R$N Premieres: December 2018

String Figures vi - Inouï (and free)
Watch video :  https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/252069857 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qp9ghz9ZI
Album out March 2nd via SVS records @svs-records
Pre-order album : http://bit.ly/2FdEQZa

Music:
Written, recorded, performed, and produced by Zoë Mc Pherson
Mixed by Jeremy Michel
Mastering by Rashad Becker

Video:
Direction - Alessandra Leone
Concept and music - Zoë Mc Pherson 
3D Animation - Andreas Barden
DoP - Julian Moser

Produced by Zoë Mc Pherson
Thanks to the support of Flanders, state of art.

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Part of an ongoing audiovisual album—titled 'String Figures'—by Zoë Mc Pherson, film directed by Alessandra Leone and animated by Andreas Barden.

vi. Inouï (and Free)

SPE:C

**Taken from the Significant Other, Triptan EP 

Release Date: 30th April 2018

Precision dubsteppin' drum & bass collides with tweaked IDM-techno and zero-gravity ambient.

Significant Other - Break The Web - SPE:C 015 06

The sky was alive with a roaring melody and an electric undercurrent. Travelling through the early morning they would soon arrive at their destination on the other side of the globe, a magic ride with a spectacular touchdown. The plane hummed and buzzed as the mechanics began to spring into life, the wings moved under the strain of the robotics and inside the cabin the pressure dropped. It was a beautiful moment and the crowd in the base below began to cheer. This was flying. 

North Lake is a producer whom we have always felt to be remarkably underrated, previous appearances have seen him release prominently on Permanent Vacation, Resista, Origami Sound and Ellum Audio. Now he delivers a new EP for Phonica Records on their in house label.

Hearing Voices

PREMIERE: North Lake - Magic Ride [Phonica Records]

The ship travelled through the deep, dark sky. The stars flickered and danced under the spectacular gaze of the night cruiser as it careered across the wild beyond. The warm air grew in temperature as they moved ever closer towards the burning sun, the metallic plates fizzed and buzzed under the strain of the heat and soon there would be risk of an explosion. It was up to the pilot to ensure that they moved with agility and at quickfire speed. Darting between meteors and moving objects they needed to find a way out... fast. 

Red Ember Records have returned with an exciting string of new releases, the label founded by Ewan Jansen remains a pivotal force within house music and the latest EP is a testament to his taste. Larry Houl will release three tracks on the 7th of December. We'll let the EP speak for itself.

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PREMIERE: Larry Houl - Night Cruiser [Red Ember Records]

His brain whirred and buzzed with a hive of electronic activity, the pulses vibrated and moved with pace and vigour between interconnecting pathways and his life was alive. Some described him as being deep in thought, whilst others had quite simply believed him to have lost his mind. There was little way of knowing what was truly going on in there from the outside world for he was a bittersweet lost cause, a man caught in the middle of a delicate situation. His time would come, one day, deep minded would become more than it was. 

Varum is set to release a new EP on an up and coming label which caught our attention as of late. A Friend In Need seems focussed and well organised, an imprint with character and firm taste.

Collected

PREMIERE: Varum - Deep Minder [A Friend In Need]

The behaviour was closely monitored by closed circuit television. Each individual was under surveillance and would be for a long time to come, it had been their own choice, their own decision and the prize at the end of the experiment would act as their reward. In the meantime they were simply a human pattern, a pathological test by which science would hope to benefit in the long run. Inside the lab a group of observers watched on with promise and intrigue, who would fold first?

Compost Records are celebrating a spectacular 25 years in the business with the release of a 10 x 12” box set in 2019. They've drawn for the big guns who do not hold back on delivering the goods. Roman Flugels remix of Beanfield is a must.

PREMIERE: Beanfield - Human Patterns (Roman Flügel Remix)[Compost Records]

There was a dangerous group which danced delicately on the fringes of society, they had bad intentions and a wicked core. Some called them a rebel fract whilst others felt that they were far more organised than given credit for. Flares roared and beamed in the dead of night as they began to gather on the dark corners of the street. They were masked and vigilant, watchful for any threats which might come and go in the midst of the black night. Soon the city would burn beneath the glow of flames. 

Trinidadian Deep appears on a new EP for Australian based record label, Chubby. Then remixed with a powerful style and a distinct presence by the pioneering force that is Vincent Floyd.

PREMIERE: Trinidadian Deep - Rebel Fract (Vincent Floyd Remix)[Chubby]

The night was young as they began to walk the mean streets of the capital. Paris was alive with the sound of drums and raucous protest, in the distance the sound of whoops and cheers could be heard as the sirens began to roar ever loud. The rain poured from the distant sky and small puddles began to form upon cobbled streets, it was not a night for hanging back. Lights flickered softly behind shop windows and mischief lingered in the hollow air. 

BFDM is a French record label with a talent for showcasing some of the best in electronic music having released records by the likes of The Pilotwings, Dj Normal 4, J-Zbel and beyond. The next release comes from a familiar face to the label, Basses Terres, a singular producer with a distinct experimental sound. The release will be a mini LP, the 19th outing on the imprint.

PREMIERE: Basses Terres - Hebi No Tori [BFDM]

ARTIST: Silvestre (@silvestre_pt)
TITLE: Girar EP
CAT NUMBER: DSK045
RELEASE DATE: 25th January 2019

01.	Ir a Sagres 
02.	Deptford Bus 
03.	RC Surfer
04.	Everybody Is Happy

Diskotopia is extremely proud to kick-start 2019 with Girar, a four-track EP of new kaleidoscopic productions from Lisbon-born, London-based producer Silvestre. 

Silvestre is no stranger to Diskotopia, this being his third release with the label, debuting with the gritty noise-and-thump Frank Pike EP in 2014, and following that up with the more buoyant, latinate Floresta EP in 2016. In addition to producing, Silvestre also co-runs the Padre Himalya imprint, putting out 2018’s critically acclaimed Focus EP from tombak virtuoso Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Renato’s 2016 Alo Alo, plus his own Sport Theories and All The Things 12”s.

With the Girar EP, Silvestre continues to embrace the sonic culture-frictions between his home country and his adopted one. In doing so, he has created a pan-continental sound in which coarse-grained Ibero-percussive threads intertwine with digi-tropical synthetic tapestries; testimony of a truly unique artist in the modern current of electronic music. 

Opening with the bubbling Ir a Sagres, Silvestre constructs a basement-born psychotropic rhumba groove, strapped with fluttering arpeggios, nimble conga tappings and a firmly locked-in bassline. Following on, Deptford Bus is a woozier, mid-tempo spliff-house roller, stripped of the flora to leave a simple set up of haunted pads, crisp toms, and a deep sense of unease.

RC Surfer is perhaps the finest example of a soundclash of reggaeton, shoegaze and dub put to wax in recent memory. Here, Silvestre provides an ethereal soundscape with images of late-summer wining in city squares materializing through the cracks of the stoic riddims.

The Girar EP rounds out with the pseudo-rapturous Everybody Is Happy, a slice of breakbeat-house that nods lovingly to the halcyon days of rave past whilst holding a mirror at the present day with an unabating painted-on smile

Girar

Silvestre - Girar

B1. BASSES TERRES -  Deliæ

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Download: Regno Maggiore - La Danza Di Sabasaa

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Nightmarish R'n'B, Bassrock and arcade inspired action by Abdul. Very low business risk. Brought to you by Funkycan & Max Gee

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TAX12004 - ABDUL - “TAX12004”

Precipitation - Deep Sleep

"Sleepless Six" by Nordvest
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Artist: Nordvest
Title: Grøndal
Label / CAT#: Suction Records / suction051
Format: Vinyl LP / digital
Release date: July 3, 2020

Suction Records welcomes Roger Semsroth back to the label - having previously released 2 full-length albums with us under his retired electro-pop alias, Skanfrom. “Grøndal” (suction051) is the debut vinyl release under a new alias, Nordvest. These days, Semsroth is best-known for his stark and minimalist techno project, Sleeparchive. The material on Grøndal - icy, melodic, and mostly beatless - is comprised of tracks that were originally released digitally as Sleeparchive, via Bandcamp. The releases were met with general disinterest from Sleeparchive fans, prompting Semsroth to re-brand them as Nordvest, before removing them from Bandcamp altogether.

We’ve chosen 11 highlights from 3 of those digital albums, “Rooftops & Chaotic Streets”, “Scribbles”, and “Sleepless”, for a cohesive 11-track LP of austere, synthetic ambience. Think Tangerine Dream as reinterpreted by Incunabula-era Autechre, and you might be getting somewhere close. While “Rooftops & Chaotic Streets Seven” recalls Sleeparchive, and “Sleepless Six” could very well be a lost Skanfrom track, the rest of the LP clearly warrants a new alias - Nordvest is a new side of Semsroth that we haven’t heard before.

Nordvest - Sleepless Six

Interview de @vazyjulie du @metaphorecollectif avec @ola_terreur, qui aborde ce superbe collectif à l'occasion de la sortie de la compilation ICI DANSE LE PEUBLE OUBLIÉ. 

“Depuis quelques temps l’équipe de Metaphore Collectif réfléchit à une façon de garder une trace de son histoire, de l’ancrer dans le temps. La crise sanitaire a précipité les choses lorsque, suite à une fermeture forcée, un grand appel à l’aide a été lancé pour sauver le Meta, leur lieu associatif, bastion de la fête libre à Marseille. Un appel auprès des membres de l’association, mais aussi auprès des artistes passés par la case Meta. La liste était longue, et ils ont quasiment tous répondus présents !
C’est ainsi qu’est né la compilation de 64 titres intitulée «Ici danse le peuple oublié».

Ola te parle • avec Vazy Julie (Métaphore Collectif)(20.08.20)

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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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PREMIERE: Basses Terres - Hebi No Tori [BFDM]

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