A heady dose of cosmic hybridism from Low Bat, Ariel Garcia and Luc Bersier's “psychosomatic” supergroup.

'Ear Clip Series Vol. 2 : Endlich Normale Menschen Vol​.​1' is out June 20th on Chez Émile's Ear Clips Series.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2xuWNTo

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Premiere: Jean-Luc - Die Blaue Orange Pressen [Ear Clips Series]

Fresh out of winter, time for ploughing. Five o’clock Traffic and TowLie know each other well, and never hesitate to dive head first in a maelstrom of acidic grooves and metallic sounds. A good opportunity to dig in the fertile Swedish soils. From Malmö to Stockholm, stopping at the Valhalla, synthesizers and drum machines on the shoulder, this is the 7th release of the label CAF?

https://soundcloud.com/danielskiboy
https://soundcloud.com/towlie
https://soundcloud.com/caf_rec

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PRÈMIÉRE: Five O'clock Traffic - Cruise Control (towLie Crusing SthLm Version) [CAF?]

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Grass Bath

Even in the quieter areas of the city, there’s always noise. It might be a couple on the other side of the street talking, a bird singing, or the indistinct shouts of children playing in a garden a few streets away. Wherever you are, you can always hear the music of the world around you. The absence of silence might be intrusive, but without it, there’s no now and then or here and there. Without it, you might as well be stuck in time.

Funky synths and percussion, moody pads, and a steady electro rhythm characterise Neu Verboten’s dancefloor-ready rework of ‘Time Split’, taken from Angelo Repetto’s upcoming four-track EP. Kamiokande marks the Swiss producer’s first release on Zurich’s own Subject To Restrictions Discs, a fairly new label who've already had several noteworthy releases under their belt, including two V/A releases and a split EP from CCO and Narco Marco.

Angelo Repetto - Kamiokande EP [Subject To Restrictions]

PREMIERE: Angelo Repetto - Time Split (Neu Verboten Remix) [Subject To Restrictions]

https://theburrellconnection.bandcamp.com/album/breaks-that-strung-the-camel-back-ep

We are going to pause operations for a period of reflection over the next couple fo months and are delighted to pause with a killer EP by super talented Glasgow artist The Burrell Connection. We asked for some words and The Burrell Connection responded with the following -

"After a 2 year hiatus spent masquerading as Alfie and Dream_E, The Burrell Connection moniker is rekindled on Optimo Music with a blend of breakbeat club excursions for your aural pleasure. 

We present four tracks extracted from the vaults from the past few years, "facilitated by hyperactivity and channelled by the powers of Ableton, dub delays, samplers and synthesisers by Korg, Roland and Yamaha." 

A1 & B1 written in The Zen Palace, Neukölln (2020), A2 performed and recorded live at Revolver, Oslo (2019), B2 written at The Southside Centre Of Aural Technology, Shawlands (2018)".   

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, this is not a quest for stardom but the purest form of escapism."

Out on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce July 17th 2020

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 031 - The Burrell Connection - Breaks That Strung The Camel Back EP

Artist:  Unpronounceable
Title: Who Were Those People 
Release: Varous: Danzas Electricas Vol. III
Label: Macadam Mambo
Format: 12" 2XLP Vinyl, Digital
Release date: 11/09/20
Purchase: https://macadammambo.bandcamp.com/album/mmlp8008-s-m-presents-various-danzas-electricas-vol-lll

He have seen a thousand of 'em, people who try to make you weak so they can get you to toe the line, to follow their rules, to live like they want you to. They want to win by making you weaker instead of making themself stronger.
Sacha Mambo comes back with a 3rd volume of the Danzas Electricas saga, presenting musician-artists of the modern electronic scene. Expect a floating journey oscillating in between electronica, ambient, digidub, modular music, industrial and more psychedelic influenzas.

https://soundcloud.com/maurorizla
https://soundcloud.com/macadam-mambo

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PREMIERE #1170 | Unpronounceable - Who Were Those People [Macadam Mambo] 2020

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

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

Amidst the rubble and the ruins, fractured artefacts and broken glass reflected and sparkled, twinkling underneath the balmy sun like diamonds. The dust had settled on this forgotten town, what remained of the tall buildings and monuments smothered in a thick blanket of ash. This once thriving place was now a secret, a lost relic in time. 

Moscow-based duo Ólta Karawane are shrouded in mystery, operating as a unit since meeting one inebriated night. Dab hands at re-editing, the pair set about reinterpreting forgotten tracks that stretch from oddball new wave to raw punk and rattling industrial and EBM. Following outings for I'm A Cliche's Edit Service and Discos Capablanca, they return to French label Maturre for their second Punkish et Metallic compilation, a collection of edits that chime with the release's title.

PREMIERE: Ólta Karawane - Kokainpsychose [Maturre]

Hilltown Disco welcomes St. Theodore, Larionov & Sheepray to the label in a Russian affair, proudly presenting ‘Black Earth Strikes Back’.

‘Black Earth Strikes Back’ is a twisted tale of two-halves – the story of unrest, a battle of the dark, cryptic underbelly looking to overthrow normality, fused together with the outer-core of electro.

Larionov and Sheepray stand for the A-side and take the reins with 3 tracks of warm bleeps, gentle electro beats with elements of sci-fi funk and aspects of italo.

St. Theodore supplies the mechanics for the B-side with three tracks filled with murky, rumbling analogue bass, with piercing acid-lines seeping through. Music that is geared for the dancefloors of the future.

https://soundcloud.com/larionov
https://soundcloud.com/sheepray
https://soundcloud.com/hilltown-disco

PRÉMIÈRE: Larionov & Sheepray - Strange Signals [Hilltown Disco]

This mini LP is an explicit message from Lustpoderosa's sonic continuum. These 7 tracks show the deep connection of Marlene Starks' work as a writer and an artist to her role as mother and DJ in times when there is an urgent need to dismantle the patriarchy in our society and rave culture. Marlene Stark is telling us much more than a great musical story with the symbolic title “Hyäne”. Marlene wants to direct our attention to a reviled creature while she refects on its literary and symbolic meanings. Although hyenas live in a matriarchal society, its transmutation can be perceived as the ongoing struggle of the non-male body in an androcentric world view. Marlene Starks reinterprets the fgure of the hyena in a very poetic, self-ironical and honest way, as shown in the tracks ‘Hungry As a Hunter’, 'Hyäne’ and ‘Language Of Old Woman’. It's a neo-ceremonial call to rethink established structures without missing out the turbulent landscape of today's politics. From early trip-hop to post-rave elements, Stark combines her sonic adventures with an impressively nonchalant and colloquial vocabulary. Her voice, as well as the voice of guest singer Stefanie Mader, achieves a remarkable vocal structure that goes beyond the mainstream. This is the contemporary body music for the next generation.

https://soundcloud.com/marlenestark
https://soundcloud.com/lustpoderosa

PRÉMIÈRE: Marlene Stark - Beruhig Dich Mehr [Lustpoderosa]

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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]

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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