SOME THING CRAZY

Pletnev - Marco O'Polo

The fire burned bright, the roaring flames unfurling in shades of orange and red. Sparks showered down through the darkness met by murmurs and cheers from the crowd spread around its fringes. As if under a spell they swayed and moved their bodies in unison, the indefinable words leaving their lips morphing into ritualistic chant...

For their third release, Berlin nightclub Sameheads enlist the help of friends and celebrated artists to contribute to a four track V/A; the result is a batch of spaced-out dance floor cuts that touch on a variety of influences and step outside genre and convention. There's a fun-packed synth jam from Mameen 3 (a side-project of Brussels' DJ Sofa) and Romanian producer Rodion G.A, a dubwise closer from SHAKEY - the meeting of minds of Silvia Kastel and Wilted Woman, KRENG bring sludgy syncopated beats on the B-Side and our pick, from Greek producer Anatolian Weapons, who brings back the ritualistic chant over punchy bass and drums, before building to a climactic finish. The artwork was conceived by Crosslucid AKA Sylwana Zybura and Tomas C. Toth, who deliver their signature perception-bending viewpoint.

ZEUG!

PREMIERE: Anatolian Weapons - Chant Three [Sameheads]

Deep in the jungle, a small hut stood alone. It was the only place you'd find human life within these trees; a little known retreat for those who were in on the secret. Knowledge of it's existence spread by word of mouth but to be accepted you had to fit certain credentials, and you had to have the money to secure your spot. But for many it was worth the cost; you'd enter as one person and leave as another.

Label boss Kolomensky takes care of the next release on his own ИДА (IDA) imprint, exploring tribal rhythms across the EP. Title track 'Mystic Rush' comes with two versions - an electro tool and a 'disco-techno' cut - followed by another original in the form of 'Jungle Mirror' which takes things down a notch, introducing field recordings, spaced-out synths and percussion. Taking on remix duties are Lithuanian producer Roe Deers and Milan-based Tagliabue who morphs our pick into a psychedelic trip.

PREMIERE: Kolomensky - Jungle Mirror (Tagliabue Remix) [ИДА]

He looked at her photo and saw her the way he remembered her forever - smiling as if it were the first time, like the first person who woke up on the first morning after creating the universe and saw the newly created world in which everything starts from the zero meridian and there are no mobile phones, no pollution of the seas, no Covid virus, no racial wars and police. It was the smile of a person who didn't know disappointment and hatred, envy and betrayal.
He remembered well the day when he saw her for the last time, and understood well that their meridians would never intersect again.
Not each unreleased track eventually gets released. Vilnus based Electric Shapes imprint went through the archives of its friends and uncovered some gems. 8 mixes compilation includes names such as: 
Jokios Kultūros, WLDV, Disco Mortale, Radial Gaze, Feller, Wounded Planet, Konsistent 

Artists : Tassilo Vanhöfen 
Title : Meridian
Label : Electric Shapes
Date : 07/07/20
Format : Digital
Purchase: https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/album/unreleased-territory

https://soundcloud.com/eshu-est
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

VA_Unreleased Territory

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PREMIERE #1059 | Tassilo Vanhöfen - Meridian [Electric Shapes] 2020

If one ritual isn’t enough, five should do just fine. What we have here is a clash of style, cult, and a gentle protest.

@fiverituals is an alter ego of two close friends - Deividas Jaroška and Andrius Grinevskis. Two artists have gathered to play more than an ordinary set of music. The project seeks that every performance would award the audience with a cinematic approach to sounds, rhythms, and colors. They aim to extend musical context into something similar to audio movies. 

It may seem like dark poetry bouncing back and forth, however, some of you will have a good laugh when heard those shots of good old days. What a story to listen to!

Soundcloud - @fiverituals / @jaroska / @auren1
Facebook - https://bit.ly/2Ztavle

We are a bit social too;
FB - bit.ly/skalbiankeFB
IG - bit.ly/skalbiankeIG

Session No. 57 w/ Five Rituals

Artist: Acid Lion
Track: The Planet Doesn't Mind
Label: Teerpappe
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital
Release date: 31/07/20
Purchase: https://teerpappe.bandcamp.com/album/teerpappe-teerschwestern-teer005

The history of humanity on this planet is a history of idiocy, highlighted by several morons who stood out from the general background as geniuses.
This planet has experienced things much worse than us. It has gone through earthquakes, volcanoes, continental plate movements, continental drift, solar flares, sunspots, magnetic storms, magnetic pole reversals, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets, asteroids and meteors; global floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages ... And we think that some unfortunate plastic bags and aluminum cans will change something? The planet is not going anywhere! But we are yes.
The Planet Doesn't Mind..

https://soundcloud.com/teerpappe
https://soundcloud.com/wosto

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PREMIERE #1114 | Acid Lion - The Planet Doesn't Mind [Teerpappe] 2020

Inside Out Records welcomes Steve Pepe to the family. After his first release 'Danza Moderna' on Hivern Discs, Manuel Cascone (Steve Pepe's real name) has continued sending shockwaves in the experimental music scene with his album '2020' on Macadam Mambo, as well as a few other singles on key Hivern Discs compilations. His album 'Vivere in Diagonale' is raw, personal and honest, an album hard to describe in words, except maybe for how the compositions make you feel. An album experimental to the core, living in the margins, in the 'diagonals': Erotic (Vivere in Diagonale), playful (Oltraggiosa Musica), animalistic (Il Diavolo), mysterious (Marcia), tribal (Terra), hypnotic (Spezie), angelic (Sold) - and everything in between. The door is open to the beautiful mind and soul of Steve Pepe. Release date on the equinox, the beginning of Autumn, 22 September.

PREMIERE : Steve Pepe - Vivere In Diagonale

Liquid fell from the sky in small droplets, each raindrop was multi coloured and sweet to taste upon the tongue. Delicate and moist they were a blessing from above, fruit pastel acid which was sent from the heavens like a radiant kaleidoscope of liquid fluorescence. The night was young, his dreams were wild as he careered amidst the city streets in search of his next adventure. Who knew where he might end up come morning, perhaps by then his fears would be long gone. 

Miss Represented is set to release a new EP via Edinburgh based record label Paradise Palms. A slow moving acid tinged affair for heads down dancers.

PREMIERE: Miss Represented - Fruit Pastel Acid [Paradise Palms]

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

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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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