Emerald

Archiv #07

I Love You

Many Reasons - Joris Voorn

Makam - A Night At Trouw
Amulett 002, 2015
clone.nl/item33835.html
Low quality / for promotional use only!

Makam - Club Night

Buy on bandcamp

Acedepik - Air

Circada - Hrag Mikkel

Like many of us, Brooklyn-based producer Gunnar Haslam has long been drawn to acid. Following two releases on The Bunker New York alongside Tin Man as a part of their improvisational Romans project, Gunnar returns with “Scale No Flam”, his first 12” single for the label. Scale No Flam is both a love letter and a demonstration of why he can’t stop getting lost in the sound. According to Gunnar, “acid is just one of those things that creeps into your life and consumes everything around you - a psychedelic and textural approach to music that is simultaneously intense and smooth.” While acid has come to be defined by the Roland 808 and the 303, the hardware alone can’t define the feeling, and Gunnar believes “You don't need a 303 to make acid, you just need an open ear and an open mind.” 

After getting Mike Servito, Justin Cudmore, Derek Plaslaiko, and Bryan Kasenic all running to the booth to see what the fuck was playing at various times when Gunnar was dropping the unreleased “Scale No Flam” in his DJ sets throughout 2016, we had no choice but to press it to vinyl. Gunnar tells us he was playing around with trying to replicate the bass line of Heaven 17’s 1982 classic ‘Let Me Go’ when “things kinda mutated.” The A side is completely Gunnar’s own with a dominating acid line providing the backbone to a flangey work-out that is simultaneously totally crazy and totally logical. On the B side, fellow Brooklynites and co-members of the Hot Mix DJ crew, Mike Servito and Justin Cudmore add their perspective with a remix that draws out the hidden angular funk.

Scale No Flam (The Bunker New York 023)

Gunnar Haslam - Scale No Flam (Servito and Cudmore Bass Shift Mix)

Out now: http://fanlink.to/AstralEP

A three track EP composed of pulsating grooves laced with sultry melodies is mastered to perfection, ready for any dance floor with a sound system worth its salt. Titles reflecting abstract themes like Area Seven, Astral Travel and Void, compliment the out of body feeling beautifully entwined into each track. 

The first of many more to come from the duo's sonic lair...

Because of Art - Voids

The EBM-indebted techno funk of James Welsh’s ‘Thread’ re-emerges from the industrial fog, evolved into three outstanding remixes by a trio of rising and established artists. Radio Slave adds shuddering percussion and filter to create an edit for devastating dancefloor effect. Lobster Theremin and Workshop alumni Ozel AB reimagines the track as an ethereal rave landscape, while FC Kahuna return to deliver a playful, digital-only take that recently featured as Lauren Laverne’s ‘Headphone Highlight’ on BBC 6Music.

Buy the 12" vinyl direct from Phantasy: https://lnk.to/jameswelshPH66RMX

VINYL
Thread (Radio Slave - Garten Remix)
Thread (Ozel AB Remix)

DIGITAL
Thread (Ozel AB Remix)
Thread (Radio Slave - Garten Remix)
Thread (FC Kahuna Remix)
Thread (Original)

PH66RMX

Thread (Remixes)

Thread (Radio Slave - Garten Remix)

OUT NOW!
Skudge - Time Tracks
Skudge Records
SKUDGE-LP03

A1. Mesh
A2. Black Moon
A3. Mountain
B1. Time Tracks
B2. Function ft. Daniel Andréasson
C1. Lava Lake
C2. Web
D1. Ifach ft. Samo DJ
D2. Sun Dogs
D3. Late Reply

Dedication to details, attention to structure and a tireless pursuit of that specific and circular sound. The contextual element of ’Time Tracks’ seem to be placed in-between the most cordial music that Skudge has presented up until now, as well as bridging the singularity and adrenaline from the previous albums and EP’s.

We are invited into a palette of vivid mastery of details, brushes of percussion and narrowed basses that shatters deep. Pads and strings which acts as a foundation, evolves the music to a rigid composure.

A sonic narrative that seem to stem from motifs of the Earth, reflections of personal flair and moments remembered, dwelling on records collected. ’Ifach’ serves as an ode to the legendary UK imprint. Combining ’Time Tracks’ into a stark collection of studio sessions that features colleagues Daniel Andréasson (on Function) and Samo DJ (on Ifach).

One could argue that this is a territory proven to tick all the functional boxes, but Skudge manages to yet again display a highly personal take in a realm of conciseness.

Time Tracks

SKUDGE-LP03

Mountain

Out now digitally: http://lnk.to/jameswelshPH99

Phantasy approaches it’s landmark hundredth-single release with another impactful single from one of the label’s key artists, James Welsh. Regularly played by producers from Midland to Charlotte De Witte, Welsh’s masterfully dense take on techno and electronica reaches new complexities on ‘Pan’, without ever-sacrificing his singular industrial groove.

The title track is a tunneling electroid roller layered informed by complex conversations seemingly taking place between man, machine, ghostly human speech and a veritable wind tunnel of noise. Perhaps Welsh’s finest connection yet between the blissful and the ruthless, ‘Pan’ demands submission.

On ‘Sink’, Welsh builds yet another perfectly-executed club weapon around an imaginative spoken-word sample, loosening up the tension of it’s more severe partner with a lucid and rhythmic trail of wide-eyed electro.

Pan/Sink

Sink

The Bunker New York has been producing live music events since 2003, operating a booking agency for many of our artists since 2006, and publishing their music on our two record labels since 2014. Operated by Beyond Booking, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, The Bunker NY has grown into an established institution which is well known across the world.

WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING DEMOS

bookings: - michelle@thebunkerny.com