@le_dom "Caesura" EP

Out now : ledom.bandcamp.com/album/caesura

Written and produced by @le_dom
Mastered by Joel Krozer
Artwork by Manuel Moreno Cortes & Octave Abaji

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Caesura

Le Dom - Caesura

Cruda

Siete Catorce - Cheve

IM096 - @aroent - Say
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: May 27th,2022
Format: Digital
Artwork by Vojd

Following on from a release-packed 2021, Infinite Machine are back with a new 4-track offering from the relative newcomer, Aroent. Across 3 new original cuts (plus a rework by UK dance royalty, Ploy) the Berlin-based producer delivers some serious rollers crammed full of gnarly drumwork and a pervasive air of unease. Like the strange, abstract creature of the record artwork, the music of Say EP is an amorphous beast, mixing the dense arrangements/layering of 90s IDM records with the off-kilter and swung beats of UK Techno and Funky.

The EP opens with its title track; a whirl of snaps, claps and phantom samples all firmly underpinned by an acid-inflected bassline. Aroent embracing of chance and luck in his compositions is evident on this track, throwing in idiosyncratic automations and randomizers to grow and evolve the tune over its 5 minute duration. The vox samples (stolen from Breaking Bad) seem to decay and fall inwards on each other on ‘Say’, as if the song is soundtrack to a decaying and corrupted society (not dissimilar to Heisenberg’s).

On ‘Rolling Oddities’, Aroent’s love for the Bristol bass & techno scene really shines through clearly. A track that seems almost built for a spinny night that rolls on until the morning, the song really does what it says on the tin with its combination of driving, rhythmic elements and it’s smattering of pretty out-there decisions in terms of arrangement and sound processing. This is a definite must-listen tune for fans of Batu, Lurka or Hodge.

Next up, ‘Bobcat’ takes things in a slightly more buoyant and ecstatic direction with its ever-rising filters and muted percussion that seems like it’s dancing along on tip-toes. On this song especially, Aroent’s genre-agnostic approach to production is abundantly obvious with elements of techno and bass sitting alongside kick drums that wouldn’t feel out of place on some Jersey Club tracks.

Ploy brings up the rear on Say EP with a ferocious ‘Skeletal Tool remix’ of the releases’ title track. Taking a reductionist approach to his rework, the Timedance signee strips out some of the originals’ more hyperbolic or dramatic elements and reduces it to a polyrhythmic, semi-genreless heater. Seriously - you try and pin this edit down to a single ‘genre label’, I dare you!

Despite the small number of releases to his name, Say EP is a highly confident and well-realized offering from the Greek-born, Berlin-based producer. In a way, Aroent is already creating his own sonic signature that lifts and interpolates aspects across the UK Bass spectrum and turns it into something totally unique. This is music that lurks in the shadows of warehouse clubs.

Tracklist:

1. Say
2. Rolling Oddities
3. Bobcat
4. Say (Ploy's Skeletal Tool Remix)

Aroent - Say (IM096)

Here is my edit of 'Dot/Eyes' which comes from one of my favourite band Tortoise's 'It's All Around You' album from 2004. The original was begging to be made into a clubbier edit.

Artwork by Galtier

Dot / Eyes (Galtier Edit)

Tortoise - Dot/Eyes (Galtier Edit)

Loods

Nico - THE SOUND

@wavawav
@nrmnmx
@octoptic

release date ——-

01/02/23

WV010

Partiendo de inspiración visual, Norman Maldonado aka Octoptic regresa con la continuación de Frontera, siete pistas que plasman la evolución del artista con relación a su trabajo previo. 
Contorno Rojo delimita el poderoso sonido que es resaltado por las habilidades técnicas del talentoso productor. La ya característica distorsión se hace presente en cada segundo escuchado; las filosas percusiones se compenetran con las bajas frecuencias y la garantía de que lo que escuchas resonará en ti.

English

“Contorno Rojo” is the new EP-isode from producer, mixer, sound designer and WVWV label boss Octoptic. It explores everything from terrestrial landscapes of different latitudes to extraterrestrial sound worlds consisting of encounters in other time and space. 
Showcasing an amalgam of styles, some tunes are for contemporary-dancehall use only while others feel aesthetically experimental but they all share a common denominator: they are all relentlessly rhythmic fully fledged dance creations.
Norman Maldonado follows the style which he is known for and it’s much appreciated in his own label. The watermark of the producer is fully marked on each track which is an anecdote by itself. The artist does not stick to monotonous tracks, every section is ever-changing so no track structure is absolute.
Prepare yourself for a pinch of Octoptic’s cultural heritage that conforms the future sound of this newer Mexican scene consisting of conceptual albums for open-minded clubs and audiences.

PREMIERE #39 Octoptic - Litoral (WAVA WAVA)

With a recent appearance on TraTraTrax's excellent 'no pare, sigue sigue' compilation, DJ SOSA RD returns with a new EP, 'Island Boy With Internet'. The self-released three-tracker varies in speed and style, aiming to channel the rage in a playful and exciting way. On the track 'key-tee-poe', DJ SOSA RD experiments with a push-and-pull style that entices you in with an old school jungle rhythm before dialling down the tempo as a haunting melody comes into view. 

Speaking about the release, DJ SOSA RD says, "breakcore and Jungle seemed like obvious choices for the next sounds I wanted to play with. Intense, physical, playful, built on sampling, clad with bass, and stemming from a long tradition of counter-culture. These sounds melded perfectly with dembow’s aesthetic and spirit, which is present in the samples used in the EP."

'Island Boy With Internet' by DJ SOSA RD will be released on the 27th April - pre-order here:  https://sosard.bandcamp.com/album/island-boy-with-internet

@djsosaproduciendo

island boy with internet

Premiere: DJ SOSA RD - key-tee-poe

from "Ángel Caído" EP available at wvwv.bandcamp.com

artwork by Arjan Guerrero

Ángel Caído

KOI - Luz Caída

https://soundcloud.com/amorsatyr
https://soundcloud.com/siumata

Hailing from Paris, duo Amor Satyr & Siu Mata make their debut on NHS with two mutated dance hall inspired cuts laden with manic energy and seriously hard drum work. Following up their debut collaboration on Hiedrah Club de Baile comprised of two tracks focused on the 150bpm range, the pair slow down things to around the 100bpm mark. This has no effect on the frantic energy however, as both releases maintain a level of madness through the double time percussion programming and warped melodic aesthetics; an offering of truly innovative club tracks from these two fine producers.

Mastering by Doug Shearer
Artwork by Hamza Robati

Nahash - EP

Amor Satyr & Siu Mata - Ash

Mixed & Produced by Doubt
Mastered by Doug Shearer
Artwork by Mistareez

Premiere: DJ SOSA RD - key-tee-poe

Untitled #909

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