Midnight Moon (Long Play)

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Ben Arsenal & Tsehaitu - Midnight Moon (Long Play)

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First release of Esthetique Lab new sublabel "Moil Records" is a great EBM / Dark Disco EP from Kolomensky. Deep and gloomy melodies with an hypnotic background.
Denis Kolomensky is a DJ and producer based in Moscow. Throughout his musical path he experimented with a lot of musical genres and styles, from synth-pop to experimental underground cuts. He is the co-founder of record label ИДА, which absorbed that eclectic background and approach. Denis likes to combine different influences from wide range of music to create unusual and new sound in the end. On this EP he explores the dark side of his musical spectrum.
https://www.facebook.com/moil.rec/
https://www.facebook.com/esthetique.lab/
https://www.facebook.com/kolomenskymusic/

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PREMIERE :  Kolomensky - War Cry

Artist: Buran, Earth Trax
Title: Particles
Label: Insult To Injury
Format: Digital
Release date: 02/10/20
Purchase: https://insulttoinjuryrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beta-ep

Fired up on high energy Electrons, Timothy Clerkin’s imprint Insult To Injury (the label he runs with perennially on-point platform Ransom Note) is back with another arsenal of acid-tinged techno firearms. Manchester’s own Buran light the Bunsen burner & get things super-heated with their analogue heroics. Both tracks are borne from live jams, with minimal adjustment before going to press.
Test phase completed, first out the blocks is Beta, employing a monster low end 303 and analogue percussion to create a menacing floor destroyer. This savage assault is quickly followed by Kincaid’s reimagining of the track – slowed down and, for want of a better phrase, like, totally dubbed out, maaaan. Electro collides with Space Echo for a truly unique experience.
Particles is next, with some serious up-a-gear oomph; full on foot-stomping action, with relentlessly driven acidic bass that takes us back to a time when we could lose ourselves to a groove on the dance-floor. Peak time, rolling techno that demands you move your body.
Finally, we wind up business with Earth Trax’s ferocious take on Particles. Stripping things back somewhat and highlighting the laser-focused sounds of the original, he’s created a space battle in electro-work-out format. Synth projectiles whizz by our ears before we’re ejected in the vacuum of space with a serene, synth-lead soundscape coda.

https://soundcloud.com/buran_uk
https://soundcloud.com/earthtraxonline
https://soundcloud.com/insulttoinjuryrecords

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PREMIERE #1218 | Buran - Particles (Earth Trax Remix) [Insult To Injury] 2020

Cole Baby lands on planet Earth with a 9-track EP of hypercolor pop-techno, featuring remixes by fellow Portland-based heavenly voyagers Break Mode, Krycek, Etbonz and MagicPink. Acid dreams turn into cosmic synths, rays of sunshine bleed into your ears and it all comes together as rosewater spray hits under the disco lights. Unconventional in structure and style, Cole Baby invites you to take a sip of his special concoction, his Color Drink.

https://soundcloud.com/colebaby-1
https://soundcloud.com/bed_of_roses-1

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PRÉMIÈRE: Cole Baby - Jungle Catwalk [Bed Of Roses]

His home and studio - an exquisite apartment set upon three floors, located in the city's first and oldest quarter - became a trove of all of his sculpted creations. The rooms, fitted with large opaque windows that stretched out across tall, off-white walls, were filled with over 200 sculptures of varying sizes, some made of chalk and some generated from now unfortunately oxygenated bronze. The statues, in pure neo-Renaissance style, depicted an array of classical figures enacting diverse hedonistic activities. Some were drinking, some dancing and others were coily sharing a delicate romantic moment, all coming together in a great, immobile gathering.

Playground Records celebrates its 30th release with label co-founder Martin Noise's newest output. The four-track EP, titled DUI, features two original productions and two remixes by Bufi and Middle Sky Boom. Today we share the latter's remix of 'Pis Turístic', an organic, quasi-ritualistic track that features entrancing percussion and a mesmerising bassline that is perfectly accompanied by fluttering synths.

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PREMIERE: Martin Noise - Pis Turístic (Middle Sky Boom Remix) [Playground Records]

"Inspiration!" was the debut single from W. H. Lung that propelled them into the limelight, fast becoming a live favourite and securing a place on their debut album 'Incidental Music' which received accolades from The Times, The Guardian, Q, Paste, Mojo and resulted in sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.

On 13th November Melodic will release 'Incidental Music Remixed' and Manchester late night legend Kid Machine takes it back to where it all started, switching the motorik groove of Inspiration! for stomping Italo basslines and futuristic synth sweeps. It's one for ripping up the dancefloor late at night in a dark dingy basement, whenever that might be...

PREMIERE : W. H. Lung - Inspiration! (Kid Machine Manctalo Rework)

A Man Called Adam have announced details of a retrospective ‘mixtape’ album release. 

Love Forgotten floats, and it swings. It drifts like sand dunes and it drops like peak time underground. It’s a constant motion built from three decades worth of experiments in sound and song, a left of centre overview of one band’s career as heard in remixes, oddities, outtakes and edits. The result is a perfect flow of ambient electronics, house music and strung out Balearic mixes shot through with musicianship and sounds from all across the globe. 

Lovingly compiled by A Man Called Adam - Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones - from a vast and deep back catalogue, Love Forgotten takes pieces from every stage of their band’s journey and fuses them into a truly hypnotic whole. Reworks of classic singles sit next to commissions for the British Museum; collaborations with Idjut Boys, Sensory Productions and Ibizan legend José Padilla melt into gorgeous sunset acoustic sounds. It’s the perfect mixtape for the endless summer that’s playing out in your head. 

https://soundcloud.com/amca-2

PRÉMIÈRE: A Man Called Adam - Techno Powers (The Lost Edit) [Other Records]

She was elegant and daring, beautiful and hypnotic as she danced the night away. Who knew where she'd come from and what magnificent spirit had brought her to life beneath the cloak of darkness and the dancing stars. The way in which she moved was fascinating and perplexing, dancing atop the sand as the wind howled and the rain poured. It were as if she was commanding some great orchestra, up there in the sky, as the thunder crashed and the bangs of drums echoed between the clouds. She was god, her name was Hestia. 

Inflect Records are set to release a compilation of new material from an assortment of artists, proto disco, italo, acid and beyond on a fun filled record set to move dancefloors and festivals. This track, "Hestia", features on the release, an arpeggio driven affair by JackWasFaster.

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PREMIERE: JackWasFaster - Hestia [Inflect Records]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/anastasiazems, https://soundcloud.com/pedro-martins-music
Track : African Fairytale
Label : https://soundcloud.com/idasound
Format : Digital
Release date : 25/01/2021
Purchase : https://idasound.bandcamp.com/album/nomad-on-the-road

15th ИДА's release coming from Saint-Petersburg based Anastasia Zems. She delivers EP full of mystery, weird grooves, tribal elements, field recorded samples paired with her psychedelic vocals and ad-libs. 
Our choice here is Karakter records’ owner Pedro Martins remix, who transforms ‘African Fairytale’ into lush laidback breakbeat voyage.

PREMIERE #1377 | Anastasia Zems - African Fairytale (Pedro Martins Remix) [ИДА] 2020

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