Delicate Wash returns to tease and please once again with a bright cocktail of mind-melding melodies accompanied by stiff drum-machine rhythms. Four piquant party starters pulled from the shores of a vintage future-scape where the horizon glows from a perpetual sunset — and there’s just enough gravity to keep your feet bouncing on the sand. Versatile, balanced and blend-able, Delicate Wash #5 contains all the ingredients for you to build your own seductive sonic universe!

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WASH#5 (Snippets) / OUT NOW!

In response to the earthquake that struck Morocco last month, Ransom Note and Geneva-based DJ and producer Reda Saiarh have compiled a relief compilation to raise money for charities helping those impacted by the disaster.

The strongest earthquake on record for over a century, the quake hit on 8th September in the High Atlas mountains, around 70 kilometres southwest of Marrakesh, killing over 3000 people and impacting the lives of over 300,000 more. 

‘Tadamoun: A Compilation for Moroccan Earthquake Relief’, rallies friends from across the world for a 24 track-release that features music from Anatolian Weapons, Romain FX, Justine Forever, Cornelius Doctor, Zaatar and more. Musically it travels across many sounds and styles too, from ambient electronica, trip hop and leftfield bass to chugging Italo, jackin’ new beat and trippy techno. 

All proceeds will be split 50/50 between two charities who are helping to raise money for those affected and to rebuild communities that have been devastated: Atlas Kinder, a charity who supports abandoned children in Morocco, and Insaf, a non-profit organisation that protects and supports women and children.

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PREMIERE: Reda Saiarh - Ma3akoum [Ransom Note]

Igna - TSP (Paranoia Mix)

ANCPT008 ReKaB - Concept EP (incl. Convextion remix)

'Basement Philosophy', the long-awaited debut album from Glasgow’s legendary Domenic Cappello, is out Friday 2nd March on Alien Communications.

Domenic started making music under his Hutton Drive alias over 20 years ago, releasing on Soma Records and through his own label, Seven Sign Recordings. More recently, his productions have featured on Sub Club’s Nautilus Rising, Verdant Recordings and Alien Communications.

Cappello’s very own Subculture sound is present throughout 'Basement Philosophy', in which he travels through varying sonic textures and moods, to create something which is captivating and potent in equal measure. Introductory track 'Mushroom Waltz' eases the listener in through a combination of dreamy pads and upbeat chords, before 'Midnight with T' moves into more soulful territory with a New York-inspired cut which is both moody and spacious. 'Early Flight' manages to build a cerebral atmosphere, whilst possessing the snapping drums which are so characteristic of what you can expect to hear from Dom in full flow. 

'Acid Rain' carries an air of nostalgia around it, as Cappello turns to a vocal sample from friend and house music luminary Kerri Chandler’s seminal house anthem 'Rain', utilising the lyrics in a way which perfectly complements the gradual progression of the track towards a powerful, acid-tinged crescendo. This rising intensity is also present on '3am Jamaica Street', a throbbing, peak-time belter which would no-doubt be best listened to through Sub Club’s pulsating sound system. A different type of atmosphere is created on 'Moon Jump,' where languid melodies allow to create a track which does justice to the inspiration of the more house-orientated work of classic Underground Resistance. 

'Basement Philosophy' rounds off with two more electro-inspired euphonies, which signifies why Domenic Cappello and Alien Communications are such an appropriate pairing. 'Burning Past’ is a blissful, floating number whereas 'Not for Instagram DJs' is an aptly-named way to conclude the album, with a driving, floor-focused beat providing a fitting and dynamic finale. Imagine Marty Bonds meets Glenn Underground.

3AM Jamaica Street

Ronnie Lion - Spanish Town (Vinyl, 12") (Forthcoming March 8, 2024)
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Magic Ritmo returns with their second release, a highly demanded reissue of ‘G.F.X. - Eternal’ originally released in 1990. 
Shrouded in mystery, the record has gained cult status among veteran ravers, record collectors and those who are allured by the spiritual and ethereal quality the record embodies. Magic Ritmo is delighted to lift the cloak and share the story of the record and artist through a fully licensed and remastered release.

G.F.X. is the alias of Geoff Waterston, a musician, producer and engineer from the coastal town of Whitley Bay, North East England. G.F.X. was born from a youth spent tampering with electronics, taping drum beats off the radio and resourcefully discovering his creativity. Performing originally locally, G.F.X. quickly became a name spotted on the line up of many acid house nights that were popping up across the North east, as the area began to receive their first transfusion of acid house.

Often hidden away from the archives documenting this time, the North East of England was a pivotal and culturally rich scene amongst the acid house movement. Most prominently, and fondly spoken of, was Middlesbrough’s ‘Butter Loggie’, a bizarre sounding party that grew to crowds as big 10,000 youths partying at the Herlingshaw Centre in Eston, a community centre by day and place of pilgrimage by night for those eager to experience the beginning of acid house. G.F.X. performed regularly at the Butter Loggie and recalls the impact and ferality of the event, a wild and loose party where the soundsystem shook through your bones. These early experiences provided Geoff with his first glimpses of spirituality, which provided much of the inspiration behind the EP’s title track ‘Eternal’.

The story and legacy of ‘Eternal’ lives on, remastered and reimagined through the lens of Magic Ritmo. 
Limited 500 copies.
180g vinyl including inserts.

We would like to thank Geoff and Zara for their trust in us and allowing us the honour of putting this important piece of culture back into the world.

"Eternal was a snapshot of a time when an opening up of alternative lifestyles, spirituality, political activism and music were creating an overall sense of freedom and separation from mainstream society.
And for the first time in my life, I felt a sense of peace and belonging that I had never experienced before and that's where eternal emerged from"

MAGIC002 
Written By: Geoff Waterston
Recorded: Chill on the hill, Newcastle 1990
Artwork: Niall Greaves
Distribution: Sound Metaphors
Reissued by Magic Ritmo 2024

Eternal

MAGIC002: G.F.X. - Eternal [PREVIEW]

Musica E Computer

La Memoria Dei Sistemi

Stratosphere.

Funky son about Soulful Speaker of Sunny Samoa 

This is pre official release version of the track. Full track and also extended tversion for djs will be released soon, and this preview track will be removed and replaced with two official versions , radio edit and extended.

Soulful Speaker of Sunny Samoa

Gesaffelstein - The Other

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