Kathy

June

SLOW-MOTION-REC

Patricia Kokett’s sound is shrouded in a veil of mysticism. The brainchild of Lithuanian Gediminas Jakubka, Diabel’s metallic heartbeat underlies a magical superstructure that evokes some kind of DMT infused trip. Or possibly even some kind of ancient ritual, where one is intoxicated by serpents blood. Guided by repetitive drum patterns, it creates a slow joint dance that opens the path towards transcendence.

Artwork by Petra Péterffy

To be released in July.

Diabel

KH017 - Patricia Kokett - Diabel preview [OUT NOW]

An angry, esoteric mantra in the shape of some industrial darkwave from Sun Dogs, AKA Tara In Tibet and Sopoorific.

'Lies, Murder, Kaos' is out December 30th on LEK.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2LnRY13

@af-b-837924214
@tara_in_tibet
@sopoorific
@user-660080426

Premiere: Sun Dogs - Voices Of Disability [LEK]

Artist: Kuldaboli
Title: Eðlileg Mannvera A
Label: Lady Boy Records
Release: 23 September 2017

I do not own any rights to this track.

Eðlileg Mannvera

Kuldaboli - Eðlileg Mannvera A [LB021]

Cover by Abdul Qadim Haqq, Bubble Chamber booklet included!

Presale:
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https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/various-artists-bubble-chamber-lp-pre-order-gentrified-underground/164418
https://www.decks.de/track/various_artists-bubble_chamber/cfw-3s

Gentrified Underground presents an interdisciplinary project
tackling the sonic fiction & afrofuturism of Drexciya. 
Thought as an extension to the Bubble Chamber exhibition happening at Mikro & UP STATE Zürich, GU releases a 2x12 vinyl compilation and a booklet with contributions by Abdul Qadim Haqq, Charlie Mills, chukwumaa, Dominiqueh White, Gentrified Underground, Maïté Chéniere and tracks by Xor Gate (Gerald Donald), Shawescape Renegade, DJ Dijital, Plant43, The Exaltics, Kuldaboli, Iko, Tom Ware, Luz1e and Sansibar.

The goal of this compilation is to showcase the reach and influence which Drexciya had through generations of electronic music producers and also link them together with compositorial predecessors from the early 80s. The musical timeline on this compilation starts from 1982 and reaches its contemporary end in 2019.

"More than twenty years after their first release, the sonic
fictions produced by Drexciya, the Detroit based electronic
duo founded by James Stinson and Gerald Donald at the
start of the 1990s, continues to enthral contemporary
cultural practitioners. By reimagining the Transatlantic
Slave Trade as a fiction of enforced mutation, the Drexciya
mythos opened, and continues to open, a speculative space
for the reimagining of the posthuman condition, and for
questions of becoming, origin and mutation in relation
to capitalism, finance and futurity." - Kodwo Eshun

The booklet contains unseen and unreleased Drexcyan drafts by Abdul Qadim Haqq, an interview between him and GU, contemporary art contributions by chukwumaa, Dominiqueh White and Maïté Chéniere and an academic essay by Charlie Mills.

D1 Luz1e - Transvision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efl_CH_z8Es

Orlok

GVLLOW - Orlok(Prod. by GVLLOW)

Javi Redondo releases a 5-track EP on Dischi Autunno featuring 3 originals, with the remaining tracks consisting of remixes of lead track ‘Rythmo’ from Pablo Bozzi (aka Lapse of Reason) and Cosmo Vitelli. The pace across the EP may be quite sedate, but the sounds within are anything but: blending analogue techno manoeuvres with a disco-inflected methodology, the producer paints a picture of prime-time energy with a heaped spoon of fun. 

‘Black 5th’ draws heavily on this energy, static, patient acid jittering forward slowly and with intent as the sci-fi-esque samples and spooked electronics flutter in and out of audibility. ‘Non Sei Qui’ takes the energy out of the stars and into an EBM horror soundtrack, shattered vocal samples and 80’s synth leads bringing the listener deeper into the intensifying groove.

‘Rythmo’ sets the bar, gritty bass sludging past a gate of motorik drums. True to its name, the rhythm develops swiftly, krautrock-edged energy gathering momentum as the percussion suite, faintly coloured with house music tropes, reaches for the stars. 

Pablo Bozzi, in the vein of Space Dimension Controller, adds a cinematic punch to ‘Rythmo’, transforming the original into an enigmatic, almost trance-like piece, while Cosmo Vitelli’s ‘K hole’ remix pulls the other way, using a stylised view of the percussion as an ephemeral layer above treacle-thick bass and whirring, panic-stricken machinery.

Javi Redondo - Non Sei Qui

Post lockdown does not mean we need to fall back into the same patterns like we did before. This EP contains a smooth transition to a new reality. ULTRATERRENO is TAGLIABUE`s newest EP on the Berlin and Zurich based micro Label Lustpoderosa.

The celestial sounds from the italian producer Tagliabue is a healing process of well tempered analog synthesizers. The cure is in the mix of pre dancefloor and ambient tracks inlcuding a slow trancy chug from well known and apreciated selector Anatolian Weapons.

Tagliabue is not just inspired by the afro cosmic heritage of Beppe Loda and Daniele Baldelli, but also from post-folk, rock, prog and kraut influences of 70’s and early 80’s, passing through New Wave and Synth Pop of Gaznevada or The Stupid Set and not to forget italians rave culture of the 90s with Franceso Farfa and Marco Dionigi just to mention a few.

This very intimate EP is a meditative and transcendental journey to another world. Literally.

https://soundcloud.com/josephtagliabue
https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/lustpoderosa

Pre-order

PRÈMIÉRE: Tagliabue - Mistica (Anatolian Weapons Remix) [Lustpoderosa]

To describe this EP we could use regular words like "Encapsulate The Sound Of", "Rising Scene", "Most Talented" "Fat Acid Basslines", "1st Class", "Staggering Beats", "Infectious Synths Lines" & all the usual bullshit you want to read in any EP review BUT here is THE FACT : Eliezer & Middle Sky Boom's Music is different.

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Eliezer & Middle Sky Boom - Omar Goran (Eliezer Remix)

Belgrade's 'Yes' is back with its 3rd release - a debut EP by Moscow-based producer Yssue. "The Laughing Gas" is a five-track collection of heavily percussive dance floor belters. Contemporary, and contagious.

https://soundcloud.com/yssue
https://soundcloud.com/yesbelgrade

PRÈMIÉRE: Yssue - Lawnmower Dub [YES]

Part Of Wintergarten 001
Catalog: WTG001
Release Date: 05.06.20
Buy Link: https://sisyphon.bandcamp.com/track/wtg001-monty-a2

Artist: Monty DJ
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/montymixes
Resident Advisor | https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/montydj-de

Label: Sisyphon
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/sisyphon
Bandcamp | https://sisyphon.bandcamp.com/

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Berlin House Music
SoundCloud | https://soundcloud.com/berlinhousemusic
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/berlinhousemusic 
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/berlinhousemusic
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/berlinhousemusic
Website | http://berlinhousemusic.com
Submit Your Music | http://berlinhousemusic.com/submission

PREMIERE: Monty DJ - A2 [Sisyphon]

HRDF: How did you discover the original track? Why did you choose to edit it?

@hanzoandyaman : the story of this edit is very unusual. At the time we started the edit we were living together in Vienna. Yaman discovered the track ''The Groove Is In The Heart'' by Deee-Lite in Hanzo's sample folder. It's such a crazy piece of music that even one short line of the vocals makes you think of several different ways to make something new out of it, which was actually the main motivation to start this project. Then we added some keys on it, which we recorded with an old Casio keyboard from the early 90's which gave the whole sample loop another twist. A big part of the percussions are taken from cooking pots and other gadgets from our kitchen.

Free Download

Deee - Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (Hanzo & Yaman Gonna Dance Edit) #28 - Free download

"In the night, the moon like a bow - plays the song of the sun. And so we meet again. The receptive inner flow circumvents the earthly gushes of identical trigrams, enterprises, tunnels and hexagram radiation. Slowly we burn. The mind is free as it floats its way into a Logical Rudeness of loops and psychedelic dust. Gently brush off the history of the Book of Changes and, believe me, we will forever be in this together."

The Hague-based label Oracle Bones return for their second release following February's inaugural release from JEANS. Continuing the influences heard on that release like trance, techno and jungle, Amsterdam's Rigson also adds flavours like acid, electro and techno into the mix across the four tracks. Our pick, 'Logical Rudeness', is a haunting electro cut, carried along by rumbling bass and hypnotic synth lines.

PREMIERE: Rigson - Logical Rudeness [Oracle Bones]

Since the Covid-19 lockdown began the music and events industry has been thrown into unchartered waters, leaving artists and online media in a financially vulnerable position, and with much more time on their hands.

To help some of those artists, and provide Ransom Note with much-needed financial support, in April we reached out to some friends of the website with the challenge to make a track in collaboration with another producer, musician or vocalist, remotely. The result was ‘Pen Pals’, a compilation featuring 15 collaborations. 

Following the reception of the first release, we decided to embark on volume two, enlisting a fresh group of artists and musicians to take up the challenge. 40 artists stepped up to the plate and 19 tracks were produced culminating in a compilation spanning a vast musical breadth.

Due to the current situation we’ve increased royalties for all artists involved and, whilst the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions apply, accounting will be processed fortnightly. Profits from the compilation will also provide financial support for Ransom Note who have been heavily impacted by the halt of the events industry. 

On Juneteenth (19/06/2020) we will donate all profits from sales to Black Minds Matter - a UK charity making mental health topics relevant and accessible for all black people. On this date Bandcamp will be matching all sales with a donation to NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

https://soundcloud.com/cashminusmusic
https://soundcloud.com/the-ransom-note

PRÉMIÈRE: Ca$hminus feat. Jin Cromanyon - Cool Robots [Ransom Note]

buy there : https://chaosmos-records.bandcamp.com/album/empty-city

Mekas is in charge of Chaosmos Records’ second installment, a release that focuses on cybernetic sonic fiction with four tracks of relentless machinism.

Empty City

PREMIERE : Mekas - Lenau

Vinyl: https://bit.ly/Aphonia-Vinyl
Digital : https://bit.ly/Aphonia-Digital
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New instant classic by Aphonia, side project of Inhalt from Dark Entires fam., who join the Wrong Era-ship with eleven minutes of chills and goosebumps. Rolling through the depths to the surface, this is the sound of your wildest trips. Not italo, not cosmic, not deep: we’re not putting a label on this one. Options? A remix from Kris Baha showing his flair for a downtempo industrial jam. Another by head-honcho Franz Scala adds his famous running Italian Dance brush. Sound perfection.

From A to B

Aphonia - From A To B (Kris Baha Remix) - Wrong Era

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