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Refracted - Meta:

A1 Vórtice
A2 Ray
B1 Meta
B2 Meridian

Formats: 12” Vinyl / Digital
Release date: 08/06/2018 / 22/06/2018
Catalogue number: SUBL003
Preorder: https://goo.gl/eJk63w

Sublunar, the record label founded by Sciahri and Dagdrom last year starts his 2018 with a brand new EP from the Berlin based artist Refracted, known for his releases on Semantica, Pole Group, Silent Season and Mind Express.
 
This 12″ perfectly represent how his style has been crafted during these years, a balanced mixture between his incredible ear for detail, tunnelling trips and tougher beats.

 The EP starts with Vórtice and as the title says you will encounter a complex vortex of tribalist percussion, a mindblowing headtrip with plenty of moving parts slowly progressing across its eight minutes.  Ray it’s a full immersion into a trippy atmosphere with an high detailed percussive accompaniment, the result is a display of power and finesse.  Meta gives the title to the 12″ and shows to the listener a full overview of the skills hidden into Refracted’s repertoire. A tune that it’s constantly evolving over his runtime where a pressurized kickdrum push the tension higher after every beat.  Meridian, the closing track, stands out for its adventurous sound design, featuring an endlessly pulsating environment where everything is floating delicately in suspension.

Refracted - Meta

..’Since you rejected what was good in order to get something bad, you better put up with it – or else something even worse might happen!’  
                                                                                                    Aesop
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For her third installment, Rabe delivers 2 original tracks with her indistinguishable haunting sound, driven by martial rhythmic structures in opposition to the fluid, evolving soundscapes that balance her music.

Equally thought out was the inclusion of remixes by Nur Jaber and Orphx whose rework of ‘Lucy’s Dream’ seamlessly incorporate that eerie undertone, a constant in Rabe’s work, that seems to lure the listener thru the haze that separates reality and the dream states.

 
Release Date: 21st of September

A1 and A2 written and produced by Denise Rabe
Remixes by Orphx and Nur Jaber
Cover handcrafted by Denise Rabe
Cover Picture: J Moyr Smith (1872)
Distribution by Triple Vision, NL
Mastering: Simon @ The Exchange
Cat. No. RABE003 – all rights reserved.
℗ & © RABE 2018

Denise Rabe - Lucy's Dream l RABE003

Based in Buenos Aires, @AulaMagnaRecords label releases an EP from the label manager @Mekas. Monument premieres the name track Neon Forest from the EP that will be out on December 17th.

Neon Forest

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MNMT Premiere: Mekas – Neon Forest

Order: https://stroboscopicartefacts.com/shop/dyscamupia/

Six years on since his latest appearance on the label’s main series, Stroboscopic Artefacts boss Luca Mortellaro, aka Lucy, returns with ‘Dyscamupia’ – an introspective, multisensory techno triptych revolving around the core sequence of Albert Camus’ classic existentialist novel, ‘The Stranger’. Also known as the ‘killing of an arab’, this pivotal moment in Camus’ seminal book – which also inspired The Cure their song ‘Killing An Arab’ back in the day, is here evoked through three variedly intense, deep and hypnotic techno variations – flexing from 120 to 130, onto 140 BPM – each of them translating a particular step in the author’s minute, focal-shifting depiction of the unknown man’s murder on the beach.   

Embodying Meursault for a minute, Jason Snell lends his voice to the narrator and his inner demons, casting a strange, ominous spell on the club and its crowd. Willing to explore and dig up further into the textural wealth and crucial warmth of organic sounds and synthetic treatments, Lucy made wise use of the binaural microphones technology during the vocals recording process, greatly enhancing the immersive force of his compositions to create thoughtful, dystopic narrative bubbles that stand in their own right.

The first number, ‘ Dyscamupia (Forward)’, happens before and right until the actual killing – hence time flowing at a metronomic, heartbeat-like tempo; the second cut ‘Dyscamupia (Pause)’ takes place right after the nameless man’s death, when the narrator enters a kind of existential ‘pause’ and a whole new flow of consciousness begins; the third sequence, ‘Dyscamupia (Backward)’, plumbs the depths of the action itself as played backwards, like an equally hazed-out and dizzying reminiscence of the sad encounter’s mechanism. Don’t let its seemingly conceptual framework fool you though, like most of his past output ‘Dyscamupia’ also aims to bring dancefloors to a steady simmer, whilst maintaining Lucy’s ascending momentum towards an all-round genre-busting, thought-provoking apex.

 

All tracks (w) & (p) by Lucy AKA Luca Mortellaro
Voice on all tracks by Jason Snell
words by Albert Camus’ “ The Stranger”
mastered @ Artefacts Mastering Studio, Berlin
graphic concept by Ignazio Mortellaro [OA]
Ⓟ & © Stroboscopic Artefacts 2019
Cat. No. SA034 – all rights reserved
www.stroboscopicartefacts.com

Lucy - "Dyscamupia" [SA034]

My label Stockholm LTD turned 15 recently, so I decided it was time for a little celebration. I'm happy and grateful for the past, and I can’t wait to see what will happen next. Here's how it all started: 

Södermalm, Stockholm 1999. The capacity of the store was probably less than 20. The cold and industrial-tinged interior featured ash grey walls, rust-free steel accents, and a magnificently elevated cashier desk. The ceiling was an impressive 3.5 meters with two massive speakers hanging above the cashier. Shelves and bins stocked with vinyl, tapes, and magazines covered the walls. In the storefront, you would find the listening stations with turntables that sit nicely inside their desks. While you listened to the week’s new releases, you’d be treated to a view of the blooming streets of Södermalm as people rushed by. There was a small sign with operating hours in the window which also said “TECHNO / ELECTRO. Welcome to Illegal Stockholm!” 

Illegal Stockholm was founded by Tobias Von Hofsten and myself in late 1998. It became our home, blood, sweat, and tears for a good 4-5 years. I was only 18 years old at the time and still in school when we opened its doors. I couldn’t think of anything cooler or more fun than hanging out, talking and listening to music all day and night. After we closed the shop at night. We would hang in the ‘office’ which was the store’s back room. I forged life life-long friendships and gave birth to the idea of Stockholm LTD. I wanted to show people a slightly different side of our scene. The original idea was to keep the recording artist secret with no names announced on the release, but the idea fell flat as people figured it out the day of our first release. Since then, the concept of the label has changed a few times but the core idea and desire remains the same: releasing timeless electronic music. 

Stockholm LTD has stood the test of time, it’s not that many labels that stay current for that long. This is only possible with the help of all the artists I’ve been working with over the years. To say I am extremely grateful is an understatement! 

With this in mind, let’s celebrate the label’s 15th anniversary with a 5 part release! 15Y contains remixes by some of my favorite artists at the moment. They have all picked and reworked something from my part of the label’s back catalog. The series will stretch out over a set of 5 vinyl singles with a special anniversary sleeve and a beautiful engraving made by graphic designer Håkan Ullberg.

Stream / Buy

A2 - Folium (Damon Wild Remix) - Sthlm LTD 15Y-1

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E | Ray Kajioka - Lacking [Kanzleramt]

taken from: Ray Kajioka 'Take Action' EP [Kanzleramt]
release date: Oct 25th 2019

"Ray keeps delivering very special gems, and especially excellent ones for our anniversary.
“Lacking” represents the lack of action about how we all move along as human kind. People seem to know what to do, but choose ignore it lethargically. Still, once you’ve been sucked into the realm of “Lacking”, there is hope at its prettiest. The flip-side of this is “Taking Action” - Ray description of a possible future if we only were better together. The pure drive of “Interference” is the can-opener to Ray’s world with lots of detail for his funk for you to approach and to play with."

Explore more:
Ray Kajioka
FB: https://www.facebook.com/raykajiokaofficial
SC: https://soundcloud.com/raykajioka

Kanzleramt
FB: https://www.facebook.com/kanzleramtmusic
SC: https://soundcloud.com/kanzleramt
Site: https://www.kanzleramt.com/

Take Action

Lost In Ether | P R E M I E R E | Ray Kajioka - Lacking [Kanzleramt]

A1 - Giselh - Mekanik - Skryptöm 43

INFO: https://www.clubbingspain.com/noticias/2020/4nyon3-firma-la-nueva-referencia-de-newrhythmic.html

Rotten Humanity

Decomposing

PREMIERE: 4NYØN3 - Decomposing [Newrhythmic Recs 112]

01100110 [Granit Souls] is a DJ and techno composer from berlin. They have been developing a signature sound that could be labelled as "Doom Techno", based on their musical roots far away from the classical "oldschool Techno". Industrial, Goth Music and Dark Ambient are just a few to name of those. Hence, their sets can get almost disturbingly dark and melancholic, but always in a way that it feels empowering to dance and with a strong driving force directed towards the audience. With their entry to the KRAD collective podcast series, 01100110 is exploring their hypnotic and atmospheric side. Enter your spaceship and join them on this journey to outer space!

Follow:
https://soundcloud.com/zeroelevenzero
https://www.instagram.com/zeroelevenzero/

Krad Catalog:
kradcollective.bandcamp.com/

Krad Podcast #24 -- 01100110

Sublunar is a record label founded in 2017 by @Sciahri

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