Echus Chasma

Cignol - Echus Chasma

First Single from soon to be released debut album 'Rough With The Smooth' - Dropping Summer 2021. 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73FOC9WgvGQ

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Kevin Blake - Let Go

Upcoming compilation to raise funds to support the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar where the military junta is arresting, beating and torturing peaceful protestors in a desperate bid to gain control of the country. All funds raised will go straight to Better Burma, a non-profit organisation in Myanmar.

On June 18th you will be able to support the compilation by purchasing at:

https://trax4myanmar.bandcamp.com/

Artists who contributed:

Meljoann
Splitradix
Cignol
Primary Node
TR-One
Shammen Delly
EeOo
The Person
ZOiD
Lerosa

artwork by Robert Mirolo
mastered by Alex Lennon

Many thanks to all artists for their generous contributions :)

Trax4myanmar Comp Teaser

Guests Paul & Fergus from Acroplane Recordings (Belfast/IRL) + tunes from Ramson Badbonez, Sub Filla, Granul, Gantz, LCY, Posthuman, BAKEY, afar, Calibre, Atrice, Patrick Conway, RIFFZ, Outselect, Detroit's Filthiest, 808 State + compilations Reclamation (Sublimate).

Tracklist:
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/the-blend/2021-11-15/22-00-00

The Blend 15.11.21 w guests Acroplane Recordings (Belfast/IRL)

Kab Driver (real name David Baxter) has been involved with Acroplane since its inception, but this is the first time we have put music out under this moniker. As Kab Driver he has previously released on Airflex Labs and Kinnego Records, and has worked on tracks with Boxcutter, Brian Greene and a myriad of other talented heads from the Belfast scene and beyond.

Little Smoke is a collection of tracks that manages to be both fresh and nostalgic simultaneously. The EP maintains a fast pace through the first three tracks, complemented by slick acid lines and frenetic, almost braindance-like melodies in healthy doses. “Wake Up Time to Die”, the fourth entry, occupies a calmer environment, slowing the breaks down and letting the fluttering synths take their time.

Another long-time Acroplane familiar, The Person (aka Primary Node) is in charge of remix duties here, delivering a caustic IDM/electro version of Little Smoke that brings some serious dancefloor heat, taking liberties with the tempo and surgically building layers around the original melody.

Kab Driver
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Little Smoke

PREMIERE: Kab Driver - Messy Face (Acroplane Recordings)

Just released!

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Kab Driver - Little Smoke

1. Hatfield Street
2. Little Smoke
3. Messy Face
4. Wake Up Time To Die
5. Little Smoke (The Person Remix)

A collection of tracks that manages to be both fresh and nostalgic simultaneously. The EP maintains a fast pace through the first three tracks, complemented by slick acid lines and frenetic, almost braindance-like melodies in healthy doses. "Wake Up Time to Die", the fourth entry, occupies a calmer environment, slowing the breaks down and letting the fluttering synths take their time.

Acroplane's The Person is in charge of remix duties delivering a caustic IDM/electro version of Little Smoke.

"Lovely IDM vibe, very nice artwork too!" - Andrea (Ilian Tape)

"Quite a wonderful piece of IDM. Love the sound!" - Opium Hum / Michail (Boiler Room)

"Wake Up Time To Die for me" - Giant Swan”

Kab Driver - Little Smoke (The Person Remix)

Acroplane Recordings ‎– ACP077
Released: 15 Mar 2011
Format: Free Mp3/Flac Download 

In early 2010, what would eventually become Antique Electronic Synthesizer Greats was simply a concept for a live set. Fluorescent Grey, aka Robbie Martin, cut almost a thousand tiny samples and loops from works dating from 1955 to 1984, limiting his sources to strictly electronic and/or synthesized recordings. His rules allowed for non-synthesized compositions (e.g., Delia Derbyshire's tape cutting based tones) as well as synthesizer audio of any kind, including the Hammond Novachord. And far from simply a stolen sample collage, or meta-mash-up project, Robbie wanted to allow the mix he composed to preserve and highlight the eras' best sounds in a comprehensive backdrop. Some of those painstakingly found and excised snippets may be all but indiscernible to most, while some tease with their familiarity (Depeche Mode bass drum? YMO hi hat?), and some are nakedly in homage (synth lines from Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder). All are as playful as the puzzling track names, one of the most obvious of which are pieces that re-imagine the sound of John Carpenter's best synth-centric movie scores. From the uneasy sounds of horror to the sweet spot of vintage synth-pop and industrial, to the brief satisfyingly bizarre vocal cameos by Alan Vega and a Spanish industrial/noise outfit, it runs the gamut of its chosen time period exhaustively. 

One might wonder, why stop at 1984? or 1983 (the original cutoff)? In all honesty, the cut off year was first altered to make one Zoviet France record eligible. But why is it so important to draw the line in the early 80's when many classic and important electronic albums came out between 1984-1990, Skinny Puppy's Bites or DJ Pierre's Acid Tracks. The answer is simple, until 1984 most music that was 'electronic' relied primarily on synthesizers. Around mid-1983 romplers/samplers become par the course. The techniques sent waves through the electronic music production circles and arguably diluted the powerful earlier sound of acts like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk (ie electric cafe). Maybe most notably, the Klaus Schulze album 'Dig it' that proclaims the death of a analog on it's opening track. Additionally the rules were not set yet, before rave culture took hold there was a more playful less specific purpose to it all. Lending itself automatically to a more varied feel. 

Given the uncannily nostalgic or modern moods evoked, it can be all too easy to forget that the entire mix is comprised solely of an endlessly rotating roster of up to 15 isolated loops, all at least a quarter of a century old, some twice that age. On some songs, you could imagine a DJ dialing into the sounds of AFX or Mr. Oizo, an amusing stunt for some of the source material sounds unmistakably dated in a way that has yet to be retrofetishized. Proto-electronica futurism captured in Chris Carter's sequences or Morton Subotnick's Autechre-like FM synth splatters, works that indisputably sound futuristic in their own right. Dated or not, the novelty factor of an overwhelmingly corny synth brass sample is sometimes too good to resist, making it nigh impossible to prevent that old fashioned sound from antiquing the whole mix. 

This pastiche is offered up in both a mix and an individually tracked album for maximum utility. Use the cover art and the hidden messages contained herein as a resource for your own Antique Electronic Music search. Please feel free to identify the samples sources on the comments for Mixcloud on the comments section for this page

The Acroplane Guide To Electronic Music Mix / 1955-1984  (2011)

From Fractional Dimension
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Blood Money, Master And Emissary (The Person Remix)

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @anodyne s track „We Are All We Have (@autechre Remix)" on @acroplane. Released digitally and on vinyl on March 5th.

Read our introduction here:

Decayed EP

Anodyne - We Are All We Have (Autechre Remix)

More info - http://loose-lips.co.uk/blog/anodyne-we-are-not-okay-primary-node-remix-acroplane-recordings
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