soirée un

Buy/stream: https://kompakt.fm/releases/i_feel_nothing_ep_12

Up next with the hieroglyphic wares are new-to-the-fold Dutch duo Ramses, alias Erik Buschmann and Wannes Salomé of Amsterdam-based outfit, Klangstof. Having known each other for the past fifteen years, the two of them started toying with their own electronic compositions over a year ago. Out of a string of free-form writing sessions, the material for Ramses then organically emerged, paving the way to deep, playful and climactic pieces of weightless electronics, aimed at reaching the summits of computer-aided escapism.

Ramses’ debut effort for Kompakt, “I Feel Nothing” EP, is made up of three cuts tied by their shared sense of ethereal timelessness and ample versatility. Starting off as a wonky house number, the title-track and debut single – which was actually the first track ever recorded by the duo – swiftly evolves into a pulsating crescendo of elegiac voices, opaque synthwork and cascading bleeps and bloops, eventually hatching into a soul-healing finale of piano-laced stasis.

Soulful and boogie-friendly to the core, “Born To Fail” fuses RnB-infused sampling with bubbling near-eastern components to weave its own distinctly mischievous genotype of jagged, goofy house outside anyone’s league or trend. Rounding off the package, dreamy drift “Groef” makes for a more subdued and sentient entry into Ramses’ ambient world, fusing bleached-out pads, slo-blooming keyboard flights and Sino-flavoured harmonics in one lavishly textured, oneiric tableau that keeps on shifting perspectives.

Ramses - I Feel Nothing

AMBIVALENT is the monicker of DJ and producer Kevin McHugh: originally from the US, he has since found a new home base in Berlin where he produces trim and powerful techno for kinetic crowds. Accordingly, Ambivalent releases have found their way to classic dance imprints such as Ovum or Cocoon Recordings, and it’s with the latter that he recently found much acclaim for the „Daylights“ single, expanding a great run these past months with his La-4a analog project – now, he joins the Speicher ranks for SPEICHER 92: WHYOU is a rather muscular affair, boasting potent Moog riffs and a hungry TR 909. The flip side hosts a vigorous, hypnotic remix from Kompakt head MICHAEL MAYER – a personal hero of McHugh’s going back at least 15 years. Double headliner wax, with only the wheat and none of the chaff. 

SPEICHER 92

Buy Kompakt.fm

Ambivalent - Whyou - Michael Mayer Mix - Snippet

A real detachment. No bio. No computer.
Analog live act from Berlin, Env3 forming the next Paranoid Dancer sound trip including a raw & direct remix from Alexander Kowalski & his uber guise d_func.
Env3 next plays live at Tresor Berlin, 3rd August 2016.
Follow Env3 on Facebook - www.facebook.com/Env3music

Typ3-6
@env3, Alexander Kowalski, d_func.
PD036

Feedback: www.paranoiddancer.com/PD036
Bandcamp: bit.ly/PD036_bandcamp
Beatport: 25th July 2016

Env3 - Typ3 (Alexander Kowalski Vs d_func. Remix)

Kornél Kovács - The Bells (Studio Barnhus)

2x 12'' vinyl / CD / digital / Release: 26.08.2016

A1. Szikra Intro – A2. BB – A3. Dollar Club – B1. Gex – B2. Josey's Tune – B3. Dance... While The Record Spins – C1. Szív Utca – C2. The Bells – D1. Pop – D2. Urszusz

For the past seven years Kornél Kovács has been busy rocking dancefloors and boomboxes worldwide as one third of Stockholm’s Studio Barnhus alongside Axel Boman and Petter Nordkvist. The label and DJ trio is spearheading a new era of fearless Swedish off-centre dance music, straddling the line between the cute and the menacing.

Anticipation for Kovács' debut album has been rocketing following stand out releases like 2014's wistful Szikra, last year’s mad party anthem Pantalón on Glasgow's Numbers imprint and the late night groove of Space Jam on Smallville Records.

On The Bells, Kovács pops open his trunk full of sounds nicked from the lost and found bins of nightclubs all over the world. From the distorted organ chords of BB to the stripped down trancehall beats of Josey’s Tune and Szív Utca and the title track's cinematic romanticism, it's all of the bells and all of the whistles - further positioning Kovács as one of the most characteristic producers of modern house music.

The record was completed in an intense two-week session with Kovács' great friend and studio engineer Matt Karmil in the winter of 2016. Another close friend, artist Malin Gabriella Nordin, has created the album artwork together with her brother Jonas.

Prompted directly by Kovács to give his report on the record, Studio Barnhus label boss Axel Boman had the following to say:

Kornél's bells will echo far beyond the nervous and trend sensitive ”dance" genre that our label sometimes is associated with, and into pop history. It’s one of our best, most innovative and creative releases to date, and the fact that one of my best friends has managed to do this on the label we share together makes me so proud that I want to cry. ”The Bells” is the reason I dreamed of starting a label in the first place.

twitter.com/KornelKovacs
www.facebook.com/kokokornel
www.discogs.com/artist/781095-Kor…3%A9l-Kov%C3%A1cs

Kornél Kovács - Dollar Club (from album The Bells, out Aug 26 on Studio Barnhus)

Exclusive release here: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/speicher93Ar


Grey (snippet)

Exclusive release here: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/speicher93Ar

KIR (snippet)

Robyn completed a short run of festivals in North America, including a headline set at Governors ball, earlier this Summer. Ahead of these shows she invited some of her favorite artists in dance music from across the globe to remix key tracks from throughout her career, she performed these new versions of the songs live. A list of the participating artists, along with the songs they’ve remixed, is below. New tracks coming every Friday.

REMIXES // TRACKS:
Axel Boman - “Hang With Me” 
Cassius - “Dancing On My Own” 
Harry "Choo Choo" Romero - “Love Kills” 
Joakim - “With Every Heartbeat” 
Mr. Tophat - “Main Thing” 
The Black Madonna - “Indestructible” 
The Mekanism - “Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do” 
Zhala & Heal the World - “Stars 4 Ever”
Wolfgang Voigt - "Who Do You Love" 

soirée un

Tony.B