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SONS OF VILJEMS, the London based duo, accompanied here by film composer Filip Sijanec, is releasing a new 3 tracks digital EP on SaS Recordings.

After spending a year of lockdown away from the stage, the place where they feel most comfortable, Sons Of Viljems, the Italo-Slovenian duo, return in strength to release an EP of brand new material, composed and produced in collaboration with film composer Filip Sijanec and featuring saxophonist Matjaž Mlakar on Steaming Black Sea.

While this new 3-track EP emits waves of melancholic drone pop, Sons of Viljems are jet black but organic, vocal, and knee deep in dub.

Sons of Viljems is the duo of Andrea Giommi, previously known from psych-noise acts such as The Emerald Leaves, Edible Woman and Leg Leg, and Nejc Haberman, bass player in the Slovenian ethno-jazz ensemble Jazoo for over a decade. 
For this specific project, they collaborated with film composer Filip Sijanec for added cinematic depth.

Filip Sijanec is acomposer and musician based in London. With a background in jazz, he also creates original music in a broad range of styles for film and content.

After several features in webzines as Son of Marketing, The New Noise, Sodapop, and following three years of live activity across London and touring Italy twice, Sons Of Viljems are ready to bring their new music on stage again.

Sons Of Viljems Featuring Filip Sijanec EP

Sons Of Viljems Featuring Filip Sijanec

Sons Of Viljems - Plain Sight

AMA//MIZU is the solo project of French-born, London-based Douglas Pisterman.

AMA//MIZU is a feeling, a moment of uncertainty. Inspired by the escapist rhythm of electronic music and the vivid narratives of folk, between the loud flicker of a light and the overarching silence. 
A sliding world of shadowy textures, cavernous sub-bass and hauntingly melodic vocals. 

After a much noted first EP released on SaS Recordings in 2018, which eventually led him to be included in Brownswood’s Future Bubblers program for 2021, AMA//MIZU went on to collaborate with Acid Washed under the moniker Mount Kismet on the album “Warmer Lanes”, released on Disco Halal in 2019. He also collaborated with Catalan artist Uma on her first EP “Bel.li” released on Slow Dance in 2020. 

Always attempting to explore his inner melodies, AMA//MIZU created this beautiful new EP, One By One,  as a natural follow up to his first release. 
From the irresistible groove of title track One By One to the throbbing bass and atmospheric percussions of OB, AMA//MIZU uses his incredible production skills to play with codes and genres, sometimes experimenting with the Rn'B format on Patience, sometimes creating a new breed of minimalist pop on Sunspot. 

Finding inspiration in such diverse music as those of Jon Bap, Lucretia Dalt and Scott Walker, AMA//MIZU is defined by a desire to seek authentic and unusual sounds and it is from the confinement of his bedroom studio in South London, surrounded by urban settings, that the songs slowly take shape before being enhanced and deconstructed live with violin player Tim Gardner (Another Sky, Lucy Lu).

All tracks composed and produced by Douglas Pisterman.
EP artwork by Yoann Pisterman.
Contact: info@sasrecordings.com

One By One EP

AMA//MIZU - OB

AMA//MIZU is the solo project of French-born, London-based Douglas Pisterman.

AMA//MIZU is a feeling, a moment of uncertainty. Inspired by the escapist rhythm of electronic music and the vivid narratives of folk, between the loud flicker of a light and the overarching silence.
A sliding world of shadowy textures, cavernous sub-bass and hauntingly melodic vocals.

After a much noted first EP released on SaS Recordings in 2018, which eventually led him to be included in Brownswood’s Future Bubblers program for 2021, AMA//MIZU went on to collaborate with Acid Washed under the moniker Mount Kismet on the album “Warmer Lanes”, released on Disco Halal in 2019. He also collaborated with Catalan artist Uma on her first EP “Bel.li” released on Slow Dance in 2020.

Always attempting to explore his inner melodies, AMA//MIZU created this beautiful new EP, One By One, as a natural follow up to his first release.
From the irresistible groove of title track One By One to the throbbing bass and atmospheric percussions of OB, AMA//MIZU uses his incredible production skills to play with codes and genres, sometimes experimenting with the Rn'B format on Patience, sometimes creating a new breed of minimalist pop on Sunspot.

Finding inspiration in such diverse music as those of Jon Bap, Lucretia Dalt and Scott Walker, AMA//MIZU is defined by a desire to seek authentic and unusual sounds and it is from the confinement of his bedroom studio in South London, surrounded by urban settings, that the songs slowly take shape before being enhanced and deconstructed live with violin player Tim Gardner (Another Sky, Lucy Lu).

All tracks composed and produced by Douglas Pisterman.
EP artwork by Yoann Pisterman.
Contact: info@sasrecordings.com

One By One

AMA//MIZU - One By One

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Taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Movements’, long-time friends Sasa Crnobrnja and Clement Cachot-Coulom, combine as Auf Togo to release ‘Pan Con Tomate’, which is out now via SaS Recordings. The wandering psych-funk single is the result of the pairs shared love for Cosmic disco sound of the last 70’s/early 80’s, blending the sounds of electronic, rock, funk and beyond. 

Sasa and Clem, come from opposite worlds but share a deep respect for one another’s art. Sasa Crnobrnja originating from the deep, disco-laced house duo of In Flagranti (Kitsune, Phantasy, Gomma & more) and also Mytron & Ofofo (Les Yeux Orange) combines with, Clement Cachot-Coulom from bands The Fabulous Penetrators and Big Girls. Meeting in London around 2009, the pair have since developed a strong friendship and musical togetherness. In Sasa, Clem found someone who allowed him to explore a variation of styles and genres, breaking free of the creative shackles of songwriting for a band. 

Combining as Auf Togo, the pair now look towards the LP format to showcase their wide-ranging eclecticism that has won them plaudits so far. Through rich production sounds and vintage flavour, they maintain the solid edge of modern studio sounds. The album promises to expand on the sound they have already ventured into on their previous releases; loose and improvised yet firmly within the confines of house music. 

First single, ‘Pan Con Tomate’ is and ode to psych-funk, tinged with jazz flicks and riffs the track bounces so a solid 4x4 beat. Tied down by hypnotic grooves and solid production, the track signals the intent of Sasa & Clem on the forthcoming album, ‘Movements’ which is set for release in September. 

Offering a new proposition from the pair, ‘Movements’ is an invitation from Sasa & Clem to join them on their eclectic journey as Auf Togo. From 70’s psych-rock to Balearic Beats, from Space Disco to Afro Beat, this is an LP unashamed to wear its influences on its sleeve.

"Pan Con Tomate" is written, performed and produced by Auf Togo
Artwork by Erica Russell

Movements

Auf Togo - Pan Con Tomate (Radio Edit)

Auf Togo - Pan Con Tomate

Sunspot

AMA//MIZU - Sunspot

Third single taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Movements’, long-time friends Sasa Crnobrnja and Clement Cachot-Coulom, combine as Auf Togo to release ‘Spatially Unaware’, which is out now via SaS Recordings. The wandering psych funk single is the result of the pair's shared love for Cosmic disco sound of the late 70’s/early 80’s, blending the sounds of electronic, rock, funk and beyond.

Sasa and Clem, come from opposite worlds but share a deep respect for one another’s art. Sasa Crnobrnja originating from the deep, disco-laced house duo of In Flagranti (Kitsune, Phantasy, Gomma & more) and also Mytron & Ofofo (Les Yeux Orange) combines with, Clement Cachot-Coulom from bands The Fabulous Penetrators and Big Girls. Meeting in London around 2009, the pair have since developed a strong friendship and musical togetherness. In Sasa, Clem found someone who allowed him to explore a variation of styles and genres, breaking free of the creative shackles of songwriting for a band.

Combining as Auf Togo, the pair now look towards the LP format to showcase their wide-ranging eclecticism that has won them plaudits so far. Through rich production sounds and vintage flavour, they maintain the solid edge of modern studio sounds. The album promises to expand on the sound they have already ventured into on their previous releases; loose and improvised yet firmly within the confines of house music.

Third Single, ‘Spatially Unaware’ is a minimalist groovy affair tied to a solid mid-tempo 4x4 beat. Tied down by hypnotic grooves, funky guitar strumming pattern and spacey keys, the track signals the intent of Sasa & Clem on the forthcoming album, ‘Movements’ which is set for release in September.

Offering a new proposition from the pair, ‘Movements’ is an invitation from Sasa & Clem to join them on their eclectic journey as Auf Togo. From 70’s psych-rock to Balearic Beats, from Space Disco to Afro Beat, this is an LP unashamed to wear its influences on its sleeve.

"Spatially Unaware" is written, performed and produced by Auf Togo
Artwork by Erica Russell

Spatially Unaware

Auf Togo - Spatially Unaware

AUF TOGO is the long time collaboration of Sasa Crnobrnja from In Flagranti (Kitsune, Phantasy, Gomma and many more...) and Mytron & Ofofo (Multi-Culti, les Yeux Orange...) and Clement Cachot-Coulom from The Fabulous Penetrators and Big Girls.

Their combined sound is one of vintage recording equipment and instruments, coupled with the tweaks and blends from the modern studio.

The duo presents a loose, almost improvised sound that works very well within the rigid confines of house music. atmospheric echoey guitars clash with flying but edgy synths lines and groovy rhythm sections with their heavy kicks and singing hats, their bouncing bass lines and clear guitar hooks that draw the line of their fresh and warm music vision.

So far, they have had 4 successful releases, both on the UK-based label Leng Records, and SaS Recordings which have been very warmly received by fans and DJs alike.

Since the release of their last EP on SaS Recordings, “No Control”, they’ve been very busy collaborating on many projects such as Auf Togo Meets Becker & Mukai with whom they released two acclaimed EPs in 2019 and 2021. But most of their time has been spent writing, recording and bringing to life the 8 amazing tracks that form their forthcoming album “Movements”.

This new album is made up by the perfect combination of all the parts that made their previous releases so great: slamming percussions, driving bass lines, psychedelic guitars, fat analogue synths all joined together in the analogue desk under the expert production skills our our favorite duo.

The result is a spell-binding summer album, one to listen to on a coastline somewhere under the Mediterranean sun, and one that is not afraid to wear its many influences on its sleeve, from 70s psych-rock to Balearic Beat, from Space Disco to Afro Beat...

“Movements” follows in the steps of Auf Togo's previous releases and won't disappoint the early fans, but it also offers a completely new proposition: More varied in tempo and pace, embracing more styles and grander in its ambition, the album invites you on a journey into the eclectic mind of Auf Togo: From the louche Hawaiian jazz of “Along The Dotted Line” to the psych-funk of Pan Con Tomate, from the electronic wanderings of Mexico to the cinematic intensity of Radical Departures, the scope of “Movements” is wide and proves a captivating and gratifying listen.

All tracks composed and produced by Clement Cachot-Coulom and Sasa Crnobrnja.
EP artwork by Erica Russell.
Contact: info@sasrecordings.com

Auf Togo - Along The Dotted Line

AMA//MIZU is the solo project of French-born, London-based Douglas Pisterman.
AMA//MIZU is a feeling, a moment of uncertainty. Inspired by the escapist rhythm of electronic music and the vivid narratives of folk, between the loud flicker of a light and the overarching silence.
A sliding world of shadowy textures, cavernous sub-bass and hauntingly melodic vocals.

D’Monk (|daˈmʌŋk| or “Da-Munk”) is a musician, producer and sonic selecta from London, but currently based in Berlin. 
Drawing inspiration from the endless pool of music that echoes all around us (if one chooses to hear so), his music represents an eclectic collage of his influences - rooted in the raw and soulful.

After a much noted first EP released on SaS Recordings in 2018, which eventually led him to be included in Brownswood’s Future Bubblers program for 2021, AMA//MIZU went on to collaborate with Acid Washed under the moniker Mount Kismet on the album “Warmer Lanes”, released on Disco Halal in 2019. He also collaborated with Catalan artist Uma on her first EP “Bel.li” released on Slow Dance in 2020.
In 2021, he brought us his second solo EP, which was released with great acclaim on SaS Recordings in July 2021.

For his remix of long time friend & collaborator AMA//MIZU, D’Monk chose ‘Sunspot’, the third single out of AMA//MIZU's second EP on SaS, twisting the up-tempo electro original into a sloppier, Rushen-esque groove. 

And for more of this, make sure you check out the upcoming project from the duo, under the moniker Magoya.

Sunspot was composed and produced by Douglas Pisterman.
Remix by d'monk.
EP artwork by Yoann Pisterman.
Contact: info@sasrecordings.com

AMA//MIZU - Sunspot (D'Monk Remix)

Legendary NYC producers Justin Strauss and Max Pask have joined up to form a new project called Each Other, and together they've been remixing the hippest names in music and releasing acclaimed EPs for Soulwax's seminal record imprint Deewee.

It is such a pleasure and an honour to have those two legends remix one of the great tracks on Auf Togo's new album "Movements".
Here they manage to transform the Balearic tones of "A Little Bit Deeper" into a New-York-City dancefloor anthem, whilst still keeping the essence of the original track by making its beautiful vocals shine under this new light.

Here's what they have to say:
“This remix is personal for us. Both of us being longtime fans and friends of Auf Togo and the various projects of Sasa and JeanGa, it meant a lot to us to do this remix for them.
We’re really happy with the results and hope you will be too ❤️“

"A Little Bit Deeper" is written, performed and produced by Auf Togo.
Remix by Each Other (Justin Strauss & Max Pask).
Artwork by Erica Russell

MOVEMENTS

A Little Bit Deeper

Auf Togo - A Little Bit Deeper (Each Other Remix)

Ama//Mizu and Acid Washed met through Yoann Pisterman (Ama//Mizu´s brother) in Berlin a few years ago. 

It clicked instantly between them and they decided to record and play music together.

It resulted in hours of recordings, productions and a release on Disco Halal  with Henning Specht as Mount Kismet.

Ama//Mizu & Acid Washed is a clash of generation and of musical styles. Acid Washed brought mechanical & technoid patterns counterbalanced by Ama//Mizu’s love of rhythms and live experimentation. 

After listening to Auf Togo’s album, they settled on remixing “Mexico” that fed into their love of lush pads and heavy synth arps.

They wanted to blend complex polyrhythms with a heavy synth that would reflect both their musical interests and call to the original.

Mexico

Auf Togo - Mexico (Acid Washed x AMA//MIZU Remix)

Lux Prima is the alter ego of composer Jean-Gabriel Becker.

Aside from composing and producing music for film projects, being part of acclaimed house music duo JeanGa And George (Greco-Roman Records) and partnering with old friend Susumu Mukai as part of Becker & Mukai, he uses his Lux Prima persona to explore a more chaotic and experimental sound, where bruit and dissonance come to meet with beauty and harmony.

In the vein of his previous releases on SaS, Lux Prima explores with "Mount Analogue" the outer reach of his East-London studio and brings together analogue synths, digital effects and broken down machines to find a path to the more introspective side of his work.

Inspired by Rene Daumal's legendary uncompleted book, which was also the inspiration behind Alejandro Jorodovsky's film "The Holy Mountain", Mount Analogue is a mystical place that many have searched but very few have found. Daumal's book tells the story of a group of mavericks setting off across the world to find this mystical mountain, which optical illusions make invisible to the human eye. The novel ends abruptly in the middle of a sentence, letting the reader imagine its ending and the fate of the protagonists.

Lux Prima's interpretation of Mount Analogue is a epic composition of psychedelic and distorted beauty. Edgy in its sound, hypnotic by its rhythm patterns, unsettling at times, Mount Analogue proves to be a very rewarding music experience for the listener.

Mount Analogue was recorded and produced over a period of 12 months alongside his many other projects and is part of a bigger album project to be released throughout 2022. More is to come.

Mount Analogue

Lux Prima - Mount Analogue

Lux Prima is the alter ego of composer Jean-Gabriel Becker.

Aside from composing and producing music for film projects, being part of acclaimed house music duo JeanGa And George (Greco-Roman Records) and partnering with old friend Susumu Mukai as part of Becker & Mukai, he uses his Lux Prima persona to explore a more chaotic and experimental sound, where bruit and dissonance come to meet with beauty and harmony.

In the Spring of 2022, Lux Prima embarked on a series of single releases which will form his body of work for 2022.

Next in line for release is We Shall Erupt, an ode to Malcolm Lowry's “Under The Volcano” and its louche ambience of delicate despair.
Like on its predecessor, Mount Analogue, Lux Prima experiments here with all the tools available in his studio, digital effects and analogue synths alike, in a game of rhythms and textures, of energy and restraint.

Exploring further into the concept of mystical mountains, Lux Prima's rendering of Lowry's story and also of John Huston 1984 film adaptation of the same name, We Shall Erupt starts with pure simple energy: a simple synth pad, swept by a beautiful high pass filter.
The pad is quickly joined by a kick drum and other rhythmic parts to grow into a full psychedelic track, with the high pass filter running the show and unleashing the powerful rhythm of the analogue synth. The bass line joins forces with the rhythmic synth pads before morphing into an arpeggio of melodic beauty.

We Shall Erupt was recorded and produced over a period of 12 months alongside Lux Prima's many other projects and is part of a bigger album project to be released bit by bit throughout 2022. 

More is to come.

We ShallErupt was composed and produced by Jean-Gabriel Becker. Mastered by Keith Tenniswood for Curvepusher.
EP artwork by Lux Prima

Lux Prima - We Shall Erupt

In the Spring of 2022, Lux Prima embarked on a series of single releases which will form his body of work for 2022 and next in line for release is Hurlants.

Hurlants is a poem, a tone, a soothing noise, a quality of sound.
Hurlants is also a type of wind that you need to travel really far to feel.
A bona-fide legend of a wind, to tell you the truth, this is what Hurlants is.
And it comes in two versions to give the listener the choice to listen to their favourite. One is beatless and feels like an airy dream. 
The other one carries an elusive beat to anchor that dream.

Like on its predecessors, Mount Analogue and We Shall Erupt, Lux Prima experiments here with all the tools available in his studio, digital effects and analogue synths alike, in a game of rhythms and textures, of energy and restraint. But for this, one he mainly used a peculiar machine called the Crumar BitOne.

Lux Prima is the alter ego of composer Jean-Gabriel Becker.
Aside from composing and producing music for film projects, being part of acclaimed house music duo JeanGa And George (Greco-Roman Records) and partnering with old friend Susumu Mukai as part of Becker & Mukai, he uses his Lux Prima persona to explore a more chaotic and experimental sound, where bruit and dissonance come to meet with beauty and harmony.

Hurlants was recorded and produced in a matter of hours in a spurt of creativity in the first days of the summer 2022 alongside Lux Prima's many other projects and is part of a bigger album project to be released throughout 2022. More is to come.

Hurlants was composed and produced by Jean-Gabriel Becker. 
Mastered by Keith Tenniswood for Curvepusher.
EP artwork by Lux Prima

Hurlants

Lux Prima - Hurlants

Hurlants (Sans Beat)

Lux Prima - Hurlants (Sans Beat)

MAGNIFICENT is about heritage and transcendence, about the contrast between the innocence of childhood and the responsibility of adulthood.
NADEEM says: “The chorus came to me as I was getting the bus on a sunny day in Bedford. It was spring or summer time and I had been thinking about encapsulating the beauty and playfulness of childhood, juxtaposed with the sometimes harsh world of adulthood and responsibility. I realized that the worlds are not separate, they are a part of one another. This is one of my favourite choruses and existed a while before Lux Prima and I began to work on the instrumental he made. What I enjoy and what strikes me about Lux Prima’s production is that it pushes me into different pockets, shift and moving my phrasing and melodic inclinations.”

NADEEM continues: ‘The first verse speak of a world where I’m questioning what I’ll pass on to my children, about the world we have left for them and questioning if in a world so abundant we have squandered an opportunity to share and care for another in a liberatory fashion, instead favouring more supposedly convenient modes of individualism. It also speaks to the frustration of inequality and how maddening it can be to see the greedy prosper in this abundant world.

The second verse is written and performed in Krio, again speaks to my responsibility as a parent and an adult. Lamenting how mankind can be cold and the loneliness that can arise from being hyper aware of the inequalities that exist in the world. In this verse I’m also giving guidance, telling myself and my children or anyone that has been a child and can feel helpless to take time, be careful and considerate with what they do and that if you are able to find material wealth you surely are able to find the good within people and good people!”

As for LUX PRIMA, the melodic and harmonic structure of the instrumental existed before NADEEM laid his lyrics upon it. From there, his aim as a producer was to build an otherworldly synth arpeggio to create the appropriate backdrop for those lyrics.
The catchy chorus is once again backed by the beautiful voice of Dani Croston, creating a haunting atmosphere for such a personal journey.
The track was artfully produced by LUX PRIMA on his machines in his East-London Studio, where he lets his passion for early 80s Italian synths go wild to produce a song on the border between pop music and experimental electronic music.

Magnificent

The EP draws influences from numerous sources: The most direct influences, where it takes its shape and form from, lies somewhere between turn of the millenium electronica on one side, anything from Aphex Twin to Dopplereffekt for the sound, and serial classical music for the layering and repetition, ranging from the works of Ravel to those of Philip Glass. There are plenty other, more subtle, sometimes maybe even subconscious, influences that reach much further afield, from the faraway atmospheres of World music all the way to the distorted sounds of experimental noise and death metal.

Divisional Articulations

Lux Prima - The muse

Since 2016, friends and producers Jean-Gabriel Becker (JeanGa And George, Lux Prima...) and Susumu Mukai (Zongamin, Off-World, Floating Points...) have been meeting for regular collaborative recording sessions at Sounds And Sons studio in Shoreditch.

The sessions for Eyes, their first EP together, unfolded as a musical dialogue between the duo –open-ended, discovering the sounds as they revealed themselves in an organic way. 
Those sessions started as experimental and improvisational and typically evolved as they programmed and performed live on various electronic instruments, as well as guitars and other more unusual acoustic instruments, like trombone or exotic percussions...

Although some influences can be heard, from acid-house to krautrock, to jazz and psychedelia, the otherness of Eyes EP refuses to be categorised easily.
The drawing on the front sleeve was taken from a collection of Susumu’s works called Animas, and depicts a person devolving to an ancestral form.

Eyes

Becker & Mukai - Eyes EP - A1 Night Flyer

Since 2016, friends and producers Jean-Gabriel Becker (JeanGa And George, Lux Prima...) and Susumu Mukai (Zongamin, Off-World, Floating Points...) have been meeting for regular collaborative recording sessions at Sounds And Sons studio in Shoreditch.

The sessions for Eyes, their first EP together, unfolded as a musical dialogue between the duo –open-ended, discovering the sounds as they revealed themselves in an organic way. 
Those sessions started as experimental and improvisational and typically evolved as they programmed and performed live on various electronic instruments, as well as guitars and other more unusual acoustic items, like trombone or exotic percussions...

Although some influences can be heard, from acid-house to krautrock, to jazz and psychedelia, the otherness of Eyes EP refuses to be categorised easily.
The drawing on the front sleeve was taken from a collection of Susumu’s works called Animas, and depicts a person devolving to an ancestral form.

Becker & Mukai - Eyes EP - A2 Eyes

Becker & Mukai - Eyes EP - B1 Elagabalus' Lament

Becker & Mukai - Eyes EP - B2 La Riviere Des Perles

Divisional Articulations if the first extract of a series of EPs by Lux Prima, personal project of composer and producer Jean-Gabriel Becker.
Through these releases, Lux Prima explores his taste for repetition and distortion and lets his creativity run wild through his studio equipment.

Divisional Articulations was mainly created with analogue and early digital equipment, in Lux Prima's basement studio in East London.

The recording process was really pivotal in the shaping of "Divisional Articulations" sound. Using only analogue and midi sequencing, it was created out of several long live jams, enabling Lux Prima to create these slow moving melodic patterns and rhythmic motifs, that were then edited down with great care and re-processed through a wide range of echo and reverb effects, from the otherworldliness of 12-bit digital samplers to the natural presence of plate and spring reverbs.

Artwork created by Marko Righo: http://www.markorigho.com/

Lux Prima - Divisional Articulations

Waiting Room is AMA//MIZU's debut opus, released digitally on the 4th May, first extract of a forthcoming EP on SaS due for release later in the year.
Buy here: https://sasrecordings.lnk.to/WaitingRoom

Seeking inspiration as diverse as Dirty Projectors, I:Cube and Scott Walker, AMA/MIZU is defined by a desire to seek authentic and unusual sounds. Wether it is a circuit bended drum machine or pieces of wood, anything becomes a tool in a South London based bedroom studio.

Inspired by the escapist rhythm of electronic music and the vivid narratives of folk, between the loud flicker of a light and the overarching silence. This dichotomy is where lies AMA/MIZU’s core, reflective and yet hyperactive.

Waiting Room is written and produced by Douglas Pisterman.
Mixed by Ash Workman.
Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe.
Artwork by IIO a.k.a. Yoann Pisterman

Buy here: https://sasrecordings.lnk.to/WaitingRoom

Discordant In Colour

Discordant in Colour

AMA//MIZU - Waiting Room (Face To Face)

Fil De Lune is the second single from of AMA//MIZU's debut EP "Discordant In Colour", released digitally and on 12" vinyl in the summer 2018. 
Download it here: https://sasrecordings.lnk.to/FilDeLune
Fil De Lune, a great collaboration with Long-time collaborator Eera, is released digitally on the 22nd June.
Pre-order here: https://sasrecordings.lnk.to/DiscordantInColour

Seeking inspiration as diverse as Dirty Projectors, I:Cube and Scott Walker, AMA/MIZU is defined by a desire to seek authentic and unusual sounds. Wether it is a circuit bended drum machine or pieces of wood, anything becomes a tool in a South London based bedroom studio.

Inspired by the escapist rhythm of electronic music and the vivid narratives of folk, between the loud flicker of a light and the overarching silence. This dichotomy is where lies AMA/MIZU’s core, reflective and yet hyperactive.

Fil De Lune is written and produced by Douglas Pisterman.
Featuring:
Harvey Grant on Saxophone,
Luke Scott on Flute,
Lloyd Calderon on Additional MPC, 
Anna Lena Bruland on Backing vocals.
Mixed by Ash Workman.
Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe.
Artwork by IIO a.k.a. Yoann Pisterman

Buy here: https://sasrecordings.lnk.to/FilDeLune

AMA//MIZU - Fil De Lune Ft Eera

The Double is the first extract of Becker & Mukai's forthcoming album Time Very Near, out on SaS Recordings on the 03/04/20 on 12" vinyl and digital.

Buy / stream / like here: https://beckermukai.lnk.to/thedouble

Pre-order the album here: https://beckermukai.lnk.to/timeverynear


Parisian cinema composer Jean-Gabriel Becker is best known for idiosyncratic soundscapes, whilst Susumu Mukai is a world-renowned Japanese composer and multi- instrumentalist. Together they’ve created fresh new music that floats effortlessly above traditional genre delineation, with a dubbed-out and experimental melange of modern acid house, post punk, global grooves and clattering beats.

Susumu Mukai, originally from Osaka, Japan, is one of London’s most sought after musicians, whose list of collaborators includes Floating Points, Vanishing Twin, Alexis Taylor and Fimber Bravo. His discography includes releases for XL, Ed Banger, Multi Culti and Kitsune, with remixes for Trevor Jackson, John Cale and Air.
Most renowned for fabulously oddball recordings as his alter ego Zongamin, this new adventure in Becker & Mukai marks the long-awaited next chapter from a singular virtuoso.

Jean-Gabriel Becker, originally from Paris, is a prolific composer for cinema, who has worked alongside Massive Attack on acclaimed film soundtracks and recorded with John Foxx. He produces music under various guises, including Jeanga And George, Economy Wolf and Lux Prima.

Becker & Mukai began when the pair held jams in an underground studio/den in Shoreditch around 2017. Beginning as exploratory and spontaneous, these improv sessions evolved as the duo found their own blend, which came to combine Tunisian saxophones and West- African shakers with FM synthesisers and Eventide harmonizers.

Their first recordings were unveiled in 2018 on the artfully unusual and vivacious ‘Eyes’ EP, which gained support from Love Vinyl, who included it in their best-of-year list, NTS, who played it on repeat, and Andrew Weatherall and JD Twitch (Optimo), who provided further rotation.
Released earlier this year, a collaborative EP of space-disco-meets-experimental-electronics called ‘Auf Togo meets Becker & Mukai’ moved in a dance orientated direction, and was championed by Dublab in California and Sonar Kollektiv in Berlin, amongst others.

Still not complying to genres, ‘Time Very Near’ is their tentacular new album, which gathers sounds and inspiration from an ever-expanding palette of influences, assembled into something amorphously intangible that’s simultaneously refreshing and sharp, meandering and cosmic, futuristic but timelessly vintage.

Featuring drawings by Mukai, the album's cover art is a collaborative collage by the pair, visually echoing the musical process.

Becker & Mukai live and work in London.
The album was recorded in Sounds & Sons studios in Shoreditch, East London (also home to Bicep, Soulwax and Hot Chip) in 2018-2019.

Gear used:

Boss Dr Rhythm DR-110, Roland TR707, Roland TR808, Korg KPR77, Kawai R100,
Roland TR606, Roland Juno 60, Roland Juno 106, ARP Odyssey, Casio CZ3000, Ensoniq ESQ1, Yamaha CS-5, Crumar Bit-One, Eventide Harmonizer, Yamaha DX7, Mutron Biphase,
Yamaha REX50 multi-effects,Fender Stratocaster Japan 1987, Epiphone Newport
Bass 1965, Hofner bass 1961, Fender Telecaster 1975, Fender Jazz Bass 2010 and
More.

Written and produced by Jean-Gabriel Becker and Susumu Mukai.
Jean-Gabriel Becker: synthesisers and machines, guitar, percussion.
Susumu Mukai: synthesisers and machines, bass, percussion, drums.
Kenichi Iwasa: trumpet.
Illustration by Susumu Mukai, sleeve design by Becker & Mukai

Time Very Near

Becker & Mukai - The Double

Since 2016, friends and producers Jean-Gabriel Becker and Susumu Mukai have made an unlikely pairing - the Parisian cinema composer known for his idiosyncratic soundscapes meeting with the world renowned Japanese percussionist and multi-instrumentalist to produce new music that sits somewhere beyond traditional genres and gets the kind of producers who’ve heard it all excited again.

Susumu Mukai, originally from Kanagawa, Japan, is one of London’s most sought after composers and multi-instrumentalists and his current list of collaborators reads like a Best of London’s electronic scene- from Floating Points to Vanishing Twin and Fimber Bravo. As Zongamin, he was a cult figure of the experimental dance movement and his collaboration with Jean Gabriel Becker is the long-awaited next example of his musical virtuosity.

Jean-Gabriel Becker, originally from Paris, is a prolific composer for cinema, collaborating with the likes of Massive Attack to produce acclaimed cinematic soundtracks. He produces music under various guises from Jeanga And George and Economy Wolf to Lux Prima.

As Becker & Mukai, the two held improvisation sessions in a state of the art gear den in Shoreditch around 2017. They often started as experimental and spontaneous and soon evolved as the duo found their own palette, combining (almost certainly for the first time) Tunisian flutes and West-African shekeres with FM synthesisers and Eventide harmonizers.

The recordings were first released in 2018 as EP “Eyes” - shambolic, contemplative and full of energy. Mainly, it was so unusual. It acquired fans in the places hardest to please - Love Vinyl included it in their best of the year. NTS played it on repeat and the record became a cult favourite among leftfield electronic producers including Andrew Weatherall, JD Twitch / Optimo and Pedro Winter.

In 2019, Becker & Mukai collaborated with label mates Auf Togo to deliver a more dance- oriented EP, where space disco met experimental electronics. Again, tastemakers and DJs fell for the in-classifiable quality of the music, championed by the hugely influential Dublab in California and Sonar Kollektiv in Berlin, to name just a few...

Time Very Near, their tentacular new album gathers sounds and inspiration from an ever- expanding palette of influences, still not complying to genres and formats, with inspiration taken from psychedelia, world music, acid house and experimental music. The unexpected meeting of sounds, the unlikely mixing of instruments...

The artwork on the front sleeve is an homage to collage artists of the past and uses various techniques and textures to create a coherent whole, much like the music does.

Becker & Mukai - Spice War Part One

Becker & Mukai - Dark Fields Of The Republic

Becker & Mukai - Tout Azimuth

Becker & Mukai - More Eyes

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In 2019, Parisian cinema composer Jean-Gabriel Becker and Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist Susumu Mukai embarked on the making of an album that was ultimately going to become Time Very Near. 

The album that had been their focus for most of 2019 was finally released with great acclaim in April 2020 through the strangest time in history and echoed with their fellow musicians and producers for its singularity and originality.

Prompted by a few unsolicited offers for remixes, Becker & Mukai saw an occasion to invite their community of musician and producer friends to re-invent, deconstruct and rebuild the songs on “Time Very Near”.

Studio mates, friends and colleagues accepted to play the game and re-arranged the pair's global grooves and clattering beats into brand new original tracks. They all contributed to make the line-up for this project read like a who's who of London's electronic music scene:

Joe Goddard from Hot Chip, who, from his studio next door, had been a witness of the birth of the project, was kind enough to unleash his killer beats on Spice War, which is the first track to be shared with y'all.

In the next few weeks, more remixes will come:
Old friend Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco fame transformed the tropical sounds of Dark Fields Of The Republic into a dance-floor ready techno workout..
Long-time collaborator and friend Sasa Crnobrnja (In Flagranti, Mytron & Ofofo, Auf Togo) took Time Very Near on a trip to Jamaica.
Label mate AMA//MIZU stripped Tout Azimuth down to its core to rebuild it with his unique production skills.
Dreems delivered a sweltering 19 minute version of Dark Fields Of The Republic and a shorter version more suited for a vinyl listen...
And finally Becker and Mukai chose to don alternative monikers (Zongamin for Mukai and Lux Prima for Becker) to re-interpret their own compositions...

Like the original album, this remix project gathers sounds and inspiration from an ever-expanding palette of influences, assembled into something amorphously intangible that’s simultaneously refreshing and sharp, meandering and cosmic, futuristic but timelessly vintage and manages to expand where the original album left off.

In a similar process, the remix album's cover is a re-invention of the original album art and  will echo the collaborative collage that was created by the pair for “Time Very Near”.

Pre-save the track and pre-order vinyl here:
https://beckermukai.bandcamp.com/

Time Very Near Remixes

Becker & Mukai - Spice War (Joe Goddard Remix)

The first single out of Auf Togo Meets Becker & Mukai Again is released digitally on SaS on the 05/03/2021.

save/listen/buy the track here: 
https://atmeetsbm.lnk.to/again

Some time in 2018, the mighty AUF TOGO met with the fierce BECKER & MUKAI in the Sounds And Sons Studios in Shoreditch for a couple of long recording sessions, where they brought together drum machines and guitars, percussions and synthesisers and their combined influences and creativity.

A first EP aptly named AUF TOGO MEETS BECKER & MUKAI was released on SaS Recordings in 2019 with great success in the media and in the shops.
Following the success of their first meetings, they decided to meet up again in 2019 for further sonic adventures.
This time, they invited Anita Cualega to place her lovely voice on Aéroplane, a balearic ode to travel and the quartet's first foray into song.

The result is another startling release of psychedelic electronic music, that draws influences from balearic beat to the late 80’s Manchester sound, from psychedelic rock, Jamaican dub and space disco and take the listener on a metaphorical journey through space and time.
This record is singular piece of rugged mid tempo electronic music that works both on a dance floor in Berlin, at sunset in Ibiza or in a living room in London.

AUF TOGO is the combination of Sasa Crnobrnja from In Flagranti (Kitsune, Phantasy, Gomma and many more...) and Mytron & Ofofo (Multi-Culti, les Yeux Oranges...) and Clement Cachot-Coulom from The Fabulous Penetrators and Big Girls). Their combined sound is one of vintage recording equipment and instruments, coupled with the tweaks and blends from the modern studio.

BECKER & MUKAI are Jean-Gabriel Becker (Jeanga And George, Lux Prima...) and Susumu Mukai (Zongamin, Floating Points and many more...) and together present a loose, almost improvised sound that works very well within the rigid confines of house music.

These two outfits getting together in the studio was a match made in heaven, so one long improvised take gave way to another, each protagonist picking up a different instrument each time, recording hooks and beats and dub effects, and ultimately they joined their production skills to create these four gems.

The artwork was artfully hand-drawn by Susumu Mukai and is inspired by the look of 90s reggae dub clashes.

“Aéroplane” was composed by Sasa Crnobrnja, Clement Cachot-Coulom, Jean-Gabriel Becker, Susumu Mukai and Anna Reinhardt and produced by Sasa Crnobrnja, Clement Cachot-Coulom, Jean-Gabriel Becker and Susumu Mukai.
Mastered by Frederic Stader at Music Matters Berlin.
EP artwork by Susumu Mukai
Contact: info@sasrecordings.com

Auf Togo Meets Becker & Mukai Again

Auf Togo Meets Becker & Mukai - Aéroplane (featuring Anita Cualega)

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