Odonyme - Mais qui a tué Tupac Shakur ???

Legato, Vol. 1

Falkor

The latest man to step up to the Definition:Music mantle is German producer Ben Mono. The sometime Compost, Exploited, Stil Vor Talent and Permanent Vacation man is among the most renowned such producers to grace the contemporary house field, and on The Dub Feel EP, he emphatically reminds us exactly why this continues to be the case.

It's the title track that brings the EP to life. Powerful, frantic and bulging with charismatic appeal, it magnificently walks a tightrope that placed between peak-time and discerning flavours. Full of musical charm and blissful melodies alike, it's the sort of battle-weapon that'll spring any dancefloor into life.

On the remix front, Urulu serves up a potent reminder of his own talents courtesy of his 'Anxiety' mix. Unlike the original, it's rolled out at a more gentle pace, and while the throbbing kicks pack more punch than a heavyweight boxer, it's still an altogether different proposition. The whimsical percussion and the canny drums put paid to that fact, while the majestic chords combine to bring you to a place that's teaming with endless fantasies. Mono yes, but monotone? Not on Definition:Music's watch.

Ben Mono - The Dub Feel (Urulu's Anxiety Mix)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/charleeps
Track: Untitled 85
Label: https://soundcloud.com/sengileywax
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 03/03/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/v319MAvfyKc

This is SNGVA004 Capital of Peace, Love and Unity, the latest in Sengiley Recordings series of VA compilations. Ten super fresh tracks deviating from the 4-to-the-floor milieu, showcasing Sengiley's passion for all things breakbeat.
Up first is L&F, offering us some bass laden UKG badness, followed by Cabale with a tasty slice of piano and pad infused 2-step. Awlies comes through on a sublime and magical breakbeat tip, while Helter lands some twisted yet delightful breaks and bass business. Neathway & Alter hit the halfway mark of the compilation: a tidy piece of jungle action reminiscent of the genres 90s heyday. Up next is Withheld producing a soulful yet energetic drum and bass stunner, followed by our choice - Charleeps with a transcendent and acidy yet melancholic electro-breakbeat number. Aevasyon delivers some gorgeous, retro-tinged breakbeat vibes and Talihatta brings the energy down with some clever and subtle downtempo. Finally, Citizen Pablo rounds things off creating an ethereal breakbeat track, wrapping up this superb VA.

PREMEIRE | Charleeps - Untitled 85 [Sengiley Wax] 2023

"Beyond" is not just an album – it is a passage into the unknown.
Each track opens a different gate: Aurora paints the sky with shifting light, Erode breaks down the walls of silence, Fragments echo voices of the past. Halcyon carries a fleeting sense of peace, Remnant speaks of what remains, Solenne mourns in beauty, Static blurs the signal of reality, and Timeless dissolves the very idea of beginning and end.

Together, they create a journey beyond the threshold – into a world where sound becomes memory, and memory becomes eternal.

Timeless

La preposición procedente del latín CIRCA se utiliza en bibliografía científica, en documentos his- tóricos o en genealogías para ubicar temporalmente un acontecimiento y determinar mediante supuestos, en qué momento de la historia de la humanidad ha podido suceder. Con este título este nuevo trabajo de Jëan Fixx busca desplazarnos a un tiempo indeterminado donde la relación del ser humano y la tecnología es tan estrecha que ya no se alcanza a diferenciar el mundo virtual del real.

Atrapados por la abstracción magnética del techno y su incansable beat, los 25 minutos de este EP nos remiten a un universo mental, con profundos bajos estructurados en atmósferas industria- les reverberantes a las que se asoman ciertos pasajes melódicos, dejando entrever una pasión más orgánica, fruto de un inmenso e irrefrenable deseo de expresión y comprensión.
Sólo el poder de la palabra nos hace dirigir la mirada hacia cuestiones concretas como en “Humans” donde nos interpelan a cuestionarnos los límites del ser humano y su capacidad de autogestión, en “The Truth” el texto introduce la incógnita de algo que desde el poder se está ocultando a la población, y en “Virtual Body Language” nos introduce en la lógica de la representación virtual y su capacidad de evocar formas que nos llevan a otros mundos y a otros cuerpos. Es “CIRCA”, que evoca en su título a algo que busca concreción, la que no posee texto, dejándonos con sus reiteradas pausas los huecos para que podamos rellenar de contenido al gusto del consumidor.

CIRCA es un viaje en cuatro partes a través de un universo todavía por definir que avanza impa- rable hacia lo desconocido.

Jëan Fixx - Virtual Body Language

This Feeling Sean Tyas

Flying through the far away cosmos the small spaceship was travelling at the speed of light. It careered between glowing stars and dangerous clusters, swirled and circled amidst the dotted planets and whizzed by new worlds at the blink of an eye. It was destined to travel for a thousand years out in the deepest, darkest corners of space before returning back to earth with a spectacular bang. The mission was to see new life, in whatever form that might take. They were out there to be discovered, it was simply a matter of time. 

Neptune Discs is a newly launched record label from Edinburgh. They are set to release a split EP from Ash Is and Tape Hiss on the 1st of August next month. We've chosen to premiere a track from Ash Is, an intriguing euphoric house affair with nods to the late night dancers.

ND001

PREMIERE: Ash Is - EQZ [Neptune Discs]

Third VALIS release in the making.

This is a track from upcoming album from Mr. Free.

Support our project:
Bandcamp: http://valisrec.bandcamp.com

Demos etc. goes to valis1records - at- gmail.com

[VLSCD03] Mr. Free - Toxic (Preview)

Raphael Schön - I’ll Be The Energy
Label: Freeride Millenium (https://soundcloud.com/freeridemillenium)
Release date: 12th March 2021
https://soundcloud.com/raphaelschoen861

Following his contribution on Freeride Millenium’s first ever charity compilation last year, German artist Raphael Schön returns to deliver ‘I’ll Be The Energy’, his debut EP on the label.
Emerging as a key figure on the German scene and performing as a City Club resident, Raphael Schön’s growing discography continues to highlight his genuine talent. He is the studio partner of Sedef Adasi and has released material via the likes of Enclave Records, SNC RECS and his very own Asight Records imprint. Following the release of his ‘Be Like That’ track on Freeride Millenium’s debut compilation last year, he now returns to deliver five mesmerising cuts in the form of the ‘I’ll Be The Energy’ EP.
Emotive melodies, graceful chords and distorted vocals all fuse together on the extremely captivating opener, ‘Forever’, whilst ‘Energy’ brings the heat as Raphael Schön opts for skittering drums, bubbling bassline sequences and resonant vocal elements on this groove-heavy dancefloor gem. Next up, ‘Fiesta 2000’ delivers a hypnotising soundscape, as rolling percussion effortlessly combines with rising stabs and hazy synths, before ‘Lonely Nights’ goes down a darker route, showcasing yet another side to Schön’s production skills. To close, ‘Time’ integrates infectious acid lines with atmospheric pads and off-kilter sonics to wrap up this package in fine fashion.
This latest Freeride Millenium release once again features striking artwork from the ever talented Daniel Rajcsanyi.

PREMIERE : Raphael Schön - Forever

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