R$N Premieres: November 2016

Dive deeper into a real feeling of afro house, music can be used as a voice

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Was actually planning to make a Vinyl release with this track included but decided against it due to intensive sample use (can't source where these Speak & Spell samples came from?). Recorded a month ago and made a couple of versions. Quite like this one so enjoy. Rather a "feelgood" vibe goin' on:) 

May take a Xmas break (from uploading new releases) so to everyone on SC have a good holiday & thanks for all the listens/comments and reposts!

That's good #2

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Bandcamp: https://slowmotionrec.bandcamp.com
Bordello A Parigi: bit.ly/1OKB9J6 
clone.nl: bit.ly/1N0EOC6
Juno Records: bit.ly/1TFn7dN 

Disco Tre and Quattro in the Italian Dance Wave series contains tracks from Brioski, Discodromo, Fratelli Riviera, Le Macchine, The Rimshooters, Mushrooms Project, Dj Rocca, Billy Bogus. Focusing on Italian artists who release Italian flavor music. These are hot plates that are not to be missed!

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Discodromo - A Come Andromeda - Italian Dance Wave (Disco Tre)

Bristol based imprint FutureBoogie delivers rock solid nu-disco and house 12"s for already five years now. Their latest release to date by Lauer certainly didn't disappoint and they're now rolling into spring
with a heavyweight one from dastardly duo Ron & Neil Aka Ron Basejam and Neil Diablo, who between them bring years of musical chops and (most importantly) "the funk" to the table.
In its Original Mix, ‘Perdre Son Éclat’ is a breezy yet sturdy slice of atmospheric synth dance, resplendent with swirling riffs and stammering bass. A thunderous Roland CR-78 drum pattern keeps everything in check, and its sultry french vocals flitter between spoken word and harmonious refrains, lacing the track with a superb "new wave" feel.
Here premiered, a remix comes courtesy of Man Power, the musical enigma that traded on his anonymity for a couple of years before coming clean as the English DJ/producer Geoff Kirkwood. Having released on labels like Hivern, Throne Of Blood and Correspondant, Man Power takes "Perdre Son Éclat" into even deeper territories, crafting a moody and spacious version that respectfully stays close to the original mix. Out 26th of April !

PREMIERE : Ron & Neil - Perdre Son Eclat (Man Power Remix)

Those familiar with the world of dub disco and modern Balearica should know all about Layne Fox, a San Francisco-based producer who has released some killer records over the last decade as part of noted collective 40 Thieves.

The Bay Area ensemble has been responsible for some killer records, including gems on Rong Music and Leng, who released their expansive debut album The Sky Is Yours back in 2014.

Now, Fox has decided to go it alone for an outing on Magic Feet that marks his first solo outing since 2005’s Move Me under the Tuffy alias. It’s something of a gem, too, effortlessly combining many of his familiar influences with nods towards druggy Italo-disco and horizontal pop.

Fox delivers two contrasting versions of No Runnin’ Away. There’s a Vocal Mix, where Sunny’s icy, atmospheric voice drifts over a chugging mid-tempo groove built around a Moroder-style bassline, swirling electronics, dreamy chords and metronomic beats. Typically, Fox also provides a tasty Dub, where select vocal snippets drift in an out of a delay and reverb heavy mix that also gives increased prominence to his stretched-out synths and late night electronics.

Magic Feet boss Craig Bratley handles remix duties himself, offering a complimentary but notably different interpretation. His version subtly emphasizes the track’s downbeat pop credentials, pushing the vocal to the fore above a sparse electro groove, dreamy pads and flashes of acid-inspired electronics. Think Cold Wave vibes but with actual production values, not pretend ‘mastered on cassette’. It’s the perfect accompaniment to Fox’s hypnotic, head-in-the-clouds original.

Musik Nonstop-No RuninAway (Craig Bratley remix)

The empty space lay abandoned and bare. In the middle of the warehouse there was nothing which demonstrated that an enterprise had ever existed here. The brick walls lay bare and cold, the metal pillars loomed hauntingly. This was now a place which would soon be forgotten, one of the many buildings lost to the grunge and despair of a city in a state of alert. All around this place businesses had begun to leave, they had been bought out, priced out and as a result their ability to produce had collapsed. Cavitation was all that existed, all around. The shells of a life now vanished. 

Raccoglimento Parziale releases on Oltrarno Recordings as he unveils his new body of work titled "Observing Organic Structures".

Observing Organic Structures

PREMIERE: Raccoglimento Parziale - Cavitation [Oltrarno Recordings]

Utterly bent and disturbing in unequal measures, Messrs Smagghe and Cross take Mugwump’s Factory paean and provide a new beat. Mangled with anxious bass, reverse white noise, sub earth oscillations and Stuka riffs, it’s the perfect thing to open the door to small kids with this week. That’ll learn ‘em.

Pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/metempsycho-ep/id1154915232

Metempsycho EP 

PREMIERE: Mugwump - Breakdown (Smagghe & Cross Version)[Subfield]

The voice echoed down the corridor. He could hear it from a mile away. In all honesty, now he came to think of it he could probably hear it from a hundred thousand miles away. He might as well be on another continent, the nagging would still somehow find a way to penetrate and torment his brain. He had heard about the trouble the noise had caused for others. They had been haunted, some had even gone mad they said. He had always hoped it would never be this bad but right now it was unbareable. 

Mike Simonetti & Ryan Parks have recently compiled a release called 'Harsh Riddims' which is set to be released by 2MR on Friday this week.

PREMIERE: Love Letters - Nag (TWIN'S 'can we?' Mix)[2MR]

The sun cast a dreamy glow over the sand dunes. Night was about to fall across the Gobi Desert and not a sound could be heard. The blue light faded into the distance and all that was left but darkness. You could smell the heat in the night's air, it clung to you like a warm embrace. Many people had longed to walk across this beautiful landscape but few had ever been brave enough to take the risk. The possibility that one might die in the middle of nowhere was too haunting for many, no matter how stunning the burial. 

Peur Bleue return with yet more charm and lush sounds as they are set to release a new EP from Benoit B. His new EP, titled 'Tropico Timelexia', sees an enchanting take on house and soundscapes.

PREMIERE: Benoit B - A Night In Gobi Desert [Peur Bleue]

Something had happened. But our minds were too nebulized, our visions to blurry to remember what it was. When we stopped searching for our inner and outer selves in past tenses we eventually fully realized it was the future we had to sharpen our senses for. In the things that lay upon us, things that were bound to happen, we would find shelter. That universally necessitated shelter, which we could rely on, would give us possibilities to conquer unseen grounds to walk on. Only then we would find out it was not us envisioning this new land, but the land that envisioned us, that saw us firmly walking on its unspeakable grounds, allowing us to go wherever we could imagine ourselves to go to. We fly toward grace.

Rhytch is an artist based in Berlin. When we were originally approached by the label about featuring a track from his forthcoming LP 'Baba Ganoush' it was through a friend. It was quite the introduction and the record is an exciting prospect. Ancient Future Now, a label from Cologne, are set to release it.

baba ganoush

PREMIERE: Rhytch - Glueck [Ancient Future Now]

As she looked out from the castle atop the hill her face glowed in the break of the day. Shiviana was a beautiful girl, an embodiment of everything that the kingdom below was not. If only all things could be as gracious as her, as delicate as the turn of her head and as gentle as the way in which her hair blew in the breeze. The clouds hung dark in the distance above the people who longed for freedom from the crown. She was but a mere princess caught up in this mess and she could do very little but gaze out on the ruin which was unfolding before her very eyes. One day things would be different. 

The Junto Club are the next in a neverending line of creativity to pour from Glasgow town. Having previously released music on Optimo they now offer up a debut appearance on the newly formed Snap Crackle & Pop record label.

PREMIERE: The Junto Club -  Shiviana (Khidja remix) [SC&P]

The 2nd release on exciting NY label @samorecords brings together Australia's @tunnelsigns and acclaimed DJ/Producer @moderna  from the US. 

Exclusive to the digital version is a remix from label head honcho @Facets-music. Who offers up a chuggy, crunchy deconstruction of "Ultraviolet" which makes a perfect soundtrack for all your late-night activities.

Release date - 29/09/17

Digital buy link under track. You can get a copy of the 12" via any of the below stores; 

Juno → bit.ly/2sXmHMK
Gramaphone: bit.ly/2wTrPlZ
Our website → samorecords.bandcamp.com/
Bordello A Parigi → bit.ly/2tAw0AP
Deejay.de → bit.ly/2uJh55X
Decks.de → bit.ly/2sXnaOV
OYE → bit.ly/2uas9fw

PREMIERE - Tunnel Signs Ft Moderna - Ultraviolet (Facets Mix) (Samo Records)

Debut on @NeinRecords from rising star Connor (@connormusic84) 

Check the blog for further info - https://www.sinchi-collective.com/2018/06/05/premiere-connor-stratos-nein-records/

PREMIERE - Connor - Stratos (Nein Records)

So here we are with Riotvan's second installment of the "Familiar Faces", showcasing what's happening with the label these days (a lot), making label-residents shake hands and welcome affiliated folks to the syndicate. Although this is a 'various artists'-format, the here gathered stylistic approaches and track-turned mindsets make a strikingly coherent body of work. Just another evidence of how Riotvan has evolved into a renowned think tank of likeminded artists and indicator of state of the art sonic bliss. 

Kicking off we find Perel immersing in yet another synth-driven stream, seeking continuation to her latest, widely praised full length-cycle, but this time bypassing Venus or rather "Super Venus" while floating off to other otherworldly dimensions.

Next in line are Black Spuma, i.e. Lauer and Fabrizio Mammarella, demonstrating via "Drumbaeck" what a match in Neo-Disco-heaven they are. A highly energetic beat, laying the grounding for a cheerful synth-hook and harmonies you won't get out of your head anytime soon.

Same goes for "Tropical Redux", the follow up by none other than Panthera Krause. A particularly elated affair, carried out by a funked up bassline and a catchy string-theme, sticking its neck out in Disco-realms, while maintaining a primetime-adjusted groove.

At this point it's about time for a premiere. Say hi to New Hook, an all-female power-force with their debut release. "FXART" comes as a well-versed exercise in reviving frigid 80ies leanings with a contemporary urgency and attitude. And that's just a glimpse on what's to come from Linda, Ilka and Juliane.

Chinaski, definitely no stranger to the Riotvan family, is taking on the 80ies vibe and hands in "Zeichen der Zeit", an unhasting ride through various galaxies, combining nostalgic synth-aesthetics with spaced out futurism.

Closing things off, it's label-mainstay Jennifer Touch cutting deep with "Bleed", an almost existentially emotive composition, exploring spiritual abysses lyrically, re-modelling emotional chaos within the overtones of the arrangement and even trimming things down to physical functionality within the track's progression.

"Familiar Faces Nº2" will be out end of October 5th on Vinyl and digital formats, both being distributed by Muting The Noise. Artwork courtesy of Karen from Studio M21N.

www.riotvan.de

Familiar Faces Nº2

Zeichen der Zeit

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Chinaski - Zeichen Der Zeit (Snippet)

Somewhere in deepest darkest Paris are a group of sludge filled mutants who only come out after midnight.  This is the city Gaspar Noé documents with a dark heart and although the streets are paved with gold, just beneath the surface there is still blood which was spilled back in 1789. These mutants will stop at nothing to find your the songs that you love, mutate them and morph them, they will not falter in their goal, their aim is to kill your records.
The 44100hz Social Club have long been a fan of Les Disques De la mort and were massive fans of Naduve since long before his smash EP on Disco Halal, so imagine how pleased we were when Ivan Smagghe's imprint signed this heater.
Shonky electro vibes are the order of the day with the 20th release for the label. An off key breakbeat reminiscent of Model 500 yet never being derivative lovingly put together by the Tel Aviv resident, Naduve. Complete with chimes, snaps, indescribable top end synth noises and a vibe which is 100% dancefloor friendly while maintaining the unmistakable, yet uncategorizable sound. Now do yourself a massive favour and get back to work!

https://soundcloud.com/naduve
https://soundcloud.com/lesdisquesdelamort

PREMIERE | Naduve - Back To Work [Les Disques De la mort] 2018

out now on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heat-flash

Black Light Smoke - Heat Flash

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PREMIERE: The Junto Club - Shiviana (Khidja remix) [SC&P]

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