Artist: https://soundcloud.com/black-light-smoke
Track: Movement
Label: https://soundcloud.com/cutmistake
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, LP
Release date: 26/3/21
Purchase: https://blacklightsmoke.bandcamp.com/album/the-early-years

“The Early Years” is a retrospective of Black Light Smoke’s formative beginnings. Written mostly in 2010, before Black Light Smoke was a dance music name. These songs reflect a period of unfiltered creativity and adventure in the artist’s development. Not bound to any genre, this album begs for repeated listens to uncover the aural mysteries of disparate worlds.
The production of The Early Years involved trashy guitar amps, obscure pedals, unconventional recording techniques, and the warm hiss and warble from 4 track cassette recording. The tracks “123456789” and “Celeste” feature heavily overdubbed guitars and vocals, clearly My Bloody Valentine inspired. “The Figure” is an eerie piano and vocal ballad describing the last moments of someone’s life. The track that comes closest to dance music is “Black Light Smoke”, (which actually inspired the artist's name), featuring the wobbly synth line of a Juno106. Overall, this records is a dive into the artist's deep mind and emotions, expressed in beautiful noise and overlapping melodies.
Black Light Smoke first teamed up with Cut Mistake Music in 2012 to release his album “Thriller” under the alias John Hughes Daydream. Together again to release “The Early Years”, the artist and label owner Connor Whiriskey completed mixes for the album in Nashville during the 2017 solar eclipse. Having gathered dust for nearly 10 years, the songs on this album tell a story of the artist’s past, as well the story of coming full circle to completion.

The Early Years

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PREMIERE | Black Light Smoke - Springtime For Rioters [Cut Mistake Music] 2021

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/alpagoda, https://soundcloud.com/iroaka
Track: Black
Label: https://soundcloud.com/bannedinvegas
Format: Cassette Tape, Digital, Compilation, VA
Release date: 28/5/21
Purchase: https://bannedinvegas.bandcamp.com/album/a-deer-falling-into-the-sea

A DEER FALLING INTO THE SEA is a two piece project consisting of a remix compilation of Lucky Veil - the first mini album by Al Pagoda, and a short-documentary film.
The first part: A DEER FALLING INTO THE SEA (Lucky Veil Remixes) is a revision of Lucky Veil to be released via BIV Records in collaboration with Bigamo Musik on 28.5.2021. 
A a new perspective by close friends and musicians the influenced the creation process of by the album in one way or another.

PREMIERE | Al Pagoda - Black (Iro Aka Remix) [Banned In Vegas] 2021

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/endomonk
Track: Hörsturz
Label: https://soundcloud.com/teerpappe
Format: 7" Vinyl, VA 5xEP BOX
Release date: september 2021
Purchase: 
http://teerpappe.com/
https://teerpappe.bandcamp.com/

German imprint TEERPAPPE has gathered its fellow musicians to release several 7-inch records in the best German electronic alternative wave style. 100 x limited 5x7" various artist box, included names as: Syncboy, Fred und Luna, Cid Hohner, Hans Solo, Fallbeil.
Endo Monk is a new alter ego of Hans Solo, who has been experimenting with analogue and modular synthesizers since his school days.
In recent times, so many electronic tinkerings have been created, which, however, always contain cross-references to hip hop in the form of beats and voice samples.

PREMIERE | Endo Monk - Hörsturz [TEERPAPPE] 2021

https://soundcloud.com/mickeydagger
https://soundcloud.com/vonparty
https://soundcloud.com/samorecords
🛒 https://samorecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-want-to-be-a-cowboy
🔊 https://youtu.be/CpbB9-1M9Iw

Samo Records has something special for their next release. Mickey Dagger, who previously released a track on our Spiral compilation, sent us a whole EP jam-packed with incredible remixes.

For his cover of the ‘80s kitsch track "I Want To Be A Cowboy,” he adds his signature dark and slightly sarcastic spin.
On the remix side, we have Antoni Maiovvi, who did a big room mix, Thomas Von Party, who made a breaky one, Ortrotasce, who contributed an old-school industrial/EBM version, and label head Facets, who was convinced by Mickey to provide his own take.

All the proceeds will be going to ISKWEU Project an indigenous women's shelter in Canada.

Mickey Dagger - I Want To Be A Cowboy

I Want to Be A Cowboy (Thomas Von Party Mix)

PREMIERE: Mickey Dagger - I Want to Be A Cowboy (Thomas Von Party Mix) [Samo Records]

First solo release by the side project of Danilo & JAI.
5 raw and stretch out tracks with very few elements and minimal mixing. A personal tribute to early 90's progressive techno music, with an euro house feeling.

https://soundcloud.com/earsonearth

Pre-order

PRÉMIÈRE: BF Treatment - Nature Of Reality [Ears On Earth]

Artist: Free Range [Ernestas Sadau & Matt Weiner]
Track: Liquid Latex
Album: Camry Horses
Release date: October 2020
Format: Vinyl
Preorder: https://osare-editions.bandcamp.com/album/oe005-free-range-camry-horses

DT PREMIERE: Free Range - Liquid Latex (Osàre! Editions)

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Welcome back to Unreleased Territories.
We start 2021 with a bunch of tracks from all over the world. From Guatemala to Japan, we
invite you to this musical trip through the depths of our archives which we are happy to
unveil.
The voyage starts with floating, broken beats by our very own Jokios Kultūros. Then ИДА
boss Kolomensky delivers downtempo masterpiece full of magic, which will teleport you to
some exotic island, with a feeling of an upcoming storm. The Frankfurt slow vibe
ambassador Tassilo, as always, delivers a dubby psychedelic track, full of subtle details. This
tune is your express ticket directly to Neverland. Samo Records boss Facets invites you on
an intriguing and mysterious adventure through synths and a deep bassline. Our dear friend
and member of many great projects - Anton Berezin - will take you to a post-punk era with
some not-so-cheesy synths. Up next is a dancefloor killer from Guatemala by Fabio Me
Llaman Soltero - a mixture of arabic sounds and african drums with creepy vocals will
definitely heat you up. Then an angry bassline prepared by Neud Photo during his Croatian
vacations kicks so hard that it literally throws you into the medieval ages, close to the
Adriatic sea and forces you to move. The massive banger by Auren advises you not to take
candy from a stranger, to avoid unpleasant trips on dancefloors. A thumping, yet important
message! With a track by Anastasia Zems we are moving into the jungle. The great levitating
vocals and mystifying sounds invite you to discover your wild side as you move through the
track as though jumping from one liana to the next. With their nostalgic, somewhat
progressive house melody Anatolian Weapons guide you to the top of the Greek mountains.
Try not to melt. Guitar riffs interweave with the sounds of bells to give this next classic disco
track by Volta Cab a more metal sound. The rock influenced track by Wolfstream keeps your
blood pressure up so you stay alive till the end of this adventure. The young talent from
Kaunas – Pijus - associates himself mostly with lo-fi sounds. He jumps into our ship with a
housy track, full of acid chords. Marco Lazovic knows best how to channel a melancholic
mood with the help of music. Stop for a while and enjoy this moment of introspection.
Broken Daiquiri by Adventure Society is a psychedelic cut which challenges you to push
through and explore your dark side. Tadan, a Lithuanian based in London, dedicated his
track to a skate park located in Ukraine. You can imagine yourself cruising cheekily through
gavanpark while listening to it. The slowly rolling track by Shrimp Prince serves up a
delicious sonic dinner from the bottom of the deep blue sea. The inscrutable and constant
kick with the deep synths of Jelisejev Shedding Skin will surely plunge you into the foggy
Fenland, the home of these misty sounds. Try not to get lost! Then, tribal elements and
chaotic experimental sounds by Yuto Takei will grab you and zap you all the way into a
Japanese rainforest. And for the last destination, all aboard the ship of our Italian friend - A-
Tweed, his quirky track, boosted by Vittorio Gassman’s voice will show you the way through
ancient Rome and to the finish line of this global adventure.
We really hope you enjoyed this musical trip through different parts of our magical planet.
While we’re stuck inside during this crazy pandemic, we hope that our music has helped you
to escape, at least in your minds and in your soul. Stay healthy and stay alive!
Artwork - https://www.facebook.com/cherny.maksim

Mastering - https://www.facebook.com/deividasjaros at
https://www.facebook.com/Andrius.Grinevskis studio.

PREMIERE: Tadan - Gavanpark [Electric Shapes]

REMIXES AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL ONLY :
https://cosmovitelli.bandcamp.com/album/bernardino-femminielli-lamour-avec-moi-cosmo-vitelli-remixes

Original from the album "L'exil" 
© 2020 Bernardino Femminielli / Éditions Appærent

Bernardino Femminielli - L'amour avec moi (Cosmo Vitelli Dub)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/yutotakei
Track : Kerr Former
Label : https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes
Format : Digital
Release date : 25/01/21
Purchase : https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/album/unreleased-territory-vol-2

Newly opened and picking up steam, Electric Shapes kicks off the year with a huge compilation with 120h tracks from the artists of half of the planet.
Today we premiering a talented Japanese producer Yuto Takei and his 'Kerr Former' with it's floating voyage on the music universe, tribally psychedelic track but yet here with a broken line of drums conscript to return you to the earth then when you start to lift off the ground.
Label crew really hopes you will enjoy this musical trip through different parts of our magical planet. While we’re stuck inside during this crazy pandemic, we can only be sure that music will help us to escape, at least in our minds and souls. Electric Shapes congratulates you with new 2021 and wish you to stay healthy and alive!

VA-Unreleased Territory vol. 2

PREMIERE #1402 | Yuto Takei - Kerr Former [Electric Shapes] 2021

@armonics_wave
@bordelloaparigi
Buy Release: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/armonics-prison-planet-ep/
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/wOYuGva1RnU

Armonics made quite an impression with the stellar “Universal Oneness” on Diamonds in the Night Vol.1. Now the Italian synth magician returns to the Bordello with Prison Planet, an EP sizzling with the same sensational sounds that graced his first appearance. Dark nights and rising cities are conjured in the soundtrack grandeur of “Mind Guardians” before the solar synthwork of “Prison Planet.” Elements of the otherworldly course through the four tracker, fantastical images and the splendour of space being captured for the floor. The B-side maintains the magic with the crusading crescendos and swashbuckling lines of “The Awakening.” BPMs rise for the finale. Chords dance and twirl with spritely charm in “Spiritual Gate”, neon flecked percussion racing to the finish line.

TRACKLIST:

1 Mind Guardians
2 Prison Planet
3 The Awakening
4 Spirit Gate

ARMONICS - PRISON PLANET

Mind Guardians

PREMIERE: Armonics - Mind Guardians [Bordello A Parigi]

Like a predator stalking its prey, she surveyed the room with her piercing blue eyes, looking for a potential suitor to hold her attentions for the evening. Her reputation preceded her but her beauty was so much so that it blinded them all to the hair raising tales told about her. How could one so graceful, one so poised and elegant be capable of such things? As far as they were concerned, if she wanted them, she was welcome to them.

Four years after the release of their acclaimed debut LP 'An Animal Orchestra' for Inside Out Records, producers Stavros Potamitis & Constantinos Parisinos AKA After Altamont call on the skills of several talented artists to reimagine the tracks from the release. Featuring on all star cast including MR TC, Gina Breeze, Zombies In Miami, A Strange Wedding, Anatolian Weapons and our pick from Salon des Amateur affiliate Tolouse Low Trax, the remix package takes the psych rock, Greek folk and soulful dub sonics of the original and twists them into slow, hypnotic, trance-inducing grooves.

PREMIERE: After Altamont - Three Men Down ft. Shawni (Tolouse Low Trax Man Down Remix) [Inside Out]

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