Bring the fanfares, Fast Castle number one has landed: We are launching into the world of wax with “Unique Technologies” – a collection of five bass-heavy, versatile and trip-ready tracks.

Much of Fast Castle is still shrouded in pixelated darkness. This first release offers a glimpse on what this weird-world might shed light on next: From polyrhythmic bass & drum flexing, to dubstep-not-dubstep exercises in sound system science and past-midnight gaze music, our map is expansive and full of surprises.

The essence of countless hours spent soul searching & synapse twisting in the confines of our studio shed in Berlin’s outer ring territories, „Unique Technologies“ is the first building block of our humble castle. Cut to thick rotating discs for maximum bass range response and housed in a printed sleeve, FC01 is strictly limited to two hundred copies. Shouts to Lupo for the cut, Olo for the mastering and Jonas at 200 Kilo for the design

Look out for the magical cheat code inscribed in the runout!

Order Vinyl:
www.fastcastle.bandcamp.com

Mastering by Olo Mastering:
www.olomastering.com

Cut by Lupo:
www.loop-o.com

Artwork by 200 Kilo:
www.instagram.com/zweihundertkilo/

Distribution by Crevette (WW) & RWDFWD (UK):
www.crevettedistribution.com/release/16…chnologies
www.rwdfwd.com

FC01 - Fast Castle - Unique Technologies (Snippets)

@whyesss

"Air Pressure" is a standout track from Bendy's debut EP, featuring broken beats with elements of bass and house music. With its infectious grooves and hypnotic synth lines, "Air Pressure" is a perfect example of Bendy's ability to create club-ready tracks that still offer plenty of musical depth. 

With previous releases on Toronto label "Parallel Minds" the Japanese Canadian is looking to explore a new path and sound.

Bendy EP

pi pi pi premiere: Bendy - Air Pressure

PROXIMITY III

Andy Garvey - Murky Like Dunj

Nørus & Dj Whipr Snipr team up for Gravitational Attraction on Nerang Recordings. The duo air their Second collaborative EP With flavours from breaks, electro, techno and beyond.

Title: Invisible Commission
Artist: Nørus & DJ Whipr Snipr / @djwhiprsnipr 
EP Title: Gravitational Attraction
Label: Nerang Records
Release Date: March 8th, 2024
Buy: https://nerangrecordings4211.bandcamp.com/album/nrng015-n-rus-dj-whipr-snipr-gravitational-attraction

Gravitational Attraction

PREMIERE: Nørus & DJ Whipr Snipr — Invisible Commission (Nerang Records, 2024)

https://beren727.bandcamp.com/track/your-luv-is-mine

https://soundcloud.com/beren727

PREMIERE: Beren - Your Luv Is Mine

https://soundcloud.com/lescyclades
https://soundcloud.com/hi_scores
🛒 https://lescyclades.bandcamp.com/album/glika
🔊 https://youtu.be/EpkcFEEERIo

The Klein blue horizon, gliding seagulls, a ferry purring between two languid islands, dotted with ultra-white villages and ancient ruins... These idyllic visions run through Glika, the ultimate musical project of Les Cyclades. An exciting electronic odyssey from West to East, from Belgian effervescence to Greek mysticism.

In 2020, confined to the neighborhoods of Yser and Mystère in Brussels, Alex and Ludo dream of Greek islands, of scorching sun on their skin, of salty baths, chilled ouzo and braised octopus. But everywhere, time stands still. Must one necessarily move to travel? To levitate? In the absence of Elsewhere, the Franco-Canadian duo will compose the imaginary soundtrack to their escape.

Glika (which means "sweet" in Greek) perfectly synthesizes the musical influences of Les Cyclades: a cosmic saxophone inherited from Alex’s dub and free jazz past, an architect-pastry chef-botanist from Normandy, and Ludo’s "Balearic" tracks, a musician-performer-wine lover who frequented his first raves in 1995 in Houston, Texas.

From a hedonistic encounter on a friendly terrace in the 19th arrondissement of Paris to their chosen exile in Brussels, these hypersensitive jacks-of-all-trades first danced and mixed records. Before creating their own phantasmagorical sonic territories, where cinema and poetry meet more or less human voices, brass instruments, synthesizers and analogue drum machines.

A searing fragment of Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos's "Eternity and a Day" preludes Glika. Then, on Yser Mystère - the names of the two stations on tram 51 that physically linked Alex and Ludo's psyches during the lockdown - Alex's astral sax balances out the industrial mechanics of a locomotive, against a backdrop of urban soundscapes.

And then a rising bpm dominates Alocasia, with its deep and sensual light foot. So sunny. From one track to another, there are interludes influenced by Xenakis, Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre. Seminal heroes of the Cyclades... But soon, the duo unleash hostilities at the helm of Epigone, their meta-techno anthem. "I know", "You know", echoes Alex.

Laughs of friends, "mouth noises," and "bizarre rhythms" still dominate Parc Fou, while DRAM eyes the minimalist techno of Detroit. So dear to Ludo's heart... And what about PAME, that post-modern Greek epic.Or Glossa, a timeless track that finishes with a fascinating - because diffracted - elegance, this multi-sensory journey through Les Cyclades. Let's close our eyes. Silencio! Hay Banda!

By Eléonore Colin, journalist (and friend!!)

•••Les Cyclades are:
Alexandre Rabineau (saxophone, keyboards,percussion,programmation)
Ludovic Gayer (drum machines, effects, sampler, tape deck)

Tracklist: 

A1 Yser Mystère
A2 Alocasia
A3 Short Hero 
A4 Épigone
B1 Parc fou 
B2 DRAM
B3 Niko
B4 Pame!
B5 Glossa

PREMIERE: Les Cyclades - PAME! [Hi Scores]

new @tabache unofficial remix, co-organizer of @timelessrecords and @girovellepsicotroniche

free download on his bandcamp:
https://tabache.bandcamp.com/track/quadrant-disgravity-tabache-disco-bootleg-free-download

Bandcamp

*PREMIERE* Quadrant - Disgravity (tabache disco bootleg)

Medusa

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IGNITE Beats - Stardust

missin u

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bandcamp

Adam Pits - Magenta (Seb Wildblood Remix)

Bare mix series showcasing both producers and deejays.
Record label based out of the Pacific Northwest.
soundtransitions@gmail.com

PREMIERE Quadrant - Disgravity (tabache disco bootleg)

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