setiembre-octubre 2019

DJ Rolando aka Aztec Mystic - Jaguar (original mix)

Roma Zuckerman returns to трип with his debut EP, which emerges after 2 stand-out appearances on the label compilations in 2015 and 2016. ‘That Present Terminal’ blends murky textures and sinister vocals across 4 delusional tracks.

Glitchy percussion and scuzzy frequencies march with intent whilst uncanny voices mumble to the beat of their own insanity. Unnerving tones test our limits whilst underlying grooves offer mild relief. ‘That Present Terminal’ condenses a broad sonic palette into 4 truly bizarre cuts that, once tested, are hard to put down.

Roma Zuckerman - Your Ego

After 9 years from its first release, Marco Shuttle’s hard to find eternal anthemic classic “The Vox Attitude” gets re-issued in a deluxe remix pack including both tracks of the original record (from 2011) and remixes by Atom TM, Pessimist and Marco Shuttle himself.

Unlike the first remix pack that came out in 2013, and that was a single 12” with remixes by Pangaea and Joy Anderson, this second remix project will  also feature the track, Spaziale, B side of the original first release.

The Vox attitude  which is the track that pretty much launched Marco Shuttle’s international career is an anthemic metallic big room dubby techno tune, with strong sensual almost garagey vocal samples and diffuse percussions.

Atom TM’s rework of the track maintains quite intact many elements of the original at the beginnng, but gets progressively sprinkled with his trademark FM sounds and vocoder processed vocals very much reminiscent of his HD album on Raster Noton to end up with an epic synth line which unfolds towards the closing of the track.

Marco Shuttle’s “to the bone” remix is a very stripped down 4/4 grovy reinterpretation built around a what sounds like a very playful  and wld Roland TR 909  live jam on top of which the single hit vocal samples of the original are layered in a way that they almost create a bassline that extends through the whole length of the track

Spaziale stirs into a more dark heady territory with a haunting far reverberated bassline enriched by eerie trumpet sounding syhth parts in full effect Marco Shuttle style.

Pessimist’s remix is a downtempo broken track built around a heavy bass reworked version of the bassline of the original, resulting into a track in that full neo Trip Hop Bass Bristolian style the UK producer has so wonderfully executed on his releases on Blackest ever Black and his own label Pessimist Productions.

The Vox Attitude Remixes Vol.2

Marco Shuttle - The Vox Attitude (Marco Shuttle  To The Bone  Remix)

My label Stockholm LTD turned 15 recently, so I decided it was time for a little celebration. I'm happy and grateful for the past, and I can’t wait to see what will happen next. Here's how it all started:

Södermalm, Stockholm 1999. The capacity of the store was probably less than 20. The cold and industrial-tinged interior featured ash grey walls, rust-free steel accents, and a magnificently elevated cashier desk. The ceiling was an impressive 3.5 meters with two massive speakers hanging above the cashier. Shelves and bins stocked with vinyl, tapes, and magazines covered the walls. In the storefront, you would find the listening stations with turntables that sit nicely inside their desks. While you listened to the week’s new releases, you’d be treated to a view of the blooming streets of Södermalm as people rushed by. There was a small sign with operating hours in the window which also said “TECHNO / ELECTRO. Welcome to Illegal Stockholm!”

Illegal Stockholm was founded by Tobias Von Hofsten and myself in late 1998. It became our home, blood, sweat, and tears for a good 4-5 years. I was only 18 years old at the time and still in school when we opened its doors. I couldn’t think of anything cooler or more fun than hanging out, talking and listening to music all day and night. After we closed the shop at night. We would hang in the ‘office’ which was the store’s back room. I forged life life-long friendships and gave birth to the idea of Stockholm LTD. I wanted to show people a slightly different side of our scene. The original idea was to keep the recording artist secret with no names announced on the release, but the idea fell flat as people figured it out the day of our first release. Since then, the concept of the label has changed a few times but the core idea and desire remains the same: releasing timeless electronic music.

Stockholm LTD has stood the test of time, it’s not that many labels that stay current for that long. This is only possible with the help of all the artists I’ve been working with over the years. To say I am extremely grateful is an understatement!

With this in mind, let’s celebrate the label’s 15th anniversary with a 5 part release! 15Y contains remixes by some of my favorite artists at the moment. They have all picked and reworked something from my part of the label’s back catalog. The series will stretch out over a set of 5 vinyl singles with a special anniversary sleeve and a beautiful engraving made by graphic designer Håkan Ullberg

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C2 - Ensemble (Anthony Linell Remix) - Sthlm LTD 15Y-3

Following last year’s 15th anniversary release FIGURE 100, we'll release Len Faki’s ‘Robot Evolution’ alongside remixes by Charlotte de Witte, Emika, Benjamin Damage, Jenson Interceptor and Midnight Operator.

Coming soon! 

Artist: Len Faki
Title: Robot Evolution Remixes
(incl. Benjamin Damage, Charlotte de Witte, Emika, Jenson Interceptor, Midnight Operator)
Label: Figure
Cat Nr: FIGURE X08
Release: 13th May 2019 
Format: Vinyl (2x 12”) & Digital
Photo: Sebastian Haeger
Artwork: Bernhard Holaschke

www.figure-music.com

Robot Evolution Remixes

Len Faki - Robot Evolution (Charlotte de Witte Remix)

Tresor Records is delighted to welcome Rod Modell to its catalogue, with the release of his new album Captagon.

Rod Modell needs no introduction, his various projects render him a master of techno. In repetition and barely noticeable change, Modell resculptures perceptions. His sound-design echoes cinematic ethereality, where ferric artefacts slam against percussion, rusty delays filter observation - the resulting web is a complex, radiating ambience that etches a natural ebb and flow.

Transformative sounds alight from the outset, “Triangulation” recalls flickering harmonies and grains, a tectonic swipe. Fast-paced dub techno emerges in “Reiki”, the disorienting clangs suggesting a step away from his recent ambient excursions. “Ito” crunches the pulse further with insistent noise, into soaring epiphanies of darkened transmissions.

Modell singularly uproots standard sonic hierarchies of techno production, crisp static as forceful as his beats, a provocation of rhythm and noise. Unceasing in its fast tempo, “Jade” is trademark Tresor business - the seismic sub-sonics underpin a momentous drive, with reverberated vocal inflections disfiguring warped, dancing materials. “Scrawler” is upfront and direct, a slamming groove and swaying chords diffusing ethereality. Enter vast chambers of smeared minimalism.

Where Modell’s recent releases had indicated a priority for ambient sounds, this new album extends Modell’s essential vision within techno. Closing track “Air-Port” shows Modell at his most crucial best - an ethereal colossus of sub-bass weight and morphing geometry.

Rod Modell - Captagon (Tresor.312)

A1 – Triangulation - 02:56		
A2 – Reiki - 05:18		
A3 – ITO - 05:55		
B1 – Riga - 05:38		
B2 – Jade - 06:12		
C1 – Tracer - 06:19	
C2 – Scrawler - 05:32		
D1 – Qurra - 05:44	
D2 - Air-Port - 07:41

Tresor.312 releases June 14th 2019, on 180g. 2LP vinyl (w/ download code) and digital.

Captagon

Rod Modell - Jade (taken from "Captagon" - Tresor.312)

Artist: Architectural
Title: Beautiful Life After Death
Label: Wolfskuil Ltd
Catnr: WLTD034

A1 Beautiful Life After Death
A2 Piedras
B1 Luminous Path
B2 Gris

All trax written & produced by Juan Rico

Architectural returns to Wolfskuil Records with 4 exceptional cuts on his 'Beautiful Life After Death' twelve inch. Complex sound design and a warm and open atmosphere go hand in hand with the Spanish studio wizzard's sonic world. From lush ambient in the title track, the addictive groove in 'Piedras' to wobbly modular bass excursions in 'Luminous Path' and moody textures from the abyss in 'Gris'. Architectural covers a lot of ground in just 4 tracks. Diverse and coherent at the same time, few artists have such a recognizable sound signature as the Barcelona artist.

Architectural - Beautiful Life After Death - WLTD034

Artist: Umwelt
Title: 'Anode'
Label: Voltage
Cat. #: VOLT001D
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release: 31st May, 2019
Pre order: https://voltagefestival.bandcamp.com/album/resistor-volt001d

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere a new Umwelt' gem on 'Voltage Festival'.
Voltage Festival is happy to release a special 4x12” vinyl compilation for its fifth anniversary that being held on the 10th and 11th of August this year. 
The unique gatefold compilation and the Zener Diode EP will see the light of day on the 10th of May. 
In the following three weeks three more EP’s will follow. 
The Resistor EP will be released on the 31st of May.

@umwelt-music
@voltagefestival

Reach For The Cosmica

Premiere: Umwelt - Anode [Voltage]

"Buffer Overflow" by @inigokennedy and @samulikemppi will be released on May 20th through @blacklabeldistillery. More info: bit.ly/BufferError

Catalogue of Errors

Buffer Overflow

Inigo Kennedy & Samuli Kemppi - Buffer Overflow

Alina Izolenta and Kamil Ea, the duo more formally known as PTU, present their debut album Am I Who I Am on трип.

The origins of PTU can be traced back to the early 00s, which found the duo spending their formative years experimenting with analog synths and sharing music onto each other’s hard drives. The physicality of this approach went on to have an immeasurable effect on their aesthetic, which bears an unmistakable live feel - rich with improvisation and surprises. 

A relatively sparse discography might mislead you from the fact that they have over a decade of experience delving into the strangest depths of analog hardware and jamming on obscure synths. A brief 2016 appearance on the трип concept album When I was 14 was followed by the emergence of ‘A Broken Clock Is Right Twice A Day’ - a stand out track on Nina Kraviz’ fabric 91 mix - which went on to become the title track for their highly acclaimed 2017 debut EP. Now, the duo present their singular, uncategorisable take on electronic music across a full length album.

Assimilating references to techno and IDM, but placing them in far less familiar structures, PTU’s productions breathe life into precise rhythmic patterns with equal doses of energy, experimentation and humour. Their music (just about) files under techno, but their approach to composition rejects genre boundaries of any kind, opting instead for a free-form exploration of the weird and wonderful.

Across twelve tracks, they cut and chop their way through frenetic marching drums and spiralling acid leads, awakening an army of malfunctioning robots as they go. Whilst Am I Who I Am boasts a vast spectrum of bizarre ideas - often introduced at high velocity - each one is executed with a skillful dose of restraint, summoning energy from microscopically detailed arrangements. From the angular maximalism of ‘Castor & Pollux’ to the eerie polyrhythms of ‘After Cities’ and the relentless hammer drills of ‘Sirocco’, PTU find life in the most extraordinary of places.

Following on from a series of stand-out appearances on трип, Am I Who I Am is a thrilling voyage into techno’s strangest sector.

Am I Who I Am

C1 PTU - Over

Pre-order

06 How Does It Feel (clip)

05 Former Me (clip)

04 After Cities (clip)

03 Castor And Pollux (clip)

MICHAILO + IRAKLI - RELEASE (Intergalactic Research Institute for Sound 006)
@michailotodua & @irakliiy
A1. - Michailo + Irakli - Merme
A2. - Michailo + Irakli - Shrag Sibylline
B1. - Michailo + Irakli - Kult
B2. - Michailo + Irakli - Merion

Release Date: 15. 06. 2019
Intergalactic Research Institute for Sound 2019

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Open Letter to the Government of Georgia and Madam President Salome Zurabishvili

Dear Governing Class of Georgia and dear Madam President,

I hope you will allow me to first write my sincere greetings. I will spare you the J’accuse, but I am going to delve into a sinister and shameful situation for our otherwise beautiful country.

My name is Irakli Kiziria, I was born in Georgia and I am a musician living in Germany for almost two decades. I first heard about Michailo two years ago through friends and activists. I listened to his music and met him during an interview with Electronic Beats that happened in 2018. To be able to meet him in prison gave me the chance to exchange with him on different projects. It is not easy to collaborate with someone alienated from “regular” society, with no access to the internet and so on, but it is also very interesting. After almost a year, I am very happy and proud to announce that my label is ready to release our record on June 15th. I believe music is an expression of freedom and that Michailo expresses in his music his longing for it. Maybe if you listen to his music, you will hear the voice of our brothers and sisters in prison. Maybe you will feel and understand that he and many others do not belong there. Maybe you will find the courage to change these laws that hurt so many of our brethren. And maybe you will try to help them see their families and their friends sooner.

My name is Michail Todua, I am turning thirty-four this year and I was raised in Tbilisi. Music was always my passion since childhood, which is why I decided to work in this industry. Thirteen years ago I met a girl named Salome in a club, we fell in love and I married her before she gave birth to our daughter who is now nine years old. Sadly for the past six years, I have only talked to my little girl on the phone. She thinks I live very far away in the USA because we did not want to hurt her at such a young age with the truth. On September 12, 2013, while I was driving back to Tbilisi from holiday, I was randomly stopped and taken into the local police station. After which I was sentenced to nine years for possession of the drug MDMA (for personal use). After two years in jail, I was granted the right to work on music, and the penitentiary administration allowed me to arrange one room and transform it into a music studio. Music is one of the most important things in my life and I could not be without it. I collected various parts of music gear that people sent me. It was not easy, and I had to depend on the kindness of many people to get what I needed. During my time in prison, I have managed to release five records. This is a labor of love that I craft and work on during the 5-hour blocks of time I get five times a week in the studio. I have created music for a play based on 12 Angry Men and for the documentary Facility 16. I also offer music therapy for my fellow inmates.

Release

MICHAILO + IRAKLI - Release (IRIS006)

@solid_blake's remix of "Silent Below Deck" by @grindvik will be released on June 17th through @stockholmltd. More info: bit.ly/SolidGrind

Sthlm LTD 15y4

Silent Below Deck (Solid Blake Remix)

Pär Grindvik - Silent Below Deck (Solid Blake Remix)

@WataIgarashi debuts on @TheBunkerNY imprint with a mind-bending "Kioku EP". Monument premieres track "Gravity" from the release, that will be out on June 18th.

Kioku EP

MNMT Premiere: Wata Igarashi – Gravity

LF RMX 016
Jesse Somfay
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2Kn4jUR

A - Jesse Somfay - Can You See Me I'm Waving
(Len Faki Hardspace Mix)
B - Jesse Somfay - Small Pebbled Forest
(Len Faki Deepspace Mix)

LF RMX 016 clearly splits its intention between the two sides. First going head-on and far out in Len Faki‘s trancey but fast-shoving Hardspace edit of Jesse Somfay‘s 2005 track ‚Can You See Me I‘m Waving‘. Then it‘s all about imagining the place suggested by ’Small Pebbled Forest’, where water-like melody sprinkles over deep, progressives basses, and fireflies seem to be lighting up an enchanted scenery.

As usual with LFRMX releases, the proceeds of this record will be forwarded entirely to charity organization Straßenkinder e.V., who are working to offer help to the children living on the streets of Berlin.

www.lfrmx.com

bandcamp

LF RMX 016 - B - Jesse Somfay - Small Pebbled Forest (Len Faki Deepspace Mix)

LF RMX 016

LF RMX 016 - A - Jesse Somfay - Can You See Me I'm Waving (Len Faki Hardspace Mix)

Record Label: Mote-Evolver || Release Date: 17-05-2019 || Catalog Number: MOTELP05 ||  Remixes of Luke Slater’s timeless ‘Love’ featuring Burial, Marcel Dettmann, Lucy, Scuba, Silent Servant.

setiembre-octubre 2019

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