Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Ivan Emanuel

Yeah, That´s Right... EP

Yeah, That's Right...

Phantom Sheriffs - Where Are You (Et On XTC Mix) -2000

Bazumba

Out now on Vinyl only release: http://bit.ly/REKIDS112

A heartfelt dedication to his son Isaias, ‘Aspirations for Young Xol’ takes us through the life of a pillar in the electronic music community - Santiago Salazar. From his formative years spent in California to his connection with Detroit and the passing of a childhood friend, the long-player’s tracks signpost the musician’s significant experiences, both positive and negative. This meaningful body of work was released digitally on Pastel Voids and now Rekids release the album on wax.

‘Saturated Fear’ sets a deep tone for the LP, flanging melodies and echoing claps float through the composition before the album’s title track ‘Aspirations for Young Xol’ offers haunting arpeggios with occasional acidic overtones which are cleverly offset by beautifully designed lead synth transitions. ‘Bloodlines’ follows a similar musical vein with delayed bass riffs that are suspended above shimmering hihats and a weighted kick.

Santiago provides three beatless pieces throughout, which digress into more emotional territory whilst offering brief respite from his heavier drum work. ‘Xol’s Pain’ combines orchestral strings and swelling synthesisers which build tension with a subtly complex, evolving motif. Both ‘Dark Matter’ and ‘Ode to Stinson’ use arresting atmospheres, warped arpeggios and ethereal pads which lull the listener into a retrospective mood.

An intensity builds in the later tracks, a gritty but powerful low end provides a solid foundation in ‘Orange Blossom Thump”, eventually making way for a hectic and elastic lead synth before ‘Pachuco Dub’ displays drones that build a dissonant pressure in which the complex tom rhythms and rolling hi hats can grow. ‘Sarah Rivera’ hypnotises with its delectable chord progressions and complimentary melodies which seem to float above a rigid drum composition to close the album with style.

Santiago Salazar - Saturated Fear

Deep breaksy house cut from Rudolf C; Natural Cycle is the B2 from his forthcoming release on X-Kalay >>>

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Rudolf C - Natural Cycle [XK016]

Alphonse continues his ‘chuck it all in the blender’ approach to music making with the ‘Brainstorming EP’ on Klasse Wrecks. Imagine a world where the best parts of early 90s dance music meld together woozily, taking leads from Detroit melancholia, Chicago stomp and Breakbeat swagger. Nothing is as it appears in the world of Alphonse and tracks often take a sharp left turn, leaving the listener dizzy with confounded expectations.

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WRECKS023 - ALPHONSE - BRAINSTORMING

After their 1st birthday celebrations at the end of last year, 2019 will see Needs switch its attention to our planet and environment. The aim is to raise awareness of deforestation and climate change, and they kick things off with a record featuring Eris Drew, Edward, D. Tiffany and Henry Hyde. 

2018 was a big year. After partnering with UN Women on their HeForShe gender equality campaign back in March (which featured a vinyl release and London fundraiser with Peggy Gou), they went on to celebrate their birthday with a record raising awareness for mental health which showcased the production talents of DJ Normal 4, Red Axes and Hodge. 

Keep your eyes peeled for a series of events around the UK to coincide with the release. All profits donated to Cool Earth. 

Pre-order/Buy: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/eris-drew-edward-d-tiffany-needs-006/722799-01/

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A1. Eris Drew - See You In Snow (NEEDS006)

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Australian DJ Life brings his esoteric ambiance on Finnish label, Echocentric Records after impressive string of releases on Gnork’s Blorp Label and Gestalt Records. The 4 track EP titled ‘Neural Oscillations EP’ is a dreamy escapade beginning with ‘Peia’ to the finale on ‘Abduction’. B1 track, ‘Mindreader’, has sub-electro workings with a cunning 303 acid-bassline, heady rhythm section and a celestial synth that hypnotizes a minute into the track. ‘Mindreader’ is formulated with wispy hi-hats, echoing twerps & chirps, schwifty vocal loops for a good psychedelic measure. ‘Mindreader’ is pleasurable, blissful and displays great range of depth with very sound production techniques that will leave you wanting more.

If you enjoyed this lush track, check out emerging label Echocentric for future releases as well as budding talent – DJ Life. Echocentric & DJ Life’s ‘Neural Oscillations EP’ is slated for August 23rd with digital and vinyl.

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PREMIERE: DJ Life - Mindreader (ECR001)

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Helmed by DJ Dog, the side alias of Sex Tags UFO boss @djfettburger, and Double Dancer, main operator of Untz Untz Records, Berlin-based imprint @reboundlounge sure is one to attack the rim with optimum Globetrottin', perspex-shattering strikeforce.

DJ Dog & Double Dancer - Naismith [Rebound Lounge]

Under the glow of the moonlight there was a haphazard creature who flew with a sense of chaotic disarray. It buzzed and whizzed between the flickering lights in the hope that it might find some safe place to land amidst the outback. It was a nocturnal fly and lived only for the evening hours in which it might find the glimmering buzz of electrics and the whirring machines. It was drawn to the warmth like some sort of strange, abrupt thermal magnet, small and riotous. 

Brussels-based label Basic Moves return with a collection of tracks from Circadian Rhythms AKA DJ Deg, that charts music the Belgian producer crafted between 1989 and 1994. The six tracks represent his own personal take on the sounds of his NYC and Chicago house heroes at the time; think proto-house and hazy techno. Basic Moves have unearthed these dusty ninetees gems and pressed them on a special double LP for your listening pleasure...

PREMIERE: Circadian Rhythms - Nocturnal Fly [Basic Moves]

Originally released via Terraform Records in 1995, 'Systems E.P. 1' was certainly too ahead of its time to meet with success back in the day. That said, as years went by, so swelled the reputation of this sextet of visionary, alien-engineered jams, soon turning the once $1 bin find into a highly sought-after item on the second-hand market. Much to the displeasure of hardline speculators but for the greatest joy of skint '90s sound lovers, KOC reissues the Systems experience in full force and effect.
Today we premiering B1 track from Ether - mightily explosive 'Detonator' - a wild and woolly acid number that shall not go without conjuring up memories of the early Prodigy's mid-nineties rave exploits.  
6 mixes 12" record out march 15th, this track goes on free download when you pre- order whole EP here: https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/merch/various-artists-systems-e-p-1-oyster22

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PREMIERE #808 | Ether - Detonator (Frank's Placid Acid Edit)[Kalahari Oyster Cult] 2020

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