Brazilian Boogie & Disco Reworks, Vol. 1

Morena

Flight Of Sagittarius

Hope someone enjoys! Art by Stephen Graham

Chill Pill

Step into the lobby. The receptionist has been expecting you for twenty years.

In Nostalgia For A Future That Never Came, Dr Lepus White constructs a sonic mausoleum dedicated to the timeline we were promised but denied. This is not merely music; it is the audio residue of a corporate utopian dream that rotted on the vine. It is the sound of a 1996 shopping mall at 3:00 AM, where the fountains are filled with liquid mercury and the mannequins are slowly turning to look at you.

"Dr Lepus White doesn't compose music; he excavates it from the recycling bin of a timeline where the Y2K bug ended the world, and we are just the ghosts haunting the hard drive."

Dr White's The Crucible of the 1990s

The Astrioasia Crown & The Dusty Apsara Breaks is an instrumental album rooted primarily in Cambodian musical heritage, shaped through a modern, global lens.
As a Cambodian artist, this project is a personal fusion of ancestral sound, lived identity, and contemporary production.

Traditional Cambodian melodic sensibilities — echoing instruments such as the khim, roneat-inspired textures, and flute-like motifs — are blended with dusty rhythms, deep bass foundations, and Western-influenced beat culture. The result is a soundscape that feels ceremonial yet street-level, ancient yet current.

The album draws inspiration from Apsara symbolism, royal and spiritual imagery, and the quiet strength of Cambodian culture, while openly embracing influences from other parts of the world. Rather than imitation, this is interpretation — honoring roots while allowing them to evolve.

Production-wise, the focus remains on space, clarity, and mood. Minimal arrangements, steady mid-tempo grooves, and atmospheric reverbs create a hypnotic continuity across the project, making it ideal for immersive listening, visual storytelling, and cinematic contexts.

The Astrioasia Crown & The Dusty Apsara Breaks stands as a cultural bridge — Cambodian at its core, global in its expression.

Love Satisfaction

The Lovemore EP

Apples and Pears

Out now on BEATPORT

http://www.beatport.com/track/shopping-cart-maxxi-soundsystem-remix/3188464

Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix) [CLIP]

Since Then. 2017

Venasque

Disco Hi-Life

Disco Hi - Life

Concept Neuf

The Path (Sorito Edit)

El Niño

Diogo Strausz is a music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Growing up in Rio de Janeiro, he showed a prodigal talent for composition from an early age, and this same passion for creating music still inspires Diogo as a record producer and remixer today. Through both solo work and collaboration, at only 31 years of age he has already blazed an impressively accomplished trail in the world of music.

As part of the duo Balako, Strausz’s music was released on Razor-N-Tape, Barefoot Beats and Greco-Roman after gaining the attention of Joe Goddard of Hot Chip. His tracks have been played by Gilles Peterson on BBC 6 and Bill Brewster, as well as described as ‘an enticing melting pot of sounds that feels both retro and current’ by XLR8R. Strausz recently made international waves earlier this year with his piece Pausa on Far Out Recordings, a grand and sprawling orchestral composition, recorded by musicians around the world in isolation.

Strausz’ career began in his early 20s, producing hits for indie Brazilian artists Castello Branco and Alice Caymmi, and co-producing an album for Brazilian actor Chay Suede with Mario Caldato Jr of The Beastie Boys. Now based in-between Paris and São Paulo, Strausz recently co-produced the record ‘Les Bruits de La Ville’ for up and coming French artist Voyou on Sony Music France, and he was recently tapped to remix two songs by legendary Brazilian singer Gal Costa. 

To conclude 2020 and begin 2021 Strausz has two upcoming releases on Brooklyn label Razor-N-Tape: his Emancipação EP which showcases his gift for instrumental composition that feels both timeless and modern, as well as a remix of Brazil’s seminal new band Baiana System in collaboration with producer JKriv.

Flight Of Sagittarius

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