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MADJOUB AGA – 18/04/2022

♫ THEME A MAD #23
✈ Red Symmetry & Simple Axes
☻ Strictly vinyl
Artwork by: Kylab - IG #kylab.pdf
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Vinyl Only Mix

#23 - Red Symmetry & Simple Axes

Joyce Muniz - In Der Nacht Feat. Karl Michael ( Dub Version)

Buy / Stream: https://ffm.to/joyce_muniz-balin-bali

Joyce Muniz returns to Exploited with a dark Italo slammer, produced alongside rising Mexican star, Theus Mago.
A beautifully slinky synth arpeggio bubbles away as a tight, lip-smacking beat builds and subtle robotic FX rub up against the groove. With no warning, a flurry of 8-bit melody cascades from the ether, playing haunting scales amidst a backdrop of cavernous reverb. Dramatic pads slice their way through the darkness, leading us towards a tense breakdown where pitched-up vocal cuts add a twisted flavour. The full assault of the 8-bit synths is felt at the drop, coming across like an intense video game battle sequence, with brooding sustained synth rasps swelling and pitch-bending for a final touch of intensity.

Artist: Joyce Muniz & Theus Mago
Release: Bali Bali
Label: Exploited
LC: 15799
Cat: EXPDIGITAL243
Publishing: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing/Sony ATV
Beatport Pre-order: 16.06.23
Release Date Streaming/Beatport: 23.06.23
Release Date Global Download: 07.07.23

Balin Bali

Buy / Stream

Joyce Muniz & Theus Mago - Balin Bali | Exploited

Buy / Stream: ffm.to/depaart-and_you

Madrid duo Depaart return to Exploited Club with a trio of slick, acidic cuts with a real air of sophistication about them.
‘And You’ juxtaposes phat bottom end with twinkling acid resonance, dreamy pads and a bold ‘80s synth motif that shimmers with crystalline edges. Dashes of counter melody ring out through lush poly synths as the arrangement ebbs and flows effortlessly. Trippy touches and a dreamlike edge to this brilliantly contrasting piece of work.
‘Buzzline’ rocks an ‘80s electro breakbeat, with a fittingly sparse arrangement that has its roots in Kraftwerkian bleepage. Sonorous bass reaches the parts other low ends can’t as a wiggling 303 melody bubbles up. An 8-bit hook is pushed into the distance with a tight reverb, providing a nice contrast to the drier percussion. The different elements all interweave in perfect lockstep, evolving harmoniously in unison to create a highly atmospheric workout.
Plump analog bass pulses underpin ‘Ufo Trip’, giving warehouse vibes as trippy ringshifting and delaying sends shards of frequencies shimmering around your head. Flecks of guitar cut against the electronic tones gently, and percussion and pads are sparingly used to build a subtle tension.

And You

Depaart - And You | Exploited Club

Silver Machine - The Hacker Remix

The Hacker x Desire - Silver Machine

PREMIERE: Ayala (IT) & Abrão - Destino Cigano (Dodi Palese Remix) [Buttress]

Fresh from her previous Pets outing alongside of Balam, Madrid-based DJ, producer, promoter and all round scene shaker, Fernanda Arrau, returns to the label, this time in partnership with Persona RS.  'Match Point' finds the pair taking centre court to pay tribute to Chilean Tennis player, Chino Ríos, with some powerful B-Boy styling. Scything retro-rhythms and classic Chicago vibes are cheekily adorned with cascading synths, vintage piano lines and dominant back hands. Winning our vote and easily taking the win.

Ídolos EP

Match Point

#Innervisions  #QuantumSpits #Skatman 
IV104 - Skatman - Rewarped
Release Date - 19|05|2023
Digital | Stream - https://lnk.to/Rewarped

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new series at Innervisions called “Quantum Spits”.
House music has been around for decades, and throughout its evolution, it has spawned numerous sub-genres. “Quantum Spits” aims to explore and celebrate this diversity by dedicating each release to a particular aspect of this thing we call House. 
Our goal is to provide a platform for both established and up-and-coming producers to express their unique take on house music while also paying homage to the roots of the genre.

We are kicking off the series with Skatman, the Tunisian-born producer, DJ and label head. On „Rewarped“ he slams old school hip-hop samples into some raw and pumping house tracks, providing a fresh and up to date connection between these distinct musical eras to deliver six new cuts of raw concise electronic music. 

“Taking familiar elements and giving them a fresh twist,” says Skatman aka Aziz Haddad.

Artwork by Christoph Gromer

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Rewarped

Oldskool

Skatman - Oldskool

With its electro-pop leaning and added dystopian sounds, 'Dressed In Secrets' is a track that comfortably treads the lines between late night  autobahn driving and 4AM strobe lit soundtrack. Its marauding synth tips its hat to disco, whilst the late-coming oscillator adds an industrial touch. Opposing elements that together work beautifully to ensure this will be one of the worst kept secrets of the year.

Buzzing EP

Dressed In Secrets

out now on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/antidot-ep

When soulmates finally decide to take the floor.
ANTIDOT is born.
And If there's a cure for this, we'll be your remedy.

instagram.com/weareantidot
weareantidot@gmail.com

Beats: Remi instagram.com/rdm_off
Vocals, Lyrics: Dorothée instagram.com/dorotheexg

ANTIDOT - FLESH BACK

Bad Talk

Armonique - Bad Talk (MeMachine Remix)

Slow

Slow (Chrissy's Club Mix)

out on nein
https://neinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-ep

Monograma - Polizey (Tronik Youth Remix)

Ai 'Tōru'

Obsessive

Twenty Year Weekend (Two Decades of Darkroom Dubs) is the twenty-anniversary label compilation compiled and curated by Glasgow's Silicone Soul. Rather than take the retrospective route, they mark twenty years since they launched one of the UK's most revered underground house music labels with a new collection of music from a fresh global roll call who like it deep, dark and a little twisted.

Also marking a quarter century since Craig Morrison and Graeme Reedie released their first Silicone Soul 12-inch on Slam's esteemed Soma imprint, the compilation gets underway with the duo's own Fahrenheit 625 featuring Bitch Traxx originator Franklin Fuentes on a scene-setting killer groove declaring presciently, "I’ll take you there."
Thirteen further early-hours throbbers ignite with Italian future disco duo Phunkadelica unleashing malevolent chugger Phunkarama lashed with robotic vocals, metallic swells and early 90s bleeps and hoover tones. 

Mexican DJ/ producer Theus Mago, co-founder of the Duro label in 2015 with Moisees, then uncannily plugs into the metaphysical Darkroom Dubs current with Intensify, garnishing its groin- thwacking turbo groove with cascading melodic synth interplay.

Lucky Luciano uncorks another top-notch percussive workout from Glaswegian Darkroom Dubs favourite Am$trad Billionaire, its dense, percussive groove mosaic slashed with ghostly sample shards. Hot on its heels are Berlin-based, Greek-German tour-de-force Brax Moody and Vamparela – aka Local Suicide - who duet with Wiener Planquadrat for some sexy rogue electro on Flashdance, splattered with lacerating Moroder-esque sequencer savagery.

Next is the Factory City head-honcho Undo, fresh from his recent sublime house missiles on Darkroom Dubs, like Acid Summer and Aliens Go Home, who unleashes his ominous bass-driven acid monster, Vencejos. Before Nayan Soukie - aka Amount - rides the shimmering skyline surfer Figure Skating, packing the Darkroom Dubs trademark subterranean bass to the hilt. 

Then, the mysterious Subcisco conjures the ultimate funk party behemoth with Boiling Point evoking blaxploitation soundtracks in its aquatic stew of mangled strings and brass spectres hot-wired by contagious elastic bass.
 
Parisian DJ/ producer Id!r, whose Darkroom Dubs missives include 2016's bass bin shredding Two Days In Hell, pulls off a typically dark, simmering groove beast on Haowie, topped with a gargling robo-vocal hook. 

Madrid-based Rotten City Records owner Alvaro Cabana then detonates 90s-style peak mayhem with Arde, casting its wailing power rhythm with crashing snare action. “Born in the 80s, raised by the 90s, lost in the 00s”, exclaims maverick techno-punk Pvlomo, immediately standing out with the sci-fi robot-gargling and Godzilla-like bass on My Little Vampire, his strength lying in lethally audacious twists and turns executed as the track powers mercilessly on into the darkness.

Oslo-based duo Of Norway are the only act to feature on both anniversary compilations (bridged by 2015’s towering Black Desert Disco Cult 12-inch). Mixing glacial electro with spaced-out strings and eastern-tinged melodies, Always Almost is suitably auspicious. Istanbul’s Günce Aci follows with Fallen Leaves, built on a juddering mutant electro lurch lathered with devilish voices, climaxing in the snarling acid disco thunder of Lead Boys, cultivated in Bogota’s Kaputt Club by enigmatic duo Nuclear Digital Transistor. Dense and pulsing with disembodied goth-like vocals, the track makes a suitably idiosyncratic finale for a compilation tangibly driven to breathe new life into Silicone Soul's manifesto to celebrate, nurture and push the music they love to play, make and support.

Proper underground house music has always been about fearless electronic innovation with a human soul. An ethos crystallised in this spellbinding collection.

Twenty Year Weekend - Two Decades of Darkroom Dubs

PREMIERE: Alvaro Cabana - Arde [DARKROOM DUBS]

Catz 'n Dogz are back with a bang, following the success of their recent 'Me Me Me' EP on Solomun's Diynamic imprint. With the title track still dominating the airwaves, Greg and Voitek are capping off another positive year with their brand new single, 'Asa.'

Known for their globe-trotting adventures and a deep appreciation for diverse cultures, Catz 'n Dogz have always looked to infuse their music with messages of positivity, love, and universal values. In recent years, the dynamic duo have also embarked on an exciting journey experimenting with different languages and vocals. With their latest single, 'Asa,' Catz 'n Dogz seamlessly weave these themes together, delivering a powerful message of love in Punjabi.

'Asa' in Punjabi translates to 'Hope,' and is derived from the saying 'Asa Ishq Da Buta Laya,' which encapsulates the concept of someone embodying the very essence of love.

Catz 'n Dogz's 'Asa' is more than just a track; it's a message of love extended to dancefloors around the world. With their ability to transcend linguistic barriers and bring people together through music, the duo once again show their unwavering commitment to spreading joy and unity.

Tonerama

Not A Real Break

SIIE brings us their most anticipated release yet, with two original tracks and a cosmic remix from
one of the defining artists of her genre. ‘Le Sept’ opens the EP with raw, impassioned energy and
the enigmatic vocals that are signature of SIIE’s sound, while ‘Nightlife’ picks up the pace with
punk-techno fervor and an unforgettable bass line. Vienna-based Brazilian producer, DJ, and live
musician, Joyce Muniz, offers the final ingredient to this EP’s gothspell with her transcendental
remix of ‘Le Sept’, guaranteed to induce dance-fever

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