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26.3 SoHaSo - Complete Catalogue

Sundaymorning Snooze

Basic Tools Mixtape

Urban Snare Cypher

Suppport: https://fromalostplace.bandcamp.com/album/charity-compilation-ii

This is the second installment of the Charity Compilation project, joining forces with Whispering signals to make this happen, with the vision of contributing and relieve a little the crisis we face as a society. This time the money raised from Bandcamp and Formaviva will be donated to Fundacion Feminicidios Colombia and another part will be used to contribute to the cultural growth of children in the Colombian Pacific. 

On the other hand, in view of the current situation in Afghanistan, a part of this project will also be donated to human rights organizations that seek to protect and help women and children affected by this crisis there.

22 artists from different countries and a wide spectrum of genres from Ambient, Drum & Bass and Deep techno

Artists: Adi, ASC, Barefoot, BNJMN, Cyspe, Daniel & Zemög, DYL, Erika, Forest On Stasys, Inhmost, Metropolis, Olorun, Primal Code, queniv, Red Noise, Sepian, Shoal, The vision reels & Launaea, Vanoni, Yotam avni

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Esta es la segunda entrega del proyecto Charity Compilation, que une fuerzas con Whispering Signals para hacerlo posible, con la visión de contribuir y aliviar un poco la crisis que enfrentamos. En esta ocasión el dinero recaudado de Bandcamp y Formaviva será donado a la Fundación Feminicidios Colombia y otra parte será destinará a contribuir al crecimiento cultural de los niños del Pacífico colombiano.

En vista de la situación actual en Afganistán, una parte de este proyecto también será donada a organizaciones de derechos humanos que buscan proteger y ayudar a las mujeres y niños afectados por esta crisis allí.

22 artistas de diferentes países y un amplio espectro de géneros desde Ambient, Drum & Bass y Deep techno.

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Mastered By Red Noise. Medellin, Colombia. 

Additional Mastering: 
Adam o'hara 
Yotam Avni 

Artwork: Zach Chili 

Curated by From A Lost Place / Whispering Signals 2021

Charity Compilation

Charity Compilation II (Previews)

The label’s inaugural release unites contributions of 4 artists, with a common ground of techy, playfully modern-sounding tracks with a serious edge and a decent amount of bleeps.  The A-Side opens with a springy, chirpy, minimal tech groover by Berlin-based Rudolf C. It has a light, yet discernible shuffle that drives the track towards a smooth and sunny vibe. Tristan Arp from Mexico is draggin us into water with his captivating aquatic breakbeat groover. At times meditative, at times hectic, it keeps the mind busy with bubbles and waves.
On the flipside, things move forward at a higher pace. 
De Lichting co-founder and Amsterdam-based queniv is teleporting us into a darker environment with a minimal-ish, electro-ish tech nightmare with a merciless groove and little relief.
O-Wells, Die Orakel regular, rounds off the EP with an euphoric, light and choppy, garage-ish track with a restrained, suspenseful energy that only gets unleashed towards the end.

SUZIVA1 (Rudolf C, Tristan Arp, queniv, O-Wells) (SUZI01)

Compilation initiated due to the dreary circumstances in Ukraine. All the earnings will proceed to fundraisers helping Ukraine marginalised communities.

DLUA

No CPR

Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Bandcamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/to-sit-quietly-where-everything-is-moving-fast

For his debut album To Sit Quietly Where Everything is Moving Fast, https://soundcloud.com/love-over-entropy used only one source: a Yamaha DX11 synthesizer. It’s a vintage machine from 1987 that was also used by early IDM and techno producers. “Working with an artificial constraint unleashed a different kind of creativity," says the The Hague-based musician, who normally does not shy away from elaborate productions.

Love over Entropy spent a lot of time working out the correct order of the tracks on the album. "I think it's important that the story also flows well on a higher level. It was a nice puzzle to solve."

Although the Covid pandemic is long behind us, much of the material on this album comes from the days when society was still largely in lockdown. "Which explains the title," says Love over Entropy. "But it also refers to my distancing myself from the hustle and bustle of the dancefloor. Up until then, I was primarily making dance music."

You won't find any kick drums or heavy bass lines on To Sit Quietly Where Everything Is Moving Fast. It is intimate, meditative and often very beautiful ambient music. But not the formless kind that seems to dominate chill-out playlists these days. Tracks like Finnkroken, Tidalene and Rotiriot have a story to tell, with a lot of effort put in to get it just right.

“To me, making music is mostly about the process. So I will spend many hours working on details that probably nobody will ever notice. Above all, the pastoral melodies stand out, undulating back and forth like foam on the surf. The harmonies are reminiscent of Isan, Boards of Canada and Murcof, while the album also pays homage to the Artificial Intelligence period on Warp Records.

According to the Dutch producer, a lot of current ambient music falls short of the original idea, as coined by Brian Eno. "Eno once described ambient as music that should be 'as ignorable as it is interesting', but nowadays it seems to have become 'as unignorable as it is uninteresting'," Love over Entropy says cheekily. "Ambient music really is everywhere, with modern production tools often doing the heavy lifting."

With To Sit Quietly Where Everything is Moving Fast, the producer hopes to make a difference, simply by raising the bar. It's a journey that can be taken both horizontally and vertically, and hopefully offers comfort. Or as the producer describes it: "music that offers a refuge."

Artwork by Spherical Waves (www.sphericalwaves.com)

Love Over Entropy - NLC

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 Warmth Of The Sun

The Warmth Of The Sun (Remastered 2007)

Welcome to episode #040 of #VOLTAGE Podcast Series!
This week, we're happy to feature a live recording from #Spektre!

This is a yet another long play podcast, recorded live at Verspielt Verspult Toy Club, Stuttgart.

Make sure to check out Spektre's new release on VOLTAGE Records at Beatport, including to sizzling hot remixes from #Thomas #Schumacher and #D-Deck! here:
https://www.beatport.com/label/voltage-records/63217 

Enjoy this podcast and next week, we got more for you guys!
Thank you for the incredible support you're providing us! 
Positive vibes and great music back at you!

-ANNA V.

**You can download this amazing set by clicking on the "Free Download" button

Discover VOLTAGE Records online:
WEB: www.Voltage-records.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/voltage.label/

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About SPEKTRE:
After beginning life as an experimental side-project for members Paul Maddox and Rich Wakley, Spektre find themselves over a decade later as established and respected features of the Techno landscape.

As a production outfit, they have recently released on such imprints as Elevate, Phobiq and Unrilis, as well as their own Respekt Recordings (now approaching it’s 150th release) to the acclaim of their peers, with the likes of Adam Beyer, Carl Cox and Alan Fitzpatrick among their plaudits.

As their near-permanent presence in the Techno download charts confirms, the quality and consistency of Spektre’s studio output is a given.

As performers, Spektre’s unique sound has taken them to some of the biggest and most highly regarded venues worldwide, with frequent bookings by the likes of Space Ibiza, Exit Festival, Pacha Buenos Aires and Burning Man.

On stage, their long-standing chemistry and constant desire to experiment always results in an exciting spectacle. Their live exploits are also documented alongside guest slots from esteemed cohorts in a fortnightly Mutual Respekt Podcast, which is syndicated across the globe.

www.spektre.co.uk
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voltage records TechnopodcastSpektreFree downloadAnna V.
TRACKLIST:
Spektre - Without Warning (Voltage)
SAMA - Anxiety (Footwork)
Pleasurekraft - Primordial (Kraftek)
Skober & Yan Oxygen - Lost In Dreams (Respekt)
Unknown - Unknown
Spektre - Heretic
Spektre - The Dreamer (Misfit)
Brennan Grey - H Is For Hercules (Kraftek)
Tiger Stripes - Bang (Spektre Remix) (Misfit)
Man With No Shadow - Manila (Drumcode)
Origin Riddim - Braincells (Eclipse) 
Tom Laws - Hold On (Respekt)
Spektre - Gates Of Dawn (Respekt)
Spektre - Another Life (Kraftek)
Spektre - Retrograde (Kraftek)
Unknown - Unknown
Truncate - Bassline (Figure)
Marco Faraone - Cruiser (Drumcode)
Gary Burrows - Something You Need (Respekt)
The Micronauts - Acid Party (Luca Agnelli Remix) (Micronautics)
Spektre - No Turning Back
Simone Tavazzi - Ploy (Stige)
Spektre - Back Into Consciousness (Kraftek)
Klangkuenstler - Eternum (Stil Vor Talent)
DJ Jock - Farewell (Respekt)
Y-Traxx - Mystery Land (Spektre Remix) (Kraftek)
Wigbert - Snapshot (Avision Remix)

VOLTAGE Podcasts #40 w/ Spektre Live @ Verspielt Verspult Toy Club

Here is a 1 hour cut out of my 3 hour set at the amazing basement of Club Vaag Antwerp

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Ramon Tapia @ Club Vaag Antwerp 15.02.2019

Skober booking Worldwide: booking@myfavouritefreaks.com
Skober booking for North America: mike@bpaagency.com

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Tracklist:
01. OC & Verde - Mondoshawan [Respekt]
02. Heiko Laux, Joel Mull - Centipede Morph [Drumcode]
03. Collective States - Recogniser [We Are The Brave]
04. Dok & Martin - Andromeda [Say What?]
05. Thomas Schumacher - Golden Hour [Electric Ballroom]
06. Victor Ruiz - Nimbus [Drumcode]
07. Eddy D'Amato - Lost Love EP (Skober Remix) [Comade Music]
08. Alignment - Interference (Regal Remix) [Etruria Beat]
09. Andre Crom - Glow [Tronic]
10. Frankyeffe - The Legend [We Are The Brave]
11. Victor Ruiz - Unveil [Drumcode]
12. Jason Fernandez - Lambs To Slaughter (Skober Remix) [AnalyticTrail]
13. Skober - Vega [Reboks]
14. Heiko Laux, Joel Mull - Bullet Ant (Anthropod) [Drumcode]
15. Boxia - Where Are Your Friends [Drumcode]
16. Christian Smith & DRUNKEN KONG - Why Are We Here [Tronic]
17. David Granha -  Morfologia [Phobiq]
18. Boxia - A Night In The Life Of [Drumcode]

Skober live from Das Boot - ANKER RAVE, Würzburg (Germany) [17-05-2019]

We welcome OC & Verde back onto Mutual Respekt with another incandescent live set, this time recorded at Ritter Butzke in Berlin. Enjoy.

Mutual Respekt 229: OC & Verde live at Ritter Butzke, Berlin

Best Of Series is a series I started in 2018.
Hereby I share with you my 35 years of involvement in (Electronic) Music.


Vol. 57 (Big Room) Techno Pt. XII

Zakari & Blange - Rise Above (Soon on 100% Pure)
Ronnie Spiteri - Rough Rider 
Drunken Kong & Teenage Mutants - Mainz
Beico & Mt93, Pleasurekraft - A6 454
Joyhauser - Landa
Danny Fontana - Chromosome (Bolster Remix)
Tom Hutt - Galactus
Joyhauser - Elements
Zakari Blange - Bring Da Funk
Jay Lumen - Planet III
Drunken Kong  - Viper
Heerhorst - Kara

2000 and One's Best Of Series

2000 and One's Best Of Series Vol. 57 (Big Room) Techno Pt. XII

queniv - Redesign EP

unrest

wreck

Buy: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-iv

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  
www.somethinghappeningsomewhere.com/

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.

queniv - Hervonden (snippet)

Something Happening Somewhere
OOSSHA / NOWHERE

http://www.sohaso.com
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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."