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Optimo Music Archiv is a new offshoot label by JD Twitch exploring and revisiting favourite and often forgotten releases from the past.

First up - Force Dimension.

Released in full picture sleeve on marbled vinyl. Sleeve design by Andrew Beltran.

This was Belgium. 1989. First wave EBM duo, but also so much more.
This first release takes 5 Force Dimension favourites and reconfigures them as an extended EP / mini album.

The songs are untouched but have been power remastered for 21st Century ears.

“Tension” comes in two versions, one from each version of their debut album. Oddly they put out an original version (Blue), they decided they didn’t like it and re-recorded it. Both versions of Tension rule.
200 FA is an end of the night anthem. A perfect piece of E Music that crossed over into the early 90s Rave era and still much sought after to this day.

Aqua 2000 and All Systems Out are two Belgian bombs that still slay dancefloors today.

Vinyl and digital released July 9th 2021. Distro by Kompakt

OM Archiv 01 - Force Dimension - Feel The Tension (mini album)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/ninjaexoticmachine, yeho
Track: Explore My Crack
Label: https://soundcloud.com/phobhorecords
Format: Digital, EP
Release date: 14/10/21
Purchase: https://phobhorecords.bandcamp.com/album/36-questions

In the middle of the summer Yeho, an Israeli musician coming from Tel Aviv, was wandering around Italy and randomly he found himself in the “Quintino Basement”, lair of Ninja Exotic Machine.
This casual encounter gave birth to three new tracks where the
duo’s downtempo and tribal style merges with Yeho’s crisp and raw vocal together with intriguing percussions samples extracted from live recordings of the percussionist Andrea Greco.
The result is an Ep called “36 questions” out on Pho Bho Records on the 14th of October.

YouTube

PREMIERE | Ninja Exotic Machine ft. Yeho - Explore My Crack [Pho Bho] 2021

As a youngster, disappearing into the background had always been a talent of his; he'd managed to perfect the art of invisibility. While others preferred to stand out from the crowd, he preferred to follow them instead, he had no qualms with being a sheep. This all changed later in life. His peers and their antiquated opinions began to grate on him, he could no longer remain mute. But wasting his breath on these so-called friends was pointless, he simply wanted to break away.

It's been 10 years since French duo Scratch Massive released their seminal Nuit De Reve LP. Featuring guest vocals from the likes of Jimmy Somerville, Daniel Agust, Koudlam and Chloe, the release was an embodiment of Scratch Massive's approach to new wave, electro and slo-mo house. Now, a decade on, the pair have drafted in several products to reimagine the original tracks, offering a new perspective on their cinematic sounds. Amongst those featured on the remix package are Innervisions Ame, Dark Entries affiliate Bézier, The Populists, Thomas Schumacher and Vilnius hero Manfredas, with the reworks stretching from progressive house to raw electro, cosmic disco and pacy techno.

Nuit de Reve - 10th Anniversary Edition

PREMIERE: Scratch Massive - Break Away (Manfredas Remix) [bORDEL]

https://m.soundcloud.com/il-est-vilaine
https://soundcloud.com/detlefnet
https://soundcloud.com/dialect-recordings
🛒 https://ilestvilaine.bandcamp.com/album/les-myst-res-de-lorient-remix
🔊 https://youtu.be/uHmaABSREZA

Tracklist:

Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix)
Les Mystères de Lorient (Khidja remix)
Yvré-l’évêque (Krikor remix)
Marilyn Drum (Golden Bug & In Fields remix)
Bar a gwin (Rubin Steiner remix)
Les Mystères de Lorient (Marvin & Guy remix)
Phare Ouest (Narumi Hérisson remix)

Les Mystères de Lorient Remix

Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix)

PREMIERE: Il Est Vilaine - Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix) [Dialect Rec.]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/bal5000
Track: Emporia
Label: https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc
Format: Digital EP
Release date: 18/02/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/hjd9h_UVspQ

10th digital release of Scotiish finest Invisible, Inc. comes courtesy of Budapest's Bal5000.

It's his second EP for the label, the first being the Bleu Infini EP back in 2017(although some stellar tracks of his did appear on the Lost Transmissions compilation which is getting a repress this year and the Invisible Family EP#3).

For those unfamiliar with him, Bal5000 was pretty big on the drum & bass circuit a decade or so ago (known simply as "Bal" back then) but more recently he's been exploring this kind of bass-heavy spaced house and slo-mo acid sound like you'll find here. Kind of reminiscent of I:Cube a little...but you'll find it definitely has its own distinct flavour.
Bal5000's music has been enjoyed and played by ALFOS, Daniele Baldelli, The Beat Broker and more. Here's what's been said about "Neutra" EP:
"Love the music" DJ Kaos [Jolly Jams / Rong]
"I like these very much" Sean Johnston [ALFOS / Hardway Bros.]
"Brilliant" Leri Ahel [Mutant Disco Radio Show]
"This is great! LOVING "Emporia" Thom Roland [Zillas On Acid]

PREMIERE | Bal5000 - Emporia [Invisible, Inc.] 2020

Three years in the making, the album "Vox" is coming soon!", the electronic music duo Artfcl from Vilnius, Lithuania shares the hot news. This is the third full album and the first to use vocals. The album consists of 14 tracks, only one of which is without vocals - "Insider". The composition "Insider" has a quite deep sound, but is focused for the dance floors. Since the album is very diverse in its sound, the track "Insider" stands out enough from other tracks.


Artfcl's album "Vox" will be released on October 20th in 2022, which will be published by the publishing company Future Sound Scientists (FSS Recordings), which closely cooperates with innovative new generation electronic music professionals. Among the already released works or remixes, you can find Monikaze, who won the Lithuanian electronic music of the year nomination, as well as nominees Five Rituals, restless Roe Deers, who often performs internationally, improvisational virtuosos Quark Effect, the expressive Onegin and other resonant and relevant authors and performers from Lithuania.

https://soundcloud.com/artfcl
https://soundcloud.com/fss-recordings

PREMIERE⚡️Artfcl - Insider [FSS Recordings]

Saving Synapses

20 09 25 sleilek.

stortion 9 v1 78 bpm

Hyäne

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