He walked atop the padded floor across the gym, taking in the uncomfortable stares and awkward glares from onlookers. The machines rattled, raced and echoed as people pushed their bodies to the limit, testing their endurance and strength. The room was hot, the heat reverberated between dense writhing figures and soon too he would feel just as phased by the dizzying warmth. Now as he approached his station he began to move and sway, for his workout, his routine was a dance. 

Escape Artist is a producer we've kept a close eye on over the years, having released a number of tracks which have caught our ears. The Australian producers latest appearance is on a compilation by Truth, a sprawling affair which features cutting edge electronics and material for the dance.

PREMIERE: Escape Artist - Workout [Truth]

The long awaited follow-up to a killer four-tracker from Dublin native Fio Fa and Naïve label head Violet, Holly Lester’s Duality Trax readies it’s subsequent release; this time courtesy of Zagreb born, LA based producer Cromie and a remix from one of electronic music’s most exciting artists – rRoxymore.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/cromie-bloom-in-rroxymore-rremix-duality-trax 
Buy: https://dualitytrax.bandcamp.com/album/landbridge-ep 

https://soundcloud.com/cromie 
https://soundcloud.com/rroxymore 
https://soundcloud.com/dualitytrax

Premiere: Cromie - Bloom In (rRoxymore rRemix) [Duality Trax]

There were glimmering colours and flickering lights which danced and bounced between the four walls of the grand old hall. Inside it revellers moved in a euphoric trance, engulfed by the saidas touch, a hypnotic force which bound them together and kept them moving in ignorant unison. It was a beautiful, magnificent thing - strangely fascinating to watch as each dancer moved simultaneously in time with the rumble and banging of drums as a myriad of colours exploded and flashed. 

Dj Willie Oboe is back and when I say that it will likely mean very little. However, if I were to tell you that it's a magical new moniker for one of the members of the infamous hardware inspired duo Frak you might be more excited. They are set to release a new EP on Lost Control, a somewhat more house focussed affair than their usual. However, it still carries that rough and ready, signature Frak sound.

PREMIERE: Dj Willie Oboe - Saidas Touch (Channelling EJ - ESP)[Lost Control]

FROZEN WEEKEND

Max Graef's digi-dub alter ego gets a psycho-synthetic remix from OK SPIRIT co-founder, DJ Neewt.

'Wutai' is out December 6th on OK SPIRIT.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2KxOQRd

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@employ33
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Premiere: Employee - Wutai Tape Mix (Neewt's Psychic South Mix) [OK SPIRIT]

Digi release out now via - https://undergroundcityloop.bandcamp.com/releases

Bluep

This is the third electro release from Erta Ale for Solenoid Records. Side A is characterised by two tracks in which we find Erta’s distinctive energy and attention for the dance floor, but thanks to the attentive use of a Juno 106 these two songs also acquire a dreamy and even romantic emotional mood. This side is perfect for specialist radio too.  Side B excites us with an “electropical” track rich of Erta’s elements: tribal voices, percussions, a very strong ostinato bass line and acid sketches that takes us into an even more obscure and hypnotic atmosphere.

PREMIERE : Erta  Ale - SLN014A1

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]

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Aired on @threadsradio - 05/01/2021

Home (Switzerland) x Musée de La Poste (Paris)

Dj F16 Falcon takes us under his wing and flies over sluggish and dub dance archives. Undo Music’s founder starts the new year with a lustful tribute to never ending afters. Then, no slacking with Dj Laxxiste A.! The Geneva’s dj & producer explores club music diversity at the speed of sound.

Tdt #9 - Dj Laxxiste A.

Travelling through this underwater world he wondered whether he might ever reach the surface and see the daylight again. There was nothing but a deep radiant ocean of blue all around him and as he looked onwards as to where he would swim there was little sign that he might ever reach the shore. Bubbles and ripples moved all around him and as he swam across the ocean floor he stroked his fingers through the grains of sand which solidified the bottom of the sea. It was vast and ever present, the deep blue. 

MSRG features on a new split EP alongside Aquatronics for Analog Concept. The record features a stunning assortment of abstract electro and fast paced beats for pondering thought. It also comes with artwork designed by Detroit artist and UR affiliate Abdul Qadim Haqq.

PREMIERE: MSRG - Excursions [Analog Concept]

Artist: Sound Synthesis
Title: Orbital Frequencies
Label: Distant Worlds
Cat No: DWT010
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1. Planet Hope
A2. Thinking of You
B1. Transmission of Life
B2. Spiral Reverb

Distant Worlds returns to the fray for 2021, following the runaway success of last year’s Guidance Release EP from Cignol. Here we see the label reaching the lofty heights of their tenth release with an absolute beauty from Malta-based Sound Synthesis, himself fresh from a mighty fine run of form of late.

Melodic, warm electro with heart tugging melodies and gut punching beats are all present and correct: all but the coldest hearts will be melted by the euphoric chords, attention to detail and keen ear for a melodic hook prevalent throughout this fine release. Energetic yet emotional, Sound Synthesis succeeds here in bringing elements of acidic electro and transcendent soul tinged braindance sensibilities to the pot. 

Lead track, ‘Planet Hope’ is a deeply personal journey with a musical message of positivity wrapped up in the utopian optimism of all the finest electronica. ‘Thinking of You’ continues in the same vein, all beautiful atmospheres and melodic flourishes culminating in a masterful soul-tinged breakdown. 

Flip over for another assault on the emotional jugular with ‘Transmission of Life’ before rounding off with the acid tinged psychedelic hypnotism of ‘Spiral Reverb’. Distant Worlds does it again with a perfect marriage of retro futuristic techno soul, having found the perfect partner to deliver it in Sound Synthesis.

Sound Synthesis - Orbital Frequencies (DWT010)

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