Artist: Various
Title: Produto Interno Bruto
Label: Percebes Música
Cat No: PRCBS011
Format: 2x12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1. Leonidas & TK1 - Vanilla
A2. Change Request - The Looking Glass
A3. 2Jack4U - Seamless Dub
B1. Basic Soul Unit - Right Now
B2. Daino - Razorback
B3. Daniel Monaco & Ma Spaventi - Prophet Mysteria
C1. Terra Chã - Quem Eu Sou
C2. AL:X - Can’t Handle It
C3. DJ Flick - River Rift
C4. Ninguem feat. Bambino & DJ Kronic - Recpresent
D1. Cyclonix - Butterfly Effect (*bonus - vinyl only!)
D2. Eddie Niguel - Life
D3. Pedro - Bel
 
Over the last two years, Percebes sought to upgrade public perception of locally created electronic and urban music by placing it along international producers, in a compilation series of two volumes called Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) - portuguese for “Gross Domestic Product”.

Released digitally (first on the label’s Bandcamp page and later on all online platforms), these showed the outside world not only what Lisbon based artists are about but also how they can fit in a wider picture. The compilations also helped to deconstruct a narrative that isn’t particularly accurate about electronic / dance / urban music made in Lisbon in international circles. In fact, PIB offers an alternative- perhaps more tangible - perspective on who and what you can actually listen to when going out at night in Portugal. Well, at least partly (it was never meant to be a definitive document).

The label was later able to cut a functional collection of tracks compiled from both volumes onto glorious wax... and here we are! Pure portuguese underground talent sided with tracks from our closest friends in the international scene. The double LP collects tracks chosen by myself  from volumes I and II of PIB and also adds a little extra by including a bonus vinyl exclusive by Cyclonix. For practical reasons, it was impossible to include all 22 tracks of both volumes on this vinyl, but it’s still possible to appreciate every artist featured by finding the download codes inside and get a full digital PIB pack (with all 22 tracks, plus a bonus release). 

We’re doing out part to provide you with a pristine sounding, powerful, useful and varied compilation that you can carry in your record bag for all sorts of situations - and also to fill up your USB sticks, phones and laptops with much more content for a reasonable price.
 
Knowledge, attitude, freedom of format, and quality over quantity. This is what we are about: Djs, producers and engineers who love great music, more than people obsessed with labelling things!

Various - Produto Interno Bruto - 2x12" (PRCBS011)

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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Conversor
Label: Percebes Música
Cat No: PRCBSLP026
Format: 12” Vinyl, Mini LP compilation

Tracklist: 

A1. Daino – First Takes
A2. Larry Quest – Frenchie Knuckles
A3. Poko - Desolate
A4. Ka§par – Head Down
B1. Hélder Russo - Morabeza
B2. Terra Chã – Inquieto Moreno (Moreno Ácido Remix)
B3. Cyclonix – Warm As Hoth
B4. AL:X – Falling Down

Is a digital music file a less existing work than a vinyl record of the same content? Does bringing digital music into the physical realm make it more real by offering it the tangibility of physical matter? The PERCEBES MÚSICA collective furthers the long term discussion on the relationships between medium and message, truth and illusion, worth and validity.

“Conversor” is a various artist compilation that at first glance feels like a single artist album. The cover does not explicitly state individual authors (only track titles, lengths and BPM are provided), as if to dilute the importance of self and ego, though the listener can attain said information when accessing the download codes inside. It is content from the ether pressed to matter through a Digital-to-Analog conversion process; selected tracks picked from the label’s recent digital catalogue, cleverly edited and placed together onto a record, made to create an introspective - yet physical - electronic soul LP with clear canonical undertones. The trickling down of information from binary code to material existence into a limited edition slab of vinyl.

The offerings range from classic sounding deeper house (by the likes of Daino, Larry Quest, Poko Poko and label head Ka§par) to a wider reaching selection of african riddims (Hélder Russo, Moreno Ácido and Terra Chã), UK Garage (Cyclonix) and even golden age drum’n’bass (Al:X). An exploration of mood and cohesion through variety, the artistic result will resonate with the timeless approach of eclectic labels like the profound Guidance or Peacefrog, the cutting edge Metamorphic, or Reflective or even the widely known WARP or R&S.

The purchase of the physical record allows the owner to download not only the integral digital version of the vinyl LP, but also every full EP release from where each track has been extracted. Each entry has been perfectly timed to retain all valuable dynamic range and definition on either side of the vinyl record, while still creating a timely impact on the dance floor, every track is a strong narrational item of use in a DJ bag for a deep electronic minded soul slinger.

Various Artists - Conversor (PRCBSLP026)

“Father Fader” gets remixed by top french producer Alan.D for a classic tech house remix of the original's bluesy gospel detroit inspired classic. We use the term "tech house" carefully, as nowadays it translates a bland funkless universe of same sounding generic tracks that chart Beatport with anonimity and absense of creativity... We are using the term as it was used in the 90's, as the remix sounds like something out on Paper Recordings or Pagan. It sounds like classic Soma tracks and remixes by Maas or I:Cube. An elegant version, perfect for massive floors!!

The original has a Housier feel: a few smartly picked sampled vocal bits and smart key chops looped into a very raw analog sounding beat, while a heart racing narrative evolves around the stacking of stabs and organs that keep building on an ever increasing galvanizing tension. Peak time, fast paced deep winner.

Label: @PercebesMusica
Original Track: @LarryQuest
Remixer: @DJ-AlanD

Entrega

PREMIERE: Larry Quest - Father Fader (Alan.D Remix) [Percebes Música]

V/A - CONVERSOR
BUY LINK: https://percebesmusica.bandcamp.com/album/conversor
Label: Percebes Música (https://soundcloud.com/percebesmusica)
Larry Quest (https://soundcloud.com/larryquest)
https://www.instagram.com/_larry_quest_/

PERCEBES MÚSICA furthers the long discussion on the relationships between medium and message, truth and illusion, worth and validity.

“Conversor” is a various artist compilation that feels like a single artist album. The cover does not explicitly state individual authors (only track titles, lengths and BPM are provided), as if to dilute the importance of self and ego. Information pressed to matter through a Digital-to-Analog conversion process; tracks from the label’s recent catalogue are cleverly edited and placed together onto a record. The result is an introspective - yet physical - electronic soul LP with canonical undertones.

The offerings range from classic sounding deeper house (Daino, Larry Quest, Poko and label head Ka§par) to a wider reaching selection of african riddims (Hélder Russo, Moreno...  afficher plus
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BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Larry Quest - Frenchie Knuckles

with the voices of james baldwin, bell hooks & nina simone

Heroes

BUY HERE
https://percebesmusica.bandcamp.com/album/petingas-arroz-malandro

Besties João “Ka§par” Pires and Fabrizio “Terra Chã” Reinolds have more than fifty year’s worth of combined experience in collecting records, recording tracks and spinning tunes for discerning listeners and dancers. The culmination of their shared perspective comes in the shape of the Petingas project.

Fabrizio, one halve of the highly acclaimed Terra Chã duo (who released their second EP “Missão” on Percebes recently) gathered samples from rare portuguese disco tracks and applied a peculiar vision while Ka§par played on top, programmed and engineered both originals.

“Morena Salgada” is a hypnotic groove driven plunge into pleasure, reminiscent of early Theo Parrish, Aubrey or Russ Gabriel...

... while “Suave Lambada” impresses with it’s afro inspired vibe, deep yet sensual groove, sure to get many a couple dancing on the floor.

Two of the most talented contemporary producers came in to breathe further funk onto either track: best seller Larry Quest broke “Suave Lambada” into a soulful break acid number.

Head Detroit techno specialist minimalArchiv went full deep into "Morena Salgada" with a certain New Age boogie flavour to it. Extremely original, very special release.

MASTERED BY KA§PAR ; DESIGN BY ORACY DESIGN (Chris Kontogeorgos)
credits
releases April 5, 2024

Composed by Ka§par (João Silva Pires) & Fabrizio Reinolds
Produced by Ka§par, co-produced with Fabrizio Reinolds
Arranged, mixed & mastered by Ka§par, finalized with Nuno Leote (Leehot) - thank you Nuno!
Remix on A2 by Larry Quest (Julien Berland)
Remix on B2 by minimalArchiv (Simon Chisholm)

A2 PETINGAS SUAVE LAMBADA LARRYQUEST RX M4 KRLT

Terra Chã Live @ Lux Frágil

Manifesto Sonoro #51

Manifesto Sonoro é um programa de rádio, em formato podcast, com a realização e produção de Nuno Duarte e Carlos Ramos Cleto
Para ouvir em: radiolisipo.com/

Manifesto Sonoro #51

Teclista dos Arte & Som, banda da Camacha, que existiu durante os anos 80.