This week we are premiering Alpha Tracks - Troubled Waters. For future Premiere interest with Ismus contact premieres@ismusberlin.com.

Artist: Alpha Tracks
Title: Troubled Waters
Label: Blue Hour
Catalogue: BLUEHOUR017
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release date: 17/09/21

Be sure and buy it here - https://alphatracks.bandcamp.com/album/bye-bye-sky-high?campaign=ismus

Felix Benedikt aka Alpha Tracks presents the next chapter to his journey deeper into psychedelic dance music with ‘Bye Bye Sky High’. While EP’s ‘Contract Labour’ & ’White Keys’ set the blueprint, Alpha Tracks now moves us through shifting soundscapes, echoing messages from hope to uncertainty in sophisticated layers of harmony and unparalleled imagination. Take a deep breath in and step inside the mind of one of Trances most visionary modern producers.

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PREMIERE: Alpha Tracks - Troubled Waters (BLUEHOUR017)

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @ptu-1's Remix of Á&H's track „Gott", taken from the „NIX001” EP on Nix. Released digitally and on vinyl on 26th of November 2021.

NIX001

Á&H - Gott (PTU Remix)

Fluxx Vol. II is finally here!

30% of sales for this compilation will also be distributed equally between Black Rainbow and NSW flood relief.

Massive thanks to the beautiful artists who have brought this compilation to life Disgrays, Ekzander, Feline Fine, Mabel, Pankcakedog, Sophie Forrest, Teether + nini and Vessa.
credits

Mastering Anna Durham
Artwork Eloyse McCall

Disgrays - i just wish i was

Amniote Editions team up with friends and bbs of Mala Junta for “The Collective Capsule” - a celebration of 5 years of Berlin's favorite queer event. The capsule collection consists of a 12” cordially made up of 4 belters from the residents Hyperaktivist, Yazzus, DJ Tool and D.Dan, two compilations stacked with friends and lovers and limited merch.

The capsule also launches Amniote Editions’ return to graphic design studio Alexis Mark, who were part of the birthing of the platform and now presents their first cover design as a multilayer 12” gift - a record wrapped in a beautiful poster protected by a limited edition screen printed PVC sleeve.

Amniote Editions x Mala Junta

Megalania X - Sugoaku (Presented by Yazzus)

10FT CHAOS

Elise Massoni - Polyballad [XXL006]

https://soundcloud.com/meli_mena
https://soundcloud.com/craquages-collectifs
🛒 https://craquages-collectifs.bandcamp.com/album/craquages-vol-1-ccva001
🔊 https://youtu.be/gN8aWNx1kXY

Driven by a mad ambition to establish themselves as key players on the Parisian Bass and Break scene, they called on a hand-picked selection of the scene's flourishing artists for their very first Various Artist. The compilation, featuring 11 club weapons with both mystical and incisive vibes, reflects the eclecticism dear to the Craquages project.

PREMIERE: Meli Mena - Hypocondriac [CRAQUAGES]

The rush-inducing synth dose that kicks off 'Versatile' shows Aasthma at their most upful, and that's even before the chant-bolstered beatdown comes swaggering in on a broken flex with phasers set to jit. It's a direct, uptempo workout built around those core elements, but they equally know how to edge their secret sauce into even the most loop-rooted arrangement. Every spin-back flicker or filter tickle amps up the satisfaction in this life-giving slice of rave optimism.

Versatile

To speak to Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS about his music is to be enthusiastically guided into a complex world of his own creation: clean and powerful techno which pulses with life from the textured patterns and drum sequences that have fills and accents that would make anyone who's picked up a set of drumsticks envious.

Yet this ecosystem of noise is deceptive; Schwarz's process for making music is very different to how a live drummer would create the same subtlety of performance. Forever researching new technology, Luca got deeply interested in different programming languages, and created a series of probability based music tools for manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skillful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed and intentional in the moment of playing, then the method used in LDS tracks is almost diametrically opposed, with all of the intention coming in the assembly of the instruments, potential paths, and gateways; once play is pressed the music flows, following all the rules that were set in advance, not unlike a domino run or Rube Goldberg machine.

And like a domino run, the results are fascinating and, ultimately, fun: staccato vocals pop in and out in 'zipp prompt'; laser-like synths pulse; background noises sweep across the aural plane of the dub techno of 'diff, blockmix' and 'pow' adding texture that brings vitality all-too-easily missed out when complex mathematical processes become entwined with music creation. The high sensitivity to texture and rhythmic detail in Stadion Progg is multiplied further on Jean Redondo's remix - whose track, Hypersonic, was the backbone of 2023's 'yet' compilation on Tresor.

The balance between technology and a sense of fun might also come from the maker; it's not easy to overstate Schwarz's passion for what is now his favourite way to make music, "it never gets boring. There's always a moment of anticipation to see what actually emerges." And the true "power of 2" comes into play when the resulting music can be fed back through the system again and again, potentiating the music in exponential ways.

BANDCAMP

PREMIERE: LDS - stadion progg

Here's a clip from Dial on TRUNCATE5 - more of a broken beat DJ tool

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Truncate - Dial

All I Got (Where´s My Mind)

Artist(s): Scalameriya
Title: Imperial Visage EP
Label: Genesa Records
CAT.N: GENESA013V
Format: 12” Vinyl + Digital
Releasedate: September 2020

Tracklist:

A1. Scalameriya - Imperial Visage
A2. Scalameriya - Coronation Prime
B1. Scalameriya - Spire.Warden.Arcane.Gate…
B2. Scalameriya - Spire.Warden.Arcane.Gate… (Razbibriga Remix)

Scalameriya is back for Genesa’s lucky 13, delivering a release packed with his razor-sharp drums, unique sound design, cinematic breakdowns & dramatic synths. “Imperial Visage EP” could be called
a family-effort, with his wife on the vocals of the tittle track and his brother, Razbibriga, on the remix-duty for B2.

Written and produced by Nikola Grebovic
Mastered by Nikola Grebovic
Artwork by Alex Einz.
Worldwide distribution by Triple Vision
℗+© 2020 Genesa Records Italy, All Rights Reserved
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GENESA013V A2 Scalameriya - Coronation Prime

After being introduced to electronic music back in the early 90's in Los Angeles, a teenage David Flores was hooked. He started DJing across Southern California on the DIY warehouse, backyard, desert, and rave circuit. His style then was as varied as the local scene - a myriad of sounds ranging from house to acid to techno to hardcore. After a few years solely DJing, he began releasing original music under the monikers David F & Audio Injection, which landed him on labels such as Monoid, Stimulus, 4 Track & LA label Droid Recordings. His association with Droid Behavior began in 2003 as resident at the now defunct yet infamous and internationally acclaimed Interface event series alongside Drumcell and Raiz. He currently runs a new event series together with Drumcell and Oktaform named “Observe”.

In early 2011, he started the project Truncate to focus on the deeper, raw side of techno. His Truncate releases early on gained critical acclaim from world class underground talent such as Modeselektor, Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Chris Liebing, Speedy J, DVS1, Luke Slater, Ben Sims, Josh Wink, Eats Everything, Joris Voorn, and many more. Since then, he has provided remixes for artists across the musical spectrum including Kink, Slam, Loco Dice, Ben Sims, Josh Wink, Ellen Alien, Miss Kittin, Carl Cox & Nicole Moudaber. He has also released original works on 50 Weapons, Ultramajic, Blueprint, Ei8ht, Figure and of course his own imprint Truncate. He has also collaborated with Jimmy Edgar, Chambray and most recently started a new project with Ben Sims as ‘Assailants’ which they’ve released on their own imprint ‘Obscurity Is Infinite’.

A rigorous international tour schedule has since followed, including stops and regular appearances at the most prestigious venues and events, including Berghain in Berlin, Fabric in London, Concrete in Paris, The Movement Festival in Detroit, Womb in Tokyo, Dimensions Festival in Croatia, Awakenings in Amsterdam, Output in New York, and many more.

With his heavy remix, production and touring schedule there is still no slowing down for David. He continues to shape an evolving sound and to champion the Los Angeles underground.