https://soundcloud.com/heapvienna
https://soundcloud.com/sonidoisla
🛒 https://one-eye-witness.com/release/1664373192/Heap-False-Hope
🔊 https://youtu.be/ocoMTk0wwbA

Over the past decade, Vienna-based Florian Stöffelbauer – also known as Heap, has built a consistent reputation as a skilled DJ, producer and Neubau’s label head. Isla is proud to present his latest effort “False Hope” which explores the intersections between industrial, electro and dark wave – all with a leftfield twist.

As diverse as it is powerful, the 7 tracks featured here almost feel like nocturnal tales, chalking out Heap’s observations wandering through the streets of a silent city, with cigarette smoke permeating the air and sirens ringing in the distance.

The cinematic essence of the release emerges from the very beginning, with the atmospheric beauty “Diall” transporting us straight into some late-80s scenery of Kraftwerkian nostalgia. In “Jetzt Oder Nie” a sharp knit of drums is placed on top of the grave frequencies of the bass: it’s indeed “now or never”, the moral imperative of the release, requiring us to take action.

Throughout the whole album, hypnotic sounds punctuate the dark space, bouncing between the polyrhythmic and uplifting energies of “Inner peace” and “No Palm Too Big”, a sneaky slow-burner with a nocturnal groove and Gayna Rose Madder’s robotic voice reciting the stream of consciousness of this urban wanderer.

“Trist” rises slowly yet powerfully thanks to its mystical synths covering the ground and preparing us for what comes next.

The title track “False Hope” holds the unique charm of a creature effortlessly floating in between dualities. As obscure as it is airy, as delicate as it is forceful, this hybrid composition is rich in details and plot twists.

At the end of this journey, “Losing time” reminds us of the urgency to take action expressed at the beginning of the album. In a rarefied canvas, an off-kilter solitary sound comes in, starting off as insistent as a car horn in rush hour, and evolving into a beautiful instrument arpeggiating the melody.

Here Heap concludes his narrative for now. We like to imagine him walking away, a shadow fading in the smoke of the city as the first lights of the day appear.

Tracklist: 

Diall
Jetzt Oder Nie
Inner Peace
No Palm Too Big
Trist
False Hope
Losing Time

PREMIERE: Heap - False Hope [Isla]

It's our 10th release :') Welcoming Pistaccio to the label with this 6 track EP, Direct Correlation. 

Ethereal pads flow endlessly over warm percussion in the spacey 'Dream Walk', followed by the tripped-out, dubby-ness of 'Direct Correlation'. 'Now Who' is a 90s house drenched number with euphoric piano accents and an acid line which ebbs and flows throughout. Downtempo goodness follows in the similarly blissful 'Breaka Your Soul', while the EP closes out with the hypnotic, floating 'Tonic Tandra'. 

@pistaccio

Pistaccio - Direct Correlation
Cat: TSBU10
Release date: Thursday 16 February
Bandcamp: https://thespacebetweenus.bandcamp.com/album/direct-correlation-2
Mixing by Mats Lorenson
Mastering by Joseph Buchan
Artwork by Gabrielle White

TSBU10 // Pistaccio - Direct Correlation EP [snippets]

German raised and Brighton-based producer https://soundcloud.com/caldera-caldera presents "Casual Transcendence EP" on Flippen Bits, blending his signature groove-oriented sound with the trippy essence of the label.

The EP opens with the title track, "Casual Transcendence," setting a solid groove foundation and infusing it with a bouncy acid bass line and liquidy pads. "Ground Miles" adds hazy, pitch-shifted vocals to Caldera's established style, creating an entrancing blend of sounds. "Strange Brew" takes listeners on a cosmic journey with sizzling hi-hats, echoing bird songs, and an irresistible groove that makes time fly. Closing the EP is "Styte," a meditative percussion jam that mesmerizes with its intricate rhythms and elusive meter.

Out June 9, 2023!

FLIPPEN BITS 003: Caldera - Casual Transcendence EP previews

They gathered beneath the floodlights, their motors lined up in sequential spaces as crowds began to gather for an evening of entertainment. The legitimacy of such an evening might be called into question, yet that hadn’t turned off the onlookers who had been promised an evening of fast paced, high octane entertainment beneath the fog of darkness and clouds of smoke.

They were on the outskirts of the city, fast cars revving their engines furiously, cementing a swagger and a sense of purpose which could not be found in day to day life.

Soon it would be time for the wild machines to step off, blast off and race into the distance. There would only be one winner and some may not return.

LT is one of the UK’s most exciting producers at present, drawing upon influences from IDM, Hardgroove and House music in equal measure. His approach often focusses on the use of deep, emotive pads which are underpinned by fast paced grooves.

PREMIERE: LT - Step Off [Tech Startup]

Times New Roman is a party-proof acid connoisseur, associate professor of partying, vinyl archaeologist, beat librarian with a PhD in vibology, co-founder of Digital Tsunami and DT CAMP, spinning since the early 2000's.

Follow artist - https://soundcloud.com/romanas_g
Folow DT - https://soundcloud.com/digitaltsunami

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Kristian Suvatne - Phosphenes -SUN003

https://sunlabrec.bandcamp.com/album/phosphenes

Produced between 2020-2024 in Oslo and Basel 

Released for Edition Fästing plockare / Lokal-int following the exhibition Phosphenes at Lokal-int, Biel/Bienne, 16-22.11.2023 www.instagram.com/editionfastingplockare/ 
lokal-int.ch 

Big thanks to Selma Meuli and Clara Chavan for the invitation

Kristian Suvatne - Phosphenes - SUN003

traxual presents a collection of actual dance electronica dedicated to the 1st Birthday.

ARTIST SC: @volta-cab
ARTIST IG:instagram.com/voltacab

1. CHP, Euphoretic - Second Key
2. Arpatronic - Le Palace
3. DJ Sunshine - Step Ahead
4. DJ Satyrias - Call Me Bitch
5. ICES 003. - This Is Only A Test
6. Getmioud - Day Off
7. Yansyet - People Like Clouds
8. Sergei Hromov - Le Touch Raw
9. Rambal Cochet - Vikoda
10. Dawn Razor - Misty Valley
11. Sinitsin - The Hive
12. Ruksby - Open Yo Mind
13. Nameca - Yamete Kudasai
14. Semaa - Basic Program

LABEL BC: https://traxual.bandcamp.com
LABEL IG: instagram.com/traxual

Mastering by Larionov

Release date: 23.08.2024

PREMIER: Rambal Cochet - Vikoda

tracks made for my summer solstice and high summer 2024 raves
Flyer by Otherseas

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