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The 1st of many this year. If you don't feel like digging through your feed, use this as i've done all the dirty work. Enjoy

January

IDM electronix

LE CONGRE  / BLACK BOILER

Mathew Jonson Presents The Decompression Remixes

Decompression (Ambient Pressure Mix)

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-pris-vanity

"Vanity" is an effective deep-dive into the process of Pris - offering emulsion at the start and inviting listeners to a sonic vortex that delights in its hypnosis once it hooks you. It's time to go down the rabbit hole for yourself.

New Babylon

Pris - Vanity [Empathy]

REVIEW > inverted-audio.com/review/edited-arts-extended

'Extended' features a similarly kaleidoscopic range of artists, musicians and designers, all of whom were asked to consider “the idea of the extended self.” The result is a sprawling, often unsettling trip through ruptured, freeqed-out electronics, post-everything club sounds and twisted, disembodied vocals. The self in question here isn’t just extended, it’s augmented, twisted and savagely digitalised.

EA001: EXTENDED

Loraine James - I Just [Edited Arts]

@audioglider gives Sasha's classic 'Wavy Gravy' a fresh touch up in the progressive breaks flavor. Enjoy!

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Sasha - Wavy Gravy (Audioglider Unofficial Rework)

The title track from my upcoming record on @kalaharioystercult

What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.

“Digital native. Noun. A person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age.”

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Juno - https://bit.ly/2JvXO0K
Redeye - https://bit.ly/2PxvdvU
Phonica - https://bit.ly/2N1k5pD
Cold Cuts//Hot Wax - https://bit.ly/2poxVsY
Decks - https://bit.ly/34b5y07
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/31WJPra

Escape Artist - Digital Natives [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

Christopher Joseph - Eye in the Sky EP (Vinyl & Digital)
Release date : 13th December 2019
PRE-ORDER LINK : https://flexxseal.bandcamp.com/album/christopher-joseph-eye-in-the-sky-010
Label : Flexxseal (https://soundcloud.com/flexxseal)

Christopher Joseph (https://soundcloud.com/christopher-joseph) is back on his Flexxseal label with four enthralling tracks entitled ‘Eye in the Sky’.
Christopher Joseph is an emerging talent from from Massachusetts who now resides in Berlin. Christopher’s productions encapsulate his vast musical background which includes studying Jazz percussion and living in the vibrant musical hubs of New Orleans and Berlin. ‘Eye in the Sky’ sees Christopher return to his invigorating Flexxseal imprint following releases from himself and Philadelphia’s DJ Richard which together garnered heavy support from the likes of Ben UFO, Call Super, A Made Up Sound, I-F and many more.
‘Eye in the Sky’ kicks off proceedings with ethereal leads floating underneath electro-fuelled percussion and swirling synths together sending the emotions skyward while vigorously, resonant drums fused with rave- induced modulations and twisted melodies lay the focus in ‘Lick The Honey’.
On the flip, ‘Nothing69’ delivers growling resonations, breaks-tinged drums and otherworldly arpeggios that keep you enticed throughout until ‘Leaving Ringworld’ rounds things off with a vintage, warehouse techno track featuring an effervescent, rolling groove sequence, spiralling oscillations and industrial feels throughout.

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PREMIERE : Christopher Joseph - Eye In The Sky

We have never lived so well in mankind history: defeated a bunch of diseases, gained access to world knowledge and surrounded ourselves with the comfort of technology. However, the better life becomes, the more we worry and worry. We live with the feeling that everything is bad. The planet is heating up, economic inequality is going wild, politicians are stealing and lying. Our uncertainty about the future, despair and the hope that everything will be fine are skillfully used by all and sundry - from marketers who give us another unnecessary crap to useless and corrupt religious and political figures. Those who, in order to stay at the top of the economic and so-called food chain, use any method including espionage.
Glasgow's finest imprint Invisible, Inc. enters the new year and new decade with a wide and firm gait releasing a 4th track EP, from the French born and yet Glsgow based duo Double Discone, called 'Géant de Fer'. Our pick up is opening track 'Espionage Industriel' which sounds like an imaginary theme tune for a 70s TV crime thriller gone wrong in which the detectives have been spiked with acid. Digital record out January 8th, buy here: https://doublediscone.bandcamp.com/album/g-ant-de-fer-ep

https://soundcloud.com/doublediscone
https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc

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PREMIER #766 | Double Discone - Espionage Industriel [Invisible, Inc.] 2019

When reaching the heart of darkness alley and staring into the bassbins, feeling the low frequency soundwaves pounding rhythmically into the chest, there is only one thing you can do and that is to allow the kick drum to carry you away, it doesn't even matter where.
Alvaro Cabana takes control here and made an epic, otherworldly electro-acid beast which kicks hard and deliberate, hi hats that slice like switchblades and attack laden bleeps that bite hard into your cranium. This one builds and builds and builds peaks but somehow remains cool, synth-esque stabs, congas and toms decorate it like sugarskulls with pads on the breakdown wonky synths and heavy distorted appregio just before the drop kicks in. Six and a half minutes of an epic stomper which will surely carry you away. Just remember, you're safe in the dark alley, for now.
Out in Damon Jee's Critical Monday imprint on January 10h, get in here: http://classic.beatport.com/label/critical-monday/80141

https://soundcloud.com/alvarocabana
https://soundcloud.com/criticalmondayrecords

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PREMIERE #768 | Alvaro Cabana - Callejon Oscuro [Critical Monday] 2020

B-Side of the forthcoming EP alongside www.soundcloud.com/nicolacruz on www.soundcloud.com/ilostmyponcho

Side-A: Produced by Nicola Cruz in Quito, Ecuador
Side-B: Produced by Pigmalião in Hoorn, The Netherlands
Cover Art by Juliana Lira in São Paulo, Brazil
Mastering by GS Mastering & Post in Stockholm, Sweden
Physical distribution by Bordello a Parigi in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Digital distribution by MusicDeli in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ILPI003 - Nicola Cruz / Pigmalião

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ILPI003 - B2 / Ocrânimo

Greek wizard @echonomist arrives on @tautautauofficial with the ‘Modern Wonder’ EP, featuring three original cuts and a remix from @ditian. Echonomist hasbeen deep in the game for a long while and it’s safe to say he is Greece’s top DJ and producer of our times. He is an all-rounder who can DJ, produce and perform live with confidence and panache. After his exciting contribution to Dixon’s Transmoderna release alongside tracks by Ame, Trikk and others, ‘Modern Wonder’ sees Echonomist‘s debut with the TAU family.
Opening with ‘Eyes, the EP gets off to a dramatic start as moody synth lines and a driving bassline take us into the new wave zone. Echonomistdemonstrates his flair for arrangement here, with a carefully arranged track that could almost have been performed by a band. The atmosphere is gloomy and emotive, taking us for a ride into the night as flickering neon reflects off the rain covered streets in a sleazy part of town.
The title track is next, raising the energy levels somewhat with punchy beats and a searing atmosphere. Female singer Iokatsi delivers a brief vocal over the breakdown before the track continues with its melancholy yet heartfelt narrative.
‘The Touch’ follows, taking us further into realms of synth heaven. The main riff is gnarly, with electro-fied beats and a simple yet catchy rhythm. Echonomist adds a perfectly placed synth way up high to complement the low end, creating uplifting moments that juxtapose the gruff bassline.
Finally Ditian’s ‘Snake’ remix of ‘Modern Wonder’ closes the EP. This a deep, dubby rework with heavy emphasis on the bass to begin with. Ditian takes the main vocal and chops it into pieces, using “You’re trapped” to increase the tense, chilling atmosphere. Detuned piano keys add to themacabre feeling as Ditian rolls out a nasty, haunting rework.

Modern Wonder EP

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PREMIERE : Echonomist - Modern Wonder feat. iokasti (Ditian 'Snake' Dub)

London based French producer Mondowski follows a spate of recent releases on Relish and Ombra with a new club-oriented vision for London label and clubnight Snap, Crackle & Pop. Following his remix services on the label's first and 4th releases, Mondowski makes his full label debut with an electro inspired turn that takes inspiration from the encroaching gentrification of his industrial estate studio.
Lead track Sholay finds a mesmerizing path somewhere between extroverted 80's electro and celebratory spiritual transcendence and gets the remix treatment from Pinkman's Kris Baha who subverts the original by turning the electro backbone up to 11.
The EP's B-side, Negative Space, voyages into darker electro territories with Kraftwerkesque synths, rolling pads and a motorik bassline, all of which provide the launchpad for Flieche's Multiple Man to turn out a pitch black EBM banger. The Easter egg of the release, Hanalei, is a Krautrock sleeper hit and download exclusive.

https://soundcloud.com/mondowski
https://soundcloud.com/clubscp

PRÈMIÉRE: Mondowski - Hanalei [SC&P]

On their way home they'd taken a wrong turn, they were in unknown territory. It was deafly silent, something didn't seem right. The streets were plastered with old newspaper articles and Missing Person posters; people who, they imagined, were likely never found. This was the underbelly of the city, where the vigilantes and the criminals ruled the streets. You didn't want to be caught off guard in a place like this, you needed your wits about you. One false move and your fate would be determined... 

For their first release of the roaring 20s, Parisian imprint Global Warming bring together four artists with close ties to the label for a VA release of leftfield club cuts. EP curator and label boss Malcolm kicks off proceedings with bass-heavy kicks and celestial vocal samples, followed by Ouai Stéphane and Jon Beige's contributions, who add their own signature touch with frantic bass lines, intricate drum patterns and haunting industrial rhythms. Our pick of the bunch comes from Comic Sans Records and Antinote alumni Slowglide, who makes his debut on the label with chugging post-dubstep that could soundtrack the nightclubs of Gotham City...

PREMIERE: Slowglide - Lazy Eye [Global Warming]

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