The inaugural release from the new Love International X Test Pressing imprint comes from Fantastic Man, the Berlin based Australian whose music has been played by everyone from Aphex Twin to Bicep to Gerd Janson and many more.
  
Love International make good times happen in far flung places, whilst Test Pressing make good times happen physically and in the digital sphere, a meeting of like minds and shared tastes, all bases covered here.  Together this collaboration has been releasing compilation album from the likes of Gatto Fritto, Beautiful Swimmers and Shanti Celeste, and this new label project unites recording artists and designers in a meeting of music and art.

On the ‘Cloud Management’ release, Fantastic Man teams up with Alexander Papoli-Barawati, a German/Filipino/Iranian graphic designer and art director living in Berlin.  The striking and playful graphic design is in tandem with the music, which runs from the beautiful piano–led Balearic sounds of ‘Cloud Manager’ to the floating breaks in ‘Lounge Wizard’, the warped chug tempo in ‘Psychic Monthly’ and the beautiful acid bubbles of release finale, ‘Time Apprentice’.

@fantastic-man
@test_pressing

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Fantastic Man - Cloud Manager (LIXTP001) [clip]

art:cast °115 | Steffan Todorović

One of the thriving forces of the northern European electronic music scene, it's Steffan Todorović who is lined-up next for the art:cast series. As the founder and co-founder of Gestalt Records respectively Coymix Ltd, which Steffan runs with Timo Deeprhythms, the artist lets followers of the arts discover aspiring and renowned artists from the scene. It looks differently when it comes to his production project Abdul Raeva, where he specifically shares his own vision and approach of music together with his partner in crime Joonas, also known as Rashida Prime. The latest output was a contribution of the duo to Mint Tea's V/A Basic Contact alongside artists such as Zobol, Boulderhead and Toke and a track for Gestalt Records anniversary sampler, while in 2020 Steffan released music on Neptune Discs or Dance All Day Records among and others. Whether or not there's more music to come this year, the present has Steffan mixing and compiling a flawless art:cast covering fresh, older and upcoming bits of music viscerally put together to make you move through time and space, to get lost in the pads and stomp to lush bass lines.

Artist & label information
Steffan Todorović: @ssstodorovic
Abdul Raeva: https://facebook.com/abdulraeva // @abdulraeva // https://instagram.com/abdulraeva
Gestalt Records: https://facebook.com/gestaltlabel // @gestaltlabel // https://instagram.com/gestaltlabel
Coymix Ltd:  https://facebook.com/coymixltd // @coymixltd // https://instagram.com/coymixltd

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art:cast °115 | Steffan Todorović

Smallville 57
Move D - Inside The Freero Dome

A1 Inside The Freero Dome
B1 The System Is ... 
B2 Swarm Robot Love

Inside The Freero Dome

from @boaksi's debut  lp "i thought it was yesterday"
available digitally april 9th, vinyl shipping in august
mastered by loop-o
pressed by kpm

i thought it was yesterday

bandcamp

boaksi - a new direction / dovetail

Dreamer remix by @molly_music
Available here: https://DeLaRomance.lnk.to/DreamerEP

Dreamer (Molly Remix)

Buy your track here : https://caimrecords.bandcamp.com/

B1.Flâneur

Molly continues to cement RDV’s reputation as a refreshing outlet for contemporary house with the expertly-curated Recit De Voyage Volume 2, a generous compilation that collects a number of established and upcoming producers to deliver vital, sincere and wholly individual music.

Leading the charge is Finale Sessions founder Michael Zucker, who follows his appearance on RDV's first release (as one half of the duo Prophets of a New Generation) with ‘City Streets’; having previously appeared on recordd with the likes of Terrence Dixon, Boo Williams and Norm Talley, he delivers his own nocturnal vision, a gentle and smooth soundtrack for warm Midwestern nights. Molly’s own contribution ‘Poble New’ follows, demonstrating her well-established mastery of tight grooves, atmosphere and subtle jack.

Douala, an artist associated with cult label Blorp, brings us ‘Orbiting’, a powerful slice of liquid funk. 
Modern House Quintet, presents ‘Plaka’, his first release away from his MHQ imprint, and arguably the record’s outright deepest moment. 
The founder of Popcorn Records, Siler ups the tempo for ‘French Manicure’, a playful, fizzy house bubbler.
Discovered at New York’s Elsewhere club during only his second-ever gig, John Silas represents the Eastern seaboard on irresistibly smooth cut ‘One Time’. 
Silas’s nocturnal groove leads in nicely to the more experimental, dense forest of sound forged by Kristian Amou & The Modern Quintet Ensemble on Bokobimbo. 

Finally, Orion hits with the MPC front-and-center for the undeniable groove of ‘Just Have You’, which rolls sensually towards a soulful vocal sample, culled from the dustiest of wax.




Track Listing :

1 – Michael Zucker « City Streets »
2 – Molly « Poble New »
3 – Douala « Orbiting »
4 – Modern House Quintet – Plaka
5 – Siler « French Manucure »
6 – John Silas « One Time »
7 - Kristian Amou & The Modern Quintet « Bokibimbo Ensemble »
8 – Orion «  Just Have You »

Molly - Poble New

Dusa - At The Rest Stop

Here we go with the 3rd chapter of the "Récit de Voyage" Compilation. 

Thank you to all the artists, friends and talented new comers who contributed to this project.

MOLLY "Undue Dazzle"

BANDCAMP - https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/gone

RELEASE DATE: 19 October 2020

Eluize returns to Craigie Knowes to release her second album in the form of the beautifully eclectic 8-track 'Gone' LP. Experimental sounds feature alongside club-ready Techno and Electro - moving effortlessly and coherently across genre and influence. 'Gone' captures the full-spectrum of Eluize's mastery of songwriting, composition & production in all of its shimmering intricacy. Her take on synthesis, drum programming, mixing and original vocals/lyrics take you by the hand and lead you into a rich garden of colour and sound. The 12" version is accompanied by an A5 insert with a message from the artist and information on how to get your hands the HQ digital files, including the final 2 tracks that complete the album.

Gone LP

Buy @ Bandcamp

CKNOWLP2 | Eluize - Gone (LP)

The stars flickered and flashed up above against a dense backdrop of black, they were far away from the glow of the street lights and as such were able to see clearly the glowing embers of life far away. The desert night was still but for the soft blowing breeze and the occasional cry of a bird in the distance far away. It was haunting, ethereal and yet uniquely comforting to know that there was not a soul who could touch them out here beneath the fog of a galaxy of glimmering stars. 

XDB is set to release his debut album via Dial Records as they celebrate twenty years in business. The label has come a long way and has made many friends over the years of whom Kosta Athanassiadis is one.

PREMIERE: XDB - Desert Night [Dial]

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