Highlife returns!

For our fourth installment, we turn our focus to the Middle East this time. Presenting a bit more of an early doors tip with Mehmet Aslan making another appearance , serving up a Turkish folk nugget and Tel Aviv's mighty Red Axes delivering an industrial disco gem.

Available on vinyl only via Above Board from mid-June>
aboveboarddist.co.uk/labels/highlife

Red Axes - Chew The Gun

gericueca, sr manteiga e amigos juntam-se para 

coitada da casca

KP FALLING HARD

Space Walker

Flute and Sax by Jamal Al Kiswani

Support and buy here: http://wtrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wt-23-tapan

The City

La Belle label boss Golden Bug hails from Paris and is a record producer, label owner, DJ, groove sculptor and metal sculptor who has had great solo success with singles on Gomma and recently Ivan Smagghe's label, Les Disques De La Mort. This exquisite track from his new EP has been recrafted by Glasgow's Mr TC, and is an opiatic, drawn out, trippy affair, pinging and bubbling ahead of you, with a sultry vocal which comes from somewhere behind you in the hashish mist. 

Taken from 'Accroche A Moi' EP : http://www.junodownload.com/products/golden-bug-accroche-a-moi/3101644-02/

PREMIERE: Golden Bug (Feat. Julienne Dessagne) - Un Paradis Artificiel (MR TC Remix)[La Belle]

The fruit was luxurious and sweet. She plucked it from the trees within the grove, the tall fences which lined the beautiful green branches seemed not as fierce and frightening as they first had when she had arrived. The manor house cast a long shadow down the garden and in the distance she could smell the delicious cooking of her mother. She ran between the leaves excitedly for she had spent too long beneath the sun for now. It was time to retreat to the shade. 

Olde Gods return with a gorgeous sun kissed sound as part of their new Tapes project. Fun edits with a dance floor focussed twist for the adventurous dj.

Tapes

PREMIERE: Olde Gods - El Javu [Tapes]

OMBRAINTL002 *VINYL ONLY*

Ombra INTL 002 A2) Curses - New Dimension

Next up on Calypso, Aristidez takes us on journey dipped in Peruvian culture through the streets of his hometown of Lima.

Rumbling tribal percussions and ricocheting vocals, harmony and rhythm, light and darkness all come together with the chaos and spirituality of the country which permeate the tracks. “Nada Nada” is the kind of mantra that gets people through the morning in cities of grey and clouds, “Reyerta” is a nod to the rough conditions of Latin American cities going through hard times and the third original track “Evoca” is a blend of the two, the rupture point where peace and violence meet in a cathartic release of energy.

On the other side of the planet, russian jokesters Simple Symmetry amp the tempo up with their remix of “Nada Nada”, prodding at the unanswerable with their question: what happens after death?

Aristidez is the co-founder and curator of the much loved Casalocasa parties which have brought the likes of Matias Aguayo, Hunee, Ron Morelli, Kim Ann Foxman, Jacques Renault, Manfredas, Thomas Von Party, Hugo Capablanca, Fabrizio Mammarella and many more to Lima since 2012.

With Casalocasa, Aristidez has emerged as an important figure in the Lima scene. An increasingly busy touring schedule has seen him perform across Latin America, in the like of Videoclub in Bogota, Calle 9+1 in Medellin and Mono or M.N. Roy in Mexico City. His remixing skills have been called upon by Markus Gibb and his productions have landed on Mexican label Disque Discos, Peruvian imprint Discos Aquelarre and a Café del Mar compilation.

Aristidez - Evasivas Esotericas w/ Simple Symmetry remix

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Aristidez - Nada Nada

@asgjesikurdielli: Disident Remixes

Remix by @The-Long-Champs
Label - @OlimpiadaRecords
Release Date - 28/01/20

♫ Info + Buy ♫ - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/asgje-sikur-dielli-disident-the-long-champs-remix/

Youtube - https://youtu.be/iYNL-JAuGII

Disident - Remixes

PREMIERE – Asgjë Sikur Dielli – Disident (The Long Champs remix) (Olimpiada)

SASM is a new collaboration project by Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) and Robi Insinna. Under that banner the collective interests of both Insinna and McCarthy in raw beats and sharp edge funk are laid bare. It shows the depth of knowledge and interest in the underground.

INDUSTRIA #1

Democracy (Vocal Version)

SASM - Democracy

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