Life had become nomadic; they travelled from place to place, finding shelter for a day or two before moving on to new climes. It wasn't the life they'd chosen for themselves, but they had no choice in the matter. This existence had been forced upon them by powers far much greater than their own; now their only mission was finding a safe space to inhabit.

Milanese label Nothing Is Real took a brief interlude from showcasing what Italy's fertile music scene has to offer with their 'Made In Mexico' compilation earlier this year, and now they return their attention to their stomping ground through the sounds of Gabriele Lori, aka Astroloop. Marking his debut solo outing, following collaborations on Freerange Records, the three original tracks touch on several sonic influences—from hypnotic house to mid-tempo grooves and driving synthwave—and are bolstered by a remix from Mexican producers Theus Mago and Moisees.

PREMIERE: Astroloop - Safer [Nothing Is Real]

Exclusive: Paula Tape & Volantis - Octava Dimension (Tornado Wallace Remix)

After a hiatus of three months Italian boutique-label Alzaya is back with yet another impressing release. Co-label head Volantis teams up with Chilean artist Paula Tape to deliver the three tracker Octava Dimension, which consists out of the original version of the artists' studio session , namely Octava Dimension, and remixes from Elias Mazian and Australian in-demand producer Tornado Wallace. Currently living in Berlin Lewis Day, Tornado Wallace's real name, is known, famous and loved for his experimental space rides through House Music, which has seen him release singles, EPs and (mini) LPs on labels such as Running Back, Optimo Music, ESP Institute, Mule Musiq or Beats in Space Records, just to name a few, over the past decade of his career. Far away from mainstream influences Tornado Wallace has developed a sound that seems to hit the zeitgeist and nerve of producers and artists from various genres. His discernment for implementing sounds and elements at the right time and spot in a track's sequence to keep it, the track, either going or intensify the momentum of it has brought him the reputation of creating excellence. The latter can be ascribed to his recent work, the remix for Octava Dimension, equally. Tornado Wallace deconstructs and reconstructs the original version adding a spacious note, a housey drum-pattern keeping the original dreaminess alive and manages to implement Paula Tapes' vocals subtle enough so that they fit pads and delicately integrated sounds in the same way and open a whole new experience or dimension for the listener.

Paula Tape & Volantis' EP Octava Dimension will be released on Alzaya on July 23rd, 2021.

Buy the EP: https://alzaya.bandcamp.com/album/octava-dimension

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Paula Tape: https://facebook.com/paulatapemusic // @paulatape // https://instagram.com/paula.tape
Volantis: facebook.com/carnevaliakavolantis // @carnevaliakavolantis // instagram.com/volantis__
Tornado Wallace: https://facebook.com/tornadowallace // @tornadowallace // https://instagram.com/tornadowallace
Alzaya: facebook.com/alzayamusica // @alzaya // instagram.com/alzaya_milano

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EXCLUSIVE: Paula Tape & Volantis - Octava Dimension (Tornado Wallace Remix) [Alzaya]

Far East Flight deliver the latest outing for Electric Shapes. Titled 'Far East Flight', the package features eight tracks that range from high-quality club material to downtempo goodness.

Buy: https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/album/far-east-flight

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Premiere: Far East Flight - Kailash [Electric Shapes]

shape-shifting water spirit, with the ability to transform into anything in pursuit of luring prey to its depths. Sonically conceptual, warm, classic-inspired and hardware-enriched palette with roots in 90’s Detroit style electronic music.

With an illustrious past in music, Nøkken is a fresh start for the elusive musician. The album opens with a Vangelis-like chord, setting the tone for the rest of the play. 808 drums and 303 bass-lines traverse Electro, Garage, Trip-hip, after-hours Techno Electronica, Ambient and...the list goes on. Nøkken closes the LP with a gorgeous Eno- inspired track, featuring field-recordings from the Nøkken itself.

PREMIERE : Nokken - Resonate

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/nokkenofficial
Track: Espirit
Label: https://soundcloud.com/polymathlabel
Format: Cassette Tape, Digital, LP
Release date: 06/8/21
Purchase: https://polymathlabel.bandcamp.com/album/n-kken-lp

A shape-shifting water spirit, with the ability to transform into anything in pursuit of luring prey to its depths. Sonically conceptual, warm, classic-inspired and hardware-enriched palette with roots in 90’s Detroit style electronic music.
With an illustrious past in music, Nøkken is a fresh start for the elusive musician. The album opens with a Vangelis-like chord, setting the tone for the rest of the play. 808 drums and 303 bass-lines traverse Electro, Garage, Trip-hip, after-hours Techno Electronica, Ambient and...the list goes on. Nøkken closes the LP with a gorgeous Eno- inspired track, featuring field-recordings from the Nøkken itself.
The album will be available on high-bias cassette tape and digital.

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PREMIERE | Nøkken - Espirit [Polymath] 2021

There were always two sides to every story — whether you heard them both was another question. Whoever got there first generally had the upper hand anyway, anything that followed was subject to much more interrogation. Suspicion shrouded every fact and figure, speculation veered the conversation away from the matter at hand; you never get any closer to knowing the real truth. 

At just 19 years old, Utrecht-based producer Ineffekt's productions far belie his years. After making his debut last year on Dutch label Intercept with his 'Solaris' EP, he makes his return for his first ever long player, which retains the distinctive rhythms and warm subs we heard on his debut, but this time dives deeper into playful and euphoric melodies. A vibrant and colourful wash of synths, dreamy vocal snippets and fuzzy percussion; the 10 tracks on 'Kora' each have their own unique flavour and groove.

PREMIERE: Ineffekt - Two-Tiered [Intercept]

Infuso Giallo - Ocular Soda 12"
BUY LINK: https://infusogiallo.bandcamp.com/album/ocular-soda
Release date: 30 september 2021
Label: Kame House (https://soundcloud.com/kame-house-852734962)
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Infuso Giallo aka Philipp Carbotta originally hails from rural Western Germany, first cut his teeth in the music scene of nearby Cologne and conducts a host of activities in Berlin for a couple of years now – co-running the label Kame House, designing graphics and producing and playing leftfield electronic music. His debut LP Ocular Soda presents an intersection of these activities – self-released, self-designed, and of course self-produced. Even before the first synth chords and reverse atmospheres of the two-part opener 'Every Waking Hour' tickle the ear, it is the eye that is drawn to the bright, cut-out style cover art – itself made up of two eyes on the front and what seem to be their rough shapes or discarded counterparts on the back.
To stay within that metaphor, Infuso Giallo's music is indeed of a reflective and calm nature, taking cues from Berlin School, library, and New Age musics from roughly the 1970s to the 1990s – steadily repeating and slowly evolving ostinatos, lush digital pads, quirky filtered toplines and electronic percussion that mostly eschews four-four monotony in favor of much more subtle syncopations. Balearic bomb 'The Big Rip' with its big drums and acid bass turns the energy level up a notch while retaining the somnambulistic, lingering quality that makes Ocular Soda such a coherent listening experience – music on the sheath of waking and dreaming, both worlds and their inherent logics freely bleeding into each other. There are moments of great expanse, such as in 'Mole Gaze' – I couldn't help but see myself hovering somewhere in mid-air while the music unfolds as if on a great deserted plane below me. Maybe this is what it sounds like once the mole leaves his tunnels and takes in the sound of the world overground. 'Hello World', indeed, in its multitude of information to eye and ear, in its gently overwhelming quality. The title track 'Ocular Soda' closes the proceedings with a whimsical nod to 1970s botany-centered library music, its brooding chord sequence and sweet lead lines gradually fading in the distance. A fitting ending to an impressive LP of highly evocative, at times somber and at times blissfully naive pieces that leave me yearning for more.

Ocular Soda

PREMIERE : Infuso Giallo - The Big Rip

He couldn't remember the exact moment that love turned to resentment, but there must have been one. If there were a list of catalysts, it would be longer than his arm — so much had changed since they first met all those years ago. Did he blame her? He wasn't sure. But he definitely felt shortchanged, he'd been promised something and been given nothing: now it all seemed like wasted time...

The next release on Munich's Compost Disco sees Barcelona-based producers Velmondo and Priorat joining forces with Chicken Lips singer Jonny Spencer. Made up of two tracks, which get the rework treatment from Marc Piñol and In Flagranti, the EP is a heady melange of murky, hypnotic rhythms that chug along thanks to Spencer's commanding vocals. Both originals, one of which was a favourite of Weatherall and played on his last NTS radio show, are full of dark twists and turns over their near ten-minute durations.

Random Acts Of Mindless EP

PREMIERE: Velmondo & Priorat feat. Jonny Spencer - Inside You [Compost Disco]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/velmondo, https://soundcloud.com/priorat_music, Jonny Spencer
Track: Draggin In The Mud 
Label: https://soundcloud.com/compost
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, EP
Release date: 15/10/21
Purchase: https://compostdisco.lnk.to/CODIS021

Barcelona producers Velmondo (Hivern Discs) and Priorat have teamed up with Chicken Lips singer Jonny Spencer for an EP of deviant, darkly surreal and thoroughly epic house music, including the long-awaited release of Andrew Weatherall favourite ‘Dragging In The Mud’.
The EP, which will be released on Munich’s Compost Records (Compost Disco), comprises two original tracks from Velmondo - known for his work on John Talabot’s Hivern Discs - and young producer Priorat, who debuted on the compilation Hivernation from the same label. The release includes ‘Dragging In The Mud’, which Weatherall played on his last NTS radio show before the much-loved DJ and producer’s tragic death.
The EP is completed with remixes by Barcelona’s Marc Piñol and Swiss duo In Flagranti. It will be released by Compost Disco on vinyl (12”) and digital on October 15th 2021.

PREMIERE | Velmondo & Priorat ft. Jonny Spencer - Dragging In The Mud [Compost] 2021

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