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Welcome to unreleased territory!

Not each unreleased track eventually gets released. We went through the archives of our friends and uncovered some gems. Some of our friends even produced pure new tracks for this compilation.

We invite you to go with the flow of Tassilo Vanhöfen’s Meridian, summon Jokios Kultūros’ Ghost in The Shell, get Lost in Deep Space with WLDV, visit the Acid Funk Planet with Daniel Monaco aka Disco Mortale, spot the Yalo Fox with Radial Gaze, Undertake the groove with Feller, get worked up by Wounded Planet’s Agitator and connect to Konsistent’s Diskonnekt. Enjoy this fresh musical adventure of yet undiscovered treasures!

https://soundcloud.com/konsistent
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

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PRÉMIÈRE: Konsistent - Diskonnekt [Electric Shapes]

Artist: Junto Club
Title: Alone
Label: Snap, Crackle & Pop
Format: Digital
Release date: 11/09/20
Purchase: https://clubscp.bandcamp.com/album/junto-club-alameda-ep

Cult Glaswegian post punk outfit Junto Club return to Snap, Crackle & Pop with their second release for the label. Known in some cirlces as your favourite DJ’s favourite band you’ve never heard of, they follow up appearances at the late Andrew Weatherall’s Convenanza festival and releases on Optimo.
The Alameda EP finds the Junto Club expanding on the sound that has come to define the band, which is to say sparse electronics and percussive post punk underscoring David Wilson’s haunting
suicide inspired vocals. On this EP the synths and drum machines take centre stage pulling their sound from the shadows and firmly onto the dancefloor, wasting no time with opening track Hercules’ 11 minute electro onslaught, taking cues from the likes of Ladytron, New Order and Fischerspooner.
On the flip, enigmatic new producer Fall Forward delivers an overdriven, rave tinted remix of Hercules that breathlessly strobes through distorted Junos on a peaktime trip. For the final track
longtime SC&P collaborator Curses delivers a punishing physical remix of Alone that is delves deep into the harder side of his techno tendencies and is sure to be assaulting the darkest of dancefloors once the clubs reopen.

https://soundcloud.com/clubjunto
https://soundcloud.com/clubscp

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PREMIERE #1159 | Junto Club - Alone [Snap, Crackle & Pop] 2020

Artist: Radial Gaze, Tolouse Low Trax
Title: Fugu Taste
Format: Digital
Label: Paradise Children
Release Date: 21/9/20
Purchase: https://paradisechildrenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fugu-taste-ep

Collectively known as Radial Gaze, St.Petersburg stalwart Andrey of Skotny Dvor club notoriety and his brother Stas bring together the former’s dance floor moves knowledge with the latter’s background in sound design and musical direction. Having already released on recognized labels Eskimo, Calypso, Hard Fist and Belly Dance Services, the duo offer up a six piece track release consisting of two originals and enlisting a slew of talents for remix duties. Exceptional synthesis of both classic and new material - this is the brothers’ go to, as is evident on both 'Fugu Taste' and ,Nido', with an added layer of mixing musical geography with tempo acrobatics. 
Our choice was remix by Salon des Amateurs resident Toulouse Low Trax who take 'Fugu Taste', reimagining it into a full on new wave exploration accenting its eerie murmurations and ominous synths.

https://soundcloud.com/radialgaze
https://soundcloud.com/detlefnet
https://soundcloud.com/paradisechildrenrecords

PREMIERE #1198 | Radial Gaze - Fugu Taste (Tolouse Low Trax Insane Coast Remix) [Paradise Children]

Inside Out Records welcomes Steve Pepe to the family. After his first release “Danza Moderna” on Hivern Discs, Manuel Cascone (Steve Pepe’s real name) has continued sending shockwaves in the experimental music scene with his album “2020” on Macadam Mambo, as well as a few other singles on key Hivern Discs compilations. His album “Vivere in Diagonale” is raw, personal and honest, an album hard to describe in words, except maybe for how the compositions make you feel. An album experimental to the core, living in the margins, in the “diagonals”: Erotic (Vivere in Diagonale), playful (Oltraggiosa Musica), animalistic (Il Diavolo), mysterious (Marcia), tribal (Terra), hypnotic (Spezie), angelic (Sold) - and everything in between. The door is open to the beautiful mind and soul of Steve Pepe. Release date on the equinox, the beginning of Autumn, 22 September.

https://soundcloud.com/insideoutrec
https://soundcloud.com/user-187237364

PRÈMIÉRE: Steve Pepe - Sold [Inside Out Records]

Artist: ROTCIV
Title: Space Explorer
Format: 12" Vinyl,Digital
Label: Luv Shack Records
Release Date: 25/09/20
Purchase: https://luvshackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/das-komplex-rotciv-magic-silk-2-luv031

The dynamic duo of ROTCIV and Das Komplex are back on Luv Shack Records to finish off what they started with the "Magic Silk #1 EP" in 2019.
Das Komplex' "Jak Mozna Nie Mówic O Pesymizmie" (wich translates to "how can you not speak about pessimism") is boasting with psychedelic effects, polish spoken words and a plethora of funky disco tropes, all cumlinating in a 10 minute super disco jam.
Hot on the heels come two ROTCIV remixes of Das Komplex' "Silk" from the first Magic Silk EP. The "Electric Dub" is a broken electro workout with a tight industrial beat, lush synth patterns, dubbed out percussions and an array of weird FX. The "Transmix" comes with a driving 4tothefloor groove and an italo-esqe synth bassline at the heart of the mix, while still maintaining the pittoresqe atmosphere of the original with layers of heavily mangled effects.
On "Space Explore", ROTCIV constructs a complex slow burner, setting up an eerie atmosphere of digital soundbytes, vocal snippets, ghostly strings and fat synth pads on top of a cosmic disco groove.
Lastly, Das Komplex remixes "Your Highness", adding a classic disco groove with lots of analog percussion, funky guitars and a quirky synth bass-sequence, creating instant euro-disco nostalgia.

https://soundcloud.com/rotciv
https://soundcloud.com/luvshackrecords

PREMIERE #1206 | ROTCIV - Space Explore [Luv Shack] 2020

The desert plains were endless, he had been walking for miles through this vast expanse of land yet never seemed to find his way back to the mirage. The sky was a hazy shade of pinks and purples, a sharp contrast to the dense deep browns and golds upon which he was stranded. The heat burned down from up above as he began to hallucinate. Lying down upon the warm sand he gazed and stared upwards into oblivion, unaware as to whether he'd rise again. That's when the music started... 

Dj JA is set to release an EP on Hundert, a three track affair of wonky, wonderful electronics which will make for great fun in dark and misty basements all over. Our favourite track from the EP is "Sand" - a deep, pensive, melodic cut which still carries enough punch to shake a leg.

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PREMIERE: Dj JA - Sand [Hundert]

Versatile Records is a longstanding imprint which has been responsible for the release of some of the most innovative, expressive electronic music in recent years. However, it has never been a label to fall kindly into one particular niche or category. This is perhaps best showcased through the release of a new six track EP built upon playful experimentation, friendship and quick wit. 

Bright Future is a new group made up of label founder Gilb'r, Satoshi and Abel - three friends from Amsterdam who stumbled into producing music together, the result being their debut on the label. It's a wonderful mix of krautrock, electronica, acid, ddowntempo and beyond all squeezed together into one compact package which sounds rough, ready and yet a hell of a lot of fun. 

We asked the collective to take us through the story behind each track and they do so in good form, alongside a sneaky premiere of a track from the new release.

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PREMIERE: Bright Future - Sick Of This World (Dub) [Versatile]

Days, weeks and months passed without any word; all avenues of communication had run dry. It was as though he'd disappeared into thin air, leaving no trace behind him. Taking matters into their own hands, they began their detective work, leaving no stone unturned. But after following all of their leads his whereabouts remained shrouded in mystery. They wouldn't give up that easily though; the search would continue until they had their answer. 

A year after his first EP, Is This EBM?, Geneva's Brainwaves crew are gearing up for the release of Thomas Bodenständig's sophomore album, Speed Am Rhein. But the label are releasing it with mixed emotions. In May they received a box of 66 hand-numbered cassettes from Thomas, along with a largely illegible letter that seemed to detail that he was delving in high-speed trading during visits to Franfurt and had some sort of pulmonary affliction with complications. It outlined one final ask of the label — no matter what happened they must release the album before the end of 2020. 

Since receiving the package, they have had countless failed attempts at contacting him through every possible line of communication, but to no avail. His apartment in Leverkusen is now vacant, his favourite barstool in his local is gathering dust and his cellar seems to have been emptied of all of his recording equipment. They enlisted their friend to go and scour the streets and the bars, and even checked local hospital and morgue records for his name, but it's as if he's vanished off the face of the earth. 

The label are still searching for his whereabouts and they won't be giving up until they do, but on Thomas' instructions, and after six months of no news, they are releasing the album into the world with a mixture of sadness, pride and nostalgia...

PREMIERE: Thomas Bodenständig - Langsam Leverkusen [Brainwaves]

Bed of Roses head honcho Break Mode turns out two tracks of introspective, breaks inspired head spinners with choice remixes from Carly Barton and Sound Believer. Wash One is a slo-mo, heady, end-of-night jaw pleaser built on layers of swirling vocal samples from wwwhisperkid and an 808 kick. Stabs is an acid-dipped, mid-tempo dance movement dripping with melodrama and not-not reminiscent of Violator-era Depeche Mode. Fresh off their brilliant OST release on Musique Plastique, Carly Barton splits Stabs in two with a darker rolling baseline, trance-inducing use of stereo and one eye towards sunrise. Sound Believer turns in a 7 minute, 90's UK tinged remix of Wash One with a driving four-on-the-floor beat and an ethereal balearic breakdown.

https://soundcloud.com/gumar
https://soundcloud.com/jprez0101
https://soundcloud.com/bed_of_roses-1

PREMIERE⚡️Break Mode - Stabs (Sound Believer Mix) [Bed Of Roses]

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