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Lucy is back on CLR with another one of his mind-bending, deep and hypnotic Techno productions. Those who have already appreciated his unique approach to modern Techno in previous tracks will surely like the “201 Phasing“ EP by the Berlin based, Italian DJ/producer. It contains Lucy´s slow burning original version, an excellent remix by Dadub and a skillfully crafted edit by Chris Liebing.

Lucy - 201 Phasing(Original Mix) [CLR]

Two surprises!
Next Friday we’re releasing a Vintage Crop 7”, woah, secondly it is in praise of spring, OK it’s only just autumn here, but in the other hemisphere the birds are building nests again. Check out the ace video premiered by Raven Sings The Blues, featuring Jack Cherry in three parallel dimensions:
https://bit.ly/45uDRzj

Vintage Crop’s ‘Springtime’ 7” will be released on September 8th by Upset The Rhythm and Anti Fade, plus the band will have loads of copies on their upcoming US tour too, check out the dates on the poster!

Order now: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Vintage Crop - 'Springtime'

Here’s screensaver’s new single ‘Future Trash’, featured on the band’s forthcoming album ‘Decent Shapes’, out October 20th through Upset The Rhythm and Poison City in Australia. 

Available to pre-order now on gold vinyl here:
https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

screensaver - Future Trash

'Bachelors Theme' is taken from Brontez Purnell's forthcoming album 'Confirmed Bachelor', out on Upset The Rhythm on Nov 10th.

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Brontez Purnell - 'Bachelors Theme'

Brand new single from The Pheromoans, taken from their forthcoming album 'Wyrd Psearch', out March 1st on Upset The Rhythm.

https://upsettherhythm.co.uk/

The Pheromoans - 'Downtown'

'Faith In The Future' is the new single from UK DIY experimentalists The Pheromoans, taken from their forthcoming 'Wyrd Psearch' album, out March 1st on Upset The Rhythm.

https://upsettherhythm.co.uk/

The Pheromoans - 'Faith In The Future'

March comes in like a lion carrying a copy of ‘Wyrd Psearch’ by The Pheromoans! Released today, lucky album 13 from the lo-fi peddlers has been hailed by Uncut magazine as a “sleek return of droll social commentary and DIY invention”, whilst The Quietus urged  “the ghost of Mark E. Smith to crown them the kings of the sprechgesang gang.” Wow! We’re celebrating the release of the album today by sharing the song ‘Twibbon Wife’, a track musing on the legacy of The Stone Roses, Ellis-Bextor and armchair occultists. 

‘Wyrd Psearch’ is available now in all the best shops and our own webstore here: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

The Pheromoans - Twibbon Wife

Arise! It's time to take on Earth Ball! Earth Ball are a wild ride of an ensemble from Nanaimo (Canada); spontaneous, instinctual and eruptive inside out. When Earth Ball fire up the amps in their basement you can hear the voices of ghosts hum through the speakers. Kellan's hued feedback, Izzy's sturdy basslines, Jer's paperbag guitar tone and rumble pack zaps, Liam's sheets of sound and Brennen's multidirectional drums are expansive, restlessly inventive and truly psychedelic. Their debut LP ‘It’s Yours’ will be coming out on May 17th via Upset The Rhythm. Take a first listen to ‘A Need To Cool Down’ and reframe your brain, all is temporary: https://youtu.be/S0sb_ZPWogA 

‘It’s Yours’ is available to pre-order on clear 180g vinyl w/ a hand-painted insert from the band now: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Earth Ball are also touring the UK this May in support of this release with their friend-in-sound Chris Corsano, see you at a show!


EARTH BALL & CHRIS CORSANO - UK TOUR
May 20 - London - Cafe OTO
May 21 - London - Cafe OTO
May 22 - Manchester - Aatma
May 23 - Bristol - Cube Cinema
May 24 - Shrewsbury - English Bridge Workshop
May 25 - Glasgow - Flying Duck
May 26 - Newcastle - Lubber Fiend
May 27 - Leeds - Wharf Chambers
May 28 - Nottingham - The Chapel
May 29 - Lewes - Con Club

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Earth Ball - 'A Need To Cool Down'

Green shoots have burst forth from Parsnip! The Australian group have a super-catchy single out today called ‘Turn to Love’, taken from their sophisticated sophomore album ‘Behold’. Drawing comparisons with Dolly Mixture, Sara Goes Pop and Look Blue Go Purple, Parsnip are an animated ensemble, full of life, emotional complexity and humour. On ‘Behold’ they explore both the inner and outer realms of consciousness with quick wits and some seriously quality jangle and jolt. 

Upset The Rhythm and Anti Fade Records will release ‘Behold’ on April 26th. There’s a limited transparent vinyl edition, available to pre-order (drum roll please)… now: upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Parsnip - 'Turn To Love'

this is a 16 seconds loop extended to three minutes.
an experiment on phasing or phase drifting using the serge, not so far from steve reich's experiments.
there were no concept or pre-conception before or while making this. Just enjoyment.

here is a description of the patch if anyone is interested. (it will at least serve as a block note)

a main clock is generated using the computer, every 8th of a second.
this clock goes into a transient generator, that can divide this clock, it then goes to an N-comp, the bottom knob allows to add some phase drifting, then the top knob allows integer divisions of the clock.
this generated gate goes into an extended adsr, it's output goes into an attenuator, then to a lowpass gate CV and back into the delay CV of the adsr, this allow some other phase drifting/rhythms
the sound is generated by an oscillator into a resonant filter. its frequency cutoff is modulated by the other transient generator, triggered by the N-comp output.
the bottom section of the smoothed/stepped generator is used as a sample and hold, which sample the transient generator output every-time a new envelope is generated, to modulate the filter's frequency cutoff.

this is the first experiment with it, it's in a raw state as is, but I will record something soon or later with this system again.
As I enjoyed making this, I thought some of you would enjoy listening.

some pulsating short sounds are too loud, but no way to mix it, it was recorded layer after layer with the looper, no edit...

image by Akiyoshi Kitaoka. 


serge experimentations _ phasing

‘Your Move’ is the first taster from Nottingham duo RATTLE’s forthcoming third album Encircle (coming Feb 28th 2025, Upset The Rhythm), and sees the duo expand their unique experiments in rhythm, metre and tension. 

‘Your Move’ is mesmeric and boundless, hypnotic in its minimalism of double-drums and the often wordless almost tribal vocals of RATTLE’s Katharine Eira Brown.  

“The images in my head for the first half of ‘Your Move’ were water - reflecting in pools, and flowing” explains Katharine. “Then the second half is like it is stuck in an endless slow-moving cycle. The bit in-between is the flitting in-between, we wanted it to feel like a CD getting stuck. The words Your Move might be about moving in an embodied way or freedom / movement / expression, but they are also an emboldening call to action - it's your turn - what are YOU going to do, what's your next move? "


Your Move

Today we’re sharing another soaring single from Quinie’s new album ‘Forefowk, Mind Me’ (out May 23rd). ‘Col My Love’ is the very first track on the album, and it’s a powerful song to sing, accompanied by some epic pipes too. Quinie explains that the words “warn of the dangers of being close to the shoreline. I thought it would be a good fit with this footage of me and Maisie trying to navigate one of the challenges on one of our walks. Perhaps not quite as scary as being jailed on a cliff top, but nevertheless an adventure.” 

Enjoy!
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VIDEO: https://youtu.be/-P5lqfcU_eU

Quinie - 'Col My Love'

Phasing Bell Pattern

NREP015 - DYKORE - PROCESSUS [EP]

Label: Nashton Records 
Artist: Dykore (@dykoretechnoproject)
Release: Processus
Catalog No: NREP015
Format: Digital


Deuxième parution de l’artiste sur notre label, « Processus EP » s’inspire de Lyon et de sa scène musicale foisonnante, avec une volonté profonde de faire le lien entre systémiques modernes d’une Techno industrielle dure et des mélodies envoûtantes de la vieille école.

Composé de 3 tracks originales et d’un Remix de MLSN (mlsn-offcial), le travail de Dykore s’articule autour de l’utilisation toujours plus précise de nombreux pads et synthétiseurs.


Toutes les pistes sont écrites et produites par Dykore | Mixées par Dykore | Publiées par Nashton Records.

Mastering : Piotr Figiel (@dcm) au Studio Sound Essence, Pologne
Artwork : Brice Alonso (@brice-alonso)

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Processus EP

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Dykore - Phasing Process

Mod21 - Phasing / PoleGroup 42  Unknow Landscapes Vol 4

Artist:  Peepholes
Title:  The Overspill

Catalogue Number: UTR056
Formats:  CD /LP /MP3

Track listing:
1. Ah Ah Ah
2. Conversation
3. Pinnacles
4. Lion
5. Keychain
6. Marimba 
7. We Don’t Like Anyone
8. The Overspill
9. Living In Qatar

PEEPHOLES are Katia Barrett and Nick Carlisle; a synth/drums duo defining their unique sound with both discipline and disorder. Barrett and Carlisle originally from Bahrain and Northern Ireland respectively met in Brighton in 2006 after bonding over a Chinese violin and the quietest of music. They quickly turned the volume up and hit on their winning strategy of soaring, stammering synth lines, primal drumming and low-slung vocals. Treading a tightrope between underground punk and dance music, Peepholes write cloaked anthems as likely to open celestial gates with keys of repetition as to soundtrack a Dark Age future. Their music is otherworldly, aching with wild beats, echoing with cavernous atmospheres.

After a series of well-received mini-albums, EPs and some earth-shaking live performances, Peepholes have finally finished their debut album proper for Upset The Rhythm entitled “The Overspill”. “The Overspill” continues on from last record “Caligula” with its rejection of traditional song form, allowing each track to follow it’s own fluid course, to hunt down its essential cadence. The initial material for the album was improvised and recorded over two days earlier this year at London DIY hub Power Lunches. This was then followed by a lengthy six month edit whereby additional vocals, synth and percussion were introduced or reworked, pulling the album into a coherent and impressive whole. 

With “The Overspill”, Peepholes have realised a long ambition of theirs; trusting many first take vocals, following hunches, concentrating on the flow. You can hear that on opener ‘Ah Ah Ah’ with its insistent motorik feel and pleading vocal of masked sounds. Carlisle’s synth stalks Barrett’s blurred voice into a formless coda of tumbling toms whilst some nihilistic Fairlight pipes join the pursuit, only to resurface later on Fourth World melodic rush ‘Keychain’. 

“The Overspill” is less noisy than its predecessor "Caligula", finding Peepholes replace their Monotron blitzkrieg of old with an indistinct language of wordlessness and unsettling melodics. Although there are moments of light as with tender treatment given to ‘Lion’, this album feels dark, not so much in an over-prescribed depressive way, more along the lines of gleefully destructive, heavy with a celebratory, upbeat focus. ‘Pinnacles’ rolls out in confident fashion, slowly but surely drawing us into a stark landscape of devolving rhythms. ‘We Don’t Like Anyone’ is resolutely an anthem of displacement augmented by steel drums, handclaps and jubilant snare thunders. It’s this unexpected embrace of the pop hook that informs title track ‘The Overspill’ too, letting the whooped vocals and queasy keyboard lines play over the disconcerting back-drones, allowing a greater punch to be packed. 

‘Conversation’ perhaps best encapsulates this idea of matching up the melodic with the everyday malaise and relentlessness. This short song of swaggering, burnished synth tones, faded claps and echoed ambience is joyously confined by Barrett’s almost mantra-like commitment to the song’s only lyric ‘hustler, gaylord, his law, conversation”. Reaching a repeated perfection, ‘Conversation’ salutes the disconnect, urges at the leap of faith. It’s fitting that final track ‘Living In Qatar’ exceeds in leaking out from the edges of the “we go out every night, we try out every car” pop realm into a vast somber void of tracing synthesizers, exclamations and hallucinations. The last ten minutes of the song forego gods, deny the human and escape storytelling and this is what Peepholes have done with this album. 

The cover artwork for “The Overspill” is by Barrett’s friend Ksenia Pedan and depicts a blurred face coming out of the darkness, what better image could there be for this album? With “The Overspill”, Peepholes have not only escaped the story, they’ve escaped the narrator, leaving something beautiful yet profoundly ambiguous in its absence. Now it’s up to us to decide whether we should trust our own instincts.




Peepholes - Conversation

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Peepholes - Conversation

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