Welcoming the Lithuanian duo @absurdevent to the mix series.
They provided a chuggy dark mix.

Samo Records / Podcast #52 - Absurd

https://soundcloud.com/nitzer-ebb-official
https://soundcloud.com/thegunwellstreet
Buy Release: https://thegunwellst.bandcamp.com/album/gun-aid-lp
YouTube: https://youtu.be/djxgNV1IHmM

The Gun Well Street are pleased to present The Gun Aid LP. 14 tracks that perfectly encapsulate the sound of one of too many guinnesses underneath the neon lights late into the evening. The kind of leftfield jams we love, be it techno, house, dub, EBM or industrial. An eclectic bunch of oddballs, just like our regulars.

Many of our nearest and dearest have donated songs, including Daniel Avery, Nitzer Ebb, Roisin Murphy, Andy Bell (as GLOK), and The 2 Bears’ Raf Rundell. We’ve got the first ever track from Mister Deltoid, the brand new project by Nathan Gregory Wilkins & Paranoid London’s Quinn Whalley. Ivan Smagghe and C.A.R. make up I.C.A.R. Body Hammer’s Scott Fraser, Richard Sen, Cherrystones, Nuphonic’s Dave Hill & the Ballistic Brothers as Soul Revivers, Arveene Juthan & Shamon Cassette as Bon Voyage, Skylab with Cecile Loyez, and our very own Mondowski are all on board. Design work, as ever, by Rusty. We’d like to thank everyone involved not just for their contributions, but for their continued support and friendship.

The Gun isn’t just a music venue, it’s very much a community pub in-fact, of all the artists on the tracklist, only Roisin hasn’t DJed there (yet). A year of disastrous Tory policy in the face of a global pandemic and things have never been so tough, but that doesn’t just go for us. It goes for the entire community. As such, proceeds from this project will be split between keeping the pub afloat, and to be donated to local families via charity Hackney Quest. Hackney Quest are a local charity who have worked with The Gun in coordinated projects, such as organising an anti-racism street festival on Well Street over the last few years.

All bandcamp pre-orders will also receive digital downloads of tracks from Jorge Velez and Toresch which have never been released digitally before.


Tracklist:
A1. Mister Deltoid - Theme from (The Vortex)
A2. Daniel Avery - The Sovereignty Centre
A3. Roisin Murphy - My Advice (Glock down edit)
B1. Richard Sen - Red Breast for Dustin
B2. Skylab with Cecile Loyez - Clueless
B3. Mondowski - Saturn over Sunset
C1. Scott Fraser - Out Of The Area (Late Nite Dub)
C2. GLOK - Tories In Jail
C3. Cherrystones - Hippies Wearing Muzzles
D1. ICAR - Pont D'Arcole
D2. Bon Voyage - Future
D3. Nitzer Ebb - Red Blood (Bon’s Bam)
D4. Raf Rundell - Schnorbitz
D5. Soul Revivers - Well Street Rock

Gun Aid LP

Red Blood (Bon's Bam)

PREMIERE: Nitzer Ebb - Red Blood (Bon's Bam) [The GUN]

The wheels had been in motion for a while now, long before the revelations of last night had thrown a spanner in the works. Their trip had been planned to the tee: accommodation, travel, activities, a roadmap to their dream destination. But now trust had been compromised and guilt had reared its ugly head; would the journey really be worth the pain?

Goa trance is at the core of Vilnius-based label Electric Shapes' next release — an album from Rambal Cochet, the alias of St. Petersburg-based producer Volta Cab. Having previously released music for Soil Records and IDA Sound, he brings his signature touch to his new LP 'Chaos Is Order Yet Undeciphered', which is fuelled by drama, mystery and tension. To add to the magic, the label have invited local producer Jokios Kulturos, Frankfurt's Tassilo and Anatolian Weapons to take Volta Cab's trance-inducing trips off road and down new, thrilling paths.

Chaos Is Order Yet Undeciphered

PREMIERE: Rambal Cochet - Guilty Trip [Electric Shapes]

Life had become nomadic; they travelled from place to place, finding shelter for a day or two before moving on to new climes. It wasn't the life they'd chosen for themselves, but they had no choice in the matter. This existence had been forced upon them by powers far much greater than their own; now their only mission was finding a safe space to inhabit.

Milanese label Nothing Is Real took a brief interlude from showcasing what Italy's fertile music scene has to offer with their 'Made In Mexico' compilation earlier this year, and now they return their attention to their stomping ground through the sounds of Gabriele Lori, aka Astroloop. Marking his debut solo outing, following collaborations on Freerange Records, the three original tracks touch on several sonic influences—from hypnotic house to mid-tempo grooves and driving synthwave—and are bolstered by a remix from Mexican producers Theus Mago and Moisees.

PREMIERE: Astroloop - Safer [Nothing Is Real]

Selección Dura: Justine Forever

The human rights situation in Russia is becoming more acute each year. We believe that the violation of human rights is unacceptable. With Hand to Hand VA we want to draw public attention to this problem and provide assistance to organizations involved in helping people faced with arbitrariness. We have brought together like-minded musicians who share the ideas of cooperation, freedom and unity. 

All proceeds from the VA will be split equally between the Russian human rights organizations: Mediazona (an independent media platform focused on the judiciary, law enforcement and penal system in Russia founded by Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) and OVD-Info (an independent human rights media project aimed at combating political persecution).

PREMIERE : Niko Noland - Prison Breaks

Freeride Millenium label co-founder Jorkes quickly follows up his well received Wet Dream EP with a new five tracker including remixes from Younger Than Me and Curses.

Jorkes is the driving force behind the ever-excellent Freeride Millenium label, he hosts a residency at radio 80000 alongside ParisBöhm and has been busy producing and streaming over the last year, despite the pandemic. His recent ‘Wet Dreams’ release was a critical success, with BBC radio support, a raft of press coverage and a mass of DJ support, now he follows that up with this latest inventive and rugged EP of club sounds.

Opener 'All Your Juices' has snappy snares and a taught, tight groove that makes for a mechanical rhythm. It eventually grows looser with big synth sounds and vamping chords that layer in fluidly and a great sense of electronic funk. Remixers Younger Than Me are a Berlin based duo that represents a link between the old and the new. They have released on the likes of Tusk Wax and here flip the original into a dark and pulsing tune with hammering drums and edgy, trance influenced synths.

In original form, 'Dancer in the Dark' has a kinetic drum and hit combination that makes you immediately jerk your body. As the synth energy grows, celestial chords bring light and cosmic rays and take you off into the future. Dark disco don Curses then steps up with another brilliantly rugged and raw remix that layers sleazy synths into angular drums. Finally, the brilliant 'Afraid of Letting You Go' has an eerie and mysterious vibe with crashing hits and unsettling synths that make for a dystopian abandoned warehouse feel.

Once again here Jorkes has cooked up left of centre sounds that draw on synth, disco and techno in bold new ways. Artwork as always comes from the ever creative Daniel Rajcsanyi.

Dancer in the Dark

PREMIERE : Jorkes - Afraid Of Letting You Go

https://soundcloud.com/oddballrecords
https://soundcloud.com/yeadonred
Buy Release: https://danwainwrightmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-answer-is-within-ep
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Hh7q_igF0f4

When Dan came to Paisley Dark with the idea of releasing an electronic, psyche rock EP with “beats,” we were absolutely delighted to collaborate with him as this is the exactly the sound the label was set up to represent and share with the world.

Dan doesn't disappoint. Twangy guitars, tremolo, heavenly vocals and a heathy dash of reverb for good measure, pretty much ensure what we have here is a modern day psyche classic.

The A Space Age Freak Out remix dives head first into Spacemen 3 territory, kidnapping Ravi Shankar along the way and hypnotising us with the aid of premium grade psychedelics whilst shifting through the gears to reach the heady heights of 120.99 bpm.

On Love Is The Way To release, remix duties are handled by Tici Taci stalwart Martin Eve, who delivers a spaced out, slow-mo, funky slab of psychedelia tailor made for the "early doors" shufflers and dark corner dwellers.

Last but by no way least, Bedford Falls Players treat us to a dubbed out techno monster climaxing with a sonic wall of sound, the likes of which Phil Spector could well be producing right now in an unblemished parallel universe.

Tracklist: 

The Answer Is Within
Love Is The Way To Release
God Is A Fractal
The Answer Is Within (A Space Age Freak Out remix)
Love Is The Way To Release (Martin Eve remix)
God Is A Fractal (Bedford Falls Players Euclidean Space Remix)

Dan Wainwright - The Answer Is Within EP

The Answer Is Within

PREMIERE: Dan Wainwright - The Answer Is Within [Paisley Dark]

fuego, camina conmigo

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