We're stoked to welcome Monger to the GF series. The talented producer and label owner runs the lauded Dead Channel Records and podcast series that is based in Kentucky. It boasts releases by L/F/D/M, Tans, Chris Mitchell, LostSoundBytes, Ccciclo, and many others as well as his own. The multi-talented individual designs all visual aspects of the label and works with the production and engineering duo Keith and Kevin. The label recently hosted a label night here in Amsterdam with Bertram and Acidic Male to celebrate the release of their EPs this year which included Charlton and marienus on the bill. Lock in for an hour of raw and rhythm-driven electronics with tracks by Morah, Elena Sizova on Sons of Traders, Broken English Club, TV.OUT, and others.

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Galactic Funk Podcast 095 - Monger

''Through consumption and entertainment' is the latest full-length compilation from the Sons of Traders label in collaboration with Mutant Radio. It features a gritty cast of affiliates of label owners Mike Tansella jr. and TANS who curate this release. Alys sets the scene with "EMX Tube Gain" featuring powerful distorted subs building up to atmospheric stabs and haunting harmonies. It's followed by Asymmetrical's hypnotic banger "Mistake at work" fully equipped with lasers, syrupy synths, and pounding kicks. Amsterdam's Bertram nudges the tempo up with the punchy "Clabo den bo caha di morto", a dusty take on electronica that means 'nail in your coffin' in his native Aruban language. Providing a momentary cleanse is Bill Converse through syncopated acid lines tied together by modulating pads and 909-like thuds on "System fun". Chris Mitchell returns to the label and delivers an insidious chugger that gradually reveals its sinister scorched-earth side with "Top 40 dancefloor".

"Down in the park" takes no prisoners and is a kaleidoscopic electro banger fitted with a droney synth and crunchy drums brought to us by London-based Chupacabras. Belarus' Elena Sizova slows things down with "G.S.V2", a psychedelic downtempo trip that inspires reflection and melancholy. "Foundation guilt" is a rolling acid bomb with watery lines and vocal samples by Berlin-based Jaundice that is coming to a dancefloor near you. JT Whitefield raises the temperature further with "Dead beat", an industrial behemoth with evocative strings over a seared wall of rhythm and textures. "A secret" sees Kosmik deliver an unforgiving acid thumper that tunnels through the body with rolling drums, subtle delayed vocal cuts, and distorted claps.

Prague-based Malachi Constant furthers the second half with the adventurous and aquatic "Whale Hunt", which packs massive 808s and intriguing passages that pull you into the abyss. "Monitor eyes" is a narcotic cut by Midnight Climax with wooden and metallic percussions accompanied by fleeting samples and lasers that leave room for the drone to roam free. The next track comes from O:M:E:N, who stuns the body with "SBTMSK", a distorted goa-inspired gem with ravey elements and piston-like hats and claps. Also returning to the label is the Detroit-native Robert E. Livingood with a hypnotic interstellar soundscape on what sounds like a 9/8 tempo.

Immagine del profilo di bertramovic_

Sons of Traders bless this release with their classic proto-inspired sound full of hard-hitting drums, synth-driven rhythm lines, and ominous vocal samples through "La repressione". Fresh off a recent album release on the label, the Russian producer Stas Zavyalov drops another relentless analog-powered bomb with "JSR 1202". TLXCO sets the scene in the closing moments with a spacey acid trip that sucks the listener into the void with "Don't talk to me". Closing off is veteran producer Vinilette with driving dark synths, gothic bells, and electro-tinted drums with "Nightmare".

Bertram
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THROUGH CONSUMPTION AND ENTERTAINMENT

PREMIERE: Bertram - Clabo Den Bo Caha Di Morto (SONS OF TRADERS RECORDS)

Artist: TLXCO
Title: Errata Corrige
Label: Feral Colony
Format: CASSETE and Digital
Release date: 2 September 2022
Buy: https://feralcolony.bandcamp.com/album/errata-corrige

TLXCO-Errata Corrige Snippets

We couldn't be more excited to welcome Elena Sizova to the GF series. The Minsk-based artist has been immersed for more than a decade in electronic music. As a producer, she has graced steller labels such as The Black Lodge, Third Ear Recordings, CGI Records as well as sharing production duties as part of Gerald Donald's Der Zyklus and the Daughter Produkt projects. She also co-hosts here monthly RADIO RITUAL show on Lyl radio and has blessed the stages at festivals and clubs such as Dekmantel, Intergalactic FM, Digital Tsunami, Tresor, Robert Johnson, Ankali, Golden Pudel and many others. When she is not collaborating with icons or smashing up dance venues, she is a lecturer at the technical university in Minsk. Strap yourself in for a sick selection of old and new, rare and obscure, electro and techno by one of the best selectors out there.

@lectra

Galactic Funk Podcast 099 - Elena Sizova

Once again, digging deep into the underbelly of 1980s DIY cassette culture, Contort Yourself present a weird and wild collection of minimal wave, industrial, post punk, experimental electronic and more...

OUT NOW. VINYL AVAILABLE FROM ALL GOOD RECORDS SHOPS

Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/80s-underground-cassette-culture-volume-2/883082-01/  
 
Volume 1 sold out super quick so be careful...

DIGITAL: https://contortyourself-cy.bandcamp.com/album/80s-underground-cassette-culture-volume-2

IF YOU BUY THE VINYL FROM JUNO OR ANYWHERE ELSE JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL SEND YOU A DOWNLOAD CODE FOR THE DIGITAL

"Focusing on razor-edged techno pop, bleepy drum machine minimalism and homemade synth experiments, ['80s UCC Vol.2'] takes a global view of the 80s tape underground...saturated in a vibrant layer of multicoloured DIY ambition. But this compilation is more than a nostalgia-fuelled expansion of the archive. It bends chronologies, suggesting that A didn’t necessarily follow B in the way it’s usually assumed. A snap-shot full of surprise precursors, heroic outliers and yet to be realised possibilities." - The Quietus

"Brilliant" - Tom Ravenscroft (BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC)

"From the lurching misanthropic menace of Years On Earth to the static drum machine robo funk of M Rendell, from the dark proto-House, monochrome industrial work out of Pornosect to the primitive sample-punk of Ob Ovo, these mutants all made music brimming with life and vim under the layer of culture and reality that was the mainstream in the 80s. Think Cabaret Voltairish experimentation, sub-Fad Gadget desperation, burbling radiophonic synth tones smothering grooves, these coldest of waves and most clanging of industrial tones represent a tip or a trough of an iceberg or valley of endless invention from the decade that refuses to die." - Monorail

"Listeners with insight into the subterranean 1980s might gather they have a handle on what 80s Underground Cassette Culture Volume 2 has in store, but a mere spin of the sides reveals the contents to be more expansive than one might expect...and even better, all the cuts have been fully licensed from the artists, making this a stand-up undertaking all-around. " - The Vinyl District

TRACKLISTING:

A1. Die Achse - Under The Church
A2. Nostalgie Eternelle - Peace Of Mind
A3. Years On earth - As You're Told
A4. If, Bwana - Tiny Bladders
A5. Stefan Schrader - Attempt To Rap

B1. Misteek - Bump Beat
B2. M Rendell - CV In
B3. Dix Ferro - Bienvenidos a Neuchatel
B4. Sluik - Open Window
B5. Pornosect - Pressure Level
B6. The Horse He's Sick - Projectile Fascination

C1. M Nomized - Nitsed
C2. John J Lafia - Life Is Short*
C3. Interaccion - Newton
C4. Die Mysteriösen - Spürhund
C5. Homage a Brinkman - Französisch

D1. Solanaceae Tau - Tekno Pop
D2. Ob Ovo & Sha 261 - The CIA, It Dances
D3. Collectionism - We Are All Children Of God
D4. UPM - Anstalt
D5. Wolfgang Wiggers - Slightly Mental

*John J Lafia - Life Is Short is available on the vinyl only

All tracks licensed directly from the original artists.

FORMATS: Double vinyl LP with gatefold sleeve, printed inner sleeves and insert
                   Digital release
RELEASE DATE: 17/10/22
DISTRIBUTION ENQUIRES: milo.bragg@juno.co.uk
EMAIL: contortyourselfnow@gmail.com

80s Underground Cassette Culture: Volume 2

80s Underground Cassette Culture: Volume 2 - Double LP - PREVIEW

Sonidos Subterraneos is pleased to premiere a new Homage a Brinkman gem on Glasgow based label 'Contort Yourself'.

Contort Yourself announces his Release titled "80s Underground Cassette Culture: Volume 2"  Enjoy!

Once again, digging deep into the underbelly of 1980s DIY cassette culture, Contort Yourself present a weird and wild collection of minimal wave, industrial, post punk, experimental electronic and more...

Rich-poor divide widens. Unemployment soars. The East and West eyeball each other on the brink. 2022 isn’t too far off the 1980s. Contort Yourself knows this. Following the huge success of the prophetic 80s Underground Cassette Culture Vol 1, the Vol 2 double LP is set to hit shelves and screens with the same brand of distortion soaked didactics. Twenty one tracks from across the globe make up this second installment with nothing being constant. Instead, the overarching message is one of wanton abandonment; burnt-out artists peddling a punk profanity, marginalised musicians spitting on the establishment and industry. Rusted guitar strings, cobbled drum machines and fire in the belly; this is the recipe. A soundtrack of despondent despair, a lament of languid lechery, an anthem of what was then and still is now.

Artist: Homage a Brinkman
Title: 80s Underground Cassette Culture: Volume 2
Label: Contort Yourself
Catalogue: CY80LP02
Release Date: October 3 , 2022
Buy: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/80s-underground-cassette-culture-volume-2/883082-01/

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| Premiere | Homage a Brinkman - Französisch | [Contort Yourself]

Unrealistic Expectations takeover at @lyl_radio with @claws celebrating our first release.

Unrealistic Expectations x LYL Radio w/ C.L.A.W.S

RADIO RITUEL 53 - MANASYT

The fourth collection of cuts from Various Artists of The Black Lodge multiverse. The first sound offering on side A comes The Poetic Painter M, an avatar of Chicago pioneer and visionary Traxx, aka Melvin Oliphant III, head of Nation Records and sub-labels Kode & Dirty Blends. A2 comes from Chilean born sonic explorer Pablo R. Ruiz, who resides in the sacred lands of Detroit and has a number of releases on Portage Garage Sounds. The flip side begins with an acidic banger from Midwest producer/engineer Grey People who has numerous releases on great labels such as Frigio Records, Valcond Video, Public System Recordings, and others. B2 is an experimental mind-bender from Bay City, Michigan artist Fashion Flesh aka John Talaga, a true gear head who makes his own electronic equipment, oscillators, generators, sound toys, and modulators and has released on cult labels such as Unknown Precept and Fit Sound (Est. 83'Records), among others. The EP ends with a beautiful piece defying genres from Fauna53, a collective of electronic artists from Italy, headed by Asymmetrical who runs Raw Culture Records).

In the U.S. order directly from us at https://blacklodge.bandcamp.com/album/bl006-spirits-of-the-black-lodge-vol-4
or find at any quality vinyl store.

In the EU - will soon be available through Clone Records at https://clone.nl/

BL006 - Spirits of The Black Lodge Vol. 4 [Excerpts]

buy here: https://whoispaula.bandcamp.com/album/shades-of-acid


Vertical67 - Shades of Acid

A Side (45 RPM) 
A1 - Soleil Acid
A2 - Woozy

B Side (33 RPM)
B1 - Head In The Clouds
B2- Broken Rays
B3 - Sea Of Lights

Who Is Paula WIP003

Format 12” (incl. Free DL Code)
Digital Formats (Bandcamp only)

Written & Produced: Thomas Pahl
Artwork: Sebastian Grap
Mastering: Johanz Westerman
Pressing: Deepgrooves Pressing Plant

Paula took a trip. And as she was walking on clouds,
beautiful clouds, hovering through kaleidoscopic
forests and gliding through multicolored reefs, she
couldn’t help but cry. In glee, in absolute
enchantment. And when she had to leave, all that was
left were Shades of Acid. And dry tears, tears of joy.

There will be a release party at Crack Ballmer Berlin March 3rd. 2023 ✌🏽

Shades Of Acid

WIP003 - Vertical67 - Shades Of Acid - Snippets

Immortal Sin 03- Various Artist 12" Vinyl
A1. Mummy Lord- Path To Exile
A2. Religius Order- My Eyes For You
B1. Steve Summers- Erratic Impulses
B2. C.L.A.W.S. Bill Converse Tyrel Williams- Slugs Will Never Tear Us Apart

Release Date: January 16th 2023

IS03-Mummy Lord/Religius Order/Steve Summers/C.L.A.W.S. Bill Converse Tyrel Williams

Esoterik Elektroniks
We are the resistance.
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Email: theblacklodgela@gmail.com

BL006 - Spirits of The Black Lodge Vol. 4 [Excerpts]

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