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Pletnev taste in music is quite eclectic. In 2017 & 2018 he did splendid afro & oriental flavored EPs for such imprints like Meda Fury, Bahnsteig23, Needs and Mehmet's & Majica’s Fleeting Wax. More atmospheric, dark and deep EPs went out via Le Temps Perdu, Biologic, Secretsundaze sublabel SZE & french experimental label KUMP.

Alex perfectly represents new lithuanian scene of electronic artists among names like Manfredas, Juoduomenė, V and many others. He residents in Vilnius mekka of nightlife - Opium club and became a part of “Opium of the People” compilation in 2018.

We are more than happy to welcome Alex on board. Listen & Enjoy⚡️

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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.

PREMIERE : Steve Pepe - Vivere In Diagonale

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

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

Artist: Cole Baby, Break Mode
Title: Color Drink
Label: Bed Of Roses
Format: Digital
Release date: 09/10/20
Purchase: https://bedofrosesentertainment.bandcamp.com/album/color-drink

Cole Baby lands on planet Earth with a 9-track EP of hypercolor pop-techno, featuring remixes by fellow Portland-based heavenly voyagers Break Mode, Krycek, Etbonz and MagicPink. Acid dreams turn into cosmic synths, rays of sunshine bleed into your ears and it all comes together as rosewater spray hits under the disco lights. Unconventional in structure and style, Cole Baby invites you to take a sip of his special concoction, his Color Drink.

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

PREMIERE #1233 | Cole Baby - Color Drink (Break Mode Remix) [Bed Of Roses] 2020

This mini LP is an explicit message from Lustpoderosa's sonic continuum. These 7 tracks show the deep connection of Marlene Starks' work as a writer and an artist to her role as mother and DJ in times when there is an urgent need to dismantle the patriarchy in our society and rave culture. Marlene Stark is telling us much more than a great musical story with the symbolic title “Hyäne”. Marlene wants to direct our attention to a reviled creature while she refects on its literary and symbolic meanings. Although hyenas live in a matriarchal society, its transmutation can be perceived as the ongoing struggle of the non-male body in an androcentric world view. Marlene Starks reinterprets the fgure of the hyena in a very poetic, self-ironical and honest way, as shown in the tracks ‘Hungry As a Hunter’, 'Hyäne’ and ‘Language Of Old Woman’. It's a neo-ceremonial call to rethink established structures without missing out the turbulent landscape of today's politics. From early trip-hop to post-rave elements, Stark combines her sonic adventures with an impressively nonchalant and colloquial vocabulary. Her voice, as well as the voice of guest singer Stefanie Mader, achieves a remarkable vocal structure that goes beyond the mainstream. This is the contemporary body music for the next generation.

https://soundcloud.com/marlenestark
https://soundcloud.com/lustpoderosa

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PRÉMIÈRE: Marlene Stark - Beruhig Dich Mehr [Lustpoderosa]

Purring and purring, she slinked along the skirting board towards the sweet scent of wet matter. Her blades undulated like a well oiled piston while her fur glistened in the half-light with natural polish. Turning casually to the right, her mirror image twisted back at her. Both froze at once, wide eyes locked. A few moments later, they proceeded to engage in a careful tango before going about their bored business once more.

Yu Su goes deeper into the depths of dub-wisdom with this latest release for Bangkok's Siamese Twins, a remix for Mogambo. The latter are a Thai-based duo pursuing mind expansion and bodily comfort through their outernational brand of psy-tronica and trance. The Chinese producer, though, gives their Goan beach comedown track 'Jeena' a renewed and almost sinister intensity. Unlike the levity of her previous dubby moments, such as her Technicolor outing Watermelon Woman, 'Jeena' is a more frowning interpretation that suits the current social climate: dark, cold and unforgiving.

PREMIERE: Mogambo - जीना (Jeena) (Yu Su Aroi Mak Dub) [Siamese Twins]

To honor Stephen and his impressive career as musician with Psyche (together with brother Darrin Huss) and as a solo artist, Artificial Dance decided to release his solo work on vinyl for the very first time. The Galaxy LP is a collection of 6 tracks recorded between 1983 - 2005 selected together with Darrin Huss. Belial, Quest 6 and Eternal City will be familiar to fans of Psyche as bonus tracks on the CD version of “Daydream Avenue”. Marooned In Step Time, Galactic and Rattlesnake are discoveries from solo archives that are being made available on a physical release for the first time.

Stephen’s music was featured on the Artificial Dancers compilation earlier this year and after discovering all the great music he has made as a solo artist Artificial Dance contacted Darrin to work on a compilation. Stephen’s music as the foundation of Psyche is known worldwide, but he kept his profile as a solo artist relatively low. 

Together with Darrin, Artificial Dance selected 6 tracks that give a complete overview of Stephen as a solo musician. These wide-ranging synth instrumentals were recorded between 1983 and 2005 and you can clearly hear the range of talent through the early Psyche influences to his further experiments in the electronic genre. Let Galaxy be your guide into this unique musical experience created solely by Stephen Huss.
All tracks are remastered by Darrin Huss, artwork by Steele Bonus.
This compilation is a dedication to Stephen Huss and all the great music he has done.

PREMIERE : Stephen Huss - Eternal City

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]

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