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Order: 
digital https://radiantlove.bandcamp.com/album/maara-goddess-within
physical https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1645096604/Maara-Goddess-Within

@maara

There is a culturally and perhaps spiritually bonded link between electronic dance music and what could be called most generally ‘the feminine divine’. In subgenres more oriented to trance and EDM, the vocal sample or progression is almost always uttered by a woman, unlike the variously-sexed divas of house; if divinity is invoked, it is less often a biblical God than some Gaia-derivative. Radiant Love’s fifth release, Goddess Within by the Montreal-based producer Maara, steps into this lineage stretching from Magna Mater to disco queen – Maara’s articulation of the feminine divine, however, is often off-hand, ringing at once sincere and deeply cheeky.
 
The double-side is summed up by the first track’s title, 'Goddess Within (Give It To Me Daddy)', which starts right off with a pumping bassline, carbonated synths, and a repeating sample speaking ‘goddess’ – what trance dreams are made of. What places these tracks especially in the realm of dream are Maara’s washes of delay, reverb and pan, drawing out melodies and textures into trails, clouds, blurs. The sonic fields are decentered, but driving and floor-ready regardless. 'Mommy’s In Trouble' follows up with a set of cleverly phased hi-hats and a swung kick drum. It’s a buildup we’re hearing, although one wouldn’t know until a sample asks us matter of factly, ‘Notice what you’re feeling. Are you calm?’ and the bass swings back in.
 
The B-side begins softer, with the wide pads of 'Plum Plum Paradise' eventually dropping into a downtempo break. The percussion is muted, and what gives the track its body is a shifting terrain of sample (‘Allow yourself inside, the time and space right now’), gurgling synth note, windchime and whisper. Goddess Within’s final track, 'Lezzies In A Jacuzzi' picks up the pace again, with a porny bass-throb, insistent hi-hats and a vocal fragment looping the word ‘amor’. This is exactly the kind of sound that would have me thinking on the dancefloor, Is she actually saying ‘amor’? Quickly I would reach the decision that it didn’t matter – the whole terrain of the actual, the explicit and undreamed is best left to masculinity anyways.

MAARA
Title: GODDESS WITHIN
Cat: RADIANTLOVE004
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mixed by: Priori
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: NAT MARCUS

MAARA - GODDESS WITHIN

OTH MIXES 02 - Nico Etorena

Griffé launches another starship into the endless expanses of music space — EP of young Lviv producer https://soundcloud.com/a_c130, who has already confidently declared himself on the international scene with a successful release on EYA Records’ sister label — Lonewolf. The start of the new research expedition is planned on January 21st, but the destination is unknown, as clearly stated in the title.

But we can be sure, all four tracks fulfill the mission entrusted to them with dignity. Purring acids, spacey synths in tandem with rhythmic breakbeats and electro patterns followed by convincing tech-house arrays — the musical palette of the record is varied, captivating, and is guaranteed to pique the interest of the audience and positively drive the dancefloors crazy. Ready to launch!

Pre-order: 
https://chatnoir-store.com/release/1637582288/AC130-Destination-Unknown
https://grifferec.bandcamp.com/album/destination-unknown

Release Date: 21/01/2022

All tracks written and produced by AC130
Mastered by Sodasound Studio
Manufactured by Kuroneko Phonogram Manufacture
Distributed by yours truly

Discogs : https://www.discogs.com/release/21079789-AC130-Destination-Unknown

AC130 - Destination Unknown (GRFF007)

STEP06 - Byron Yeates, Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - splitstep
@byronyeates + @roza-terenzi + @d-tiffany

Vinyl order: tinyurl.com/4r4jmd8y
Digi: tinyurl.com/5x5cs7j4

A1 Roza Terenzi - Gush 5:50
A2 Roza Terenzi - Gush (Byron Yeates Remix) 5:58
B1 Byron Yeates - Cauldron Of Chaos 6:05
B2 Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - Prude Pride 5:55

Mastering by Marco Pellegrino 
Cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia & Daisy

The bermuda triangle of Berlin; a meeting of medicinal minds for the inaugural splitstep. Byron Yeates, Roza Terenzi & D, Tiffany come Tag-teaming and steaming with licks of flirty tech, hard house, pumping prog and sleek, freaky techno bouncing off the walls. A true melting pot of deeply burrowed memories of dance, the trio collaborate in various ways to propel a new age wave of dance music; a delicious mix of rough, tough and playfully feminine which embodies Step Ball Chain. 
Cheers queers!

Gushing all over the A Side with a funk force of tech house, Roza Terenzi sticks her heels in and locks down The Groove™ like no other, reduced tempo for the calm before the storm. Warming up the original just in time for the Byron Yeates remix; providing a stripped back, sped up, jacking rendition of Gush served hot and heavy. Bouncing into the B side, Byron causes the heat to rise to the top, Cauldron of Chaos simmering and ready to blow, use with caution. Rounding out this seriously hot record is Roza & D. Tiff with a tech leaning team up, Prude Pride hitting all the right spots for a manifested meltdown. 

4 Club certified hitz, guaranteed to make you sweat. Don’t you dare sleep!

Byron Yeates, Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - splitstep (STEP06)

Disc1

A1. Aki Himanen and Aleksi Kinnunen - Valediction
A2. Morgen Wurde, Tis and Tetsuroh Konishi - Deutet 
A3. Flat Maze - Golden Cat
A4. Key Clef and Luigi Ranghino - Piano Movimento 2
B1. Mattia Prete, Daniel Calvi and Leonie - Palettes
B2. Reeko, Katharina Ernst, Leonie - Snake Spirit
B3. Soundscape Orchestra and Silver Galaxy - Unknown Species (SG Vision) 
B4. Bada-Bada - Venus

Disc 2

C1. Fabrizio Rat and Bada-Bada - R4G3 (Fabrizio’s Vision)
C2. Lyder - Sea of Thought 
C3. Stanislav Tolkachev, Aki Himanen and Aleksi Kinnunen - Breakers Ahead
D1. Sunil Sharpe and TUN - New Door (Sharpe’s Vision)
D2. Dinamite and Flat Maze - Petardo Boy (Dinamite’s Vision)
D3. Studnitzky and Bodek Janke - Rebirth

This double album is a deep dive into Jazz-o-Tech carefully nurtured sound. What unites the label and its broad array of artists is a desire to fuse the traditional improvisation of jazz with the avant-garde experimentalism of techno. Over the last couple of years, it has done that to critical acclaim with a series of innovative EPs and LPs from artists all over Europe that cooked up fresh new sounds that push the boundaries of electronic and acoustic music further than ever.

For each track, we put together jazz musicians and techno producers and asked them to freely express their vision of what techno-jazz should be. Our poly-centric musical identity speaks of many possible futures in a multitude of individual dimensions, unified by an ambitious artistic effort to write a new chapter in music. The result is an innovative musical language that aims to provide a new sonic vocabulary for jazz and avant-garde electronic. We really hope you like it as much as we do!"

Finnish duo Aki Himanen and Aleksi Kinnunen kick things off just as their new album A Thing with Feathers is about to drop. Their 'Valediction' is led by melancholic trumpets and hypnotic drums, while Reeko, Katharina Ernst and Leonie Freudenberger combine to create dark, heavily percussive rhythms and eerie synths on 'Snake Spirit.' Flat Maze pairs glitchy techno with edgy piano chords and Supercore keeps up the pressure with clattering drums overlaid with a snake charmer-like sax line. After Lyder's soothing and suspensory 'Sea of Thought' with its gorgeous wind sounds and soulful vocals, techno legend Sunil Sharp remixes his collaboration with experimental label regulars TUN into a frenzied mix of free-jazz motifs and industrial rhythms.

Stanislav Tolkachev comes together with Aki Himanen & Aleksi Kinnunen for more detuned, unhinged synth madness, Bodek Janke & Studnitzky reset the mood with a calm yet menacing fusion of ambient synths, prickly rhythms and fluttering wind sounds, then Fabrizio Rat remixes his work with Bada-Bada into a pounding techno groove with mysterious jazz melodies. A Dinamite remix brings textured broken beat techno to the fore, Morgen Wurde & Tis keep it deeply dark and atmospheric on their cut with Tetsuroh Konishi and Sliver Galaxy then races off into the cosmos on high energy and uplifting jazz-techno rhythm. Finally, Bada-Bada releases the tension with a celebratory sound before Key Clef and Luigi Ranghino's 'Piano Movimento 2' closes down in gorgeous neo-classical fashion.

This collection once again proves that jazz and techno belong together as it takes you on a rollercoaster ride through many fascinating fusions.

This is Techno Jazz Vol.2

Xavier - Closing set at UNFOLD XLIV [27/11/22]

At Griffé we've been fan of https://soundcloud.com/toke3's music for a while, closely following his path release after release. We're now delighted to welcome him on the label with his stunning "Avalon" EP, 2 four-to-the-floor tracks on the A side, 2 breaks tracks on B side, gems only.

Release date: February 3rd 2023 

Pre-order: https://www.kma60.com/release/1670428552/Toke-Avalon-EP

Mastered by Justin Drake
Manufactured by Kuroneko Phonogram Manufacture
Distributed by KMA60

Toke - Avalon EP (GRFF010)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3Xlwrdh

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3W1MrzY

From its beginnings as a reissue label, @sprayforever has always been guided by an insatiable appetite for proggy dance music. If excavating long-forgotten gems weren’t enough though, the Irishman behind it all emerged from the fever dream that was lockdown a fully-realised producer/DJ entity. Also taking the name for his alias, Spray comes forth with a typically fractal offering. 

Insistent throb and propulsive, direct drive underpin the A-side. Where ’VT Trad’ opts for nebulous, cosmic detail and shadowy flex, ‘Q3projz’ surfaces a more utopian take on the blueprint. 

‘Zippycher’ then comes flush with wide-eyed radiance; a buoyant, lysergic rite primed for collective physical experience. ‘Slipped’, on the other hand, recalls early ‘90s Art Of Trance while sidestepping revivalist tags. Proper third portal business.

Spray - VT Trad | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER46)

Label: Voodoos and Taboos Records
Cat.No.: V&T004
Artist: Voodoos and Taboos
Title: All Your Wishes Were Wrong
Format: 12"
Release: March 2023
Distribution: @BordelloaParigi
Shop : https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/voodoos-and-taboos-all-your-wishes-were-wrong-ep/
Artwork: Nico Myakawa

Tracklist:
A1 - The Sun Also Rises
A2 - Tokyo Synthetica
B1 - Consequential
B2 - Electronique

All Your Wihes Were Wrong

V&T004 - Voodoos and Taboos - All Your Wishes Were Wrong Ep

BufoBufo Cabaret033 A2 Cantrip

Preorder
https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1675775011/Kasra-V-Hyperdelic-EP 
https://radiant-records.bandcamp.com/album/kasra-v-hyperdelic-ep

A1. Voice Note To Self
A2. Voice Note To Self (Byron Yeates & Roza Terenzi Remix)
B1. Vesper
B2. Night Prime
B3. Warm Up Great

@kasra-v @byronyeates @roza-terenzi

Kasra V’s Hyperdelic EP, his first release on Radiant Records, showcases the producer’s attentive ear for textural and rhythmic play. His last EP from 2018, Akasa, was a collection of dreamy, break-driven pieces, and a more ambient collaboration with Dopplereffekt; timbre and meticulously tuned sonics were also in focus then, but we now hear a reduction of form, and with it, a saturation of style.

“Voice note to self” kicks off the EP with a boom-bap drum loop. The rhythm continues as percussive elements are added and removed, adhering to the groove and its growing complexity. A warm bassline chugs along, pitched vocals mumble into the static, and an ascendant pad begins to give the track a gorgeous depth: a horizon. Following is a remix of the same track by Byron B. Yeates and Roza Terenzi, adapting certain samples from Kasra V’s production and looping them up to a brisk 142 BPM. As can be expected from these two, the kick’s punchy 4/4 structure is buttressed by crisp percussion and clever, unexpected rhythms.

On the B-side, “Vesper” takes us back to downtempo. Bumping on at around 80 BPM, Kasra V builds upon a drum-machine loop with processed percussion samples: a snare-roll one could hear in a jungle track, chopped claps panning across the break, and so on. And the slow, warm gurgle of an 808 comes in just at the point of fracture, holding it all together. “Night Prime” extends the EP’s principle of a drum loop serving as the skeleton – with greater drama, somehow. Like in “Voice note to self”, we hear vocal samples, but here  they swerve in and out of clarity; we break into unexpected moments of silence, and the loop restarts; 3 minutes in, a huge, minor piano chord breaks upon the track like dusk. “Warm up great” closes the EP with the blend of left-field groove and dissonance one might associate with Future Sound of London or early work of The Chemical Brothers. The textures and tunings of each sample are so dense, so delicious, Kasra V lets us savour them for the last 20 seconds of the EP, lost in the reverb of a singly struck piano key.

KASRA V
Title: HYPERDELIC EP
Cat: RADIANTLOVE006
Format: 12”
Distributed: ONE EYE WITNESS
Mastered: MARCO PELLEGRINO
Artwork: YENNY JRANT
Text: NAT MARCUS

KASRA V - HYPERDELIC EP

Alarico is the 323rd guest of our original Hate Podcast series.

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Shin Records is thrilled to present their latest release, Shin002, featuring the incredible talent of Georgian artist Beka Wu. This impressive release includes five tracks that showcase Beka Wu's exceptional skills in classic funky techno and drum n' bass. With each track, Beka Wu offers a unique and creative vision that will captivate your senses. Additionally, the release features a remix by the exceptionally talented and already well-known Argentinian artist, Volpe. Get ready to be transported on a journey of sound and rhythm that will leave you wanting more.

All tracks writen, produced & mixed by BEKA WU
Includes Remix by VOLPE
℗ & © 2021 Shin Records
Release date: 28.03.2023
Mastered by: DIETRICH SCHOENEMANN
Artwork by: ALEXANDRE VARTAPETOVI
all rights reserved.

SHIN002 - BEKA WU

Improvised live from SP23 gig in Bordeaux

69db Bordeaux  18.01.15

LMML Welcomes one of Phonotheques finest aka. Uruguays talents to the Family. A mix made with passion & dedication, Nico Etorena for Lowmoneymusicmix 11.

LOWMONEYMUSICMIX 11 - Nico Etorena

Lurking in the shadows, we have some real picante dinosauce, fresh from the depths of Barcelona and beyond. 

>Spaced<

@nico-etorena

Spaced 12 | Nico Etorena

As promised, here is the b2b recording at INSoMNia (Cafe Barge) last February alongside my dear @vitess1 ... enjoy !

https://www.facebook.com/chevryagency/
@chevryagency

Marwan Sabb b2b Vitess at INSoMNia [CAFE BARGO]  - FEB 2020

A collection of downtempo style productions of mine from 2003-2006 for your self-quarantined listening pleasure.  The cover is from when I dj'ed a halloween party as a gynecologist, but I thought the look is quite appropriate for our modern times.  Feel free to comment and send around.

Tim O'Keefe - DownTempo 2003 - 2006 Mixtape

DJ Swagger and LUZ1E team up to present you DJ DOOM, a collaboration project set in (post-)apocalyptic sceneries and theme-based productions. DJ DOOM will appear in all sorts of horrific predicaments to fight his way out. This time he got abducted by evil extra-terrestrials which were attracted by his spaced out beats. Will he ever come back home? What will he do to fight back those aliens?? 

Buy:
https://goddessmusicshop.bandcamp.com/album/dj-swagger-luz1e-pres-dj-doom-vol-1

(GOD002) DJ Swagger & LUZ1E pres. DJ DOOM, VOL. 1

Release date: 5.1.2021

All tracks written & produced by Molen
Mixed by Molen
Artwork by Jus Pustoslemsek
Made in Slovenia
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