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R$N Premieres: March 2018

Another week another wealth of new tracks to choose from for our 'Today's' playlist. Our top picks come from the likes of Albrecht La'Brooy, Melquíades, Nu Guinea, and once again we share yet another brilliant track from Neue Grafik's upcoming album. We also squeeze in a couple of bangers courtesy of Peckham-based house duo Athlete Whippet and Jimpster. Also look out for something weird and wonderful from Henrique Uba and Yu-Ching Huang aka Aemong. As always we hope you discover some exciting new music. Check out the playlist and make sure to follow us here and on our website, Mixcloud, and Tumblr for more music. Press play and enjoy!

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Today's Adventure

mid chill vibe

Jose Marquez Remix (Hector Lavoe - Aguanile)

Taken from AMB1801 - Albrecht La'Brooy - Tidal River
Released 02/02/18 - smarturl.it/tidal_river

A1. Daybreak
A2. View from the Peak
A3. Tidal River
B1. Sealers Cove
B2. Darby Saddle
B3. Last Light

Apollo presents a sublime mini album from Melbourne duo Albrecht La’Brooy AKA Sean La'Brooy and Alex Albrecht which will appeal to fans of Suzanne Kraft, Tornado Wallace and Dawn Of Midi.

The release is inspired by a visit to the beautiful Wilson's Promontory, a remote national park on the South East coast of Australia. The tracklisting runs from morning through to nightime and tries to capture the feeling of each snapshot in time.

Their music is a delicate fusion of ambient electronic textures, live instrumentation and field recordings - gauzy guitar melodies, dreamy synth arpeggios and throbbing rthymic pulses that feels equally at home in outdoor amphitheatres as well as dark nightclubs

Alternating between their cosmic/balearic deep house and more laid back introspections, Tidal River's gorgeously lush sounds are remarkably consistent - rich, warm and organic with an emphasis on atmosphere and the transportation of the listener. Each track was the fruit of Albrecht La’Brooy’s long improvised jamming process

Heavily involved in their local scene, the duo co-run the Analogue Attic imprint, "Championing this gentler side of electronic music in Australia” which has proven a fertile incubator for their own development, across a series of ambitious and ear catching EPS, alongside local cohorts such as Sleep D, Rings Around Saturn and Udmo. This involvement also extends to including local players on their recording sessions as well as their cosmic live shows. The Tidal River album includes a quartet of jazz musicians including label-mate Matthew Hayes on bass guitar, guitarist Oliver Paterson, Spanish Cajon courtesy of Joseph Batrouney and night time saxophone debut by Josh Kelly.

With the stunning Tidal River forthcoming on Apollo 2018 looks set to be a very bright year for Albrecht La’Brooy

Albrecht La'Brooy - Last Light

Smooth, Italo boogie from @nu-guinea taken from their new album Nuova Napoli, the result of extensive research into the funk and disco sound of their Neapolitan hometown.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/03/02/premiere-nu-guinea-ddoje-facce/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/ddoje-facce

Nuova Napoli

Nu Guinea - Ddoje Facce (STW Premiere)

Written and produced by Robin Paul Braum & Aviram Barath
Label: squareglass
Digital: Believe Distribution
Physical: Lobster Distribution
Mixed by Nick Powell
Mastered by Ten Eight Seven Mastering

Hands Only

The mighty jungle cat roared with abandonment and pride as he ran free from the towering walls of the zoo which had kept him imprisoned for so long. It was no problem that he might never return, the wind blew prominently against his fur as he darted between the trees under the glow of the moonlight. It was desperately cold under the chill of winter but that had been the incentive for a fantastic escape, a driving force behind the evacuation which had been coming for oh so long. 

Apres Ski appears on a new compilation set for release on the 13th of March later this month. He features alongside an array of Irish counterparts on the first compilation being released by Dublin Digital Radio, a station which has championed up and coming Irish talent across the breadth of electronic music.

ddr. Compilation 01

PREMIERE: Apres Ski - No Prob [Dublin Digital Radio]

This was to be the first time that laboratory would be open to the public and the outside world. The walls were glimmering a pristine white tint whilst the greenery of the plant life which lurked behind the glass windows acted as a stark yet beautiful contrast to the clinicality of the environment. "001.1" had been a long time in the planning, it was important for a company as rogue and vagabond as theirs to at least pretend that those from the outside world were welcome within their sphere of chaos...

Nacieae appears on a new EP set for release on Tact Recordings. The imprint has moved from strength to strength across the last six years, this time they turn their focus towards the abstract elements of dub.

001.1 PREMIERE: Nacieae -001.1 [Tact Recordings]

@mergelayers - the label run by Italian producers Natlek and Nobel - is starting a new monthly digi-only single series. The first offering comes from @circuit900, a Danish duo composed of Nicolas Hansen (Variete/Lattice) and Jens Madsen (Pastiche).

Operating somewhere near the intersection between house, electro and UK bass music, 'Bakheng' is a certified stomper with the most ferocious drums you'll have heard in a while.

Buy it here: http://bit.ly/2oS15MX

PREMIERE: Circuit 900 - Bakheng [Merge Layers]

The funny shaped creature marched prominently across the floor. It toddled back and forth between the four walls and looked surpised as it recreated the same delicately crafted route again and again. Shiu was his name, a thing of beauty which the rich had brought upon a great ship from overseas, he was far from home and very much alone amidst a kingdom of wealth, power and might. The trumpets roared in the courtyard outside as the guards marched upon the cobbles. The creature shivered up in the high tower. 

Thiago Nassif is set to release a new album on the widely praised record label, Foom. The imprint has become synonymous with quality having previously released music by the likes of Peter Zummo, Arthur Russell, NDF and more. Listen to the talents of the Brazilian maestro in collaboration with Arto Lindsay.

Três

PREMIERE: Thiago Nassif - Shiu (Coçar Onde Coça)[Foom]

@moveltraxx's Street Bangers Factory series comes to a close this week with the ninth edition. Over the course of three years the label has been showcasing high octane dancefloor weapons from the likes of MikeQ, Mighty Mark & TT The Artist, Big Dope P, DJ Earl, Lockah, Morgan Hislop and loads more.

Teklife star @deejay-manny-2 - whose 'Greenlight' was one of the best albums of 2017 - contributes a whipcrack juke cut that's over before you've even had a chance to draw breath. The frantic rhythms of 'It's House' mark another worthy entry in his arsenal of footwork battle anthems.

Street Bangers Factory 9

PREMIERE: DJ Manny - It's House [Moveltraxx]

FEATURE > inverted-audio.com/feature/cross-talk-neue-grafik-wayne-snow-discuss-innervision-ep-on-rhythm-section

Eager to find out more about the roots and raison d'être of this collaboration, @neue-grafik sources of inspiration and how 'Innervision' more generally came to be, we caught up with Fred and Kesiena to give you a bit more insight on the duo's ways and means.

Innervision

Neue Grafik - To Peckham Rye [Rhythm Section]

The stories were the stuff of legend. Chinese tales had been passed down through the generations from one man to the next as if they were some great prophecy which might predict the future. Stories of swordsmen and cloaked figures who lurked in the night were rife in the local community whilst out amidst the trees the hunters began to gather. Fear had already spread through each town in the local area and by that point there was little to gather as to whether the tales were myth or fact.

Aemong are set to release their debut album. The duo made up of Henrique Uba and Yu-Ching Huang; from Brazil and Taiwan respectively, have crafted a wondrous assortment of ambient soundscapes, electronic flurries and worldly influences.

1000

PREMIERE: Aemong - Chinese Tales [Diskotopia]

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-melquiades-morning-breeze

"Morning Breeze" is as gentle and languid as the title suggests. Blissful piano chords and floating synthesizers drift somnolently over a steady, mid-tempo pulse: it's the sonic equivalent of a Sunday morning lie-in.

Blue Caves

Melquíades - Morning Breeze [Scissor & Thread]

Artist: DJ Aakmael
Title: Joust / Takewon
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Catalog #: KNG 756
Label: Nite Grooves

Buy & Download
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/joust-takewon/2274649
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/963948/joust-takewon

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Tracklisting
1. Joust
2. Takewon

DJ/producer and bonified house/deep house legend DJ Aakmael graces Nite Grooves with his newest release titled “Joust/Takewon.” Kicking things off is the original mix “Joust,” a deep and sultry deep house jam perfect for international dance floors. Next up Aakmael showcases his keyboard soulful prowess with the original mix “Takewon.”

Available at Traxsource, Beatport and iTunes

Buy All on Beatport

01. Joust

The cars whizzed between the tall, towering skyscrapers ready to respond to any given emergency dialled in. They were the burners of the midnight oil and the first response when things went wrong... Boy, did they go wrong. They were not the police, the Garda or the law but a group of vigorous, right thinking civilians with a firm sense of pride in the city that birthed them. Nonsense was not to be tolerated in these parts and they would happily lay do the law before the courts had their way with them...

Santiago Salazar is a longstanding producer from the US, a figurehead of house and techno and a keen player in the Underground Resistance movement which gave rise to the groove driven electronic futurism of the genre in the present. Experimentation and jazz, adaptability and creativity - Santiago is a stalwart of all things good within dance and electronic music culture. 

His new album is due for release on the 17th of May later this year and will be out on Love What You Feel. It's strong willed, powerful stuff.

The Night Owl LP

PREMIERE: Santiago Salazar - Midnight Oil [Love What You Feel]

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Release Date: 9th April 2019

A renowned showcase of fresh talent from the global electronic scene, Anjunadeep’s Explorations series returns this April with ‘Explorations 09’. This time around we welcome seven new artists for their full label debuts in Magdalena, Lily AZ, Tom Peters,  BAILE, Jozef K, Boxer, and Ronfoller.

First up, collaborative track between Magdalena, Lily Az, and Tom Peters ‘I Think About You All The Time’ blends pulsating synths with deep sub swells.

BAILE, real name Reed Kackley, first appeared on Anjunadeep 10 with ‘Soft Light’. His beautiful follow-up ‘Bind’ reaffirms the Brooklyn-based producer’s propensity for rich, textural dance music and asserts him as one to watch in 2019.

Manchester native Jozef K marks his Anjunadeep debut with his delicate ‘Inward Spiral’ - an airy arrangement of synths and pads set on a backdrop of stuttered claps and organic percussion.

UK producer Boxer signals his first label showing with ‘Blue Planet’, an 8-minute epic of expansive builds and lush chord progressions.

Closing out Explorations 09 is debutant Ronfoller. Hailing from Azerbaijan, Ronfoller showcases his distinct sound in ‘Along’, blending a memorable riff with a backdrop of textural steel drums and driving percussion.

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Buy/Stream

BAILE - Bind

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Australian born, London based DJ and producer HAAi gets tapped to supply her eclectic electronic excursion 'Drumting' to DGTL Records' first Various Artists EP. 

HAAi has risen rapidly during the past few years, with a standout set in Mixmag's The Lab LDN and most recently winning the title of the BBC’s ‘Most Essential Mix of 2018’. She's become widely known for her unique approach to DJing, fusing a globally-influenced blend of electronic and acoustic elements, but now as she expands her catalogue of original material we're given a much deeper look into her sonic persona. 

The 'Various Artists Volume 1' EP, which also includes tracks by  Rebolledo and Paulor, Axel Boman and JP Enfant, is set for release April 12.

Drumting

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Premiere: HAAi 'Drumting'

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