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System Olympia - Night Tales 130125

Legendary dub techno artist Paul St. Hilaire (AKA Tikiman) announces new collaborative album, marking 10 years of Kynant Records. 

Building on the success of Paul St. Hilaire’s landmark solo album for Kynant in 2023, w/ The Producers switches up the formula to pair St. Hilaire with a different producer on each track. Referencing fellow dub techno pioneers Mark Ernestus & Moritz von Oswald’s acclaimed album w/ The Artists as Rhythm & Sound, St. Hilaire flips the concept to feature as the lone vocalist.

Over the album’s nine tracks, St. Hilaire offers a range of conscious song-writing and headtop musings, such as the spoken-word dread of “What’s This” or the sparse call-to-action of “Send Them On”. w/ The Producers is yet another essential record in St. Hilaire’s unmatched discography.

The album marks 10 years of Kynant Records, with label owner Richard Akingbehin curating an eclectic but sonically connected group of producers. These include luminaries such as Digital Mystikz boss and dubstep trailblazer Mala, or the elusive Chain Reaction artist Shinichi Atobe. They sit alongside some of the most exciting names in recent electronic music - Batu, Gavsborg, Azu Tiwaline, Priori, Cousin, Russell E.L. Butler, Aurora Halal and DJ G - all of whom bring different elements of dub techno into their productions.

w/ The Producers finds Kynant Records bridging the original voice of dub techno with the genre’s new wave. It’s a statement of intent from the label, which began 10 years ago with deep, hypnotic techno and has veered gradually towards more dubwise sounds.

Mastered by Stefan Betke
Artwork by Grant Gibson
Distributed by N.E.W.S 

C1 Paul St. Hilaire & Batu - Free Your Mind

Ata Kak's first new song in over 30 years!

Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”. While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release in 1994, the cassette found a new life online in 2006. A not-so-underground cult obsession grew after it appeared on  the blog Awesome Tapes From Africa as its very first post, a sort of manifesto for the project. His addictive amalgam of left-field electronic music and Twi-language hiplife reached surprising levels of awareness among music fans of many stripes. The mystery behind the musician’s identity grew. Eventually Yaw Atta-Owusu came out of the shadows, from his quiet home in Kumasi, to tour the world playing high-energy, sweat-soaked performances at major festivals like Glastonbury, Sónar and Pop Montreal. 

Now, for the first time since 1994, Ata Kak releases new music. Honed in studios around Kumasi over the last several years, the songs feature the rapper-singer’s acrobatic rap, signature scatting, dramatic drums and even traditional Akan harp. The compositions are more ambitious than his earlier work, with more complex arrangements and layered harmonies. Ata Kak’s new songs are also the natural expression of a restless artist—he is a prolific poet and author of a half-dozen books, as well as an active gardener and busy painter. 

Born in Ghana in 1960, Ata Kak wasn’t always involved in music. But his travels and openness to the world lead him into the music industry. While living in Germany, he was invited to play drums in a reggae band and subsequently played in highlife bands in Ontario after moving to the Toronto area. He recorded “Obaa Sima” there at his home studio and released it in Ghana in 1994. He didn’t participate in music much in the intervening years until “Obaa Sima” was reissued in 2015. He started performing his song live with the help of a brilliant cast of London-based musicians and has toured three continents and played to thousands of fans in venues of all kinds.

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Yasi Town

Imperfection

PATRULHA 47

atypical desire

taken from Supreme Rallentato Vol 1 https://frontdecadeaux.bandcamp.com/album/supreme-rallentato-volume-1

Front de Cadeaux -  Dolcemente (87 BPM)

Official reissue including unreleased bonus track out now!

https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/upcoming/al-onzo-tango-japan-12/

Al Onzo ‎– "Tango Japan" (Mothball Record ALONZ01)

Cosmic machine funk with shuffling broken beats from The Colours That Rise on Rhythm Section International.

Read more & Buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2020/03/10/premiere-the-colours-that-rise-deep-space/
Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/TCRT_DeepSpace

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The Colours That Rise - Deep Space (STW Premiere)

Movements and Tracklist

1. Invincibly Numb
Shadows In Blue - Hodge	
Feelin' Good (Radio Slave Remix) - Laurent Garnier, Chambray	
Turiya (Tessela Remix) - Djrum	
Let The Church - Floorplan	
Kalif Storch - Modeselektor	
EXILE 011 A1 - Johannes Heil	
Life Cycle - Fadi Mohem	
Hit This Ground - Conrad Van Orton	

2.Awareness
Valentin's Blood Flows - Grandbrothers	
Anton I - Robag Wruhme
Nightbus - Burial

3. Reflection & Connection
Louna - Sam Shure	
El Teatro De Los SueÃ±os - PAAX (Tulum)	
When The Past Was Present (Pachanga Boys Purple Mix) - John Talabot	
Yira Yirar - Marco Tegui	
Stone Flower - Namito	
Feather feat. Pippermint (Iorie & Madmotormiquel Remix) - Nhii	
Acoran - Marcelo Cura, Dubelu	
Clouds (Alvaro Suarez feat. Lauge Remix) - Nomads	
Elephante - Sarkis Mikael, Epstein (LA)	
Nata Alma (Club Smash Hit Version) - Robag Wruhme	
Lock 33 - 1979	
Acumulee - Super Flu	
MalecÃ³n Azul - Rodriguez Jr.	

4. Locked In
Terrace - Rampa	
Tales of Roots - Ezikiel	
Idiophono - Fausto Messina		
Sam Stone (Eric Kupper Mix) - Swamp Dogg, Jerry Williams Jr.	

5. Understanding & Acceptance
The Great Escape - Volen Sentir	
We Are All Lost (Nico Stojan Remix) - Oliver Koletzki, Monolink	
The Power of Suggestion - Lance DeSardi	

6. I think I’m Alright
Sunriser - Double Touch	
Arrival - Volen Sentir	
Eyes Of My Mind - Axel Boman

I have spent the three months selecting tracks for a new mix. Over the last month, like many others, I have used music and creativity to reflect how I'm feeling and thinking and the music I've been listening to has varied dramatically. This is the culmination of that. Bear with me. This is my story in music. It is split into movements that express different moments over the last months and emotions. At times, it is a challenging listen. It is intended to be listened to in one sitting, taking the journey from beginning to end and experiencing the Movements together as a whole. I take a huge amount of joy from building a mix like this, stretching myself to build something that means something to me and the people that listen. Keep with it and enjoy x

The Story of my Mind

The In Sound From Way Out 

Residents: @aaronl_dj ≈ @original-hp ≈ @miazs-1 ≈ @peachystw ≈ @rosie-ama-cain ≈

The Colours That Rise - Deep Space (STW Premiere)

Stamp The Wax