In a convergence of two of the most celebrated names in contemporary electronic music, Karsten Pflum steps out on Central Processing Unit with the Liars EP. As anyone who has followed either Pflum’s work for labels such as Worm Interface/Furthur Electronix or the Sheffield imprint’s recent run of top-quality electro joints will have expected, this coming together proves to be a match made in heaven.

What we have here is a tour de force of modern machine music. With Liars, Pflum achieves that rare feat of making something that is at once boundary-pushing yet also thrillingly immediate, his attention to detail shining through with each well-placed snare hit or leftfield structural choice. Equally apt for home listening or dancefloor deployment, Liars is a delight for heads and hedonists alike.

Constantly evolving while also cleaving to a relentless groove throughout, opener ‘WAN1’ is a brilliant scene-setter for Liars. The track slinks between sections of seething post-Drexciyan acid and eerie vignettes which balance out haunted house synth licks with the sort of punishing bass blasts that recall early grime classics like Youngstar’s ‘Pulse X’. A sly shift of key halfway through the track only serves to redouble ‘WAN1’s restless brilliance.

After ‘WAN1’, ‘LOLA’ represents something of a gear-switch. The track’s wiggly opening bassline is a red herring - make no mistake that we’re fully into braindance territory on this one, the drums skittering across the mix as Pflum fills the track out with jungle-adjacent delays and softly insistent synth pads. As ‘LOLA’ goes on, blurts of synth and some stiffening in the drum work pushes the track into pure rhythm workout territory.

First B-side ‘MOUSFOLK’ somewhat splits the difference between Liars’ A-sides. This track has ‘WAN1’s unyielding stomp and prominent acid bass line, but the helter-skelter drum breaks and wandering keyboard lines are very much pulling from ‘LOLA’s zanier energy. As with the other joints here, ‘MOUSFOLK’ is elevated by Pflum’s composerly touch, the Dane frequently throwing in new sonic tidbits - a skippy snare tattoo, a single-note synth loop which sounds like a hovering spaceship - that reinvigorate the mix.

Pflum’s musicality is at the fore once more on closer ‘BALM’. For the first section of ‘BALM’, a rich and sombre keyboard fugue, you’d be hard pressed to say whether you’re listening to a producer of club music or a contemporary classical maestro. The way Pflum builds this central motif up with deft broken-beat drum programming, a wheezing synth countermelody and distant vocal sighs is equally delightful, the whole track coming off like a kindred spirit of the electronica-infused experiments on Radiohead’s 2000 masterwork Kid A.

A brilliantly unorthodox collection of electro-braindance hybrids, Liars is a barnstorming Central Processing Unit debut from the seasoned Karsten Pflum.

RIYL: AFX, Silicon Scally, DMX Krew, Matmos

Liars

Karsten Pflum - Liars

Preview track from my release 'Passing Signals II', a follow up album to my release on Suction Records.  Released this friday on bandcamp friday.

Pre-order the album from my bandcamp following this link/>>>

https://thejaffakid1.bandcamp.com/album/passing-signals-ii

Released 2nd Feb 2024

Efem

SERA019: Satellite Era presents "Distant Arrays Volume 07" - the seventh edition of our various artist series that aims to diversify our collection of experimental electronic music.

Out now on all major platforms: https://ffm.to/sera019

Nearly one solar return since our last Distant Arrays adventure, it felt necessary to make an inevitable comeback to the series that helped us expand our label across the music sphere. This edition continues to build on the foundation of what makes this project so special: welcoming experimental artists from different parts of the world to come together and push sonic boundaries in a genre-free setting.

We begin with the return of our distant friend who resides over 10,000 kilometers away from the Satellite Era HQ - representing the beautiful destination of Nagano is Japanese artist Ton Mise. With previous work on underground imprints such as Eerik Inpuj Sound stateside and NoDiscoRecords from Japan, his diversity in sound has only grown with his catalog over time. Influenced by earlier renditions of trip-hop and ambient, he approaches experimental music with a warmer and more lush perspective. Blending dusty synths with heavy percussive elements, “Ait6 U1” is a great example of his unique take on moody electronica.

A year after his contribution to our last label showcase, we welcome Romanian producer Hexalyne onto our collective. With standout releases on household experimental labels such as Evel Records and Kaer’Uiks, his darker approach to braindance caught our attention years ago. Fans of Autechre, Phoenecia, and many others in that realm will feel right at home with “Invicate.” The track takes synthesized drums and coats them with glitched-out tones throughout the stereo space, creating a rhythmic yet spaced-out feeling as it progresses.

Over three years since appearing on our first-ever Distant Arrays compilation, we have brought back Portland-based producer Naudible to contribute a high-octane track filled with shifting breakbeats. Although “Vase” contains elements recognizable in some of our favorite older subgenres like breakcore and drill 'n' bass, its most outstanding quality is the variance in sampling. The song feels like a sound collage that incorporates vocals from hip-hop, outdoor foley recordings, and a barrage of different drums that are cleverly layered together throughout the frantic few minutes.

Finally, we welcome another new face to the label with Spanish producer AZ-Rotator. Known for generating some of the most eclectic modular and programmed sounds that we have heard thus far, he has already established a name for himself in the niche experimental community. “Tr4ns_v4” is no different from his renowned formula - it boasts unpredictable, metallic drums fused with grueling bass occasionally entering the soundscape. The result is an appreciable summary of the entire compilation and proper ending to it.

Distant Arrays is an immersive showcase of our audio/visual capabilities as a collective. We are honored to introduce you to our growing team, continuously expanding our newfound interpretation of sound.

"Stationed beyond the horizon lies a cluster of autonomous satellite arrays - each serving as capsules of detained time, points of transit between diverse concepts, and the sensorial relation between tangible audio and visual worlds. They fill the thin air with varied frequencies and beam optic elements into the minds of drawn newcomers and devoted adherents alike. Though each array hosts different creators from every remote edge of this decaying planet, they communicate with us through the vigorous potential of art. They link together to create a limitless field without borders – only human connection. These are the Distant Arrays..." 

1. Ait6 U1
Keisuke Matsuoka - production, mix
2. Invicate
Hexalyne - production, mix
3. Vase
Micah Young - production, mix
4. - Tr4nS_v4
Uge Ortiz - production, mix

Amir Mashayekhi - master
Nic Juister - cover art, visuals

BUY / STREAM

AZ-Rotator - Tr4nS_v4

QWERTY

Out now!!!

Music by https://soundcloud.com/veelargo
Сover: painting by Katarzyna Karpowicz (katarzynakarpowicz.pl), "Monoliths and Greetings", oil on canvas, 110x110, 2017.

[PCLLP024] Veelargo - Monoliths And Greetings (2024) teaser

Track included in the LP "Monoliths and Greetings" released on People Can Listen Label (PCLLP024) 
https://soundcloud.com/peoplecanlisten

The image for the cover is a painting by the Polish artist Katarzyna Karpowicz, "Monoliths and Greetings", oil on canvas, 110cm X 110cm, 2017. 
https://katarzynakarpowicz.pl/#

Mastering by Optionica: https://soundcloud.com/optionica

Released date: 16/02/2024
https://peoplecanlisten.bandcamp.com/album/pcllp-024-monoliths-and-greetings

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gulag tango

From Max Maxell - Braindance Of The Hikikomori
Released Feb. 2023 by Moniker Eggplant Records

MAX MAXELL - HIKIKOMORI'S THEME

Turn The Coin

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Fr/

Geo Balasta est un irréductible gaulois, ancré dans le tellurisme de nos régions. Il produit des strates de matières sonores pastorales avec lesquelles il joue pour faire une techno sédimentaire.

L’aspect Géologique de Balasta ne fait aucun doute, il travaille chaque track jusqu’à sa presque saturation rajoutant couche après couche, créant ainsi des montagnes électroniques.

À un moment ou tout s’accélère, ce charpentier technoïde décide d’appuyer encore plus fort avec une musique directe et intense. Nous pouvons y voir une certaine forme de fatalité, mais aussi un réel désir d’abandon, provoquant un rapport purement physique de sécrétion de liquide biologique.

Mais ne vous y trompez pas, derrière ces différentes strates se cache une vision des jours et des nuits remplies d’humour, il joue avec ces matières minérales pour mieux évoquer les bêtes qui les arpentent. Des paysages sonores riches et frontaux par lesquels il nous pose la question de notre contemplation ou de notre participation.

Pour les remixes, il convie sa famille musicale à étendre les champs topographiques.
Crédits:
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Mastering EP: Vadim Pigounides
Mastering Remixes: Paul Souviron
Visuel: Tatiana Karl Pez & Geo Balasta
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Merci à Azul & Martin pour l'énergie visuelle

•

Eng/

Geo Balasta is an irreducible Gallic, rooted in the Telurism of our regions. He produces strata of pastoral sound matter with which he plays to make sedimentary techno.

There's no doubting Balasta's geological aspect, as he works each track to its near- turation, adding layer upon layer, creating electronic mountains. 

At a time when everything is accelerating, this technoid carpenter decides to push even harder with direct, intense music. We can see in this a certain form of fatality, but also a real desire for abandonment, provoking a purely physical relationship of secretion of biological fluid.

But make no mistake, behind these different strata lies a vision of days and nights filled with humor, playing with these mineral materials to better evoke the beasts that roam them. Rich, frontal soundscapes in which he asks us to contemplate or participate.

For his remixes, he invites his musical family to extend their tographic fields. 

Credits
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Mastering EP: Vadim Pigounides
Mastering Remixes: Paul Souviron
Visual: Tatiana Karl Pez & geo Balasta
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Thanks to Azul & Martin for the visual energy.

Aerolithe

B4_ Geo Balasta - I Luv U (François Remigi Rework) [CC012]

Spain/Poland
*SYNC PHONEY EP ON MUTOSCOPE RECORDS [MTC001]. AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP:
https://mutoscoperecords.bandcamp.com/album/sync-phoney-ep

*MONOLITHS AND GREETINGS LP ON PEOPLE CAN LISTEN LABEL [PCLLP024]. AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP. 
https://peoplecanlisten.bandcamp.com/album/pcllp-024-monoliths-and-greetings

*Digital track "MELEK17" included in the the Various Artists compilation on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE™ [AI005]. AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP.
https://artificialintelligencercrds.bandcamp.com/album/ai005-various-artists-artificial-intelligence

*Tracks on PCL compilations: 
inklink:
 https://peoplecanlisten.bandcamp.com/album/pclva-015-fifteenth-listen
Velvety Light: 
https://peoplecanlisten.bandcamp.com/album/pclva-016-sixteenth-listen

*MIXES AND LIVE SETS:
Mix for Bricolage on Mixcloud:
https://m.mixcloud.com/BricolageG5/bricolage-podcast-102-veelargo/

Live set podcast for Zanderhythm:
Escucha Zanderhythm MIX Series #16 - Veelargo de zanderhythm en #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/NA75E

Live set podcast for Mutoscope Records: 
https://soundcloud.com/mutoscope-records/mutoscope-podcast-002-veelargo?si=c7a337048e24481ca4754e62233b6135&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mix for Archaic:
https://soundcloud.com/12-inch-spain/archaic-podcast-483-veelargo?si=b61a7bdd2d724a5d892bac4722c49298&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mix for Elektropedia Analog Kollective:
https://soundcloud.com/e_a_kollective/eak-invites-37-veelargo?si=380dc63729f54b329e1b5e08ab6ac742&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Mix for Zyrcadian Editions:
https://soundcloud.com/zyrcadianeditions/mix-for-zircadian-editions?si=e60e6503fdf54c1b9cf3652fd519cd13&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Live set for INDEx:
https://soundcloud.com/indexidm/index-live-20-veelargo?si=05084fd75f4f46ba8014e61fe054493c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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