Download here - https://bsta.rs/qDiLD1

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@edave-g7o
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/edave_888

STOMPIN (BEAT)

A soulful smooth jazz journey where warm saxophone improvisation flows effortlessly over groovy rhythms and mellow keys. Perfect for late-night vibes and relaxed moods.

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Echo Gecko

Having released work on the label before - next to outings for Worst Records and Sinchi - Frankfurt-based DJ and producer Tassilo Vanhöfen dishes out his signature blend of slow and trancey soundscapes on Electric Shapes once again. A compelling selection of tracks that carry esoteric rhythms and explores mysterious paths and tensions. 

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/tassilo-vanhofen-dream-collector-electric-shapes 
Buy: https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/track/dream-collector 

https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes 
https://soundcloud.com/eshu-est

Premiere: Tassilo Vanhöfen - Dream Collector [Electric Shapes]

12th episode of LYO RADIO on Rinse France. First hour by Les Yeux Orange, second part by our magician guest Tyu (@theroommatesweb) from Mexico .
Enjoy the mixes and stay tuned for more adventures and guests in next editions!

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https://lesyeuxorange.bandcamp.com/music

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Les Yeux Orange invitent Tyu - 28 Octobre 2020

Humanity's footprints are everywhere to be seen, from the cities and the towns to the oceans and the sky. New materials and technologies have guided a long path to destruction; a path that will continue far into the future. Though its impact has increasingly come into plain view, when will collective action be taken to prevent it?

A firm favourite of Sean Johnston and the late, great Andrew Weatherall, Berlin-based producer Señora has become known for his unique approach to sound design, merging organic grooves with sonic experimentation and oddball effects. Following releases on Shango Records, Night Noise and LNDKHN he makes his return to Lurid Music, the label he debuted on back in 2017, for his first long player titled Fósil. Across the nine expertly crafted compositions he reflects on "the next evolutionary steps of the human race", realised through cinematic and evocative soundscapes punctuated by otherworldly sounds and undulating rhythms.

Fósil

PREMIERE: Señora - Antropoceno [Lurid Music]

Sinchi Collective crew member “Hary Shanthi” is a  deeply earnest sound designer and a lifelong student who experiments with technology believing in the "Art of Equalization" and "Management of Varied Frequencies" paired with intense attention to the "Art of Crate Digging". He sees DJ’ing as an “Art of Philosophizing”, the objective nature of truth in music and its alleged communication of its meaning to the human consciousness. This investigation is manifested through his personal interpretation of sonically rich enigmatic tracks which lead the dance floor through journeys not spoken but still told.

https://soundcloud.com/haryshanthi

LAYER #251 | Hary Shanthi

Gaiden - Escape from XEN
BUY LINK: https://tropicalanimals.bandcamp.com/album/escape-from-xen
Label : Tropical Animals (https://soundcloud.com/tropicalanimals)
Release date: 30th November 2020

The resident DJ for Tropical Animals, Gaiden’s preferences for immersive, deep sounds ranging from ambient/drone and slo-mo grooves to explosive techno are distilled into his first release. On ‘Escape from XEN’ the Italian producer opens with the title track, a powerful dubby techno track that blurry the transitions between organic and synthetic throughout it’s heady duration. ‘Acqua’, a densely atmospheric house-tempo cut, comes next before the bpms drop significantly for ‘Mel’, an infectious ALFOS chugger of the highest order. The stuttering drum machine workouts of ’Sputnik’ closes the EP with acidic, retro-futurist flair, rounding out a warm, spacey EP for the heads.

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PREMIERE : Gaiden - Escape From XEN

Beautifully capturing the spirit of the present day, Something Happening Somewhere's ever expending cosmos reaches the outskirts perception with the captivating "SOMEWHERE IV". The comprehensive 15-track V.A. release features captivating ambient and chill-out excursion by the like of Mattheis, Love Over Entropy, Bas Dobbelaer, queniv and honcho Nuno Dos Santos under his new alias Dwaalgast, among others. It's with great pleasure that we present the contribution of longtime platform favourite Will Oirson; a bass heavy ambient cut that resonates with beautiful synth sweeps.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/will-oirson-minor-figures-sohaso/
Buy: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-iv 

https://soundcloud.com/willoirson
https://soundcloud.com/sohaso

Premiere: Will Oirson - Minor Figures .1 [Something Happening Somewhere]

BUY LINK: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/128666-naar017-ian-blevins-lobster-who-is-criminally-insane?fbclid=IwAR0Nt0tAqlcOltuH3f63A8-upmdfO5Idk0I6L8YRNzukzNv19xG3xjYSOTM
Ian Blevins - The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane (NAAR 017)
Release date: 4 Dec 2020
Label: NOT AN ANIMAL Records(https://soundcloud.com/notananimalrecords)
https://soundcloud.com/ianblevins

Returning to Not An Animal for the first time in 3 years, Ian Blevins crashes in with a massive EP that results in some dreamy electronica primed for the dance. 

The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane loads up the A1 with a track that veers towards the progressive house formula, whilst building on the more natural electronic blueprints. It’s rigorous and deadly, as synths build the pressure and detonate with devastating effects. 

Discodromo make their NAAR debut with a destructive remix of The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane. Stripping the track down and driving it down a more percussive avenue, the leads melodies are used to create an immense breakdown with epic results.

Air Penguin carries on the same vibe as a refined mid-set floor filler, with an illustrious canopy of dreamy synths and counter melodies that rattle subs across the globe. 

Chida finishes off the 12" with his welcome return to the label with another remix that does the damage. Bringing the more offensive elements of the track, it takes the atmosphere and runs with it, adding some immense tension but remaining focused on the floor.

To close, The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane (Beatless Mix) serves as the digital bonus, showing how a track can be made for the dance-floor without any percussion.

The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane

PREMIERE : Ian Blevins - The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane

The bell sounded through the corridors, quickly followed by the flinging open of doors one after another. Excited laughter rang loudly around the school, followed by the charge of small feet as they scrambled for the door. For most the end of term meant freedom, fun and new experiences. It meant time spent with family and friends, time spent visiting new places and spaces. But that wasn't the case for some; quite the opposite. School was their only sanctuary.

Hot on the heels of Ed Dix's EP, Playground Records welcome a newcomer to the family, Roam Records and Wonder Stories alumni John Parsley. For his label debut - which also features two remixes from Bird Of Paradise and Local Suicide & Time To Sleep - he brings several different flavours to the table. Levelled up dancefloor rhythms peppered with acid lines and electro arpeggios open proceedings, followed by tension inducing beats that marry distorted sounds with celestial sounds, and intense, downtempo breaks layered with eerie atmospheres and metallic modulations.

PREMIERE: John Parsley - New Guardian [Playground Records]

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