critical beats

LES URBAINES 6.7.8.DEC.2019

simply smooth - lady (london connection dub)

Change My Life

So I breathe through you
Forgetting about me
We share lungs 
you see, restrained hearts come undone
Weeping under the sun
The willows shimmer in the wind
This is the beginning


artwork by Curtly Thomas

BEGINNING

hear     the song        and it   sound pretty              good

oct gomb

“My heart is crying, crying”
 - Jackie Wilson, “Lonely Teardrops”

“She cries on every tune, every tune, every tune/ Footsteps on the dance floor remind me baby of you”
 - Womack & Womack, “Teardrops”

The tracks on TEARDROPS express our sentiments surrounding Black life, death, hypervisibility and refusal as we confront the reality that the club—like the rest of this world—can be a vulnerable space. TEARDROPS comes out of years experimenting with our hybrid DJ/live PA style of performing. Some of the songs are straight-to-tape recordings, others are edits we use in those same sets and one is an original track inspired directly by our experiences in the club. 

Cover Photography: Elliott Jerome Brown, Jr.
Cover Art: E. Jane

Contact/booking: 
booking@onthesly.co
onthesly.co/scraaatch/

A3 ARTICLES

MIND BODY SOUL

@Oli_XL — "Cygnostik"
from "Rogue Intruder, Soul Enhancer" (2019)
http://x-l.love

“Can you be my ringtone... I Feel liquid Love! 🗯”. The debut album by Oli XL. Artwork drawn by Roberto Ronzani._

✴︎

Special thanks to Emilie, Zak, Lisa, Anton, Emilio & Robin.

Oli XL — Cygnostik

Cassettes & digital available via w00dy.bandcamp.com && boomkat.com
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Mastered by Andrew Nerviano. Cover art and design by Jordan Dawson.

Can't Resist It

Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/7o35XXcttnqCdZj8Xn75iC
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/sermon-4-anniversary/1528586612

Underground media hub Sermon 3 Recordings, founded by established producer and engineer The 83rd, turns 4 years old this August. To celebrate, Sermon 3 will be releasing a special anniversary compilation with a power circle of artists bounded together by its multimedia web.

‘Sermon 4’ bridges together artists from all over the world, as the release opens with a new track from Alice Glass who has laid the groundwork for her fellow mutants to come through. Ghetto house legend DJ Deeon samples Roddy Ricch’s ‘The Box’, Via App opens the chamber releasing the highly sought-after ‘Electromancy (Esh Umaim Version),’ whilst NEUTER//MRTRU3L0V3 flip the switch contributing a luscious deep house record.

Through community activism, DIY shows, underground raves and online forums, Sermon 3 has become a place where underground communities from around the world can find each other. These are the well deserved and overlooked voices that power mainstream society. The black, brown, inner city, queer, hyper-creative, boundary pushing artists that define generations have found a home with S3R. With Sermon 4, this home is also extended to Circa After Death affiliate Odete, deconstructed Latin club artists Meth Math, sound and art performance duo Scraaatch and Oakland visionary DÆMON.


Tracklist:
1. Alice Glass - NIGHTMARES
2. DJ Deeon - Bang Them
3. The 83rd - cleaver
4. NEUTER//MRTRU3L0V3 - bittersweet
5. Via App - Electromancy (Esh Umaim Version)
6. DÆMON - Stay Still
7. SCRAAATCH - u don’t kno until u come
8. Odete - O DIABO
9. Meth Math - aserje20202 

released August 28, 2020

Nightmares produced by Jupiter Keyes, Mixed by Ryan Kaul
Stay Still produced by housepett
Mastered by The 83rd, Track 5: The 83rd, Via App + Bookworms, Track 1: Joe LaPorta
Album Artwork: Jane Pain
Graphic Design: Rage.inald, The 83rd

DOWNLOAD

Scraaatch - U Don't Kno Until U Come

fragment boys

from Pink Room
https://pamelaandhersons.bandcamp.com/album/pink-room-2

music video made with Virginia de las Pozas and Eva M. Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfIIjn_ZdgE

also featured in Fluid by Grace for WET
https://soundcloud.com/itswet/fluid-by-grace

Recorded and mixed with Jordan Romero.
Mastered by Deflector.