Lycra Preta - Cabine Vertical  (Original Mix)

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𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄:  Shehaq - The Process (Original Mix) [ Comet Records]

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𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄:  Shehaq - The Process (Original Mix) [ Comet Records]

Second Storey & Appleblim return to R&S. Released 04/11
Pre-order - randsrecords.lnk.to/gimme-6

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Second Storey & Appleblim - Gimme 6

The obstacle course was awash with competitors. They sprawled recklessly amongst the long grass looking for a way out. These were times of desperation and struggle, some thought it to be too hard whilst others believed it simply ludicrous. The course had gathered notoriety amongst a worldwide collective of fierce combatants. For some it was just another day at the training ground whilst for others this might be the final hurdle to break their backs. 

Holding Hands is a newly launched record label focussed on releasing club destined tracks without any of the pretentious nonsense which can sometimes accompany doing so.

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PREMIERE: DSC - Too Hard [Holding Hands]

Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah! - Dekmantel (DKMNTL052) 

a1.	Juju & Jordash - Herkie
a2.	Juju & Jordash - Rah-Rah
b1.	Juju & Jordash - Back Tuck Basket Toss
b2.	Juju & Jordash - Deadman
c1.	Juju & Jordash - Paper Dolls
c2.	Juju & Jordash - Hanging Pyramid
c3.	Juju & Jordash - L-Motion
d1.	Juju & Jordash - Attack The Crowd
d2.	Juju & Jordash - One Armed Liberty

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Gal (Juju) and Jordan (Jordash) return home to the Dekmantel stable for their fourth LP. It’s their most complete record to date. A series of purpose-written compositions, that highlight their maturity as musicians, and adept dexterity in the studio.

Without the pairing of Juju & Jordash, there would be no Dekmantel. The duo are an integral part of the label’s history, dating back to 2009 when they where they were the first act to release on the imprint. The two vagabonds can often be found performing live at various outdoor festivals and renowned clubs around the globe, jamming away behind a tabletop of buttons, knobs, synths, and drum machines - like a retro, control-station from Star Trek - albeit one that hums along with the jazz-centric, discordant house, and techno whirrings played by the musicians.

Nowadays Juju & Jordash have evolved far beyond their ’oddball house’ moniker. Their freestyle approach to performance, and immaculate refined sounds have became somewhat more defined, in a style that’s unique, yet elaborate, with a sense of otherworldliness, not only befit for the dancefloor, but otherwise transcendental moments. Following on from their previous LP, 2014’s Clean-Cut, a record of primal, forward thinking, variations from the studio, Sis-boom-bah is an album steeped in studio traditionalism, with a direction towards composition. “We wanted the focus of this album to be the music and not necessarily the process, so we made sure to perfect the performances before shifting the focus on to the production,” states Jordash about the record. Recorded over the space of a few, intense weeks, and built upon years of improvised live shows in front of thousands of listeners, Sis-boom-bah was written around grooves written by Juju on the guitar, and Jordash on the Rhodes. It was the first album the duo have written using such an approach, and solely produced and mixed by Jordash in Amsterdam over the course of a year, making it their most authentic record to date. 

Sis-boom-bah’s diverse, spiritual nature is built around Juju & Jordash's use of polyrhythms. The percussive sequenced grooves, and rhythmic backbone was generated using the Yamaha DX7, along with the Roland TR606 drum machine. This approach to rhythm can be heard from the outset within the very first track ‘Herkie’, an ephemeral, yet tribal approach to minimalist funk. The spirituality flows throughout the record, where it sounds like the duo have brought along the nature with them from the foresty raves. In actually fact, the background noise comes courtesy of “noise generators from two separate synthesizers, each with its own filter slowly opening and closing so it kinda sounds like waves or wind.” There are also nods towards their acid influences, with some surefire slices of house music too. Sis-boom-bah is still very much a Juju & Jordash record, yet it's one with a greater depth, musically and stylistically. As electronic music albums go, you'll be hard pushed to find one more complete. "People should listen to this on a loud and clear sound-system," explains Jordash, "high on life, in their own special safe place."

DKMNTL052 // Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah!

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The mud is soaked after the heavy rainfall. It’s stormy but the new car you just purchased is in full automatic mode, cranking up the beats per minute formally unknown to the life of Susan. There are no goggles that will see through the fog; no Granny Smith apple soup that summons the space before you. The wind turbines are blowing right in your face, but the elephant’s memory is better than it has ever been. That’s why DJ Swagger’s Green Waters explores the depth of the past, whilst crisply hovering over futuristic, transformed low-voiced samples that will most definitely build fires with nocturnal creatures. It’s quite safe to admire Susan’s step towards kebab eating binges and standard evening sessions.

The one-forty bpm exploration is furthered by Susan’s very own Axefield, as he encompasses familiar sounds into a setting hitherto unexplored within this realm. As the needle hits the 140 Trak, I begin to see an image of some kind of oil rig, digging deeper and deeper until it reaches the bottom of the sea level, delving straight into the nature and richness of oily oil. Right there, in that instance of discovery, the synthesised odour of recognition jumps right to the top of the surface, similar to a frog that is gasping for air. That frog, however, isn’t the only one in desperate need of oxygen. Our main man Raj was too. But that’s partly because he took a little too much of that good good.

Flip the plate, fam. The B-Side is like waking up on a summery morning, firing up your old school desktop and being welcomed by that sound. You already know what Susan means with this one. And if you don’t, DJ Windows XP’s How Did You Know I Was Here will gently stroke your back until you feel comfortable enough to handle the waves that overflow your burnt coffee can, as the drop comes in like a banana falling upwards because gravity has most definitely now been defied. Raj, we ask you again: how did you know Susan was here?

The strange dream comes to an end as the misty Sketches by Joakim Hellgren whistles kindly in the fleeting distance. If you have ever felt hollow, absorb the tribe-like howls of distorted mumbles, drum claps￼ and an erotic dance between hi-hats. Is that a piano? Who knows. Whistle to the streets and you may pick up every spare penny that rests before you. The 808 business is strong, that’s why it’s not called 807. Stay focussed, because Susan never knows who’s patrolling tomorrow night. In order to stay calm you may ask the right answers to the right questions. Hear now! You surely read that one twice. But the confusion is mildly satisfying, because sometimes life is all but a drawing, or for that matter, the very beginning of it all. The cryptic hieroglyphics make sense to Susan, but that is because she is the only one who at the end of the day truly knows who she is.

Now, Raj, did you have that Monster drink?

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SUSAN005: V/A - "Raj" (DJ Swagger, Axefield, DJ Windows XP & Joakim Hellgren) CLIPS. 30.04.18

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DollyDubs6 Martyn - Angels EP Preview

Happy that this track is finally out.
It was made using 6 drum samples and won a little competition in the infamous 'Strictly Lofi' group on facebook. I guess it wasn't lofi enough to be signed but happy that it found a great home now on this double cassette celebrating 6  1/2 years of @noorden

NOOLTD2030

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Caldera - Strictly Dolo [NOOLTD2030]

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After an excellent release to close out 2018 with 'Etheric Body Music' EP for Dark Entries, @photonz releases a thoughtful four-tracker for a label that hits closer to home in @naivetrax.

Angel Heart EP

Photonz - In A Dream [Naive]

Listen on YT - https://youtu.be/BiFxsqTO-T4

In his debut EP at Goma Rec, Barsotti gives us three original tracks and a remix by Marcelulose. The producer already appeared in Goma's VA 2 with the track Pecado (with Technovinho). Now he returns to the label with an EP that brings the theme of moral deviation that accompanies humanity as a fine line. The EP stitches Sergio Barsotti's 80's references, which go through science fiction and the timbres of Synthwave and Dark Disco, with images of a futuristic hell taken from a dream. The result is a Inferno with neon lights covered like a game where each track represents a level, dialoguing with the apocalyptic climate in which we live.


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Premiere: Barsotti - Greed

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