OCTOBER 2020

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Aspetuck - Memory Foam EP

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Aspetuck - Memory Foam EP 
Released date: October 23, 2020
BUY LINK: https://fanlink.to/memoryfoam
Label: Cairo Xpress (https://soundcloud.com/cairoxpress)
https://soundcloud.com/aspetuck

Following up The Time Capsule Experiment EP with Route 8 & SNDBNK’s This Is Our Time, Vermont-based producer Aspetuck returns with a brand new EP called Memory Foam on Hermit & Artphorm’s Cairo Xpress imprint. The EP consists of 4 deep & heady grooves made with a variety of gear including an E-MU XL-7, Moog Mother 32 along with samples & soft synths.
“When I listen back to my music, I’m instantly taken back in time - to the place where I made the song, the mood I was in, who I was with, how I was feeling at the time etc. I make music pretty much every day so to me it kind of feels like the cataloging of memories. It’s abstract but it feels like my version of a diary or a form of meditation or personal therapy. Memory Foam is a collection of songs (& for me, memories) that I made towards the end of spring as I was approaching the beginning of a pretty major life transition.”

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PREMIERE : Aspetuck - Trickle

There is definitely something "afro" inspired about this latest EP from Puma & The Dolphin, certainly in comparison to pretty much everything else the mysterious Bulgarian project has produced, including a great EP for Canadian imprint Chambre Noire and some stellar inclusions on every one of Dj soFa's highly respected "Elsewhere" compilations. 

The story goes that while immersed in domestic life during lockdown in Sofia the music evolved to take in what was happening at home and saw the inclusion of toy instruments, drum playing, the voices of children playing and even the family parrots whistling and squawking in the background. These random ambient insertions when seen in the context of the hypnotic and percussive rhythms and timbres are oddly reminiscent of the late, great Francis Bebey who, although culturally and physically a million miles removed, was also known for recording much of his work at home and who also featured the voices of his children playing. 

In fact, it is as much the music's playfulness and simplicity that give the pieces their distinctive character, at times echoing the repetition and mesmerism of Raymond Scott's "Soothing Sounds For Baby" series. Yet, childrens' music this is not. There is a mysticism and depth on one hand and a willingness to experiment on the other that echoes the pioneering experimentalist K. Leimer's early Eno-inspired tape outings (check "Supermarket" for example). 

I asked Puma & The Dolphin's Nikko Names if he could share the story behind how these six tracks came together. He had this to say: 

"This collection of pieces were created during a monotone period of my life which I have overlaid with colour: a time in which I surrender to the beauty of home life - watching my kids play, feeding the birds - entwining these sounds of my surroundings amongst the rhythmic layers of these pieces. Playing the drums to remind us of the next circle dance for four. There is something mystic to travel only in your head; a shamanic trip inside the body with no concepts and answers."

Indoor Routine

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Artist: A-Tweed
Track: Mzee Jomo 
Format: Digital
Label: Bandcamp Exclusive
Release date: 02/10/2020
Purchase: https://a-tweed.bandcamp.com/track/mzee-jomo

After the homage to Ghanaian Revolutionary and PM Kwame Nkrumah in his first EP "Who is the Enemy?" out in May 2020 via dutch label "Afrobotic Musicology", Italian dj/producer based in Rome A-Tweed releases brand new music dedicated to Kenyan President and anti-colonialist Jomo Kenyatta
A tribal, weird and slow, percussive club oriented track definitely linked to the downtempo and psychedelic side of afrofuturism.

https://soundcloud.com/antakaatweed

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PREMIERE #1236 | A-Tweed - Mzee Jomo [Bandcamp Exclusive] 2020

YOUR GHOST IN ME

Third single from Yet Another Kito Jempere Album. Collaboration with Kito Jempere Band vocalist Noteless on bass/synths and Italian finest Hard Ton duo with Massimo Bastasi on vocals. Song which appearing on the album as almost 11 minute tech-ambient track, on the single edited to the perfect radio version, made by Lipelis, who changed it into proper pop hit. Heartbreaking George-Michael-ish vocals and lyrics alongside with Yamaha QY70 sounds making proper 80s soundtrack feel. On remix duties Kito’s best friend, Kito Jempere Band member, long time collaborator Lipelis (L.I.E.S./ Public Possession) delivering 8-minutes long journey and Low Budget Family/House Hamam artist Moonoton bringing 80s touch of the track into full-power. 
Your Ghost In Me artwork is an art-project with Russian designer Dima Shiryaev, man behind a lot of Kito Jempere artworks, Present Perfect Festival, Dom Beat and KUZNYAHOUSE clubs. It is 10 different artworks and each digital shop or platform got it’s own 

Mixed by Roman Urazov
Mastered by Atjazz��
Yet Another Kito Jempere Album is out via Emotional Response as 2xLP In October along side with Yet Another Kito Jempere Remixes EP with mixes from Cable Toy, Lipelis, Samo DJ and Linja.�

More info: www.kitojempere.com

PREMIERE : Kito Jempere feat. Hard Ton & Noteless - Your Ghost In Me (Lipelis Remix)

Inspired by a distorted crime-scene imaginary, “Blood on the Pavement” by Athens based slowed-down music wizard Anatolian Weapons is Marguerite Records’ 9th release.
Front side, entirely curated by the Greek producer, contains 3 EBM-esque, mid tempo dancefloor ready cuts - ranging from the trippy 303 workout in “Blood on the Pavement” on A1 to the more stripped down “The Word is Hate” on A3.
Flip side is a proper Daniel Holt takeover! First cut it’s his version of the title track, characterized by an all around saturation, an heavy tom workout and a VHS sounding synth lead. On B2 the Nashville artist takes on “Death on the Pavement” and brings an unexpected New Beat taste to the jam.

Limited edition of 50 professionally dubbed tapes.
All tracks mastered by Francesco Brini (Spectrum mastering & vinyl).
Artwork by: Stefano Comensoli_Nicolò Colciago, printed by: Spazienne.
Liner notes by Gabriele Casiraghi.
Duplicated in Milan, 2020.

MRG009. Anatolian Weapons feat Daniel Holt - Blood On The Pavement

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Michel Baumann (@soulphiction-aka-jackmate) takes a breather from his Soulphiction production alias and resurrects his Jackmate moniker for a vinyl only release on @18437, delivering three tracks of fresh tech rollers stuffed with the funk and sway of early house.

18437-01 - Modulation Nightdrive

Jackmate - Modulation Nightdrive [18437]

Aspetuck has been delivering his quality take on house, breakbeat and electro from the woods in Vermont, US, where he is residing. Picking up pace over the last year, the young producer is pushing the envelope with releases for labels like This Is Our Time, RDV Music and his eponymous record label. Now finding his way onto Cairo Xpress, Aspetuck continues in high spirits.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/aspetuck-clipper-cairo-xpress/ ‎
Buy: https://fanlink.to/memoryfoam

https://soundcloud.com/cairoxpress
https://soundcloud.com/aspetuck

Premiere: Aspetuck - Clipper [Cairo Xpress]

The sheets were soft and luxurious to the touch as he climbed into the expansive bed and rolled around in the midst of the darkness. He'd never felt linen like it, so delicate and comforting in such a grand room which lay beneath the stars. He popped a pill to help him sleep and gazed upwards into the black sky up above as the stars danced majestically atop a canvas of darkness. Soon he would fall asleep, comforted by the soft, dense warmth of a dream far away. 

Aspetuck is a producer whom we have been keeping track of for a while now. Having released a number of EP's independently he now joins forces with Cairo Xpress for a new record which is both promising and prosperous for the upcoming producer.

PREMIERE: Aspetuck - Linen [Cairo Xpress]

Following up The Time Capsule Experiment EP with Route 8 & SNDBNK’s This Is Our Time, Vermont-based producer Aspetuck returns with a brand new EP called Memory Foam on Hermit & Artphorm’s Cairo Xpress imprint. The EP consists of 4 deep & heady grooves made with a variety of gear including an E-MU XL-7, Moog Mother 32 along with samples & soft synths.

“When I listen back to my music, I’m instantly taken back in time - to the place where I made the song, the mood I was in, who I was with, how I was feeling at the time etc. I make music pretty much every day so to me it kind of feels like the cataloging of memories. It’s abstract but it feels like my version of a diary or a form of meditation or personal therapy. Memory Foam is a collection of songs (& for me, memories) that I made towards the end of spring as I was approaching the beginning of a pretty major life transition.”

@cairoxpress
@aspetuck

PREMIÈRE: Aspetuck - Resowiggle

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