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Budapest's @Exiles-Electronics label are a port of call for anyone who enjoys scuttling around in the back corners of Bandcamp, digging out undocumented artists and providing them with a home for their releases. Their latest EP, 'brain fog' from non-binary Hungarian producer @asvanyviz2, does exactly that.

brain fog

asvanyviz2 - terminally online [Exiles]

mix by https://soundcloud.com/juju10v3

Tracklist:
Shrek - Fiona’s theme 
Dougal & Gammer - I need you the most
AZNgirl - Come Clean
Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye (Manta Remix)
LOBSTA B - Ringtone Riddim
Skrillex - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
s1m0nc3ll0 - Castle Jam
Danny L Harle x ATC - 1U LA LA LA LA LA (moistbreezy moisturized mashup)
Greta Thunberg - Human System Change - Magmanimal & Rune Remix
D-Devils - Judgement Day (Original Radio Edit)
Team Rockit - Aura
Armin van Buuren & Shapov - Our Origin
The L Word Season 3 Episode 1 
Utada Hikaru - Hikari 
666 - Supa-Dupa-Fly 
DIRTY TALK (ELFZ EDIT)
N-Krypt'D - xxM0NS00Nxx
Antony No Limit - Stabat Mater Dolorosa
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Theme (Nightcore)
Eva - Mood

On Lyl Radio 10/05/2022
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all tracks produced, mixed & mastered by @maxdahlhaus
remixes by @lilianechlela @najibmusic @TSUMUTSUMU @xliks
artwork by Luna Woelle

The core of 'A Cracked System' resonates from the urgent need of change and immediate self-care. “It's an EP with ups and downs, surprises and different states of feelings, all wrapped into soundscapes,” says Berlin producer and audio-visual artist Max Dahlhaus about his new EP, which takes a different sonic paths than previous releases 'Short Morrow' (Infinite Machine, 2021) 'Be A Glitch' (Hyperboloid Records, 2021) or 'Glacier' (self-released, 2022) and which was also heavily influenced by the series of lockdowns.

MAX DAHLHAUS - STYMIED CYCLE

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/myentericplexus.

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Taken from SBKT055: TRANCE BAND - Entrancing
Release date: 3rd March 2023

'Soft and Black'
Modular synthesizer & voice – KIM KHAN


In a global landscape that increasingly prioritizes individuality over collaborative expression, TRANCE is a distinctive project. Initiated by Chinese multidisciplinary artist Tianzhuo Chen, best known for his work with Asian Dope Boys, TRANCE is as artistically amorphous as its constantly evolving line-up, that fluctuates as it shimmers across borders and time-zones. In 2019, the project was demoed in Beijing as part of a solo exhibition from Chen, a 12-hour durational performance that examined the altered states of living and dying and pondered the sounds, sensations, bodies and spaces that notion might suggest. On hold for three years due to COVID-19 restrictions, TRANCE was eventually premiered in Hamburg at the Kampnagel Theatre last year where it was presented as a surreal three-day ceremony. This time around the Trance Band was made up of Berlin-based noisemaker and vocalist Dis Fig, Indonesia's Gabber Modus Operandi, musician and MC KIM KHAN, guitarist and engineer Felix-Florian Tödtloff, and Vancouver-based percussionist and producer CITY. Chen directed the show, channeling each artist's unique energy into an alliance that highlighted their independent skills while pushing towards ideas that simply couldn't have been realized discretely.

"Entrancing" is a live documentation of that incendiary Hamburg session, powered by the performative fireworks that came from having the project halted for two years before it was allowed to burst into life once more. Just as with previous iterations of TRANCE, the space was terraformed into an alien landscape that allowed the collective to enact a carnivalesque display that was tightly controlled but creatively boundless. Musical u-turns were accompanied by monumental stage overhauls that reshaped a muddy, fog-filled outdoor riverscape into an arena, or a sweaty nightclub. This theatrical impact can't be visualized as clearly on the record, but musical cues do just enough heavy lifting to provide a tantalizing contour. When the alluring electro-acoustic plucks and resonant sustained string tones of 'There's a Ghost in the Lantern' cascade into cinematic drone metal on 'Ylva's Theme', it's impossible not to be drawn into the TRANCE narrative. Sonic stage lights flicker with uncommon intensity as the nebulous group rewrite their collective personal stories into stirring, synergistic poetry.

"Something changes!" KIM KHAN calls out on 'Soft and Black', cutting through warbling synths and itchy beatbox percussion. The track builds quickly, reaching a sizzling crescendo of buzzsaw noise and acidic electronics. It's a stylistic sea change that channels the group's kinetic energy into a rock show, and CITY picks up the message on 'Trance Genesis', adding rapid-fire drums to a barrage of guitar skronk. 'Shaolin Affliction' glues Trance Band's jagged artistic edges to a vintage metal template, gradually dissolving into throaty post-hardcore, while 'My Fortress' brings the show to a powerful conclusion with Dis Fig assuming the role of grunge balladeer, bellowing into the void over cacophonous live instrumentation. Unbound by musical and artistic conventions, TRANCE peers out from the basement, the gallery and the playhouse to forge an expression that's all of this and something new entirely. It's refreshing, witty, exhilarating and most of all, completely unpredictable.

Entrancing

TRANCE BAND - Soft and Black

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recorded  at uklon studio 2.25.23

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@qeeiqeei - Luminous
CAT#: IM102
Format: Digital
Release: April 14th, 2023
Artwork by Bungalovv
Mixed by Ro Stambuk & Tatiana Heuman
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

Luminous is the new EP by Tatiana Heuman. This record is a resignification of her nomadic condition and the exploration of what it means to belong to a place called home. It represents the long search for an ideal, luminous space that she can call her own.

Having taken the title of her previous release as her own artist name, she seems to be telling us she has now fully embodied her music, living comfortably in it until she and it are indistinguishable. The new resulting work confirms this. 
Where QEEI the record felt experimental and even tentative, Luminous by QEEI the artist feels self-assured and definite. Structures were restless and meandering, at certain moments they edged toward pop; now they’ve been (mostly) streamlined in favor of club propulsion, with a newfound patience to explore the full potential of every section.

Where voice was previously at the forefront it has now (mostly) been mangled into submission and made to blend into a more forceful sounding whole. The percussion, which was timid and darting before, has (mostly) also been put to the service of Groove, often locking into dense, forward-moving patterns that are sure to be effective on dancefloor bodies.

“Mostly”, because Luminous is not without its tender moments, namely the stunning sister pieces ‘Alarma 1’ and ‘Alarma 2’. Here, the muscular percussion drops out and the voice returns as the main character for two beautiful, haunting interludes. 
While still on a search for a base, a physical terrain with which to identify, her progression as an artist tells us that she is firmly on her way to making a luminous shelter out of her music.

Qeei - Alarma 1

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SITOI - Kuori I

'Kuori' is a story about a shift in identity following the collapse of reality. The double EP examines gender and sexual identity, mental health, and existence within forced, rigid societal norms.  It's a portrayal of confusion, the relentless hold of anger and loneliness, constant change, and finding softness and tolerance. SITOI transforms the mundane into abstract imagery. Her spoken word poetry is reunited with the familiar unforgivingly abrasive yet somber noise, expanding upon the sonic foundation laid by 'Kyyhky' with more pummelling and techno-infused percussive production.

'Kuori I' explores the cross pressure of sensitivity and callousness, feelings of exclusion and depression. It's a claustrophobic attempt to escape the glass enclosures upheld by societal norms, thrashing through panic attacks and nightmares from warehouses to bathrooms. 'Kuori I' finds solace in the deafening tumult, security in the midst of turmoil.

To be released 29th January via Changeless.

Written by SITOI.
Produced by Exploited Body.
Mixed & mastered by Noah Kin.

Artwork by Reetta Nummi.

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