ULV For Ultra Low Velocity

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/strapontin, https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding
Track: Sasnal Park
Label: https://soundcloud.com/abstrack-records
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, EP
Release date: 01/6/21
Purchase: https://abstrackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strapontin-sasnal-park-ep

Second release of the year already from the party music people of Abstrack. This time, it’s Brussels based artist Strapontin whose original production is on the menu, with re interpretation from several gifted companions. The multitude here is no excuse for genericity or easy recipes, rather a fertile playground for toying around with a wide range of vibes and moods.
Matches is a poetic, sensual spoken-word piece. The song feels like a flower about to blossom, though with plenty of hybrid DNA in it. In the end it leaves the way wide open for further emotions to get through. And they do.
Sasnal Park is the emotion of wander : looking for something forever, but for what? The drums make you believe that you found it but they turn out to be a mirage, and so does every tangible element of the track. A beautiful journey in the end even if you don’t know where you’ve been.
Family Diner … no ambiguity this time : a mystical roller as dark as it is trippy. Or maybe more trippy. Either way, not sure you can resist dancing to this one played out loud. Lose yourself to screaming halfway through, but only to fall back well rooted in those dancing feet afterwards.
On the flip, remixers put it where they’re expected to : A Strange Wedding takes the wandering “Sasnal Park” on the Edge of trancy club music, closer to the roots of Abstrack parties.

Sasnal Park

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PREMIERE | Strapontin - Sasnal Park (A Strange Wedding Remix) [Abstrack] 2021

K I A: https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding & https://soundcloud.com/janloup
https://soundcloud.com/soleil-rouge-collectif
Buy Release: https://soleil-rouge.bandcamp.com/album/premier-rayon
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Oj9Pp-F3gYY

Due for September 15, our inaugural ‘Premier Rayon’ compilation is a legacy from ‘Paturia’ – a party we organized by the French collective last summer – as you can find Organizatsiya, Ended., HAJJ, _mass or Jonnnah on the line-up, all part of this hot weekend of August 2020.

To accompany them: GOLCE, Caïn و Muchi, K I A (A Strange Wedding & Jan Loup), Women In The Royal Court (OKO DJ & Tryphème) ft. Clara!, Salma Rosa or Lucy Liyou, paving the way to another reunion in France’s verdant meadows.

Definitely oriented towards contemporary electronics, the 11-track various offers a fine selection of experimental breaks infused with futuristic trap, dark downtempo and rousing trance, all tightly linked up by an overall digital emo-pop vibe. Between its frenetic, tormented atmosphere, the release also offers a few moments of contemplation, unveiling a softer fragment of our recurrent-to-be gathering,

Limited to 250 copies, the crystal-clear 2x12” vinyl and its 10-hand designed gatefold is another nod to these moments when artists and audience join as one, providing the natural surroundings with an unforgettable memory of symbiosis and creativity.

Tracklist: 

A1. Organizatsiya – Troisième jour de voyage
A2. Ended. – Slower & Slower (ft. Dyy)
A3. Jonnnah – Broken Promises
B1. Women In The Royal Court – DRUM A QUEEN (ft. Clara!)
B2. K I A – Slavery of Mortality
B3. HAJJ – RAGE OF EMPIRE
C1. GOLCE – BYDEFINITION
C2. _mass – dxscord
C3. Caïn و Muchi – Shining شائنين
D1. Jonnnah & Salma Rosa – Every Clouds Has A Silver Lining
D2. Lucy Liyou – Gentle Method

Premier Rayon

Slavery of Mortality

PREMIERE: K I A - Slavery of Mortality [Soleil Rouge]

WhyPeopleWar: Five Rituals - Pulchra Terram (A Strange Wedding Bottom Of The Hole Version)

https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding
https://soundcloud.com/bambooshows
🛒 https://bambooshows.bandcamp.com/album/vapordub-an-introduction-to-contemporary-psychedelic-music-vol-1
🔊 https://youtu.be/Q1QYwXfheSQ

Two years after our last V/A, we're back with the first opus of our ‘Vapordub’ imprint series. Another artifact rising from the depths of the leftfield music scene, this time focused on contemporary psychedelics.
Highly inspired by the textures of the vaporwave sonic aesthetic, our 16-track compilation displays in turns intriguing sound design, graceful synths from a new age, weird exotics and psychoactive slow-dubs.

Designed to please either curious or skilled ears, our various paves the way for a 90-minute mind wandering in distant, fantasized realms. Featuring renowned international artists, up and coming French projects and obscure aliases in the likes of A Strange Wedding & Camille Claire Olympie, Alieno deBootes, Babau, Bouti, Dean O’Brien Resorts, Dylan Henner, Georgia, Giant Grouper, Herbarium, Horn Chants, Jonnnah, Naomie Klaus, Nuke Watch, Polonius, Salamanda and Vica Pacheco.

To be published on March 30, 2022 on a 2x 12” gatefold-vinyl-bundle, including marbled &-transparent waxes and a mesmerizing combination between Vica Pacheco’s artwork and Romain Guillo’s design.

Tracklist: 

A1. Dylan Henner – In The Middle of the Field There Was A Tree Full of Sparrows
A2. A Strange Wedding & Camille Claire Olympie – Murmures Sur La Côte De Granit Rose
A3. Bouti – Hidden Object in the Landscape
A4. Herbarium – Goodbye to the Holy Mountain. Real life awaits us.
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B1. Jonnnah – Omnipotence, a mid-week modern research to socialize with friends talking backwards
B2. Georgia – Slope Of A Front (Goes Down Lane With Undiluted Memory Mix)
B2. Salamanda – Bubble Bamboo Princess
B3. Vica Pacheco – La danza de las ramas del árbol milenario
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C1. Giant Grouper – I wish my eyes didn't see the sunlight before I met the purple dragon
C2. Dean O'Brien Resorts – A tribute to the beautiful pool that you weren’t invited to
C3. Alieno deBootes – Seeding the Clouds
C4. Polonius – What Lurks Under the Sweat of the Swelling Shrub's Brow
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D1. Nuke Watch – Korea Sunburn Hands of the Yucatan in Flood-Tide Below Me
D2. Horn Chants – First was a leaf and then was the insect
D3. Babau – Singe's Riddles (Sunnityland Explorations in Padova)
D4. Naomie Klaus – Can You Tell Me What Is Micronet?

A Strange Wedding & Camille Claire Olympie – Murmures Sur La Côte De Granit Rose [Bamboo Shows]

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Deep dive into memories

Space Basstek

Recorded live at Above Below 2024, Chiltern Hills, UK.

Earlier this summer I had the pleasure of finally visiting Above Below, a magically warm and inspiring festival tucked intimately within the Chilterns which I had heard so much about over years. What I discovered there was a community that immediately felt like home, a weekend full of moments both immaculately deep & breathlessly exuberant, and a true sense of independence and discovery in the spirit of the festival.

Playing in the UK will always be a special honor for me, and I wanted to capture my appreciation for such a pivotal scene while pushing myself in ways that are distinctly my own. This set helped me find more than a few footholds in my own practice and I’m so happy to share the recording, one from a lineup full of friends & inspirations. Hope you enjoy it!

@arn_j
@abovebelowfestival

Artwork by Malte Schumann.

Sure Thing Mix 131: Aaron J

https://soundcloud.com/ultralowvelocity
https://soundcloud.com/a_strange_wedding
https://soundcloud.com/antoinnnnnnnne
https://soundcloud.com/krakzh
Buy Release: https://krakzh.bandcamp.com/album/a-strange-wedding-antoine-pres-ulv
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/VHmKfjGOXko

Two of the finest french shamans unite around the Ultra Low Velocity project.

A Strange Wedding & Antoine have contributed to give Saint Etienne a taste of psychedelia and freedom thanks to the Positive Education Festival and their label Worst Records.

It's about trance, fractals & spirituality

Tracklist: 
A1 - ULV - The Lost Industrial Temples
A2 - ULV - The Lost Industrial Temples (ASW Remix)
B1 - A Strange Wedding - Age Of Empire Goes At War In Space 
B2 - ULV - ULV for Ultra Low Velocity

Deep dive into memories

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