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Mattias Östling makes a welcome return to Love Love as Rolando Simmons for new LP 'Animatronics' after recent forays on Analogical Force and Furthur Electronix and nearly 8 years on from his Love Love debut 'World Building'. Hailing from rural Sweden, Östling creates understated but rich and dreamlike productions which have seen him become a familiar name beyond the braindance circles his music first found a home in, playing live at venues in the UK like Fold and Houghton Festival.  
  
As is characteristic of Rolando Simmons' work, a strong sense of narrative runs throughout this LP. 'Animatronics' stylistically plays across the gamut of Electronica, from the lush, playful braindance of 2nd track 'Purple Soap', to the upbeat syncopated rhythms within 'GlobalGroove Dust Club', and the slowly advancing icy ambient techno dirge of closer 'Memory Defrost'. The ephemeral ambient elements laced throughout allude to a sense of comfortable sedation but darker shades no doubt loom beneath. Measured in its operation and warm in its presentation, the album often steers into unknown spaces, moving through a range of tonal shifts, all the while feeling contained within a unified and detailed imaginary world.

Animatronics

Rolando Simmons - Purple Soap

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2. Reinhaudt - Sewer Anthem // @reinhaudt
3. Dragon Temple Network - Inner Fortress
4. _ \ • / _ EON - ___.%_¥%_¥ // @nowistheeon
5. Fatigue Suspecte - Hǔ gūpó // @fatiguesuspecte
6. Death Cascade - Communion // @deathcascade

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Two years after their debut on Berlin’s Mannequin Records, Leroy Se Meurt return with their second album, Hier Pour Toujours. Far from nostalgic, the record mirrors the bleakness of our times: history repeats itself, the future looks dark, and the duo’s fierce electronic punk is its perfect soundtrack.

Drum machines set the march, synths flood the space, loops spiral to exhaustion, and vocals lead this orchestra of machines straight into the fire. Leroy Se Meurt sharpen their roots into something even more relentless—bold slogans, narrative fragments, and anthems made to be shouted together.

The album swings between floor-burners like “Pas Ma Croix”, “Du Plafond à La Terre”, and “Alevlere Karşı”, and darker, slower cuts like the intimate title track “Hier Pour Toujours” or the heavy incantation “Encore”. Along the way, it flirts with EBM, furious punk energy, cinematic synthscapes, and moments of unexpected clarity.

Hier Pour Toujours isn’t any more optimistic than their debut—but it still insists on belief. The end hasn’t come yet, and maybe, just maybe, there’s still light waiting on the other side.

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Balancing beauty and disruption, Zurich-based composer Alban Schelbert presents excerpts from the score for choreographer Thibault Lac’s solo dance performance Blue Roses, which premiered at Centre national de la danse Paris in 2024. The music Schelbert developed for the acclaimed piece blends camp-infused chamber music with disruptive production techniques, combining strings and flutes to create a layered, immersive auditory experience.

Far from functioning as mere background, Schelbert’s score engages in an active dialogue with Lac’s choreography and dramaturgy, musically echoing and amplifying the performance’s narrative. It shifts fluidly between ambient textures and more structured compositions, mirroring Blue Roses’ exploration of gender, identity, and transformation.

Schelbert’s original soundtrack deepens the emotional and symbolic dimensions of the piece, while also standing firmly on its own as a compelling listening experience. 

Two compositions from the score are now published via Präsens Editionen as a digital double single and for streaming—following Schelbert’s 2023 Präsens debut Candid III, which featured vocal contributions by Tenzin Yeshe Gyaltag, Hanne Lippard, and Kim-Lillian Strebel.

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Alban Schelbert is a Zurich-based composer working in visual and performing arts as well as film. He has extensively collaborated with artists such as Alexandra Bachzetsis and Price, and has scored a range of movies including the experimental short movie La Cordà and the documentary Only Ghosts in the Waves, among others. Schelbert’s compositions for performance and visual art have been presented at Centre Pompidou Paris, Art Basel, and Tanzquartier Wien.

Founded in 2011 in the process of launching zweikommasieben, Switzerland-based publishing house and music label Präsens Editionen has released music on vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital formats—alongside magazines, books, and other printed matter. Its audio catalog includes works by Anna Homler, Robert Turman, Belia Winnewisser, Samuel Reinhard, Sopraterra (Magda Drozd and Nicola Genovese), as well as Anom Vitruv. Blue Roses marks the label’s third consecutive documentary-leaning release in 2025, following Martina Lussi’s The Weiertal EP and Samuel Savenberg’s As Bright As A Burning Star.

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Composed & produced by Alban Schelbert
Mixed by Alban Schelbert
Mastered by Merlin Züllig
Cello by Maximilian Whitcher
Published by Präsens Editionen, 2025

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Alban Schelbert - Blue Roses

Episode 2 - FractalFest 2016 Minimix Series - DJ Meghan -

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The Fractalfest 2016 minimix series features 20 minute mixes from dj's & producers who will be playing at Fractaltribe's Fractalfest 2016. These mixes will be in the same style of music that each artist will be presenting. 

In Episode 2, we present DJ Meghan of @Psylicious & 3rd Eye Squeegee who will be visiting us this year from Ohio! Meghan has maintained her passion for djing for over 17 years, starting up the skill in 1999 after learning several instruments in childhood. Her experience, skills, and variety stand her apart; at Fractalfest, her set will focus on a fun morning/daytime vibe with a sort of melodic progressive psy mood.

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Tracklist
@ceezer-cezzers - Strange Noise
@liquid-soul & @captain-hook - Liquid Hook (Second Remix)
@u-recken & @mrwhatmusic - We Are One

DJ Meghan - Fractalfest 2016 minimix

00:00 – Joel Gilardini - Montags 600
01:00 - Lucas Leuschner - dienstag1000
02:00 - Quinten Dierick - WhenThen
03:00 - Alex Dietrich - Bus206
04:00 - Max Kuiper - L'espace intermédiaire
05:00 - Paulo Godinho Nunes - leeg
06:00 - Alan Dunn + Jeff Young - London Kathy In Sicily
07:00 - Ariel Sima + Diego Sima_Nebulización 12 (Edit)
08:00 - Thorsten Soltau - Make-Up For David Bowie
09:00 - João Ricardo - Lapa - bate
10:00 - Gildas Brugaro - TGWC2
11:00 - Ali Salvioni - oxide
12:00 - Linus Lutz - 150er

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