Elan Noir

A1. Shcuro - Predictive Mechanisms

05. Steffi - The Red Hunter (Barker Remix)

@naivetrax has returned to releasing music on vinyl and digital formats, now distributed by Rotterdam's finest Clone Records. NAIVE020 epitomizes what the Lisbon-based label, run by Violet, has become cherished for: imaginative yet timeless, soothing yet moody, melodic yet sonic music. Entitled 'Computer Hermetics', this new record is an EP by UrbnMowgli, a fairly new Berlin-based artist who began releasing music in 2020.

'Immaterial Desires' inaugurates side B—an ode to adventurous drum programming and intricate sound design in the form of a percussion-punctuated curveball belter.

Buy: https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/urbnmowgli-computer-hermetics-pre-order-naive/194902

NAIVE020

PREMIERE: UrbnMowgli - Immaterial Desires [naive]

@mirage-sud @ndlss_seumar

In French, "Bon Voyage" expresses good wishes to someone about to embark on a journey.

Calling from Mars(eille), french producer Ndlss Seumar, a fresh newcomer who brings us summer before the hour, delivers four proggy, trance-oriented tracks. From energetic vibes to more melancholic but powerful melodies, the four tunes are brimming with emotion.

Fasten your seat belts and prepare to take off on this cosmic trip with us.

[PREMIERE] Bon Voyage - Ndlss Seumar | Mirage Sud [2024]

As they travelled down the long winding river, they left everything that they knew behind. This was to be the journey of a lifetime, a voyage like no other, into the unknown, into the abyss.

Their small boat weaved and floated atop chaotic waves and tides, between jagged rocks and pointed shores.

Yet, they were nimble and agile, like a lizard in the stream.

They would simply go on and on, until they found peace in the great beyond.

Reasons To Dance are set to release a new EP from co founder Dåser who holds no punches on a fast paced, glitched out EP which channels elements of Bass and Techno and features a killer remix from Sputnik One. Listen to ‘Lizard In The Stream’ below:

PREMIERE: Dåser - Lizard In The Stream [Reasons To Dance]

https://soundcloud.com/rotul-434267557
https://soundcloud.com/silencecollapse
🛒 https://rotul.bandcamp.com/album/planet-margot
🔊 https://youtu.be/U3h6WE2B59s

« Undef Human 2024_33 will enter the introspection simulator. Over. »

A few days ago, Undefined Human 2024_33 (UH) was caught by Margotian patrol while attempting to repair broken equipment outside an international space observation platform.

The Margotians were on a mission close to the Earth and spotted UH having trouble with his air suit. They decided to rescue him.

Margotians have observed humans for quite a long time now and have a lot of questions regarding their lifestyle & philosophy. Although Margotians are more intelligent than humans and benefit from a more advanced technology, they are unable to determine if humans are fundamentally bad and cruel.
Their contradictions are complex. How is it possible to hurt the people you love ? How is it possible to destroy your living environment leading to the death of your species?

During their observation phase, Margotian engineers designed a programme to help answer these questions.

UH_2024_33 will be the first beta - tester of the programme as the first human entering the simulation. UH_2024_33 is a good fit, because of his own history: enrolling in the space station in order to flee his past, the bad things he did, the suffering he felt, the fears that he held.

In the simulation UH will relive the key moments of his life. The programme will scan his memory to search for moments unique to him, in particular those that formed his character. The humiliation, tenderness, shame, anger and joy that he has felt from the moment he tore into the world.

These scenes of life will be replayed many times, each time with different parameters and from a different starting point.

Would UH respond the same way if some parts of his history are omitted ? Or if certain social variables and constructs are removed?

Would UH be able to see the bad things he has done, the fears he holds, and recover from them?

Would these experiences and the knowledge that he acquired from them help him to find peace?

After a few runs, the simulation started to drift, like a chaotic system producing unpredictable behavior. The Margotians could not believe it.

UH managed to survive the meteorites of his anger, dodge the magnetic field of his fears, pass through the asteroids of his remorse and guilt. The nebula of his anxiety vanished.
Finally the eclipse of his ego disappeared and a shiny planet appeared.

This was Planet Margot, innocence rediscovered. A new territory able to reinvent itself, free from dominant societal norms that trap spirituality and creativity. A land free from excess and exploitation where you can only seed your wise. No fences to divide differences. No room for individuality.

After running the simulation on a wide range of humans, Margotians realised that Planet Margot exists inside every person.

The Margotians decided to follow their analysis by creating PlanetMargot and populating it with all the humans inputted in their program, taking them back to theirundefined, innocent state.

What will happen to these people? Who are the Margotians?

Margotians are the Earthlings of the future.

Tracklist: 

1/ In The Air
2/ Wrung Remorses
3/ Fire Of Ego
4/ Planet Margot

PREMIERE: ROTUL - In The Air [Silence Collapse]

Temperature x Satisfaction - MAREX MashUp

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://hypeddit.com/marex/temperaturexsatisfactionmarexmashup
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Temperature x Satisfaction - MAREX MashUp (Studio Fritz)

Hot off the back of his debut EP last year, Amsterdam-based ABE teams up with Vief for the London label’s fourth release of 2025.

Spanning afrotech, gqom, UK funky, Brazilian funk and much more, this four-tracker typifies everything Vief is about - championing the fresh, off-kilter sound that emanates from the pockets between strict genre boundaries. If you’re wanting some leftfield energy, look no further.

Label: @viefrecords
Buy: https://viefrecords.bandcamp.com/album/idanha

PREMIERE: ABE - ESHE [Vief Records]

Those Voices in my HEAD! They need to get OUT!

Voices In My Head Feat. Bass Runner and Dela Luca

Out now on @emotsiyamusic in Vinyl and Digital!

https://sansibar.bandcamp.com/album/paradise-industrial-complex

Paradise Industrial Complex - Snippets

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