Notes from the Underground, August 5, 2015

LAD024 - Various Artists - Some Things Rise 

Out: August, 3rd 2015. 

Once again Life and Death presents an assemblage of some of today’s finest artists with a Various Artists release of such high quality that it could have easily stood out as distinct and separate releases. But together these producers and their contributions combine to create something even greater than the sum of their parts. A story assembled from different voices that slowly builds from Sei A’s opening Muladhara-centered “Hyper Venom” and takes off from there, following the path of these musical Mahatmas as they riff on various states of elevation. 

Following Sei-A’s opener is Locked Groove’s shift to the Undenary with “Eleven”, a triumphant score for the everyman’s ascent. From there, the ever adept Scuba comes strong with “Glacial”, a deep track that shifts focus back and forth between both what lies below the surface and what climbs above it. And then, finishing the rise upward is Alex.Do’s expertly woven “Rising” which delivers on the promise that its title offers, never backing down and moving ever onwards and upwards even in its final rising tones.

Artist: VA
Title: Some Things Rise
Format: Digital & 12”
Digital Release Date: 03.08.2015
Physical Release Date: 25.09.2015

Tracklisting: (Digital & 12”)

A1. Sei A – Hyper Venom
A2. Locked Groove - Eleven
B1. Scuba - Glacial
B2. Alex.Do - Rising


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LAD024 Sei A - Hyper Venom

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Adra - "Chapterhouse" (Matrixxman Remix)

Alandria Sheffer, otherwise know as Adra, has added yet another notch to the blossoming scene of San Francisco techno producers with her debut EP, Fear Is The Mind Killer. Joining the likes of Matrixxman, who's just provided a bleepy analog flip of her original "Chapterhouse," as well as Vin Sol and the always-amazing Honey Soundsystem crew, Adra's latest work encapsulates the way this Bay area clique of techno producers is pushing the envelope. Adra's original is a slower looming cymbal jack with a looming voice of god swell gluing it together. Matrixxman ups the tempo and resonant frequencies alongside analog bleeps in line with early Hamtramck jams. ​

Adra – "Chapterhouse"

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