Our first ever premiere introduces the 129th imprint on Montreal-based label, Archipel. This album from Italian Rico Casazza hosts 8 intriguing tracks, 4 of which are available only for those who invest in the wax!

Our featured track is one of those vinyl bonuses, named as the entire album is...'Yaman'. Its hypnotic and music box styled melody, is the first stand out feature. As the electro-led beat and energetic claps develop, so does its wonderful 303 bassline. The track epitomises Rico's style in its perfect balance between his melancholic songwriting and his desire to make people move.

Yaman is out on the 30th November on 12” & digital. Available in stores or available direct from the label here - https://archipelmusique.bandcamp.com/.

You can check other previews from the album here - https://soundcloud.com/ricocasazza/sets/yaman

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ARTIST PROFILE (by Miles Murgett):

@ricocasazza
@archipel

After ten years of producing electronic music, Rico Casazza has created a successful identity for himself and his moody, yet melancholic style of making music. Casazza has released on labels such as Soma, Archipel, Plastic City and our very own platform Loose Lips, which has helped him establish himself amongst the ranks of diverse producers in London. This is no easy task due to the sheer volume of quality artists hailing from this great city. Whether it is Ambient, House, Electro or IDM that you are looking for, Casazza will have his own tripped-out and crunchy take on it. His highly effective, sample-based way of producing reinforces these stylistic qualities. 

Rico Casazza has had a very successful career so far with over fifteen releases under his belt and even with this impressive figure behind him, he shows no signs of slowing down.  Showing the depths of his musical knowledge, he's turned his hand to teaching others how to use Ableton live and all he knows about the DAW. As well as teaching, he also spends time working on his hybrid live set that gives an insight into his love for analogue synthesisers. Rico’s live performance has taken him around Europe and South America, adding to both the maturity and vast array of influences behind his productions.

Rico Casazza’s latest offering is eight tracks in the form of his second LP. We have the privilege of premiering ‘Yaman’, which demonstrates his no-holds-barred approach to writing. As a teacher, producer, live performer and an incredible selector behind the decks, Casazza has cultivated a varied and detailed range of skills. We here at Loose Lips have followed his musical journey thus far with great curiosity, and can’t wait to see the ways in which he will surprise us in the future.

Yaman

PREMIERE: Rico Casazza - Yaman (ARCH129)

More than ten years since he first emerged on Skull Disco, Appleblim presents his debut album. The label he co-founded with Shackleton was the first the world heard of his productions, but Laurie Osborne’s innate relationship with electronic music culture reaches back much further than those groundbreaking early days of dubstep. Early days spent soaking up hardcore, jungle, techno and plenty more besides were fundamental foundations from which to spring into the then-unknown realms of sub-low half-step club music. At that time FWD>> and DMZ were the church for this ritualistic sound, and Appleblim was a regular fixture at both.

As dubstep matured, magnified, mutated and meandered, so Appleblim moved beyond Skull Disco to explore different avenues of expression in the new many-layered club music landscape. His own Apple Pips imprint was a natural vessel on which to explore the emergent fusions of hardcore-derived sounds and the US-born house, techno and electro, while labels such as Aus Music equally provided a home for his work (often alongside Komonazmuk). Meanwhile long-standing collaborations with Alec Storey (Al Tourettes / Second Storey) finally manifested in the hyper-modern mind-twist of ALSO, captured as an album on legendary rave label R&S.

More recently it’s been possible to hear Appleblim delve into electro-acoustic and ambient production alongside bassweight sounds on Tempa, one of the original bastions of dubstep culture. As the existing boundaries between genres, cultures, eras and scenes continue to dissolve, on his debut album Appleblim offers up a fresh approach that brings some of the foundational sound ethics of rave culture into a modern framework.

Hardcore breaks are still a regular sound source in contemporary club tracks, but on Life In A Laser it’s instantly apparent that Appleblim has moved beyond choosing popular drum samples to truly tap into the elusive feeling engendered by the music of the era. It’s a tricky feat to manage, but in the pie-eyed chords of “Ignite”, the subby 808 tom basslines on “NCI” or the Mr. Fingers synth flex on “Manta Key” the sonic finish sports the same understated grit and grime that made those early records so timeless. There’s still space for modernism, not least on snaking 2-step killer “I Think We'll Let The Gas Sort This One Out”, but it’s offset by a layer of dust, not to mention an inherent moodiness that can’t be faked.

This fine balance of rave romanticism and future-minded approaches binds together in a cohesive conceptual statement. First and foremost it’s Appleblim’s personal reflection on the music that has moved him on countless dancefloors since his first flirtations with soundsystem culture. At the same time the canny influx of modern ideas into the soundworld of the 90s genuinely results in a new proposition, making for a perfect fit on the modern-day ‘ardcore fetishists label of choice, Sneaker Social Club. Many may claim to draw on old-skool influences in their modern trax, but take one listen to “Flows From Within” and you’ll feel the same time-slipping surge of future-shock as the ravers at Lost, Dreamscape, The Dungeons, Clink Street, Blue Note and all those other iconic spots.

Appleblim - NCI

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DBA039.5
NOVEMBER 2018
BUY: https://dontbeafraidrecordings.co.uk/shop

TRACKLIST:
A1 GENERAL LUDD - OWL
A2 HERVA & MASS PROD – CONSTRUCTIVE PESSIMISM
B1 NENE H - ГЕТТО 
B2 ALTERED NATIVES – DANCING GIRL

GENERAL LUDD - OWL [DBA039.5]

Transfigured Time 006 - Cocktail Party Effect
Release date - 5th November 2018
Buy Vinyl - www.juno.co.uk/products/cocktail…orithm/705894-01/
Buy Digital - transfiguredtime.com/album/death-of-an-algorithm

Cover Photo by Andro Eradze 
Sleeve design by Gacha Bakradze
Mastered by Gigi Jikia

Distributed by Kompakt.

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Preorder: https://fanlink.to/PDCOMP001

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Lux Nova - Tower Of Hanoi (PDCOMP002)

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‘SLN016’ is a 4 break beat track journey which kicks off the release of the opening track ‘SLN016A1’. Easing into break house at it’s finest with soulful vocals, organic drumming and jazzy bass lines. In his ‘state of flow’ attitude, Erta Ale presents quite possibly his best electro-break house release so far; thick kicks interpolated with chords and disorientating solo-synths, characterized by the other tracks on this EP. Mastered in full analog style by the master Tim Xavier.

What people say:

Anastasia Kristensen: bright tracks! thx

Josh Caffe (Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Exploited, BPitch, Batty Bass): A nice Summery EP. Lovin this!

Alinka (Twirl, Classic, Crosstown Rebels, Batty Bass): Erta Ale always on point!

Spatial Awareness (Twirl! / Hottwerk): Great ep as always :)

Gabriella Vergilov (Enemy Records, Palinoia, Thema): always nice stuff, track 3 and 4 for me, GV

DJ Leeon a.k.a. ELO (Video Club Bogota): Really dig this record, thanks!

James Welsh (Phantasy): Excellent. Some nice, original dusty vibes here.

Josef K (Sankeys): Feeling the last acid one Dystopian vibes, the acid line reminds me of Roy of the Ravers - Emotinium 

Massimiliano Pagliara (Live at Robert Johnson): nice tunes

Ame (Innervision): Thanks.

Jasss: nice

Jason Kendig (Honey Sound System, Dark Entries): captivating tracks. I found A2 and B2 particularly transportive. Thank you!

David Martin ( Dimension Soundsystem): This is excellent. Thanks DM

Amanda Mussi (LPZ Records): great stuff!

Joshua James (Phantasy): Dreamy

Perel (DFA): very cool! Thanks

Young Male (Work Them, White Material): Fun and funky. A1 is my favorite

Dan Curtin (Mobilee, Autoreply, Tuning Spork): really fresh sounding and exciting, great drum work, loving all the different moods!

Alienata (://about blank, Discos Atónicos, Kat Channel): Nice tunes, thx

Lupe (Silhouette Music, Instant Replay): A1 for me, great groove, thnx!

Joao (Sombra): B1 is my fav

Elia Perrone (Easy To Remember / Unclear Records): amazing release ! thanks! A1 for me!

Justin Robertson (Deadstock): some radio action on this great

Flore (POLAAR): really nice release

Curses (Rinse France / Ombra INTL / Dischi Autunno): siiick

Kelly Lee Owens (Smalltown Supersound): Closing Track is nice!

Ali Berger (Spectral Sound): B2 is HITTING!

NIKS (Black Bandcamp): more nice bits here x

AISHA (Soma / Alumni): Sick vibes on this releases, thanks!

Andy Lemay (Dimensions Soundsystem): great release

Squallfront (Ecke Records, Berlin): go on Erta :))

Shy One (RinseFM / Balamii): Bugy vibe on that first track

DJ Seinfeld (Lobster Theremin / Endotherm): super good

Pre-order Date - 17th July 2020 
Release Date - 18th September 2020

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SLN016

Erta Ale - SLN016 (12'' Vinyl Only) - Solenoid Records

@ohmydais is back with another wicked guest in @mixtressed, toe-to-toe on all the club stuff!

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