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playlist february 2021

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After Altamont - An Animal Orchestra Remixed

1st class collaboration coming from Russia in this killer EP by Velax & Fedorovski. Accompanied by amazing remixes by Cannibal Coconuts and Parissior on ESPACIO CIELO!

 Velax is a music producer from Surgut, Russia. He started making electronic music in 2014, experimenting under various pseudonyms for several years, during this time he manages to become famous in his country, but is still in search of his own style. After 6 years, he finds himself in Dark Disco.
His music sets cosmic & space atmospheres along dark elements that comes influenced by artists like Daft Punk, GusGus & Curses.

Ivan Fedorovski is one of the well known indie-dance producers and DJs in Eastern Europe.  Based in Minsk/Belarus, in 2014 Fedorovski enters as a producer on the top label Lou Lou Records and releases several dance hits and collaborations with Kolombo .

Today, in his productions he experiments with different genres of modern dance electronics,mixing elements from indie-dance , space/dark-disco ,synth wave ,adding various samples from rock , disco and world music.

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Beatport

Velax, Fedorovksi - Fury [ESPACIO CIELO]

Isn't it funny how time flies, yet so little has happened? Does this change our conversations from the exhilarating to the downright dull? A constant and predictable loop of "what have you been up to?" and the equally predictable response of "not much". Yet amidst the elongated slumps in front of the television and the all to frequent lie-ins past midday, creative juices have been overflowing from all corners of the globe, and the results continue to speak for themselves...

Berlin's Ombra International, the ever on point label run by Curses and Fritz Galliani, find themselves coming out the other side of lockdown armed with a variety snack pack of music from across the globe. Dubbed as "powerful music in the fringe of all things WAVE", Ombra's 15th release features contributions via Turkey, Mexico, Italy, France and Canada, from Günce Aci, ALF CHAMPION, Daniel Monaco & Futurist, Blaues Einhorn and Robert E. Livingood, respectively. Our pick, from Blaues Einhorn, the new project of FLVN and Mrs. Charlie Lumberjack recorded during a session in Paris, matches low slung moody guitar riffs with commanding vocals that fuse German and French.

PREMIERE: Blaues Einhorn - Anruf [Ombra International]

Run!
© Simon St John Chamberlain 2020
Artwork by Maret Hosemann

Run!

Artist: Pyrame (@pyrame)
Track Title: The Pace Of Everything That Lives (Days Of Being Wild Remix) 
Remixer: Days Of Being Wild (@days_of_being_wild)
Release Title: The Pace Of Everything That Lives (Remixes)
Label: Thisbe Recordings (@thisberecordings)
Catalogue No.: THISBE01
Release-Date: 16.10.2020

With tracks that will impress from start to finish, Pyrame is releasing 4 remixes - on his very own label Thisbe Recordings - of his newest EP: The Pace of Everything that Lives. With Radial Gaze, Days of Being Wild, Local Suicide and Skelesys all chiming in on the tracklist, be prepared for some dark and intense grooving to come out of this one. Combining the elements of disco, rock, industrial, and techno, these pioneering producers all have their unique ways of approaching Pyrame’s passionate themes of relationships, freedom, life, and love.

Next up are the French producers Franz Kirmann and Sam Berdah, behind the Days of Being Wild label, with their remix of The Pace of Everything that Lives. The two have taken this sombre and emotional track and given it a groovy and industrial paint job. Really embracing the oriental elements that Pyrame originally included, yet kicking it up a notch, they’ve almost changed the format completely with distorted mechanical synths that oscillate and vibrate, deciding to continuously layer these over the top of one another. Progressing further into the track, the producers known for creating “slightly deranged club music”, have kept the angelic euphoria from the original, but decided to isolate the voice during the breakdown to give you a taste of the enchanting world from beyond, as it effectively fills the track with a spooky and tension filled aura. A really interesting disco-noir approach to a progressive track.

The Remix EP of The Pace of Everything that Lives is set to be released on both Vinyl and Digital, on October 16th via Thisbe Recordings.

Order here: https://rottencityrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chukraut-western-ep

✘ Days Of Being Wild (London // United Kingdom)

soundcloud.com/days_of_being_wild
facebook.com/DOBWlabel
https://daysofbeingwildcorp.bandcamp.com

✘ Thisbe Recordings (Berlin // Germany)

soundcloud.com/thisberecordings
https://thisberecordings.com

The Pace Of Everything That Lives (Remixes)

PREMIERE: Pyrame - The Pace Of Everything That Lives (Days Of Being Wild Remix) [Thisbe Recordings]

After his successful debut 'Serenity' https://www.beatport.com/release/serenity/2945859 on Emerald & Doreen which got a lot of support and was played all over the place, here is the new EP by Stylic with his mate Dark Places: Collision. Early support by Acid Washed, Aldrin / One with Aldrin, Brian Mason, Derrick Sewell / Acid House Casual+y, Ed (Cowbell Radio), Feed Your Head (Kane FM), Ivan Fabra, Jerry Bouthier, Jesuon, Jordi Guardia, Jorge Kehoe / NUFF Music, Jorhero, K-Zan, Kosmos / Shadow Traxx , Lusca, Mike S, Mystery Affair, Nicsen, Paco Osuna, Paul Lewis, Phred Noir, Rob Webb, Simon Spencer, Um Vral

Stylic & Dark Places - Psychedelic Dimension

Here comes the fourth release by Almería-based electronica artist Mynationshit titled ‘The Tycoon’. This is another addition to the independent label ‘Waste Editions’, run by Mynationshit’s frontman Carlos Martín along with his brother Ale. 

This record highlights Martin’s latest musical touches. Its melancholic undertones juxtaposed with humble romanticism will inspire you. Indubitably, this Spanish artist’s distinguishable nature mixes 
elements of Electro, Dark Wave, Synth-Pop and Post-Punk. 

Picture Johnny Cash and Peter Murphy singing catchy tunes to each other while on a cosmic journey to an unknown planet where synths and prose accompany their melodies.
credits
released October 22, 2020 

Produced and recorded by Carlos Martín between 2018/2020. 

All lyrics written by Carlos Martín except “Speck Of Dust” by Fernando Labordeta. Track “Desolate Wood” was inspired by the Jan G. Marque's painting “Die Eisenheim Schlüssel zur philosophischen Garten”. 

Mixed by Elías Saura & Carlos Martín in 2020. 
Mastered by Manel Ruiz. 

Artwork “The Tycoon” by Geoffrey Cervantes. 
Design by Marta Mejías. 

Dedicated to Geoffrey Cervantes my esteemed family and friends who have helped me in many ways.

Here you can buy the album:
https://wasteditions.bandcamp.com/album/the-tycoon

The Tycoon

Desolate Wood

Mynationshit - Desolate Wood

A dry lump had formed at the back of her throat, making it difficult to swallow. Her teeth clenched in sync with the rest of her body, the anxiety slowly creeping from her head to her toes. He took her hand and held it tightly, forcing her to focus on her breath and inhaled deeply. "You can do this" he muttered under his breath, "trust me". She looked up at him and smiled then, on the count of three, she braced herself and jumped.

Following contributions from the likes of Bufi, Colossio, Kincaid and Thomass Jackson, Hanzo & Yaman welcome a new member to their Belly Dance Services label, Tel Aviv-based producer Mishell. Tempting belly dancers from near and far, he makes his debut with Mac Que, two original cuts that match heavy percussion, hypnotic chants and darbuka driven soundscapes, backedup by remixes from the label bosses and I Lost My Poncho In Istanbul boss SEYL.

PREMIERE: Mishell - Aman [Belly Dance Services]

After Altamont is the band alias of Stavros Potamitis & Constantinos Parisinos, a project that focusses on a blend of psychedelic rock, Greek folk influences, soulful dub and dark tinged techno, with the main creative focus relying on analog machines, live instrumentation and recorded vocals. Following the original release of the 2016, “An Animal Orchestra”, this psychedelic album is re-imagined by a collection of artists and friends who focus on a slower, hypnotic, more transcendental groove. MR TC starts of the remix pack with a majestic version of Scoring for Fools. Tolouse low Trax experiments with vocal samples, silence and slow percussions to conjure a trademark dark, devilish recreation of Three Men Down. A Strange Wedding takes us to alien outer space with his version of “Scoring for Fools”. Gina Breeze and Zombies in Miami provide us with more club ready re-imaginations of “K Band feat Shawni” and “Lost Little Girl feat Fiona McMartin”. The album comes to a close with an ethnic, psy-trance trademark Anatolian Weapons remix.

PREMIERE : After Altamont - Lost Little Girl Feat. Fiona McMartin (Zombies In Miami Remix)

BROKEN PILLAR (ALBUM)

DPT006

Mocongo - Electro Step

@mrtcmusic morphs @afteraltamont's (@stevie-r & @parisinos) original into hypnotic dubbed-out electronica. Out on @insideoutrec.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/02/04/premiere-after-altamont-scoring-for-fools-mr-tc-remix/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/AfterAltamontMRTC

Listen on Youtube

After Altamont - Scoring for Fools (MR TC Remix) (STW Premiere)

Brain De Palma - 'Call Me By Your Nail' EP
GUDU005, 5th of February 2021
http://gudurecords.bandcamp.com

Brain De Palma - Call Me By Your Nail

@MauMaioli - Lampejo

Label - @levelssunset

Release Date - 12/02/21

♫ Info + Buy ♫ - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/mau-maioli-lampejo/

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE – Mau Maioli – Lampejo (Levels Records)

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]

V/A - Cut A Rug 002
BUY LINK: https://aurore404records.bandcamp.com/album/cut-a-rug-002
Label: Aurore 404 Records (https://soundcloud.com/aurore404records)
Release date: 26 february 2021
https://soundcloud.com/nairless-music


Aurore 404 is back with the 2nd Volume of Cut A Rug, a series dedicated to dance numbers and relentless groovers. All 6 pieces are composed by french artists, their genre oscillating between house, deep house and italo disco. Noise Ark and Chouba are kicking off the release with great house tunes both based on steady groovy basslines. Then, Doublure, with his mesmerizing synth and out of space arpeggiator, smoothly bridges the first and the latter part of the EP.
NairLess takes over to do what he does best: some funky drums and a catchy melody dancing around a solid Morodesque bassline sequence. Then comes S.R who cooked an epic italo burner with a strong old school vibe built around playful synths answering each other - we cannot wait to blast this one on dancefloors, once they reopen.
To end this chapter, Vanderkraft dusts off the Delorean with his spacey ‘Antépénultième’, filled with transporting melodies, bouncing drums and some 303 funkiness to top it all off.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : NairLess - Nightlife In Paris

https://soundcloud.com/afteraltamont
https://soundcloud.com/shawni-music
https://soundcloud.com/ginabreeze
https://soundcloud.com/insideoutrec
Buy Release: https://afteraltamont.bandcamp.com/album/after-altamont-an-animal-orchestra-remixed
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/G_WcQZ27iaQ

After Altamont is the band alias of Stavros Potamitis & Constantinos Parisinos, a project that focusses on a blend of psychedelic rock, Greek folk influences, soulful dub and dark tinged techno, with the main creative focus relying on analog machines, live instrumentation and recorded vocals. Following the original release of the 2016 “An Animal Orchestra”, this psychedelic album is re-imagined by a collection of artists and friends who focus on a slower, hypnotic, more transcendental grooves. MR TC starts of the remix pack with a majestic version of Scoring for Fools. Tolouse low Trax experiments with vocal samples, silence and slow percussions to conjure a trademark dark, devilish recreation of Three Men Down. A Strange Wedding takes us to alien outer space with his version of “Scoring for Fools”. Gina Breeze and Zombies in Miami provide us with more club ready re-imaginations of “K Band feat Shawni” and “Lost Little Girl feat Fiona McMartin”. The album comes to a close with an ethnic, psy-trance trademark Anatolian Weapons remix.

Tracklist: 

1. After Altamont - Scoring for Fools (MR TC Remix)
2. After Altamont - Three Men Down feat. Shawni (Tolouse Low Trax Man Down Remix)
3. After Altamont - Scoring for Fools (A Strange Wedding Remix)
4. After Altamont - K- Band feat. Shawni (Gina Breeze Remix)
5. After Altamont - Lost Little Girl feat. Fiona McMartin (Zombies in Miami Remix)
6. After Altamont - Dante (Anatolian Weapons Remix)

K - Band ft. Shawni (Gina Breeze Remix)

PREMIERE: After Altamont - K - Band ft. Shawni (Gina Breeze Remix) [Inside Out Records]

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