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An absolute master groove-musher, British legend Ray Mang (Mangled, DFA, R&S, Toy Tonics, Eskimo... etc.) harnesses the power of the Italo-disco gods to weave a romantically jacking revamp; bridging the gap betwixt straight up electro heat and brass-laden funk from outer-space. Intrinsically tailored for the dancers’ pleasure, this one’s bound to bring crowds to a steady simmer, just as is true with every Mang- led piece of work.

Dorothea's Rainbow (The Remixes)

Dorothea's Rainbow (Ray Mang's Like Lemon Drops Remix)

Melbourne based Escape Artist has blessed us with a euphoria bursting EP for the 30th release on our main label series! For the past few years we have absolutely loved his genre fusing releases on labels such as Salt Mines and Kalahari Oyster Cult which wonderfully slip between Breakbeat, Techno, House and Jungle. For the “Energy Breakthrough” EP, the focus is primed straight for the lasers, with three blissfully exhilarating and ecstasy inducing original tracks, alongside a remix from one of our favourite up and coming producers, Adam Pits.

The EP begins with the title track which combines old school house piano stabs at the start that evolve into a soothing pad progression and a super saw breakdown that takes you straight to Amnesia circa 1998. Opting for a more broken drum beat, the track floats effortlessly like a night time motorway drive. For the remix, Adam Pits lifts it into the stratosphere, repurposing the bassline and slapping a thunderous 4x4 rhythm underneath. Invoking Sasha and Digweed at their absolute peak, the track fuses the classic sound of Progressive House and Trance with futuristic levels of energy. “Reach for the lasers” doesn’t quite do it justice.

On the B1 is “The Dream We Share” that marries together chopped up funk breaks, plucky synth melodies and uplifting 303 Acid squiggles with jubilant chords for an elated sonic journey. Rounding the release out is the stripped back and introspective “Breathing Room” that is a beautifully peaceful experience after the dance floor focus of the previous cuts. The refreshing aura of the track that harks to the golden age of 90s Chill-Out and Ambient Techno concludes the release in the best way possible.

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PREMIERE: Escape Artist - Breathing Room [Phonica Records]

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After a decade of shaping their deeply emotive sound and becoming mainstays of Ireland's club and festival circuit with standout performances at AVA Festival, All Together Now, and Electric Picnic, Dublin-based duo Long Island Sound celebrates a pivotal milestone with their first major album, Hydra, on Seb Wildblood's esteemed label, all my thoughts. Known for their broad emotional palette and sophisticated sound design, Rob Roche and Tim Nolan have also built a reputation for their captivating DJ sets, gaining acclaim with performances in internationally renowned clubs such as London’s fabric and Berlin’s Watergate. With coverage from leading music publications like Resident Advisor, Mixmag and DJ Mag praising their work, they explore esoteric themes throughout this stunning body of work, channeling a range of powerful emotions that echo through each track.

Hydra bursts into life with “As One,” a bold opener that sets a solid, commanding tone with metallic slicing arps and swirling, dynamic textures. Next, “Anchor” lays down a clear sonic intention for the album, drawing listeners into a beautifully constructed state of flux, driven by rising chords and mounting tension that keeps you suspended in its grasp.

In “Full Effect,” the duo introduces a hypnotic, ping-ponging synth line that pans beautifully across the soundscape, with swathes of pads and sheets of noise creating a layered foundation for a delicate plucking melody and ethereal vocals. Further vocal prominence emerges in the anthemic “Terra Nova,” a piece filled with atmospheric detail where tastefully washed-out vocals evoke an arcane yet hopeful feeling.

Roche and Nolan’s carefully crafted sound shines in the cinematic interlude “Adrenaline,” where CMI-style synth vocal one-shots fizz alongside softly detuned flutters. “Warsaw” follows, standing out as an infectious, earworm-laden cut where synthesized vocals meld seamlessly with an analogue bass, and a brooding synth hook dances over rattling percussion.

“Searching” takes a turn into a shimmering synth line that cascades into layers of emotive pads, building anticipation before the distinctive vocal emerges. “Timelapse” brings a silky flange skipping over a precise kick and snare, building to a crescendo of resonant synths, vocals, and detuned effects. Tugging at deeper emotional strings, "Curved Air" maintains the album's weight with a blissful pad circling a glimmering melody.

Balancing deep emotional resonance with dancefloor energy, the vocal-led “Mira” closes out the album, delicately navigating quick shifts from melancholia to euphoria. As Hydra unfolds, it opens a deeply introspective realm filled with aqueous sound design and thoughtfully defined melodies—a true testament to Long Island Sound’s mastery of their craft.

Marking the release of Hydra, Long Island Sound will perform their debut live show in Dublin, with more dates soon to follow, aiming to bring the album’s rich textures into a live setting.

PREMIERE: Long Island Sound - As One

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Hearts Divide

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Roadtrip soundtrack through the Norwegian highlands, with a collection of songs that have absolutely nothing to do with Norway 🤪

A journey through some of my favourite soundscapes, from ambient techno, balearic, house & deeper tribal cuts.

FULL TRACKLIST
00:00:00 - zakè - Hymn No. 3
00:03:44 - The Orb - Towers of Dub
00:07:11 - Big Bud - Temptation
00:11:43 - Begin - Wood Trees
00:15:47 -  Elninodiablo - Dorothea's Rainbow (Ray Mang's 'Like Lemon Drops' Remix)
00:18:51 - Escape Artist - Breathing Room
00:22:53 - Jorge Reyes y Antonio Zepeda - Wawaki
00:26:38 Jelly & Fish, Tina Welzel - Appreciation
00:30:47 DJ Pippi, Willie Graff, Kenneth Bager, Mathias Heise - Harmonized (LTJ Experience Remix)
00:34:51 - COUSIN - Toad
00:37:30 - Seahawks	- Escape Hatch
00:41:57 Petre Inspirescu - Delir 2
00:46:53 - Kuniyuki Takahashi - Flying Music (Long Dub Version Chapter 2)
00:52:10 - New World Science - Movement 2
00:55:25 - Gabrielle Roth and The Mirrors - Eternal Dance
00:59:00 - The Arc - Something Wonderful
01:03:21 - Chris Coco & Luca Averna - Walearic Dub
01:07:00 - Moscoman - I Ran (Simple Symmetry Remix)
01:11:00 - Alex Kassian - Strings of Eden
01:17:20 - Wes Lee - Afrospace
01:20:35 - Hidden Spheres - Euan 92
01:25:20 - Larry Heard - Feathers Floating
01:30:15 - COUSIN - A Message From Q
01:32:15 - Gigi Testa - Dragon Temple (Original Mix)
01:37:12 - Gene on Earth - Hatchback
01:42:00 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Luciano Remix)
01:46:55 - Brothers' Vibe - Bongoso (Original Mix)
01:53:05 - Bob Bonádis - Space Animals (Original Mix)
01:57:06 - Huerta - The Ritual
02:00:15 - COUSIN - Echo Flats
02:03:26 - Orbital - Halcyon + On + On
02:08:10 - Stefan Vincent - Synesthesia
02:12:56 - Fantastic Man - Alltogethernow
02:16:39 - O.H.M. - Oceanic
02:21:20 - Malin Genie - The Foolish & The Senseless Alike
02:24:05 - Escape Artist - Far Away Places
02:30:30 - Antigone - Words of Silences (feat. Cheyenne)
02:34:18 - Leif - Bluebird
02:39:00 - Iasos - Sighs From Heaven
02:43:00 - Sheila Chandra - The Enchantment
02:46:19 - Raphael Doyle - I Come From Ireland
02:54:21 - Endurance - 1
02:56:00 - Jamie Philokyprou, Solem Quartet, Billy Pod, and Luke Fowler - Brushes

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Following last years debut on Especial, Alphonse returns with a stand out dance floor bomb of an EP from afro-dub-house to basement breaks, backed by imperious remixes from rising stars The Pilotwings and DJ Normal 4.  

While the techno-breaks-poem Same For Me came with its own soliloquy of life and the transcendental mediations of dance, head-scratching and indifference ensued as the EP, backed with Junior Fairplay's monstrous-amen remix, slipped by all but the most 'switched on' heads - thanks Zaltan!

Now back, but still keeping to the shadows, with more sound system shaking cuts via the afro leaning Smokey and breaks pump of Glint AM. Smokey is a true heir to a unique British take on House. Congas, bongos, kick, dub bass lines and chants riding twisted fx - a true Warriors Dance.  

Next Glint AM takes things back. Skipping hats atop an 808 throb before Detroit inspired strings and Akai vocals await a Mayday bass to lift hands and hearts. This is no pastiche but born of life's love and experience, of misty mornings, standing on beaten up trucks, arms a lot, higher and higher.

Time then to hand remixing duties to rising brothers from other mothers. The Pilotwings retake of Smokey shows a crew at the height of their powers, stripping the beats back to allow time and space to ascend - letting it all float away. Things are closed by "one to watch" DJ Normal 4. An old head at heart, member of Cologne's Aiwo Records and name to check, his deeper take on Glint AM includes a nod to the atmospherics of Biosphere and Leiner while keeping things, always, always, always...looking to the future.

With support from Gerd Jansen, Dauwd, Zalton (Antinote) and Kim Ann Foxmann.

B2. Glint AM (DJ Normal 4 VibemixX)

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Having pinned to perfection the sonics of the Adriatic, Croatia’s Love International Festival bottles up their blissed out rhythms and sunrise sessions for the inauguration of Love International Recordings, fittingly, with a first release from UK producer Begin.  Bringing the Love International feel to wax and digital, the label will encapsulate the range of music the festival’s secluded party paradise has become renowned for. All the way from the balearic tinges of this first release, to the meatier house, techno and electro selections on show at Barbarellas.  Begin aka James Holroyd has a long history with Love International. Dating back to the early 2000s, Holroyd was one of the first guest DJs at the old Garden festival on the former festival site in Petrčane. Long serving Chemical Brothers tour DJ, Back to Basics resident since the 90's and Bugged Out co founder, Begin has long paid his paid his dues to the scene. In the words of Dave Harvey: “he’s been an absolute workhorse in dance music for time”.  Love International 001's tracks seemingly fit the festivals own daily lifecycle. From the docile guitar picking of meditative EP opener ‘Wood Trees’ to the slow daybreak funk of ‘Daypulse’ where synths pierce through the track like sun rays through the Adriatic dusk, the EP is a holistic reflection of what one might hear at one of the festival’s fabled sunrise sessions. ‘Garden Interlude’ ushers in a fresh burst of energy, with the revitalizing sounds of piano house, paired with warming neo soul vocals. ‘Into The Fun’ is a self fulfilling prophecy, closing the EP on a quintessentially balearic note.

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LI001: Begin - Wood Trees(A1)

Big Bud - Temptation

Inspiration / Transition

Underground Resistance - Transition

Taken from 'DJ Normal 4 - Exoticz EP' (SC011)
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B2 - DJ Normal 4 - La Arabia (5:06)

Ara Koufax (Sam Gill and Luke Neher) have made music and videos together in Melbourne, Australia for over a decade.

Their latest EP follows a string of two-track releases through Cutters Records, CSCN and Fort Romeau's Cin Cin imprint.

'Sweet Pitch' forgoes utilitarian club tracks. Instead, facsimiles of techno, fake trance, uncanny-valley breaks, shuffles, and disembodied voices find their home in a spacious ambient soundscape. It's a compilation of music that never happened.

Mixed by Greg Steele
Mastered by Andrei Eremin 
Artwork by Adelia Lim

Drums Unlimited

Next up on https://soundcloud.com/eudemoniarecords is moroccan born and based Kosh. The 28-year-old who has previously released some highly acclaimed music on his home label Casa Voyager as well as on Mechatronica delivers a versatile and funky techno/electro EP with breakbeat and acid influences. Any profits will be donated to Musicians Without Borders.

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Something Wonderful

The Arc - Something Wonderful (1993)HQ

Proud bedroom DJ from the mean streets of Winchester, recently upgraded to living rooms across London. Kitchens available at a 5% surchage. Big things always coming soon....:P

We are some electronic crazy people who one day 4 years ago came together to bring new musical proposals to the local scene of Barcelona and to you, wherever you are.

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