10. Planet

Kiara Scuro was live with Disco Halal’s Autarkic - 2 hours of strung-out ambience, trance and left-field electronica. New music from Mamazu, E.M.M.A, Hivern Discs, Nice Girl and Nummer all coming up.

Kiara Scuro w/ Autarkic - August 2020

“I’ll have another”, he slurred, leaning like a toppled monument against the stained mahogany. As the bartender handed him the frothing jar of foggy brown fluid, the drinker’s eyes flickered asynchronously. His crotch was soggy, the stench forming an invisible force-field around his lump of a body.

Steve Pepe has a preference for album-length works. He is yet to release a 12” single, instead releasing LPs: one on John Talabot’s Hivern Discs in 2018, the other on Lyon’s Macadam Mambo label in January this year. His second album of 2020 comes on Inside Out records and is called Vivere in Diagonale: “Living Diagonally”. 

As you might expect, the sound is slanted. Its beats stomp with lead-heavy boots and damp-jeans dub echo, always leaning to the leftfield. Our premiere, 'Oltraggiosa Musica', sounds like slapped-bass jazz funk on 33rpm. In reverse. Played by a medieval Italian coven. With most tracks stretching to a seven minute meditation, the intoxicating effects of slow time - conjured to a heavily sedated rhythm - are revealed.

PREMIERE: Steve Pepe - Oltraggiosa Musica [Inside Out Records]

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Greetings Earthlings, this is a Viscera Galactic Service Broadcast. Galactic Service Broadcasting is a musical initiative that aims to raise credits in support of some of the most vital humanitarian services and organisations. Any and all credits raised as a result of this broadcast will be donated to Shelter UK.

Homelessness is a growing problem and for charities such as Shelter UK, work never stops. Shelter UK stand opposed at the forefront leading research to understand homelessness to offer real solutions and make a positive impact.

As always, an astronomical thank you to all of the artists, James Savage at ‘Hottrax Mastering’ for the masters, Oscar Mitchell for the cosmic illustration, Jessica Lau for interplanetary art direction and all the other members of the alliance for donating their time and talents in order for us to turn around this banging compilation in such a short time.

Keep it cosmic. x

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Galactic Service Broadcasting Vol. 2 [Compilation Sampler]

Aspetuck - Memory Foam EP 
Released date: October 23, 2020
BUY LINK: https://fanlink.to/memoryfoam
Label: Cairo Xpress (https://soundcloud.com/cairoxpress)
https://soundcloud.com/aspetuck

Following up The Time Capsule Experiment EP with Route 8 & SNDBNK’s This Is Our Time, Vermont-based producer Aspetuck returns with a brand new EP called Memory Foam on Hermit & Artphorm’s Cairo Xpress imprint. The EP consists of 4 deep & heady grooves made with a variety of gear including an E-MU XL-7, Moog Mother 32 along with samples & soft synths.
“When I listen back to my music, I’m instantly taken back in time - to the place where I made the song, the mood I was in, who I was with, how I was feeling at the time etc. I make music pretty much every day so to me it kind of feels like the cataloging of memories. It’s abstract but it feels like my version of a diary or a form of meditation or personal therapy. Memory Foam is a collection of songs (& for me, memories) that I made towards the end of spring as I was approaching the beginning of a pretty major life transition.”

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PREMIERE : Aspetuck - Trickle

The full moon lit up the road, casting a brighter glow than the dim street lamps that bordered each side. It was her nightly ritual, watching the comings and goings from her window, hoping to catch wind of a neighbourhood drama or some strange activity only carried out during the nocturnal hours. But nothing stirred, not even the rumble of a car ignition or a stray cat sniffing out its next meal. Everything was quiet, peaceful. Too peaceful... 

Next up on Massimiliano Pagliara's Funnovojere Records, lovingly named after a small beach in southern Puglia, is an instalment from London-based producer Harsh Puri under his Reformed Society alias. Joining the likes of Rotciv, Armonics and James Booth on the label, Reformed Society brings a collection of raw, harmonic synth cuts that blur the boundaries between techno and house. With the first drafts getting the seal of approval from the Guv'nor himself, the late Andrew Weatherall, you can be assured Cosmic Perspective's celestial synth melodies will have you beguiled from lift off to touch down.

PREMIERE: Reformed Society - Sci-Fi Love Story [Funnovojere]

Words were failing him today; he kept stuttering and stumbling over each sentence, his brain a jumble of phrases and expressions that seemed to have no meaning. He whispered and mumbled his way through, addressing the faces before him who looked increasingly more perplexed than before he'd began. An hour of nonsense had exited his mouth, he wanted the earth to swallow him whole...

Viscera are transmitting down from the cosmos once again with another helping of interstellar goodness for your ears and your feet. Bringing together space travellers, both veterans and fresh faces, the compilation's 16 tracks traverse the realms of cosmic dance music. Like its predecessor Galactic Service Broadcasting Vol. 2's mission is to raise funds for vital humanitarian services and organisations; this time all profits will be going to Shelter, the leading charity for homelessness in the UK.

PREMIERE: The He-Men - Nonsense [Viscera]

In 2019 we received a-lot of tracks from Mytron, and we were immediately hooked. Unfortunately not all the tracks could fit the vinyl.
Hard choices had to be made and thereby we are super happy to share this EP with you.
Even more exciting is that we asked San Soda to make a remix under his New Beat moniker, Nick Berlin.

This resulted in a diverse EP with original tracks by Mytron (ft. Dreems) which could be played at every moment in a set (hopefully in clubs and festivals again soon).
To top it off, the remix by Nick Berlin (aka San Soda) will certainly be liked among New Beat lovers.

https://soundcloud.com/mytronmusic
https://soundcloud.com/xxxthelabel

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PRÉMIÈRE: Mytron - ABCD [XXX]

Label head Random Alias shapes the first release “Innerchild”. A dancefloor killer A Side! Sawl's crispy bass waves create a
dense acid feeling and sets the ground for Hibiscus to impact with its futuristic electro patterns and aggressive sharp drums. On the flip side Basilisk runs fast, with glitchy fills and metallic percussions in an almost ethereal atmosphere. Innerchild closes the record with a deep melodic journey modeled across euphoric sequences of notes, leaving a warm and wistful feeling...almost like coming back home.

PRÉMIÈRE: Random Alias - Basilisk [Breakfast On Mars]

12th episode of LYO RADIO on Rinse France. First hour by Les Yeux Orange, second part by our magician guest Tyu (@theroommatesweb) from Mexico .
Enjoy the mixes and stay tuned for more adventures and guests in next editions!

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https://lesyeuxorange.bandcamp.com/music

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Les Yeux Orange invitent Tyu - 28 Octobre 2020

BUY LINK: https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/128666-naar017-ian-blevins-lobster-who-is-criminally-insane?fbclid=IwAR0Nt0tAqlcOltuH3f63A8-upmdfO5Idk0I6L8YRNzukzNv19xG3xjYSOTM
Ian Blevins - The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane (NAAR 017)
Release date: 4 Dec 2020
Label: NOT AN ANIMAL Records(https://soundcloud.com/notananimalrecords)
https://soundcloud.com/ianblevins

Returning to Not An Animal for the first time in 3 years, Ian Blevins crashes in with a massive EP that results in some dreamy electronica primed for the dance. 

The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane loads up the A1 with a track that veers towards the progressive house formula, whilst building on the more natural electronic blueprints. It’s rigorous and deadly, as synths build the pressure and detonate with devastating effects. 

Discodromo make their NAAR debut with a destructive remix of The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane. Stripping the track down and driving it down a more percussive avenue, the leads melodies are used to create an immense breakdown with epic results.

Air Penguin carries on the same vibe as a refined mid-set floor filler, with an illustrious canopy of dreamy synths and counter melodies that rattle subs across the globe. 

Chida finishes off the 12" with his welcome return to the label with another remix that does the damage. Bringing the more offensive elements of the track, it takes the atmosphere and runs with it, adding some immense tension but remaining focused on the floor.

To close, The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane (Beatless Mix) serves as the digital bonus, showing how a track can be made for the dance-floor without any percussion.

The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane

PREMIERE : Ian Blevins - The Lobster Who Was Criminally Insane

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PREMIERE: Steve Pepe - Oltraggiosa Musica [Inside Out Records]

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