Go here for the full VA:  https://handtohandmusic.bandcamp.com/releases

hand to hand 手把手 рука к руке main dans la main ხელი ხელში mano a mano हाथ से हाथ 

You are not alone.
No matter what happens, there will always be someone who will help you and give a helping hand.


“Things that happen all over the world cause a heavy impact on people’s lives, and Russia is no exception. The human rights situation in Russia is becoming more acute each year. We believe that the violation of human rights is unacceptable. With Hand to Hand VA we want to draw public attention to this problem and provide assistance to organizations involved in helping people faced with arbitrariness. We have brought together like-minded musicians who share the ideas of cooperation, freedom and unity.
All proceeds from the VA will be split equally between the Russian human rights organizations: Mediazona (an independent media platform focused on the judiciary, law enforcement and penal system in Russia founded by Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) and OVD-Info (an independent human rights media project aimed at combating political persecution)".


The Hand to Hand VA geography is: Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Romania, France, Ukraine, Israel, Lithuania, Greece, the Netherlands and the USA.

The VA participants are: Juan MacLean, Benedikt Frey, Borusiade, The Golden Filter, Antoni Maiovvi, Timothy Clerkin, Roe Deers, Sophie Du Palais, Local Suicide, Wolfstream, Panorama Channel, A-Tweed, BGDN, Guillaume Léglise, Inatist, FLVN, Jack Carel, Niko Noland, Tokma, St. Theodore, Anton Berezin, Kolomensky, Anatolian Weapons. 

The project is curated by St. Petersburg based musicians Andrey Kinly, Anton Berezin and Grigory Babak.

Go here for the full VA:  https://handtohandmusic.bandcamp.com/releases

PREMIERE: Roe Deers — Get Out! (Hand to Hand Charity VA)

Every track has its own spirit, in a kind of a 90s journey way.
The compilation is a fascinating mixture of weird cosmic and slow goa sequences to more emotional places with powerful bassdriven downtempo techno and slightly trance influenced anthems as well as distinctive tribal acid easiness with melancholic pads and epic melodies.

Furthermore it involves faster loaded minimal hypnotic synth sounds and dark UK-House with a big-beat touch to it. Raw liquid floating sharp breaks melts into rave stompers which are inhabited by sensitive living microbes vibrating jungle atmospheres.

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PREMIERE⚡️DJ Normal 4 - Basement Longing [Terra Magica Rec.]

it's the third compilation on digital with a quality mastering on that super rare italo-electro utterance, perfect for dancefloors or mixes. Another trippy strings and arps, throat singing and ecstatic chanting all around.
We have edits from the likes of SKATEBÅRD, Hysteric, Adrian Marth, Flemming Dalum, Franz Scala, Sneaker, Katmandu, Vinilette. All tracks have been carefully edited without overdubs, in order to bring the spirit of classic italo disco and reflect the real underground vibe from the age.

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PREMIERE : Christian Bruhn - Sonnenwind (WLDV Edit)

The alarm rang loudly, its shrill tone met with grunts, exclamations and the rustling of duvets. Slowly but surely people began to rise from their beds and start their daily rituals; teeth brushed, clothes ironed, morning stretches complete. Nothing changed, every day was the same, a stringent routine that was too hard to break. They all knew that there must be something beyond this existence but most chose to bury their heads in the sand and take the easy road.

Terra Magica return with another stellar Various Artists compilation, welcoming a roster of fresh faces and returning favourites. Intended to not just move your body but expand your mind too, Life Of Phoroma is a 'journey through chaos, confusion, and pure eclecticism' that features music from the likes of Lucas Croon, Volta Cab, A-Tweed, Too Smooth Christ, label bosses Hektisch Sprengen DJs and countless others. Psychedelia is the strain that connects each sonic contribution; there's everything from breakbeat, electro, acid and trance, to EBM, new age, rave and downtempo rhythms, packaged with love for cosmic consumption.

PREMIERE: Hektisch Sprengen DJs - Jenseits Jeglicher Existenz [Terra Magica]

Wandering through the twilight, he looked up at the moon so very far away and wondered what it might be like to soar. He had always dreamt of careering through the clouds, beyond into the darkness so as to escape from the chaos and strife of the world down here below. It would be ever so magic.

He wondered what others would think of his wild, reckless fantasies. What would they think of his strange longing to leave it all behind? Would they think he was crazy or bewildered...

In the distance he saw a flyer framed in a shop window. It was illuminated by a faint, flickering glow.

'Are you psychic?' is what it read.

Michal Turtle is an esteemed and well renowned figure in leftfield, experimental music having been releasing material for some 40 odd years. Now Invisible Inc. have the privilege of releasing a record titled 'Same Songs, Different Room'. A record comprised of material reimagined and remastered, from the ground up. New versions of much loved classics and forgotten gems.

Same Songs, Different Room

PREMIERE: Michal Turtle - Are You Psychic? [Invisible Inc]

@monaco_band001 - Petit Prix
Label - @claptrap_clptrp

All Sinchi premieres available on 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sinchicollective 
Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFrzl9itGooHqItGFG

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE – Monaco_band001 – Petit Prix (Claptrap)

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We as humans never took it seriously, we simply thought of it as an issue somebody else would fix. We all knew that it would happen soon but not this soon. Nobody expected this so early in our existence as a species. It's as if we woke up one morning and they were all gone, every single one of them without a trace, but where could they all be, where are all the trees?

St Petersburg rising star Sasha Balykova aka Errortica has announced her debut vinyl, Safely Stowed, for Parisian label and platform Les Yeux Orange. Featuring a wide range of club-ready tracks, backed up by a killer acid reinterpretation from Athens's best Anatolian Weapons, our pick is the new age Italo stylings of 'Master Slave' which blends suspenseful synth pads with a rough 303 bassline and harmonic percussion lines.

Safely Stowed EP

PREMIERE: Errortica - Master Slave [Les Yeux Orange]

Budapest producer Route 8’s long-awaiting debut full release almost didn’t happen. The original album was lost when the producer – and the Lobster Theremin crew – had all their belongings stolen in Detroit, whilst on their first tour of the United States a few years ago.

We're delighted to premiere Route 8's 'Interlude' track, which marks the half-way point of the record, and with it comes a muscular drum workout, blending with otherworldly atmospherics that takes the album down a darker route as day turns to night.

You can stream the beautiful 'Interlude' to your heart's content below, plus you can purchase the full 'Rewind The Days of Youth' LP here: https://lobstertheremin.com/album/rewind-the-days-of-youth-lp

Route 8
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Four Four Premiere:  Route 8 - Interlude [Lobster Theremin]

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