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Kaelan - Inner Expanse - ETG020

London’s EarToGround reaches its sentinel twentieth release with more bespoke, forward thinking Techno and happily welcomes on board another Italian artist, Nicola Campanella aka ‘Kaelan’. With this release he very much shows why he is here via an excellent display of his prolific, emotive sound. Kaelan first came on the radar after his early release on Dax J’s imprint ‘Monnom Black’. Tracks written for ETG020 fit perfectly with EarToGround’s overall aesthetic of ever evolving Techno. In addition, the release also includes dynamic remix work by ‘Kessell’ from PoleGroup and Granulart Recordings.

So far being played and supported by the likes of: Marcel Dettmann, Sigha, Truncate, Luke Slater, AMOTIK, Dustin Zhan,  Rodhad, Antigone, Chris Stanford, Dax J, Emmanuel, Peter van Hoesen, Kirk Degiorgio, Ben Sims, Pfirter, Stephanie Sykes, Boris, Rem Co, Aiken, Jonas Kopp, Philippe Petit, J. Tijn. 

Full, special edition, cover artwork with ETG stickers included..

Written and produced Nicola Campanella
Remix work by Valentin Corujo 
Mastered by Simon at The Exchange 
Graphic design by Grade A

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Kaelan - Inner Expanse - Audio Clips - EarToGround Records - ETG020

The second release from Seattle-based collective secondnature comes from Simic with the "Discussion of Interests" EP. Three tracks of psychedelic and effective electronic music that falls somewhere between house and techno, along with a remix from Slow Life lead producer S. Moreira. Discussion of Interests is another marker in the development of secondnature’s musical realm, expanding it from the dark and cerebral techno of Fugal’s “Oil Panes” EP to one that includes more groove-laden tracks with expressive melodic content. The record is available at many fine vinyl retailers worldwide, courtesy of ReadyMade Distribution.

Discussion of Interests

Simic - Discussion of Interests [SN002]

Release date (vinyl, cd & digital format): 24th of February 2017

A1 Suffocate
A2 Down
A3 Stabbing
B1 Porcelain
B2 Strobing
B3 Coming Apart
C1 Black Massing
C2 Interior
D1 Her
D2 Morning Star
D3 Positive Mutilation
D4 Porcelain (Ideal)

Token is pleased to announce Metabolism, the sophomore album from Sigha. The LP marks James Shaw’s third release on the Token label following his singles Christ Figures and Our Father. Metabolism represents an arrival: the artist offers his definitive statement on a production aesthetic that has been in development over the last few years.

Shaw’s work as Sigha has always placed the listener at a centrifugal point that invites a clandestine hypnosis rather than an abject hysteria. Cavernous low ends fixed firmly and effectively in a mono space tether the music to the body, while exquisitely executed white noise patterns and crystalline pads warp and hiss around the stereo environment. This keen ear for distinction within the frequency spectrum acts as the central theme on the LP.

Metabolism encompasses a power dynamism that departs from the explicitly greyscale finish found on his more conceptual work as Sigha and as A Vision Of Love for Guy Brewer’s Avian label. Though elements of Metabolism maintain a driven, corrosive quality, each searing sequence or mordant drum machine hit occupies its own space. On high-energy dance floor moments and abstract tracks alike, Shaw’s approach to distortion is one that sets out with an objective to separate components rather than to bind them. This creates a matrix of aural stimuli that remain heady and inherently propulsive, but are realised in a fashion more akin to high fidelity sound design than processes traditionally associated with the techno genre.

The record possesses a powerful musicality beyond this acute attention to form and structure. In the past, Shaw’s productions have often married high-energy drum work with subtly shifting minor keys spread around the sonic periphery. On Metabolism, emotive leads sit squarely and comfortably in the foreground, and build towards rapturous crescendos that are crisp and omnipresent throughout the mix. These careful layers generate the extraordinary tension that has since become a hallmark of the British artist’s work.

Metabolism is a techno album, but its frame of reference is generous, drawing on the finest facets of the artist’s own varied discography and the wider electronic music landscape. Cohesive and modern, Shaw’s latest work eschews a handful of riffs on a single idea in favour of a multi-faceted, fully realised expression of what the genre can be - it is a vital addition to the Token label’s already enviable catalogue of releases.

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TOKEN70LP – Sigha – Metabolism

Tensal – Extra Inertia EP
KYN006

Mastered by Neel @ EnissLab Studios, Rome
Release date: 24/03/17, vinyl + digital
Artwork by Christopher Honeywell
Distributed by N.E.W.S.

New versions of Tensal’s ‘Opposite Inertia’ EP, with a remake of his own and contributions from Mike Parker and Pangaea. 

One the most distinctive artists in techno, Mike Parker, combines his signature, modulated bassline and sharp claps with the off-kilter rhythm of ‘Inertia 1’. Tensal’s remake of ‘Inertia 2’ is direct, peak-time gear. The synth line is kept front and centre, the beat is heavy and expertly arranged. Pangaea, of Hessle Audio, switches up the broken rhythm of ‘Inertia 3’ and adds the kind of unusual touches that make his records stand out.

Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci aka Neel @ EnissLab Studio, Rome. Pressed at at Optimal Media. Packaged in a house sleeve. All artwork designed by Christopher Honeywell.

A1 Tensal - Inertia 1 (Mike Parker Remix)

"Valuable reissue compilation of driving Detroit informed 1990s Techno project" (quote via Hard Wax)

2x12" plus bonus 12" (first pressing only)

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Sounders Dept.

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Sounders Department - Sounders Dept. - A.R.T.LESS DEPT 1 (Preview)

A2. Von Grall - End of Borders

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It’s a match made in heaven, techno veteran Dino Sabatini meets up and coming talent Luigi Tozzi, who over the last couple of years has delivered stellar EPs for the likes of Hypnus Records, Dynamic Reflection, Mental Modern, and Sabatini’s own Outis Mu- sic. Anyone familiar with the two will know they share an aptitude for adventurous and evolving techno. This is crystallised in this collaboration, which doesn’t take the easy path of creating straightforward club tracks. Instead, the three tracks on this release explore the subtler sides of the two producers. That’s not to say this isn’t club music – it is – but they have a lot more to offer than pure functionality.
The EP opens with Manticora. This eight-minute experience takes the listener through winding claustrophobia as ringing feedback pulses across the stereo field and caver- nous rhythms dance about, hard to quite grab. These rhythms build to a point to which they solidify and fall into place, a point at which the track gains a feeling of propulsion, alongside shifting and emotive reverberations and resonances.
Next up is Celeno, a track that slowly unravels under a backing of shuffling hats and a rolling kick drum. Twinkling synths swirl around before giving way to a rhythmic and compelling melody. Celeno’s musical themes continue into the third and final track, Aello, which eases you in with softer drums while a haunting drone builds up. Over this, ghostly arpeggios develop alongside weightier drums that carry the track through until the end, leaving just enough time for the drone to ring out and provide a fitting end to the EP.

Manticora

Aello

this beatless version of "Way" is a hidden vinyl-only bonus track and can be found on Gravitational 002.

Way (Rewalked)

Modularz 29
Ecliptica (EP)
Produced by Kessell
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Vinyl Format 12" + Digital
Distribution by Complete USA
Release Date Vinyl March 2017
Release Date Digital April 2017
Made in America.

Modularz 29 / Ecliptica (EP) / Kessell

The gravitational pull of the moon lets the water flow gracefully. Way off past awareness, in and out of reach like a half remembered dream.

Full article: https://mnmt.no/exclusive/review-konstrukt-005-ep/

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