Following hot on the heels of his recent mini-album for Elephant Gait, Italian producer Joseph Tagliabue is back with a full-length album for Invisible, Inc.

With Un' Altra Forma Di Vibrazioni Tagliabue continues to expand on the cosmic foundations laid by such pioneering experimental forefathers as Franco Battiato whose ground-breaking ambient, abstract experiments made waves in the '70s, Klaus Schulze whose legendary Innovative Communications label birthed the “Berlin school” sound in the early '80s, then tracing a path toward later luminaries like Boards of Canada and Plaid. There's a very personal, emotive, even ethereal quality also present here conjuring feelings of 4AD's glory years and the likes of This Mortal Coil and Dead Can Dance.

However, backwards-looking music this is not. It's fair to say the Milan-based producer is developing his very own distinct sound as he matures from one release to the next and regardless of his wide range of influences, it's his firm grasp of sound design and current developments in audio engineering that takes this album far beyond the realm of just “electronica” or “psychedelia” and plants it firmly into a distinctly forward-looking contemporary space of its very own, that's as much music for the heart as it is music for the head. 

It's this emotive quality that makes the album feel like a departure in sound from what the label has been doing until now so it seemed appropriate to create a sub-series for this release - and thus Black Inc. was born.

Tagliabue provides some insight into the release's creation: “Un' Altra Forma Di Vibrazioni (meaning Another Form Of Vibration in Italian) is a concept album inspired by one of the most sensational scientific discoveries of recent years, namely evidence of the existence of the "Cosmic Web". The album is comprised of ten tracks, each linked to one another, much like the various forms of matter in the cosmic web, and whose meaning can only be understood by listening to them as a collective whole: the album therefore is a well constructed sonic experience fusing elements of ambient, psych, rock, experimental and trance. Designed to be listened to continuously from start to finish, the album's journey through the universal elements is reflected in each track, whose rhythms resonate in harmony with the phenomena they represent, whilst a backdrop of drones and mesmeric grooves contribute to an atmosphere of otherworldly mechanical oneirism."

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PREMIERE⚡️TAGLIABUE - Energia Radiante [Invisible Inc.]

They'd forgotten the path they'd trodden - the winding streets had formed a maze they could not conquer. Retracing their steps brought them no closer to an exit; every sign looked the same, every shop painted in the same faded colours - nothing set one apart from the next. It was a beautiful purgatory that felt both safe and uncertain all at once. Maybe they didn't mind being lost, at some point they would have to be found... 

In 2020 Malka Tuti should have been celebrating five years in the game with plenty of dates and special plans in the diary. The pandemic hit and they were forced to regroup and postpone their plans until this year, now marking their seventh anniversary as a label. To commemorate the date they've rallied friends and family for a sprawling compilation, Sheva, which features never-heard-before remixes and fresh tracks carefully curated over the last two years. Encompassing the heady, psychedelic sonics we've come to associate with the Malka Tuti world, the 12-track release features music from the likes of Red Axes, Nicola Cruz, Plazmot & Xen, Decha, Khidja and Manfredas, to name but a few.

PREMIERE: Plazmot & Xen - Sakana (Khidja's Dub Remix) [Malka Tuti]

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - Steppenroboter versus Transeuropa

Evocative and spooky contemporary prog. Mekine U Teksi has absolutely nailed it to fetishist levels. It sounds like the synths were certainly the only thing keeping the castle warm the night this was recorded.
The whole record is made even more unnerving by the fact that the 4th track doesn't exist... scary!
Words by Mark Cremins

Worldwide Vinyl Availibility via @rushhour_distribution

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - 07 Leiblichhaft

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - 05 Sehnsuche

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - 03 Sinnsucht

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - 02  Wandlungskrisis

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - 01  Totschaften

https://soundcloud.com/juna_musik
https://soundcloud.com/serenades_show
🛒 https://juna-musik.bandcamp.com/album/juna-archetipo-ep
🔊 https://youtu.be/ex28jDaziTA

An intriguing and revealing hypnotic immersion from the enigmatic duo JUNA.

"Archetipo" explores the landscapes of the unconscious.
The word "persona" in Latin means mask: thus the personality, the scenery of the ego, is transformed into a theatre of archetypal images, merging word and music, like a rhetorical figure, a synesthesia. The aesthetic-musical research is a poetic-sound journey into the psyche, to tell and celebrate it.

Tracklist: 

1. JUNA - Il Teatro
2. JUNA - Ganimede
3. JUNA - Archetipo
4. JUNA - La Conversazione

PREMIERE: JUNA - Ganimede [Serenades]

NOBODY IS PERFECT - Cornelius Doctor invites Ceyda Yagiz [27.04.2023]

Osm To Kbn, one of our alltime Khidja tracks is finally seeing the light of day. Khidja's Transmissions Part 2 is upon us as they say.
Release date 21/9

TFGC022 - Mekine U Teksi - 02 Wandlungskrisis

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