10/10,I wonder what the original sounds like

Detroit is a city that has given birth to some of the most important musical movements and artists of the last century. It’s a city of infinite inspiration for the world, a city that throughout all obstacles, has managed to breed a musical vanguard that we are all paying attention and looking up to, not to mention the biting, taking, and straight up jacking of this culture. There is a feeling, even an expectation, which comes with the music from the Motor City. Producer Kevin Reynolds is a true native son of Detroit.

With the release of single ‘Fembehyahget’ in 2016, the seeds were planted for Yoruba to release his official debut album. But Kevin Reynolds likes to take things slow! The second single from the collection came a lot later- ‘Come on Then’ in 2021, followed by ‘Riverfront’ in October 2022. Now Yoruba Records is finally proud to announce, ‘A Certain Circumstance’, by former Transmat Records key player, Kevin Reynolds. Anyone with a close connection to the electronic underground in Detroit can attest that Reynolds is one of the city’s most key artists, one of the true unsung heroes of the scene. Considering the sheer amount of talent within the Motor city, that goes way beyond a simple compliment.

Opener ‘Abandoned Car Seat’ serves as a great introduction to Reynolds range as a producer, a master class in tech-tinged deep house. Bathed in a warm moody chord progression, accompanied by a cold synth line that’s layered with equal opposite Rhodes melodic line. The blissed-out energy of ‘Fembehyahget’, is followed by the deep tech bounce of ‘Come On Then (Rerub’) and the sun-kissed frost of ‘Riverfront’, all making a necessary re-appearance. ‘Completed Stance’ is the type of composition that finds a true home at Yoruba Records. A looped guitar starts the journey, bringing in piano, then dropping an ancestral stomp on the beat. This has all the ingredients of one of those late-night Yoruba dance floor scorchers.

Reynolds strips things down on ‘Family Tree’, showing some bare bones funk, and dropping a vocal sample from someone you may or may not know who is deeply connected to that Detroit legacy stuff we’ve been talking about. ‘Inward Breath’ and ‘Seeking Peace’ bring some of the most transcendental moments of the album. Reminding us of the spacious and supernatural feelings of Hiroshi Watanabe’s 32 Project - music to truly lose yourself to the divine. Closing the proceedings is the broken beat electronic jazz of ‘Soil Before the Rain’.

Kevin Reynolds brings a relaxed, but intense focus to this album. Nothing feels forced! There has always been a linear narrative regarding Reynolds as Detroit’s best-kept secret. With ‘A Certain Circumstance’ that secret is finally out.

PREMIERE : Kevin Reynolds - Appointment Confirmed

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Recorded Live 3.31.23
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[016] Sabrina [3.31.23]

LUNAR THEORY EP OUT NOW

Tracklist:

1. All the Time
2. Flight of Fortune
3. Voyage
4. Lunar Chase

Release Info:

Permanent Vacation is very happy to bring you the debut EP of our long-time friend Sara Miller, hailing from Berlin via Ireland. For years Sara has been involved in club culture and its different aspects: from organising her own “Naive Melodies” parties and DJing in the city's best venues to working as a sound engineer and finally producing her own music. Following Sara's acclaimed debut track “Orange Sea”, which was part of the Permanent Vacation 7 compilation, it's now time for her first full EP titled “Lunar Theory”. On the EP's four tracks, Sara has drawn inspiration from her broad musical knowledge and years of DJing experience and party wizardry. You can detect influences from classic 90's house, breakbeat, Italo and Acid in her tracks, all combined into a fresh and sparkling result. But music is not the only source of inspiration for this notorious night owl; nighttime and its celestial companion, the moon, are equally important to Sara’s work. So “Lunar Theory” is a sonic journey that attempts to reflect the movements of the moon. Four phases of moonlight manoeuvres written after dark.

Written & produced by Sara Miller
Mixed & mastered by Lopazz
Release date: May 19th 2023

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Sara Miller - Voyage

exclusive: Mark Du Mosch - Flyers | Fluyo

Newly founded label Fluyo by Jorge Escribano makes it appearance on the big stages with its first VA called Fragments from Finowstraße including four cuts that cover the time-span from the 90s till 2010 and explore Techno and Electro sound-aesthetics. The B1, Flyers, comes from Dutch veteran producer Mark Du Mosch, who has had releases on Royal Oak, Dekmantel or SoHaSo amongst others, and was originally produced in 1999. Therefore Mark fuses Italian Disco with Acid and puts an early House drum to the track. Overall the Flyers has a nostalgic video game vibe with its bleepy sounds but is certainly more than a memory of the past but a track worth finding its way into DJ-bags in the golden 20s.

Fragments From Finowstraße is out on Fluyo.

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Fragments from Finowstraße

Flyers

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exclusive | Dondolo - Les Evanouisseurs | Fluyo

Dondolo delivers the A1, Les Evanouisseurs, of the newly founded label Fluyo, which is run by Jorge Escribano and kicks off the label-history with a four tracker called Fragments From Finowstraße, a VA EP, which transports the best from various electronic music genres from the past into the present. Dondolo's comes in with those electro-feel-good-vibes one could've experienced in the early noughties. A wobbly bassline paired with pads and strings as well as a huge dose of millennial nostalgia do the rest to create a track, which is beyond beautiful but a spaced-out ear-worm and goes into the same direction as Dieter Schmidt's Morse Code From The Cold War - a classic from this period of time in the French (House) scene.

Fragments From Finowstraße is out on Fluyo.

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Les Evanouisseurs

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Exclusive: Jakob Mäder - The Essence (Shan Remix)

Stuttgart-resident Jakob Mäder delivers the next outing on infamous Skylax Records with his seven tracker Chord Anthem, which consists out of six original tracks and a remix from Running Back mainstay Shan. The tracks on the EP combine an House, Italo and enough Acid bleeps to make an everlasting impression on the floors. With a modern twist Mäder manages to reissue if not to say revive the golden era of 90s House music with his approach, however sounding modern and classic at the same time. As before-mentioned Shan took on remix duties for The Essence and comes up with a track, which touches the Acid genre as well as it includes trancey sound-sequences all floating over a House-drum pattern. It's surely one of these tracks soaking one into its soundscapes and releasing one on the magic it unfolds with every beat it makes. 

Jakob Mäder's EP Chord Anthem will be released on Skylax Records.

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Chord Anthem

The Essence (Shan Remix)

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Sara Miller - Sprinkles

@maxyemusic oscillates between Chicago, Berlin and Lagos in a house-y atmosphere with strong influences of world, disco and bass music, taking her audience on sonic journeys through countries and eras.

Catch Maxye every 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month, from 18h to 19h [CET] on rinse.fr

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Thirty years ago, LA producer Aaron Paar realized his dream of launching a label with the debut of Worldship Music, dropping the now cult classic Planet Eater EP in the late summer of 1995. Crafted on his newly acquired SP1200 and refined with mix engineer extraordinaire Greg “Ski” Royal, the record became the label’s very first release and a true vanguard single. Overflowing with the raw swing and deep grooves of classic US house, these tracks still radiate the timeless energy of the mid-90s underground. Now carefully remastered and reissued in a strictly limited edition, Planet Eater EP returns as an essential piece of house history for DJs, collectors, and true heads alike.

Planet Eater EP

A1. PLANET EATER

A hidden groove from the White Island. Inspired by the secret compilations once found in boutiques and markets on Ibiza stripped down, hypnotic and elegant. Minimal drums, dry percussion and subtle details create a timeless atmosphere, far from the mainstream. A track made for those who know.

Ibiza CD 001 – Track 2

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Torture the Artist - your source for contemporary electronic music

Torture the Artist is a webzine, or a magazine made for the internet, geared towards those with a passion for contemporary electronic music, with subgenres including Techno, Tech House, Deep House and Eletronica, as well as a small amount of Indie and Alternative. Founded in 2014 by Holger Breuer, a German native and lover of the arts, Torture the Artist now consists of five team members from all around the world.

In addition to publishing interviews, music reviews, DJ charts and track premieres, the webzine hosts out a  podcast series called 'art:casts'. This medium gives DJs and producers the artistic freedom to highlight their different musical styles while not being restricted by factors such as setting, and connecting them to a wider audience. 

Being in its ninth year, Torture the Artist has gained a strong and active online support group, including music enthusiasts to label managers and artists themselves, creating a cohesive community with music as their bond.

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