A Rave In Space #28

Part of the Something Happening Somewhere   compilation SOMEWHERE IV, releasedate: 11-12-2020

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Discoconnected (preview)- Love Over Entropy

While the pandemic has left no corner of underground electronic music untouched, December rounded out with impressive and diverse releases featuring Lawrence Le Doux, Love Over Entropy, Siarem, Estrato Aurora, Josef Gaard, Konduku, Kevin Paul Cahay, Four Tet, Timo Chinala, Kev Sheridan, and Roza Terenzi.

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SoHaSo - Complete Catalogue

Originals & Remixes

Bandcamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/herbology

If you are into psychedelic and adventurous electronica, you'll love So Oishi's second EP for the Dutch record label SoHaSo. Herbology is a five-part trip where acoustic and electronic elements merge in slow motion. On his last record, The Lithospere EP, Japanese producer So Oishi showed off his skills in a variety of styles. But this time, Oishi keeps things slow and dreamy for most of the ride. 

The opening track, The Opposite Shore, has a Heart of Darkness-kinda vibe, with strange noises emerging from the river banks somewhere deep in the jungle. On Canopy Rites, we've seem to have reached an African village, judging by the tribal rhythms coming from the shacks ashore. 

Next up is Artemis, the only proper club track on this otherwise intimate EP. With its kick drums and howling bass, it reminds us of early Underworld productions. It’s a surprising center piece on Herbology. With Sinking and Herbology we're back in chill out territories, where acoustic instruments like tablas and flutes float harmonically with electronic soundscapes. 

Japanese producer https://soundcloud.com/sooishi has carved out his little safe space on planet SoHaSo and we rather like it there. We hope you do too. 

Artwork by Bas Dobbelaer

So Oishi - Herbology

So Oishi - Canopy Rites

So Oishi - Sinking

So Oishi - Artemis

So Oishi - The Opposite Shore

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Egypt (preview)

Sonjon dub (preview)

The Dog and the Carpet (preview)

Sonjon (preview)

Water Damage (preview)

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Recently featured in our Hot Six and fresh off an EP for Coastal Haze, newcomer Adam Pits gets to work remixing No Moon's 'Aoe_Rising'. Buy the EP, support the artists.

No Moon - Set Phasers To Stun

More exclusive music

Premiere: No Moon 'Aoe_Rushin' (Adam Pits Remix)

Brame & Hamo debut on Soft Computing with 3 original tracks of 'breakbeat-infused-synth euphoria' - having recently turned heads on Feel My Bicep + a stint of sold out b2b shows with Mall Grab - here they 'Goa' little deeper drawing influences from trance, deep house and breaks.

Floor Nine

Retro Active EP

Retro Active

@ksky - Full Circle 
Label - Kskytrx
EP - Full Circle
Release date - 20/07/2020

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PREMIERE – Ksky – Full Circle (KSKY TRX)

When it comes to summer anthems, very few can match the uplifting, positive vibes of the breakbeat that comes from Ireland's island. Whether it's coming from the North (Belfast) or their southern neighbor (Dublin), year after year, producers like Bicep, Hammer, Kev Sheridan, and Long Island Sound to name a few keep dance floors around the world vibing and bursting of positive energy while dancing to their beats.

Long Island Sound are back with their third release on Signs of Space. "Nowhere But Here" continues the Dublin-based duo's journey, with nostalgia-inducing synths and breaks. 
'Delay Talk' is driven by the soft bassline, celestial synths, and lush pads, and just like the rest of the release, it has subtle 'feel-good' vibes written all over it. 

"Nowhere But Here" EP is coming out on July 31 via Signs of Space.

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Long Island Sound on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longislandsound_sos/


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PREMIERE: Long Island Sound - Delay Talk [Signs Of Space]

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Made of recycled wax and cardboard.
Ltd to 150 copies. 

In parallel to its club-friendly endeavours, Kalahari Oyster Cult is proud to announce the launch of a new series called Oyster Ballads. As its name suggests, Oyster Ballads will focus on the quieter spectrum of electro-powered semantics, from meditative ambient ballads to escapist downtempo jams. 

Made of recycled vinyl and cardboard, each Oyster Ballads comes out folded in a unique artwork, depicting a singular form of a hybridised mineral named 'plastiglomerate' - literally, an amalgam of plastic waste gathered by the involved musician and fused together by Japanese eco-artist Sae Honda to form a singular piece of art that doesn't just question notions as waste and upcycling, but aims to more largely invite to reconsider the position of art as a vector for change.

Taking the helm of the series first number, Vlek affiliate and chief experimentalist Lawrence Le Doux punches in with a four-track delight of organic textures and laid-back tempi, taking us for a riveting journey across a zen garden of chimey harmonics and breezy synth oscillations. Blending in wistful Spanish guitar riffs, oblique drum programming and aqueous bass stabs, the slow-moving opener 'Petal' entices us in a realm of vaporous beauty before vegetal riddim 'Anther' has us zoning out into further uncluttered, sub-aquatic dubby domains.

Flip over and 'Stem' will shut your brain off the world's sad reality to a magic formula of sun-dazed organic house, painted lush with textured synth folds, altered vox sampling and jacuzzi-warm, neo-Caribbean flavours - sure to beam your mind up to some idyllic Pacific coast inlet, safe from the big cities' soul-eating daily hassle. Rounding off the package in the most endearing manner, 'Filament' pulls out the slick vibraphone vibes and ticks all the boxes of your go-to tropical house healer, perfect for these moments when the sun rises above the cerulean skyline and your holiday-numb booty requires a bit of stretchin'n'flexin as you sip on your coconut cocktail, feet firmly anchored in the white sand and the eyes sinking in the deep blue vastness.

Lawrence Le Doux - OYSTERBALLADS1 (Snippets)

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Konduku - Orbu - Nous'klaer K3 (previews)

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Various Artists - SOMEWHERE IV Compilation
+ Cassette

1. Omit Iwik & Dwaalgast - Fucking Oyster 
2. queniv - Hervonden
3. Ranie Ribeiro - Morning Meditations
4. Stijn Sadee - Salpae
5. Love Over Entropy - Discoconnected
6. Kurt Baggaley - Mind Glide
7. Mattheis - t8
8. Machines Of Loving Grace - Sometimes 
9. Villete - Fields
10. Fader From Borneo - Cold Sore Adonis 
11. Kurt Baggaley – Former Self (Nadia Struiwigh Edit) 
12. Vela Uniform - Endure
13. Will Oirson - Minor Figures .1
14. Bas Dobbelaer - Rest
15. Omit Iwik & Dwaalgast - Not Sure Where I Am But It's OK

Something Happening Somewhere  
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Artist: Various Artists  
Title: SOMEWHERE IV
Releasedate: 11-12-2020 
   Artwork: Bas Dobbelaer
Distribution: Kompakt

In a time where dancing with others is forbidden, and most clubs in Europe remain closed, we felt it was time to shift gears. The fourth edition of our compilation series SOMEWHERE is best enjoyed lying down.15 tracks that will chill you out, put you at ease and comfort you in this difficult year.

It will not surprise you there is a strong Dutch presence on SOMEWHERE IV. Machine master Mattheis (best known for his stunning work on Nous’ Klaer) showers us with beautiful arpeggio’s that seem to stem straight from his modular. Fader from Borneo (but actually from Rotterdam) takes a much different approach, with long floating chords that move up and down like the surge near the shore after a violent storm. And then there is the sample wizardry by the experienced producer Love Over Entropy, who tackles analogue sounds and lets them run rounds in ever smaller concentric circles. It’s as hypnotic as it is intriguing.

There is something for everyone on SOMEWHERE IV. As long as you’re cool with absent kickdrums or aggressive hi hats. In fact, there is room for a kick. On the wonderful wonky 'Endure', by Utrecht based knob tweaker Vela Uniform. It’s one of the highlights of the album and it reminds us of the heydays of Warp’s Artificial Intelligence Series. Yes, it’s that good.

Another gem is 'Sometimes' by Machines of Loving Grace, an alter ego of the veteran dj & producer Eric de Man. He takes us to a nearly deserted rain forest, where birds and insects seem to go around in slow motion. De Man made this melancholic highlight more than 13 years ago. It clearly stood the test of time.

Ambient music has been around long before Brian Eno gave the genre it’s name. But over the last few years and thanks to a string of strong releases by artists like Huerco S, Kara Lis Coverdale and Kaitlyin Aurelia Smith, the genre is on the rise again. SOMEWHERE IV is the perfect antidote for stressful times and the sorrow of a closed down nightlife.

Love Over Entropy - Discoconnected (snippet)

We're thrilled to announce DIAL 2020 (IV). The fourth and last part of our 20 years anniversary compilation features contributions by Leafar Legov, Jordan GCZ, Katie Drover, Lawrence, Siarem + Estrato Aurora and Bachelor Kisses aka J*rn Elling Wuttke who once again provided an exceptional Mastering. Thank you to all the artists, who gifted us with their most incredible tracks, some truly exciting birthday presents!

Siarem & Estrato Aurora - Acacio

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