6-7h on sort le concasseur

An up-tempo masterpiece for a resurgent generation of nightlife - taken from the 30 Years of Tresor limited 12x12" boxset.

Beginning her creative journey in formative years with classical music and dance training, Sophia would later become engulfed by electronic rhythm. Tbilisi born and internationally bred, Saze formed a foundation to pierce deeper into these sounds by first launching her party and later label in Brooklyn – Dusk & Haze. Saze’s full circle home-run came after years of touring, when she found a nest in a city at the core of her upbringing, Philly. As a producer, her musical versatility draws from a wide array of shapes and expressions, from electro to krautrock, ambient to industrial, and acid to garage - embracing the drifting range in the waves of emotional fluidity, and plunging into higher tides of fathomless feeling, possibility.

Tresor 30

Curtains

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PREMIERE: Sophia Saze - Curtains (taken from "Tresor 30")

Blacklauren - the techno nom de guerre of Brooklyn’s Lesly Remy Jr. - works far beyond the reach of polite musical resolution. Enormous and pounding, these five tracks revel in what classically-minded listeners would consider dissonance - close intervals and flat fifths are expressed repetitively and hypnotically by whirling, searing synthesizers over undeniably kinetic drum programming. Harmonic ratios that less daring composers or improvisers would only ever use in the approach to resolution - or indeed would historically be considered demonic by early churches - are instead here the entire basis of these works. You are not permitted the safety of a return to a tonic chord, you are not permitted the boneheaded anticipation of a drop on the one, you are instead invited to savor the discomfort, everything progressing at a mechanical, unyielding techno sprint.

The result is a fascinating, disorienting space that ultimately works towards liberating the body. In the throbbing, unfamiliar harmonic churn of these body-rattling tracks something sublime bubbles up. Call it psychedelic, call it mesmerizing, call it mental, call it what you wish - but out amid the chug of the kick, as the unresolved melodies and clusters flutter unflinchingly, this freedom from resolution kicks you out of the airplane: it’s thrilling, it’s terrifying, it’s coming at you fast.

His work on these tracks can be described as devotional - with monastic dedication he makes certain to fire up Ableton and make some kind of sound every single day, hitting the YouTube tutorial dojo often or calling on fellow masters of dissonance Wata Igarashi or Linear System for expert guidance. He has also been a devotional fan of The Bunker New York, regularly attending our parties since 2010, appearing on several lineups and a pair of podcasts since then. Within the infinite universe of the DAW, he’s locked down a very particular set of instruments and presets, making great use of Reaktor’s realistic emulations of classic synthesizers. So his sonic signature is consistent, recognizable from track to track and also lovingly connected to the legacy of techno, plus the recordings are electric and alive. That’s the beautiful thing about going back to the same well again and again - you drink deeper with each dip.

Remy is also the founder of Nyabinghi Electronic Music, a fascinating label that arcwelds together the primal - like the pounding rhythms of Haitian Vodou, familiar to Blacklauren’s ears from his origins in Port-au-Prince - and the future - the various sonic technologies of the last fifty years, deployed precisely. Electrified into artistic ownership by the available time and inspiring swell of summer 2020’s Black Lives Matter actions, Remy makes explicit the label’s efforts to excavate the ceremonial aspects of techno and the futuristic summonings of African diasporic religious and cultural practices. In line with other tremendous futurists like the music and writings of DeForrest Brown, Jr. or the graffiti-as-starship designs of RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ, Blacklauren’s work with the label and on this release sounds like sirens that are ever-approaching, doppler bending as they continually arrive - we’re here in the emergency but still we jubilate.

... full liner notes at thebunkerny.com

Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering
Artwork by Andrew Charles Edman
Liner Notes by Ben Seretan


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Patterns of Movement

Clark

Winter Linn

Fifth release on ИДА marks union of label member Owlson and Yssue from Esthetic Joys community. Duo deliver 2 original high energy synth heavy disco-techno dancefloor fillers with dark industrial vibe. Tracks are accompanied by ebm/italo remix of Panorama Channel from Samara and slowed down psychedelic ‘Goa’ version of Rambal Cochet!

https://soundcloud.com/idasound

Available to buy here:
https://idasound.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-gonzo-005

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PRÉMIÈRE: Owlson & Yssue - Space Rite (Rambal Cochet Goa Mix) [ИДА]

Mrsch - Tips For Trips

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/intimacy-datalore66-bouquet-records
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nfMietyZosQ
* Pre-order: https://bqt-records.bandcamp.com/album/across-the-bridge-vinyl-only

Bouquet Records returns with its second release this July, entitled ‘Across The Bridge’ and coming courtesy of LA-based artist Intimacy aka Parks Perdue.

Outfitted with anthemic romps, tongue-in-cheek pastiches, and percussions that pivot from rolling adventures to rain hitting the windowpane, Intimacy’s “Across the Bridge” marks the artist’s fifth release on vinyl and first release on Bouquet. A grab bag of fun, dancefloor- ready tracks written across 2019, the EP delivers his aesthetic of old computers, sci-fi movies, and science class educational videos configured into deep, spacey line-toting bedroom techno and melancholic house.

The title track features a catchy electroclash-esque (!!!) saw wave bassline, complete with emo Roland D50 strings and bells, all laid over a very beefy electro beat. It crossbreeds a Drexciya strain of low-end thump with a chewy, Eurotrash bassline evoking that time you lost your wallet at Tresor in '98. Strings and bells from the Roland D50 introduce the same euphoric high found in most of the products crawling out of Perdue's lab these days.

“Angelo’s House” is a full-forced banger built around a well-traveled sample of Angelo Badalamenti's theme from Twin Peaks, recorded from an Intimacy live set early last year.

The flipside leads with the spiritual acid techno masterpiece “Datalore66”. Bubbling basslines hit a boiling point when placed in sequence with flutes showing genetic linkage to the Hartnoll family. Highly reactive material.

"Eternal September” opens a portal to the earliest hours of morning via synthesis of swirling pads and snapping drums. Closing the EP in introspective fashion, the track shows just how much emotional range Intimacy can pull out of decades-old disciplines.

Intimacy - Across The Bridge EP - Bouquet Records

PREMIERE: Intimacy - Datalore66

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