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Effortless shifting between bouncy club and half-time elegance before returning to an ambient origin.

Music by dybbuk (@disk-wraith)
Mastered by SIM
Cover art by Bruno Lauzon Tanzi in collaboration with Sora Park

Unruhe

Lithe

dybbuk - Lithe

2018. - 2022.

gdje je otok ljubav i toplina
grad je hladno znanje
gdje je otok mir
grad je šamar koji miluje tek kasnije
točno kad treba

danse macabre crvenkasto žute boje
samrtni hropac jednog automatona
beskonačan put ispred tebe što vrlo brzo prođe
neprežaljena budućnost i žmarci koji te zatoče
nemoć, strah
uzdah

strident

From album 'Frontal' by Current Bias
Releases on CD and digital 03/07/23

Produced and mixed by Current Bias
Mastered by Ike Zwanikken
Art by Current Bias and Zara Olifent
Layout and design by Zara Olifent

Cat# RA:007
© Related Articles 2023

Current Bias - Apropos In Accelerating Pt. 1

Bank NYC is very excited to present the definitive statement of Collector, "No Prospects". Collector is the solo guise of Jason Campbell, resident of Newcastle, Australia. Since 2014, Campbell has been channelling the industrial malaise of his hometown through his unique take on heavy electronics. After a series of releases on global-spanning labels such Steel City Dance Discs (UK), Nice Music (AUS), Clan Destine (SCO) & Night People (US), the debut long-player for Bank NYC finds Collector embracing true album form for the first time in his discography. Across eight pieces, Collector delivers a bleak sonic narrative via a hardware-only approach to production: Analog drum machine patterns are intricately intertwined with menacing synth lines, and driving bass is met with the unrelenting clatter of tightly-sequenced field recordings taken straight from the heart of local industry.

Thematically, "No Prospects" navigates the downfall of Newcastle's BHP Steelworks at the end of the 20th century. Acknowledged widely as the largest de-industrialisation event in Australian history, the closure of the Steelworks in 1999 marked a dramatic cultural shift where blue-collar vocations were vanquished due to an economic slump, and were consumed by the trending cosmopolitanism seen in adjacent cities. "No Prospects" draws on Campbell's family lineage in the Newcastle's steelworks, providing a rich, personal context to an industry that both gives and takes away. The sharp intensity of the album is sustained by dramatic shifts in pace: the devestating slow burners of 'Two From Five' and 'Ricochet' are instinctually offset by the frenetic 'CFT' and 'Workers Club Collapse', which showcase Campbell's no-nonsense approach to shaping an almost club-ready breed of modern industrial techno. Although diverse across both sides, cohesion is found in Campbell's toolkit of samples that are unmistakably Collector. The album's eponymous track, 'No Prospects', serves as an introspective centrepoint - a largely arrhythmic excursion shrouded in familiar brooding, textural drones, and underpinned by the chug of machinery on the brink of collapse.

Although forever indebted to the spirit of local electronic outcasts, Bloody Fist Records, Collector's "No Prospects" is a remarkably distinct statement straight from the heart of Australia's Steel City. The complexity of arrangements speak to Campbell's long association in experimental music communities, whilst the persistent feeling of dread conveys a uniquely regional story of decay and futility. Pure Novocastrian industrial electronics.

No Prospects

Collector - Gauze (BNK-040)

programming AKAI MPC1000 (TR808 rhythms), GS mini Apollo and vocals: L. Piaggio
ProPeth-5 Synthesizer & ProOne  (Sequential Circuits): L. Romeo

co-prod, composed & written: L. Piaggio aka El Piyi
rec, prod & mix: L. Romeo at La Siesta del Fauno
master: P. Gil at La Siesta del Fauno
artwork: R. Cueto www.rociocueto.com
label: @Islavisión www.islavision.com.ar / La Siesta del Fauno Records

Dos más dos, dos más dos (single)

Dos más dos, dos más dos

Dos más dos, dos más dos (2+2 / 2+2)

Aiwa - SEEYA(pp222)

"Couple of my demos from summer '23 that somehow ended up from the folder 'untitled' to the folder 'complete.' Featuring cracked VSTs, YouTube rips, samples from cheap 90s CDs, and a lot of sarcasm plus sincerity at the same time. It's definitely 'name your price' tag music, but it's nicely mixed with additional help from Cnstruct, mastered by simply the best, Lopazz, and comes with lovely design by Mollakaev. Feel free to support! And remember to always stay hydrated." ~ Zhilin

Artist: @andrei-zhilin
Title: Stars&
Purchase: https://zhilin.bandcamp.com/album/stars
Released: 13 March 2024

PREMIERE: Zhilin — Stars& (self-released, 2024)

https://soundcloud.com/basbleau & https://soundcloud.com/mvh_kram

https://www.retreatradio.net/meld

mëld #3 w/ bas bleau & kräm (16/03/24)

Amarhac is an audiovisual artist from Mar del Plata, Argentina. In his productions, futuristic soundscapes are explored through synthetic and digital sounds. He also incorporates digital art and 3D animations to visually enhance the sound scenes.

Asplenium, his 2nd release on the label, moves through different ecosystems within a unified narrative. It is divided into parts, but the aim is to provide a single, uninterrupted listening experience without cuts. The EP incorporates IDM, broken rhythms, deconstructed and ambient tones, all layered under a highly defined palette of textures and sound design.

Artist: Amarhac / @amarhac
Label: @nodolabel
Release date: 24 April 2024

PREMIERE: Amarhac — Part 6 (Nodo, 2024)

Artist: metra.vestlud / @metra_vestlud
Album: Crystallllliiiine
Label: Фактура / @faktura_ural
Release: 15 April
Format: Cassette

Buy: https://faktura-ural.bandcamp.com/album/crystallllliiiine

PREMIERE: metra.vestlud — Maallachittebiird (Фактура, 2024)

Bogdan Ra is based in the musical hotbed of Lisbon and his excellent What Is A DJ? EP on Craft Music Records takes its inspiration from the late 80s acid house and Italo, displaying a real mix of vintage charm and contemporary relevance that will strike all the right notes on the dancefloor. From the snappy title cut to the electro rhythms of 'Arroios' via the funky disco rhythms of 'Tonic Glue' and feel good factor of closer 'That's All', this is quality production that will more than stand the test of time.

Artist: Bogdan Ra @bogdan_ra
Title: What Is A DJ?
Label: Craft Music @craftmusique
Cat. CMR007
Release date: 01 Jul 24
Format: 12” + digital

Pre-order: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/bogdan-ra-what-is-a-dj-vinyl/1010462-01/

pre-order

PREMIERE: Bogdan Ra — Arroios (Craft Music, 2024)

Stunning 4-tracker by contemporary Japan's fine electronic mind Doltz @doltzdeep

Meta-ambient, beyond space, heavy yet subtle mixture of tranquility and anxiety that will take a listener on a hypnotizing journey through furtive meanings and rhythms.

Issued on 12-inch black vinyl disc jacketed in the design envelope.

Artist: Doltz (Fukuoka, Japan) / @doltzdeep
Label: @shurale_records (Kazan)
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: May 2024
Presale: www.decks.de/track/doltz-komainu/cmk-3r
Bandcamp: shuralerecords.bandcamp.com

PREMIERE: Doltz — Komainu (Shurale, 2024)

Initially released in Atlantea Records label last month, this album is a labour of love, an exploration of refusing to abandon an initial idea, by cultivating and persisting even if it did not make sense or I wanted to give up. I learned to love each song, to surrender to the process and to trust its potential, believing that I can serve as an instrument for its beauty to unfold.

The ten songs are crafted to be experienced as one cohesive piece. In the fast-paced rhythm of our lives, we sometimes overlook the importance of slowing down and redirecting our focus inward. My invitation for you is to indulge in the luxury of opening space for yourself by setting a time to relax and listen to this album with the intention of self-care and self-reflection, just to see what happens.

Thank you for listening. May these sounds bring joy, wonder and seeds of creative expression into your life.

With love,

Tierro


Written and produced by Tierro Cosmico
Mastered by Pheek // audioservices.studio
Cover by BsTar & Magic:D

Petalos De Rosa

Code Walk - Slip

"If you had to live your life over and over again for eternity, how would you live it? What does making choices mean? The contingencies of a life unravel my senses."

Throughout the course of 10 tracks of ‘Wiederkunft Eternal LP‘, the debut album by German producer thirdworldlabour, a digitally cold climate dominates throughout while a specific kind of affectivity is captured in each track. The sound design ranges from emotionally brutal (within) and uncanny (diminished spirits) to blissfully divine (a seamless float to another dome). An emphasis of using chopped vocal samples together with choir-like ambience often creates an ethereal atmosphere which subsequently is shattered by seemingly primitive and at times overtly mechanistic drum programming. Repeatedly Cryogenic synth melodies are paired with unwavering percussion that evoke connotations of fully automated, industrial production processes (many fathers/ancestral transition). Whereas in other parts, steady vocal arpeggios prevail in a textural landscape which seems to dissolve itself into non-physicality (disintegration II).
Reflected in the works title, the album draws upon the concept of the 'Eternal Return' which has its origins in non-western philosophy. The concept relates to the notion of pre-determinism and assumes that time and space are infinite progresses in which the individual is living their life over and over again in a never ending recurrent cycle.
Wiederkunft Eternal examines said concept within the expressive potential of sound and specifically tries to investigate the relationship between hope and despair as central themes in human experience.

all tracks by @thirdworldlabour
mix & mastering by @wimdehaen
visuals & cassette design by Ver
instagram.com/psalmsofver/

LP/CASSETTE

THIRDWORLDLABOUR - ANCESTRAL TRANSITION

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