Artist: Irreversible Changes / @sashalebedev 
Remix: Werfol / @werfol
Title: "Semi-periphery"
Label: Collective / Коллектив / @cll-kll 
Release date: 14 July 2022
Format: Digital / vinyl
Buy: https://cll-kll.bandcamp.com/album/semi-periphery

PREMIERE: Irreversible Changes — non-tel convo (Werfol remix)(Collective / Коллектив, 2022)

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On his second excursion for Oath, Manchester-based producer Loz Goddard continues to nurture the clubby side of his sound with a razor-sharp and bombastic EP that contains all you could ever wish for when it comes to breaks, euphoria, and sonic depth….

As a producer, Loz has operated under a number of guises, but one thing has always remained - his elegant and inspired application of melody. His early career was marked by a number of superb releases on labels such as Church, Tusk Wax, Apparel and many more, all of which highlighted a deep affection for groove, tone and atmosphere. The music largely operated within the realms of Deep House - at times spilling over into Nu-Disco - but there was always a little bit of shine on each EP that pointed to other spheres of influence, and it was these references points that made Loz Goddard’s music feel broad, considered and introspective. The music appealed on many levels and provided plenty of worlds and spaces in which listeners could get deeply involved within, and this journey is filled with beautifully polished gems that can be held and admired in your hands time and time again.

A two-year break from releases resulted in the release of ‘Ballon Tree Road’, his debut LP and first release on Oath, and to say the record was a step forward would be an enormous understatement. Here Loz Goddard set down a marker of things to come, as he drew from the melodic outlays that were a cornerstone of his discography to date and permeated these through a spectrum of styles and rhythms that represent everything good about a dance music record. You had the quiet moments, the heart-felt moments, the pure and powerful moments, with Loz exploring everything from Breaks to Ambient, Broken Beat to House, and even some D’n’B thrown in for good measure. This was a marker if there ever was one, and it firmly established Loz’s second-era phase, one where his abilities were given space to shine on a much broader scale.

Are We Ever Leaving Here? (OCB Remix)

PREMIERE: Loz Goddard - Are We Ever Leaving Here (OCB Remix)

Lighter Thief - Zippo King Two (IFACH 20)

The desert was vast, it stretched out before them as far as the eye could see. In the distance there was but a faint line which separated the dust from the sky. That was where they were headed...

Through the night they would travel, beneath the cloak of darkness. It was cooler then and they might slip by undetected.

Strange forces watched over this place, something in the great beyond kept a careful look out.

It was that which they must escape.

Oceanic appears alongside a cast of wicked producers on the final release from BAKK. A compilation which features the likes of Legowelt, Aurora Halal, Don't DJ and more plays out the label in style. This track showcases Oceanic's unique and pensive approach to sound design.

xoxo

PREMIERE: Oceanic - Dala [BAKK]

@msmkulturegalerie
@jaffakid-1
Bandcamp: https://rubadub.co.uk/products/phemeral-ep
Release Date: June 21st, 2024
Info: I am happy to present our first tape release by The Jaffa Kid as part of the brand new Digital Artefacts series.

The series is an ode to the sound of the 90s, from Electro, IDM and Jungle to further different experimental stuff and sounds. The choice of tape as format seemed fitting for the aesthetic of the series.

The first EP comes from UK based The Jaffa Kid (previously on 030303, Dischi Nottetempo, Gated Recordings and more) and is a solid mixture of Electro, Techno and beyond.

*PREMIERE* The Jaffa Kid - Lighter Than Air

***Omni [Part 2]*** 
https://bluehourmusic.bandcamp.com/album/omni-part-2

***Omni Deluxe Vinyl Edition*** 
bluehourmusic.bandcamp.com/album/omni-vinyl-edition 

***Omni [Part 1]*** 
bluehourmusic.bandcamp.com/album/omni-part-1 

Omni – meaning all-encompassing – is an apt title for celebrating over a decade of existence of Blue Hour Music. Marking the musical diversity and longevity of Blue Hour's imprint, the Omni V/A series brings together a wide range of artists from the full electronic music spectrum, plunging into a pool of techno, trance, breaks and everything in between. 

Approaching nearly 50 releases in vinyl and digital formats, remix series and sub-labels as well as limited edition merch, the imprint has swerved hypes, trends and fads throughout its long-running tenure. Platforming quality productions by artists worldwide, Blue Hour Music has forged a name of its own in a landscape that evolves with mercurial speed. 

Like Blue Hour's sound as an artist, it's impossible to classify the label's discography into a single category or genre. The two-part Omni compilations ebb and flow between hazy atmospheres and tougher, live-wire textures, colluding into a multi-coloured trip that encapsulates the lush world of Blue Hour Music. 

Mastered by Sugar @ Soundstuff Studio 
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos

Tracing Xircles -  Creeper (preview)

Pleasure Planet's kaleidoscopic debut album has been a long time coming, but good things come to those who wait. Developed over years of late-night studio improvisations, 'Pleasure Planet' is an affectionate and colorful patchwork of the New York City-based trio's knotted influences that's suspended between the rave and the chill-out room, weaving glistening pads and chunky basslines into vocal earworms and warm, saturated rhythmic cycles. Bandmates Andrew Potter, Kim Ann Foxman and Brian Hersey enter into a lysergic dialog with their discrete personal musical histories, drawing inspiration from vintage EBM, ambient music and heady early '90s West Coast rave sounds and launching these classic elements into a transcendent new sonic universe.

Credits:
Written, produced, and performed by Kim Ann Foxman, Andrew Potter, and Brian Hersey
Vocals by Kim Ann Foxman
Mixed by Justin Van Der Volgen
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios
Cat. No. ST003LP – All rights reserved
℗ & © SELF:TIMER 2024

Planet Love

Produced track in collaboration 
with Siera for our ✮⋆˚｡Little Maus⋆｡°✩

Little Maus feat. Siera

Another day

Helion Drift

Song composed in Renoise with mainly Sounds from Omnisphere 3

GARP Ostrich the minor

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