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January 23

January 2023

11.3

19.3 My headphones won't lie if I'm in love.

Fanzine Radio Show @ Threads Radio - Pablo RuizGalán

* FULL INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-closet-yi/

Seoul-based dj and producer Closet Yi first appeared on our radar in 2020 with her EP ‘Tam Tam Land’, released via Hollick and Gabriel Szatan’s imprint No Bad Days. This quirky EP quickly put her on the map as a producer to keep an eye on. Her next EP on Seoul label Honey Badger Records - incorporating newer styles and less conventional rhythms into her music - cemented her as a multi-faceted and creative artist, meanwhile dj sets across the most respected clubs in Seoul and beyond have proven her as a mainstay of her local scene.Today we’re honoured to have her on our MIXED BY/ series today to answer some of our questions and share with us an hour-long journey of high-energy trance leaning tunes.

INTERVIEW.

MIXED BY/ Closet Yi

PRE-ORDER: https://subwax.es/product/agt002/
DISCOGS: https://www.discogs.com/Mr-Barcode-Sounds-From-The-Sanitarium/release/18085870

We're back, just in time for Spring. Legend has it that the mysterious Hansel J. Tripwire was locked away at the abandoned Riverview Mental Hospital with nothing but a typewriter, a calculator and a Commodore 64 computer for company. ‘Sounds from the Sanitarium’ is the soundtrack to the party he had.

On the A, an urgent bassline propels the track forwards, balanced by glitchey samples that shoot around crisp percussion. The B is the funkier of the two, with a similarly chunky bassline providing the backdrop for shuffling high-hats and robotic synths to spiral above.

The EP is both menacing and playful, and is sure to cause some seriously wiggy peak-time and after-hours moments. AGT Records is rescuing this weapon from the vaults, all in good time.

Mr. Barcode - Sounds From The Sanitarium (AGT002)

XXII Younger Than Me
Respecting pandemic strictures, Robert Johnson Club hibernates since mid-march. Its iconic view from the balcony can now be seen on the Robert Johnson homepage in real-time, as long as the club remains closed. Each SEE YOU SOON Ambient Mix has been crafted with this feature in mind—the choice of mix, day or night time, is at your discretion.

"See You Soon" - Ambient Mix XXII - Younger Than Me

Contact: detectionaudio@gmail.com
DL: https://bit.ly/2TOLcdy
2022 Premieres: https://bit.ly/3HHdrhS
Close to Custom: https://soundcloud.com/closetocustom
Madvilla: https://soundcloud.com/madvilla_uk
Dolphin Flips: https://soundcloud.com/dolphinflipsrecords

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PREMIERE: 02 - Close to Custom, Jesse Jacob - Tallander (MADVILLA Remix) [FLPS003]

Mihail P once again bringing the heat for November's edition of his Soinic Soup. Melodic and banging house belters.

www.amokradio.co

Sonic Soup - Mihail P (04.11.21)

Secular - One Tom
Label: @limituk
Release Date 31/01/21
Buy Now https://limit-uk.bandcamp.com/album/limit-presents-collective-consciousness-v-a
Follow and support the artist @secularuk

PremEar: Secular - One Tom [LMTVA001]

House Of Aurelius @ Lovelee Radio 04.03.22

Oi! This is Nathan Kofi, introducing; “Voltage Controlled Love Affair”. A story about love, love for frequencies, love for the journey, love for the culture and love for ‘the self’.

This record will be my debuting ep since my name changed from Nathan Surreal to Nathan Kofi. And that transformation is evident throughout this ep. The A-side kinda represents ‘the old me’. A1: My Heart Will Go On and A2: Words of Affirmation are both tracks made a little while ago and are cut out of the same wood; a family affair if you wish. They consist of similar samples and thus share sonic DNA, yet reveal two completely different characters in their experience.

Both tracks are fundamentally rooted in a classic ‘house’ ethos and display the use of vocals to enhance the listening experience while it progresses to its full potential. Although the “a1” exudes a more galvanising upbeat energy with a strong pulse triggering bodily movements, the “b1” takes a different route and evokes a more collective meditative journey; hence the title.

Moving over to the b-side. This side represents a new me; personally and musically. Both tracks are rooted in a sense of authenticity and fresh renewed energy. This side moves away from the 4-to-the-floor formula and introduces breaky patterns and melodic experiments.

While a lot of people, including myself suffered through several lockdowns triggering mental struggles as a consequence, I had a really hard time finding peace and balance in life and in the studio. B1: ‘Platonic Intimacy’ is the result of many frustrating studio sessions trying to find my mojo back; trying to reinvent myself to rekindle the experience of bliss and joy while music-making. This track, in particular, brings up the topic of writer's block, mental health and blockages alike artists are suffering from. But when those demons are fought, those barriers are broken, mountains are moved – It is the start of something new, and beautiful; ‘Platonic Intimacy’. The B2: ‘Candy Girl’, in essence, a straight-up sugar-coated electro banger with a mood, yet simultaneously signifies the power of ‘reclaiming’ what is yours.

Best,
Nathan Kofi

Voltage Controlled Love Affair

Nathan Kofi - Voltage Controlled Love Affair EP

The second episode of The Wonderful World of Froth with Dawn Again. Warm, deep, tech house. For best results listen with a few mates, a glass of something nice and a line of something expensive :)

The Wonderful World Of Froth Episode 2: Dawn Again @ Hope St Radio (13.05.22)

A timeless mix recorded by our long time friend Carlo. Enjoy! 

SoundCloud: @carlosthings

Metrocast 008: Carlo

Super Rhythm Trax is excited to welcome 303 enthusiast and incredible conceptual artist (check out his website) Yuri Suzuki to the label. Yuri serves up 4 acidic tracks that are perfect fit for the label, all of them giving you that little bit extra, burrowing deep into the groove whilst giving plenty of extra elements to push the listener that bit further ‘out there’.

Yuri has collaborated many times with DMX Krew and appeared on labels as diverse as Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Jnr, Jared Wilson’s 7777 and Chicago’s mighty Trax records.

https://superrhythmtrax.bandcamp.com/

Yuri Suzuki
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yurisuzuki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yurisuzukilondon/


Super Rhythm Trax
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeromehill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/superrhythmtrax
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/superrhythmtrax/

PREMIERE: Yuri Suzuki - New Acid 3.2 (Super Rhythm Trax)

With his breadth of knowledge and depth of emotion, Eli Escobar is the sound of New York personified. A master of the craft who we are so blessed to share this musical journey with.

CARRY BLOWOUT BLITZ: ELI ESCOBAR

@fastatwork is thrilled to welcome Miami-grown multidisciplinary duo @INVT305 to our FAST_CAST mix series. The duo specialize in electronic music and fashion design, and their sound represents a compelling fusion of jungle, techno, UKG, dubstep and various forms of Latin bass music, like Dembow, Cumbia, and Reggaeton. This mix has it all, and is an excerpt from INVT's debut LA performance - an exclusive DJ set at Fast At Work on October 1st, 2022.

FAST_CAST 005: INVT

Keith Tucker @ La Cheetah Club 28/ 9/2012

Rinse FM Podcast

C to the Power of X feat. Bake & Ben UFO at the Sub Club, Glasglow - 29 December 2022

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/saunterdj
Track: Trust The Traffic
Label: https://soundcloud.com/citybowlwaxnetwork
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 04/01/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/bjqMC_kBlN0

Next up on City Bowl Wax Network is Johannesburg born, Cape Town based producer and DJ, Saunter with a euphoric 5 tracker that features a slamming, old school remix from Biodive. Drawing inspiration from rave, proto-trance, progressive, and the golden days of tech house, Saunter creates transcendental dancefloor bombs with the right balance between groove, atmosphere, and melody - an ode to the glory of the late 90s and early 2000s.

PREMIERE | Saunter - Trust The Traffic [City Bowl Wax Network] 2022

Phonk D - Disco Goodies

Release: 03.01.2023

@phonk-d's Disco Goodies came out in 2018 on NDYD Records and contains four stellar tracks, each one with a unique twist. 
The EP quickly achieved international attention, Darlin' Playa was
licensed by Cafe del Mar and is still one of his most successful tracks.
Now available as a re-release on Footjob.

Buy on Bandcamp

Phonk D - Paradise Voyage

Midi Magic, DJ Normal 4, founding member and co-creator of Aiwo rec., Warning Berlin, Mana Abundance.

With high praised releases for respected Berlin label 'Klasse Wrecks' and stars of 2016, 'BrothersFromDifferentMothers' from Lyon, his sound has captured a geist that led to killer remixes on 'Dekmantel', 'Especial' and more.

This time on a Lithuanian label, Electric Shapes' VA which is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

• www.electricshapes.bandcamp.com

@djnormal4
@electric_shapes

Unreleased Territory vol. 4

PREMIERE : DJ Normal 4 - Who Am I [ES020]

After the last EP from Lapucci, Twig comes back with 4 tracks from Dutch producer Eversines.

Artwork by @mona_bit_

https://seekers.net/release/ssl012/

[SSL-012] - Eversines - Blurred Vision Ep

Siamese Twins Records presents Temple Rat, known offstage as Mei Yuxin, and her highly anticipated debut EP, "The Composition of Air." This album signifies her first solo release with Siamese Twins, following her contribution to the Kāthā V.A. (ST-๐๐ห้า), which Higher Intelligence Agency later reworked on ST-๐๐๘. Each track gracefully transitions, creating a harmonious blend of ethereal haze yet grounded echogenic brushstrokes. Despite the otherworldly ambiance, the EP remains deeply rooted in an ancient mystique, which Mei has skillfully crafted.

Hailing from Chengdu, Mei is a master of the traditional Chinese Erhu, a two-stringed folk instrument made of wood and snakeskin. The soulful resonance of this time-honored instrument intertwines with Mei's productions and live performances.

The opening track, "Dreaming of Electric Sheep," immerses listeners in a dystopian sci-fi atmosphere, masterfully merging rustic ambiance with hissing field recordings and IDM-inspired elements. Hypnotic rhythms envelop and wash over meditative alchemy.

"Rooted in the Soil of Your Heritage" features a captivating collaboration with Portuguese vocalist Meta_, taking on a contemporary darkwave approach. This track spirals into the horizon, offering solace through interlacing oscillations, and perfectly illustrates Mei's ability to facilitate interethnic dialogue with her distinct and enthralling Erhu sound.

The true story unfolds in the title track, "The Composition of Air," as Mei expertly employs organic synths to create absorbing arpeggios and sequences.

The final piece, "东风," feels familiar and otherworldly, as drums pirouette beneath melodies that balance delicately, culminating in an intriguing and welcoming soundscape—the ideal conclusion to a captivating EP.

@templerat
@oneyewitness

The Composition of Air

Temple Rat - The Composition Of Air 12" (snippets) - ST​​​๐​​​๐​​​๙

Animalia mainstay Sam Brickel (@brickel) returns with the Pulse of Life LP. A diverse, dreamy & lighthearted embodiment of Animalia’s signature style. Genre spanning, deep, cinematic & playful, the LP dips between bass-driven grooves, bouncy tech-house & jungle inspired euphoric rollers. A listening adventure for various contexts… a moment for every hour on a dance-floor, choose your own adventure through the free spirited world of Animalia.

A1: The Mind Flayer
A2: Hit Em' Up ft. Eugene Pascal
B1: Neo Cortex
B2: Second Moon ft. Dashiell 
C1: The Pulse of Life
C2: Like Minded Machines ft. Eugene Pascal
D1: Ansible
D2: Sunset on Freeside 

Artist: Sam Brickel (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Title: The Pulse of Life
Format: 2x 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork & Design by Lucas Hatsisavas (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Mastered by The Herbalist aka Corey Kikos (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Mixed by Eugene Peloza (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Release date: 12th June 2023

Vinyl available via our Bandcamp + Clone more.

https://sambrickel.bandcamp.com/album/the-pulse-of-life?label=761510570&tab=music

https://clone.nl//item72838.html

Sam Brickel - The Pulse of Life LP (ANIMA8)

Full stream of Altone's "Obsession," taken from spclnch's Archive E compilation, out July 18.

Pre-order: https://spclnch.bandcamp.com/album/archive-e
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@spclnch
@deep-step

Archive E

Listen more

Premiere: Altone – Obsession

Vladimir Ivkovic at Solstice 2022

Dear participant,

yet another lover, not unknown to Ramona, enters the sacred halls of light again. 

Massimiliano Pagliara, originally from Lecce (Italy), now Berliner of choice, orchestrator of a warm basseline-sound accompanied with sleek beats – due to a deep love to all sorts of vintage drum machines and synthesizers – takes Ramona on a journey through the colorful depths of his new album 'With One Another' – follow-up of his first ever album 'Focus Of Infinity', released in 2011.

'With One Another' shares the joy of Massimiliano's trademark sound influenced by underground-sound of the 80s; new wave, boogie, italo, acid and 90s deep-house. Starting from this point, he took a hand full of close friends along with him on a ride through his musical garden – reaching from italo-induced disco-smashers over to acid dripping floor fillers to charming proto-house. Connoisseurs and pleasure-makers like the mysterious Norwegian producer Telephones, primary rock and guru nd_baumecker, half of the Egyptian Nipples and close friend Jules Etienne, manhooking Mavin, dance-music-afficionado Lee Douglas, Credit 00 of Uncanny valley fame and Ramona's darling Benedikt Frey contributed their devotion to sound to this bright piece of music. Ramona is as pleased as pleasure could only reach – all good things come in larger numbers!

The album is set to be released on vinyl and digital on Monday, 15th September.

Tracklist – digital:
1. And We Kissed 
2. A Dream I Get Stuck In 
3. Long Distance Call (with Telephones) 
4. We Have Time (feat. Mavin) 
5. Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen
6. Gagacid (with nd_baumecker)
7. Fall Again (with Lee Douglas) 
8. Native Tribes Of Jupiter (with Credit 00)
9. Can't Get You Out Of My System
10. With One Another (with Benedikt Frey) 
11. Now And Forever

Tracklist – 2 x LP (Vinyl includes donwload codes for the album)
A1. A Dream I Get Stuck In
A2. Long Distance Call (with Telephones)
B1. We Have Time (feat. Mavin)
B2. Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen
C1. Gagacid (with nd_baumecker)
C2. Fall Again (with Lee Douglas)
D1. Native Tribes Of Jupiter (with Credit 00)
D2. With One Another (with Benedikt Frey, feat. Nadia D'Alò)


5.Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen

2.A Dream I Get Stuck In

Hydergine
AWARENESS LEVEL (ltd to 300 COPIES)
12" (vinyl only)

http://www.discogs.com/Hydergine-Awareness-Level/release/3136810 

Mastering: Helmut Erler / Dubplates and Mastering (Berlin)

Augmented Reality

The court looked so peaceful beneath the gaze of the floodlights. All that could be heard was the the thud, thud, thud of a ball on concrete and the metallic rattle of the chain netting which hung above. He would spend hours there at night, lost beneath the stars and the orange glow, just him and the ball. This was what coach mike had instructed him to do, to practise, to train, to perservere, to play. He wouldn't rest until he perfected the routine, it was all in the detail. That was what coach mike had said...
Up next on Retrograde records is the label's own founder Marlon Hoffstadt. He is remixed by the ever inventive and melodically inspired Massimiliano Pagliara.

PREMIERE: Marlon Hoffstadt - Coach Mike (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix)[Retrograde]

Thoughts of an Introvert, Pt. 1

Thoughts of an Introvert

full broadcast

http://m50.net/playlists/2018.07.20.html

Shine Grooves + Lowtec + Boulderdash + m50 @ etc, WNUR 2018.07.20

Seeker = Someone who has become enlightened in the ways of the universe by accepting they know nothing about it.

After months of meditation, smoking ganja, and eating, Joe realized he knew nothing. Overwhelmed with a desire to understand, and knowing that he never would, Joe became a Seeker.

according to Urban Dictionary