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500 & ANIMA - You Are A VERY Radiant Star

D3 Shiva Dans Le Jura (feat. Bigoudi)

She was gracious and elegant, dancing softly before them all as they watched onwards with jealousy and glee. From time to time she would vanish into the smoke and the fog, only to emerge more radiant and glowing than before she had disappeared. This was all part of the magic, all part of the allure and the intrigue of such a beautiful display. She caught each onlookers eyes, longingly taking them in before whispering softly "can I be your geisha?" It was enough to set the whole damn world on fire, at least for an evening anyway. 

Naomie Klaus is set to release a new tape via Bamboo Shows, a meandering, odd assortment of synth, new wave and electronic sounds which touch upon pop. It's whimsical and weird, wonderful and wild.

A Story of a Global Disease

PREMIERE: Naomie Klaus - Can I Be Your Geisha? [Bamboo Shows]

Jean-Luc waves grotesquely from the barge full of mischief and foggy dreams, while presenting :

Le Thabor", pour l'grand Nico.

A tribute to the boat. With captain Alexia on vocals. And song made for Nico, that handsome sailor. Recorded during a residency on the Urban-boat. This song is totally inspired by Alain Bonnefont's "Tous les états". It is the end of January, and the swans are hiding.

Thanks to Martin and Rita.

Kisses from the "Noir Pays"

Artwork : Structure Bâtons
Credit Klick : N. Lagadec

Jean-Luc et Alexia - Le "Thabor" (Pour l'grand Nico) (free DL)

remix of @3lnaberlin's 'Gepäckträger' & @oklou93 'God's Chariots'

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Gepäckträger [3LNA+oklou]

The rain came down harder than ever before today, it left thick streaks down the windows that obscured the outside world. It seemed to mirror her mood; no matter how much she tried, she couldn't read him at all - his mouth said one thing but his eyes said something completely different. Unbeknownst to him she'd already been putting their relationship to the test, and as it stood he wasn't set to pass with flying colours. 

Cork-based singer and musician Elaine Howley has made a name for herself in Ireland's underground music scene as part of several groups, Crevice, Howlbux and The Altered Hours. As a solo artist her work is intimate and personal, weaving together dusty, textural motifs and lo-fi ditties that suck you into her sonic world. Her newest LP, The Distance Between Heart and Mouth, takes a diaristic form. Recorded on a four-track cassette machine during 2019 and 2020, the nine tracks are guided by Elaine's distant, wistful vocals which sit on a bed of sounds that touch on dub, alt-pop, soul, chanson and psychedelic folk, reminiscent of artists like Broadcast, Leslie Winer and Tirzah.

The Distance Between Heart And Mouth

PREMIERE: Elaine Howley - To The Test [Touch Sensitive]

Acid Dub Studies II

Liberation

lyrics
i contradict myself too much
for my own good
i'm made of lust 
for love and loss
and when i lose myself i'll set the grass ablaze
i'll burn my face
july came through and i grew up in just a day
my wings are stuck inside the clay and i could break out but i stay why must i stay

elevation with a friend
i keep losing all of them
august only just began
i already miss my hands
rigor mortis fix my brain so i can level out my shoddy aim
i have a feeling you don't feel the same
so do i trust my gut or do i walk away

i move an inch 
the cracks will spread 
hope they can't hear
or else im dead stepped out of line a final time
my ego grows but now i'm right
turn out the light
i run away
but im not scared i run to change 
what i will share 
and now im shamelessly myself
im fucking drained
am i unwell

serotonin in the shell
i will dig myself through hell
may is oh so far away
but tomorrow won’t delay
dashing through the cloudless sky until i’m out of breath
and my wings are lacking rest
i know i didn’t give much hope but when we’re tying the rope
i wanna hold ur hand and say
i had fun
we aren’t done 
lookin thru the trash so we can find one
for memory
my lovely
i won’t let it go until my job’s done

clay wings (demo)

art inspired by sui5o: https://twitter.com/sui5o/

aquoferne:
@aquoferne
twitter.com/aquoferne
www.youtube.com/channel/UCuLrV8V8uxHZImKgx28hnDA

Lyrics:
i saw the city lights
more than a thousand times
it's still the same old view

same with the lantern skies
just gone into the night
when will i ever leave this room?

am i fading from sight?
have i lost my own mind?
i want to throw away my feelings
over the edge

i've held up my voice way too high
i've always wanted to let my wings fly
and i'll fall down softer than before
to keep on moving is what i'm striving for

look into the waves
reflecting off your face

no disconnection
never a mention
of how somebody could live

am i fading from sight?
have i lost my own mind?
i want to throw away my feelings
over the edge

i've held up my voice way too high
i've always wanted to let my wings fly
and i'll fall down softer than before
to keep on moving is what i'm striving for

Stop motion picture (w/ aquoferne)

Couldn't resist to rework this absolute belter from The Bonny Men;  one of the fine contemporary traditional Irish bands keeping the fire burning...

Discover and support the band here: https://www.thebonnymen.ie/


Big love to https://soundcloud.com/rorymacaodha for introducing the original to me and subsequently lashing the edit out at westcorkflow festival. You can check the craic here:

https://youtube.com/shorts/72XxPP1qnbA?feature=share

Jenny's Welcome to Charlie (Peter Power Edit)

ds 8/17

lyrics-

Nineteen o’clock
Look up at the sky it's pink across
I look into your eyes I can see the stars
It's coming to life the fantasy that’s ours
Nineteen o’clock
Look up at the sky it's pink like the stones in my charm
look into your eyes and they sing me a song
We’ve got each other in our arms
You're where my heart belongs

Heirlooms around my wrist
Do a time travel manip
Make the wine glasses kiss
Make an eyelash wish
Close your eyes and
Dandelions in the wind (two cards)
Queen of diamonds jack of hearts
Guaifenesin in my codeine
Put my stomach in a knot
Baby watch me paddle on
Sun rays hit the water
Like a thousand lightning bugs
Golden hour silver jewelry
Walking through the garden all of the flowers
Are looking at me
Sand in my pocket from the hourglass
It spoke to me
Twenty eight doves
On top of the clocktower
In my head they sing to me

Nineteen o’clock
Look up at the sky it's pink across
I look into your eyes I can see the stars
It's coming to life the fantasy that’s ours
Nineteen o’clock
Look up at the sky it's pink like the stones in my charm
look into your eyes and they sing me a song
We’ve got each other in our arms
You're where my heart belongs

19 O'clock prod. 30nickk

lyrics:
my trust is fucked from getting fucked over again
why's it so hard for me to buckle down and let somebody in
i keep on getting close to letting go and floating in the wind
i get so caught up in the feeling then it brutally begins
i was an addict back when doin drugs could make you better friends 
now i'm an addict with nobody who will stick thru til the end
i wish i had someone to cry to when the crying starts again
drowning in feelings in the mirror seems more likely fitting in

elastic organs they will fill my stomach up and i am plastic, i am lead, and you wish that i was dead, 
but i can't collect the data cos my processor is busted and my printer paper's jammed, can i fix it with my hand and you say no
you have to hang up all your clothes before you go to find a home
or else mother she will scold the both of us
people stuck inside the cusp of losing everything we love, should we risk it all for drugs or loosen up 
we're growing up, we're growing up
and i can't handle holding cups
my attention span is rough and you don't know 
how much i miss being in love with someone 
you can hear my heart a bumpin
playin to the beat of nothing

my trust is fucked i think that i won't trust again
until someone comes along and starts to act just like a friend
i get excited when i think it's closing in, i’m closing in
but excitement starts to fade, and the lights begin to dim, begin to dim

the beat of nothing (demo)

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow
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Our next White Label Series 23 features a blend of worldwide sounds coming from artist Shaka Lion, from Lisbon, and in collaboration with producer, Singularis, representing Amsterdam. Through the use of samples from Roots, Lovers Rock and Jungle, this 5-track EP highlights the importance of sound system culture. 

Make sure to catch up on our whole White label Series here:
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Soulection White Label: 023 - Shaka Lion & Singularis

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Stream, download or order 'Ultra Truth' on limited edition double white vinyl, blue cassette or CD: https://ffm.to/ultratruth

Daniel Avery's most ambitious and accomplished studio album to date, 'Ultra Truth', is out now on Phantasy + Mute.

'Ultra Truth' offers a very different listening experience to any of Avery’s previous records. It inhabits its own world of sound, a construct built in Avery’s Thames side studio with collaborative help from a host of friends: the production touch of Ghost Culture and Manni Dee, the vocals of HAAi, Jonnine Standish (HTRK), AK Paul and the voices of Marie Davidson, Kelly Lee Owens, Sherelle and James Massiah.

Ultra Truth

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New album 'Remember', released 03 March 2023 on Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour: https://weval.lnk.to/rememberSo

'Forever', out now on Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour: https://weval.lnk.to/foreverSo

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Forever

'Someone Close', out now on Ninja Tune: https://floatingpoints.lnk.to/someoneSo

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Someone Close

Let's Turn It Into Sound Remixes

Check Your Translation (Hrishikesh Hirway Remix)

Shifting Sinewave Patterns

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EVA808 - Pink Uzi Gang // Shakti // Bladed (Vinyl Exclusive)

Forthcoming IMRV023 on both 12", 180 gram vinyl and digital.

Mastered by Beau at Ten Eight Seven Mastering, Distributed worldwide by Unearthed Sounds & Railbird Digital, manufactured via Well Tempered.

Out to EVA808

EVA808 - Pink Uzi Gang // Shakti // Bladed (Vinyl Exclusive) - (Out Now)

Man Band 06 out October 12th.

Various release featuring tracks by DJ Sacom, Patrick Flint, HANAH and a remix of Elise by Forest Drive West.

Preorder available here:
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Phonica - https://goo.gl/zXy8E5
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Artwork by Studio 24/24

dj sacom - Wisdom

+New Bounce #025+

Title: 
O Ritmo De Luanda

Artist:
@stinhowtheproducer

📸 Graphic Design by: www.instagram.com/chiaranashgraphics
📸 photo by: www.instagram.com/chavezvandenborn
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Stinhow is back! with a 2nd New Bounce release under Sosodality with a relaxing, yet summer themed housey tune. that will fill up those hearts with some well earned warmth.

Go get your FREE download NOW!

Cultures Create Vibes.

Peach, Love & Unity,

Sosodality

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Stinhow - O Ritmo De Luanda [New Bounce #025]

Seongbuk Skyway - Stay On Your Path [YGK007]

1. Stay On Your Path
2. DY (Maximum Dub)
3. Rite Of Passage 

Format: Digital/EP
Release Date: 10 Jan, 2020
Cover: Samantha Shin

Unreleased

Seongbuk Skyway - Stay On Your Path [YGK007]

Some songs I did during this crisis
They strangely turned out quite happy
Free DL of course
Artwork by my dear and talented Louise Mervelet

Sensual Deprivation

Elephant (Foodman Remix)

Europa’s music works on the idea of bringing together and processing fragments of memory reflecting on their meaning and significance. His idea is to express the unique character of particular moments of his life intensified by the process of remembering them through the lenses of his emotions. Enhanced by the value they have gained in time each particular moment expands into something bigger than the moment itself and blends with the meaning it has gained in relation to all other events surrounding it. The two tracks work around the experience of a specific night out with fire torches while listening to music under a soft rain and reflecting on relationships and dialogues held that night. Europa recalls the falling raindrops reflecting the fire of the torches in connection to his personal experience of love interweaved with doubt and melancholy. The result are two exquisite tracks drenched in nostalgia, passion and contrasting emotions.

Written, performed, produced by @europainflames. 
Mastering by Michele Sinatti. 
Artwork by archietaylor. 

Soul Feeder 2020 ©

Europa - Alors on dorme

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