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Our first ever premiere introduces the 129th imprint on Montreal-based label, Archipel. This album from Italian Rico Casazza hosts 8 intriguing tracks, 4 of which are available only for those who invest in the wax!

Our featured track is one of those vinyl bonuses, named as the entire album is...'Yaman'. Its hypnotic and music box styled melody, is the first stand out feature. As the electro-led beat and energetic claps develop, so does its wonderful 303 bassline. The track epitomises Rico's style in its perfect balance between his melancholic songwriting and his desire to make people move.

Yaman is out on the 30th November on 12” & digital. Available in stores or available direct from the label here - https://archipelmusique.bandcamp.com/.

You can check other previews from the album here - https://soundcloud.com/ricocasazza/sets/yaman

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ARTIST PROFILE (by Miles Murgett):

@ricocasazza
@archipel

After ten years of producing electronic music, Rico Casazza has created a successful identity for himself and his moody, yet melancholic style of making music. Casazza has released on labels such as Soma, Archipel, Plastic City and our very own platform Loose Lips, which has helped him establish himself amongst the ranks of diverse producers in London. This is no easy task due to the sheer volume of quality artists hailing from this great city. Whether it is Ambient, House, Electro or IDM that you are looking for, Casazza will have his own tripped-out and crunchy take on it. His highly effective, sample-based way of producing reinforces these stylistic qualities. 

Rico Casazza has had a very successful career so far with over fifteen releases under his belt and even with this impressive figure behind him, he shows no signs of slowing down.  Showing the depths of his musical knowledge, he's turned his hand to teaching others how to use Ableton live and all he knows about the DAW. As well as teaching, he also spends time working on his hybrid live set that gives an insight into his love for analogue synthesisers. Rico’s live performance has taken him around Europe and South America, adding to both the maturity and vast array of influences behind his productions.

Rico Casazza’s latest offering is eight tracks in the form of his second LP. We have the privilege of premiering ‘Yaman’, which demonstrates his no-holds-barred approach to writing. As a teacher, producer, live performer and an incredible selector behind the decks, Casazza has cultivated a varied and detailed range of skills. We here at Loose Lips have followed his musical journey thus far with great curiosity, and can’t wait to see the ways in which he will surprise us in the future.

Yaman

PREMIERE: Rico Casazza - Yaman (ARCH129)

Pre-sale:

https://www.hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/dj-gaston-und-baba-stiltz-blast001-577558

https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/94808-blast001-baba-stiltz-dj-gaston

B1 DJ GASTON - SALO

Clone - https://bit.ly/2qR8Rrc
Juno - https://bit.ly/2F6d7bF
Rush Hour - https://bit.ly/2HEorku
Decks - https://bit.ly/2HmuBSU
Deejay - https://bit.ly/2F7JUgg
HHV - https://bit.ly/2JiToYB
Redeye - https://bit.ly/2vFWhko

The mud is soaked after the heavy rainfall. It’s stormy but the new car you just purchased is in full automatic mode, cranking up the beats per minute formally unknown to the life of Susan. There are no goggles that will see through the fog; no Granny Smith apple soup that summons the space before you. The wind turbines are blowing right in your face, but the elephant’s memory is better than it has ever been. That’s why DJ Swagger’s Green Waters explores the depth of the past, whilst crisply hovering over futuristic, transformed low-voiced samples that will most definitely build fires with nocturnal creatures. It’s quite safe to admire Susan’s step towards kebab eating binges and standard evening sessions.

The one-forty bpm exploration is furthered by Susan’s very own Axefield, as he encompasses familiar sounds into a setting hitherto unexplored within this realm. As the needle hits the 140 Trak, I begin to see an image of some kind of oil rig, digging deeper and deeper until it reaches the bottom of the sea level, delving straight into the nature and richness of oily oil. Right there, in that instance of discovery, the synthesised odour of recognition jumps right to the top of the surface, similar to a frog that is gasping for air. That frog, however, isn’t the only one in desperate need of oxygen. Our main man Raj was too. But that’s partly because he took a little too much of that good good.

Flip the plate, fam. The B-Side is like waking up on a summery morning, firing up your old school desktop and being welcomed by that sound. You already know what Susan means with this one. And if you don’t, DJ Windows XP’s How Did You Know I Was Here will gently stroke your back until you feel comfortable enough to handle the waves that overflow your burnt coffee can, as the drop comes in like a banana falling upwards because gravity has most definitely now been defied. Raj, we ask you again: how did you know Susan was here?

The strange dream comes to an end as the misty Sketches by Joakim Hellgren whistles kindly in the fleeting distance. If you have ever felt hollow, absorb the tribe-like howls of distorted mumbles, drum claps￼ and an erotic dance between hi-hats. Is that a piano? Who knows. Whistle to the streets and you may pick up every spare penny that rests before you. The 808 business is strong, that’s why it’s not called 807. Stay focussed, because Susan never knows who’s patrolling tomorrow night. In order to stay calm you may ask the right answers to the right questions. Hear now! You surely read that one twice. But the confusion is mildly satisfying, because sometimes life is all but a drawing, or for that matter, the very beginning of it all. The cryptic hieroglyphics make sense to Susan, but that is because she is the only one who at the end of the day truly knows who she is.

Now, Raj, did you have that Monster drink?

Order 12" vinyl

SUSAN005: V/A - "Raj" (DJ Swagger, Axefield, DJ Windows XP & Joakim Hellgren) CLIPS. 30.04.18

Transfigured Time 006 - Cocktail Party Effect
Release date - 5th November 2018
Buy Vinyl - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/cocktail-party-effect-death-of-an-algorithm/705894-01/
Buy Digital - transfiguredtime.com/album/death-of-an-algorithm

Cover Photo by Andro Eradze 
Sleeve design by Gacha Bakradze
Mastered by Gigi Jikia

Distributed by Kompakt.

Cocktail Party Effect - Ctrl

@sneakerdj @rvds @joshua_cordova @katrina

Katrina Fairlee, Joshua Cordova & Sneaker - Geist Bahn (FIT-022)

A3 of "Montreal Pleiades" [CT002]
Distributed by Diamonds and Pearls Music 

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Priori - Glide

dis trak was made with the colundi scale
early early demo in 7/4
i just wanted to thank so much aleksi and richard
who made this very beautiful scale which makes my mind happier

COLUNDI EVERYONE [demodemdeomdoeodmed] //  HURRAY TO ALEKSI //

In an effort to keep things local, this release is one dedicated purely to giving. It is dedicated to giving back to a community so dear to Susan and so important to us all.

Half of the proceeds for this 6-tracked digital-only release will be donated to Radio Radio (@radioradioamsterdam) - the cosiest club in Amsterdam, who have always supported local talent, and continue to do so with their live streaming platform. The other half of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross making sure that they can continue their life-saving mission against the global outbreak of Covid-19.

Support starts level-up, and we want to give back to those that have helped us too. Big up to the artists involved, thanks for your huge generosity. You can help us in making this proposition a reality by buying this release. 50% goes to Radio Radio and 50% goes to the Red Cross. This equals 100% proceeds to good causes.

kogarasu-maru (feat. H, IRRRATIONAL INTERRRNATIONAL)

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