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Factor City kicks off its third decade in full swing, led by Undo solo and accompanied by its usual partners Casiowaves and Vicknoise.

It all began in 2003 when Undo & Vicknoise laid the foundation for the label with "Noctámbula," and over the years, they continued to collaborate closely, managing the label and producing "hits" such as "Orca" or "Happy Monday." From 2011 onward, following an amicable parting, Undo began to run the label solo while maintaining the same spirit and distinctive sound of the Barcelona-based label, always at the forefront of dance music produced in Spain.

Now, in 2024, in a "digital” world where fewer and fewer things can be touched with our fingers and where 100,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every day, Factor City is charting a different course and starts a new decade on the dance floors by returning to vinyl releases and persisting in their low key and relaxed approach, releasing few and carefully curated records from their artists each year. 

“Ciudad Futura” opens with "Good Times," a track by Undo that radiates joy and positivity. An euphoric ride through landscapes of analog synthesizers and drum machines. The second track on side A is signed by Undo & Vicknoise, who hadn't produced together in 15 years. And we hope they won't take as long to get back in the studio together after hearing the fantastic track "Electric Rainbow." A delightful slice of electro-disco. 

The B side is signed by the recent combo of Undo and Casiowaves. The first track, "Secret Worlds," follows in the wake of their recent releases on Factor City and Melodize with that winning combination of retro 80s and 90s synths with vocoders and a more contemporary production. Closing out the record is "Astralia," a vibrant "power synth pop" anthem adorned with FM synths and acid-tinged melodies. 

Artwork by David Imbernon. Mastered at The Groove. Distributed by Subwax.

Ciudad Futura

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Taken from Stelios Vassiloudis's One Man Down EP, on Default Position, out April 5.

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'T/ERROR | DATA SURFER' is the latest EP from New Interplanetary Melodies (NIM), a collaboration between Simona Faraone’s NIM label and the collective Kuro Jam, led by Gianluca Pernafelli. The EP features Rome producer T/ERROR creating a musical version of a new comic strip titled “DATA SURFER.” The narrative explores the consequences of a special mixer falling into the hands of an angry suburban hoodlum immersed in electronic music. The EP unfolds in a vivid picture of “pain, passion, and redemption across Rome and Berlin” with T/ERROR’s sound-narrative journey reflecting electro-acid tones, dark mechanical sounds, and liquid electro.

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PREMIERE: T/ERROR  - Last Brute In The Firmament [New Interplanetary Melodies]

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https://soundcloud.com/shoall - Nacreous (NOWHERE05)

12“ Vinyl / Digital (10-05-2024)
Artwork by Bas Dobbelaer
Worldwide distribution: Clone

Deep, trippy and hypnotic. That pretty much sums up the new Nacreous-EP by Shoal on the Dutch imprint NOWHERE. The title refers to a certain glow or color that mother-of-pearl radiates. Shoal is the alter ego of Utrecht-resident Kenny Dean Kneefel. When you have a name that sounds like a famous stuntman, you are probably prepared to take more risks.

And indeed that's exactly what this producer from the lowlands does on Nacreous. Shoal's four track EP combines hallucinant grooves with delicate sound design. Like on Bygone Drums, where ominous distant sounds from a nearby factory creep between the shadows. The same can be said of the title track, a tribalistic tune with a delicate dark undertone.

Never Endings is more uplifting, with its dubbed out basslines and crispy hi-hats. Dubtechno that reminds us of both Monolake and Fluxion. Closing track Morning Float is indeed that, a trip in a blue tank filled with warm water, where you are comforted by beautiful strings and sounds of nature.

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Shoal - Morning Float (snippet)

Shoal - Nacreous (snippet)

Shoal - Never Endings (snippet)

Shoal - Bygone Drums (snippet)

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A sheen, shaped, silver smooth
ringing go hues bounced against
the sizzle of shaking
as the steady siren sings
a tune to sway all sands
into dunes and dynamics delivered.

The wheel and roll of night air moon
dew'd backward, the underside is as dry as a chime,
while the uppermost is a rained as the tallest cave
that stretches the feel of inside
as if the costae verae were elastics,
and the sternum were a bell.

One that might only sound out
the metal in the veins,
like metal under water,
flowing, fell fathoms far
along an elliptical path,
drilling out the cache of concepts,
corroded and clean,
shing as beams build out bones
of sound from the dark kick
scratching out strange signs
we cannot deny.

And we know.
We who have heard.
And felt the raying cosm
building on scintilance
a vast canopy that drops
upon our heads a breaking force
to set us a'dream,
that no tone of suspended contact
between you and those ahead of you in line,
one place, one minute away
from a beta phase,
a sudden turn,
a slow new,
a change,
a chance,
to come careening slowly
into air that smells of lavender,
in a land of yellow grass
and black stones.

Tracklist: 

01 MTRL x Kaf - Arid Sparks
02 Dycide x Polygonia - Elasticity
03 Polygonia x FTP Doctor x Tenzia - Bit Flip
04 MTRL x Polygonia x FTP Doctor - Elliptical Path
05 MTRL x FTP Doctor - Drilling Concept
06 MTRL x Kaf - Cachet
07 MTRL x Tenzia - Strange Signs
08 Tenzia x Mordio - Los
09 Dycide x MTRL - Ray of Cosm
10 FTP Doctor x Tenzia x Polygonia x Dycide - Breaking Force
11 FTP Doctor x Tenzia - Cash-in Queue
12 MTRL x Mordio - Beta Phase
13 Polygonia x MTRL x FTP Doctor - Lavender
14 Mordio x Polygonia - Yellow Grass & Black Stones

PREMIERE: MTRL x Polygonia x FTP Doctor - Elliptical Path [IO]

The talented Israeli artist Rina lands on Playground to give us Secret Potion number 35, a dark and dense ode with krautrock reminiscences 'For Your Mind'.

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OOSSHA / NOWHERE

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

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