Siempre hay la necesidad de un cambio.
There is always a need for change.

performed by La Laguna
written and produced by Novo Pinto
artwork by Novo Pinto (from a photo take by me in 2007)
SGAE Juan Contreras Pinto 2025
col juv art kAt! 2.1 (k2b)
novopinto.music

Vamos A Hacer Un Cambio

https://worldvolume.bandcamp.com/album/exotic-manifold

EXOTIC MANIFOLD

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Nobody's life was perfect but he started to think he'd been dealt a far worse hand than many others. Several toxic relationships, a myriad of lost jobs and unsuccessful opportunities, not to mention the countless mishaps, had seemed to be the dish of the day since his youth. Luck had never been on his side and things just didn't seem to go his way; he'd come to terms with living with it after all these years. 

Previously shrouded in mystery, Brother Nebula is the moniker of dance music veteran Lance Desardi who, over the last few years, has crafted cosmic and atmospheric breaks and house. He made his debut on Legwork back in 2018 with a collaborative EP alongside Solar, before quickly following it up with his first solo releases on the same label. Last year saw him land on Nick Höppner's Touch From A Distance, but now he makes a triumphant return to Legwork once again for The Physical World, an album of retro-futurist and interstellar electronics.

The Physical World

PREMIERE: Brother Nebula - Living With It [Legwork]

The first release on Jugaar is from Rudoh himself and brings together five slabs of electro-breaks architecture primed equally for the dance-floor and headphones - including a remix from Australia-based, Salt Mines Records honcho, Shedbug.

Opener, ‘Djemo’ is a wiggly, sub-driven excursion that expands into sunkissed coastal pads. A2, ‘Van Turbo’ is a punchy peak time weapon with a catchy vocal snippet that gives way to a spacey synth journey.

On the B-side ‘I Feel U’ is a more melodic offering as snaking arpeggios wrap around Japanese vocals. With ‘All is Holy’ Rudoh’s time spent in the UK can be seen as the ghostly spirit of the rave shines through the chilly break-laden, pad work. Finally, Shedbug’s remix of ‘Van Turbo’ juxtaposes crafty vocal loops with pulsing synth lines bringing the EP to close with a mesmeric crescendo.

https://soundcloud.com/rudoh
https://soundcloud.com/jugaar-records

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PRÉMIÈRE: Rudoh - Djemo [Jugaar Records]

We’re Going Deep is a new label run by an old head – Paul Wise aka Placid, born out of a lifelong affair with the many shades of deep electronic music and a thirst for collecting records since 1989.

Rather than staying too hung up on the past, the label’s mission is to release new music for the dance floor, your front room or even just your headphones. If you’ve come across the We're Going Deep forum – you’ll know all about the journey and the collective digging that goes deep into Acid, Electro, Techno, Deep House and even the odd foray into downtempo territory.

Posthuman
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/posthuman
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Posthumanmusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/posthuman

We're Going Deep
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/weregoingdeep
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/placid303

PREMIERE: Posthuman - Going Deep (We're Going Deep)

The pebbles fitted into his hand perfectly, like he was supposed to find them. They were almost identical - light grey, satisfyingly smooth, both almost spherical, like mini moons. The body of water in front of him was so calm and so still, but the temptation to throw the pebbles in and cause momentary yet satisfying chaos was strong. He threw them in one at a time and as each of the stones breached the surface of the water the ripples flowed outwards from the points of impact, vibrating through the water, merging and reflecting to create new geometry.

The Bristolian producer David Edwards, aka Minotaur Shock, returns to Bytes in 2021 with Qi, a six-track suite of inventive electronic compositions produced on a single bit of kit - the Electron Digitone synthesiser. These precision engineered tracks, mostly recorded in one take with no overdubs, recall golden-age IDM and 90s electronic music of the Rephlex/Warp school, from AFX to Autechre.

'Qua' has a dancefloor-friendly thrust, with chunky bass thwacks, unusual percussive tones and an array of bright synth lines that zip around the mix in a manner that is both rhythmic and melodious at the same time.

PREMIERE: Minotaur Shock - Qua [Bytes]

The environment around them was ever changing, for as much as it was bright and light there were also moments of bleak, bitter darkness. They lurked around the corner. The planet was as much a living organism as they were, a bubbling ball of fertile unrest and unpredictable consequences. As the clouds rolled by slowly overhead he listened to their rumbling - it was ominous and yet weighted with such promise. A living dub, a noise and a drone in the distant skies above. 

Max In The World is a New York based producer and label boss. He runs Bliss Point - a promising imprint with a penchant for deep, ethereal electronics, dub and beyond. Max himself is set to release a new EP at the start of this year. It features an all guns blazing remix from Lyon dj and producer Sentiments.

BP002

PREMIERE: Max In The World - The Living Dub (Sentiments' D-More Mix)[Bliss Point]

The computer whizzed and buzzed - it flashed and flickered before bursting into flames.

Watching from atop the towerblock he looked down at the burning machine as it smoked away several floors below from where he'd thrown it. This was a good moment - it had been a long time coming and he was glad to be free of its wicked digital clutches which had plagued his days for far too long. The sky was dark up above but it was sunny in his heart. 

Armec is set to release a new EP on Furthur Electronix, a killer release which see's him elevate his sound to a new level drawing upon melody and deep euphoric tones which delight and entice.

PREMIERE: Armec - Xsd (extended) [Furthur Electronix]

Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Artist: Kincaid & Zenzizenz (aka Viers)
Title: Single Cell
Catalogue Number: BP016
Genre: Ambient / Techno / IDM
Release: March 2021

Tracklist: 
A1 Kincaid - Slow Stumble Home
A2 Zenzizenz - Returning From Home
B1 Zenzizenz - Falling Off
B2 Kincaid - Single Cell

Banoffee Pies Records 16th Original Series release comes via a 4 track 
Split EP collaboration between Kincaid, and Zenzizenz, the ambient moniker of techno producer Viers. After a long year behind us, and likely ahead, this record takes a temporary step into the calm and adds reflection to the blurred months that passed. 

The release is a collection of textural bumps and melodies opening with Kincaid’s 9 minute “Slow Stumble Home” - an aptly titled down tempo trip through a confused space, layered with composition, like a Playstation home screen theme on Mushrooms. Calm follows with two tracks from Zenzizenz - “Returning From Home”, a steady meditation through rumbling sounds soon shift to a new mood on the B side. “Falling Off” offers a more lethargic wandering through the marshland before BP016 comes to it’s close with “Single Cell”, the 2nd Kincaid track, which concludes with a chaptered 4x4 structure and slow bursts of energy within. Time to absorb. Love BP x

Mastered: Optimum
Distributed by: KUDOS Records

Banoffee Pies 016 - Single Cell

Single Cell

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BP016 - Kincaid & Zenzizenz - Single Cell - 12" CLIPS

PP051, 2 Track 12" Maxi Single on Public Possession. Quoting Samo DJ: “Come down to earth, it’s nice here.” Skateboarding is fun. Fertig.

[PP051] Samo DJ - Come Down To Earth (Snippets)

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