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Emotional Response continues the second SchleiBen series with a pan-ocean exploration of meditative spiritualism meets psychedelic ambience. 

The 2nd of the 4 part series expands with the inclusive offerings from LA's Matthewdavid and London's HOLOVR for a cyclical journey of altered consciousness against lush 303-tinged harmonics. 

First, Matthewdavid provides a 20-minute live recording to showcase his "meditation with music". Beat maker, producer, label owner, radio host and now new age explorer, Matthew David McQueen has been a fixture of the City Of Angles music scene for over a decade. However, it was his association with Tropical Hi-Fi (SchleiBen 3) that first attracted the label's attention to dig deeper in to his developing sound. 

As Leaving Records founder he has a prominent role is shaping the cities sound that has seen him work with Sun Araw, Laraaji and a myriad of the label's roster. Here performing in most his recent incarnation, Matthewdavid's Mindflight - having just released the wonderful Trust The Guide And Glide double album opus - is Sonos. 

Recorded live at Dublab Radio's "Tonalism" event at Sonos Studios, the piece utilises Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano, Hulusi Flute and Ableton Live to create movement, fade and sequence. A looping realisation, music inside music, thresholds expanded, connecting the centre, a place, origin, a soul that allows a devout expression to exude and find mediation in sound. This is music to get lost and at the same, get found in. 

Set against these endless arp-loops, is HOLOVR, raising a more focused consciousness that is a perfect counterpoint. Having already appeared on the label via his recent, deep, eloquent remix of Sad City, as well as releasing with label favourites Opal Tapes, Further Records and Firecracker, the desire to work with another uniquely individual producer has been in place for several years. 

Recorded using only hardware; 303 lines, soft pads, arpeggio synths and Roland percussion capture a snapshot of time in a natural, in-the-moment negotiation of these different elements, giving trademark, open, drifting loops that let the listener within, while texture and tone engage, activating harmonic resonances almost as a drone. This progressive disintegration, tuning in and dropping out of musical spheres envelops while hinting at aphex influences and (artificial) intelligence.

SchleiBen shifts, expanding, growing, pulsating. Keep the faith and (un)listen.

A. Matthewdavid's Mindflight - Sonos

Average Fruit (Quadron) remix - Codename: Vibes

Testing Ground

'you’ve never danced alone' is the new album from @NatashaKmeto, out Sept. 25, 2020 via @FutureArchiveRecordings.

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Natasha Kmeto announces her return, bringing her singular sound back to fans with the release of her third full-length album, "you’ve never danced alone". The forthcoming album is her first full-length album release since 2015 and is due on Sept. 25, 2020.

Kmeto wrote, recorded, performed, engineered and mixed "you’ve never danced alone" in her studio in Portland, OR. It was mastered at Breakpoint Mastering in Portland, OR.

The album is composed of 11 tracks and ranges from bittersweet love songs like “nothing forever” and “she found me” to soulful dance tracks like “trust issues” and the title track “you’ve never danced alone”.

Since her last full-length release “Inevitable”, Kmeto's sound remains emotionally driven yet more grounded and assured. The songs are inspired by major life changes including a divorce, finding new love, exploring sobriety and re-connecting with forgotten ancestry. Writes Kmeto: “This album is a snapshot of my life at a very tumultuous time... the album progresses as my life did... creating this helped me gain a deeper understanding of myself…”

Sonically, the album draws influence from minimal techno, house, IDM and dark wave. “I wanted to return to a more minimal style of composition, more reminiscent of my first album," continues Kmeto. "I’ve always believed firmly in the power of negative space to really highlight what’s most exciting about sound and vibration.”

Each track has a unique story of its own but the album centers itself around what Kmeto has become known for: emotional, intimate and soulful music that roots itself in honest self-exploration.

'you've never danced alone' is out now via Future Archive Recordings.

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you’ve never danced alone

rave to the grave

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Natasha Kmeto - rave to the grave

The Mynah is a collaborative beat tape, featuring 19 producers from around South Africa.

2) INTRXVRT - Woke Up Sleeping

This mini-EP is filled with a lot of strange things. Subtle little details and sounds I've collected since January this year. They include field recordings of machinery, indie game samples, and even spoken word poetry that I converted into pads.
I knew this was different. And I knew it would not fit with my current idea of my next project. So, I decided to put them out as a mini-EP because I knew they had to exist.

As for the pipe dreams and the dreams we dream, that's normal. Don't beat yourself up too much. Failure is ok. Not feeling like yourself happens, too.
Being human is a complex condition.

This is short, simple, and present. More bottled up, more deprived.
This EP defines the things I don't understand about music and music people. The rage, gatekeeps, freaks, geeks, geniuses, and everything that comes along with that. Everything is right here - in the sound of trxstxssx.

The music and sample choices were heavily influenced by George Clanton, Drab Majesty, Tor Lundvall & Aphex Twin.

Special thanks to Keenan Anderson (K33W3r), FRNGE, X14, Karmokar, Jumping Back Slash, Nicolene Liebenberg, Estiaan van Vuuren, Nico Nicolaisen & Lawrence Lackey.

Artwork: Lawrence Lackey
Production & Mixing: trxstxssx
Mastering: Jumping Back Slash
Released: CoughSoft

Remixes: Karmokar | X14

THE PIPE DREAMS I'LL FIND

trxstxssx

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