Calm & Steady series

- short tracks
- dance music

All were uploaded between 07/2020 and 12/2020, with the following older exceptions:
. . - Jo Carius "Linchpin"(1): 2 years old,
. . - compute music (Toby Dreher - Dub Schönski)(12): 2 years old,
. . - YOUG "Escale"(20): 2 years old.

The other series (short tracks) so far are:
- "Hard-Fast-or-Nasty" (more intense/abrasive)
- "MiddleLane", and "Superdance" (the middle, or ambivalence)
- "Funky-Dub-Trap" (self explanatory)
- "Fantaisies" (for professional dancers only)
- "Minimal"
- "Dark"
- "BreakB-Jungle-DnB"

There is little overlap between them, mostly between: *
. . A) MiddleLane, Superdance
and
. . B) all other series

* Increasingly there is some overlap between "Calm & Steady" and "Funky-Dub-Trap", and between a bunch of others (Dark, Minimal, ...). I'm trying to keep it to the minimum, the overlap, tracks finding themselves in more than one playlist.

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RL JUSTI

Linchpin

Taken from 'Sound As A Pound,' the new EP coming through Holding Hands Again, a sub-label of Desert Sound Colony's Holding Hands. 

Info:

@holdinghandsrecords
@desertsoundcolony

Info

Premiere: Bushwacka! - 8 (Desert Sound Colony Remix)

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-polytunnel-time-2-time

Following on from their latest, Bobby Cazanova's excellent 'Only 1', Childsplay (@bemorechildish) hand it to the promising @polytunnelmusic, a young producer hailing from Kilkenny, Ireland, here stepping up with a much warm and fuzzy debut outing, entirely geared towards beaming zen waves and good vibes across the dance floor.

Polytunnel - Time 2 Time [Childsplay]

@spiritmirrormix - Earth Awakes / Net of Being (MAGICEARTH)

Buy - https://magicwire.bandcamp.com/album/earth-awakes-net-of-being    or hit up your local record retailer

o      increasing peaceful and benevolent feelings

memories are meant to fade, they're designed that way for a reason.

Gabriola "Earth Awakes / Net of Being"

The leaves of the trees formed a canopy that stretched far across the woods, allowing for small slivers of sunlight to cascade on the floor. The intricate shadows were reminiscent of doilies, beautiful patterns flickering upon the thick grass. This was the perfect place to embark on her first trip, the surroundings were calm and quiet, it was a feast for the senses. The hands of her watch clicked loudly, she watched intensely as each second passed by. It had been almost an hour since she'd taken it. As she averted her gaze to the sky, watching the leaves above dance in unison, her body began to feel fuzzy. What adventures lay before her she could not begin to comprehend...

Straight out of Offenbach, a suburb on the fringes of Frankfurt, DJ Slyngshot and DJ Neewt run their label Yappin'. We've not heard much from the former in a while, but it turns out he's been hard at work in the studio making music under his new moniker Deesigner. A departure from his previous releases, his new EP CY-309 sees Slyngshot opt for a sludgier tripped-out approach working with deep low frequencies and acid synth lines.

PREMIERE: Deesigner - Too Many LFOs [Yappin]

A melodic journey through the world of hard synth.

Wonder Girls

BUY VINYL:  https://grouprhoda.bandcamp.com/album/passing-shades
Group Rhoda, the solo project of Mara Barenbaum, returns to Dark Entries with ‘Passing Shades’. An integral member of the Oakland electronic music scene, Barenbaum has been writing, performing, and plunging into oneiric depths as Group Rhoda since 2009. This is the project’s fourth LP, and the third time Barenbaum has collaborated with Dark Entries; previously on the Max & Mara LP ‘Less Ness’ in 2013 and the Group Rhoda LP ‘Wilderless’ in 2017.
	Passing Shades is an investigation of the metaphysics of loss and the transitory nature of the material world. But it is not a grim collection; over 8 songs, Group Rhoda diverges through synthesizer-laden symphonics, four-to-the-floor inflections, and cosmic musings. Barenbaum’s striking voice and singular songcraft guide us through this labyrinth. Arpeggiated waltz “Flow” channels wisdom sought through martial arts; “Earthly Ark” sets a Margaret Atwood poem from the God Gardener’s Hymn Book to somber electronics. The vocoded canticle “Nevermore” is dedicated to the memory of a beloved cat. ‘Passing Shades’ is both mystifying and revelatory. Folk forms are echoed only to detour into the alien. Each song functions as both a fragment of a larger puzzle and a koan unto itself.
	‘Passing Shades’ was mastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The sleeve was designed by Eloise Leigh, and features a hazy, clouded sky. The back cover uses a photograph by Harry Crofton. A postcard featuring a poem by Barenbaum is included, as well as a digital download.

Passing Shades

Group Rhoda - Passing Shades SNIPS

When You Wish Upon A Star

Beautiful faces and well-dressed people stared back at her from the front of the glossy magazines. She dispised this fabricated image of coolness that these publications purported; they were no models to follow, they were the antithesis of her own perception of what's cool. Rummaging in her bag, she brandished a black pen, removed the cap and fashioned them all matching glasses and moustaches.  

Six years after his debut on Gang Of Ducks, which helped define the early sound of the label, Milan-based producer Haf Haf returns with Pattern In Chaos. Like the name suggests the eight tracks blur the lines between genres, seeing him explore the boundaries of production to find new sonic pathways. Described by the label as "a really singular record which moves energies in a new way", each track is unconventional and surprising, twisting themselves into different and unexpected forms.

Pattern In Chaos

PREMIERE: Haf Haf - U Are Not Cool [Gang of Ducks]

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