Standards & Practices is proud to present 'Imitable Behaviors', the debut EP from label cofounder and frequent collaborator Ken Meier. All four tracks here have been kicking around in various iterations but were finally completed earlier this year. Refining and developing the sound he's cultivated on remixes for Israel Vines and Jake Reif, as well as material under the name Obelus for Karl O’Connor’s Downwards imprint as well as Mysteries of the Deep, this is the first material released on our Double Standards sub-label since 2018's acclaimed 12” from Device Control, 'The Spirit Module'.

'No Confidence' kicks off the proceedings in fine style—it’s a sleek, aerodynamic modern electro cut with plenty of tension and rhythmic drive. 'Fact Pattern' follows, a favorite of ours—sparse and jittery, all nervous energy with razor-sharp drum programming and jagged, mottled sonic textures. The spacious, dubby 'Omnipresence' utilizes a half-time melodic feel to great effect, and the crunchy 'End Matter' closes the EP on a memorably quirky and idiosyncratic note, a stripped-down DJ tool that, like the other tracks here, manages to be both functional and substantial at the same time.

Friend of the label Karl O’Connor aka Regis had this to say about the new release: “This is everything I love about music, but unfortunately it’s all in the wrong order.” We couldn’t agree more, Karl.

Written and produced by Ken Meier
Mastered by Steve Bailey at rrreplica
Design by Common Name, New York
Special thanks to the FOM massive

Imitable Behaviors

Imitable Behaviors EP

Ken Meier — End Matter — Imitable Behaviors EP

Standards & Practices is thrilled to announce an exciting new release from veteran producer and label owner Jonathan Krohn, otherwise known as Stave, and Bristol-based producer Tavis Hitchcock, who writes and releases music under the name Karkossyn. Karkossyn's superb debut EP ("Troubled Youth") for the like-minded and consistently excellent UVB-76 imprint led to a conversation about a possible collaboration, which has resulted in "New Values" - a 12-track split cassette which highlights and showcases both artists approaches to blackened, scorched-earth electronics.

Stave's contribution is a solid summation of his craft and acts as a potent reminder of his range and abilities as a producer: from the cacophonous, arrhythmic "62523" to the simmering, coiled tension of "Relearn / Forget", there's ample evidence here of an artist operating at the height of his powers; the expansive, surprisingly moving "Rolyy" ends the first half on a powerfully lyrical note.

On the flip side, Karkossyn begins with the bleak atmospherics of "Hidden Heart", which soon gives way to "Break The Fall", a heavy dose of Scorn-esque breakbeat-driven bass weight. "For The Floor" ratchets up the tension to an almost unbearable degree, and the droning, cinematic ambience of "Memento" and the dense, pulverizing "Ruins" finishes the split EP in an elegantly brutal fashion.

Digital and Cassette Tape
Stave: Tracks 1–7
Recorded and Mixed Chicago, USA

Karkossyn: Tracks 8–12
Recorded and Mixed Bristol, UK

Design by Common Name, NYC
Mastering by Steve Bailey at rrreplica 
c+p Standards & Practices Records, 2023
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New Values

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005

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Scorpion's Lair 005 | Set & Settings w/ ANFS (26.01.24)

atrapado en un sueño meaning trapped in a dream
a concept EP that deals with lucid dreams, false awakenings, reveries and sleep paralysis.

Atrapado en un sueño

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Succeeding the ‘Forgiveness Of Blood Remixes’ release from Tensal in July 2023, Italian imprint @KR3_records returns with a 9-track remix compilation – courtesy of British techno mutant Justin K Broadrick, better known as @JK-Flesh @samuelkerridge

JK Flesh Remixes

Veneer Of Tolerance

JK Flesh - Veneer Of Tolerance (Samuel Kerridge Remix) [KR3]

Up next - we are very pleased to welcome Dasha Mazur!!  We were lucky enough to come across her mixes a few years ago.  Seriously great selections  - perfect for late night dark underground club.  Enjoy!

Dasha Mazur is a DJ, sound designer and digital nomad, currently based in Armenia. Hailing from Ukraine, Dasha grew up in the northwestern part of Russia, in the port city of St. Petersburg, which is also a hub for the country's electronic music scene.

Influenced by the development of the underground culture in her city from an early age, she began her journey as an artist in 2012. Raised on a steady diet of drum & bass, breakbeat, and the burgeoning techno scene, she managed to incorporate a wide range of these influences into her recent works. Her sets are characterized by a combination of atmospheric soundscapes and immersive textures, infused with the intense energy of broken industrial beats."

Instagram: @dashamazur
Soundcloud: dashamazur
Resident Advisor: dj/dashamazur

Tracklist:
1. Simo Cell - The Terrible Effect of Purple Drank
2. Camboja - Safe Word
3. Planète - Eternal Now
4. Lithe - Second Pavilion
5. Maara - DM 002 (Sister Zo remix)
6. Nothus & Big Hands - Splugen Bass
7. Tammo Hesselink - Now Attempt
8. The Untouchables - None Human
9. Last Life - C20
10. Atis - The Clocktower
11. Jan Loup - Admit Defeat
12. Lia Catreux - United Taste
13. Skee Mask - Lil Db Tool
14. Crouds - You Talk The Talk (JakoJako Remix)
15. Overthinker Mob - Escape
16. Slow83 - Subterranean
17. Sub Basics - T441
18. Forest On Stasys - Tribal Gathering (Josef Gaard's Borealis Dub Remix)
19. Design Default - Eta Aquariids (Sputnik One Remix)
20. Quelza - A Lonely Moment
21. Kellen303 - Pinehearse
22. Planète - Meteor
23. Ike Release - U8
24. Weith - Cognitive Dissonance

Symposium Records with Dasha Mazur - 28 February 2024

Available digitally on Bandcamp at:
https://www.stanprac.com

About this release:
Standards & Practices is proud to present "Stave Interpretations” — remixes of original material by Stave @stavesoundsystem, featuring Israel Vines @israel-vines, Patrick Russell @ptrckrssll, Ken Meier @ken-meier, Karkossyn @karkossyn, and YŌKA @yokatechno.

The first interpretation comes courtesy of Patrick Russell — who, in addition to being a visionary DJ, has proven himself to be a terrific remixer and producer in his own right — contributes a version of "Drum Four" that is arguably one of his best to date: a sinuous, grimy excursion into unknown waters brimming with atmosphere and menace.

Following Russell, Krohn himself brings us a disintegrated, alternative take on "Drum Three."

Karkossyn, aka Bristol native Tavis Hitchcock, is easily one of the most thrilling discoveries we've made as of late. His split EP with Stave ("New Values" on S&P) is only his second release to date, and both devastating interpretations of “Relearn/Forget” on display here, two juddering, broken beat behemoths, hint at even greater things to come.

Newcomers YŌKA contribute a suitably monstrous, industrial-tinged version of "Drum Two."

Veteran DJ and producer Israel Vines, who recently released a pair of brilliant EPs on Tresor — including a superb collaboration with Camille Altay as CAIV — uses a fast-paced, halftime approach to rethink “005", full of energy and an almost unbearable, nerve-jangling tension.

And finally, S&P co-founder Ken Meier, who recently completed a triumphant solo venture on our sublabel Double Standards ("Imitable Behaviors”), delivers an 85 bpm version of “002" that turns the original on its ear — all terse, clipped sonics, stripped to the bone with lush pads that add cinematic sweep and grandeur. 

Mastered by Steve Bailey at rrreplica
Design by Common Name, New York
c+p Standards & Practices Records, 2024
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'Stave Interpretations' Remix EP — STANPRAC010 — Previews

Live Recording from my closing slot for corn's brilliant debut event at Strange Brew alongside Pessimist, Anina & Mackenzie. 
Powercut in the venue around 35 mins which was unfortunate but we soldier on!
Shouts to CORN & Max.

Karkossyn at Strange Brew, Bristol. CORN 16-03-24

PREMIERE : Emika Elena - I Tried [ABT-VA002]
 
Following their first release in January 2024, the Berlin-based event series Art Bei Ton is launching this April their second VA ‘Trippy Memory Lapse’. Focusing on more Deep and Trippy Techno sounds, they invite 7 international artists to offer their musical interpretation of the genre.
Opening the VA with some drone and dark atmospheric Ambient, the Japanese artist Emika Elena brings the listener on an introspective journey.

Release Date: 16th April 2024  
Label: Art Bei Ton
Mastering: Artefacts Studio
Distribution: Triple Vision  Artwork: Sig Valax

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PREMIERE : Emika Elena - I Tried [ABT-VA002]

support & buy: https://stagnorecords.bandcamp.com/album/waitomo 

A powerful glow paralyses time in the night. The hypnotic lights and the darkness of the ravine draw together silence and noise, the harmonic vibrations of a-formed bodies.
It's a different light, travelling cautiously and heavily, enough to pierce boundaries. It can permeate and engulf anything, its bioluminescence is magical and part of its amorphous system.
It's both astral and all too earthly. All around, sparkling threads weave the world's most intricate mesh: those who only travel in a straight line will be able to dodge the stars, but not this. It will be absorbed and be light.

A sprawling exploration of shimmering galaxies and subterranean swampy-tek. Not Mass, Simone Bauer, Thoden, Abo Abo, Drawbridge, and Orchid join forces and weave murky and liquid plots, sanctioning the second part of this VA's trilogy on Stagno Records.

released April 26, 2024

A&R by Luigi Cippone and Marilù Lembo
Mastering by Marco Pellegrino (Analogcut Studio, Berlin)
Artwork by photographer Aria Ruffini in collaboration with Umberto Napoletano.
Visual research by Aria Ruffini, Umberto Napoletano and Ettore Dammicco.
Texts by Marilù Lembo

Waitomo (Previews) [SNVA002]

The Contort champion takes a bludgeon to the NTS Manchester once a month with an hour offering of wonky electronics and avant-garde sound.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/samuel-kerridge/episodes/samuel-kerridge-27th-april-2024

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