>< CRUDE Premiere ><

Artist: BENN
Title: Shan Yu
Label​: Early Reflex // Entheos EP
Release date: 3rd Dec 2021

Support the artist & label:
>> https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/entheos

Taking inspiration from the indigenous culture of the island of Taiwan and its ancient chants to summon the Ancestral spirits, ‘Entheos’ is a three-tracker where B E N N brings to life a club-convulsing blend of leftfield techno experiments and Taiwanese traditional sounds. 
For this work B E N N collaborated also with ‘Beat of Kaohsiung’, a collective from southern Taiwan, who contributed to the EP playing taiko, didgeridoo and vocals, to complement the hard drums and bass focussed productions of the producer from Taipei. 

Mystical vocals progressions opens ‘Shan-Yu’, a darker and more introspective track structured around a distorted koto melody supported by a didjeridoo bass continuum and incessant bit-crushed percussions. 

Follow:
@bedoublensound
@earlyreflex

 All tracks produced and mixed by B E N N § Mastering by Andrea Prato § Drawings by Giuseppe Cavuoto § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

CRUDE Premiere: B E N N - Shan Yu [Early Reflex]

After rare apparitions on compilations, sound designer Victor Morello aka @zerocrossingpoint brings to light his very first full length release. "Iteration of the Self" gathers 8 tracks created on a 4 years interval and based on countless reworks and adjustments, mirroring a dense period of self transformation for the producer. Inspired by Ambient, Musique Concrete, Film Score, Club and Metal, Zero Crossing Point delivers a stunning piece of hybrid electronics, sometimes extreme, sometimes uplifting and cinematic.

Use and abuse of home made synthesised sounds and personal field recordings create an uncommon universe in which reverb, granular synthesis, distortion and resonators pave the way for an astonishing sense of narration. Drawing inspiration from nature observations, bizarre movies, books and video games, the Grenoble-based producer built a wonderful piece transcribing strong unsayable emotions and exploring the concept of iteration.

Multiple listenings are highly recommended!

Music : Victor Morello
Mastering : Lorenzo Targhetta
Photography : Été Meurtrier
Model : Melina Zauber
Design : Virgile Flores & Sleek Fata

Buy : comicsansrecords.bandcamp.com/album/iter…f-the-self

Zero Crossing Point - 02 - Sub Process

Milan-based producer and multimedia artist Bladeblanc contributes to Early Reflex’s second birthday compilation Flex003 with a mutant bass club tool. 

Early Reflex is the Turin-based label run by Alec Pace. Over the last two years, the label has championed emerging artists from across the globe who are very much leaning within that experimental, club music realm. These artists include Sobolik, Lorica, Ikävä Pii, B E N N and more. Flex003 is a clear embodiment of the label’s ethos as Bladebanc is joined by Alec Pace himself as well as Hassan Abou Alam, Dies, AYLN, Honeydrip and more. 

‘Flex003’ by Various Artists will be released on the 3rd June via Early Reflex - pre-order here: https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/flex003 

@bladeblanc
@earlyreflex

Flex003

Premiere: Bladeblanc - Gain XP [Early Reflex]

The eclectic eastern French collective known for its fierce takes on electro, trance, and ghetto tech is back with a two-tracker that invokes both UK dubstep and instrumental trap.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/besancon-rythmique-club-andrea-25000-jacky-jeane-ylang-ylang-post-prud-mix

Article

PREMIERE: Andréa 25000 & Jacky Jeane - YLANG YLANG (Post Prud Mix) (Besançon Rythmique Club)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-oblaka-lahar-ft-ancestral-vision/ 

As a stalwart of the Prague scene for over a decade, @Exhausted-Modern swaps the moniker that saw releases on VEYL and brokntoys out for a new model: Oblaka's 'HACE', landing on @LTERecords seems, and sounds, like a new lease of life for the veteran producer.

HACE

Oblaka - Lahar (ft. Ancestral Vision)[LTE]

This Seems Too 8

This Seeems Too 8

R.O.S - IF ONLY (you would stay)

Wave

Cat No: MATERIA07 
Title: Magnetic Field 
Artist: T5UMUT5UMU 
Label: Materia 
Release: 6th September 2019 

1. Magnetic Field	
2. Industrial Ecosystem 
3. Coup 
4. Dominator 
5. C4

Magnetic Field

T5UMUT5UMU - Magnetic Field

The sun had fallen below the trees but the heat remained during the darkness. A thick blanket of humidity hung low over the city, forcing jackets and coats to be stripped off and slung over shoulders. The streets were alive with chatter and distant melodies that floated through the air; swathes of friends walked their different paths, trying to find a suitable destination for their evening. Perhaps this wasn't the time to be descending into a sweaty basement, but the shaking walls and reverberating whoops and cheers that worked their way up from the depths made it all the more enticing... 

To shed some light on the sounds coming out of his home city of Athens, Trial & Error label boss Marios 'bonebrokk' Naris has curated a compilation that depicts the Greek capital's contemporary club landscape. Athens UHD features 15 artists who are regularly soundtracking the city's clubs, and showcases their distinct style through complex broken drum patterns, harsh textures and Eastern percussion. Our pick of the bunch comes from Thessaloniki-born DJ and producer Aroent, who brings a blend of forward-thinking techno and broken rhythms smothered in harsh industrial reverb.

Athens UHD

PREMIERE: Aroent - T Capsule [Trial & Error]

https://bit.ly/2YPCDys

Peninsula by @flore, taken from @s-f-x-0101 compilation XquisiteForce​.​collection​/​01, out September 4, 2020.

Pre-order: https://bit.ly/32FjQa9

XquisiteForce.collection/01 features tracks by Aho Ssan, Bonebrokk, Ciarra Black, Désir d’enfant, ELLLL, Flore, Forces, Glass, Gramrcy, Holy Similaun, Hulubalang, John Object, Katie Gately, Klahrk & Ship Sket, KMRU, Luke Lund, Simon Grab & Zoë Mc Pherson feat. Dali de Saint Paul and ZULI.

All proceeds from sales of the compilation will go directly to two organisations in Beirut: Haven for Artists -who focus on supporting migrants, women and LGBTQI people- and Beit El Baraka. In the wake of the explosion on August 4th, which has compounded already-dire social and economic problems in the city, these two organisations are providing food and shelter and financial, medical and psychological assistance to those who need it most.

The compilation is a direct outcome of the open, collaborative audiovisual project XquisiteForce.AV that have been developing since March 2020 by SFX, and which is still ongoing as we speak.

More info and the project’s first AV release is available here: 
https://s-f-x.space/XquisiteForce-AV

Artwork by Nick Teeple

Graphic design by Alessandra Leone

Mastering by Ingrid Loftsgarden at Greenhouse studios, Reykjavík

Curation by Zoë Mc Pherson

Released by SFX

Premiere: Flore - Peninsula [SFX]

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