pd christmas

HAUNTED

cian joyce- if u cant

Skatebård is back on Untz Untz Records. This time in collaborative mode with Stiletti-Ana to present: The Finsk-Norsk Body Language Society. The short version of the story goes: Skatebård and Stiletti-Ana meet at a party they both played at hosted by Untz Untz in Berlin 2011. Stiletti-Ana was there as part of the duo Jesse. A drum machine gets a Skatebård signature on it at the end of the night. Jesse remixes Skatebård’s ‘Conﬁrmation Bias’ track for Untz Untz in 2013. Fast forward to 2017 and here we are with the deal that was unknowingly signed in 2011 fulﬁlled. This record was recorded, mixed & dubbed live straight to a two track stereo tape recorder, during a ﬁne January weekend in 2017 at Stiletti’s Haista II studio on the island Suomenlinna outside Helsinki. We hope you like Standard Moderne, a Moderne Standard. Skatebård is a Norwegian producer of all things electronic. Connoisseurs know that his catalogue oscillates between emotional techno, neo-italo, electro from an alternative future and a Scandocosmic reinterpretation of pure Detroitian house. Skatebård has released records on Bordello A Parigi and Vivod lately and has seen a steady rise of his proﬁle the last couple of years that has taken him around the world via Australia, Japan, Brazil and back again to his hometown Bergen.
Stiletti-Ana is a legend in Helsinki's underground scene, and has probably touched in one way or another most of the interesting music coming out of Finlands underground. A drummer, producer, session musician, recording, mixing and mastering engineer, this is a man who has dedicated his life to music. You may ﬁnd him behind the drums with K-X-P or behind the machines on stage in the duo Dj Candle In The Wind. Recent release from Stiletti-Ana can be found on Rat Life, Sex Tags UFO and I’m A Cliché. OUT today !

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Skatebard & Stiletti-Ana - Anaska

The train was very busy and each seat in the carriage was taken. Walking along the platform he peered in through the dirty windows to catch a glimpse of the faces preparing to make their journey far, far away. The station echoed with the sound of a neverending tannoy which groaned and groaned with more promise and urgency with each horrible announcement. It was as if they liked to prepare you for the bitter goodbye long before you cast one solitary wave into the distance as the train whirred away. This was the way of the world. 

Lucky Charmz is set to release a new EP on Lehult, a widely supported label which is championing a new wave of talent and musicality. House is the agenda and this one is great.

PREMIERE: Lucky Charmz - Einbahnstrassen Sound [Lehult]

Fruit - Heima

DC Promo Tracks #434: "Sky Juice" by Doppelate is part of the release "GST10" on Gestalt Records @gestaltlabel  

Buy Now: https://gestaltlabel.bandcamp.com/album/real-life-hawk-ep 

Subscribe to our weekly email: http://dreamchimney.com/subscribe

DC Promo Tracks #434: Doppelate "Sky Juice"

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/andy-ash-hump-delusions-of-grandeur
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y8gMhF6CgTE
* Pre-order: https://delusionsofgrandeurrec.bandcamp.com/album/bottleneck-ep-2

Andy Ash has been quietly sneaking out seriously good analogue-driven electronic music on some of the best underground labels for over a decade. The Liverpool-based producer, DJ and visual artist has graced the likes of Chicago’s Stilove4music, NYC’s On The Prowl, Sydney’s People Must Jam and has remixed Fantastic Man for Detroit label Kolour LTD amongst many others. The bottom line is that he’s definitely one of the UK’s unsung heroes when it comes to deep, raw, Chicago and Detroit-influenced house music and Delusions of Grandeur is proud to welcome him with an amazing three tracker entitled the Bottleneck EP.

The title track opens with snappy hats, flappy congas and sloppy baseline all sitting perfectly in the mix and with a looseness that is much harder to achieve that it may seem. A simple synth melody doubles up the bassline while an extra square wave lead adds that little extra hook without distracting us from the bouncing groove. With Bottleneck, less is definitely more.

Flipping over we have Hump, an altogether darker affair with a twisting acid line joining distorted 808 drums and tripped-out snippets of spoken word coming in and out of focus. The low-slung bumpy groove and spacey synth parts make this a compelling warehouse track which will draw everyone into it’s seductive confines.

Closing the release we have Actual Price, a shuffling, deep groover with rumbling low end and machine-like analogue synth part skipping around the crunchy beats. A cerebral yet punchy and dynamic closer to an excellent release!

PREMIERE: Andy Ash - Hump

Charles Field and Andres Zambrano Bravo aka Hardmatter join us for mix number 117 in the LT Podcast series, showcasing their signature soulful beats, as well as premiering  a selection of brand new music from the label. 

In Hardmatter's Own Words:

Our first "transnational" label mix recorded half in Berlin and half in London. The first half sees a heartfelt and freeform journey by HM head Zapata followed by just over half an hour of the spaced out, soulful beats of JVXTA. We picked out some of our favourite records from recent parties and also slipped in some of HM's own including an exclusive from our forthcoming fifth record.

HARDMATTER

LT Podcast 117 // Hardmatter

Artist: Various Artists
Title: Coming Out I
Track Title: Benji Girl
Premiere Artist: MRZ
Label: Waswotsch
 Cat #: WaWo 01
Release date: 26.06.2020
 Format: Digital

@waswotsch
@mrz

Waswotsch is a digital and vinyl label based in Zürich, Switzerland. The label is open to a wide range of styles, with a focus on left-field house and techno. The two first releases – Coming Out I and Coming Out II – are compilations featuring tracks by various artists. They intend to give an overview over what is to come in the near future. Coming Out I begins with Amygdala’s ‚Rising in Cancer‘, a serene, psychedelic ride on broken beats. On ‚People Square‘, Andaloop & Idealist take a field recording from the Shanghai metro and channel their deep vibes onto the dance floor. MRZ drops a lively groove with ‚Benji Girl‘, sporting some proper NYC jive talkin. Thomas Wood delivers a lush and spacious dub house track, ‚Astray‘. Susie Star & Michal Ho go crazy on ‚F**k Music‘, a brain-controlled modular & drum machine jam. Styro2000’s ‚Schnipp Schnapp‘, is a tight minimal dancefloor shuffler, distinguished by tasteful FM synth aesthetics. Big Hair’s ‚Descendos’ will go down on you. And give you a taste of the nice things to come. ‚Sand‘, by Ben Kaczor ends the first volume of the compilation on a hypnotic note.

Coming Out I (Promo)

Download/Stream

Premiere | MRZ - Benji Girl

//Youtube - https://youtu.be/WligZ-WliRE

Relative 
@r_elative
https://www.facebook.com/relative.dj/

Flexi Cuts
@flexicuts_wax
https://www.facebook.com/flexidischi.italy

"We are living in hard and troubled times, but in these moments we're not to give up, but rather to seek as many handholds as possible in a world that seems to be falling apart.
Caring for music (which is a bit like taking care of fragile people) is certainly something that makes us feel healthy, that gives us the push that allows us to breathe, to look ahead towards a bright future.

Flexi Cuts is glad to introduce "New Breath Anthology", a collection of original tracks that focus not only on quality (as usual) but remind us that music doesn't have to stop; the vibration can and must continue.
This is the new breath that we need.

Guido Nemola - Angel
Guido certainly knows how to tease the listener with this bass track, seasoned with the tear-jerker look of a riff on synthesized strings, a piece for travel and dance.

Daughter & Sons - Dorotea
Recorded live with an Ace Tone FR-6 and other gears. The specialist Luca Fronza aka D&S rises to the finest level- who needs more than a fat bass line, a snare and some hats to have some fun?

Club Soda - Manifesto Jam
Club Soda Italian Collective is back with a moody song full of the usual synergy of piano and synth melodies together with a relentless bass line... always marked by the "human touch" that denotes their live jam session.

Brando - Vibration
Take a catchy vocal phrase, a touch of 303-ish resonant bass, a small dose of reverb and delay and you get ready for the "Vibration" of the talented Italian producer Brando. Are you feeling that early 2000's British house vibe yet?

Relative - Dream Lonely (feat. Javonntte)
Detroit inspiration, a Juno 106 patch with a solid groove... and the voice of the master Javonntte nudging from the background makes us "dream lonely" of a packed dance floor where this track deserves to be played.

DJ Rou - If You Wanna Get Dry?
Our friend DJ Rou returns on Flexi with an excellent track from his studio in Bologna town; the evocative title " If You Wanna Get Dry?" is a development of rhythm, groove and vocal talks typical of this "breed horse".

Hollyspleef - Green Monday
Hollyspleef takes us on a long journey that starts on a Sunday morning until the Green Monday, through a sea pine forest and red afternoon on a Jamaican beach with a Cuba libre.

Amazing Analog Adventures - And Then You're Gone
A welcome back of AAA cooking an excellent track of absolute quality that carries us to a science fiction film set filled with dirty characters and cowboys playing samplers."

New Breath Anthology

Dream Lonely (feat. Javonntte)

PREMIERE: Relative - Dream Lonely (Feat. Javonntte)[New Breath Anthology]

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.