Made on 17-MAR-2018.
Original Ableton file titled "17.03.18 - Body"

ELTORR - WHO ARE YOU

Link to bandcamp
https://sleepybutterfly.bandcamp.com/album/easy-to-love-you

"Prepare to embark on an emotional journey through the cosmos with Sleepybutterfly's debut album, 'Easy To Love You.' This groundbreaking release is a fusion of modern electronic soundscapes, classified under the enchanting genre of House, but with a unique twist of cosmic energy that takes you on a sonic adventure.

'Easy To Love You' is a captivating masterpiece, weaving the themes of heartbreak and enlightenment into a tapestry of melodic beats. The album invites you to surrender to its hypnotic rhythms, where each track is a star in a celestial constellation, guiding you through the depths of emotions. Sleepybutterfly's signature sound is both otherworldly and relatable, like the soundtrack to a dreamy, moonlit voyage through the universe.

As you listen, you'll be gently carried away by the album's sleepy, tranquil undertones, making it the perfect soundtrack for introspection and late-night contemplation. 'Easy To Love You' is more than just music; it's an experience that will take you on an ethereal journey, where you'll find solace in its cosmic embrace and, perhaps, even discover enlightenment through its enchanting melodies."

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releases November 2, 2023

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Sleepybutterfly - Neon Lights

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BAKK016 | RAFF – Stella [12inch]

Vinyl: https://clone.nl/item57759.html
Digital: https://bakk.bandcamp.com/album/stella

RAFF debuts with a solid assembly of made-to-measure club tracks. Be it new life dawning or physical pain, these productions drip character, finding their roots in personal moments that mark and scar RAFF's day to day life. As a linchpin of Rotterdam's deejay culture, one can hear technoid elements of his homebase fluctuate along an axis of Detroitesque electro. Naming afrofuturism as a major source of influence, this release locks you into RAFF's world through its emotional touch and technical precision. Designed for clubs and headphones alike, his works can be distinguished via their frequential layering and spatial design. Analogue warmth, a timeless feel - these are five cuts for jocks that seek the real deal. Comes in hand printed artwork by the BAKK Harbour City Service. 

A1 — ESO8
A2 — Pain
B1 — Cyclops
B2 — Stella
B3 — Black

Music: https://soundcloud.com/raff_ak
Design: Mike Kokken
Text: Luke Cohlen (@lukecohlen)

Stella

BAKK016 | RAFF – Stella

Etbonz - Magic by Human Minds

After 5 years of 'Fortnightly Freebies' columns collating our favourite free downloads, we decided to do things a bit differently for the 100th chapter. Introducing 'Big Material', a 19-track 'name your price' compilation that will donate 100% of profits made to Stonewall Housing, a London-based charity supporting some of the most marginalised and vulnerable in our society.

At a time when unfair austerity is increasing inequality and leaving so many behind, we hope to support a community that has given so much to the 'scene' and music we love. Digi-dub abstractions and drifting ambient to kaleidoscopic breaks and newly-coined genre, 'subtle donk', it's a pretty accurate microcosm of the If-Only curation as a whole.

Big Material pulls together music from some of If-Only's favourite artists, with tracks from @apsychicyes, @riveryarra, Material Things (@12th-isle), @priori-ties, @nicholaswilson1982 & @steviewhisper, @benoitb, @maxabysmal, @58daniel, @bogdan-drazic, @whyesss, @twitch, @warzouk, @thomasbakk, @eyemeasure, @rdjm0, @furiousfrank, Moonphase (AKA @cl_lit), @moonbowmusic and @aki-aki.

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Soft and calm, we, like light
fray into gentle chaos.
Big material unfurls
Then turns to collect, reform –
Like breaths, draw in
To new poise and structure;
Solid and slow.
Never still. Glacial.

Think back, before
A piece of things,
Moving alone, once a part –
But when is the fragment
not the whole?
When is the whole not the whole?
The salt which made the chalk
Which made the cliff
Which made the slate -

Hard to see,
Once a part and still, we are,
A piece of something else.

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All profits go to Stonewall Housing, a London-based charity working to ensure lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people live in safer homes, free from fear, where they can celebrate their identity and support each other to achieve their full potential.

Artwork by Parks Perdue.
Mastering by Ali Berger.
Poem by BSMN WNS.

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Ether - Detonator (Furious Frank's Placid Acid Edit)

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?]

BSD-01

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]

5 outstanding edits by the one and only auratekh, an internationally recognized purveyor of the finest trance-inducing sounds and images.

The Earth Question opens the EP and is an invitation for bodies to get in motion and minds to seek elevation. 

The Silence is an anthem that revisits an iconic 80's hit and a reminder of the deep links between new wave and Goa. 

Pan's Domain is one of those chuggers that might cause flashbacks of the highest order. 

Blue Pilot Light is a deep and trippy groover for all your abyss rave needs. 

Traveller is a forward-thinking number, fit for vertical ascent and celestial navigation. 

Per the artist's request, his proceeds from sales of this EP will be donated to IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs - a global human rights organisation that promotes recognition and implementation of the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world.
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released May 29, 2020 

Edits by auratekh 
A&R by Ed Isar 
Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta 
Artwork by João Ervedosa

2 - Auratekh - The Silence - 110.8

Since moving in she'd felt unsettled in this big old house, as if it wasn't really her own. As if it belonged to somebody else. She tried not to clutter her mind with troubled thoughts or let the creaking floorboards and cold draught bother her, but it was becoming increasingly difficult. There was an unwelcome energy here, an unwanted presence that needed to be exorcised.

Chilean artist Tomás Ruiz is gearing up for the release of his first long player under the name Russell on local label Halcxn. No Estamos Solos, which marks the label's sixth release this year, follows an active period of productions from the Ruiz camp, but with the name change comes a more direct approach, and a focus on a solid and clear sound. Prioritising freedom above anything when it comes to production, Ruiz's outings as Russell will be be navigated by influences in electro, downtempo and breakbeat, which come through on the album in the broken sounds, deep rhythms and atmospheric textures.

No Estamos Solos

PREMIERE: Russell - No Estamos Solos [Halcxn]

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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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