The mix series and music platform Mantissa takes its first steps into the label space with Mantissa 001. Written and produced by a close friend to the Mantissa family, this unnamed and elusive artist has helped us launch the label with a bang with three club focused, space inspired tracks designed to decimate a dancefloor or atone for a night's shenanigans at an after's.    

Space Cadet opens the extraterrestrial affair, weaving from acoustic elements to electronic and eclectic synth lines. The A side ends with Frozen Bounce, a wobbly number, woven together with quick cuts and jerky elements. U10A, the most structured of a complex affair is a warming club tool perfect for both, beginning and finishing an evening. It's remix similarly suitable for any party specific scenario, produced by the infamously talented artist Ciel.

Check out the snippets on our Soundcloud or pre-order on our Bandcamp to get the download of Space Cadet immediately!

@mantissa1

Buy:
https://mantissa.bandcamp.com/album/mantissa-001

PREMIERE: Unknown Artist - Space Cadet [Mantissa]

Felice

A masterpiece reborn. Garota de Ipanema (Lahm Remix) reimagines Tom Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes’ classic as a hypnotic Melodic House rework, blending nostalgia with underground energy.

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Label: Lahm Project — Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/label/lahm-project-21/100391

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Tom Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes – Garota de Ipanema (Lahm Remix) | Melodic House

ALBUM - BEYOND THE PINE 
COMPOSED - 2015 

SLOPES WE CLIMB (2015)

Dreams of the Titanic

Gacha Bakradze (@gacha) 'Word Color'
Mini-LP [LPS17]

Pre-Order: https://lapsus.bandcamp.com/album/word-color
Release Date: April 12th, 2018

For a number of years Lapsus Records has closely followed the career of producer Gacha Bakradze and has kept in touch with an artist who previously participated on the "DEU" compilation (Lapsus Records, 2014) with the track "Blackout", under his more ambient moniker, Winter Flags. It was therefore simply a matter of time before a record collaboration materialized in the form of "Word Color", a nine-song mini-LP in which Gacha gives free rein to his most introspective electronica. 

This imaginative producer from Tbilisi (Georgia) has deservedly earned plaudits throughout the European scene, becoming a mainstay of the Belgian label Apollo –a sub label of R&S Records, a fundamental label in the development of underground electronic music over the last three decades-, for whom he has released half a dozen releases to date, receiving reviews from prestigious publications including Pitchfork and Resident Advisor. Furthermore, since 2015 Gacha has combined his facet as producer with the running of his own label Transfigured Time. 

"Word Color" is a cinematic arrangement of captivating melodies, rhythmic experimentation, textured landscapes and micro-vocal samples. Gacha has once again reinvented his musical ideology, bestowing it with mood defining authenticity and excitement, through superbly and dextrously programmed rhythms and harmonies. Songs like "Leaf", "Oneself" and "Stray" travel into ethereal wastelands and are ambient soundscape pieces replete with nuances and unexpected twists. "Word Color" also makes room for beats, with the low pulse of jungle rhythms in "The Prayer"; IDM and electro fusion in "Word Color"; and even the sound of hi-tech breaks in "Saphri Rocks".

Word Color

Gacha Bakradze 'Word Color' | Included in 'Word Color' Mini-LP [LPS17]

The fourth release is a big one for Holding Hands as they branch out into brand new territory with their 6irst new signing on the label.

Breaka usually runs in very different circles, producing footwork, juke and DnB from his home in Leeds. These are the first tunes of his at a slower tempo to be released but you can certainly hear those influences loud and clear in these certi6ied UK 125-130bpm bangers.

@breakaleeds

Puffer Jackets (Desert Sound Colony Remix)

B2. Breaka - Puffer Jackets (Desert Sound Colony's Deep Space Remix)

There was a song and a dance for every occasion in New York city, people paid good money to be entertained of an evening and gave little thought to the poor souls behind the scenes. As the red curtain lifted they were presented with a million whirring lights and the flashing bangs of a drum. One solitary vocalist boomed out across the system, elegant tones built for more than a downtown theatre. The place was falling apart. Cracked ceilings and marked floors, this was not a place of luxury but a dive of demise. The singer was alone, but not alone. 

Long Island Sound are a Dublin via Berlin duo who have crafted a niche for their intricate take on house and breaks, picking up a firm fan base of followers and support along the way. A new EP is set for release on Signs Of Space, a crafty affair.

PREMIERE: Long Island Sound - Alone (But Not Alone)[Signs Of Space]

Drop Down (Reptant's Lizard Tech Mix)

Track 3 from @armecmusic Armec's "Diametric EP" on Echocentric Records

BUY 12" and digital: echocentricrecords.bandcamp.com/album/diametric-ep

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Following his solo 12" debut in November on AC Records, Armec returns with a 4-track EP on Echocentric Records.

The music on offer is rich and emotional, microworlds of subtle melodies, pads and sci-fi drones that ooze both melancholy and hope, and will appeal to anyone into electro, IDM and techno.

A-side is a nod to Robbie's IDM roots. Just check the expansive soaring synth-work on "Auden" and the analogue moods of "Conceptualise". The droney, murky & dystopian sci-fi soundscapes of side B offer another view into Armec's production work.

Keep an eye out for Armec in 2020, more quality releases on their way.

A1. - Auden
A2. - Conceptualise
B1. - Disassociate
B2. - Dystopian Reality

Armec - "Diametric EP" is scheduled for release on the 24th of Jan 2020 both on vinyl and digital formats.

Produced by Robbie Mecrow
Mastered at Curve Pusher by Lawrie Dunster
Vinyl distributed by Shite Music (@shitemusic), manufactured by R.A.N.D. Muzik

Echocentric Records is a Finnish label run by @deeprhythms releasing lush & dreamy electronic music.

Contact: timo@echocentricrecords.com

'Ave it!

Diametric EP

Buy the ep!

Armec - 3 - Disassociate - ECR003

Athlete Whippet give a diverse selection of new wave talent free reign on their recently released Your Love Is Lifting Me EP. From the harmonic sensibilities of Istanbul-based Wunderkind Aleksandir to the sci-fi-inspired UK breaks of Nick Hoppner-protégé Cameo Blush, the result of no boundaries are six beautifully crafted reimaginations that each hold their own, all the while keeping the original integrity of the EP - to lift and connect with emotion.

Your Love Is Lifting Me Reimagined

Your Love Is Lifting Me (Aleksandir's Loft Rework)

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