Hologram Teen - Day-Glo Chaos [Ransom Note Records #32]

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For this 7th edition we invite Arnau Obiols aka Velmondo.
Arnau is a prominent figure of Barcelona's scene for long years, resident of Nitsa / Sala Apolo and also part of the very cool C/C Radio launched last year.
He's a versatile producer with a bunch of solid releases under his belt - alone or with his friends MLIR or Kayyak - on respected labels such as Hivern, Internasjonal,  Local Talk or Compost.
For our edit series , he revisits here an obscure slo-mo acid-ish unclassic bomb from the mid-90's..., enjoy !

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Jonathan Kusuma makes his return to Cocktail d’Amore with a love letter to his Indonesian homeland. Each song is steeped in the ancient textures and timbres of the gamelan yet only brought to life through modular synthesis. Awalan opens the EP with a delicate touch, imbued with otherworldly chirps and the aural colors of an early morning sunrise. Roda Rodi as Mr. Kusuma explains is his interpretation of interlocking as a traditional Indonesian way of life. “Gotong Royong"" or ""Mutual Assistance"". The idea of mutual assistance is sharing of burdens between the member of the community. Modular sequences tightly fit into one another, helping to support one another in the structure of their momentary existence. “Kerontang” and “Racacak” are two cuts that have Jonathans signature sound design printed all over them. Big, booming, and full of enraptured percussion. We’re treated to a haunting close on “Lorong K”. Menaced tones rising and falling, small fragments piercing through as to be bits of disintegrating concrete falling off the walls of a lost city.

B1 - Kerontang

MID-TEMPO NEOPHYTE
Taken from @hologramteen's album 'Day-Glo Chaos'
Out Now on Ransom Note Records - https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/Day-Glo_Chaos

LA-based Hologram Teen (aka Morgane Lhote) returns to Ransom Note Records with her third album entitled “Day-Glo Chaos”, an unabashedly nostalgic musical love letter to the 1980s. Offering a mixture of cinematic strings, 80s French pop, video game soundtracks, a dash of Drum and Bass and vocoder vocals, this album feels like living in a vintage arcade.
 
Hologram Teen talks of having drawn inspiration behind the album from driving around Los Angeles at night, the videogame Out Run, coffee-fuelled musical experimentation, Baroque keyboard parts, Neil Young’s “Trans”, 1980s French pop culture, Air’s string parts and her teenage years in Paris - all elements that contributed to the creation of ‘Day-Glo Chaos’, but that’s not all.
 
The basis of the album was a synth sound that she created for the song “Dalston Wizardzz” on her previous R$N outing “Pizza Conspiracy”. Morgane liked its airiness and soundtrack-like vibe and wanted to build a collection of songs around it, with those string pads as the starting point and backbone for all the new tracks in ‘Day-Glo Chaos’. What started as more cinematic tracks quickly evolved into kinetic and upbeat 80s pop songs. Her love for driving around LA at night listening to electronic music conjured up those new songs as little vignettes that would work as musical companions for her late-night excursions. 
 

On the production side of things, Morgane wanted to keep it simple and cohesive by having a limited palette of sounds and only using a handful of instruments at most. She used a TR-707 for the drum parts, an Analog synth bass, the glassy sounding orchestral strings melodies she created on Ableton Live and a couple of extra synths like a DX7.


‘Day-Glo Chaos’ transmits hilarious happiness in a contagious way. The ideal album to stream this Summer for guaranteed feel-good vibrations.


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All tracks composed and produced by Morgane Lhote
Mixed by Jonny Oso
Mastered by Leaf Troup
Additional keyboards and vocals on "Theme From Don Henley" by Rich Bennet
Artwork design by Julian Montague
Press shots by Shanna Gaer

Hologram Teen - Mid-Tempo Neophyte [Ransom Note Records]

YUM YUM YELLOW
Taken from @hologramteen's album 'Day-Glo Chaos'
Out Now on Ransom Note Records - https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/Day-Glo_Chaos

LA-based Hologram Teen (aka Morgane Lhote) returns to Ransom Note Records with her third album entitled “Day-Glo Chaos”, an unabashedly nostalgic musical love letter to the 1980s. Offering a mixture of cinematic strings, 80s French pop, video game soundtracks, a dash of Drum and Bass and vocoder vocals, this album feels like living in a vintage arcade.
 
Hologram Teen talks of having drawn inspiration behind the album from driving around Los Angeles at night, the videogame Out Run, coffee-fuelled musical experimentation, Baroque keyboard parts, Neil Young’s “Trans”, 1980s French pop culture, Air’s string parts and her teenage years in Paris - all elements that contributed to the creation of ‘Day-Glo Chaos’, but that’s not all.
 
The basis of the album was a synth sound that she created for the song “Dalston Wizardzz” on her previous R$N outing “Pizza Conspiracy”. Morgane liked its airiness and soundtrack-like vibe and wanted to build a collection of songs around it, with those string pads as the starting point and backbone for all the new tracks in ‘Day-Glo Chaos’. What started as more cinematic tracks quickly evolved into kinetic and upbeat 80s pop songs. Her love for driving around LA at night listening to electronic music conjured up those new songs as little vignettes that would work as musical companions for her late-night excursions. 
 

On the production side of things, Morgane wanted to keep it simple and cohesive by having a limited palette of sounds and only using a handful of instruments at most. She used a TR-707 for the drum parts, an Analog synth bass, the glassy sounding orchestral strings melodies she created on Ableton Live and a couple of extra synths like a DX7.


‘Day-Glo Chaos’ transmits hilarious happiness in a contagious way. The ideal album to stream this Summer for guaranteed feel-good vibrations.


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All tracks composed and produced by Morgane Lhote
Mixed by Jonny Oso
Mastered by Leaf Troup
Additional keyboards and vocals on "Theme From Don Henley" by Rich Bennet
Artwork design by Julian Montague
Press shots by Shanna Gaer

Hologram Teen - Yum Yum Yellow [Ransom Note Records]

THEME FROM DON HENLEY
Taken from @hologramteen's album 'Day-Glo Chaos'
Out Now on Ransom Note Records - https://ransom-note-records.lnk.to/Day-Glo_Chaos

LA-based Hologram Teen (aka Morgane Lhote) returns to Ransom Note Records with her third album entitled “Day-Glo Chaos”, an unabashedly nostalgic musical love letter to the 1980s. Offering a mixture of cinematic strings, 80s French pop, video game soundtracks, a dash of Drum and Bass and vocoder vocals, this album feels like living in a vintage arcade.
 
Hologram Teen talks of having drawn inspiration behind the album from driving around Los Angeles at night, the videogame Out Run, coffee-fuelled musical experimentation, Baroque keyboard parts, Neil Young’s “Trans”, 1980s French pop culture, Air’s string parts and her teenage years in Paris - all elements that contributed to the creation of ‘Day-Glo Chaos’, but that’s not all.
 
The basis of the album was a synth sound that she created for the song “Dalston Wizardzz” on her previous R$N outing “Pizza Conspiracy”. Morgane liked its airiness and soundtrack-like vibe and wanted to build a collection of songs around it, with those string pads as the starting point and backbone for all the new tracks in ‘Day-Glo Chaos’. What started as more cinematic tracks quickly evolved into kinetic and upbeat 80s pop songs. Her love for driving around LA at night listening to electronic music conjured up those new songs as little vignettes that would work as musical companions for her late-night excursions. 
 

On the production side of things, Morgane wanted to keep it simple and cohesive by having a limited palette of sounds and only using a handful of instruments at most. She used a TR-707 for the drum parts, an Analog synth bass, the glassy sounding orchestral strings melodies she created on Ableton Live and a couple of extra synths like a DX7.


‘Day-Glo Chaos’ transmits hilarious happiness in a contagious way. The ideal album to stream this Summer for guaranteed feel-good vibrations.


FOLLOW HOLOGRAM TEEN

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https://www.instagram.com/biz_morgie
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All tracks composed and produced by Morgane Lhote
Mixed by Jonny Oso
Mastered by Leaf Troup
Additional keyboards and vocals on "Theme From Don Henley" by Rich Bennet
Artwork design by Julian Montague
Press shots by Shanna Gaer

Hologram Teen - Theme From Don Henley [Ransom Note Records]

LA-based Hologram Teen (aka Morgane Lhote) returns to Ransom Note Records with a third album entitled “Day-Glo Chaos”, an unabashedly nostalgic musical love letter to the 1980s. 

Offering a mixture of cinematic strings, 80s French pop, video game soundtracks, a dash of Drum and Bass and vocoder vocals, this album feels like living in a vintage arcade.

Inspired by LA life, vintage video games, coffee-fuelled musical experimentation, Baroque keyboard parts, Neil Young’s “Trans”, and 1980s French pop culture, Hologram Teen found elements that contributed to the creation of ‘Day-Glo Chaos’, but that’s not all.

The basis of the album was a synth sound that the artist created for the song “Dalston Wizardzz” on her previous R$N outing “Pizza Conspiracy”. Morgane liked its airiness and soundtrack-like vibe and wanted to build a collection of songs around it, with those string pads as the starting point and backbone for all the new tracks in ‘Day-Glo Chaos’. What started as more cinematic tracks quickly evolved into kinetic and upbeat 80s pop songs.

The first single, 'Valley Nights (Burnin’)', is a synthy ode to the 80s and evokes Hologram Teen’s love story with her home base in Los Angeles and driving through the city at night. It’s suddenly 1983. You’re driving a DMC DeLorean through a bright tunnel whilst the need to sip on a cold beer invades your thoughts. 'Valley Nights (Burnin’)' is playing on the radio and that’s all you want to hear right now.

Day-Glo Chaos

PREMIERE: Hologram Teen - Valley Nights (Burnin') [Ransom Note Records]

Slovenian DJ/producer Marjan Vitorĳoski's productions first showed up on our collective radar back in 2019 leading to an appearance on the 1st volume of Dancefloor Detonators on Invisible Inc swiftly followed by an appearance on Curses' Ombra International imprint. Three years on and Vitorĳoski's sound is even more focussed and refined. His productions more advanced, his roots deeper. Expressing a deep passion for ancient Macedonian culture and art, his music often sounds like a bridge between his European homeland and the Orient. With an array of hardware and effects processors at his disposal that most producers would be highly envious of, his music also frequently benefits from the inclusion of organic instruments (a theme those familiar with Invisible Inc will be aware of) most notably the Persian daf (a frame drum similar to the Celtic bodhran) which punctuates each song with its hypnotic beat. Interspersed with monastic chants that seem to channel the ancestors perfectly, the swirling arpeggiated synths, pulsing bass lines and scything rhythms result in a sonic palette as rooted in history as it is fresh. It's also highly hallucinogenic. Close your eyes and you can imagine yourself transported to an ancient Macedonian opium den. The three original tracks are complemented by an epic remix from Optimo Music stalwart and Phase Group founder Mr TC who takes the acid and explores the outer limits even further. The EP's artwork (by Gordon Mackinnon) is based on a pattern from traditional Macedonian costume - originating from a period when opium dens were still very much in existence.

https://soundcloud.com/vitorijoski
https://soundcloud.com/mrtcmusic
https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc

PREMIERE⚡️Vitorijoski - Banica (MR TC Remix) [Invisible Inc.]

Sello: @ransom-note-records
Productora: @hologramteen

Nuevo estreno de Morgane Lhote aka Hologram Teen.

La dj y productora de LA nos adelanta uno de los tracks del próximo trabajo en Ransom Note, una de las etiquetas inglesas mas interesantes del panorama electrónico. Teen Beats Highway es el primero de los tracks de su próximo largo, Day-Glo Chaos, de nada más y nada menos que de 15 originales, todos super interesantes desde un punto de vista sonoro y musical. Una maestra introducción que pone la miel en la boca de lo que se viene con Hologram Teen.

PREMIERE: Hologram Teen - Teen Beats Highway [Ransom Note]

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https://soundcloud.com/yourpalthewiz
https://soundcloud.com/surprisedonkey
https://soundcloud.com/throneofblood
🛒 https://throneofblood.bandcamp.com/album/tob-anniversary-ep-3
🔊 https://youtu.be/K87G6QexcV4

Throne of Blood continues the anniversary onslaught with the third of four EPs of new and exclusive jams from friends new and old. Following on from the first two Anniversary EPs which featured contributions from Joakim, Chloé, Justin Cudmore, Curses, Hardway Bros and more we deliver more dancefloor material from Pleasure Planet, Man Power, Danse Alice and Teleseen.

EP 3 kicks off with Sisters, all big rave energy owing a big debt to Pleasure Planet’s Kim Ann Foxman, Andrew Potter, and Brian Hersey’s memories of countless pilled-out 90’s era nights. In contrast, Danse Alice, a new project from dear friend and collaborator Remain (Meant Records) come with a slow motion groover, an emotional score for the comedown. Look for more music from this Marseilles-based duo coming soon on Lumiere Noire and Ombra Intl.

Rounding things out is an absolutely monstrous breakbeat banger from Newcastle’s Man Power, an homage to everything awesome about Chemical Brothers and the beautifully groovy “Sacambu” from our friend and long-time champion of the label, Teleseen.

It's an EP of contrasts, another way to resist pigeonholing what Throne of Blood has stood for over the past sixteen years and a refusal to chase any single sound, scene or trend as we look to the future…

Tracklist: 

Pleasure Planet - Sisters
Danse Alice - Shivers (Extended AdLib Version)
Man Power - We're Not Computers, Sebastian
Teleseen - Sacambu

PREMIERE: Pleasure Planet - Sisters [Throne of Blood Recordings]

V/A : Driving Blind (Vol. 3)

LYO is back and ready to take your breath away with the third volume of their compilation series "Driving Blind". They follow up on their second exquisite offering with a selection of 23 tracks from captivating artists from all over the globe. Selected with care and love, it will bring you on an electronic journey pushing boundaries of style featuring only fresh new original music!

TRACKLIST //
Akasha System 
Ana Helder 
Anastasia Zems
Bézier
Borusiade
Cornelius Doctor & Tushen Raï
Cute Heels
Das Komplex
Dazion
DC Salas
DJ City
Fruit DJ 
John Parsley
Krokakai
Manner of speaking
Nuevo Prohibido
Roy of the Ravers
Stump Valley
Tech Support
The Dude Of Stratosphear
Unit Black Flight
Véronique Samsung
Younger Than Me & Skelesys

https://soundcloud.com/ssyysstteemmss https://soundcloud.com/ana-helder https://soundcloud.com/anastasiazems https://soundcloud.com/bezier https://soundcloud.com/borusiade https://soundcloud.com/corneliusdoctor https://soundcloud.com/tushen_rai https://soundcloud.com/cute-heels-live https://soundcloud.com/daskomplex https://soundcloud.com/thedazion https://soundcloud.com/dc-salas https://soundcloud.com/djdjcity https://soundcloud.com/fruitdj https://soundcloud.com/johnparsley https://soundcloud.com/krokakai https://soundcloud.com/inamannerofspeaking0https://soundcloud.com/neuverboten https://soundcloud.com/royoftheravers
https://soundcloud.com/stump-valley https://soundcloud.com/tech-supportuk https://soundcloud.com/thedudeofstratosphear https://soundcloud.com/unitblackflight https://soundcloud.com/veronique_samsung https://soundcloud.com/youngerthanme https://soundcloud.com/skelesys

BUY NOW (PRE-ORDER) !

LYO Presents : Driving Blind (Vol. 3) Snippets // OUT 16/12/2022

Unknown Artist - Milf 02
BUY LINK: https://milfrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-2
Label: Milf Recordings (https://soundcloud.com/milfrecordings)

"Back for round two, mysterious imprint, MILF Recordings arrives with another threesome of perfectly sensual dubs from your favorite producer, “Unknown Artist.”  
Kicking off the EP, “Guilty Desire”, sets the dark tones early, with your traditional disco-tech syncopated bass line, over classic drums, both elements that now begin to feel like a familiar theme for MILF.  The track begins modestly, and then evolves into a ghostbusters-esque middle section, before closing out with a swirling, luxurious, analog filter sweep, another element that starts to feel like a key part of the label’s overall sonic aesthetic.  “Infinitits,” the EP’s second track, once more, takes the slower approach, bringing the tempo down below 110 bpm, and relying on the oscillating bass to slowly reel you in, while flanging, stereo, elements are added in a leisurely, hypnotizing, manner, over the track’s 7 minute downtempo journey.  With only a few select elements, the piece succeeds in giving off a grooving, “minimal disco” feel; A fitting ode to the top heavy.  The final track, “Don d’Orgasmes”, perhaps the heaviest of the three, simply due to the absolutely massive sub bass tones, and the only track on this particular EP to use what appear to be actual sex samples (remember MILF001?), provides another effective channel for visceral dance moves at your favorite, local fetish themed rave, or party.  While the three works clearly have a retro influence, the third, in particular, gives off an especially specific “80’s era electro” feel, again, due to the spot on synth programming.  All together, MILF002 delivers another set of tastefully racy, though still surprisingly easy to enjoy, dance floor grooves, as always, intended for mature audiences, only."

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Unknown Artist - Infinitits

https://soundcloud.com/mushrooms-project2
https://soundcloud.com/ruvidorecords
🛒 https://ruvidorecords.bandcamp.com/album/g-vezzani-versions-tsntsn-the-saddest-noise-the-sweetest-noise-rmx-album
🔊 https://youtu.be/v-vPk1_X4TA

Original Album “ The Saddest Noise, The Sweetest Noise” based on and inspired by the poems of Emily Dickinson
by Giacomo James Vezzani

Profits will be donated to the “ Quindi” a charitable association, a tailor's Lab which actively collaborates with the social services in the area of Lucca (Tuscany), helping people with fragile situations due to migration, economic deprivation or other critical social and family situation.

Tracklist:

1   For Each Ecstatic Instant [A-Tweed RMX]
2   For Each Ecstatic Instant [Grief Delhikate RMX] Jay Paguro
3   The Saddest Noise, The Sweetest Noise [Aheadacheaday Rework]
4   The Saddest Noise The Sweetest Noise [RainMoon Version] Markeno
5   My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun [Hard Ton RMX]
6   My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun [Mushroom Project RMX]
7   A Solemn Thing It Was I Said [A Solemn RMX] Federico De Robertis
8   How Happy Is The Little Stone [LiquidLiquid RMX] Cristian Croce
9  How Happy Is The Little Stone [Rollover Djs RMX] 
10 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers [Velvet Devil aka José Manuel RMX]
11 Because I Could Not Stop For Death [The Club Owner is not Happy] Funclab Edit Unit

PREMIERE: G. Vezzani - My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun (Mushrooms Project RMX) [Ruvido Records]

A collaboration between mastermind Benedikt Frey & his friend O-Wells, as part of Frey's debut EP on Malka Tuti.
Record is out 17/01/2023

Recall

40hz

Preorder

Benedikt Frey & O-Wells - 40Hz

KOMPLEKS versions of Schwabe(TAPAN) and Knower.
Music will say the rest. Enjoy.
Peace and blue sky to everyone.
☮🙏🤍
video: https://youtu.be/v5p9bbwV6P8
out 31/03/23
digital only.

KOMPLEKS - Remixes (Incl, Schwabe(TAPAN) & Knower) [GAIT03EP] OUT NOW!

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PREMIERE: Hologram Teen - Valley Nights (Burnin') [Ransom Note Records]

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