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The Recess

Flare

The third release of ninih is by none other than Australia-based electronic producer https://soundcloud.com/andyrantzen. Bringing his most dancefloor friendly EP as of yet. A-side for trancing ~ B-side for dancing. All tracks stem from the late 90’s/early noughties giving this EP it’s ravey vibe in typical dubby Rantzen fashion.

A1. Andy Rantzen - Chambers Of The Palace
A2. Andy Rantzen - Soap Bubbles
A3. Andy Rantzen - Emerald Ascent
B1. Andy Rantzen - Nightowl
B2. Andy Rantzen - Spiral Staircase

Andy Rantzen - Chambers Of The Palace EP [ninih003 snippets]

Late Night Approach show their diversity by launching their side project simply called LNA. their love for IDM, broken beat and jungle comes full circle on this powerful EP. 4 UK influenced slamming steppers for all the dedicated ravers out there!

DollyDubs8 LNA - Barefoot Agna Serra Venerdì Preview

Tape 01

These were difficult and testing times, they required for patience and virtue. As the world turned, there was a very conscious state amidst the human race, a sense that we were all about to enter wild unknown territory. What lay around the corner nobody knew. When would life as we know it return? These were the the questions asked perilously by the onlookers who danced and sang blissfully unaware of the chaos which lurked beyond the line of sight. Would we even survive? This was the point of reckoning, as we push forwards into the grey. 

De Lichting has established itself as a force to be reckoned with, a prominent label which has released a prolific array of deep, heady music which encourages as much thought and intrigue as it does shoe shuffling. Just the way we like it. The new EP from queniv is no different, technical percussive workouts with brooding energy.

Redesign EP (DLEP02)

PREMIERE: queniv - Unknown Territory [De Lichting]

Butter Sessions presents Roy Batty Jr’s follow-up to last year's tape Scope Dynamic (Ken Oath) with a four-track digital EP Dash Retention. This release was conceptualised whilst travelling through South America and completed shortly after returning to Summer Hill, Sydney in the summer of 2018. Roy cites the disparate landscapes of Peru and Bolivia as visual influences for his new EP, stating “within one frame there could be a lake, past that sparse fields into plateaus and past that snow-capped mountains, it didn’t make sense.”

Roy’s preference for the field recording returns in this release; many of which came from the trip. He features the sounds of industrial stamped foley to escort disjointed tech-step. The first half of the release is a treat for the vigilant listener, who will be alerted to recordings of a throttling chain saw, shattering glass, and a barking dog, interjected with drum & bass tinged percussion. Gai Hills features an elating melody paired with jerky percussion. It’s dream music but not as you know it.

In contrast, the second half of Dash Retention pulls us gently along the forest floor with its new-age nuance, obvious in the EP’s endnote Treast. As a body, Dash Retention congregates Roy’s jarring visions with twisted rhythms, sometimes staggering structure and bass-heavy production; marking a clever oscillation between styles but separates the EP from the IDM tag.
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Mastered by C. Kikos
Design by M. Syawish

Roy Batty Jr. - Treast - Preview

Guest show w/ Douala (12.07.2020)

the new power sisters of the cat are finally here!

every thursday they will release a bunch of new traxx, a weekly puff.

BANDCAMP ONLY <3

BUY: powerpuff.bandcamp.com/music

PUFF001 : DJ Headshot / Tingz (snippets)

Jour de Ruhr x Radio 80000 w/ Coco Cobra (soft spot-Takeover) – 07.09.2020

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