RapAlchemy - Ministry of Pound

2025-07-23_zündung

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Family Matters Vol. 2

1831 NRG

They sat around the television, eyes glued to the national broadcast. A few moments later it concluded but they were no wiser than before. Little to no information had been shared, the guidance they'd been waiting for nowhere to be seen. But were they surprised? Empty promises had always been the dish of the day. The system was well and truly broken, and seemingly nobody was taking on the responsibility to fix it. 

Since their inaugural release in 2017 from Ecotone, Dutch label Rotterdam Electronix have been serving up the best in electro and techno. They followed up the first EP with outings from the likes of Betek, Discipline and their last breakbeat fuelled release from Prague duo Fractions. Taking control of the eighth on the label is modular enthusiast Crossover Network who works together sluggish rhythms, drones and driving bass for a soundtrack to a dystopian future.

PREMIERE: Crossover Network - Malignant System [Rotterdam Electronix]

Hey Lovers, Fans and Haters, 

„When The Circus Comes To Town“ is a track I made in 2019. It’s about some of the things that went wrong (in my opinion) in the so called Techno scene, before the pandemic forced us to press the Pause button. 

When listening to it now, it maybe sounds kinda strange. On the other side, I think the risk of falling back into bad Business Techno habits once the situation is under control is quite high. 
I personally still hope some things will change in a positive way, 
for artists, venues, labels and music fans. 

„When The Circus Comes To Town“ was supposed to come out on an amazing label from France. I was super excited about this. 

But then my external external HD broke. Even though I was able to restore some stuff, a lot of files remain broke.  
Among those destroyed files were also many many files from 
my DAW, so a lot of unreleased and unfinished stuff I made in the past years 
is probably lost forever. 

That sucks, but I’m gonna record new music - for the French label and for you.

So I decided to upload the (of course unmastered) Mp3 of „When The Circus Comes To Town“ to my SoundCloud and make it a free download for you out there. 

(If you want to pay some bucks for it, you can do this of course too: paypal.me/snuffo81 ) 

Wishing you all the best. Stay safe. 

Snuffo

When The Circus Comes To Town

Snuffo - When The Circus Comes To Town (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Title: VA:101 DIA // ASKR [Sampler]
Release Date: 7 September 2020
Label: Lunacy (https://soundcloud.com/lunacymodule)
BUY LINK: https://lunacyglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-101-dia-askr
Format: Physical + Digital including 50 Cassettes + 100 Compact Disc.

Various artists consisting of Will Flisk, Steppin'Wolf, Thizone, Bad Penny, Ruble Gang, Carlo Onda, Tableraz, Kutkh Jackdaw, Crossover Network, Itako, 543ff, Gerhard Zucker, Bianco Negativo, Slava Gubarev, Ferdinand Carclash, Enriketamine + Emile Strunz.

You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, writes Italo Calvino, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.

When the official purveyors of Glasgow’s night(lyf) culture prematurely pull the plug on your not so subtle come-up, one question persists - where are the afters? A magic card and a jaded cabbie later, you have the answer - Lunacy. Step inside the place. An experience, an institute, a myth, and at last - a label. It goes without saying that the tunes are on a level, a 17 track tour-de-force from Gower Street with love. Lunacy's debut is a long time coming with five years of never-ending after parties on the clock.

From scheme dreams to young teams and that coming of age tenner bit. VA:101 DIA // ASKR breaches the boundaries of something more meaningful altogether. The micro history of the macro sesh in Glasgow's best worst kept secret - think the Hermetic Order;cultic hazing and rites-des-passage featuring smoke machines, strangers on E and Wully Dee, with a heavy hit of local lore and galactic luminaries. Motorway mythology, no smoking outside - it was unforgettable, if, of course you remember.
This one is out to the city beneath, just out of sight but always in mind.

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Crossover Network - A Night At The Adonis

Artist: Will Flisk
Title: Willodd
Format: CD, Cassette Tape, Digital
Label: Lunacy
Release Date: 21/09/20
Purchase: https://lunacyglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-101-dia-askr

When the official purveyors of Glasgow’s night(lyf) culture prematurely pull the plug on your not so subtle come-up, one question persists - where are the afters? A magic card and a jaded cabbie later, you have the answer - Lunacy. Step inside the place. An experience, an institute, a myth, and at last - a label. It goes without saying that the tunes are on a level, a 17 track tour-de-force from Gower Street with love. Lunacy's debut is a long time coming with five years of never-ending after parties on the clock.
From scheme dreams to young teams and that coming of age tenner bit. VA:101 DIA // ASKR breaches the boundaries of something more meaningful altogether. The micro history of the macro sesh in Glasgow's best worst kept secret - think the Hermetic Order;cultic hazing and rites-des-passage featuring smoke machines, strangers on E and Wully Dee, with a heavy hit of local lore and galactic luminaries. Motorway mythology, no smoking outside - it was unforgettable, if, of course you remember.
This one is out to the city beneath, just out of sight but always in mind.

https://soundcloud.com/will-flisk
https://soundcloud.com/lunacymodule

VA:101 DIA // ASKR 

YouTube

PREMIERE #1190 | Will Flisk - Willodd [Lunacy] 2020

Not for the first time, we can present a lovely and special premiere from Scannoir (Uncanny Valley, Oràculo, Les Disques De La Mort and also on our own Layers Series).

After he caused quite a lot of attention with his releases as "*GOTT*" (together with Sneaker), he now joins the Frigio Family. The track "De Panaesher", a lovely Synth-Wave track, fits perfectly into the current time, in which we like to remember the past...

Frigio Allstars 3 comes from the murky underbelly of electronics, where the nights are long and the days are short. Ashen tones pricked with lighter shades, all smeared with attitude in this collection of underground tracks made for the underground.

Daniel Holt returns for this new instalment in the Allstars series. Diving deep into the darkness, Holt resurfaces with the nine minute industrial throb of “Vaccuous Transient.” A stomping beat pierces sci-fi score synthlines in a track brimming with menace. Staying in the US, Grey people debuts on Frigio with the grime smeared jack of “Bruxism.” The flip is all first timers to the Madrid label with Scannoir offering “De Panaesher.” Sitting somewhere between synth lament and uplifting wave, this track is a true modern classic from a member of the GOTT camp. Madrid’s very own Negocius man follows with “101 Wars” a winding worming work of glazed electronics to kill any dance floor and the amazing finale, “The Smile Of The Body” coming care of Bari’s talent based in Berlin under the moniker of Sons Of Traders.

https://soundcloud.com/scannoir
https://soundcloud.com/frigio-records

Pre-order

PRÉMIÈRE: Scannoir - De Panaesher [Frigio Records]

Rambal Cochet - Ufo Researcher
Remixes: Cute Heels, Pablo Bozzi
Release date : 29. Oct, 2020

A1. Rambal Cochet - Ufo Researcher
A2. Rambal Cochet - Paco Resist
A3. Rambal Cochet - Paco Resist (Cute Heels remix)

B1. Rambal Cochet - Tatra Tropicana 
B2. Rambal Cochet - Tatra Tropicana (Pablo Bozzi remix)

Design by _ Greta Haga

SOIL10  Rambal Cochet - Ufo Researcher (Cute Heels and Pablo Bozzi remixes

Artist: Daniel Holt
Track: Inverted Dusk
Label: Italo Moderni
Format: Digital
Release date: 27/11/20
Purchase: https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/

ITALO MODERNI brings Modernation Vol.1 and it's the first compilation on cassette and digital from Barcelona's imprint. Another dimension of obscurites and eighties weird sounds, focused on a new club era of madness and sad situations. Best moment to get some inspiration with the most  inspiring wizards from the modern music life.

https://soundcloud.com/danielholtt
https://soundcloud.com/italo_moderni

PREMIERE #1339 | Daniel Holt - Inverted Dusk [Italo Moderni] 2020

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