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Low Heat

Premiere: De Grandi »Energy Blitz (Low Mix)«

Tresor Records is proud to announce 333 Mirrors from Torus, the artist alias of Joeri Woudstra. Coupled with its catalogue number 333, it indicates the large-scale conceptual thoughts behind the record, typical of Woudstra's practice. As an artist, he sets out to frame re-interpretable references that trigger some subconscious recognition in listeners, with no set way to interpret them but leading to singular feelings and thought processes. The effect, a combination of static electronic sounds and looser field recordings, speaks to each listener differently. 

333 Mirrors is, in part, the continuation of a project called These Cars Do Not Exist, made with videographer Mark Prendergast during the Covid-19 limbo. The live performed short film sold out selected popup cinemas in 2020 in a short sprint of shows. Two of the tracks on that project, Sound of the Drums and Chroniko, are re-imagined on 333 Mirrors, emanating as versions created in live performances. Set to be released as a single, Chroniko VIP will be accompanied by an enduring theme from that project, the three-winged bird, this time deceased. On 333 Mirrors, in exploring the ambient, stretched sonic universe of this project more, Woudstra moves from these three-winged birds to the phoenix, finding a rebirth on the b-side with tracks that inhabit a similar sound as Deep Mid, Torus's inclusion on the recent Tresor 30 compilation. 

The sound of Torus places importance on the multi-faceted approach to sampling, pushing the idea behind the practice beyond usual boundaries. How to break the unwritten rules? Woudstra looks within by resampling previous Torus releases and reverse-engineering the sounds of the most revered pop and electronic musicians alive today, references that trigger recognition, melancholy and nostalgia in the listener. 

3000 Mirrors features a staccato arpeggiating rigid pattern, the sonic effect of standing in front of a strobe until it becomes the anchor. Silence and interruption are used as a device to explore the physically uncomfortable, more the central compositional tool than the disrupted harmonic structures.

Woudstra has never stepped foot in Tresor, so when writing this record, an enduring question spoke to him, what is Tresor when you have never been? How do you sample the essence of an unknown location? The closing track, Omnia, is the sound of anticipation, where the rave beckons. This imagined industrial space is calling for you.

Torus - Omnia

Vocals by @nnnnndsky
Produced by @hadji-hajj
Mixed by 2NDSKY and HAJJ
Mastered by TrueHD
Design by Bravas Graphix
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"LEGACY is a band composed of HAJJ, 2NDSKY and 97Paul, based between Lyon and Brussels. They present on Promesses their debut release: 'LEGACY', an eponymous album of 11 tracks where 2NDSKY’s aerial flows melt with the ethereal and atmospheric productions of HAJJ, 97Paul and 2NDSKY (who are found both behind the microphone and the instrumentals). The result is 11 tracks at the border of cloud rap, ambient and dub. Several artists were also invited to give their voices such as LL, Ronce or JFFF."

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LEGACY - Lost

Nkisi a.k.a Melika Ngombe Kolongo heads up a monthly late slot to rattle through dozens of tracks at breakneck speed, her mixes punctuated by African club beats and tinged by the jagged edges of gabber. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nkisi/episodes/nkisi-10th-april-2024

NKISI invites Susu Laroche  100424

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BPMIX#005: Geeza

drum n chop work
found out i liked the bass in the sample too
ride with it ☁️

ain’t no love here

EN
Aurora of the Dunes is a cinematic soundscape blending ethereal ambient with subtle trip hop rhythms. Resonant bass, spacious delays and dusty hypnotic textures merge with evolving pads, granular synths and airy drones. Fragmented, whispered vocals—like breath-like mantras—suggest stillness, horizon and eternity in a poetic, non-linear way. A hypnotic desert journey through shifting dunes, mirages and auroral light over the sands.


IT
Aurora of the Dunes è un paesaggio sonoro cinematografico che unisce ambient rarefatta e ritmi trip hop sottili. Bassi profondi e risonanti, delay spaziosi e texture polverose si fondono con pad evolutivi, synth granulari e droni eterei. Voci frammentate e sussurrate, come mantra sospesi nel vento, evocano silenzio, orizzonte ed eternità. Un viaggio ipnotico nel deserto, tra dune che mutano, miraggi e bagliori aurorali sulla sabbia.

Aurora of the Dunes

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Xyn Cabal - NOWEI [RAVEXYN, 2019]

Somewhere, out there upon the horizon was something more, something beautiful. It could be achieved, not only through hope alone but by a magical dream, something which they shared. If it were meant to be, a way out of this place, then that was all that they could hope for. The white clouds hung thick in the evening sky as the heat still burnt down from the heavens up above, this place was a barren land, a desolate destination built only for outcasts and lost souls. It was here that they wandered and weaved a path towards a better future. 

Pace Yourself is a party series and record label based out of Berlin, the next EP from the label comes in the form of something intriguing and mysterious. A 12" from YS, of whom we know little but receive a lot. A promising release purpose built for the well listened dancefloor.

PREMIERE: YS - Dreams We Share [Pace Yourself]

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