Sailor Of Wrong Era Volume Three

Priscilla Wagner

Hammer - XoX Ft. Michelle Manetti

Breath Werk Ft. Alice Killme

Mexican duo Sierra Madre is thrilled to unveil their first EP, "Cumbres". The collaboration project of producers @mijomijo and @colossiomx, offers a unique blend of techno and indie dance, influenced by the stories of Monterrey City, Mexico. The release includes a collaboration with @moiseesduro and a remix by Esprit Divers.

Inspired by the tragic events that took place in “Cumbres” neighborhood, the EP opens with the title track, a dark, hypnotic, and evocative cut. It is followed by "Cadereyta," the name of the prison where the perpetrator of the Cumbres murders serves his sentence. A cut featuring distorted synthesizers and a driving drumbeat.

Next is "Diego," the track in collaboration with Moisees, a sinister, powerful, and gummy jam. To close the release, Esprit Divers' “Cumbres” remix provides a powerful and introspective cut, taking listeners on a journey of groovy self-discovery.

Cumbres

Cadereyta

Sierra Madre - Cadereyta (Original Mix)

Mixtape 001 // Spring is Here

V/A - Berlin Undercover
Label: Sound of Berlin
https://soundcloud.com/cyrkmusic

When you see the word ‘compilation', what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? 2-hours of artist-curated auditory bliss? Showcase by a trendy new label you’ve just discovered? Or that hard-to-find exclusive banger you can’t wait to get your mitts on?

Inspired by everything a compilation can constitute, Sound of Berlin has come up with their very own concept: ‘Berlin Undercover’, a tribute of cover versions spanning over four decades of music, all brought into the 21st century and turned into one-hour sonic roller-coaster ride – with:

CYRK – Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield Cover)
Low Volume – Greece 2000 (Three Drives Cover)
Namito – Café Del Mar (Energy 52 Cover)
Northern Vector – Jazz Is The Teacher (M500 & 3MB Cover)
Olin – All That She Wants (Ace of Base Cover)
Marc Houle – Computer Madness (Steve Poindexter Cover)
Cleymoore – Schism (Tool Cover)
Anton Kubikov – Café de Flore (Doctor Rokit)
Dan Curtin – Der Klang der Familie (3 Phase Cover)
BB Deng – Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order Cover)

The goal of the original project was simple enough – to celebrate the Sound of Berlin roster, each with their unique sense of aesthetics and musical heritage as rich and vibrant as the city’s underground dance music scene itself. Until someone at Sound of Berlin HQ thought: Why stop there? Why not use this opportunity to investigate
the musical origins of the intricate sonic tapestry that these producers are part of?

Essentially giving the artists carte blanche, they put a call out and invited them to pick a track that has either had a huge impact on them, or they consider the most iconic, and then produce their own cover version of it – ‘a cover’ being defined as a new sound recording of a previously released song by an artist other than the original one with the lyrics and the basic melody left intact but with a different key, tempo, time signature, and instrumentation.

What they received back was different styles of covers spanning over four decades from the 1970s prog-rock and 1980s new wave to the 1990s trance and the noughties downtempo – all brought to the 21st century and turned into one ginormous dose of big-room grooves, pulsing electro-funk, glittery synth-pop, smoky deep house, and throbbing techno. Berlin underground style.

PREMIERE : CYRK - Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield Cover)

Mala Ika - Werde Immer High

On Versions, Queralt and Smith’s four tracks have been reimagined by Nandele, Flug 8, GLOK (Steve’s RIDE bandmate Andy Bell) and Nina Walsh, kindred spirits and treasured members of the extended Bytes/Ransom Note family.

And so I walk along the beach, turning my back on a world that’s stopped making sense, and the feeling that maybe sense is the first thing to go; before our civilisation falls, it will stumble through a long delirium, like an old man with Alzheimer’s, before it finally grinds to a halt … I’m trying to turn my back on all that, before me the great unknown, the poetry of the magnificent blue distance … to gaze out at the blue and open myself up to that which is beyond us, to let the blue beyond wash all that away like pebbles in its foam …

Bytes is proud to announce Sun Moon Town Versions, a companion piece to last year’s EP, on which Steve Queralt, bass player of pioneering shoegazers RIDE, joined forces with the writer and film-maker MIchael Smith for a stunning four-track EP featuring Steve’s music and Michael’s spoken-word musings.
 

On Versions, the four tracks have been reimagined by Nandele, Flug 8, GLOK (Steve’s RIDE bandmate Andy Bell) and Nina Walsh, kindred spirits and treasured members of the extended Bytes/Ransom Note family.

Premiering here is the GLOK remix, continuing Andy’s hot streak under his electronic alter-ego, which has seen him deliver stunning remixes for Dot Allison, Maps and A Place to Bury Strangers. For his rework of ‘Chaldean Oracle’, Andy eschews Michael’s vocal almost entirely, transforming the track into a Detroit dub-techno monster that has echoes of Bandulu and Carl Craig in its shimmering melodies, eerie distortion and pounding drums.

As well as these four new remixes, due to popular demand the release also features instrumental versions of the original tracks, with fans keen to hear Steve’s exceptional electronic soundscapes in isolation. It’s out on July 21, available digitally and a limited edition cassette, only available from Bytes Bandcamp.

More Info: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/premieres/premiere-steve-queralt-michael-smith-chaldean-oracle-glok-remix-bytes/

Chaldean Oracle (GLOK remix)

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PREMIERE: Steve Queralt / Michael Smith – Chaldean Oracle (GLOK remix) [Bytes]

Zombies In Miami - Take Me Back

Anchoret - High Part 1 (inc. Anja Schneider Remix) 
BUY LINK: https://solarphenomenamusic.bandcamp.com/album/stay-high-part-1-inc-anja-schneider-remix
Label: Solar Phenomena Music (https://soundcloud.com/solarphenomenamusic)
https://www.instagram.com/anchoret___/
https://soundcloud.com/anjaschneider

‘Stay High’ by Anchoret opens with a bulky house beat, broken signals transmitting through space and time as whimsical synths swell between its infectious percussion. ‘Stay High’ is a cosmic party starter with layers of swinging organic rhythm, which Sous Music label boss Anja Schneider then reimagines into a hard-hitting tribal house track. Her version, with added rolling bass permeating its sturdy drums, is perfect for the sunshine yet with a dusk-like sense of mystery.

Solar Phenomena Music and its sublabel SOP saw Anchoret release an EP in 2022 featuring Hugo Massien and Klartraum on the remix. Now, the 3024 and Kiss And Kry artist follows things up with a two-part EP on the label featuring versions from Anja Schneider, Hior Chronik and Jay Tripwire.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Anchoret - Stay High (Anja Schneider Remix)

After previous well-received collaborations published on acclaimed outlets such as Frank Music, Another Rhythm, and &Friends, AP & Gimbrère land now on Tensnake's True Romance with a lovely EP: "Love On The Rocks" comes packed with a too-much-groove-to-be-true gait delivered by the beautiful title track - in two versions (Original and Extended) - and the melodic "Add Up", the closing act.

And who are the lads? Gimbrère is an Amsterdam-based DJ and producer whose passion for the magic that music triggers on the dance floor started in his middle teens. In addition to the aforementioned, his works have already appeared on cool labels like, for instance, White Widow, Eight0Eight Records, and Future Disco. Owen Micallef aka AP, in turn, hails from Malta and has been fighting the good fight also since a tender age. His solo flights can be found on Love Attack, Tinted, theBasement Discos, and Pomme Frite, just to name a few.

Premiered here, the main piece of the EP is a stunning 134-BPM Trance-meets-Italo-Disco-meets-Hi-NRG gem designed to bring about euphoria and exhilaration to its following. Caveat Emptor: Strictly peak time!

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Beatport page of the label: https://www.beatport.com/label/true-romance-records/34644

Follow @itsonlyap, @gimbrere and @trueromancerec, peeps!

Priscilla Wagner

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