OMBRAR - Mysterious Green Grass Of Hope

We expand the information about the fifth anniversary of Soil Records by dedicating a new post to the quintuple album released by the Valencian label to commemorate its five years of history. As we already mentioned, this album is divided into five CDs of ten tracks, so in the second post we analyse and get to know the content of the second CD.

With a more electronic and more powerful sound, this second CD is a compilation that moves away from the more post-punk aspects of the first CD. Zaatar opens with Disappearance Attempts, a slow, acid and forceful EBM in which we can appreciate influences from the dark sound and also from the artist's Arabic roots, as the melodic conjugation is based on the harmonic minor scale. Local Suicide is the duo formed by Max Brudi and Dina Pascal, a couple that has evolved in recent years towards a darker style, although Athanasia is not an excessively dark track, but rather an absolutely synthetic sonic development. Soil Records presents Anne Artikel, a Colombian artist also known as Magdalena, who exhibits with 000004 an abstract musical form with an irregular rhythmic structure, a dominant bass line and a broken voice. Attack, the cut by Israeli producer E-Bony, draws on post-punk influences and adapts them to a contemporary, electronic sound environment. Variety is the predominant tone of this release, and Sex Kino, a duo formed by James Brook and Josefine Larsson, offers a rather curious sound mix as Shake It reminds us of 90s Eurodance, among other musical genres.

Paradox Obscur, the artistic couple formed by Toxic Razor and Kriistal Ann, contribute to this album with Sin Barreras, arpeggiated techno in which Kriistal adds a reflective message with her voice. Landed Image is a completely unknown project, the style he employs with Two Sides of Everything is a hodgepodge of industrial textures, electric guitar and sinister vocals, taken to the limit of saturation. Catalan artist and resident of Barcelona's Moog, Ruben Seoane, participates in this album with the forceful and intense techno of Hoags Object. The Spanish duo NX1, founded at the beginning of the last decade by Samot and Joan Sureda, adds solidity and power with SL1, a track that faithfully shows the industrial style of the project. Dark Vektor, a producer who also hails from Catalonia, closes this second CD with El puto Menja Olles, electronic post-punk with a penetrating voice and a message in Catalan that is quite original and direct.

Release date: July 4th, 2023.

5 Years Soil Records

Premiere: NX1 - SL1 [Soil Records]

This is a different mastered version of my track Apsyhos previously released at murder tbilisi as a donation funding against the war in Ukraine. 

Previous Version:
https://murderrec.bandcamp.com/album/against-all-evils

Psyha

CRY.NN's (@crydotnn) exploration journey through the electronic jungle is far from being close to the finish line. As a young artist from the Bohemian periphery, he has found his intuitive approach to techno and genres beyond on the viewfinder of the most prominent imprints of the modern hard techno scene. His discography features releases on labels such as The Meaning Of Rave, SINDEX, Flesh and Hammers, and Childsplay, showcasing his ability to reflect his surrounding environment with violent and flashy sounds. Throughout his journey he became part of the most prolific collective in Prague "Materia.fm" and today, he shares the residency of the polish imprint The Meaning Of Rave, which he also contributes in as a label manager.

@crydotnn

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Natural Balance

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CRY.NN - Natural Balance

"London based label Natural Selection mark the beginning of their new 'Selected Works' series with an exquisitely curated 38-track VA compilation, which brings together some of the most respected names in the worlds of Techno, Electro, IDM & Industrial Electronica, including SHXCXCHCXSH, Nørbak, The Advent, NX1, Charlton, MAEDON, Somatic Responses, Plant43, Annie Hall & more.

Together with all the artists involved in the project, Natural Selection stand in solidarity with Palestine by donating all profits from the release to the PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund). Great efforts have been made from everyone involved to come together and support this vital cause.

Natural Selection are well known for bridging the heavier spectrum of Techno, Electro, IDM, Acid, etc. with new, experimental style and form. One can always expect the most cutting-edge, hard-hitting, underground electronics via their releases and also their regular label nights, which have gained notoriety for daring lineups and extreme diversity in sound."

Natural Selection: Selected Works Vol. 1

Generative

The next chapter in the dystopian body techno series: CAGE OF FLESH II.

16 visceral tracks of relentless EBM, industrial, and dark soundscapes. A brutal journey through the boundaries of flesh and machine, featuring a lineup of uncompromising provocateurs. Available in pay what you want digital format and in limited cassette tape.

The body is meat, you may fall on the prison of your own flesh.

A1. CODEX EMPIRE
A2. PERSONA NON GRATA
A3. NIGHTCRAWLER
A4. SURVIVAL PARADOX
A5. NGHTLY
A6. ALPHA SECT
A7. VITTORIO DI MANGO
A8. WAR SCENES
B1. UNCONSCIOUS
B2. T_ERROR 404
B3. STATIQBLOOM 
B4. MONYA
B5. DRY FEEL 
B6. DOWNWELL
B7. CYAN ID
B8. FAIRGROUND OF TEARS

Premiere: Ćyan ID - Kind Crime [KDC246]

Wind in the Forest

old fshnd

CIRCULO

A-TX228 -  CIRCULO

Remix i did for NO/ON's track Unoccupied Nests from his album "Fajir" released on Zela. 

https://zelaarchives.bandcamp.com/releases

@nonameon
@zelaarchives

NO/ON - Unoccupied Nests (Zevla Remix)

A4 track by @SecondSpectre "Death Note", taken off their album called A Cast of Memories.
Order: https://strangetherapy.bandcamp.com/album/a-cast-of-memories

“Death Note” slowly grows into a ritualistic evocation via sharp effects and industrial kicks, a serpentine pastiche no strange to subtle distortions and droning moments. Once again we find ourselves in a dark world conjured by aptly placed soundscapes and rhythmic patterns released at the right time, and the last part of the track sees a celestial climax.

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Format: Cassette and digital
Release date: 02/12/2020
Mastering: Dadub Mastering

A Cast of Memories

A4 Second Spectre - Death Note [ST011]

Dublin-born, Berlin-based producer and DJ.

Bookings: booking@swarmintelligence.net

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