4 - Waving At Clouds (Natural Limit's Illusion Mix)

3 - Waving At Clouds (Fluid Matter 5AM Stroboscopic Rework)

2 - Waving At Clouds (Solma Self Isolation Reshape)

Ten years ago, Acid Test began with a simple concept—each track the label released would make use of the Roland TB-303. Like a producer purposefully paring down their studio setup, or the continuous imperative within underground electronic music to reduce, this concept engendered creativity with the introduction of what seemed to be an aesthetic limit. However, the decade that followed, which now culminates in the triple-LP compilation Ten Years Of Acid Test, proves acid is limitless.

That the Berlin-via-LA label would expand upon the classical conception of acid house and techno is no surprise considering the cast of characters that have come in fold over the past decade. Ten Years Of Acid Test gathers key material from the label's extended family of acid acolytes. There's that Vienna-via-LA maestro of sad, elegant acid Tin Man (Johannes Auvinen), whose "Afters Acid" is both a highlight within his prolific catalogue and a distillation of his symphonic approach to the 303. Detroit giants Erika and Marcellus Pittman, both of whom have released remixes on Acid Test, present their respective and singular Bass Line visions. Erika, the Interdimensional Transmissions lynchpin, crafts a dark, delicate take on broken techno on "Violet Fungus" while Pittman continues his cubist house explorations on "Unknown Species," both tracks straying from typical acid lines in favor of the intricate textures achievable on the 303.

This variation in approach applies to tempo as well. Irish-based master Lerosa, as well as Delsin affiliate VC-118A, delve into downtempo atmospherics. Meanwhile, Japanese deep techno virtuoso Wata Igarashi, SUED co-founder SW. (a regular on Acid Test's leftfield sub-label Avenue 66) and Patricia (one-half of Acid Test act Ociya) use acid as a creative jumping-off point for complex melodic concepts. Wata layers an orchestra of synth-bliss drone overtop a squelchy bassline on "Ephemeral." SW.'s "ChaIAnJAzzz" cycles through an array of dusted chords eventually landing in skewed, fuzzy rave nostalgia, anthemic chords held aloft by a wicked UK-flavour bass line. Patricia's “Higher Still” explores dreamy, IDM-flavoured acid, cinematic synthlines counterbalanced by propulsive, squelching acid.

Acid Test devotees will be thrilled at the return of various luminaries from the catalogue, including Achterbahn D'Amour, Skudge, AAAA, John Tejada and Donato Dozzy, whose memorable remix of Tin Man's "Nonneo" from Acid Test 01 served as a kind of proof of concept for the label. There's new blood too. San Francisco up-and-comer Sepehr makes his label debut with the excellent "Persian Acid Prince," as does Andreas Tilliander's beloved hardware techno project, TM404.

Like the original Hot Mix 5 Acid compilation, which highlighted the original cohort of Chicago acid innovators including Pierre, Fingers and Armando, Ten Years Of Acid Test is a valuable portrait of a group of artists linked by a dedication to innovation within acid, in line with the genre's storied roots. Over ten years, Acid Test has gracefully made a case for the 303's past, present and future, the story of acid continuing to unfurl in unpredictable, addictive patterns.

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© 2021 Acid Test
Mastering by Stefan Betke @ Scape
Manufactured by RAND
Distributed by Word and Sound
Design by Floating Bastard

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Just in time for the last days of summer, your favorite three-headed French label is back with another genre-bending release.
A single by Hess Publica mastermind Selected Dream Memories, supported by three remixes from the Virtual Forest crew. Ultra-pure fuel for inspiration, this release full of contemplative reveries will take you by the hand from cotton clouds to abyssal depths, showcasing the infinite potential and versatility of the source material.

Original track written and produced by Selected Dream Memories
Remixes by Solma, Fluid Matter & Natural Limit

Artwork by ad93il
Mixing by Solma
Mastering by Jules Payen aka Basic

Distributed by Lobster Theremin
A&R : Natural Limit, Solma & Fluid Matter
Copyright 2022 Virtual Forest Records

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TL Premiere #1144 (2023.01.20) : iNFO - Alkaline Glades [Móatún 7]

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For this 9th Premiere of 2023, we have the title track by UK veteran DJ/Producer "iNFO" of his forthcoming Album "Alkaline Glides" on the Icelandic label runned by Futuregrapher : Móatún 7.

▶︎ The Album will be available in limited 7” lathe cut vinyl + cassette + CD + Digital from January 23, 2023 on Bandcamp : https://moatun7.bandcamp.com/album/alkaline-glades

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Móatún 7 is a record label, runned by Futuregrapher, focusing on releasing 7” lathe cut vinyl and sometimes other formats as well. Physical copies are limited, but digital is always available. Lathe cuts are done in Iceland by vinyll.is - limited to 30 pressings for each release. CD’s, or other formats, are done in larger quantities.  

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iNFO - Alkaline Glides [Móatún 7 // UMFT011]

Artist: iNFO
Release: Alkaline Glides
Type: LP (7",Tape, CD, digital)
Genre: IDM, Electro, Ambient Techno
Catalog number: UMFT011
Label: Móatún 7

"When I first started thinking of what approach I was going to take for the LP I wanted it to be an extension musically of my self released All Possibilities and Outcomes from last year. Something that would show a bit more versatility something you could lay down and close your eyes and drift away to. The title Alkaline Glades sort of speaks volumes to me you can dissolve your thoughts and melt in to the sounds and step away from the acidity that seems to be overwhelming in the world right now." - iNFO

Tracklist :
1. uncertain analysis
2. hypha
3. cognitive dissonance
4. Vesica Piscis
5. alkaline glades
6. bartium
7. transfigured
8, triquadra
9. Hypnagogia

#11 release in UMFT series
Catalog number: UMFT011

Sheffield is the sound

released January 23, 2023

Written by Michael Robinson
Mastered by Árni Grétar
Design by Mason Verger
(p) (c) Móatún 7 2023

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Gladio Operations inaugurates 2023 with its seventh release titled “Split Machine”, a new series of shared EPs, where in this first episode the producers Jauzas The Shining and Cycloplex go halves on the EP.

The French producer returns to Gladio with three cuts which possess his peculiar and characteristic rugged sound. The EP launches with "Business Machines” and “Isla De Encanto”, two powerful cuts with aggressive and noticeable basslines filled-up with dark textures. Jauzas gifts us a last cut titled “Equation”, a nod to the EBM sound, where he preserves the same darkness as in the previous cuts.

On side B we encounter the Spanish producer Francisco Aguado, who has recently released his first work under the "Cultivated Electronics" label under his new electro alias, Cycloplex. With two cuts titled “Intercepted” and “Acid Machine”, Cycloplex reveals his particular minimalist vision of electro sound in an abstract journey of excellent monotonous rhythms.

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