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A1 - Back And Forth [PARODIA]

The enchanting A1 from our forthcoming release by Naarm/Melbourne local @dollllly 

Pre-orders available now via our Bandcamp, Clone, One eye Witness and more.

https://dollly.bandcamp.com/album/dont-forget-the-moonscreen

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A1: Dolly - Bass Xertz

https://soundcloud.com/escapeartistaus
https://soundcloud.com/x-kalay
🛒 https://x-kalay.bandcamp.com/album/wanna-dance
🔊 https://youtu.be/9cWMa5Wz5ZM

The first X-Kalay release of 2022 finds Melbourne’s Escape Artist traversing wormholes, complete with an assist from the ever-prolific Roza Terenzi.

Picking up where a 2019 Salt Mines debut left off, ‘Wanna Dance’ allows proggy tendencies to flourish across some mind-altering electro. Portals to higher planes of consciousness and uncharted star systems fling open as widescreen, celestial pads make way for lysergic climax.

Ramping up the intensity with her ‘Bassbin Mix’, Roza Terenzi jumps on remix duties; another electro workout, but this time more urgent, more propulsive. Bringing the tribal-breakbeat pressure in spades, it’s quintessential Terenzi.

More prog, but leaning further towards cosmic techno percolation, ‘Levitator’ finds mazy arpeggios in seemingly infinite ascent. ‘Time Knife’, on the other hand, is a radiant, beatless highlight. Deploying cascading synth arps to truly mesmeric effect, it sees the Antipodean achieve sublime tension in a rare moment of introspection.

Tracklist: 

A1. Escape Artist - Wanna Dance? 
A2. Escape Artist - Wanna Dance? (Roza Teranzi Remix) 
B1. Escape Artist - Levitator 
B2. Escape Artist - Time Knife

PREMIERE: Escape Artist - Levitator [X-Kalay]

https://soundcloud.com/regfant

vinyl pre order
https://www.one-eye-witness.com/release/1676378701/Regularfantasy-Regularfantasy-Presents:-Plush-III

PLSH003
Formats: Vinyl 12" & Digital
Release date: Mar 20, 2023

Third times a charm, Plush III is presented to you by our fav Underground Popstar™ Regularfantasy, casting their web out to friends all over the globe in the name of lavish collaboration. First up, in cahoots with fellow Canadian icon Big Zen, the quintessential hit - Call U When I’m Done, a phone talk fantasy with a bonus beatdown remix from living legend Priori.

Plush royalty Chrysalis returns with regfant, a jam Down Under manifesting as a flirty kiss on the cheek to Aqua, Life in Plastic. The B side raises the roof back to Montreal with larger than life references and partnerships for tried and tested chart toppers Sweet Emotion & Sucks To Be You.. Kristian North, D. Tiffany, Steven Tyler, Prozzak and Oprah to name a few. A crowded house party at Le Chateâu; make sure you’re on the guestlist!

Regularfantasy "Plush III" [PLSH03]

The alarm rang with an intense scrutiny. It was urgent and rampant – echoing down the halls and piercing the eardrums. They filed out of each room, one by one, following the procedure.

Outside was dark, it was in the middle of the night, the noise had woken them from their sleep.

In the distance was a faint smell of smoke. He masked his face and looked around for the panic button. The switch which might save them all. In an emergency like this there was only one thing to be done.

Breaks…

Escape Artist is set to release a powerhouse of an EP on Craigie Knowes, think Shed meets hardgroove meets breaks and you’d be on the right lines. Euphoric and energetic for dark rooms and flashing lights.

Far Away Places

PREMIERE: Escape Artist - Breaks In Case Of Emergency [Craigie Knowes]

Full stream of Escape Artist's "Sapphire," taken from Far Away Places EP on Craigie Knowes, out on November 18.

Pre-order: https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/far-away-places-ep
More: www.orbmag.com/music

@craigie-knowes
@escapeartistaus

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Premiere: Escape Artist - Sapphire

Remixes by Earth Trax, Maara, Roza Terenzi, & Alex Kassian! 

Pleasure Planet is back in orbit, summoning their favorite producers to reimagine the two lead singles from their self-titled debut album.

Earth Trax transforms Go With Madness into a euphoric peak time corker. Full of smiles and surprises, it’s a pure endorphin rush, and masterclass in making an irresistible dance track.

Maara goes with madness, cranking up the bpm, and conjuring a version that is deep into prog territory. A propulsive proto trance journey through winds and dungeon echoes.

On her version of Alien, Roza Terenzi casts a hypnotic spell of ghostly melodies and vocal hooks. Her deeper interpretation takes listeners on a breakbeat mission through sizzling electronics and emotive sub bass.

Alex Kassian’s Sphinx Gate Mix of Alien closes it out by slowing things down and transporting Alien into nostalgic territory with melodic arps and peak Haceinda-era breaks and bass. If you listen to his emotional remix carefully enough, you may hear a vocal response from Kim Ann’s partner Cora in its final fleeting moments. 

Alien (Roza Terenzi Remix)

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://linktr.ee/kalaharioystercult

Denizens of the Oyster Cult, rejoice. Elusive dancefloor operator S.O.N.S has followed last year’s compilation cameo up with the deadliest of full debuts.

Booting off with some rough 'n ready gear, "Drive" is the latest chapter as S.O.N.S undergoes his metamorphosis into a more brooding entity. The esteemed Junction Records and Junction Forest proprietor oscillates between tunnelling acid techno and a darkwave-indebted workout somewhat reminiscent of Dutch pioneer Das Ding. Three night-stalking club trax rooted in ominous portent.

Trading the gentler touch and sound sensitivity of releases past for something tougher, and meaner, but there aren’t any diminishing returns. Quite a departure from the introspection of that aforementioned compilation appearance while retaining the transcendent qualities that always typified his work.

S.O.N.S - Drive | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER66)

We’re back with GNC Record’s digital series with a split EP from Omen and Intruso, producers and colleagues based in Barcelona. ‘Explosiones Programadas’ is made of a combination of peaktime heavy hitters and deep timeless after hours tracks, that captivate the dancefloor through ascending mental sounds that disintegrate, leaving space for something new to emerge, insisting that calmness and chaos are not always in conflict and that they can coexist as parts of the same universe.

The release begins with two tracks from Intruso, the first one brings resonant synthesizers and immersive atmospheres that are ideal for a peaktime moment at the club. The second one, a collaboration with Ludviq, has broken rhythms, unexpected turns and rogue synths which generate a state of metallic trance, building up upon the previous track.

The narrative continues with three tracks from Omen, the first one with a higher tempo and powerful breakbeats, along with deep sounds and hypnotic vocals that tell the dancefloor to remain calm, overlapping harmonically with the intense drum patterns. The second track goes even deeper, with a timeless downtempo groove that blends itself with reverberating atmospheres and looped samples that disintegrate themselves, leaving space for new sounds to surface. Finally, the EP comes to an end with house drum patterns and spontaneous one-shots, building up intensity again and leaving the dancefloor just on point for the session to continue. 

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Intruso & Ludviq - Deviant Transistor

V/A - EVVA002
BUY LINK : https://evolv3events.bandcamp.com/album/evva002
Label: Evolve (https://soundcloud.com/evolvelabel)
https://www.instagram.com/evolve_label
> MBV (https://soundcloud.com/mbvnotaus)
https://www.instagram.com/mbvmusic

Evolve was conceptualised out of a love for psychedelic electronic music. Genre-fluid and ever-shifting, EVVA002 presents a deeper, slower sonic palette that defines the label’s evolving identity. From goa-laced club tracks to warped breaks, leftfield IDM and dubbed-out prog and techno, each track adds its own twist to the psychedelic thread that runs through the heart of the label.

Produced by MBV
Mastered by Carlo Gaeta
Artwork by Anahi Valcarcel

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PREMIERE : MBV - Wolf Cuts

A distinctive piece from the Ballroom Records archive, “Figment of Consciousness” by SPARTAA is featured on TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 4 — a curated collection exploring the label’s most atmospheric and genre-defying Electronica.

TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 4

Figment of Consciousness

The Second EP by Wendy Adams, featuring the Variations of Leaves and Release Me

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Don't Fight Back

B1. King Tide

Undeniably the biggest banger on the release. A deep, rolling tune by two very special brothers. Animalia is pleased to present Sam & Jack Brickel.

Out now.
Vinyl available via Clone, Redeye, Bordello a Parigi, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital via: animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/animalia-one

Sam & Jack Brickel - Resurgence

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PREMIERE: Escape Artist - Breaks In Case Of Emergency [Craigie Knowes]

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