep sub to drive things along.

Frank & Tony’s original version of Stretch Out Like The World features Eliana Glass on vocals - a melancholic but tough track that exudes a classic in the making.

Timmy Regisford’s vocal mix amps up the percussion to create a hypnotic club jam idea for an early morning Shelter dancefloor.

Dream Vibration

Frank & Tony - Dream Vibration

Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 07 - Delsin Records - DSR/MTS07

https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7022/tammo-hesselink/mantis-07
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a1. Danaba
a2. Fixed Distance
b1. Lifted
b2. Now Attempt

Matching microscopic detail and stark minimalism with a pervading warmth and open, natural flow, @tammohesselink shores up on Mantis with four refined and distinctive techno variations. Tammo operated under a number of different guises before, debuting as The Invariants via a self-steered series in 2014 before scattering a tangled web of projects across Nous'klaer Audio. On Mantis 07 he takes a granular approach to techno, using space as a vital ingredient to expose the fine detail in each rhythmic impression and passing texture.

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Tammo Hesselink - Mantis 07 (DSR/MTS07)

INDEFINITE PITCH  |  PREMIERE 317

Mary Yalex - Ohra
Ohra [MEDS067 | Muzan Editions]

Produced by Mary Yalex
Mastered by Kris Keogh
Artwork by Kris Keogh

Released by Muzan Editions from Osaka, Japan
Release Date: June 3 2022

Mary Yalex

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Indefinite Pitch. Yantai

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Ohra

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PREMIERE: Mary Yalex - Ohra [Muzan Editions]

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Brooklyn-based Frank & Tony drop their latest EP, 'Dream Vibration', some 5 years after their last outing as a duo via their imprint @scissorandthread.

The 5-track release features @timmyregisford ’s masterful instrumental rework of 'Stretch Out Like The World', a vocal mix amping up the percussion to create a hypnotic club jam idea for an early morning Shelter dancefloor.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Frank & Tony 'Stretch Out Like The World' (Timmy Regisford Vocal Mix)

Marionette

Marionette (Shanti Celeste Remix)

Keep On Swindling Pt. 1 EP
Label - Heist
Released - 10th June 2022
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PREMIERE: Dam Swindle - All I Want [Heist]

Newcastle-based DJ and producer Edmondson’s latest offering on Lissoms is packed to the rafters with groovy bass lines and stripped back fun. The four tracker blends his signature sounds with that of some sampled jazz elements that work, oh so well. Our premiere for today is the glow mix of Y2K. Floating pads provide a mellow base for airy whispers and an enveloping melody that swirls around the listener. All while being poked and prodded along by the snappy, upbeat percussion. A proper cosmic groove if you will.

'Y2K (glow mix)' and the rest of the New Forest Mysticism EP is out on Lissoms, June 24th
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PREMIERE: Edmondson - Y2K (Glow Mix) [Lissoms]

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Black Loops - The People [Freerange Records] (96Kbps)

Tal Fussman - It Was Misunderstood | Innervisions

Alex Albrecht returns with Aurora - a pristine followup to his Blue Caves transmission via Scissor and Thread in 2018. 

The Melbourne based composer and sound designer Albrecht has leans into his predilection for woozy, affecting melodies intertwined with skittering drums and snaking grooves, and Aurora brings that to the fore with six tracks of shimmering beauty. 

Spring Orchard opens the record, effortlessly merging deeply buried keys with washes of dreamlike synths, and dubby effects. 
Wildflower Walk is a melancholic affair, underpinned with a restless groove. 
The title track Aurora treads a similar path, but with a more driving approach, while an interplay between piano, guitar, and synths drenched in reverb offer a warm, enveloping atmosphere. 


Aurora is also shared here as a remix by Roza Terenzi, who entirely reworks the track with her signature club ready grooves . 

Kennett River exhibits a kind of smudged, cinematic hip hop feel, while closing track Morning Piazza showcases Albrecht’s sense of drama and pacing, producing a sublime ending to this deeply affecting collection.

Aurora

Alex Albrecht - Aurora

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Soela releases the first single from her upcoming album Dark Portrait on Scissor & Thread - Even If I Ask You Stay. 

Russian born Berlin based Elina Shorokhova has made a transition from pianist and vocalist into electronic music, balancing her ear for melody and musicality.

With this single, we get to see a very vulnerable side of Soela; "Even If I Ask You To Stay has several meanings for me. The most direct one is about an abusive relationship where you're already openly asking the person to leave, but are so attached that you want them to stay. The second meaning is with my struggle with depression. My experience is that it takes a lot of inner strength to heal from depression, and sometimes you're still powerless against the disease. So it stays with you again and again”.
 
The track itself merges a skittering rhythm, gorgeously melancholic piano and string sections with Soela's vocals that cut deep - resulting in a beautifully realized and powerful composition

Even If I Ask You To Stay

Soela - Even If I Ask You To Stay

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Soela is the DJ and production alias of Elina Shorokhova, a Russia-born Berlin-based experienced pianist and vocalist who has made a hugely impactful transition into electronic music.

Having released material on such labels as Kompakt, Dial, Shall Not Fade, Lost Palms, E-Beamz, Red Ember Records, Sushitech, and others, Soela joins the ranks of Scissor & Thread for this exquisite album - Dark Portrait. 

The album opens in a typically understated manner with Unsuitable - a melancholic trip-hop adjacent track that sets the tone for the next 8 pieces. As Soela explains, “I was dealing with some very complex feelings, so I came up with this album, which helped me not to despair, to work on myself, to grow internally, and to start listening to myself. It helped me to keep sane when my country invaded Ukraine with a full scale war. It absolutely broke my heart, and music was one of my main salvations.” 

This complex mix of emotions plays out across the album with tracks that utilize her beautiful musicality (Through the Windows feat. Francis Harris and Philipp Priebe, Drowning feat. Module One) and ear for details with skittering beats, ambient soundscapes (Spirits, Lost In The Fog) and lose-yourself dancefloor moments such as the collaboration with Lawrence on February Is Not Going To Be Forever. The title track Dark Portrait combines dubby elements with affecting pads and melodic touches, while the lead single Even If I Ask You Stay delves into multiple feelings around escaping toxic situations, and battling depression. It features a powerful vocal from Soela supported by a deeply affecting arrangement. The closing track The Darkest Hour Before Sunrise brings a sense of hope and light, balancing subdued keys and strings with ethereal tones and atmospheres

Dark Portrait

Soela - Unsuitable

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DaRand Land, who hails from the post industrial confines of Buffalo, NY was one of the leading figures of Deep4Life, a cult label known for submersible oriented, yet dancefloor-friendly productions. With ambient synth-driven tones and heavy funk basslines being at the center of his sound, DaRand Land’s music often evokes an introspective quality, without losing its groove fundamental.

Following on from a number of releases on Pulp, Downbeat, Urban Imagery and the “Discover You” EP on Scissor & Thread, here is Nature Of Reality, the single taken from DaRand Land’s second album Wander Being, released on Scissor & Thread in late November 2024. 





“In particular, the single, The Nature of Reality”, says DaRand, “was written to convey a sense of what it feels like to be in a state of suspended animation. There is a natural tension introduced via the organic, swirling pad progression juxtaposed against endless vocal echoes and the low-end groove of the bassline. Thematically, I wanted to carry this forward through the entirety of the album.”

The Nature Of Reality

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DaRand Land - The Nature Of Reality

fka boursin is a DJ and producer out of Bristol, UK. 
Previously known as DJ Boursin, he is recognized for his deep, ambient-infused house music that explores political dimensions of clubs and identity politics.

Welcomed into the Scissor & Thread fold, fka boursin shares two cuts of deep and introspective electronic music. 

The original Listless Intertext is a hazy trip through ambient soundscapes, shuffling rhythms and half-caught conversations, drifting across a 12 minute run time that slowly evolves and shifts with time.  

"Listless Intertext is a track centred around the "failed" employment of cheap vocoder software that attempted to process explicit words and phrases across 11 minutes." says fka boursin. "Instead, the vocoder output made any words indecipherable and I was left with thematic vagueness. The final text of the track is simply a submission to its own limitations with some french thrown in."

When label bosses Frank & Tony step up for their Housebeat Dub, they keep the essential mood but introduce a thick, fat groove that works just as well in conveying the mood. 

"Our remix is a strictly dancefloor approach," says Frank, "an extended psychedelic beat rework perfect for late night, early morning vibes".


Listless Intertext (Frank & Tony's Housebeat Dub)

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