PLANET FINESSE

Reupload of an album I made in 2024 and posted on my other account, DRUID.-RAZER. 

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Evolution of Control

The idea for this track came to me in a dream. It’s not exactly a recreation of it, but that dream was the spark that pushed me to create it.

Water Peak

Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah! - Dekmantel (DKMNTL052) 

a1.	Juju & Jordash - Herkie
a2.	Juju & Jordash - Rah-Rah
b1.	Juju & Jordash - Back Tuck Basket Toss
b2.	Juju & Jordash - Deadman
c1.	Juju & Jordash - Paper Dolls
c2.	Juju & Jordash - Hanging Pyramid
c3.	Juju & Jordash - L-Motion
d1.	Juju & Jordash - Attack The Crowd
d2.	Juju & Jordash - One Armed Liberty

https://shop.dekmantel.com/release/5775/

Gal (Juju) and Jordan (Jordash) return home to the Dekmantel stable for their fourth LP. It’s their most complete record to date. A series of purpose-written compositions, that highlight their maturity as musicians, and adept dexterity in the studio.

Without the pairing of Juju & Jordash, there would be no Dekmantel. The duo are an integral part of the label’s history, dating back to 2009 when they where they were the first act to release on the imprint. The two vagabonds can often be found performing live at various outdoor festivals and renowned clubs around the globe, jamming away behind a tabletop of buttons, knobs, synths, and drum machines - like a retro, control-station from Star Trek - albeit one that hums along with the jazz-centric, discordant house, and techno whirrings played by the musicians.

Nowadays Juju & Jordash have evolved far beyond their ’oddball house’ moniker. Their freestyle approach to performance, and immaculate refined sounds have became somewhat more defined, in a style that’s unique, yet elaborate, with a sense of otherworldliness, not only befit for the dancefloor, but otherwise transcendental moments. Following on from their previous LP, 2014’s Clean-Cut, a record of primal, forward thinking, variations from the studio, Sis-boom-bah is an album steeped in studio traditionalism, with a direction towards composition. “We wanted the focus of this album to be the music and not necessarily the process, so we made sure to perfect the performances before shifting the focus on to the production,” states Jordash about the record. Recorded over the space of a few, intense weeks, and built upon years of improvised live shows in front of thousands of listeners, Sis-boom-bah was written around grooves written by Juju on the guitar, and Jordash on the Rhodes. It was the first album the duo have written using such an approach, and solely produced and mixed by Jordash in Amsterdam over the course of a year, making it their most authentic record to date. 

Sis-boom-bah’s diverse, spiritual nature is built around Juju & Jordash's use of polyrhythms. The percussive sequenced grooves, and rhythmic backbone was generated using the Yamaha DX7, along with the Roland TR606 drum machine. This approach to rhythm can be heard from the outset within the very first track ‘Herkie’, an ephemeral, yet tribal approach to minimalist funk. The spirituality flows throughout the record, where it sounds like the duo have brought along the nature with them from the foresty raves. In actually fact, the background noise comes courtesy of “noise generators from two separate synthesizers, each with its own filter slowly opening and closing so it kinda sounds like waves or wind.” There are also nods towards their acid influences, with some surefire slices of house music too. Sis-boom-bah is still very much a Juju & Jordash record, yet it's one with a greater depth, musically and stylistically. As electronic music albums go, you'll be hard pushed to find one more complete. "People should listen to this on a loud and clear sound-system," explains Jordash, "high on life, in their own special safe place."

DKMNTL052 // Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah!

Happy that this track is finally out.
It was made using 6 drum samples and won a little competition in the infamous 'Strictly Lofi' group on facebook. I guess it wasn't lofi enough to be signed but happy that it found a great home now on this double cassette celebrating 6  1/2 years of @noorden

NOOLTD2030

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Caldera - Strictly Dolo [NOOLTD2030]

Full stream of @pointguardtrax's smooth-as-silk electro cut "The Xhase," from the forthcoming VA on @purespacefm.

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/premiere-point-guards-new-track-is-an-ethereal-slice-of-electro

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Premiere: Point Guard - The Xhase

The machine was lively and roared with the noise of glitches and beeps. It echoed in the dense office space in which there was little soul but for the flickering screens and flashing lights. There was a funny smell which hung in the air, it was murky and stale - a foggy mist in which humans, processors and errors were all that wandered. In the corner, the boss laughed and smiled with a wry sense of arrogance and cynicism. It was pointed and cruel...

Proxyan is set to release a new EP on Something Happening Somewhere featuring an intriguing remix from Tracey, a producer who continues to explore the realms of experimental electronics and machine based funk.

Proxyan - Network 313 (incl. Tracey Remix)

PREMIERE: Proxyan - Human - Error Processor (Tracey Remix)[Something Happening Somewhere]

Craigie Knowes step into the new decade with a 5-track 12" by Dallas resident, Cygnus. Cygnus has a prolific back catalogue that includes several releases on CPU, the legendary Breakin' Records and his own imprint, Biosoft. Impactful IDM and Masterful Electro across all 5 cuts - making this a fitting addition to one of the most impressive back-catalogues of any stateside IDM/Electro long-timer.

Connection Error

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PREMIERE : Cygnus - Connection Error

Originally released via Terraform Records in 1995, 'Systems E.P. 1' was certainly too ahead of its time to meet with success back in the day. That said, as years went by, so swelled the reputation of this sextet of visionary, alien-engineered jams, soon turning the once $1 bin find into a highly sought-after item on the second-hand market. Much to the displeasure of hardline speculators but for the greatest joy of skint '90s sound lovers, KOC reissues the Systems experience in full force and effect.
Today we premiering B1 track from Ether - mightily explosive 'Detonator' - a wild and woolly acid number that shall not go without conjuring up memories of the early Prodigy's mid-nineties rave exploits.  
6 mixes 12" record out march 15th, this track goes on free download when you pre- order whole EP here: https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/merch/various-artists-systems-e-p-1-oyster22

https://soundcloud.com/kalaharioystercult

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PREMIERE #808 | Ether - Detonator (Frank's Placid Acid Edit)[Kalahari Oyster Cult] 2020

The flickering lights flashed and buzzed upon the billboard, the giant screen looked down upon the passing people who walked beneath the radiant glare of the monitor. They were not aware of the dense, intricate complexity required to make such electronic engineering work and whiz behind the scenes. Each pixel was like a microdancer, a tiny orb which danced and died in the blink of an eye only to be replaced by the next pulsing light. It was night time in the city and the glow of the billboard was all which illuminated the way for the lonely walkers, a city ignorant and unthinking. Lead by the visions on a midnight screen. 

Tracey is set to release a new EP on Aus Music, an electro inspired affair which channels the rough and rugged sounds commonly associated with Den Haag. This one has been widely supported and works a treat.

Microdancer

PREMIERE: Tracey - Microdancer [Aus Music]

//Youtube - https://youtu.be/c5Eftt-QiZE

Ravelogic
@ravelogic

Don't Trust Humans
@donttrusthumans
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"Don't Trust Humans Compilation being released on 2/25 with 100% of the proceeds being donated to Chicago based organization, Brave Space Alliance. Other contributors include Assembler Code, Sound Synthesis, D. Strange, and more."

Dont Trust Mumans Compliation

Nexus

PREMIERE: Ravelogic - Nexus

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