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R$N Premieres: February 2018

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Exhilarating jungle percussion accelerates you on a tempered manhunt through the back streets of Brazil. Trippy vocals samples, building keys and bass intensify your chase after the armed bandit, who's shots ring out ahead before your partner gets tragically caught up up in the crossfire. As each layer is distorted and mixed out into silence, an echoing vocal sample and pulsating gunshot further escalate the chase through the bustling streets. In the midst of a flutter of colour and bodies, you keep your eyes peeled on the culprit every step of the way, fighting your way through the crowd. In a reprise of rhythmic jungle percussion, synth and bass flow before the fugitive makes his escape over a low mountain range ahead.

'Soft Moon' is out April 7th on @x-kalay.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2opU044

@oversea-1

Premiere: CoastDream – La Esperanza [X-Kalay]

Live recording of Jahra Rager's poem, 'The World, As a Woman's Body' from The Grow Room's 'GROW ROOM SESSIONS: VOL. 14'. 2016.

"The World, As a Woman's Body" speaks to the complex, powerful and fragile relationship between the earth and the indigenous female form, and demands the audience be activated towards uplifting and contributing to the expansion of the divine feminine. For she has arrived.

Written and performed by Jahra Rager. (2016)

"The World, As a Woman's Body"

I uploaded this a couple minutes ago but it wouldn't let me edit the info afterwards soooo, ye.
Anyway this is a little tune I made, came together a bit sloppy I guess, but I still like it, hope you like it too!

Come Down

Track I put together in 2015 that I thought I should share.

Beautiful U R (free dl)

DJ Handelsgold - BADMAN

Berlin based producer Max Graef brings his unique and fresh outlook on vintage dance music to the New Music Worldwide mix series.

Head honcho of Money $ex Records alongside another Worldwide FM favourite Glenn Astro, Max began exploring and experimenting with production while on a student exchange in London, and both he and his MPC-led tunes found a home at Prenzlauer Berg’s OYE record shop upon return to Berlin.

Now an accomplished DJ and producer he welcomes in 2018 for New Music Worldwide.

Tracklist: https://worldwidefm.net/show/new-music-worldwide-max-graef/

New Music Worldwide: Max Graef

Who'll Pay?

Will Saul and Tee Mango continue the Primitive Trust EP series with their third release. ‘Little Love EP’ is a blissful 3 track package featuring a Floorplan remix. ‘Little Love’ builds warm harmonies driven by syncopated bass grooves whilst Tee Mango’s Dub of 'Tejon' heads for the sun with radiant, shuffling chords. For the remix, Floorplan delivers unrestrained rapture on a peak time roller full of cathartic vocal bursts.

Little Love EP

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PREMIERE : Will Saul & Tee Mango present Primitive Trust - Tejon (Tee Mango's Dub)

Will Lister's track 'Shutter' for our Compilation For Dominica.

Not one to be pinned to any strict style, his music ranges from spacey and soaring to dark and driving. 'Shutter' was created in the new Rhythm Section studio... 

Dominica is a small island in the caribbean destroyed by Hurricane Maria and left in ruins with little infrastructure or resources. With both Bradley & Mali being of Dominican heritage, this is a cause especially close to our hearts. Please PAY WHAT YOU CAN + share the info.
👉🏾 Head to the release page to cop the comp and peep the tracklist 👀 : bit.ly/comp4dominica

Compilation For Dominica

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Will Lister - Shutter

SZA - SUPERMODEL (L-VIS FEELGOOD EDIT)

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Blue Euphoria

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Feminazi (Prod. Tyris White X Apoc Krysis)

Buy on Beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/release/fountainhead/2186824

Spieltape on Facebook:
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Spieltape — Fountainhead (Original Mix) [Highway Records]

80’s synth music is a projective influence for many musicians and the artists of our next release are also no strangers to it. Being massively influenced by it during their teenage years, Henry Saiz & Tentacle bring back that flavor breathing a new juicy life into it and giving synth advocates something to drool over. A Brooklyn based Frenchman Max Pask is rounding off this quality EP delivering a finely crafted, synth-led noir voyage, that meanders along, passing tripped out sounds, driving bassline, flickering glitches and blissful chimes. You want 11 magical minutes of recharge? You got them.
Pre-order: http://bit.ly/2nr2OrV

The Prophetess

PREMIERE : Henry Saiz & Tentacle - The Prophetess (Max Pask Remix)

Piff Records (@piff-records) continues to unravel its catalogue by calling on an artist slightly closer to home. Cardiff-based Harrison BDP (@harrisonbdp) adds to his already prolific discography with an EP that spans from mellow dub techno vibrations, all the way up to wide-open, rave-driven acid riffs. Releases February 16th worldwide so preorder your copy now via the Piff Records bandcamp page!

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https://piff-records.bandcamp.com/album/confusion-of-sound-ep

*Premiere* Harrison BDP - Confusion Of Sound

The car raced towards the finish line at a hurtling pace. In pursuit there was a squadron of motors parading proudly in the wake of the smoke trail which blazed up high amidst the sky. Burning rubber lingered in the air and the crowd of spectators watched on in awe at the sheer speed and scale of the display. Some had disputed the validity of the race, some had even claimed that the sport was for suckers and cheats. What did they know about speed anyway? This was it. 

Dormir are an Australian group from Melbourne, they are set to release a new EP on Pelvis Records & Burning Rose, new wave, dream like electronics with a sense of nostalgia. The EP is rounded off by two remixes by both Cop Envy and Leo James. It is the first which we bring to you today.

In Pursuit

PREMIERE: Dormir - In Pursuit (Cop Envy Remix) [Pelvis Records/ Burning Rose]

The computer screen flashed abruptly and the light went out beneath the thick dense glass. The old machine had potentially blown its fuse for the day but there was still significant hope that the track might not have been lost to the depths of the ether. Vanishing into thin air it had the potential to revitalise itself from the beyond. Reloading the machine there was little hope or life in the old box, the tin can rattled beneath the desk as his foot tapped abruptly upon the floor. 

Now here's a secretive one, an unknown artist with an unknown track. Discodromo however are familiar faces, the pair behind Cocktail d'Amore remix the mysterious alias on Me Me Me.

PREMIERE: Artist Deleted - Track Deleted (Discodromo's Belgian Remix) [Me Me Me]

Tom Trago - Bergen - Dekmantel (DKMNTL056) 

a1.	Tom Trago - Bergen
a2.	Tom Trago - The Creation Of Lalibela
a3.	Tom Trago - Zeeweg
b1.	Tom Trago - Faith Belongs To Us
b2.	Tom Trago - Always be With You
b3.	Tom Trago - Underwater Wings
c1.	Tom Trago - Morph
c2.	Tom Trago - The Interval Of Happiness
d1.	Tom Trago - Fari
d2.	Tom Trago - Working Machines

https://shop.dekmantel.com/release/5960/bergen

Bergen is the next, and natural step in the expanding career of Dutch producer Tom Trago. The acclaimed producer behind Voyage Direct will release his fourth LP, with the label and crew he's built a close relationship with over the past ten years - Dekmantel. With a new studio and approach to music, Bergen is Trago sounding at his very finest, returning to his roots with a focussed, and dedicated production ethos.

“If you change your environment, your music will also change with you,” Trago reflects on the new album. A staple in the Amsterdam club scene, Tom Trago has been a familiar face at the Dekmantel events for over ten years. “I was even playing Dekmantel parties, before they were even called Dekmantel,” he states. Tom Trago's collaboration with Dekmantel has allowed him the space to grow and finish his most accomplished, and honest album to date. Bergen is an LP that connects his legacy, family, and commitment to dance music in one resplendent package.

DKMNTL056 // Tom Trago - Bergen

South London producer @lvlvlv brings @djkhalab's afro-futuristic explorations into the ambient sphere.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/02/05/premiere-dj-khalab-zaire-will-lv-remix/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/DJKhalab

Zaire EP

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DJ Khalab - Zaire (Will LV Remix)(STW Premiere)

The machinery was piled high inside cardboard boxes which towered high towards the ceiling. The warehouse was a place of militant storage and not somewhere expected to be of any sort of interest to the outside world. At least so he thought... Inside however, there was a playhouse, a fortress of solitude by which nobody else knew of. The palace of Xenon was his big time place of fun and after dark once all the staff had gone he was quite simply left to his own devices. He was the king of the castle. 

Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid is set to release a new EP on Exo Recordings on the 19th of February next month. A wonderful blend of elegant electronics, blissful pads and tricky rhythms.

PREMIERE: Ludwig A.F. Röhrscheid - Xenon [Exo Recordings]

The beach was a tropical paradise upon which beautiful people graced, it was not somewhere to see but in which to be seen. Sitting upon a sunbed he looked out at the peaceful world and took a drink from his tall glass of coco loco. The cold moisture which stuck to the side of the glass felt icy and  chilled to the touch, the sand in between his toes rustled below. The sun was scorching hot and the heat was almost too much to bare, retreating into the shade he lay down and closed his eyes. 

House Is Ok are set to release a new EP celebrating five years in business, the split EP features contributions from Kornel Kovacs, Roman Flugel and more.

Gemist part 1

PREMIERE: Longhair - Coco Loco [House Is Ok]

The tropical escapade had seen them travel across the globe in search of the most beautiful beaches upon the great planet earth. What they had found was startling and beautiful: golden sands, blue skies, radiant green forests and winding waterfalls. Now as they stood watching the sun set upon the horizon they held each others hands and began to dance. This was the sweet foreign sound of sambao, a soundtrack to an experience which had led them amidst the stars and into beyond...

Duccio is set to release a new EP on the up and coming Greta Cottage Workshop imprint, a label with a consistent drive for exploration and creativity. He seems at home on the label with an intriguing club focussed release set to delight and surprise.

PREMIERE: Duccio - Sambao [Greta Cottage Workshop]

The door slammed leaving a resounding echo within the empty halls of the house. Upstairs she lay on the bed pondering what on earth had gone wrong and why it was that she was never good enough. Outside the cold wind howled, it was as if winter were out to get her let alone her own personal life. Rain lashed against the window with a dull thud, what would have been a usually comforting sound became a repetitive reminder of the empty world outside and that of which she had lost. 

Lay-Far steps up to release a stellar EP on In-Beat-Ween Music featuring the collaborative vocals of Stee Downes. This one has been supported widely with the likes of Mark Seven, Gilles Peterson and more all behind it.

Never Good Enough For You

PREMIERE: Lay-Far - Never Good Enough For You feat. Stee Downes [In-Beat-Ween Music]

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