The Soul's Code - Oath

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SofaTalk's deliciously eclectic music presents as a patchwork of styles carefully pieced together to produce a sound that, whilst tricky to define, ultimately is a true joy to experience.

His unique take on electronica pulls influence from across the global underground, his homeland of Italy, the nu-jazz movement, and beyond. Charged by boundless energy, the one-man producer and artistic powerhouse splits his time between managing his label Cognitiva Records, overseeing the artistic direction of event-brand Cognitiva All-Star, and hosting his monthly radio show Soundscapes on Universal Rhythms Radio. Any time left is spent toiling away in his Rome-based studio, working on remixes collaborations, and continuing to refine his far-out signature styling.

An alchemist of beats, SofaTalk's unconventional take on electronic music has been featured on international labels such as Banoffee Pies Records, Yam, Movement, Tusk Wax, Roots Underground, Broken District, Boogie Café, and Oath. Whilst household names such as Fred P, Bradley Zero, Byron The Aquarius, Lefto, Carista, Seb Wildblood, Auntie Flo, AliA, DTM Funk and Paula Tape have all supported his past work.

On February 28th, SofaTalk debuts on Oath to release a new 8-track album titled, 'The Soul's Code' featuring the production talents of fellow alt-house maestros, Veezo and Zopelar. Three teaser singles can be expected on the 31st Jan, 15th and 22nfd February. By drawing on what seems like an infinite stockpile of genres, Italy's SofaTalk plots an idiosyncratic path for fans on his sophomore album project. Opening track 'Dub Lush' feat. Veezo is oozing with charm and character. Steadily unfurling over a mishmash of strung-out low-end frequencies into a whimsical dub-soul brew of peculiar chord arrangements, snatches of saxophone and sweeping overtones to make for a glorious slice of neo-electronica that sets a defining precedent of originality early.

'The Truth' released as the first single on the 31st of January, sees him employ a gentle thud and kick combo that subtlety loops around a tense, claustrophobic melody. Lifted in parts by a raspy, soulful vocal that nonchalantly carves through the mid-section with juxtaposing intent.

The already haywire nature of The Soul's Code becomes even more erratic as SofaTalk blurs the paradigms of house, funk and broken beat to produce the beautifully bewildering 'Paradiddle' - making for a stuttering, nervous melody that somehow manages to work in a series of jaunty 8-bit videogame effects over a melancholic and fragmented sound design.

As the lo-fi spirit of 'Complex Journey' distills the giddy energy of SofaTalk's second album we find ourselves at the album's halfway house with a beat that plateaus amidst a tie-dye of snappy sound effects and easy-going bongo percussion. Released as the third single on the 22nd February, the jazz-house fusion that fuels each measure of 'Around' underscores SofaTalk's penchant for experimenting to present a beat loaded with jazz-fills, over-mellow percussion and chopped female vocals.

Pinned as the second single release on the 15th February, 'Out of Nowhere' feat. Zopelar kicks off by way of a Latin-like drum loop, tambourine and arching pad work. The beat then corkscrews through a series of dramatic flanged effects, squelchy synth and bosa nova like sonics whilst encompassed by a fidgety house melody. The appropriately named 'Drum Circles' features a medley of deep, percussive elements that assemble like building blocks snapping together one by one creating the foundation for the track before the inclusion of a wobbling bassline takes hold.

The last stop on SofaTalk's wavey album journey comes in the shape of 'Magpie Rules' which epitomises the dream-like essence of the LP with its break-beat core, surreal overtones and mind-bending melodic-structures.

The Soul’s Code

The Truth

Bandcamp / Vinyl

SofaTalk’s deliciously eclectic music presents as a patchwork of styles carefully pieced together to produce a sound that, whilst tricky to define, ultimately, is a true joy to experience.

Buy: https://oathcreations.bandcamp.com/album/the-soul-s-code

PREMIERE: Sofatalk - Out of NowHere (Feat. Zopelar) [OATH]

SofaTalk’s deliciously eclectic music presents as a patchwork of styles carefully pieced together to produce a sound that, whilst tricky to define, ultimately, is a true joy to experience.

PREMIERE: Sofa Talk - Dub Lush (feat. Veezo)

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Turkish record label Oath prepare to release their next cosmic dispatch from Rome-based groove scientist SofaTalk. Our pick from the release, ‘Drum Circle’, plunges headfirst into percussive psychedelia, SofaTalk’s drum programming twisting and turning like a Möbius strip of South London-bred syncopation and Mediterranean heatwave. A kinetic lattice of space-dusted samples and bass arpeggios locks into orbit, while spectral vocal echoes ripple through the mix like ghosts of future-disco utopias. A club track for the heads, feet, and spirit alike.

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SofaTalk - Drum Circle [Oath]

Included on the 8 tracks album "The Soul's Code" Oath creations, 2025.
Written & produced by SofaTalk.
A3* Additional synths, drums & Keyboards by Zopelar.
B1* Additional keyboards by Veezo.
Mixed by Pier Paolinelli @ Retrogusto studio, Rome.
Mastering by Beau Thomas @ 1087
Artwork : Ventral Is Golden
Lacquer cut @ 1087
Distribution : yoyaku

SofaTalk - a.2 Paradiddle The Soul's Code [Oath]

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Out Now

Sigmoid Fn returns for another trip on the enjoyment express. Revisiting the zone of computer body music explored on his 2024 self-titled release, ‘Training Set’ goes deeper, darker, and dancier in every way. Inspired by the early days of computer music and the meditative aspect of coding, the Singaporean producer blends a cold digital sound palette with the warmth of Chicago rhythms across these five cuts to create a style that is entirely their own. Transforming the brutality of computer logic into house music ecstasy, Sigmoid Fn drives deeper into his lane across these five cuts. Heavily club tested by Super Enjoy DJs over the past year, each track carries quiet confidence with a heavy undercurrent of supreme enjoy.

All tracks produced by Sigmoid Fn
Mastered by Ben Hixon
Illustration by Leon Wan
Artwork Design by Daryl Chan

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Sigmoid Fn - Pytorch (Training Set EP)

Dimensions Recordings’ fifth release sees the label step into the world of the longplayer with Istanbul native, KEREM AKDAG’s self titled debut album.

Kerem has already been winning fans of the ilk of Gilles Peterson through his previous output of dusty house and tripped out beats in the last few years, and of course via his Getdownsoclose offering on Dimensions’ debut release. His debut album however, sees Kerem deliver a mature piece of work, bright and timeless, equally effective in the club as it is at home and brimming with ideas, hooks and must have songs.

Across eight tracks Kerem demonstrates a breadth of skills that most artists would work a lifetime to achieve. From the stepping beats of When I Think Of You to his subtle vocal layers on Isolated and from the woozy beach vibes of Sultan to the squelching, rasping synths of Unite it’s clear that there’s very little that’s outside of Kerem’s arsenal. The album rounds out fittingly with Drums Please, which perfectly displays Kerem’s jazz tendencies, a slow grooving track whose crescendo of stabs and drums create a song that’s more powerful than its parts.

Kerem Akdag’s debut album clearly sets out the stall for a man who has a lot to say and has the capability to say it loud!

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Kerem Akdag - Find Yourself [DIREC005]

Dimensions Recordings’ fifth release sees the label step into the world of the longplayer with Istanbul native, KEREM AKDAG’s self titled debut album.

Kerem has already been winning fans of the ilk of Gilles Peterson through his output of dusty house and tripped out beats in the last few years, and of course via his Getdownsoclose offering on Dimensions’ debut release. His debut album however, sees Kerem deliver a mature piece of work, bright and timeless, equally effective in the club as it is at home and brimming with ideas, hooks and must have songs.

Across eight tracks Kerem demonstrates a breadth of skills that most artists would work a lifetime to achieve. From the stepping beats of When I Think Of You to his subtle vocal layers on Isolated and from the woozy beach vibes of Sultan to the rasping synths of Unite it’s clear that there’s very little that’s outside of Kerem’s arsenal. The album rounds out fittingly with Drums Please, which perfectly displays Kerem’s jazz tendencies, a slow grooving track whose crescendo of stabs and drums create a song that’s more powerful than its parts.

Kerem Akdag’s debut album clearly sets out the stall for a man who has a lot to say and has the capability to say it loud!

A2 Kerem Akdag - Isolated

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Far Out Recordings proudly presents two albums of previously unheard Azymuth demo recordings from 1973-75

Since their debut album release in 1975, Azymuth have risen to rank alongside the world’s greatest jazz, funk and fusion artists. As young men in Rio de Janeiro, they stood out for both their exceptional talent as musicians, and their wild rock ‘n’ roll antics in the predominantly middle-class worlds of bossa nova and jazz. Their signature ‘Samba Doido’ (crazy samba) sound ruptured the tried and tested musical structures of the day, resulting in what can only be described as an electric, psychedelic, samba jazz-funk hybrid.
But before they became Azymuth, Jose Roberto Bertrami (keyboards), Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti (drums), Alex Malheiros (bass) and Ariovaldo Contesini (percussion) played backing band to just about every major artist in Brazil.

Bertrami was also contracted as an arranger and songwriter at some the biggest labels of the era: Polydor, Philips, Som Livre, and EMI being just a few. Azymuth’s name can be found on record sleeves by the likes of Jorge Ben, Elis Regina, Marcos Valle, Ana Mazzotti and countless others. But at the dawn of the seventies, fascinated by developments in improvisational music - from jazz in the US, to progressive rock in the UK and of course samba, bossa and tropicália on home turf - the energetic young group were inspired and ready to move forward.Any spare moment in which they weren’t in sessions and writing music for other artists, they would be carving out their own sound.

These previously unheard recordings took place between 1973-75 at Bertrami’s home studio in the Laranjeiras district of Rio de Janeiro. At the time of recording, there was nothing in Brazil, less the world that sounded anything like them, so perhaps it’s unsurprising that when Bertrami presented his demos to the record companies he had been working for, he was turned away, and told in effect that the music was ‘wrong’.

One of the demos ‘Manhã’ would be picked up by Som Livre and Azymuth released their seminal debut album in 1975. Throughout the late seventies and eighties, the group released a series of now classic albums for Milestone Records, before taking an indefinite hiatus to pursue their individual careers.
When English producers Joe Davis and Roc Hunter arrived in Brazil in 1994 to record the first Azymuth album in over a decade, Bertrami dug out the demos which had sat virtually untouched for over twenty years. Joe recalls how he was “blown away by the freedom and intensity of the music, as well as the genius of the ideas musically.” Beginning a long and fruitful relationship, ‘Prefacio’ would be the first track Azymuth recorded for Far Out Recordings and was released on the Carnival album (1996).

Along with ‘Manhã’ and ‘Prefacio’, only a handful of these demos were ever professionally recorded and released, making this the first opportunity to hear many of these early Azymuth compositions in their raw, original form.

On every track the frenetic energy in the studio is palpable, giving the recordings a beautifully personal feel and a sense of the phenomenally creative vision Bertrami, Malheiros and Conti were realising at the time. Fifty years on, Azymuth’s earliest recorded music retains an ineffable, futuristic quality, standing amongst their most captivating and moving work.

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Azymuth - Manha

Rome based producer,
founder of Cognitiva Records.
Releasing on 
@anma-records 
@banoffee-pies
@yamrecords
@inimovement 
@justtusk
@brokendistrict
@omena-records
@outplay
@cognitivarecords
@rootsundergroundrecords
@boogie-cafe-records
@oathy
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