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Staff Picks Playlist September 2019

September glitters the electronic music world with a multitude of its sonic facets that come upon us gently descending in delicate shades of red, orange and gold.After a busy summer of music festivals, we are looking forward to Fall that is set to tie a bow on a strong run of vibrant new releases.

From Konduku, map.ache, Tracey, Call Super, Parris, Forest Drive West to Cai Bojsen-Möller, Vand, Patrick Conway, and Odopt, plus a long-awaited album by Quarion, we compiled a list of our favorite releases of September.

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Best New Releases from September 2019

Aiobahn  Yunomi - Ginga Tetsudou No Penguin Ft. Nicamoq (Stripe.P Remix)

Map.ache's Remix of @mountrave's "Micronesia" will be released through @slowciety on September 27th. More info: http://bit.ly/TP_mtRave

Fifth World

Mt. Rave - Micronesia (Map.ache Remix)

With his upcoming Keinemusik release, &ME is kick-starting the time machine, beaming you right into the year "1995". You know, the year in which Microsoft released Windows 95, Miguel Induráin is winning the Tour de France for the fifth time in a row and Robbie Williams quits his job at the Take That enterprise. In addition to those crucial events, that time also sees the rise of Two Step and Garage in the UK underground. Now play the eponymous tune on the A-side and you'll feel beamed right back into these days. "1995" comes along in absence of a straight kick, filling that gap with dense subbass layers and phantasmal Ambient soundscapes. Then again, there is that tambourine loop, getting the groove on, a staccato synth getting into your head immediately and those high pitched vocals providing the needed amount of oddness. A tune most folks might not have expected from &ME, yet one of his strongest anyhow.

"Starting Again feat. Atelier" finds the man going back to more common ground, re-introducing the straight kickdrum, wading through a haze of Ambient- and pad-layers, installing a catchy synth on top and then letting those utmost affecting vocals shine. Vocals that, as well as the guitar arrangements, come courtesy of Jas, the singer of Atelier - a band from South Africa.

&ME - 1995

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Re-releasing one of his seminal releases on his Crosstown Rebels imprint, Damian Lazarus has tapped. Keinemusik affiliate Adam Port, rising talent Tibi Dabo and Dutch producer Satori to provide fresh remixes on his tracks 'Moment' and 'Diamond In The Dark' - two hits off his critically acclaimed 2009 LP 'Smoke The Monster Out' on Get Physical. Lazarus plans to re-release the album on his own imprint on September 27 in celebration of its 10 year anniversary.

Ahead of the 'Moment In The Dark' EP's release on August 30, Lazarus has re-introduced us to dance music wunderkind Tibi Dabo via his stunning remix of 'Diamond In The Dark'. Deep and adventurous to its core, Dabo's interpretation focuses on pulsing synths that revolve around a perfectly crisp drum arrangement. It's a track that's bound to fill you with wonder and elation. Get locked!

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Premiere: Damian Lazarus 'Diamond In The Dark' (Tibi Dabo Remix)

Patrick Conway keeps a low profile and wobbles through the alleyways. This is his first offering for the ESP Institute. Side A’s 'Know The Future' is properly moody, a UK rave track skirting the fringe of everything we hold dear from the days of our youth — big grey melancholy chords, mild shuffling breaks and anonymous diva cries peppered sparsely throughout — yet the artist manages to skillfully tick our nostalgia boxes whilst avoiding the road into full-blown pastiche. It's a versatile track, easily suitable for both the early hours in the warehouse or the tender drive home where your terrible Tuesday awaits. On the flip side, Patrick continues his plunge into emotional depths, summoning layers of ghostly sighs, chopping up the beats in half time and introducing a more prominent use of bass, but midway through 'Digital Warfare' he jettisons the angelic pleasantries in favor a more deranged headspace. He’s had us swallow the wrong pills, sending us through a labyrinth of mirrors and echoes for the second half of the track, only to partially find our footing in the last minute. These two songs will send you to another time and place.

[ESP053] Know The Future b/w Digital Warfare

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[ESP053] PATRICK CONWAY - A1 - Know The Future - SNIPPET

Black Caviar - Do You Like It When I'm Freaky is out now!

Get it here: https://heldeep.release.link/do-you-like-it-when-im-freaky!SC

Do You Like It When I'm Freaky

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Black Caviar - Do You Like It When I'm Freaky [OUT NOW]

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Ghost Culture makes a return to Phantasy with a digital double-side of emotive and futurist electro, ‘Blue Ice/Meltwater’.

‘Blue Ice’ dives immediately into trippy euphoria, perfectly engineered to transmit a trance- like effect on listeners. It’s tunnelling energy doesn’t let up from beginning to end, melting through layer-upon-layer of serotonin-altering rave oscillations, awash in a texture that lands somewhere between melancholy and euphoria, strobe light and sunrise.

‘Meltwater’ meanwhile begins unassumingly, executing a spacious rhythm that is soon consumed by powerful sub-bass weight and an almost overwhelming rush of analogue synthesis. The result is a weightless, aquatic blend of rhythm and melody, destined to create any number of transcendent moments on the largest of sound systems, without sacrificing the flawless composition at the heart of Ghost Culture’s music.

Blue Ice / Meltwater

Meltwater

Odopt once defined their music as 'peak time bangers with a twist', and it's easy to grasp why. Their tracks have the kind of propulsive energy that can send any dancefloor into a frenzy, but the way they build them couldn't be further of the usual big room schematics. In their universe, the sounds are strange, the samples obscure and the structures unexpected. Risky music made to be felt, not thought. EBM if the E stood for experimental. A big part of this vision was cultivated at the Denis Simachev Bar in Moscow, a 'punk and kitschy' spot where Grisha and Ivan spent countless nights playing music, inviting friends to perform and testing all their new productions. The bar was, in their own words, 'the heart of a city'. The nucleus of their Moscow. Sadly, it closed its doors last April after 12 years. 'Sociopath EP' is a sort of sonic testament of the venue. Its three tracks seek to capture the spirit of a place that served as a huge inspiration for the Odopt's sound, and listening to them it's easy to understand what made it so special, even if one has never been there.

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PRÈMIÉRE: Odopt -  "A49" [Hivern Discs]

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]

Lila

Caduta Di Massi

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]

Tracey's 'Microdancer' is the follow up to last years critically acclaimed 'Metamorphosis' EP. 2019 saw Tracey release his debut LP on Dial plus spin at Amsterdam's finest club De School for the first time, The 'Microdancer' EP shows Tracey's contemporary take on IDM + Electro, a timeless sound that's helped shape him as an artist.

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/traceymusic
Label: https://soundcloud.com/ausmusic
Us: www.fourheadsmusic.com

PREMIERE: Tracey - Ubik [AUS music]

Tracey's 'Microdancer' is the follow up to last years critically acclaimed 'Metamorphosis' EP. 2019 saw Tracey release his debut LP on Dial plus spin at his beloved De School for the first time, The 'Microdancer' EP shows Tom's contemporary take on IDM + Electro, a timeless sound that's helped shape him as an artist

Tracey 'Lanthana'

Tracey 'Gretzoid' feat Gretz

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