Tony Neptune continues the story of Yuri Gagarin, the fabled cosmonaut and explorer who tragically died in 1961. In the second of these odes to Gagarin we join our Hero at a point of catastrophe on the planet of Toierra. Two pieces of original music have been to accompany the painting on the cover as part of a wider soundtrack to complement the narrative of this remarkable yet troubled man. An insert detailing the story will supplement the narrative of each issue.

A 1  T H E N  E V E R Y T H I N G  C H A N G E D
B 1  A  R U D E  A W A K E N I N G

Many Millenia ago the Gods, the twelve spirit like creatures that fled from the void, changed the city of Toierra and the planet itself forever. It started with the last of the Twelve, Rem Katar, who made this planet, he made this city. In jealousy and spite the other Eleven sought to control his creation. A secret plan was set in motion to command the most influential Toierrans, who were at this point a thriving civilisation in their own right. They were craftsmen, thinkers, artists and warriors, but like all sentient beings they held a resolution to survive and were thus corruptible.

Gifts of power, riches and technology were given to the most prominent Toierrans, gifts that came with a caveat of fealty to the Eleven. Over time the wealthy in the city, with help from the Gods, augmented their bodies using cybernetics giving them a faster more agile minds as reward for tampering with their anatomy. From the outset, their new metal extremities scraped together with sharp ringing as they moved, leading the poor to call them, under their breaths, the Clinks.

The little Toierrans, those left with the unbeknown gifts of a mind that is pure and untampered with, were now a slave class confined to squalor at the base of the city. They were the metal workers, the builders and the disposal staff. They worked the forges night and day, they cleaned the city and they did so without complaint or the strength to fight back.

When the Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin landed on the planet many millennia after, he finds a city on the brink of upheaval. Enrolled in the Resistance Gagarin tours the streets with other Toierrans reeking petty havoc on the Clinks. Yuri is captured by a unit of patrolling guardsmen and dragged through the streets. Up step after step they cart him, never stopping, until whispers are heard. He hears the great creaking of enormous doors. He finds himself in a long and richly decorated gallery room bathed in light from a great glass ceiling. There is shouting, laughter and the general hubbub of a room in session. When curious eyes move towards Yuri the talk ceases and as the doors close behind him and the guards drag him forward he has never felt so alone..

Tony Neptune 
Title: The Long Gallery 
Cat: TC002 
Format: 12" with digital the following week 
Distributed by Rubadub
 Artwork by Sam Jefferies 
Release date: TBA
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Tony Neptune - The Long Gallery - Sound Clips

ØEN Records and @Hviledag are proud to release a full album with reworked versions of Hviledag’s ALBUM FOUND. Here you can check out @mikkeloldrup's contribution ahead of the release.

The reel to reel tape loop-based work is taken in new directions by a local lineup of composers: Johan Carøe, Bjarke Rasmussen, Mads Kinnerup, FATÄK, Quiver, Alba Liv, Emil Duvier, Mikkel Oldrup and Mikael Tobias who mastered the remixes in Joel Krozers SixBitDeep studio.

The artwork is made by Lille Blomst and features an image that comes from experimental animation film FILM FOUND directed by Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist.

ALBUM FOUND is originally made with a special setup of two quarter inch tape machines that let Hviledag iterate and develop a tapeloop as it’s playing. The output is a stereo file, with no stems, which posed a creative challenge met by the composers in various ways.

Preorder: bit.ly/3GQp2gP

Tracklist:

1. Hviledag – Feel a presence (Johan Carøe Rework)
2. Hviledag – In the unruly intervention of matter (Mikkel Oldrup Rework)
3. Hviledag – A backdrop of noise (FATÄK Rework)
4. Hviledag - Enveloping (Mads Kinnerup rework)
5. Hviledag - Transient Bodies (Emil Duvier rework)
6. Hviledag - In flaws that aren't human (Quiver Rework)
7. Hviledag - Intention and chance (Mikael Tobias Rework)
8. Hviledag - Surface and void (Alba Liv rework)
9. Hviledag - Sound (Bjarke Rasmussen rework)

ALBUM FOUND – Reworks is out January 20 digitally on all platforms.

Hviledag - In the unruly intervention of matter (Mikkel Oldrup Rework)

Seb Wildblood invites SOS Music co-founder Maddy Maia to mark her debut solo EP on All My Thoughts. An introspective record for the dance floor, fuelled by her journey through a challenging music industry. 

The London born / LA based DJ/producer, radio host, label owner, event curator and A&R has dedicated a decade to nourishing artists with a focus on female and gender minorities, elevating new talent through her mostly female DJ sets and radio shows on Worldwide FM & DUBLAB, and most notably of late via the SOS Music (Sisters Of Sound) imprint and curated events series of which she co-founded with DJ Tottie in 2019. ‘With U’ is a full circle story of a dedicated tastemaker reflecting on her contribution to the community.

Sonically, title track ‘With U’ is a nod to seminal oldskool genres that Maddy grew up on, breaks, drum n bass and rave. “I love that this element is back in dance music again!”she explains. ‘Fembot Fashion’ represents the music you’d expect to hear throughout a Maddy Maia DJ set; it's seductive and fresh. The EP doesn’t just represent Maddy’s sonic palette though, it’s a breakthrough in confidence and culmination of charged emotions. 

Maddy Maia - “After being behind the scenes for so long working in A&R - which has been a difficult journey at times - I’m finally feeling confident enough to put my own music out there . It was a very different landscape when I started my career in music. I was so scared of producing, thinking I needed loads of gear I couldn’t afford and spent a long time with imposter syndrome intimidated by the scene. All reinforced by the environment around me being fairly toxic in my early days working in music, a reason clearly driving my work with SOS Music. A lot of emotion has come out in these tracks. They’re my love letters to the dancefloor (dancing has always been intense therapy and probably one of the reasons I was drawn to club culture in the first place) but also the soundtrack to a charged snapshot in history. I made Fembot Fashion when we got the Roe vs. Wade news in the USA and at that moment all our work on championing diversity with SOS Music and throughout my time in the industry just suddenly felt pointless. I was so angry, and happened to have a weekend to myself so I sat in my little studio in East LA and channeled some of that fierce energy I was feeling into this track.

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Maddy Maia - Fembot Fashion (Bell Towers Remix)

R$N Records are hyped to launch new sub-label, Dance Music From Planet Earth, with a compilation of rave heritage: Richard Sen presents Dream The Dream: UK Techno, House and Breakbeat 1990-1994. First single, Amaranth - Love Lies Bleeding - Bandulu, was first released on Infonet in ’92: Italo synth samples, vibes and ambient techno all thrown into the mix. Bandulu were 90s UK techno pioneers who collaborated with Carl Craig & alongside Detroit producers, their vision of techno music was influenced by UK reggae soundsystem culture combined with NYC Zulu Nation Hip-Hop & graffiti culture.

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Dream The Dream - Richard Sen Presents Dream The Dream DMFPE01

Bandulu - Amaranth - Love Lies Bleeding

The clouds rolled on softly by. One by one they came and went across the deep blue sky, passing by in a forward motion only to disappear some place beyond the horizon and out of sight. It was one of those lazy, dreamy afternoons in the city when time seemed to stand still and nobody had any place particular to be.

The sound of traffic was only rivalled by the noises of the birds. On days like this it was enough to forget that there might ever be a problem again, days like this were made for dreaming.

Grant is set to release his first new music since 2019. The acclaimed producer has been out of action for a few years but is now back with an EP on When The Morning Comes with the same classy, sophisticated House music that he is best known for and loved.

PREMIERE: Grant - Forward Motion [When The Morning Comes]

pale saints sight of you edit

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-reyf-side-lift

Next up on Berlin-based imprint @gellyrec is a three track 12-inch courtesy of REYF, one of the more undisclosed production aliases from German producer @freybenedikt.

Wintermute (GLY-2)

REYF - Side Lift [Gelly]

Strung (Gallegos Remix) taken from 'STRUNG REMIXES LP'
out today on FREUNDINNEN: 

digital LP: freundinnen.bandcamp.com/album/strung-remixes-lp

full tracklist::
1. Strung (Oliver Bradford & D Man Prophet Royal Outer Space Remix)
2. Strung (Yraki Remix)
3. Strung (Gallegos Remix)
4. Strung (Hrdvsion's Saturated In Love Mix)
5. Strung (Mirek & Glenn Astro Ambient Mix)
6. Strung (Vessels Remix)
7. Strung (Eli Escobar‘s Breezy Mix)
8. Strung (Jinjé’s Reminjé)
9. Strung (Snax Remix)

written & produced by Sam Barker & nd_baumecker
Strung (Gallegos Remix) additional production & remix by Gallegos
mastered at Scape Mastering 
mastered by Stefan Betke 
artwork & layout by Jenus Baumecker

Thanks to everyone who has already pre-ordered the album and thanks a lot for your support! As a hidden bonus the full album download includes 'Strung Megamix (mixed & blended by nd_baumecker)', a 44 minutes continuous mix of all 'Strung' versions.

FREUNDINNEN 015 - coming soon :)

STRUNG REMIXES LP

Barker & Baumecker - Strung (Gallegos Remix) (FREUNDINNEN 014R)

https://soundcloud.com/tech-supportuk
https://soundcloud.com/asatatemusic
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/lzSv2igA6Ts

Tech Support always finds a groove in everything he touches. Be that through his DJ sets, mixes or his own productions, there's a rhythmic fluidity and depth that always guides his way.

He never confines himself to one sound or style but there's a distinct nod to the 80s in his influences and output; be assured you'll find lashings of Italo, vintage darkwave, euphoric house and slo mo chug when he's behind the decks or laying it down in the studio.

His work rate as a producer has been on the up over the last few years. If he's not sharing his solo work, which has formed releases for Nocturne, Together Alone, Futureboogie, Silver Bear and, most recently Ano Ano, he's crafting his own self-released edits and reworks of legendary new beat, new wave and Italo Disco tracks like 'Burning Down The House', 'Je Suit Passee' and 'Drop The Deal’.

Play on YouTube

LAYER #337 | Tech Support

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings welcomes a joint record by Sascha Funke &
Niklas Wandt to the label with their take on House, IDM and Balearic.

Bandcamp - https://randmuzikrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rm12023

releases July 21, 2023 

Mastering by Carsten Dämbkes 
Artwork by Cheslo.de 
Sascha Funke published by Passé Publishing 
Cut/Pressed at R.A.N.D. Muzik 
Distributed by inchbyinch.eu 

RM12023 - R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings 2023

RM12023 - Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt

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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.

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PREMIERE: Grant - Forward Motion [When The Morning Comes]

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