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March 2021

Play Pal Music Releases

Première

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Skelesys. Ombra International returns with a killer V.A, featuring 6 excellent tracks from Birds, Jorkes & Nikkname, Skelesys, Silicodisco & Alvaro Cabana, Ducati Flux and NAUFRAGI, presenting a fresh take on sounds influenced by new beat, dark wave, post-punk and new wave. We premiere today “The Scorpion Sting", an immersive dark wave bomb incorporating Skelesys’ enigmatic vocals and guitar. This is another stellar release from the label and we look forward to more.

We also did a interview with Ombra's label boss Curses & Skelesys. Read more and pick up the release: https://thebrvtalist.com/skelesysthescorpionsting/


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@skelesys

PREMIERE: Skelesys - The Scorpion Sting (Ombra INTL017)

Nothing seemed to work; she'd tried every suggestion under the sun — medicinal, herbal, holistic... the list went on. Though a few of these familiar and strange remedies had brought momentary relief, it wasn't long before the pain returned in full force. There was just one more option that she had yet to explore, but with this healing power came much risk...

Drawing influence from the uncertain times we've found ourselves in over the last year, Logical Rec bosses Ivan De La Rouch & Mike Sacchetti release their 'Cúrame' EP, which translates from Spanish as ‘Heal Me’. Coming via Play Pal Records, it marks the pair's first outing on the Madrid label and sees them merge hypnotic guitar riffs with analogue electronics, all delivered with a punk attitude. On the flip the two originals get the rework treatment from label affiliate Rigopolar, Italian producer Amarcord, Fucanglong Files boss Mufti and Berlin's Skelesys.

Buy: https://playpalmusic.bandcamp.com/album/c-rame

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@ivandelarouch
@mikesacchettidj

PREMIERE: Ivan de la Rouch & Mike Sacchetti - Cúrame (Skelesys Remix) [Play Pal Records]

Charted by:
Dicky Trisco, Yam Who?, Superbreak, Richard Rossa, Vermelho, Fernando Pulichino, Teniente Castillo, Beaten Space Probe, Disco B (Late Night), Fingerman, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron, Future Feelings and Thomass Jackson among others.

Thank you all for the support received these months since it came out!, really appreciated!

Pals Vol. 2 / PP003 (low res)

Out Jan 20th on Junodownload.

Thank you all for your feedbacks!:

Pete Herbert: 'Great EP! You better hold me and Social assassin my favs ... playing..'

Dicky Trisco: 'Great to see PLay Pal back! Thomas has great production skills. You Better Hold Me is the one for me here. Great disco chugger. But Social Assassin has something naughty about it too. Will be playing. Gracias!!'

Beaten Space Probe: 'Wicked disco. Love it!'

Get Down Edits: 'Excellent 4 track ep right here ill be testing them all over the coming weekend ;)'

Julian Sanza (Silver City): 'Wow! Great EP, lovely variety of styles, hard to pick a favourite.'

Dynamicron: 'Great grooveness from Thomass! Will spin the whole EP for sure!'

Mushrooms Project: 'Great release!.'

Avanti: 'Funk Me Till The End! Rascale mi Jackson !'

Juan Soto: 'Limpio y fino. Muy buen release.'

Jerome (Days of Being Wild): 'Perfect for my early hours / warm up sets! "Social Assassin" is soooo good. Looking forward for the remixes as well. Muchas Gracias!'

Bufi: 'Thomass Jackson: remarkable!'

Heion: 'Fantastic tunes from Thomass Jackson, excellent stuff! All tracks are great for dancefloor and will definitely play this EP. Keep up the good work guys.'

Iñigo Vontier 'Amazing, blow my mind.'

Kalidasa: 'Yep Social Assassin has got my attention, would defiantly play this out!.'

Vermelho: 'Great EP, boogieness!'.

Buy it on Juno

Thomass Jackson 'The Affair' ep / PP004 (low res)

Included on a Remixes Ep of the track 'Social Assassin' by Thomass Jackson out on Play Pal Music. 

Other remixes come from Iñigo Vontier & Dan Solo, Mijo aka La Royale, Sequencers, Fernando and Did Virgo. 

Release date: Nov 2014

Thomass Jackson 'Social Assassin' (Teniente Castillo Remix) / PP005

.Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvapuzkJnM&feature=youtu.be

Man From The Stars

Everybody Loves The Sunshine 12"

Everybody Loves The Sunshine

Full stream of the deep and hazy "Not That Way," a cut from the new release from OMBRA INTL.

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/2017/09/premiere-hear-a-track-from-the-new-release-on-curses-ombra-imprint/

@tenientecastillo
@Skelesys

More info

Premiere: Teniente Castillo feat. Skelesys - Not That Way

OUT NOW: https://lnk.to/redaxesPH69
A Sipoor
B1 Teroof 
B2 Bad Time Story

Already a well-established presence on the outlandish fringes of experimental, alternative and dance music, celebrated Israeli duo Red Axes make a surprise left-turn onto Phantasy with a three-track 12”, ‘Sipoor’. Unsurprisingly, the results are as pleasingly out-there as the occasion requires. 

Following on from last year’s self-released LP, ‘The Beach Goths’, ‘Sipoor’ immediately announces the Axes’ uncompromising return to the front and centre of the dancefloor with the raw, provocative ‘Bad Time Story’. Brazen, brash acid triggers this particular tale, as Red Axes briskly modulate their way through a ruff, tuff but never less than musical landscape of 303s and 808s. 

‘Sipoor’ takes a more gradual approach to building offbeat rave tension, featuring an unknown male using his native tongue to request some kind of house, some kind of techno and some sort of release. His wish (and we hope, yours) is the Axes’ command, as the music goes deep before seamlessly unfolds around a throbbing bassline and a playful, familiar keyboard sample, beckoning feet to the dancefloor and perhaps tongues ever so slightly to cheeks. 

Concluding the 12”, ‘Teroof’ takes each of Red Axes’ signature ingredients - deeply rhythmic EBM-inspired drums, spiralling electronics, unapologetically odd vocal distortions - and reconstructs them amid what sounds like the Monaco Grand Prix, as high-velocity motors speed past the soundscape, kicking up some serious dust.

Follow Red Axes:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/redaxesmusic
SC: https://soundcloud.com/redaxes
SP: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Owm9QgL9BSCRQKTX6T08G?si=ORqWEgQ_Tyu_ih3vu2IoQg
IG: https://www.instagram.com/red_axes_we_are/
BP: https://www.beatport.com/artist/red-axes/208430

Sipoor

Buy 12" + Download

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Skelesys fits perfectly into the Ombra International alliance with a strong musical background, inspired by Hard Rock, Punk and Synth Pop. For his second Ombra track contribution, the Argentinian Berliner puts the pedal to the metal and brings an absolute tough as nails guitar tinged acid drenched electro-tech heater.

Interview: http://liquidyouth.nl/interviews/premiere-skelesys-vection-ombra-international/
Buy: https://ombrainternational.bandcamp.com/album/ombra-intl-008
Stay tuned: www.facebook.com/liquidyouthams/

https://soundcloud.com/skelesys // https://www.facebook.com/skelesysmusic/
https://soundcloud.com/ombrainternational // https://www.facebook.com/OMBRAINTERNATIONAL/

Premiere: Skelesys - Vection [Ombra International]

PP001 out now on Juno Download:

http://www.junodownload.com/products/pals-vol-1/2075119-02/

Thank you all for the support !!

THANK YOU !!

Pals Vol. 1 (promo mix) / PP001 (low res)

Samo Records decided to do a compilation for their next release, they asked some of their favorites artists to provide an original track. The outcome has been as intended, a good mix of styles, each providing their own individual blend. Happy to welcome  Skelesys (Ombra International), Mijo (Correspondant), Neud Photo (Rat Life), Fringe Society (Wrong Era), Balam (ESTHÉTIQUE), Macaulay (Wonder Stories), Tassilo Vanhœfen (Kontakt Group), Uninc & Kolomensky (ИДА), Alpha & Necromante (Aperitif de la Mort), Spivak (Nutty Wombat Records) and returning artist Pixelife to the label.

https://soundcloud.com/skelesys
https://soundcloud.com/samorecords

Pre-order

PRÉMIÈRE: Skelesys - "Persuasion" [Samo Records]

Out on Juno download:
http://www.junodownload.com/products/mushrooms-project-sake-ep/2102702-02/

Really happy to have them on board on Play Pal Music.

Thank you all for the support !!

Juno Download's review:
Italy's Mushrooms Project are now entering the realms of nu-disco veterans, having treated nu-disco enthusiasts to a huge array of psychedelic grooves since back in 2009. Here they continue their obsession with the dark, twisted and mysterious, dropping a trio of decidedly cosmic jams. The kaleidoscopic, clandestine grooves and fuzzy guitars of the delay-laden "Yesss!" set the tone, before "Wonky" delivers a full-strength slab of cowbell-laden cosmic disco fuzziness - all dark Italo synths, woozy melodies and saucer-eyed percussion. The title track goes even further, building the action around off-kilter psychedelic rock riffs and relentless, Alan Parsons Project style synths. Like fine sake, Mushrooms Project just get better with age.

Mushrooms Project 'Sake ep' / PP002 (low res)

DSR is back with a new 7" release by Norwegian fivesome hubbabubbaklubb.

The band, of which Danish edit maestro Joystick Jay is a member, weave an all-live smooth disco vibe with toasty warm synths and a stoned summer aura.

'Mopedbart' is best mixed with a hammock, cold beer and a sunset as it jams along with mellow pads, hand claps and the story of a dude cruising around town on his scooter living it easy. 'Lille Sote Svanse' picks up the pace for a popping disco cut which simmers away with its bass-heavy groove before giving way to a stunning Rick Wright-inspired lead break journey into the stratosphere.

Both sides ooze colour and transport anybody within earshot straight to a toasty world of deck chairs, disco dancing and good times.

hubbabubbaklubb - Mopedbart (DSR007)

INFO: https://www.clubbingspain.com/mp3/2020/premiere-skelesys-twisted-desire.html

V/A - International Waters Vol. 1

Twisted Desire

PREMIERE: Skelesys - Twisted Desire [Ombra International]

@thisisgreatwhiteshark - Choices 
Remixer - @skelesys
Label - @momusicofficiel

Release Date: 05/03/2021


♫ Info + Buy ♫ :https://www.sinchi-collective.com/premiere-great-white-shark-choices-skelesys-remix-mo-music/

Time To Be Remixes

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE - Great White Shark - Choices (Skelesys Remix) (M&O Music)

Gerd Janson sends Rheinzand into orbit with this turbocharged remix double. The Running Back label owner and longstanding DJ heavywheight enlists his house music fluency, revving up the disco gleam of ‘Blind’ on its own terms. Charlotte Caluwaerts vocals reverberate through space ray arpeggiators and burnished drum gates in a pulsating play of silver and silk. Janson’s effort here sends our thoughts to gentler times as we imagine it either booming from a preposterous sound system in a sweaty basement or glowing in Mediterranean starlight. Either way, the energy of this one deserves a real dancefloor so let’s hope it gets one soon. ‘Blind’ featured on Rheinzand’s self-titled debut album, which came out in 2019 to high acclaim, named Piccadilly Records’ album of the year. This release, featuring Janson’s ‘Dance’ and ‘Dub’ remixes, comes within a series of remixes of tracks from that album. A few more (including other treatments of ‘Blind’) will follow before we finally compile them all in a remix album, celebrating Rheinzand’s chameleon take on dance music.

PREMIERE : Rheinzand - Blind (Gerd Janson Dance Remix)

Ron Like Hell presents deep techno psychedelia with special guest ZVRRA in hour two and featuring video by GUTTER (EAT DIS LABEL) making their debut on The Lot Radio.

#TECHNO #RONLIKEHELL #ZVRRA #THELOTRADIO

IG: @ronlikehell @zvrrazvrra

https://soundcloud.com/ronlikehell
https://www.mixcloud.com/ronlikehell/
https://soundcloud.com/zvrra
https://www.mixcloud.com/zvrra/
https://zvrra.bandcamp.com/
https://eatdis.bandcamp.com/

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The Space Between Spaces with Ron Like Hell and ZVRRA @ The Lot Radio 02 - 25 - 21

In honor of our new collaboration coffee with the guys from Lets Play House, featuring coffee's from South America. Jacques Renault put together this SA inspired set. 

1 Baden Powell “A Lenda Do Abeté” [Elenco]
2 Zimbo Convida “O Morro Não Tem Vez” [Clam]
3 Luiz Bonfá “Adeus” [Verve]
4 Grupo De Percussão “Second Construction” [Estúdio Eldorado]
5 Dom Um Romao “Amor en Jacuma” [Pablo]
5 Jadir De Castro “Bossas & Bossas” [Philips]
6 Julian Bream “Prelude No 3 in A Minor” [RCA]
7 Luiz Claudio Ramos “Patati Patatá” [Philips]
8 Anamaria & Mauricio “Minie” [Chantecler]
9 Donato E Seu Trio “Sambolero” [Polydor]
10 Fafá de Belém “Leilão” [Philips]
11 Jards Macalé “Negra Melodia” [Som Livre]
12 Ritchie “A Mulher Invisível” [Som Livre]
13 Tribo “Ó - Com Coro” [EMI]
14 Fábio “Livremente” [EMI]
15 The Bossa Três “Imprevisto” [Mr Bongo]
16 Elis Regina “Aprendendo A Jogar” [Odeon]
17 Meireles E Sua Orquestra “Na Baixa Do Sapateiro (Bahia)” [EMI]
18 Maria Fumaça “Casa Forte” [Mr Bongo]
19 Cesar Mariano & CIA “Poluição” [Mr Bongo]
20 Grupo Alcano “Soul, Berg, Legal” [Copacabana]
21 Jorge Ben “Conquero” [Som Livre]
22 Emílio Santiago “Dentro De Você” [Philips]
23 Dudu França “Vem Dançar (Jacques Renault Edit)” [Polydor]
24 Saidêra “Sincronicidade” [Let’s Play House]

Jacques Renault Bump N Grind South American inspired Mix

JDH & Dave P recorded live from the Bad Room for their livestream on 2.27.21.

Good Room is currently closed due the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to donate to the club to help cover staff and fixed costs you can donate on Venmo @goodroombk or PayPal - paypal.me/goodroombk.

You can follow Fixed on Soundcloud at @jdh_fixed and @davep_makingtime

FIXED livestream: JDH & Dave P - 2.27.21

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