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SoHaSo - Complete Catalogue

Jane Fitz & AKIRAM EN - rural 2024 selection

Gong 3000

Street Siren (Karamika Remix)

bandcamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/arctic-beats-2
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rushhour: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/arctic-beats-2

https://soundcloud.com/mind-over-midi-1 - Arctic Beats 2 (SoHaSo 035)

A1 Do You Want This Body 
A2 Mysterious Valley
B1 ICE Acoustik
B2 Dry Cool Place

12“ Vinyl / Digital (28-02-2022)
Artwork by Sjoerd De Ridder
Worldwide distribution: Clone

1997 re-issue. He's been around for centuries and has a discography the length of the country he is living in. Meet Helge Tømmervåg from Norway. Most people know him only by his artist name: Mind over MIDI. Instead of the capital Oslo, Tømmervåg resides in Kristianssund, a tiny city near the west coast.

Since his techno excursions in the late nineties, Mind over MIDI has been a trustworthy beacon in the icey seas of Nordic techno and ambient. Nowadays, many of his records are extremely hard to find. So, this re-release of an early single on Utrecht based SoHaSo comes as a real treat.

 Artic Beats 2 originally came out in 1997 and contains four killer tracks which tick all the boxes for techno lovers: mysterious, melancholic music with subzero melodies and razor-sharp, frost bitten hi hats.

DJs will head straight for the pulsating trip that forms 'Do You Want This Body', while lovers of ice-cold moods head over to closer 'Dry Cool Place', which makes you wanna book a hotel room in the famous artic circle hotel straight away. Essential release for all those who take Nordic techno seriously.

Mind over MIDI - Mysterious Valley

No Rivers Here

Opening Chasms (In Four Parts)

(The) Rooted Sky

Grow With The Flow

Wave Arising - Grow With The Flow

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

The Versions

Queen Version

Story of K

Her Russian Eye Is Underlined for Emphasis

Pessimist

War Cry

Glued (feat. Loop Faction)

Spirals

Grit

Bloom

Something Happening Somewhere
OOSSHA / NOWHERE

http://www.sohaso.com
https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/

Something Happening Somewhere (SoHaSo). 
Founded by https://soundcloud.com/nunodossantos, residing in Utrecht, The Netherlands. "The name itself leaves a lot open for your own imagination."