Phonica 2016

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The follow up EP to Yellow Claw’s epic Jeffree’s debut, Amsterdam Twerk Music cleans up your definition of “dirty” just so they can strip it down to booty claps and bass rolls. The first track, “DJ Turn It Up” is a subtle dance floor anthem reminiscent of the heavy bass from your nostalgic middle school days of grinding to timeless hip-hop anthems.

On the second track, Yellow Claw teams up with Tropkillaz and The Kemist to bring us “Assets,” a track that twists its vocals in a way that winds through the most bass-hungry, whimsical quarter of your imagination. “P*$$YRICH feat. Adje” then transports you deeper into Yellow Claw’s bass dungeon, leaving its victims up against the walls bumping and grinding till sunrise.

Amsterdam Twerk Music concludes with “Slow Down”, an addictive baseline paired with a jock-jams reminiscent hook. Yellow Claw are the tastemakers of guilty pleasure. But lets be honest… there’s no guilt attached to the obsession.

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DJ Turn It Up

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Francesco Tamburrano - Metapontum (Groove Goyrynych Rmx) [Superordinate Dub Waves]

The tree sat atop the far away hill amidst a sea of long green grass and reeds. In the distance the child could be seen swinging from one of the tallest branches, heaven knows how he had made it so high. All that could be seen was his shadow against the darkening afternoon sky as he swang to and fro. No ladder would reach as far up as to bring him down. All of a sudden the tree let our a solemn creak, it began to talk and whispered to the crowd which had gathered beneath the swinging child. It spoke...

"Burn me down, bring him home."

Based over the pond Suzanne Kraft has done a very good job of raising his profile in Europe. His sound fits perfectly on labels such as ESP, Melody As Truth, Running Back and now Kitjen. This latest effort sees him amp things up a tad as he releases three dance floor targeted tracks on the 'DJ Safety' EP.

PREMIERE: Suzanne Kraft - Burn Me Down [Kitjen]

Distributed by Rub a Dub and shipping in late May 2016!

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DJ Zozi - Zozi Theme

A1 Testarossa
A2 Tonight Is The Night
A3 You & Me
B1 Vision Of The Third Eye
B2 When The Night Comes To An End

Marvis Dee returns to In My Dreams for the second part of his EP series with the sparking, 80's boogie-house 5-tracker, Dreams Of A Future Metropolis.

Out 1st July!

Marvis Dee - EP2: Dreams Of A Future Metropolis [DREAMS003]

Buy digital & vinyl: https://brorrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bror03

BROR Records presents its third instalment with a split 12-inch record with two original tracks. Delivered from the west coast of Sweden, city of Gothenburg.

After his first appearance on the labels second release with the widely appreciated remix of „Stateunknwn”, Arkajo (Genius of Time / Aniara Recordings) returns with the highly effective five minute break workout „Vamp”. A track initially presented as part of Arkajo’s live set now finally sees the light of day as part of this vinyl.

On the B-side BROR proudly holds the debut of DJ Lily. With a planned EP on BROR04 in October, DJ Lily presents the atmospheric techno trip „Folia” that stylistically paves the way for the next release.

Release date: 7th of April 2017
Side A: @Arkajo - Vamp
Side B: DJ Lily (@xodjlily) - Folia
Green marbled vinyl.
Mastered by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.
Artwork by Andrei Khashan.
Distributed by Lobster Distribution, London.
https://www.discogs.com/Arkajo-DJ-Lily-BROR03/release/9958167

BROR03

Arkajo - Vamp

Out on vinyl October 2017, digital available here: https://squirrelsonfilm.bandcamp.com/album/various-squirrels-vol-2

The Squirrels from San Francisco are back and they're wearing white after Labor Day — pressing up a limited white-label 12", an Amsterdam Dance Event special, full of the throbbing electro, altered-states body music, and head-in-the-clouds techno you've come to expect from Squirrels on Film.

It wasn't long ago that a particular material girl declared that we are living in a material world, and sadly, that refrain now rings truer than ever. Thank God for the Material Squirrel, then, some unknown player (with a familiar sound…!) whose "Material World" is a devastating electro jam, elevated into the stratosphere by a bassline so big it's silly. Lokier, from Mexico City but residing in Berlin, comes after the anonymous Squirrel to present "Headless," a murky, slower tune with swirling arpeggios and whip-crack percussion that recalls the sound of Belgium and Germany circa '89-'92.  

On the B-side, Billy Bates — an old-school San Franciscan with credentials in new wave outfit The Vanishing and the more left-field Autonervous — offers up "Got It," featuring funky percussion entwined around a squirrely (no pun intended) synthesizer, like classic jackin' house on some heavy psychedelics. Last but certainly not least is head Squirrel honcho Solar, closing out with "Anoesis" (defined as 'a state of mind consisting of pure sensation without cognition'), a heady techno escapade that slowly builds and unfurls across the cosmos in seven minutes.

SOF White 01 "Various Squirrels Vol.2" clips

It’s already been two years since Leonardo Martelli’s debut with the four-tracker Menti Singole. He has since been following the direction he took with this first release, at a rather slow path, releasing a lone and haunted mini-album, Previsto, in the meantime. With Menti Singole Vol.2, Martelli establishes a picture of his music, an update of his aspirations in the feminine.
 
Sparse, clear-cut and slightly nerve-racking, Micaella opens the record with the precision of a neurosurgeon. The song can be seen in many ways as a good introduction to the music of the Italian musician – past and probably future. Ethereal string machines balance the nagging acid leitmotiv: as often with Martelli’s music, there’s something going on in the background, some anonymous forces operating off-screen.
 
We can make the same assessment with Alice, the most obviously desperate tune on the record: the sad synth melody comes in as if it was trying to fill an emotional void, but the supposedly reassuring sentence is not complete, notes are missing. On Laura – just like with Alice – Martelli keeps on playing with the potential of abstraction of rap samples, a process we’re familiar with since Previsto.
 
Sofia gives a particularly striking example of this weird game he likes to play as Biggie Smalls’ words get progressively eviscerated from their meaning. Backed by bare percussive samples (a numerical metronome, copyright-free digital ersatz of percussions), Sofia depicts – without any artifice – despair in a post-industrial world, where everything has lost any sense of materiality – while Previsto was still set in a industrial world of steaming factories. Disarmingly simple, Menti Singole Vol.2 offers electronic mourning music at its most elegant.
Buy vinyl : https://bigwax.fr/fr/antinote/music/menti-singole-vol.-2

LEONARDO MARTELLI - ALICE

Released 02/03/18 - http://smarturl.it/integrity-outrage

- R&S welcome Dutch dance icon Maarten van der Vleuten back into the fold.
- ‘Outrage’ is a compilation of Maarten van der Vleuten’s Integrity project tracks, originally released on R&S sub-label Outrage Recordings in 1992, now remastered by Matt Colton
- Features collaborations with Mike Kivits (aka DJ Aardvarck).

Maarten van der Vleuten is one of the most influential figures in the Dutch scene, and also a man of many aliases - between 1987 to 2007 he racked up releases with over two dozen projects producing Detroit techno, electro, house, experimental and ambient tracks and remixes.

Still highly active and inspired in 2018, R&S see the Outrage release as a perfect opportunity to re-introduce Van der Vleuten’s masterful productions to a new generation, adding to his existing influential fans such as Optimo, Global Communication, Ellen Allien and Dave Clarke.

During the 90s he recorded mainly dance/techno for R&S Records, as Orpheus, 48V Phantom Power and Mantrax. He also memorably released on Apollo Records (check his excellent In-Existence ‘Moonwater’ album), Djax-Up-Beats, See Saw and Klang Elektronik amongst others. 

Van Der Vleuten’s ongoing collaboration with R&S founder Renaat Vanderpapeliere saw the later set up Outrage Recordings in early 1992 to release Van der Vleuten’s tracks that didn't fit on R&S Records, recording as Integrity, Zimt, Flux and Pultec. 

“Every couple of weeks i would drive up to Ghent with my new tracks and meet Renaat,” explains Martin. "We then went straight to Foon Mastering where we played the DATs and decided which tracks would be cut - i had carte blanche when it came to the 'sound' of the label. 

Van der Vleuten’s music on Outrage Recordings moved in the opposite direction of the contemporary rave and gabber scenes; while Techno became faster and shifted to a more aggressive sound, Van der Vleuten focused more on composing and arranging over danceability.  This resulted in these EP’s being difficult to sell back in 92 but listening now it feels vital and fresh well over two decades since they were recorded which is an obvious sign of 
Van Der Vleuten’s deft talent.

The release also includes Van der Vleuten’s collaborations with another dutch icon, Mike Kivits (aka DJ Aardvarck). The pair first met In 1989 when Kivits would sometimes play his demos on cassette-tapes at local clubs. The pair became fast friends and Van Der Vieuten invited Kivits into the studio where they found a natural chemistry that ultimately resulted in the tracks ‘Nightshift’ and ‘Intens’ which feature on ‘Outrage’, both written and recorded on the same day.

Studio Equipment used on this release:
Mixing console: Soundcraft Spirit Live 24
Computer: Atari 1040ST running Notator
Drum machines: Roland TR909, Roland TR707, Roland TR727, Alesis HR16
Synths / Keyboards: Roland Juno 106, Yamaha DX100, Roland D50, Ensoniq EPS

Effects Processors: Alesis Midiverb II, Boss SE-50, Ibanez DD700

Outrage

Maarten van der Vleuten Presents Integrity - Living In A Fantasy' (1992)

Label: Aroma Pitch Recordings
Cat. no: APR 005
Artist: Aroma Pitch
Title: Phase 27 EP
Format: 12" maxi vinyl / digital
Release date: July 2018

aromapitch@googlemail.com
www.aromapitch.com

A1. Stray and Converge
A2. Blackout
B1. Latin Lover
B2. Aquasphere

Written and produced by Jesse Scherwitz, Julius Richter and Magnus von Welck 
Mastering by Helmut Erler at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Design and Art Direction by Hugo Hoppmann
Distribution by Lobster Theremin, London

Aroma Pitch - Phase 27 EP (Preview)

From D.K.'s Mystic Warrior EP on Antinote. 
Out March 2019, via Rush Hour Distribution.

Mystic Warrior EP

Bandcamp

D.K. - MYSTIC WARRIOR

Snow Globe x Argot Mythodical - CrimeWave (Prod. DJ El G)

A Colourful Storm has been pushing musical rarities and sought-after audio recordings into contemporary atmospheres since 2016. A continuously morphing sonic exploration out of Melbourne, loved by psychonauts throughout. Their latest release sees the label compile three tracks from the vaults of R. Campana & D. Reggi, two producers active in the early 2000s.

A three-track EP revived from a period of European underground club music where breaks, electro and tech-house merged into unexpected new forms. An adventurous collection of stripped-back, kaleidoscopic droid malfunctions written and produced between 2000 and 2003, and mastered by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering.

Read more: http://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/campana-reggi-sequence-unity-a-colourful-storm
Buy: https://acolourfulstorm.com/album/sequence-unity

https://soundcloud.com/acolourfulstorm

Premiere: R. Campana & D. Reggi - Sequence Unity [A Colourful Storm]

TAPES FROM FUTURE RECORDINGS - CAT[TFFR002]
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Unknown Various Artist Ep From Future
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A1 NNNN - Algae
A2 NNNN - Pool
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B1 XXXX - Low Fidelity Message 01
B2 XXXX - Low Fidelity Message 02
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BC: tapesfromfuturerecordings.bandcamp.com/releases
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PREMIERE #819 | NNNN - Algae [Tapes From Future] 2020

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PREMIERE: Suzanne Kraft - Burn Me Down [Kitjen]

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