@tunnelvisions1 return to their home label @Atomnation for a fourth fantastic release in the last three years. This six track excursion builds on the pair's warm, richly melodic and always hypnotic style with fantastically colourful results.

atomnation.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-time

Tunnelvisions is Emiel van den Dungen and Raynor de Groot. Both artists keep busy with their own solo projects (Milio and Coloray respectively) but continue to find fascinating middle ground when they come together in the studio. 2020 saw them step out on Moscoman's Disco Halal and Solomun's Diynamic, while they have also been remixed to great effect with influential DJs like Dixon and Tale Of Us playing the results. Now, though, they are back on Atomnation with another superb collection of cuts.

The undulating 'Acid Neverland' opens up with its succulent and supple drums overlaid with heavenly chords and glowing pads. Coloray's vocals are then layered in to bring some drive and attitude to this most compelling of tracks. 'King Cobra' is a dubby delight. Its airy hi hats, bulbous bass notes and tripped out melodic motifs all sinking you into a trance.

There is more angst and energy to the malfunctioning melodies and steel-plated drums of 'Mirrored Identities' while 'Waiting For The Morning' is a perfect dreamscape. It's a super widescreen track with deft pads coming in and out of focus, glistening melodies reflecting light and pulsing drums locking you in. 'Private XS' flips the vibe with more drawn out and sinewy synths gurgling and bubbling away as they ride up and down the scale like a slow motion cosmic explosion. Last but not least, 'End of Time' has the most pop hooks and catchy riffs of the lot. They dart about the mix as smeared pads and crunchy, punchy drums encourage you to cut loose.

This is another masterfully cohesive collection of colourful dance floor cuts that take in pop, techno and synth music and skew them the unique lens of Tunnelvisions.

End of Time

Tunnelvisions - End Of Time

Visionquest unleash the second superb release on this year’s most exciting new label. Footprintz possess the kind of musical magic that seems to be created through some unfathomable chemical reaction, their pop sensibilities perfectly balanced with a mystical sense of kudos. Sounding like Hot Chip in paradise, Hercules in a new Love Affair with a euphoric LCD Soundsystem, ‘Utopia’ is the first step in a great musical journey for this magnetic partnership.

Charming guitar led melodies strung out over blissful poetic lyrics and dreamy synths, ‘Utopia’ is the embodiment of its definition. A captivating blend of pop magic, hatched in a dream and painted in vivid colour, it creates devotion to its musical heart. It’s elusive partner in crime, ‘Golden Dreams’ is cloaked in mystery and soaked with attraction. Uttering choral cries and apocalyptic echoes, it evokes the thrilling sensations of falling in love.

Steering to the dancefloor, house music king Ewan Pearson breathes melancholic pulses through Utopia’s veins in a heart-rendering remix for the small hours a truly inspiring remix from Ewan who mastered the whole EP.

The second release on the Visionquest label, brought together by the four musketeers: Seth Troxler, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss and Shaun Reeves, illuminates their inspired direction and precise aims to unleash a fresh visionary sonic imprint upon the earth.

Footprintz are the Montreal based duo formed through the dreamy musical decadence of Adam Hunter and Clarion North, channeling hypnotic euphoria from the constellation Pegasus into kaleidoscopic sunrise floors.

TRACK LISTING

1. Utopia
2. Golden Dreams
3. Utopia (Ewan Pearson’s The Tale of Bolo Brown Re-trip)

Beatport link; http://www.beatport.com/release/utopia/346696

Juno link; http://www.junodownload.com/products/utopia/1724137-02/

3. Footprintz -  Utopia (Ewan Pearson's The Tale of Bolo Brown Re- Trip) (VQ 002)

Retropolis Vol. 01

Faster

Artist: Gianet
Track: Devious Fragments (Last Men On Earth Rework)
Label: BUFOS
Release date: 26/04/2024

PREMIERE: Gianet - Devious Fragments (Last Men On Earth Rework) [BUFOS]

Outflow (original mix)

Choma (Long play)

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Pre-release Bandcamp - jasonstill.bandcamp.com/album/luminous-path

A fusion of deep grooves and soaring melodies, this melodic house collection blends hypnotic rhythms with atmospheric layers. Each track flows with energy and emotion — built for late-night dancefloors and reflective moments alike.

Mirage Flow

Aus release more music than pretty much any other label on earth, which is great if you, like us here at THUMP, are really into club-ready house music that comes in as many flavours as those new fizzy drink machines you get at places like Five Guys. You know the ones we mean; the contraptions that let you rot your teeth in an amazing array of ways. The modern world is brilliant! 

Their latest 12" sees imprint-owner Will Saul working alongside long term label favourite Komon on the fantastically lithe "Harmonise," a rollocking roller that's more suited to greenhouses than warehouses. 

The B-side sees a pair of big, big remixes. The first comes from Juju & Jordash who take things down a slightly more acidic path, leading us to imagine what exactly would happen if one was to feed a venus fly trap a tab or seven of good, strong acid? Presumably very little, really, but don't EVER deny yourself that kind of flight of fantasy. Plants on drugs...imagine!

Moving swiftly on, the other remix comes from one of the classiest men on the circuit—Mr. Nick Höppner. As you'd expect from a man whose productions and DJ sets redefine the idea of "chic, sleek, European house and techno," he's turned in a reworking so effortlessly cool that repeated exposure has the potential to freeze you to your own sofa. We reckon it's worth the risk.

Harmonsie

Komon & Will Saul - Harmonise (Nick Höppner Remix)

OUT NOW: https://lnk.to/redaxesPH69
A Sipoor
B1 Teroof 
B2 Bad Time Story

Already a well-established presence on the outlandish fringes of experimental, alternative and dance music, celebrated Israeli duo Red Axes make a surprise left-turn onto Phantasy with a three-track 12”, ‘Sipoor’. Unsurprisingly, the results are as pleasingly out-there as the occasion requires. 

Following on from last year’s self-released LP, ‘The Beach Goths’, ‘Sipoor’ immediately announces the Axes’ uncompromising return to the front and centre of the dancefloor with the raw, provocative ‘Bad Time Story’. Brazen, brash acid triggers this particular tale, as Red Axes briskly modulate their way through a ruff, tuff but never less than musical landscape of 303s and 808s. 

‘Sipoor’ takes a more gradual approach to building offbeat rave tension, featuring an unknown male using his native tongue to request some kind of house, some kind of techno and some sort of release. His wish (and we hope, yours) is the Axes’ command, as the music goes deep before seamlessly unfolds around a throbbing bassline and a playful, familiar keyboard sample, beckoning feet to the dancefloor and perhaps tongues ever so slightly to cheeks. 

Concluding the 12”, ‘Teroof’ takes each of Red Axes’ signature ingredients - deeply rhythmic EBM-inspired drums, spiralling electronics, unapologetically odd vocal distortions - and reconstructs them amid what sounds like the Monaco Grand Prix, as high-velocity motors speed past the soundscape, kicking up some serious dust.

Follow Red Axes:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/redaxesmusic
SC: https://soundcloud.com/redaxes
SP: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Owm9QgL9BSCRQKTX6T08G?si=ORqWEgQ_Tyu_ih3vu2IoQg
IG: https://www.instagram.com/red_axes_we_are/
BP: https://www.beatport.com/artist/red-axes/208430

Sipoor

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Bad Time Story

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The 22nd edition of the esteemed Body Language series arrives in 2020, to be helmed by the ever excellent Pezzner. In advance of that there will be a series of special EPs with tracks taken from it, kicking off with this, EP1, featuring four exclusive new cuts from the man himself.

A long time label associate, Pezzner writes, composes and teaches electronic music to a consistently high standard and releases it on the likes of Visionquest and Freerange. He has been right at the heart of Get Physical for a couple of years now, and for that reason is an obvious choice for the next Body Language mix.

The first of the four tracks on offer here is ‘Saint Andre’, a cosmic symphony of spy theme style synths and pads all tethered to a deeply buried but propulsive groove. The track builds in suspense and tension with panning vocal sounds adding an air of intrigue. ‘The Break Up’ is just as brilliant but much heavier, with weighty kicks making for a dub undercurrent while a scattering of toms and haunting chords build next to a pixelated acid line.

‘Bongo Relâmpago’ finds Pezzner link with Seattle based, Tilted Records boss Jon Lee to cook up masterfully unhinged grooves with big drums and clattering percussion. It's a mysterious cut that compels you into the unknown. There is a hint of future disco to the rattling chords of ‘I Am You’ which roll over percolating toms, drums and hits to uplifting, rump-wiggling effect.

These are four typically well produced and effective tunes from the masterful Pezzner and give an early insight into the album ahead.

www.getphysicalmusic.com

I Am You

Pezzner - I Am You (Snippet)

https://soundcloud.com/thomassjackson
https://soundcloud.com/localsuicide
https://soundcloud.com/kaputtwav
Buy Release: https://www.deejay.de/Various_Artists_Kaputtwav_Vol_II:_Reserva_Voz_Terra_KPT002_Vinyl__968670
YouTube Stream: https://youtu.be/WVe4Set64aE

Colombia’s Kaputt Club returns with another sterling various artist release featuring a host of talent that showcases the best in dark disco, electronica, electro and much more. 

2020 saw the Bogota based club launch their eponymous imprint with a far reaching compilation, dropping tracks from a host of artists that perfectly represent the Kaputt sound as they further cement their position as a beacon of the Colombian underground. Now they are back with ten new and exclusive cuts which transcends the club and explores the human impact on the planet, and how nature came back to reclaim their land. 

Born in quarantine when nature sounded much louder than usual, VozTerra a local non-profit organization invited people to listen to nature in 'Sounds from your window'. People in Colombia and around the world took the opportunity of the isolation to listen and record ths sounds of nature. The material, together with soundscapes previously recorded in the Van der Hammen Reserve and in the La Conejera Wetland, in Bogotá, were given to DJs from the electronic music scene to create musical pieces which are now part of the ‘Reserva/Voz Terra’ compilation. 

The alliance of Kaputt.wav, VozTerra and the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live, is the compilation of unconventional actions that musicians and people from all over the world took to express their interest in caring for nature with the hope of inspiring people to take action to care for biodiversity and mitigate climate change. 

Things get underway with ‘Suba-Cota 1996’ from local talent Vilamarea, offering up a succinct opener of warm electronica with rich cinematic pads. Berlin based Curses taken up the baton next with the ethereal and hypnotic ‘Until the Fire Stops’ before Colombia’s Julio Victoria picks up the pace with acid tinged ‘Regreso’. Argentinian and Calypso Records boss Thomass Jackson joins forces with the ever impressive Local Suicide duo for the wonderfully chuggy workout that is ‘The Snitch’ and another Berlin resident in the shape of Bogota’s MiaHush then drops the arpeggiated roller, ‘Siempre Viva’ replete with 80’s inspired synth lines. The compilations second half sees chunky electro from Scadta, syncopated rhythms and rich chords from Nuclear Digital Transistor and some Italo inspired brilliance from Bordeaux’s Dombrance. Completing the package we have the deeply delicious ‘Marcha’ from Kabinett and a final closing opus from Kat Yusti in the shape of ‘Bestia’. ‘

Kaputt.wav Vol. II - Reserva/Voz Terra’ drops on 5th February 2021. http://www.kaputtclub.com 

Tracklist: 

Vilamarea - Suba-Cota 1996
Curses - Until The Fire Stops
Julio Victoria - Regreso
Thomass Jackson & Local Suicide - The Snitch
MiaHush - Siempre Viva
Scadta - Big Bad Bird
Nuclear Digital Transistor - Diablo 6
Dombrance - Pollona Azul
Kabinett - Marcha
Kat Yusti - Bestia