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Southeast Asia is made up of diverse dance music markets that feel strongest when united. A steady stream of cross-border collaborations has come to define the region's underground nightlife, with Bangkok-based Sunju Hargun at the forefront of many of these exchanges. Over the years, he's honed a signature sound of minimal techno, tribal rhythms and deep downtempo while playing in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. Inspired by the traditional music of these countries, his DJ sets and productions are lush tonal sound baths, with plenty of nature references. Shimmering ambient evokes misty mountain tops while whiffs of Goa trance nod to beach sunrises.

His current project, Siamese Twins Records, is also rooted in pan-Asian connections. A platform to explore old-world chants and ceremonial percussion, the label hosts much of Hargun's own work, including Bollywood-inspired acid made as Mogambo, a production outfit he runs with Jerom Doudet. All these myriad styles are present on Hargun's RA Podcast, an hour-long trip where flickering synths reverberate like gongs before morphing into an amorphous mass of dub techno, jungle noises and meandering modular sequences.

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RA.821 Sunju Hargun

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Cawd Slaydaz is a clear shift for Frigio Records. Yet, this debutant also marks a return of sorts. The album brings together Max Abysmal and Hugo van Heijningen. Max is active as DJ and producer with releases on Safe Trip, Kalahari Oyster Cult & Dekmantel. Hugo is a musician with a history of projects & aliases like Red Light Radio (co-founder), Hugo de Naranja, DJ Soulseek, White Slice, Firestone, Malkovich and Stallion’s Stud with releases on labels such as Pinkman, Artificial Dance, Recreo, Suburban & Müstesna Records. The link that connects the two? Their love for Colombia and the rich musical melting pot of this diverse nation. Nothing is stable on this eleven track LP, recorded in Bogotá Colombia with 10 different local guest artists.

Rhythms are cross pollinated, cold and stark city thump collides with rich and lively organic flows. The style pursued is anything but singular, like the messages. Social exclusion and brutality in the poetic Perreo “Dejen Bailar” is mirrored in the Cumbia food ode “Potato Trip”. Dark Electronics, Experimental Bass & Trap are the genre tags that most will attempt to label this record with. This ignores the Leftfield Funk of “El Gorila Del Desierto”, the Stoner Ambient of “Uffff” or the Synth-Punk rage of “Razones”. An audio snapshot of a country: TOTÁL.

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Produced by Alfredo92 
Mixed by @popmix94
Mastered by @rasmusjuncker

Out as a part of the compilation Unreleased Territory vol.4 on @electric_shapes very soon.

Alfredo92 - Stacker

Descend into the vast underwater world of Melbourne/Naarm producer LOIF(@loiflan).  LOIF's imagination of the mysterious world beneath the shores needs not words to describe it, but your ears to envision it.

'Plunge' presents four tracks of varying liquid moods which illustrate LOIF's versatility and tendency to hop between genres and moods. The EP travels through the depths and rhythms of techno, electro, bass, breaks, psy, glued together by a bubbly warmth reminiscent of oceanic exploration and dance floor groove.

A1: Plunge
A2: Depth Charge
B1: Stealth
B2: Gloom Rider

Artist: LOIF (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Title: Plunge
Format: 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork by: Alchemy Oliver (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Design by Lucas Hatsisavas (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Mastered by Mark Klon (Berlin, Germany)
Mixed by Eugene Peloza & Declan Vadasz (Melbourne/Naarm, Australia)
Release date: 3rd April 2023

Vinyl available via our Bandcamp + Clone, Oneyewitness, Redeye, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Plunge

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LOIF - Plunge (ANIMA7)

Available as digital download and 12" vinyl on pre order via the Dummy Hand Bandcamp.

Release date: 16/06/23

Tracklist
01 - A.S.V (At Surrey Vaults)
02 - Born Sloppy
03 - TKO
04 - Salaryman
05 - Getaway Scene (Escape From Zoggs)
06 - ---- (Dub Mix)

Grockle Vision

DUMMY002: Yokel — Grockle Vision (CLIPS)

We’re pleased to have Montreal-based artist Priori on the remix of Stefan Vincent's “Yonghegong...”. His rework draws a further emotion by slowing the pace and bringing delicate melodies to the forefront; it’s one for introspection.


MUSAR018 Stefan Vincent
'Pre Melancholy'
Release Date: June 30, 2023

Pre Melancholy

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Stefan Vincent - Yonghegong Lama Temple Exit F (Priori Remix)

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Kyoto. (Now on Spotify)

Yuhigaura 2016

The ancient art of Tuvan kargyraa with borban woven together with the classic masterpiece of post-war era legendary musician songwriter TrinhCong Son's classic Bon Mua Thay La (Four Seasons Like Leaves).

Inner Astronomy EP

Four Seasons Like Leaves (In Vietnamese)

Rubob: Ji Peng (纪鹏)
Sound Art: Andy Bauer
Mixing: Chingis Sorju 

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A traditional folksong on 

Song's Uzbek Name: O'rik Gullangandan
Song'sChinese Name:杏花开了

Apricot Blossoms Open (Ji Peng's Rubob)

Dan Bau: Tran Nguyen
Sound Art: Andy Bauer
Mixing: Andy Bauer

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A traditional folksong on from Vietnam

Song's English Name: Countryside Love
Song's Vietnamese Name: Yêu nhau cởi áo cho nhau
Tran Nguyen is a Vietnamese Dan Bau player that has lived in Beijing for 10 years.

Countryside Love (Yêu Nhau Cởi Áo Cho Nhau)

Thailand-based imprint Siamese Twins Records is set to release ambient cassette/digital compilation named 'Vinyan' composed of hidden gems by producers from around the Asia region. 

Vinyan (Thai for soul) is used to describe the intangible essence of something. It's the esoteric part that draws the line of one's character, mystery, and spirit. The cassette is a curated compilation of Vinyans bound in time and place and selected to form a continuity into a coherent whole. Re-contextualizing contemporary parallels between tribal elements, live instruments, drones and house themes. Cosmic rhythms ebb and flow between eccentric landscapes drowning into a hypnotic blend. Psychonauts are invited into this warm and organic palette of sound textures from the East.

Our pick for today named ٹرانس in Urundu which means Trans, comes from one of the label co-founders Sunju Hargun. ٹرانس is a hypnotic trance ambient track that takes a listener on a transcendental journey

Vinyan compilation is coming out as a cassette and digital release on September 3rd via Siamese Twins Records.


Sunju Hargun on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sunjuhargun
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PREMIERE: Sunju Hargun - ٹرانس [Siamese Twins Records]

Rinse France Podcast

Intimate Silence avec Albert van Abbe & Initial Code - 15 Octobre 2020

Lobster Theremin ambient sub-label Lobster Sleep Sequence announce their double LP + 7” album from Dutch producer nthng - featuring a limited run of copies on deep green vinyl.

Themed around events in the artist's life, Unfinished is a deeply personal journey, yet there’s something very relatable to the world he has conjured. Lockdown has forced us to look inward, explore realities within ourselves and the fragility of our forgotten world. The album is a series of peaks and troughs - hopeful words, ominous tones and other-worldly soundscapes, giving way to a journey in no way linear - but a true reflection of our times.

The title track sets the scene perfectly, while Son features deep bass notes, dreamy keys and spoken word - creating a visceral and unsettling scene. Subnautica resides in the fringes of ambient and techno - as tribalistic drums are suspended in our new rendered reality.

The marching bass and howling synths of Wrath of the Demon lull conspicuously in a vacuum, while the hauntingly beautiful vocals featured on Disappeared But Not Forgotten evoke a poignant, powerful reaction across the record’s B-side - “Everything stopped, you just disappeared...”

At its most tranquil Our Time offers a sense of rest - a space to appreciate, as we leave the window open, peer outside and feel the gentle breeze brush across our face. Saafe continues this theme, and feels like a warm embrace - “She saved my life in a matter of speaking, when she gave me back the power to believe.”

Ending Theme is beautifully organic as you hear the sound of the piano pedal touch the floor, tones are introspective and vulnerable - while the looming presence of uncertainty subtly takes form in thinly layered pads.

The album also sees the release of a digi only bonus track Only a Flash of Light and invites you outside while the stars are at their brightest.

>> @nthngnthng

Unfinished

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LSS004 // nthng - Unfinished

Chang and Eng, born in 1811 in Siam (nowadays Thailand), were the first documented conjoined twin brothers. Their fame propelled the expression “Siamese Twins” to become synonymous for conjoined twins. It is also a record label based in Bangkok run by Sunju, Johan, Taychin and Yoshi. A home for authentic, tribally rooted sounds introducing Asian artists and creating symbiotic dialogues with producers around the globe.

Two heads, one path, one pace.