Born in Sheffield UK, Stephen Mallinder is a founder-member of pioneering electronic act Cabaret Voltaire; regarded as one of the key influences on contemporary electronic and popular music culture.

▲ Stephen Mallinder

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After shining a light on the Garage’n’Breaks of Persian and the Bump’n’House of Brian Bristol, the Mysticisms’ crew return with another reissue, to a source of love and inspiration, the epicenter of the 90s NYC club music’s explosion and development, with an EP from the music production partnership of Lee Rodriguez and Steven John Craden.

Better known as the team behind must-have The African Dream double-header on Eightball Records, they were a feature, under numerous pseudonyms, on the early 90s NYC scene with appearances on a who’s who of labels including Movin’, Strictly Rhythm, Tribal and with Elements of Life, on Oxygen Music Works.

Released as a 12”, a 2 x 12” and a CD album, the want of a lot of US labels at the time to mirror the success of Hip Hop saw an attempt to grow House ‘projects’ from club EPs to being seen as artists via albums and onwards.

The limited success of that tactic wasn’t to the detriment of solid music and what the four tracks included here show is at their heart are talented producers who can encompass ambient, jazz and deep / spiritual House music with aplomb.

The EP starts with Opening, a short introductory piece with mellow hats and warm keys that serve to show this is not your average 4 tracker, before soon giving way to the deep intensity of Dark Intervals. Tight drums, hats high and keys pushing, the vocal samples and swirling atmospherics all yield to a bass calling for loud sound systems.

On the reverse is an immense example of spiritual NYC house music for the ages in Innocence And Inspiration. The up, up, up hats, double bass, swirling arpeggio, tight claps, whistle strings, ridin’ jazz fused break-beats and then that purity of the piano cuts through everything like that shit is real. A break and solo for talc, drop and spins on Vinyl Sundays, those Latinos stage left, just watch and learn.

To close, the other side of Rodriquez and Craden is apparent in Are You With Me My Love? Taken from the album, here included to provide a repost to the grooves that have gone before. A song for sunset and sunrise – Ibizan ambience, with lilting keys, shanty samples, vocal questions and a melancholic horn refrain till end.

Uncover the Mystery.

B2. Are You With Me Love?

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A1. Omni Corp (403 Forbidden)
A2. Intuitive Linear View
B1. Are The Bot Talking To Each Other? 200 Ok
B2. Too Many Request (508 Loop Detected)

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Artist: Various
Title: Outer Solar System
Label: Distorted Sensory Perception
Cat No: DSP002
Format: 12’’ Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1.  Moodex - Persistence 
A2.  Sound Synthesis – Early Morning Hours
B1.  Oshkossh - Impulse Control
B2.  Caramel Chameleon – Brainacid v2
B3.  Foreign Sequence – Grny89

Distorted Sensory Perception is back with a journey of deep space exploration in the form of their 2nd Various Artists release ‘Outer Solar System’. Featuring a diverse selection of deeper Electro and Techno of the broken beat variety. 

The A-side boasts a nostalgic stripped back yet progressive cut ‘Persistence’ from Maltese duo Moodex. Next up, a deep ethereal musical statement ‘Early Morning Hours’ from fellow Maltese producer Sound Synthesis in his unique style. 

The B-side opens with the moody, new school heavy hitter ‘Impulse Control’ from French producer and label co-founder Oshkossh. The penultimate track ‘Brainacid v2’ comes in the form of dusty machine music from Italian newcomer Caramel Chameleon that is reminiscent of AFX ambient works. Last but by no means least the record is brought to an epic conclusion with the frantically emotive and intricate ‘Grny89’ from France's Foreign Sequence.

Various - Outer Solar System (DSP002)

Hello Everyone : )

We are very happy to bring you the first Ep on our new Vinyl Label Space Shepherd from Dublin city. Kicking things off on lovely deep Electro Tip by Sound Synthesis. Hailing from Malta he has created a beautiful timeless Ep full of cosmic warmth.

Distro by OTG Berlin

Much Love

Al

B2 Sound Synthesis - Love Drones

B1 Sound Synthesis - Arp Reaktor

A2 Sound Synthesis - Diving In

Another mini mega pack loaded with two quality tunes by friends of the project is on its way. Reptant and Sansibar, two young producers on the top of their game provide state of the art electro with a laid back attitude. 

Mastering by Carsten Dämbkes
Artwork by Atelier Superplus

Preorder now at

https://warningberlin.bandcamp.com/album/war2001
https://www.hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/v-a-war2001-726171

Reptant - Lizard Of Oz (Preview)

Thrived (Tymotica & DJ Ion)/ Heavy Duty Takeover Radio80k.de / 19.04.20 /

Originally recorded to cassette, these five acidic tracks from Spanish-born producer and record store owner Dip Shim are a paean to his neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden.

The breadth of styles across the EP is impressive, taking in uplifting techno, mid-tempo electro, banging acid, and ambient, all created with classic analogue machines, suffused throughout with that warm tape sound and sweet sweet 303.

A2 Dip Shim - Acid Saturday Confusion (Clip)

What is real in this mad World? Check me out future answers. Follow the artist and support the scene @stevemarie

Rave culture will never die.

B1 - Romanée Conti

Vinyl Label.

Mastering By Curve Pusher, Hastings, UK.

Contact: Spaceshepherdmusic[at]gmail.com

Distro - OTG Berlin / fedeoffthegrid[at]gmail.com