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’.

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Fantastic Man - Cloud Manager (LIXTP001) [clip]

Sharing with you the debut Album of Nice Girl titled “Ipsum”. 
As a natural progression from her prior singles on Public Possession the music has a very capturing energy, although essentially machine music every single sound on the record seems connected with mother earth. 
It’s rooted in the common ground that is home to all of us: the soil that nurtures flora & fauna, the air we breath, the water we drink, the sun & moon that shine upon our bodies.
One tribe, a million rituals, a common ground: The Dance (the Beat). Repetitive rhythms creating a sense of community & togetherness.

[PP057] NICE GIRL "IPSUM" (snippets)

'XLR8R+036' is a collaboration with Alien Communications and features a collection of intergalactic club cuts from Modus, Jos, and, of course, Alien Communications themselves.

Get the package: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rplus_Edition036

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JOS - Warnings [XLR8R+036]

One of my favorite sets is Mochakk’s Cercle performance in Seville, Spain. He opens with ‘Proton Blue’ by Crackazat, a track that instantly hooked me with its elegant groove and immersive atmosphere. 

I had to spice it up by layering an acapella that blends perfectly with the instrumental, creating a groovier and more immersive journey. 

I hope you enjoy this deep house gem. Free DL available :)

All rights to this masterpiece belong to Crackazat and his label Local Talk Records and is not intended for sale, distribution, or commercial exploitation.; this version is simply my creative tribute. This is an unofficial edit created for personal and non-commercial use.

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Passion Blue (Luna Edit) - Crackazat, Chinonegro

Key: Gminor
BPM: 115

Buy this Beat: https://girlnextdoor.beatstars.com/beat/funk-wav-vol-3-22976745

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Funk Wav Vol. 3 [Funk House]

Stardust and Linear Regressions

Dating back to '94, newly-formed label Mirror Zone reissues some progressive dancefloor heat from mysterious UK producer, Memphis.

'Beneath A Different Sun' is out May 10th on Mirror Zone.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2Gw2CQb

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Premiere: Memphis – Untitled [Mirror Zone]

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

B1.Flâneur

House heads rejoice as the don himself, Iron Curtis is back at it with a stomping two-part release on Hudd Traxx Records. ‘Total Art Of Living’ includes 10 tracks of his signature swing, groove and snappy sounds to grace the record bags and USBs, the world round. 
Our pick of the first release is ‘Candi 101’, a dubbed down little number that has a great broken beat vibe and provides a nice contrast to the peak time vibes of ‘Everything’s Alright’. To build on this, an excerpt from Hudd Traxx themselves, ‘Total Art Of Living contains straight-up house jams, hints of techno, nods to broken beat, references to Detroit and a few interludes for good measure. 
These new cuts are further proof that Iron Curtis music has always celebrated the deepest foundations of the house and all its varieties, whilst resolutely refusing to get nostalgic.’
‘Total Art Of Living’ should be out on the 9th of September from Hudd Traxx and we shall be looking forward to it. 

words by Zach Huenink: https://soundcloud.com/huedj

Iron Curtis on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/iron-curtis
Hudd Traxx on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/huddtraxx


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PREMIERE: Iron Curtis - Candi 101 [Hudd Traxx]

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]

Klasse Wrecks’ sub-label GRAFITI TAPES is back for its 12th instalment and features music and artwork from one of the most important and formative writers in early UK graffiti history, in fact Coma (or Richard Sen as he’s also known) has the accolade of being one of the first ever writers to paint the London Underground system in the mid 1980s. His iconic ‘Bottleneck’ style train panel (which features on the sleeve artwork of this release) caused quite a storm in the national press and served as a landmark for the countless writers that came after him. Richard put down the spraycans in 1988 and has since had a flourishing and long career in music as a DJ and talented producer, his productions sonically capturing the 'boilingpot catch-all' style of Hip Hop culture. Richard’s release for GRAFITI TAPES comes on two formats (vinyl and tape cassette) and serves up a total of 6 tracks. Included within is a melange of post-punk basslines, clattering breakbeats, trancey pads and a unique atmosphere that many writers will recognise from a legacy of graffiti video soundtracks, dusty 45s and boombox funk.

Grafiti Tapes 12

Grafiti Tapes #12

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