Magherabeg Beach

Minimalistas italianos entre 1972 y 1992 investigando el espacio entre notas.

Italian minimalists between 1972 and 1992 investigating the space between notes.

Find the playlist here: https://playmoss.com/en/david-mas/playlist/ondulazione-temporanea-vol-2

Ondulazione Temporanea Vol.2 Mixtape

NEW JACKSON - FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT (ACNJLPx1) / 2LP/DIGITAL RELEASE DATE: MAY 12 2017

Preorder 2LP/Digital - Newjackson.bandcamp.com

There aren’t many artists that can lay claim to having put out records on labels as divergent as Rough Trade and John Talabot’s Hivern Discs. Perhaps this is because few artists express such genuine diversity in their musical tastes and creative explorations as David Kitt. Since the turn of the decade as New Jackson he has mined a seam of driving, ghostly house to run parallel with his solo strand of ambient folk electronica. His debut release in 2011 The Night Mail on Pogo channeled early record collection heroes Aphex Twin and Orbital through to Drexciya and Projekt PM but had one foot firmly in the 21st century beaming in like some futuristic cyberballad. On the flip side Hussle Free had that mix of house and boogie sensibilities with dark and dusty synths and vocoder that would become a signature. This was followed by acclaimed releases on Hivern, Permanent Vacation, Major Problems, Apartment and most recently Cin Cin. 

His debut album set for release on All City in May was recorded in Kitt’s bedroom studio overlooking Dublin bay, its nocturnal hues very much a product of the nightshift often working on headphones with the rest of his housemates fast asleep. It takes full advantage of the scope of the LP format, ebbing and flowing between deep house club ready gems and more restrained and meditative beatless moments for the morning after. The recording process yielded many eureka moments with Kitt finally nailing sounds that had hitherto proved elusive. A key moment was getting a bank loan to buy an SP 1200 sampler - "It's a sound I've tried to get close to for almost half my life now and the only way to really nail it was to get the machine itself. It's featured on so many of my favourite records by the likes of Premier, RZA, MF Doom, Daft Punk, Moodyman and Theo” Indeed the presence of a sampler used heavily in hip-hop is no coincidence, for Kitt this record owes as much to beats and rhymes as it does to head-down club house. “My first love when it comes to samplers and drum machines is hip-hop and I've often wondered what kind of house Pete Rock or J Dilla would make. I like to think the record reflects that a bit.” 

"From Night to Night" is one end of the result of his artistic persistence. Machine love alongside crafted songsmanship is evident from start to finish - the beautifully structured pop tones of Put the Love In It and the deep vocoder boogie of Found the One sit next to the machine funk of SP2 and the atmospheric ambience of Cadaquez. There's a beautiful re-imagination of DJ Shadow in the ten minutes of the deep funk of After Midnight in A Perfect World with the LP closing out, appropriately enough, with a reworking of one of his breakthrough tracks - the epic piano house vibes of Of A Thousand Leaves. Part Larry Heard, part Pete Rock, part Arthur Russell, a deftly constructed LP of musical subtleties from a considered artist mining the creative result of a lifetime's listening and making.

Tracklist
A From night to night
Blaze all day
Put the love in it
Sp2
On solid air
Found the one
Anya's piano
After midnight in a perfect world
Cadaquez
Of a thousand leaves

New Jackson - Anya's Piano

Ship In Distress

HEK029

Tear Up the Club

Planet Mu are releasing two special limited edition cassette tapes for Christmas 2017, one by Claude Speeed and this one by Ekoplekz. As the title suggests, Cassettera assembles a further 10 tracks from the same sessions as Ekoplekz's recent Bioprodukt album, to be released as a cassette & also digitally. 

The beats are still to the fore, even incorporating elements of techno and house, but the mood is darker, with a heavier emphasis on noise and drone textures resulting in a more uneasy listen. This greyscale outlook is reflected in the monochrome variation on Bioprodukt's sleeve art. 'Bass 2 Dank' and 'Jacktrak' apply solid kicks and grooves for moody dancefloors, whilst 'Formative' and 'The Imperitive' combine convoluted percussion and cloying sub-bass with eerie atmospherics. 'Tactile' and 'Nitrate Abuse' offer minimal user-unfriendly experimental textures and the set ends with the extended grinding dread of 'The Outlook Is Bleak'.

Cassettera

Ekoplekz - Jacktrak

Vinyl (2x12") - April 23rd / Digital - May 7th 
Pre-order: https://tinfoiltracks.bandcamp.com/album/tinfoil-on-a-roll

A1. Intro 
A2. Caravan Life 
A3. Beads 
B1. Friendly Safe Fumes
B2. Meadow Waltz 
C1. Every Saturday Night 
C2. Multi-DOMINATION 
C3. Both Roads To Triogue 
D1. The Wolves Of Hellfire 
D2. Resting Point 

Digital Mastering: John Flynn at Balance Mastering 
Vinyl Mastering: Lawrie / Curve Pusher 
Artwork: Unthink 
Vinyl Distribution: Ready Made Distribution

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B2. Tinfoil - Meadow Waltz

In alphabetical order. Read by Elliot Smoke into a recording device with low batteries, affecting tape speed. The list appears in the Clod Books release "The Book of Food" on pages 141 to 146.

Everything Eaten in One Year by E. Smoke (2006)

6ft Under

The Ice Is Gonna Break

Dunk Murphy records and performs as Sunken Foal, Minced Oath, Press Charges and as a member of Ambulance and The Natural History Museum. He started performing live electronics as half of Ambulance at different club nights around Dublin City in the late 90's playing alongside a who's who list of IDM luminaries. He has had releases on the seminal Planet-Mu, Black Acre, Acroplane, Front End Synthetics, D1, The Fear and Countersunk.org. Championed by BBC1/XFM DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, Today FM’s Donal Dineen, Lyric FM’s John Kelly and the late John Peel, Dunk’s music covers a large area showcasing his deep knowledge of synthesis, software processes, composition and traditional instrumentation. He often employs algorithmic / generative systems with melody & rhythm resulting in a cascading, kinetic energy in his music. Dunk has performed on many international stages and has collaborated, arranging instrumentation for songwriters Glen Hansard, David Kitt and Carol Keogh. He currently runs the Countersunk label www.countersunk.org

The Ice Is Gonna Break

Countersunk

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