Walking through the dead of night there was an overwhelming sense of tension which hung in the mysterious air. This was Salem and it was a place of great peril and anger - those who danced beneath the glow of streetlights were wicked and cruel whilst those that watched on from an Ivory tower had much to lose. There was evil in this town, the type that was hard to find. It was perfect for the rogues and vagabonds who would like to cause mischief and hazard beneath the cloak of darkness...

Franz Kirmann is set to release a new album on Ransom Note affiliated record label Bytes, an imprint which has been widely supported and well received since formation. The new album comes from a singular musician and producer who channels the atmospheric and the abstract. However, perhaps Franz is best left to explain for himself...

"My next album, entitled Madrapour, will be a cassette released by Ransom Note sub label Bytes. This is a return to my analog hardware roots after the very digital Elysian Park I released in 2016. One of my musical heroes Andrew Weatherall describes it as “achingly beautiful” and that means a lot to me! I hope you will agree with him!"

BYTES03 - Franz Kirmann - Madrapour

PREMIERE: Franz Kirmann - Salem [Bytes]

Folktronica, ethnic, techno
Udmurt artist from Izhevsk, Udmurtia (Russia)

25/05/2024 -Вятская свистопляска (Киров)

__Gigs in 2023__
15/06 - Кузебай фест (Ижевск)
5/12 - ВДНХ (Москва)

__Gigs in 2022__
9/07 - Союзники (Уфа)
18/06 - Новарт (Ижевск)
28/05 - Некрасовка (Москва)

__Gigs in 2021__
8/03 - Не виновата (russia online fest)
22/05 - AWAZ Festival (Казань)
15/06 - Музей Гараж (Москва)
26/06 - Гербер (udmurtia)
15/10 - Звуки невидимых земель - JagerNightEmbassy - 
ABCD (Москва)
19/11 - Fields XS (Москва)

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Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

Contact/Info/Hugs: psychotropiques@gmail.com
Booking: booking.curuba@gmail.com

Curuba Records co-founders / Slug Rave residents

*Composé de @ahlonne et @lefrit , Psycho Tropiques est un espace d'expérimentation sonore œuvrant à l'avènement du syncrétisme sous influences. Guérilla psychédélique/virµss technorganiques* 

*A duo working on the advent of syncretism under influence. Psychedelic guerilla // technorganic Virµss* 

Past Gigs : 

~ 12/09 - Caracole Festival
~ 15/08 - ¿Sauvage? @ Cabaret Sauvage w/ Tom Bini, Di Laif, De la Groove
~ 13/07 : La Dynamiterie - Le Jardin Suspendu
~ 04/07/2020 - Microclimat dans les bois
~ 08/02/2020 : Club Infiné - Point Éphémère, Paris
~ 08/02/2020 : Rinse France
~ 25/01/2020 : A Cheeseporn Odyssey, Clermont Ferrand
~ 24/01/2020 : Slug Rave @ La Station w/ DJ Athome, Ed Isar, Andrés Komatsu, Fatma Pneumonia
~ 20/01/2020 - Hotel Radio Paris
~ 16/01/2020 : 824h, Paris
~ 13/01/20 - East Side Radio, Lisboa
~ 11/01/20 - Tropical Groove w/ Kurup - Lisboa
~ 10/01/20 - Pizza Night, Algarve
~ 21/06/2019 : La Nature Festival, Belgium
~ 25/07/2019 : ATOM Festival, Toulouse
~ 26/07/2019 : Chateau Perché Festival, Arboretum de Balaine
~ 24/08/2019 : Algo Rythmique w/ R Vincenzo, Hasard Ludique (Paris)
~ 04/10/2019 : Transhumance w/ @steppenroboter, Paris 
~ 18/10/2019 : La Tudo Bem w/ Esa, Maggie, Mercredi Records, La Rotonde
~ 25/10/2019 : Alora#5 w/h2o, fenu, Bulbul Berlin 
~ 01/11/2019 :  Fiesta de Los Santos w/Rafael Aragon, Afrosideral, Le Chinois 
~ 17/12/2019 : Litératies du Futur, UNESCO, Paris
~ 27/12/2019 - ATOMique évènement, Toulouse