On 7 April 2018, the city of Douma, Syria, was targeted by two chemical weapons attacks. At that time, the city and its surrounding areas had been under siege by the Syrian military since 2013. At least 70 people died in the attacks, according to reports.

Two distinctive yellow canisters, similar to those previously linked to chlorine gas attacks across Syria, were found following the strikes: one on a rooftop balcony near to Al Shuhada square, and the other in a bedroom at an unknown location in the city.

https://bedouindrone.bandcamp.com/album/conflict
https://bedouindrone.bandcamp.com/album/i-r

BedouinDrone - Douma

The Pact

@ExtaseUrbaine + @ENKA - Locked Remedy

The Pact

Locked Remedy

Extase Urbaine + ENKA - Locked Remedy

The village stood on the slope of a steep hill and faced north-northwest, overlooking Wadi Salman. The Jerusalem-Jaffa highway ran immediately southwest of it, and dirt paths linked it to a group of neighboring villages. Although the identification of the village has been debated by biblical scholars, Lifta is believed to have been established on the site of Mey Neftoach, a source of water near Jerusalem. The site retained this name during the Roman period and was called Nephto during the Byzantine era. Almost nothing is known about the village in the early Islamic period; however, during the Crusades the village was referred to as Clepsta.

The fighting in Lifta, as well as the adjacent Jerusalem districts of Rumayma and Shaykh Badr, was triggered by the Haganah in the earliest days of the war. The History of the Haganah states that “Securing the western exit of the city [of Jerusalem] entailed the eviction of Arabs from Romema and Shaykh Badr. Afterwards, the Arabs also vacated Lifta.“ Other sources supply further details. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the Haganah fired the first shots in December 1947, killing the Palestinian owner of a filling station in Rumayma, on the grounds that he was suspected of informing Arab forces about the departure of Jewish convoys to Tel Aviv. The next day, a grenade was thrown at a Jewish bus.

Palestinian historian ‘Arif al-‘Arif adds that a coffeehouse in Lifta was attacked on 28 December with Sten guns and submachine-guns, and that six of the patrons were killed and seven wounded. The New York Times account puts the number of dead at five, adding that members of the Stern Gang halted their bus outside the cafe, sprayed the patrons with machine-gun fire and threw grenades.

Al-‘Arif writes that most of the residents of Lifta left after the attack on the coffeehouse and the rest evacuated soon afterwards. These actions were followed by a number of others, with the Haganah, Irgun Zvai Leumi, and Stern Gang repeatedly raiding both Rumayma and Lifta. In neighboring Shaykh Badr, the Haganah blew up the house of the mukhtar on 11 January, and two days later launched a second raid in which twenty houses were damaged. Most houses on the eastern periphery of Lifta were also demolished. Morris adds that the purpose of these demolitions was to turn the Palestinian residents out of their homes; to a large extent, this goal was achieved. By 7 February 1948, Jewish Agency chairman David Ben-Gurion expressed his satisfaction with the results of the attacks at a meeting of Mapai party leaders: “From your entry into Jerusalem through Lifta - Romema, through Mahane Yehuda, King George Street and Mea Sharim - there are no strangers. One hundred percent Jews.“

sraeli Settlements on Village Lands
The settlements of Mey Niftoach and Giv’at Sha’ul were built on village lands and now have become parts of the suburbs of Jerusalem.

The Village Today
Most of the houses remaining on the site are deserted, although some have been restored for the use of Jewish families. A basin that had been built around the spring in Wadi al-Shami lies in ruins. The mosque and the village club are still visible, north of the spring. Adjacent to the mosque, on the western side, is a cemetery covered with bushes and wild grass. The village orchard of  fig and almond trees is located at the bottom of a wadi along a stream flowing from the spring. Jewish families have moved into three of the old village houses. The ruins of other houses are visible in various parts of the site. In 1987, the Israeli Nature Reserves Authority planned to restore the “long-abandoned village“ and and to turn it in an open-air natural history and study center that would “stress the Jewish roots of the site.“ This project, with an estimated cost of $10 million, would be financed from donations.

BedouinDrone - Lifta

It's the final release of the eight-part Astra Spectra series featuring none other than label co-founder Syrte with a powerful 6 track EP that traverses the space between IDM, Electro and something else. Included is a collaboration with Science Cult co-operator Aura Nox.

Get the Vinyl

A2 Syrte - Consumer Satisfaction

https://vertical-music.bandcamp.com/album/radura

Sonic research in two residual places linking poetry, soundscape and architecture. ‘Femminile Plurale’ takes us through a former greenhouse, an irrigation tank and a bunker in Liguria. ‘RADURA’ rewrites the space of an urban clearing in Berlin through a participative performance. 

Vittoria Assembri is an architectural and sound researcher. Her practice explores the territories considered marginal, from an architectural and sound point of view. She focuses her research on the regeneration of urban spaces as the recovery of building heritage that pursues sustainable sociability and social diversity. She deepens on the notion of Third Landscape, as an oblique and unconventional condition, of abandoned spaces invested by spontaneous forms of other species. 
www.vittoriaassembri.com 

Gaia Ginevra Giorgi is a poet, sound artist, performer and researcher. She published “Manovre segrete” (Interno Poesia, 2017) and “L’animale nella fossa” (Miraggi Edizioni, 2021). Her research is oriented towards the generative possibilities of intercode poetry: she experiments with vocal soundscapes, and studies the relationships between text, voice, new electronic devices and architectural space, creating site-specific projects. 
www.instagram.com/gaiaginevragiorgi/ 

They are co-curators of 'Walk So Silently That the Bottoms of Your Feet Become Ears' (on Fango Radio), a collection of sound materials by artists who work with a site-specific approach. Archives of sound landscapes reflect on the theme of liminal enviroment, of waste, of residue: field recordings, interviews, vocal soundscapes, poems, sound installations, then in close relationship with the architectural space and its crossings (human and non-human). 
www.fangoradio.com/shows/158

Vittoria Assembri & Gaia Ginevra Giorgi: RADURA (Excerpt)

TL Premiere #1287 (2023.06.19) : IKKo - Troubadour [Roulette Rekordz]

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For this 152nd Premiere of 2023, we have a track by "IKKo" titled ‘Troubadour’ from his forthcoming Album "Basics For The Ashes" on the Belgian label created in mid 2002 by himself and Poladroïd : Roulette Rekordz.

▶︎ The Album will be available from June 23, 2023 on limited transparent 12" lathe cut vinyl + digital on Bandcamp : ikkorr.bandcamp.com/album/basics-for-the-ashes

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Release Info :

IKKo - Basics For The Ashes [Roulette Rekordz // RR44D]

This year marks the twentieth birthday since Roulette Rekordz's first release.
15 vinyls & 15 digital references. Some good music... and some really weird shit.

For this somewhat special occasion we have label co-founder IKKo with an album written and produced years ago, but eventually the masters were lost and the label went into hibernation mode, throwing this piece of music into oblivion. A chain of events recently led to a couple boxes of records and some cd-r's lying in the corner of a room... not the masters unfortunately but all the demo tracks that were a part of that cancelled release. That's for the little story.

Now for the music... Imagine what Nick Cave would have sounded if he was an unknown middle-aged metal worker disillusioned by life and giving shows in dirty bars the weekend for extras, offering his bitterness at those strong (or sober) enough to stay and listen his half-sung half-spoken french poetry, enhanced by electronic cabaret music or pop-esque electro with funk accents. But don't be fooled, there is no pretty french girl here, this is rather the Gaspar Noé of electro pop. Revealing its darkness from the get-go, the 8 tracks composing this album will transport you into the grim streets and dirty backyards of a grey and brown world where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.

2 remixes are included, Natan Vance (@natanvance) makes a darker version of Le Mur enhanced with flemish lyrics and ending in breakbeat fury while Poladroïd (@poladroid-rr) offers a slower take on the original.

Tracklist (Vinyl) : 
A1. Troubadour
A2. Patriarche
A3. La Mare
B1. Le Mur
B2. De Muur (Natan Vance Remix)
B3. Le Mur (Poladroïd Remix)

Tracklist (Digital) :
01. Troubadour
02. Patriarche
03. Le Saboteur
04. L'Addition
05. Le Mur
06. La Mare
07. les Immolés
08. Vu à la Télé
09. De Muur (Natan Vance Remix)
10. Le Mur (Poladroïd Remix)

Pre-order (digital): 6€.
After release (digital): 8€
Releases June 23, 2023

Music & lyrics: Nicolas Ledoux
Artwork: Vadim Samoluk
Sound: Technical Mastering

CAT: RR44D

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Follow IKKo :
Bandcamp : www.ikkorr.bandcamp.com
Instagram : www.instagram.com/ledoux.niko
SoundCloud : @user-95974356

Follow Roulette Rekordz : 
Bandcamp : www.rouletterekordz.bandcamp.com
Discogs : www.discogs.com/label/16200-Roulette-Rekordz
Facebook : www.facebook.com/rouletterekordzzz
Instagram : www.instagram.com/rouletterekordz
SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com/roulette-rekordz

Basics For The Ashes

Troubadour

TL PREMIERE : IKKo - Troubadour [Roulette Rekordz]

Zanderhythm Mix Series #14 - SSS

XY0815 - 16mBit
Scorn - Night Tide
shjva - warm
Linear Perspective - 9
Kid President - Neon Textro
Polygon Window - Polygon Window
MTH - Untitled 02
Astral Engineering - Brainstrobe
Tadan - Pineal Activation
Viikatory - Gamakas
Xerxer - Base
D. Tiffany - Ghost Filter
Viikatory - Time and Space
Aleksi Perälä - Pedal Box
Oletusarvo - 171216b

SSS a trancelover from london.
https://soundcloud.com/3xsss

Zanderhythm Mix Series #14 SSS

DJ Unisex is an interdisciplinary DJ, Producer and Radio-Host based in Leipzig (Germany). In the past years he had gigs for example at: Terminal Club (Mexico City), About Blank (Berlin), Le Bourg (Lausanne), Operator (Rotterdam). In 2019 he started a residency on Callshop Radio called Intergalactic Rhythms, together with Friedrich Ernst. Since 2020 he is co-running the record label Self Learning System. Also he has released tracks of different styles on labels. all over the world.

Which artist has influenced you the most? 

- Many artists have inspired me in the past, when it's about djing I think about: I-f and Egyptian Lover, when we talk about producing I’d say: D.I.E., DJ Stingray and Kraftwerk, to name a few. 

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future? 

- Working on different releases with my label Self Learning System atm. We just released a tape cassette with more experimental music. At the end of this year we’re going to release another 12”, the first various artists on our label. Also I'm thinking about dropping some tunes on my own bandcamp very soon.  
 
Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now? 

- Right now I'm listening to a lot of Nick Klein records and really enjoy digging through all the older releases on Bunker Records and Viewflexx which in general opens myself up again to the more experimental side of Electro. I have to say that I really connect to these more simple and analog sounding tracks then the now modern "overproduced" peak time tunes. 

What inspires you now to create music? 

- Honestly I’m not spending that much time behind the synths right now. Summer, Gigs and other creative projects are taking over.

Follow: @djunisex

Strange But Dance Music #124: DJ Unisex

Retour sur l'émission dédiée à la mémoire d'Ubald Hirsch, esprit brillant que notre animateur @Poborsk a eu la chance d'avoir comme ami. Ubald était un producteur talentueux et implacable de techno plutôt hardcore - https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/85342-Ubald

TRACKLIST:

- MORBID ANGEL - In Remembrance
- PHONOPHANI - Neverdal
- HANS REICHEL - You Can Dance With Me
- WANKER'S UNITED - Timimoun
- BOLA - Phulcra
- KEN ISHI - Turbinates
- POLE - Überfahrt
- HANS REICHEL - Le Bal (New Version)
- MUN SING - Left
- BARKER - Bent
- UBALD - Virus
- ROBERT HOOD - Minus
- JEGA - Motion Math
- CURRENT VALUE - PROCEDURE
- JEAN REDONDO -Hypersonic
- UBALD - Abaris
- ERRORSMITH & JAY MITA - Jam for Sisso
- KAY KYSER - You'll Find Out

GET IN THE POBOTRON ! w/ Poborsk (08.09.2023)

Pest Of Ignorance

Bandcamp: https://cliffdalton.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-alchemy-pathways-and-transmutations
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1Ch2OKP23xtUJdVZtAYUnW?si=Zzgi6DmoQb2Byv8-R3lBGw

Sonic Alchemy: Pathways And Transmutations 

The first time you hear Sonic Alchemy: Pathways And Transmutations, you might think you're listening to a soundtrack for a movie that hasn't been made yet. Cliff Dalton invites you to close your eyes and let your mind's eye roam free, to explore the hidden depths of your imagination. 

As you journey through the album's six tracks, you'll encounter a wealth of different moods and atmospheres. From the ominous drones and pulsating rhythms of "Ancient Sorcery" to the tranquil beauty of "The Lake", each track is like a chapter in a novel that you can't put down. 

One thing that is unique about Cliff Dalton's music is his ability to conjure up vivid imagery with sound. Take "Headswim", for example. The track opens with a disorienting swirl of synths, like you're being pulled through a vortex while hearing strange noises in the distance. You're not sure where you are, but you know you need to keep moving forward. 

Elsewhere on the album, Cliff Dalton shows his versatility as a producer. "Estuarium" is a slow-burning dub track, while "Have Mercy" is a delicate, melancholy piece that showcases his skill with melody. And then there's "To The Next Chamber", the album's epic closer is a tour de force of intricate rhythms, shimmering textures, and otherworldly soundscapes. 

But for all its sonic wizardry, Sonic Alchemy: Pathways And Transmutations is ultimately an album about emotion. Whether it's the sense of wonder and awe you feel when you gaze up at the night sky, the feeling of loss and longing that comes with saying goodbye to someone you love, or the pure, unbridled joy of being alive, Dalton's music is deeply felt and deeply affecting. 

This album will take you on a journey, that will make you think and feel in equal measure. Sonic Alchemy: Pathways And Transmutations is a work of art that deserves to be heard and savored, an album that will reward you with new discoveries every time you listen.

Ancient Sorcery

Presence of beings, places and things. 

Field recording and experimental music label curated by Ludwig Berger. Graphic design by Nicolas Turki Duchesnay.

Vittoria Assembri & Gaia Ginevra Giorgi: RADURA (Excerpt)

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