Our next release is a family affair involving two artists who previously released on Samo Records. Tassilo Vanhöfen (@eshu-est), who was featured on our “Spiral” compilation, delivers a hypnotic EP with four of his signature low-tempo/trance-y tracks, perfectly matching the vibe of these strange times. 
“Laterna Magica” gets reworked by @itako, whose “Standards” EP came out on Samo last year; the result is a sped-up version that will haunt you for days. 

“Arcadia Ego” is out digitally on May 7.

1. Tassilo Vanhöfen - Fragrance Rain
2. Tassilo Vanhöfen - Laterna Magica
3. Tassilo Vanhöfen - Wild Magic Dance
4. Tassilo Vanhöfen - Laterna Magica (Itako Mix)

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Album de Romain Jauzas

Jauzas The Shining-Art Of Noise

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/lotuswashxb1
Track: Higgs Field
Label: https://soundcloud.com/littlebeatdifferent
Format: Cassette Tape, Digital, LP
Release date: 04/6/21
Purchase: https://littlebeatdifferent.bandcamp.com/

Lotus Wash drops his debut album on LBD Sounds, bringing a whole load of fresh material which came out from his experience as a session musician, and performing his experimental live sets around the Czech Republic. He connects the dots between classically trained musician and modular synth-head, working in Prague’s DIY shop and creative community Noise Kitchen. The album spans across 6 original tracks of pure analogue bliss and live ideas, alongside three remixes from his closest allies, local producers Oliver Torr, Vision of 1994, and Hrtl.
The Field Theory was created during a period of deep fascination with quantum physics, with the tracks being conceptually and aesthetically inspired by some of its phenomena. Acoustically, it’s mostly a slow and dark affair, with Lotus Wash only letting the light in very briefly when the sun is young (Magnetic Moment), keeping the shutter firmly closed for the rest of the record. His music does not rely on banging beats to drive it, instead letting intense grooves do the job from deep underground, just like on earth-shattering album opener Vacuum Fluctuation. He masters his craft of building atmosphere, a skill learnt during multiple collaborations with various Czech theatres. Of course, he lets the steam out occasionally, and always with devastating effect (Higgs Field, Casimir Force), but mostly choses to keep it capped, humming and hissing. When the sky clears, he opts for a minimalistic and hypnotic approach, only to disturb this peace with a killer bassline in one of the album’s highlights – Spooky Action in A Distance – later re-imagined and re-electrified by Oliver Torr. Standard Model is anything but your standard techno, while Hrtl’s remix of Magic Moment flirts with techno too, but on a dubbier and brighter side. Bringing the album to a close is Vision of 1994’s downtempo take on the same track, finally letting you breathe out.

Field Theory

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PREMIERE | Lotus Wash - Higgs Field [LBD Sounds] 2021

Oorsprongprk - La Prossima Vittima EP ( Snippets) 

https://italomoderni.bandcamp.com/album/oorsprongpark-la-prossima-vittima


@Oorsprongpark debuts on Italo Moderni with 5 powerful original tracks on Cassette and Digital with a mystical electro/new beat bass like missiles slamming every dance floor. Oorsprongpark based in Haarlem, Netherlands has produced the first piece is an alluring work of soft pads, gentle percussion and playful melodies all focused in a Electro trip where you can hear an electro Old School, industrial synths and galactic arpeggiators that undoubtedly mark a before and after in their sound after having released two great EP's on our friend label Mechatronica music. Oorsprongpark in full essence!

Mastering by Oriol Mubu
Design by Artur Olés (Chino)

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Igor Botur - Rapartrié

The Black Sea is currently the front line in a war. A war between humanity and inhumanity. In a world where millions are displaced by war and geopolitical disputes which are nothing to do with its inhabitants.  Millions of people are fleeing to EU countries in hope of a better life and while it's not for us to pin our political colours to a mast, we are first and foremost human, and have a responsibility to make sure our fellow humans are safe.
Lurid Music and Anatolian Weapons are making a stand, donating 100% of the proceeds of this EP to Humanity Crew, a charity which specializes in psychological support for displaced refugees fleeing the war ravaged regions from outside the EU.
Anatolian Weapons AKA Athenian resident Aggelos Baltas is currently on the up, with a track selected by Lena Willikens for her Dekmantel Selectors 05 Compilation as well as releases or remixes on Dream Weapons, Faint Object and more. 
Agglelos is keeping up the momentum with a release on Washington label, Lurid Music, a label which has released EPs and remixes from Khidja, Tim Fairplay, Rattler Proxy and Antoni Maiovvi throughout it's sporadic release schedule from the past few years. However, this one has been worth the wait.
Black Sea is slow mo Acid at it's finest with a warm analogue sounds permeating from every orifice of it's being.
Delayed cut up vocals add an atmosphere you would expect from any producer who calls the shores of the Aegean their home, whatever the crisis or crises it might face.

https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/luridmusic

PREMIERE | Anatolian Weapons - Black Sea [Lurid Music] 2018

Chambre Noire is happy to present its very first release, featuring Puma & The Dolphin’s (https://soundcloud.com/puma-and-the-dolphin) debut record, the Primitive EP, including a remix by cult producer Michal Turtle (https://soundcloud.com/michalturtle). P&TD is a Bulgarian producer based in Sofia.

Distributed by Above Board and soon available on vinyl and digital at all your favourite shops 🌐

Tracklist:
A1 - Jungle Futura (6:36)
A2 - Camel In Dub (5:35)
A3 - The Dress (4:56)
B1 - Cobra Dance (5:43)
B2 - The Dress (Michal Turtle Remix) (7:46)

Mastered by Cristobal Urbina
Design by Peter Bunzinelli
Distributed by Above Board Distribution, UK

Primitive EP

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ART TEACHERS – "A.T." (S.O.T.P.) - JANUARY 2020. (17th) – (low resolution/mp3-snippets)
Pre-Order Vinyl -> https://artteachers.bandcamp.com/ 250 copies including hand-made insert. -

> Longtime activists ART TEACHERS bestow to the world their utterance of Funk Realistique! Native to the periphery of an industrial hotspot in Central Europe the outfit models the world to their own conception. Realfunk, in that respect, needs no outright referring to its origins. Form and expression are skipping genre dictates and thus create another niveau. This elegant EP may whet the appetite for more... -

Art Teachers - "AT" (S​.​O​.​T​.​P​.​)[Out January 2020]

The slow and trancey virtuoso from Frankfurt is back to release his solo EP. Each track has its own movement - mysterious, tense, exploring, expanding. Each movement is a medicine for your flesh and soul. The EP also includes great sounds from Greece. The remix by Anatolian Weapons is, as always, something more than just an interpretation.

From the first tribal beats, this EP triggers your body to want to move, something we're sorely lacking these days. We hope you can shake off the pandemic cobwebs to these tunes, wherever you are.

https://soundcloud.com/eshu-est
https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

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PRÉMIÈRE: Tassilo Vanhöfen - Dream Collector (Anatolian Weapons Remix) [Electric Shapes]

Exclusive: Steve Pepe - Oltraggiosa Musica (Lamusa II Remix)

With his album Vivere in Diagonale Roman artist Steve Pepe set the bar high for future releases on London label Inside Out Records. A good few months after the release a handful of artists ventured to take on remix duties and provide the orginals with some alternative musical pieces or offer a different access to Steve Pepe's music. Amongst others Tolouse Low Trax, niCo and Hivern Discs-artist Lamusa II took on the task to create venerable musica. The latter delivers, just as the original track title suggests, a percussive, hypnotic, experimental version that includes accentuaded gitarre riffs and an none-alternating chord, which sets the basis for various glitch sounds and resounding drums. All of the beforementioned though is highlighting the omnipresent and catchy vocal, which accompanies the listener through Lamusa II's journey through creative sound compositions. 

Steve Pepe's Vivere in Diagonale Remix EP will be out on Inside Out Records on December 4th, 2020.

Artist & label information:
Steve Pepe: @stevepepe-music // www.instagram.com/stevepepe6
Lamusa II: www.facebook.com/lamusamusic // @lamusalamusa // www.instagram.com/lamusa2000 
Inside Out Records: www.facebook.com/insideoutrec // @nsideoutrec // www.instagram.com/insideoutrec

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EXCLUSIVE: Steve Pepe - Oltraggiosa Musica (Lamusa II Remix) [Inside Out Records]

Lurid Music welcomes Fabio Me Llaman Soltero from Guatemala. This eccentric multifaceted producer, co-founder of the Sonido Moderna collective and the Azul Rosa beach club in Lago De Atitlán, in southwestern Guatemala, has always been known for his insatiable search for a particular sound with the experimentation of various genres. Labeling with a musical genre what it produces, in its own words, is "boring, and music, like life, must be free, because the rhythms are there to be used in the best way for us." Anatolian Weapons comes in to give an argan oil rub to the lead-off track, coming up with an acid desert classic. Vinyl to come out in early 2021.

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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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