B2 - Analog Dream Plants (Sound Synthesis Remix)

While this may be the first release on Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit from Global Goon, the one known to friends and family as Johnny Hawk brings a whole heap of experience to the Nanoclusters mini-LP.

Hawk started dropping Global Goon records on the legendary Rephlex Records back in the 1990s. The project’s subsequent releases have taken in imprints as esteemed as WéMè and Balkan. Factor in a whole host of other aliases which have delivered missives via the likes of Planet Mu, and you know even before you press play on this witty, wily record that you’re dealing with a master at work here.

The confidence with which Global Goon approaches Nanoclusters shines through in Hawk taking much of the mini-album at midtempo. Cuts like ‘Khroxic Mould’, ‘Metallik’ and ‘Syntheseers’ sound like Bochum Welt heading down a dark alleyway. The former in particular is a seasick lope, the tuned synths lurching around like sailors on deck in a storm as bass ebbs and flows underneath the mix. 

The influence of Kraftwerk comes through prominently at times here, particularly in the way ‘Calcula’ and ‘Digit Six’ play pensive, slightly sombre synth chords off some simple but effective forward motion in the drum programming. That is not to say that Nanoclusters is not full of invention, though. None of the productions are overly flash, but this approach allows the little details to shine through more clearly, from cleverly panned hi-hats to hissing synth counter-melodies which flit in and out of the mix. Enthralling and packed full of ear candy, they’re further evidence that Nanoclusters is the work of an expert craftsman.

While the pulse of Nanoclusters remains relatively steady throughout, it’s still a rather lively record. Plenty of these tracks will get the dancefloor moving if deployed correctly - though whether they’re heard at home or in the dance, it’s the attention to detail which makes them stand out.

‘Snapterisk’ is as perfect an example of machine-funk as you’re likely to find - the drum programming is razor-sharp but rubbery with bongos, the bass a lithe burble, and those wobbly stabs of keys that put a bit of wiggle in the beat? Delightful stuff. Elsewhere the ever-looping arpeggio of ‘Metro Esc’ has hints of Frankie Knuckles’ house classic ‘Your Love’, though an array of interesting sonic nuggets - snippets of vocal, radar-like bloops, a gently insistent low-end pulse - soften the track’s clubbier elements with a pillowy sheen. And Hawk throws us a curveball right at the end of Nanoclusters, tapping back into that old Rephlex sound for the fizzy, braindancing ‘Metal Glass’.

Global Goon doesn’t need to show off on Nanoclusters - from brilliantly slick machine-funk to Kraftwerkian reveries, the CPU debutant lets the music do the talking here. It makes for a confident and vivacious mini-LP, one which wears its expertise lightly.

RIYL: Cardopusher, Bochum Welt, Cygnus, D’Arcangelo

Nanoclusters

Global Goon - Nanoclusters

Noise To Meet You Records. 2023. Madrid
Music: @franck-kartell
Artwork & Design by @akaplastica. Lugo.
Master by Xergio Córdoba at @eternalmidnight.
Limited Edition: 300 copies "Blueberry" Colored 12" Vinyl Copies
Distributed by @bordellodistribution.
Pre Orders: https://noisetomeetyourecords.bandcamp.com/album/franck-kartell-acoustic-warfare
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Tracklist:

A1 – Anti Submarine Warfare
A2 – Sonar Pulses
A3 – Cavitation Bubbles
A4 – Acoustic Intelligence
B1 – Low Frequency Analysis and Recording
B2 – Magnetic Anomaly Detection
B3 – Inside The Shadow Zone
B4 – Underwater Soundscape

[N2MU#009] Franck Kartell - Acoustic Warfare (Teaser) Release Date: 15/11/23

Just a bit of fun :)
respect to everyone x x

K N O P F L E R E F F E K T

It is a privilege to welcome Ed Upton back to Shipwrec for his sixth release with the label. An artist who has been at the forefront of electronic music for three decades, under his well-honed DMX Krew guise the British musician has crafted icy electro, thoughtful electronica and textured techno. It is a combination of these styles that culminate in Tree in Space. A steady kick tethers “Parasite” to reality, a thick earthen melody countered by twinkling refrains as soaked drums splash. Off-centre bleep and beats introduce the title piece. Solid basslines are lightened by playful brassy electrofunk notes as genre limitations melt into Summer warmth. Skeletal scales find themselves confronted by a bruising bulwark of bass in “Unbelief.” Balancing these angular and globular tones are arcing keys that draw the disparate elements into unity. “Meltdown” is the closer. Blending a spread of sounds, acid, braindance and techno, DMX Krew serves up something truly special. Brooding notes are met by cracked percussion and simmering 303 squawk in a track that pursues its own path. An EP from a musician that continues to stretch boundaries and imaginations.

Release date vinyl: 25th of september 2023
Release date digital: TBA very soon!

Cat# Ship070
Written and produced by Ed DMX
Artwork by Studio Another Day
Mastered by Johanz Westerman 
Distributed by Clone Distribution
© DMX Krew & Shipwrec 2023
All rights reserved

DMX Krew -  Tree in Space - Ship070

Recursor (Super Sentient Intelligence Construct Remix)

Nullptr - Recursor (Supersentient Intelligence Construct Remix)

+++ VINYL OUT LATE NOVEMBER +++

The debut of Hamburg-based Carsten Schulz aka Quadratschulz on Analogical Force. 4 tracks ranging from colourful braindance to old Viewlexx style electro.
‘Halo Welt’ appropriates the space in a particular way because it bewitches you and never lets go. Fast and choppy rhythms against dreamy melodies, acidic bass lines and mind-blowing electronic exercises that will leave you wanting more. 
A versatile EP that will stand the test of time!
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PREORDER 12" ORANGE VINYL + DIGITAL: https://t.ly/Np91l
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A1   SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH                    04:30  
A2   HALO WELT                                 04:50
B1   HERB (FRE 01:11 EDIT 3)                   06:08
B2   STOFF (DIE 02:13 EDIT 08B)                06:23
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C+P Analogical Force 2023. Copyright Control
Written and produced by Carsten Schulz at the George Fuck Laboratories in Hamburg, Germany
Mastering by Carlos Koschitzky at Koschitzky Studio, Gijón
Design by Geometric Love, UK
Distributed by Clone, Rotterdam 
www.clone.nl
www.analogicalforce.com

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[AF053] quadratschulz 'HALO WELT EP' [2023]

WM02 - Wave Modulation Series. 

Very special release from GIMMIK featuring remixes from Naqara, MOY & Sound Synthesis.

Up for Pre-order on various shops!
Clone, Juno, Deejay.de, Phonica and more.

Expected: January 2024

Distribution: Clone

[WM02] - GIMMIK - Analog Dream Plants EP

Alice in Flames (@kaput-731188256) took us on a journey into a realm of slow paced electro and machinic beats.

Tracklist:

I-F – Eyes in the sky (Viewlexx)
Luke Eargoggle – Kondi Dreams (Kondi)
Noamm – Into the Abyss of Changing Subconsious (Shipwrec)
Pametex – Laque (Frustrated Funk)
KRØM3 – Street Legal (Kraftjerkz)
Miss Kittin & The Hacker – Homme á la mode (Nobody's Bizzness)
Faceless Mind – Low Cat (Strange Life)
Holtz –66 (Les Disques Cockpit)
Le Syndicat Electronique –The men from Westmoon (Porn.Darsteller Remix) (Invasion Planète Recordings)
MVQX – Actually I Feel Great (Comme des Larmes)
DmX Krew – Wave Intensity (Breakin')
Arpanet – Devoid Of Wires (Record Makers)
Ole Mic Odd –Surrounded by pure Energy (none)
808Hz – Polar Frequencies (Savage Grounds rework) (Lux)
Credit 00 – Wanna B (Lunatic)
L.F.T. – Dead rat under the table (Eye for an eye)
Porn.Darsteller – Dans le satin blanc (Crème Organization)
DJ Overdose – Human =ON-1 (Viewlexx)
Yan Tregger – Shamstar (Born Bad)

Disposable Time w/ Alice in Flames 16.11.23

Recorded Live at Fanzine Festival on 9th December 2023 with a special live audio visual with Digital Nature.

https://www.instagram.com/_digitalnature/
https://www.fanzineproject.com

Sound Synthesis - Live at Fanzine Festival 2023_(Sala O Túnel)

That true beauty lies in the essentiality and meticulous combination of a few elements is sometimes not just a cliché. The delicate blend of Roland CR-78, acoustic guitar and dissonant organs that intertwine in Open Windows is a vivid demonstration of this. It is these few elements, now distant and hinted at and now close and deafening, that paint the backdrop of melancholic nostalgia where laconic whispers move the listener within the paintings that bear the sonic signature of Human Figures. To Daniel Lewis' new project, which has seen its springboard through releases on the label of his friends at Frigio Records, perhaps the adjective "new" is already quite tight. He has built a very recognizable sonic tibre, an influence of producers and listeners at different latitudes of the post-punk and wave scene. 
In the 8 canvases of Open Windows the folk tradition is repainted in a more contemporary guise: the sweet and sad litanies are alternated with fast and frenetic stornelli in which the combination of tradition and experimentation constitutes the stylistic signature. The open window through which the listener has the opportunity to look out in this album does not, however, give onto a natural external panorama. It projects into an inner world where introspection and silence are the only chance to grasp its sublime beauty.

All lucky mistakes, undetectable bad notes, and strokes of luck by D.
Mastered at Sensorium. Artwork by Giampai. Graphic Design by Giovanni Inglese.
Raw Culture, New York 2024.

Open Window

[RWCLTR025] Human Figures - Open Windows [300 Limited Vinyl Edition]

Monday Blues Jam

Nonlinear Rhythms | Submersive Underground

Distribution: Clone

Contact: keifarr88@gmail.com

[WM02] - GIMMIK - Analog Dream Plants EP

Sound Synthesis | Wave Function

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