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Sound and memory share the same intangible qualities – a commonality that often spells trouble. A smell evoked by a childhood memory, a childhood memory triggered by a sound – an ongoing chain of cause of effect, activating (and perhaps even fooling) all of our senses. Do we hear what we lived? Do we live what we heard? Is there even a difference?

By releasing Lost/Recovered, Ikävä Pii almost reluctantly revisits a time past, a different state of mind – and yes, one could argue that this spells trouble. But rather than avoiding trouble, why not acknowledge it, and embrace it?

Like a time-capsule, Ikävä Pii’s vinyl debut is a collection of three original songs, complemented with two recent remixes by Arif and Monty DJ. The three original works (Palau Figment, Rampage and La Conga Di Corto) are some of Ikävä Pii’s early productions – but were recovered in London between 2020 and 2021, to be released on Flippen Disks. 

These retrieved songs present a slightly different version of Ikävä Pii’s musical self, especially when compared to recent releases on the Early Reflex label, or Ikävä's own Too Much Information outlet. Somewhat more linear in composition, and focussing on continuity and flow rather than on abstraction and deconstruction, Lost/Recovered nonetheless has a place in Ikävä Pii’s sonic universe.

As the title of the EP indicates, the notion of lost sounds and recovered memories looms heavily over this project. We’re not only dealing here with sounds from a distant past, but also with childhood memories from much longer ago. Faded recollections from Puglia and Sardina, half-forgotten impressions of class and otherness, souvenirs of exoticism and mystification, processes of learning and unlearning, the synthesis of micro and macro – a sonic archive that is as much about nostalgia for the future as it is about the future of nostalgia.

The opener Palau Figment is a dive into this sonic archive right from the start. Its saturated, driving drum machine beat is hesitantly accompanied by floating synthesizer play and takes us right into dream-land, grounded by a mono bass line that throughout the song is joined by a doubling replica in stereo - a memory of itself if you will; A nostalgic narrative told by a hardly comprehensible voice. “Rampage” does a good job shredding it it right up, exposing the distortion of memory in its growing destruction of it’s driving force, the synthesized string sound that is eventually rendered nearly unrecognizable.

This painful process of acknowledgement finds its cathartic reconciliation on the flip. “La Conga di Corto” combines the tropes of the A-side into an ecstatic 5 minutes of loopy, shifty drums and broken up synthesizers. Arif’s Woo Reduction keeps it’s titles promise, taking few elements from the original track into a minimal club track that will make dancefloors pause and bounce alike. Monty DJ’s Transformation Dub is a much less minimalistic approach, stacking layers of percussion on top of each other, shifting form constantly.

As such, the EP represents a ripple in time. Past, present and future, colliding at the same moment, folding into each other. This clash can indeed be seen as troublesome – as creating disturbances, scratches, tears. But perhaps these are exactly the glitches that we need, to subtly (and sonically) shock us out of the continuum of familiarity in which we find ourselves locked so often. Memory, sound, trouble – three words, but a world of possibilities. 

Tracklist:

1. Palau Figment
2. Rampage	
3. La Conga Di Corto
4. La Conga Di Corto (Arif's Woo Reduction)
5. La Conga Di Corto (Monty DJ's Transformation Dub)

Lost / Recovered EP

Palau Figment

PREMIERE: Ikävä Pii - Palau Figment [Flippen Disks]

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Premiere: PTDD & Monty - Tamboe (DJ Ungel's Adventure Mix) [Flippen Disks]

Flippen Disks open up their tally with whatcan only be described as the mother of all percussive tracks calling on the talents of Post Traumatic Drum Disorder the track PTDD. Run by Amsterdam by way of Berlin, Disc Jockey, Monty, If this opening EP is anything to go by this is going to be all about the Rhythm. Bit crushed 808 deep blue kicks fill the bass bins while every other piece of percussive muscle is flexed with no part of the spectrum left wanting. Record out July 13th on vinyl. 

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PREMIERE | Post Traumatic Drum Disorder - PTDD [Flippen Disks] 2019

Flippen Disks is a newly-founded, Amsterdam-based, music outlet, run by Monty, named after his grandmother's maiden name. This first release sets out to find the label's own space in between genres, a versatile endeavour to move dance floors, yet staying non-functional enough to be listened to at home as well. It features the first ever release of Julius van Ijperen's new Post Traumatic Drum Disorder alias, a collaboration with founder Monty, while the flip side features a track by the latter and a superb remix by Candomblé’s own DJ Ungel from Dusseldorf.

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Premiere: Monty - Haybo [Flippen Disks]

There was a low end rumble as the music began to trickle downstairs and into the basement. Gathered in the cellar there was a small crowd, amidst the fog and dust they began to dance in time with the flurries of percussion and the twinge of electronics which echoed deep into the night. They would be here for a long time, a unit inspired by the deep, sophisticated roar of each element. Their feet would move in time, back and forth, again and again. 

Flippen Disks is a new record label to emerge from Amsterdam, the imprint is run by Monty who also appears on the debut EP. He delivers one solo track and one collaborative effort alongside PTDD for a release which is distinguished and intelligent. The EP features forward thinking percussion and danceable material whilst is also hugely listenable and unique. 

This one is special. 

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PREMIERE: PTDD & MONTY - Tamboe [Flippen Disks]

Hello and welcome to a Flippen Disks special on Radio80000. We took over 7 hrs of airtime and curated them with friends from the Flippenverse and (future) artists from the label. Streaming from Amsterdam for the first hour, Flippen Disks boss Monty felt responsible to introduce you to that strange place between euphoria and pause.

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Flippen Disks follows up their much acclaimed label-debut with an intriguing second release by Yuto Takei named “Bells From The East EP”.
Yuto Takei’s first vinyl release displays a wide array of sounds with a particular interest in rhythmic experiments and the negotiation of sonic space.

The Tokyo-based producer and DJ takes the listener onto a trip through deep spheres, percussive workouts, jammy compositions and electronic psychedelia, leaving the listener at times startled as to whether it is humans that are manipulating machines, or vice-versa.

Having worked as an electronic music composer for video games such as Gran Tourismo, this uncanny valley is known territory for the artist. It is, however, further explored on this four tracker, staying true to Flippen Disks paradigm of releasing club-oriented music, non-functional enough to not only be danced but also listened to.

Title track Bells From The East is an 8 minute jam, in which a krauty psych attitude pairs up perfectly with the goofy lead melody.

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PRÈMIÉRE: Yuto Takei - Bells From The East [Flippen Disks]

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