WL//WH - OCTOBER 2019 // Electronic - Techno - Industrial - EBM - Ambient

Naive founder Violet goes left of centre with some anxious, trance-inducing breaks.

The 'Espírito EP' is out April 23rd on Naive.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3doVnwA

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Psyche

Premiere: Violet - Psyche [Naive]

From the new ep by Lou Karsh and it's a special indeed marking the 50th release on FE. Lou has picked some of his most emotional and personal tracks to him. I am excited and happy and honoured to be able to release this. 

Pic disc pressing 100 copies
Black normal press 200 copies

FE050 Lou Karsh-Melodies From Inside EP

Artist:  https://soundcloud.com/tomlivingstonmusic
Album:  Red Spider
Label:  https://soundcloud.com/nebulaerecords
Release date:  25/03/2022
Format:  Vinyl & Digital
Buy: https://nebulaerecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-spider

Nebulae returns with a very special release to start the year. Red Spider, a planetary nebula, located near the heart of the Milky Way, Northwest of the constellation Sagittarius, and approximately 5000 light-years away from Earth, is the namesake of this new cosmic trip. Glasgow-based producer Arctor (Tom Livingston), delivers 6 pieces for the occasion, where you may find a fine collection of dreamy textures, lush pads, intricate drum patterns and funky acid basslines, all seasoned with his acid jazz approach, a distinctive signature of the Tremors label head honcho.
Producing high tempo electro and techno with soulful Detroit flavoured sounds, always showing an almost sick obsession with twisting textures in order to squeeze them to their maximum expression, he has been steadily building his catalogue, dating back to September 2015, with his first release Genovese EP. Since then he has been releasing, not only his own material, but also remixing a number of different labels and has had his tracks played by artists such as Bicep, Oneman and CEM.
For Red Spider, the A-side explores three different sci-fi scenarios, all glued together with gritty pads, reaching maximum expression in Echopraxia. Here, Arctor shows an astonishing spectacle of stretching, chopping and melting back and forth its stuttering chords, like an alien spider would weave its web. On the flip, B-side presents a more eclectic palette of textures; going from the energetic Junk and travelling throughout the relentless banger Protect Your Head, until we arrive at our final destination: Memory Gene (DJ Friendly Version), a smooth rework of Livingston’s first track on his Tremors imprint, originally released back in 2017.
Timeless electronics from a modern-day master.
Mastered at The Bass Valley Studio Pressed by Record Industry Distributed by Subwax
Release date: 25.03.22
Format: Vinyl & Digital
CAT#: NBL011
Clips: https://soundcloud.com/nebulaerecords/nbl011-arctor-red-spider Pre-order here: https://nebulaerecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-spider

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PREMIERE // Arctor -  Memory Gene (DJ Friendly Version) [Nebulae Records]

Catalog number: LDI005
Release date: 7 March 2022
Medium: 12 inch Vinyl

A1 We Are The Little Ones – 5:11
A2 We Don’t Need A Real World – 8:01
A3 City Under The Sea – 4:49

B1 Cleopatra’s Matrix – 6:03
B2 We Are The Little Ones (Legowelt Remix) – 5:49
B3 City Under The Sea (Rude 66 Remix) – 5:23

LDI Records serves up a celebration of The Hague’s famous electro sound with native Cliff Dalton aka Sander Evers behind four originals and fellow West Coast legends Legowelt and Rude66 both remixing.

Cliff Dalton is a relatively new project from a long-time Dutch music great. Sander Evers is the drummer in psychedelic stoner rock band Monomyth and has played with other notable groups including 35007 and Gomer Pyle. Next to those projects, he has always had his ear tuned into the region’s enduring techno and electro scene and now offers up his own fresh take on it. The EP’s title refers to the fact that all these artists are bound by geography, but is also a nod to the fact that The Hague is the largest Dutch city by the sea. 

The opener ‘We Are The Little Ones’ is about an evil robot factory in a futuristic dystopian city. It is a coruscated electro-funk workout with crisp analogue drums and nimble bass overlaid with withering sci-fi melodies. ‘We Don’t Need A Real World’ is a superbly cinematic eight-minute excursion with widescreen synth work taking you to the stars as you ride an elastic bassline. The majestic ‘City Under The Sea‘ then layers up neck-snapping snares with cosmic arps and plunging bass and ‘Cleopatra’s Matrix’ soundtracks an ancient Egyptian city with its mystic leads and eerie pads luring you into a late-night electro trance.

West Coast pin-up and hugely prolific electronic innovator Legowelt remixes ‘We Are the Little Ones‘. His version has plenty of his textbook intrigue, lo-fi texture and magical synth charm, and finally key Bunker Records associate Rude 66 flips ‘City Under The Sea’ into a snaking dub rhythm with hypnotic acid lines and seductive vocal whispers woven in deep.

The Blue City EP  is a timeless package of West Coast electro direct from the source.

Blue City EP

Cliff Dalton - Blue City EP (+ Legowelt & Rude 66 Remixes) [LDI005]

The release of an ep such as this one should be a joyous occasion but with Lostlojic' homeland of Ukraine under attack we share this with a heavy heart. 
We have been working on this release for a while and we even managed to get the legendary DMX Krew to do a remix so we hope you dig it! 
Make music not war!

@lostlojic
@dmxkrew

Lostlojic - Distant Star w/ DMX Krew Remix (INPL008)

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/nightdrivemusic
Track: Vernemsya
Label: https://soundcloud.com/taktrec
Format: Digital EP
Release date: 24/02/23
YouTube: https://youtu.be/eLPbfMSchFw

TAKT crew been talking to a lot of producers and musicians lately. This gave them understanding that in the process of expressing themselves, musicians leave a lot of experiments unused.
So, they were really able to feel a high degree of experience and influence of time on them in these compositions.
In then next rlease, TAKT Records to introduce to you a producer from St. Petersburg - Nightdrive.
"I did a lot of experimental work on this release, focusing on UK/Garage, electronica and acid. It is inspired by changes both in life and music,
searching for ones place in this world." (Nightdrive)
Over the past 7 years, Nightdrive's music has been released on Russian and European labels and, most likely it is presented on all continents of the globe.
Apart from digital releases, you can find his solo cassettes and tracks on vinyl records.
We hope that after having listened to his music you will get the same feelings and emotions as we did and you'd probably like to share your own impressions and experience of self discovery process with TAKT records.

PREMIERE | Nightdrive - Vernemsya [TAKT] 2023

R2 - 2022

Thumping kicks and ethereal stabs on this AWOL track, for Jaunt's 10th anniversary.

@awol-music
@jauntmusic

EXCLUSIVE: AWOL - 54 973379, -1 614705 [Jaunt]

Signals

Boundary-pushing composer and sound designer Andi Otto returns with his new album ‘Rwandance’, which sees live instruments, studio recordings and sampled archival material melded together as part of an electrifying reimagining of the musical traditions of Rwanda.

‘Rwandance’ is a collaboration between Rwandan dancer and musician Evariste Karinganire and cello player and electronic music producer Andi Otto, brought together by a chance connection. Inspired by Steve Reich, Mark Pritchard’s Harmonic 313 and Otto’s mesmerising musical experiences touring India, Otto built software to translate the intensity of Karinganire’s hand claps into different synth notes - the structure and time signature of traditional Rwandan music providing the framework for Otto’s creations, new instruments and sounds incorporated into its parameters.

Otto follows a path similar to many producers from Latin America’s burgeoning electronic music scene but instead of using Andean folk music as a starting point, he reappraises Rwandan music mirroring traditional sounds but similarly, reimagined through a contemporary lens. ‘Rwandance’ follows Otto’s 2016 link-up with Indian singer and actress M.D. Pallavi and underground hit ‘Bangalore Whispers’, a showcase for his original approach to cross-cultural musical dialogue. He has since cemented that reputation with subsequent albums “Via” and “Bow Wave”, weaving global sounds into his distinct sonic approach.

Shika Shika is a home for music that combines organic and electronic sounds, a meeting place between the past and the future. (They also put an emphasis on supporting artists, splitting profits in their favour.) This chimes exactly with what Otto wanted to achieve in his collaboration with Karinganire, taking deeply-rooted traditions and giving them a new sonic make-up.

Rwandance

Andi Otto - Amahamba

HNR032: Kanot - Bottenmannen / La Danse Des Corneilles

Releasedate: 2019-10-25

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HÖGA NORD REKORDS 2019

Kanot - Bottenmannen

Available now on limited marbled 12" and digital - https://horo.lnk.to/horoex30

Buy both Retrocausality EP's together - https://horo.lnk.to/retrocausality

Japanese artist Maiko Okimoto aka Lemna returns to Horo following her acclaimed EP for the SNTS helmed label ‘Sacred Court’. Retrocausality is 2 EP’s that continue her genre-less approach to electronic music. Aligned most closely to the Grey Area sound that Sam KDC and ASC have been expanding on in recent years, Maiko’s approach is singular. The reality of her music working on dance-floors for Techno audiences is a happily incidental result and not a structural design. Maiko’s music comes entirely from an innate feeling transferred into grooves and ethereal ambience.

Retrocausality works with the concept of the crossover between the spirit world and science - for example, the commonality of thoughts and theories in Buddhist philosophy and Quantum Physics. The realms of these are divided, but essentially the concepts are similar.

The EP’s title ‘Retrocausality’ implies that we can perceive this world from both in terms of ‘A Priori’ (from cause) and ‘A Posteriori’ (from result).

The tracks on Retrocausality represent an accurate cross section of Maiko’s musical style, from the other worldly ambience of Supervoid to the rhythmic winding of Thusness and the heads down floor tunnel of Sattva.

At a time when electronic music is becoming less adventurous as a whole, Lemna represents a beacon of intrigue.

HOROEX29 - Lemna - Retrocausality: A Posteriori

A1. Supervoid
A2. Flatland
B1. Platonia
B2. Tesseract

HOROEX30 - Lemna - Retrocausality: A Priori

A1. Nature of Karma
A2. Sattva
B1. Bardo
B2. Thusness

- 2 x Limited coloured vinyl 12”s and 8 track digital
- 12"s available separately or as a bundle
- Limited 100 edition of each 12" with hand numbered insert

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https://horo.bandcamp.com/

Retrocausality: A Priori

Lemna - Bardo [HOROEX30 - Retrocausality: A Priori]

There was a strange, mysterious object which floated in the dense night sky. It flashed an electric green, illuminous and weird amidst a backdrop of delicate stars. It left a lot to the imagination - what was inside? Who was in flight? Were these creatures from the great beyond? It had been a long time since they'd last seen a UFO around these parts, not since the hot and heavy summer nights of the sixties. Then again, who knew what they'd seen way back then in the days of old. It was but a blur to him, a psychedelic haven of rage and madness.

A little while back we featured a mix from the ever playful musician and producer Your Planet Is Next. A Scandinavian superhero of sorts who has come to save the day from snobby enthusiasts and those who take life too seriously. He appears on a new split EP for Warning Records with a track called "UFO".

PREMIERE: Your Planet Is Next - U.F.O. [Warning]

This compilation bands together Post Bar residents and frequent guests during these times of social distancing. The situation is especially difficult for artists and clubs alike, with everything on hold until further notice, which means there is no income. If you’d like to help support Post Bar and our extended family of artists, you can do so by buying tracks from this album or the entire thing for that matter ツ

Roza Terenzi - Fusion

https://baox.bandcamp.com/album/no-tengas-miedo

No Tengas Miedo

Inner Guidance System

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.

PREMIERE: Your Planet Is Next - U.F.O. [Warning]

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