Marco Bernardi "Why do i like this..normally i should hate this but i dont....strange but i do get it."

Mom "I want to use this for my aerobics class!"

Acid Andy - Jack Dawson Polka (Studio Barnhus)

The Italian Luigi de Santis aka GgDex makes his debut on the label, with 2 great tracks to break the dancefloor.

Let It Roll

Warm in Colour

Premiere of Shanti Celeste's contribution to The Second Annual Fundraiser for War Child, and it's a beauty! Repost to share the love. 

https://craigieknowes.bandcamp.com/album/the-second-annual-fundraiser-war-child

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Shanti Celeste - Dolphin Chant

Skatebård (aka Bård Aasen Lødemel) is warmly welcomed back to the Bordello. Following 2013´s Love in the Night comes a 12” of quite a different hue. Colour Negatives collects three brand new tracks from the Digitalo founder. The late night rave funk session of “Fujicolor Pro 400H” spikes and spins on beams of concentrated energy. Those same infectious hooks dawn into the flip. “Agfachrome RSX II” is bright, clean and joy filled; Skatebård delivering pure goodness to nurture any bodies beginning to flag. Paranoia and the break of day enters with “Kodak Portra 800”, a minimal two stepping demon that cuts like vinegar. Shape shifting synthesizer sounds from an artist who simply ignores genres.

https://bordelloaparigi.com/artist/skatebard/

Vinyl still available on juno!
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Skatebard/

AGFACHROME RSX II

On the second outing on his Midnight Themes imprint, Marlon Hoffstadt touches on featherlight acid, proto trance and jacking house across three tracks, also brimming with sub and dub.
Fresh from recent releases on Hot Haus, Ransom Note Records and his own Retrograde, Marlon Hoffstadt is reemerging as a defiant staple of dancefloors far and wide. With his newest release, the Berlin producer encourages listeners to engage with the music without the parasitic interferences of 21st century life. So for the next 20 or so minutes - screens off and blinds down to enjoy some pure awareness.  Preorder here : https://midnightthemes.bandcamp.com/album/themes-from-my-future-self-mt002

Themes From My Future Self

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PREMIERE : Marlon Hoffstadt - Der Merowinger

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/ghost-vision-shakuhachi-al-kassian-remix
* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/boORDmzHqV8
* Pre-order: https://bit.ly/2FYh5VG

Thomas Gandey and Danny McLewin, known from the popular disco-influenced electronic music collective Psychemagik, have once again teamed up as Ghost Vision for the Skakuhachi EP on Paramida’s label, Love on the Rocks. The name shakuhachi means “1.8 shaku,” referring to its size. It is a compound of two words:

1. shaku is an archaic unit of length equal to 30.3 centimeters (0.994 English foot) and subdivided in ten subunits.
2. hachi means “eight”, here eight sun, or tenths of a shaku.

Thus, “shaku-hachi” means “one shaku eight sun” (54.54 centimeters), the standard length of a shakuhachi (a bamboo flute). The bamboo flute first came to Japan from China during the 6th century. During the medieval period, shakuhachi were most notable for their role in the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhist monks, known as komus (“priests of nothingness,” or “emptiness monks”), who used the shakuhachi as a spiritual tool. Their songs (called “honkyoku”) were paced according to the players’ breathing and were considered meditation as much as music.

And that brings us back to the music! The shakuhachi is all over this EP, and the combination of cosmic disco and eastern influences is incredibly appealing. Quite without thinking of the Eastern origins of the instrument which had given the recording certain sonic distinguishments, and of course, its title, Paramida also enlisted the help of two musicians named Alex — one from Tokyo, and one from Kyoto.

Alex from Kyoto, aka Al Kassian, once again delivers an absolutely killer remix ripe with heavy 80s influenced drums and intergalactic acid-tinged synth lines. Playing on the meditative history of the shakuhachi, his remix incorporates deep atmospheres, organic fx, and soothing vocal chops that subdue the driving percussion and truly make the song an expansive journey through sound. It was reported that upon first listening at Love On The Rocks headquarters, wild dancing broke out almost immediately and did not stop for 36 hours. We can see ourselves dancing forever to this too. Pre-order at Juno.

PREMIERE : Ghost Vision - Shakuhachi (Al Kassian Remix)

Buy the metal tin CD version here http://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/labour-division

RA review http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=11066

FACT review http://www.factmag.com/2012/05/24/forward-strategy-group-labour-division/

Juno Plus review http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2012/05/23/forward-strategy-group-labour-division-review/

Forward Strategy Group present Labour Division, their debut album that follows a string of releases on Perc Trax, their own eponymous label, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Dynamic Reflection. Since their early days releasing on net labels to their current position amongst Europe's most respected techno outfits the Leeds/Edinburgh duo of Al Matthews (Smear) and Patrick Walker have always done things their own way. Drawing on their vast knowledge of electronic music's history Patrick and Al produce music where notable reference points are fused with new ideas to create their own distinctive sound.

Labour Division finds the Forward Strategy Group at their most melodic but also their most brutally uncompromising. Throughout the album the tracks shift between a range of atmospheres and timbres which in turn guide the listener though a number of different listening states, holding their attention and encouraging active listening rather than the passive, barely-there engagement often induced by less adventurous electronic albums.

The first five tracks aim to grab the listener's attention from the very first bar, whilst the tracks making up the second half of the album go deeper the listener, introducing more immersive sounds that hint at influences far beyond the realms of dancefloor techno.

Album opening 'Ident' surprises from its opening moments, being more melodic than you have ever heard the Forward Strategy Group before. The track harks back to the synth workouts of the 1980's but coated in a layer of industrial grime that sets out an aesthetic that runs through the rest of the album. Mandate and Elegant Mistakes both revolve around the kind of semi-broken rhythms which have been a characteristic of both the Forward Strategy Group's output and that of the Perc Trax label of late. The former track builds up layers of delayed stabs and whilst the latter has echoes of classic UK hardcore as the distinction between drum sounds and processed human voices begins to blur.

From then on the duo serve up a blend of metallic percussion and reverberant stabs, effortlessly switching from widescreen soundscapes to razor sharp exercises in minimalism. Metal Image and Industry & Empire trade on their depth whilst Cultivar rounds off the album hinting at post-punk guitar textures without you ever being sure if your ears are hearing live instrumentation or not.

As you reach the end of the album it is clear that this is one of the rare occasions when a collaboration is exactly that, a meeting and melding of the history and skills of two individuals to create a cohesive album that is the key moment for the Forward Strategy Group so far and opens up endless possibilities for their work after the album


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Forward Strategy Group - Labour Division preview

Valencian Pépe is up next on the stalwart NYC label. We've got the absolutely storming 'Delusions of Grandeur' to present to you today. Giving a deep Cybernetic Italo vibe off here, and firmly placed on the peak time floors. This one is gunna cause some amount of trouble in the clubs! The rest of the EP is blinding too.

Artist: @pepmanpepe
Label: @lphnyc

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LTWsHymMtcU

Aerial

SB PREMIERE: Pépe - Delusions of Grandeur [Let's Play House]

803 Crystal Grooves 003

Cinthie - This Bomb Is Mine

Oi oi mah Bruvas & Sistas! <3
The day is finally here! I am super stoked to share with you the first track off of my debut album ‘A Tale From The Clouds’!
It’ll be released on the 31st of march, but pre-order is available now. You’ll be able to download ‘Starlight’ now and then on the 31st you’ll get a download link for the whole album. Head over to my Bandcamp page if ya feel like pre-ordering:
https://nilescooper.bandcamp.com/album/a-tale-from-the-clouds

Wanna send a big hug to everyone who has supported, shared, liked and danced with me over the past few years, one love mah sweet peeps! <3 

The album is more of a home listening thing (mostly), tt’s a combination of all my influences, from chicago house to electro to 80’s Japanese ambient and dub techno - all centered around a tale set in space!

Stay warm out thurr peeps!
Ur Bwoi,
Niles

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