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Anima is the new EP of Berlin based multi instrumentalist and music producer Tom Willems (TCV).

The five tracks comprising the record showcase digitally heavy, brute soundscapes full of uncompromising rhythm and melody. Drawing inspiration from classic genres like gabber and industrial, TCV articulates a sound that is highly abrasive but often surprises with poetic verity.

As the track names indicate, the record conceptually is concerned with the human body and its perception as something which can be both fragile and powerful. TCV unveils, that a traumatising phase of his life, inspired him to process his impressions of lifelessness being inhabited by machine-power. Witnessing how new wealth and vitality is being pumped into a corpus made him fascinate about this passive recreation. The idea of a life depending on mechanical forces, repeating and recovering, is echoing through his acoustic concept. Each track thereby communicates a different stage of a physical transitioning, thus a metamorphosis in whole.


Anima: https://youtu.be/MQVTIayT4TM

Anima

TCV - power

Releasedate 24th June 2022, digital and Vinyl
bandcamp Presale: burialsoil-label.bandcamp.com/album/cyrk…eundschaft

Berlin-based label. Burial Soil proudly presents a collaborative electro album initiated by CYRK.

For their album „Freundschaft“ CYRK has collaborated with Steffi, Anthony Rother, Ravn Jonassen, JakoJako, Jensen Interceptor, Alienata, Nite Fleit and David Carretta.
Over the last few years electro has had a massive resurgence. 
Since then, a new generation of producers has taken the genre under the microscope, recombining classic tropes and influences in new ways. CYRK is among the list of artists consistently pushing all things electro to new heights with forward thinking, dancefloor shattering and bass-heavy concoctions ready to turn your favorite club dance floor into a sea of spaced-out euphoria.
Early 2020, they decided to reach out to some of their producer friends as well as artists they’ve been admiring for years, to collaborate on tracks. As they see it, the electro scene is a very close-knit community and it felt more than appropriate to support each other this way.
A few emails were sent, a few calls made, and a list of heavy-hitters was assembled to exchange files and jam together remotely or in-person in CYRK’s basement studio: Klakson and Dolly label owner Steffi, Anthony Rother, Burial Soil label buddy Ravn Jonassen, JakoJako, Jensen Interceptor, Alienata, Nite Fleit and French veteran David Carretta.
BPMs are high on the eight tracks of “Freundschaft”, the end result of this collaborative process, incorporating various influences from electro-adjacent styles like italo, EBM or, unsurprisingly, techno.

FREUNDSCHAFT - Album Preview

Pre-order: https://veyl.bandcamp.com/album/still-ill-ep

Out May 27th on 12" + DOWNLOAD + POSTER.

https://soundcloud.com/supremelow / https://soundcloud.com/sensational-1

Continuing its tradition of genre bending output, Veyl comes forth with one of its most innovative releases to date. 'Still III' is a collaboration between Supreme Low (Jerome Tcherneyan of Years of Denial) and New York-based MC, Sensational, who has been pushing hip hop’s boundaries for over 30 years. Tcherneyan first saw Sensational in France in 1999 while meeting in New York in 2001. The two quickly connected and kept in touch throughout the years when they finally got the chance to record material together in London in 2016. 

With beats created mainly using an SP1200 (a sampler associated with hip hop golden's age and raw Techno), Fuzz/Distortion pedals and dub units like Echoes/Spring Reverb, psychedelic modulations such as Chorus/Flanger/Phaser and a modular synth, Sensational’s rhymes were totally improvised on the spot in a 3 a.m. studio session under heavy influence. The result is a powerful fusion of sound and style that shatters all expectations and delivers an audio vehicle bridging past, present and future. 

While not lending itself to categorisation, 'Still III' packs Narcotic beats, llbient, Dub, Noise Rap, Bass terrorist, Freak Style, Raw poetry and more into an 8 track release which is unlike anything out right now. Joining on the release are Tcherneyan collaborators Broken English Club, who appears on the ominous opener, 'Doomed' as well as Years of Denial co-conspirator Barkosina, who, as always, mystifies with her vocal presence on 'The World'. Also appearing, Meanad Veyl remixing 'Everybody Ready' and Belgian pioneer hypnsokull finishes off the release in perfect fashion with a remix of 'Raw Shit'.

Supreme Low meets Sensational - 'Still Ill EP' (clips) | VEYL031

Listen to "Iliok ft. KoiFin" by Kenji Araki taken from "Hope Chess" out on 10th November via Affine Records

Bandcamp: https://kenjiaraki.bandcamp.com/album/hope-chess

Originating amidst a time of artistic transition and personal maturation, "Hope Chess" stands as the sophomore album by Kenji Araki, a Vienna based digital artist and musician with roots in Japan. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of sonic influences and practices, this album is home to calculated subtleties, bold juxtapositions as well as a unifying tapestry of texture and harmony. Though Kenji Araki’s musical situatedness in a heterogenous web of post club approaches stays evident, "Hope Chess" takes a more left-field turn. It defies potential expectations built up by the debut record "Leidenzwang" (June 2022) and shifts to a more introspective sound, granting the melodies, vocals and textures more time and spatial freedom to unfold. Rhythmic elements are narrowed and placed carefully, yet they inhabit a distinct character and purposefully complement other elements and narratives.
As we traverse through the album, we come across distorted synths, shape shifting guitars, grimy noisescapes, eerie melodies and contemplative vocal parts. Moments of serenity interweave with controlled eruptions, conveying feelings of vulnerability and catharsis. It’s an honest reflection of Kenji’s personal life throughout the last year.
While evolving into an integral part of Vienna’s transgressive underground club and electronic music scene, Kenji constantly stayed open for new influences, friendships and aesthetics, leading to the formation of the novel sensitive indie duo "ENNS" together with friend, DJ, producer and promoter YBsole and continuous output of hyperpop blossoms with Viennese art pop luminary Anthea. This desire for collaboration is also reflected on "Hope Chess". Half of the album has features - including the frequent collaborators YBsole and Anthea, as well as KoiFin, The Roomate and SISKA.
Instead of letting other's actions and missteps determine the outcome of things, namely playing hope chess, Kenji Araki’s Album "Hope Chess" is about sincerity, introspection and collective trust.

Written & produced by Kenji Araki & KoiFin
Mixing: Kenji Araki
Mastering: Dino Spiluttini
Artwork: Georg Hampe & Kenji Araki

Links:
Kenji Araki
https://soundcloud.com/kenjiaraki
https://www.instagram.com/_kenjiaraki_
https://linktr.ee/kenjiaraki
KoiFin
https://soundcloud.com/koiboiissad
https://www.instagram.com/ko1f1n
Affine Records
https://soundcloud.com/affine-records
https://affinerecords.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/affinerecords

Hope Chess

bandcamp

[Premiere] Kenji Araki - Iliok ft. KoiFin (Affine Records)

Oblinof (he/him) @oblinof is a project born in 2007 in Entre Rios, Argentina, working in multiple artistic disciplines such as video art and animation, 3D printing and sculptures, VR and holograms, and music. The artist’s cutting-edge productions articulate in heavily percussive, multi-layered, club-oriented compositions traducing different influences in a highly energetic, high-bandwidth experience on the dancefloor. The quintessential Oblinof outing is represented by the trilogy composed of the "Post Internet Club" EP [Unizone, 2019], continued with the "元​數​據​火​車​站 (Metadata Train Station)" EP [Soul Feeder, 2021], and now reaching its third and final stage called “V3” EP, out on December 8th on our platform. 

Reaching the perfect synthesis of chaotic sound bursts and obsessive rhythmic textures, “V3” is a 3-tracker EP consisting of 160 BPM club-ready bangers, as hard-hitting as it can get yet developed with a rather minimalistic approach, peculiarly reflected in the abstract track titles and the awe-inspiring artwork authored by Oblinof himself. The carefully designed, trancey compositions offer a staggering work of pulsating violence in the form of tremendously energetic anthems, which are also at times found indulging in introspective undertones promoting inner exploration while sweating on the dancefloor. 

Introspective tones that are taken up by Karlfroye (she/her) @karlfroye in the closing remix. With her contribution, the artist, DJ, and producer from Southern France, affiliated with the Explity Music label @explitymusic and known in the scene for setting up enthralling outings, adds an extra layer of complexity in the form of a fantastical, epic take on the original opening track where hardcore kicks combine with dembow, heavenly vocals, and tense melodies.

Tracks 1-3 produced and mixed by Oblinof. Track 4 produced and mixed by Karlfroye. Mastering by @wimdehaen. Artwork by Oblinof [https://instagram.com/oblinof_axyxa].

Name-Your-Price DL

Oblinof - Onyxz (lai) (Karlfroye Remix)

download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0olr46exn2nwsifjhkjii/False-Noise-Return-to-Winter.wav?rlkey=klljux65cskc97azro07zq201&dl=1
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0dOVFMG9gc0PkVM93Vyk2X?si=a00437fcfda74e20

Return to Winter

track PREMIERE
Cimarrón - Sale el sol
soundcloud: @cimarron-se-fue

“ALET30” 

EP de Cimarrón de Argentina es un compilado de DJ tools pensados para la pista. Explora, a través de un sonido intenso, moderno y por momentos oscuro, el formato “edit”. Se apoya en la reutilización de material sonoro, en particular voces de canciones populares en los años 2000 en LATAM, intentando evocar el disfrute de lo conocido en un nuevo contexto. Es una celebración de la cultura club y de la riqueza de ideas que se encuentran en Internet.

pre-order
https://muakk.bandcamp.com/album/alet3o

PREMIERE /// Cimarrón - Sale el Sol (MUAKK)

Nuevo Remix para @mrtokaa !!! todo un trac con el bandideo que kieres tekstyle jumpstyle guarachita amor asies

FREEE DOWNLOAD!

Mr. Toka - 22Cms (2AT REMIX) *°:⋆ₓₒ

Martyyna - Written In The Scars
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM113
Format: Digital
Release Date: June 7th, 2024

Official Video for 'This Time' https://youtu.be/F-WjTXXjOjo

Martyyna’s debut album Written In The Scars is an ironic play on the cliché that our destiny is written in the stars. More likely, our life’s stories are influenced by the scars we carry within us and by our coming to terms with them. Martyyna looks for such confidence on the single This Time, where a reverberating clock chime intertwines with her hazy vocals submerged in sampled water droplets, owl calls, or birdsong. Emerging at times only to repeat a hopeful wish: “This time... don’t make me cry.” A music video for the track, shot in the Canary Islands’ desolate and burned-out land, serves as an inspiration for the album's visual design and the future AV set with Igor Lorok presented at the Lunchmeat Festival in September 2023. The album cover views the body as a similar landscape, recording the imprints and bruises of past happenings and absorbing them into itself. The story of finding the strength to keep going continues on the second single, Distorted, inspired by data loss after Martyyna’s first live-set. Past feelings of anger and misery melt into a complex and stuttering production, her deepened vocals intertwine with jittering synth arrangements, slowly rising in pitch and gaining courage. Distant, muffled echoes are trying to break free, regressed traumas are coming to the surface, demanding attention.

After a process of healing, overcoming and getting lost in a dream, the voice of Martyyna fuses with that of the Czech producer Oliver Torr on Sunshine Girls and with the musician Portento’s on the closing track Invitation. The album ends with light, calming duets – two voices finding harmony at last, extending a euphoric invitation. An invitation to breathe in. To rest. To finally not be scared of one’s own self.

On Written In The Scars, Martyyna delves deeper into her work with vocals, first introduced on her EP AWAKEN, and perfects her layering of textures, tonal shifts, gradation of rhythms and deconstruction of string instruments. Rather than awaking, however, she’s now plunging into more atmospheric dreamscapes. Crafted with both chaos and care, Martyyna’s tracks are made of diverse building blocks reflecting her mood shifts and despairs as well as her meticulous craftswomanship gained working as an architect. Only here, forming physical structures in her waking life is interchanged with sonic worldbuilding of her dreams.

Written In The Scars

Martyyna - This Time (IM113)

Scorpio Red is pleased to announce the release of Zeynep Ağcabay’s second EP, out on the 7th June 2024.

The Turkish born, London based artist’s 4-track release ‘Memories from the Future’ re-frames memory as a non-linear plane of time: visions and sounds collected from “memories” that are yet to occur but feel already lived. An effort to merge her self-titled spiritual folk project with her former ambient pop moniker mea0u, ‘Memories From The Future’ evokes a cyclical, nostalgic and trippy dream sequence. Distorted vocals, a nod to heavy exposure to Western pop influences, meet with samples of Turkish Ney flute and percussion reminiscent of "home".

Zeynep Ağcabay - On My Mind

Listen to "DE CERCA" by Princesa Vampiro taken from "DE CERCA" out on 25th May via Visceral

Bandcamp: https://visceralrecords.bandcamp.com/track/de-cerca-princesa-vampiro

DE CERCA, it is an album of songs from the heart, tender and anxious, super intricate and post-experimental rhythms, phrases like "bring me the ashes" or "I don't want any more endings that make me die", they draw us into playful games in which nothing can be caught.

Princesa Vampiro is a multifaceted artist who is not governed by any genre or place. At 22 years old, lost in Buenos Aires. Explore through sound, different emotions, imbalances, friendships, thoughts and memories.

Princesa Vampiro
https://soundcloud.com/princesavampiro
www.instagram.com/_princesa.vampiro
Visceral
https://soundcloud.com/visceral-sello
https://visceralrecords.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/visceral______visceral

DE CERCA

[Premiere] Princesa Vampiro - DE CERCA (Visceral)

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