I feel like I did not over-emphasize the kick on this one.  For once.

An empty mall is such a liminal space.  Very evocative piece!

short but very sweet, Joe... mix is perfect as is the sound choices 🙂👍

As we enter a new year, I thought of bringing a bit of joy to it, so without any further ado, set your chill mode up and get on your party wagon!

Enjoy!

Steamer

Within This

‘quasi’
Modular Hedonism.
2023 live performance.

A wink to @mesmo1, to the consistency of his talent and creativity.

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles, Varigate.
- DFAM.
- Loquelic Iteritas Percido.
- Plaits (chords) > FX Aid (#25 reverb room stereo).
- Pluck.
- Morphagene (voice sample) > Data Bender > Overseer > Monsoon (clouds mode).
Ochd, Batumi (saw).
Buff Mult, Sinc Defero, 3x MIA.
Mutes, StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Vulcana Popo [modular hedonism]

Billions

Empty Mall

Make it all Count

Dream Propulsion

https://ajkaufmann.bandcamp.com/album/pink-elephant-music-vol-3

Tikal

Ice Demons (2006)

i'm healing sløwly

Hell Yeah's lovingly curated Buena Onda series is back with a new edition that focuses on Adriatic Beats & Beyond. It has been assembled by label head Marco Gallerani and features four exclusive new tunes that reflect his summer residences at a cosy beach bar on Italy's Eastern and Adriatic coast.

Marco moved back to his hometown of Ferrara after the pandemic and began spending more time at the local seaside, the famous Lidi Ferraresi. It's there, at Lido di Spina, that a friend runs Kai Beach Bar, a small spot where, every Thursday throughout August for the last three years, he has soundtracked afternoons and sunsets under the Buena Onda banner, more than a decade after the party first started in Berlin.

"The beat has become less Balearic, more Adriatic," he explains of the sounds that can be heard up and down the coastline. "There’s no sunset culture yet, but they like a groove for aperitivo. This selection reflects the music I propose there, a kinda sunrise to sunset trip."

The 13-track selection includes four exclusives: the first is Blende's 'Amor,' which is forthcoming on the label. Johan Blende is a Swedish producer, songwriter and DJ who weaves together modern dance with retro sounds of the 70s and 80s and debuts on the label this summer with his Recess EP. 'Amor' is a bubbly groove with a New Age wash and lo-fi pads full of charm.

Hell Yeah regular and Italian magic man Walter Del Vecchio aka Quiroga also offers a new Baia Club Ambient Version of 'French Kiss' which has a lazy acid line worming its way through dubby kicks and tabla drums, and his dreamy electro soother 'Cala Ventosa' also features. Secret Soul Society, aka South Wales's Cal Gibson, also tests a new EP with his 'Orange Surprise' blending off-balance rhythmic shuffles with starry cosmic melodies. The final exclusive is from Balearic Gabba Sound System, who flip The Vendetta Suite aka the legendary Gary Irwin's 'Della Notte' into a quietly epic cinematic closer with icy analogue beats and a warped bassline for dubbed out late night escape. His 'Island Hill Microdot' also offers some warped cosmic ambient house introspection.

Elsewhere, Michele Mininni features twice - once with Gallo's Tropical Hinterhof Remix of the suspensory ambient lushness pop 'Carousel of Tears' and once with the original percussive pressure and hip-house fusion of 'Urban Voodoo' from his Pop Archetypes LP. Buena Onda veteran Feel Fly comes through with an Estatico Danzante Remix of Pedro Bertho's 'Tornei' feat Mariana Gehring and takes us to the stars on twinkling keys, dusty breakbeats and steamy vocals that glow as warm as a setting sun.

Add in further groovy gems such as Bonnie and Klein's synth and vibes laced 'Horizon Avenue,' dreamy, breaks-driven downtempo brilliance from pub wave innovator Dawn Again, hints of Ibiza cool from Willie Graff's remix of Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor and some upbeat synth-laced house from label stalwart Luminodisco and you have a faultless collection of grooves for grown up dance floors. 

Compiled by Marco Gallerani
Artwork by Matteo Gallerani

Thanks to Everyone at Kai Beach Bar - Lido di Spina (FE)

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The Vendetta Suite - Della_Notte (Balearic Gabba Sound System Remix)

Bespoke music for mass-produced times.

Taskboy Music is a decades old project in which the struggles to translate ineffable moods into rhythm, melody, and harmony using the tools of the day are documented.

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