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We’re thrilled to announce NAFF017, “To / Deep”, by Chicago trio Purelink 

“To / Deep” comprises four tracks, two of which –Maintain the Bliss and Head On A Swivel– were previously released as a digital-only EP in 2021. 

Here, Purelink return to form with an updated sound, adding crystalline angularity and dialed precision to their warm, enveloping style.  

Blissed break abstractions flutter and gasp like shifting light
through variegated glass. Rhythms arise within rhythms,
the breath resounds throughout.

“To / Deep” carries the uncanny feeling that home has changed, or that home is change.

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Purelink  - To / Deep (Clips)

Recorded live in studio from @refugeworldwide, a journey into the darkside of 2-step, garage, and proto-dubstep.

Big up the bad gyals, boys and theys!

𝙡𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 w CCL #9 Cape Fear: A Trip to the Darkside of UKG @refugeworldwide

pre-order now: https://gostzvuk.bandcamp.com/album/intuitive-word-2

Gost Zvuk prepare for a busy 2023 with an enthralling double LP's worth of futurist sound design from Flaty. In the game for more than a decade now, the producer, mastering engineer and all-round visionary artist has delivered an impressive range of music across both his own ANWO imprint as well as for West Mineral ltd., 12th Isle, Firecracker and more.

Always content to subvert expectations and blur stylistic lines, on Intuitive Word there is a clear fascination with a spectral, whittled-down-to-its-core type of avant-pop/RNB hybrid. Digital strings, dubbed beyond recognition semantic snatches, re-imagined new age style synthesis and even flourishes of MMORPG computer game soundtracks all combine into something that feels uniquely Flaty. In a sense, Intuitive Word marries ambient sound collage and hyperreal, narrative-style vocal processing. However, glimmers of shoegaze and old 'ethereal' bands (think Harold Budd & Cocteau Twins) crop up on tracks like 'Tree' and 'Nepal Lit', a testament to Flaty's skill for world-building and atmospherics.

Across the 19 cuts there is a recurring theme of choral style, computer generated elegies. A kind of 'cristal trance', in their words. 'Mint' combines these with overtly RNB style vocal samples, whereas darker, more broken beat soundscapes can be heard on the Madteo collab 'Observer'. With plenty of sombre and cinematic style ventures such as 'NEWS' breaking up the album and eschewing this focus on vocals, we find one of the most consistent producers in the current Russian scene delivering what may well be his most accomplished collection yet.

GOST020: Flaty "Intuitive Word"

A1: U C (02:26)
A2: Upper Spell (03:21)
A3: Intension (03:43)
A4: Tree (02:37)
A5: Lament Pit (03:51)

B1: Strut (02:49)
B2: Goblin Sograda (02:55)
B3: Plural Dogs (03:01)
B4: Nepal Lit (03:01)
B5: Transparent Thought (04:06)
C1: Declare Day Whom To Sleep (04:18)
C2: Observer feat. @madteo (03:55)
C3: IP-Elegy (04:46)
C4: Protokross (04:09)

D1: Blossom For Rest (02:24)
D2: Mint (03:53)
D3: Dolphy (04:18)
D4: NEWS (03:21)
D5: Gard (01:35)

written and produced — @producedbyflaty
mastering — Kassian Troyer (D&M)
cover artwork — Simone Petepiece
design — ANWO STUDIO
linear notes — Fergus Clark
executive producer — Ildar Zaynetdinov

GOST020: Flaty "Intuitive Word"

Full tracklist and feature here: https://shrptyp.co/sharpfm007

A soft downtempo mix from one of NYC's finest techno DJs. In a post-pandemic New York that has witnessed an explosion of new talent, Emma Olson, who goes by Umfang, is by now a recognized veteran who is well-respected for her fluency in techno – and not just as a DJ, but also as someone engaged with its political history and contemporary social contexts. Her psychedelic all-vinyl sets move the body AND mind and are proof that the true skill of the DJ isn’t necessarily what one plays, but how.

“I have been wanting to make a slower mix for a long time which is hilariously challenging for me coming from mostly playing techno,” says Umfang. “I make subdued sparse music and have had a difficult time closing the gap between soundscapes I'm drawn to and the music I play in the club.” 

The result is the sound of a bridge. “This is a reflection of some intentional digging for downtempo, a desire to feature the music my friends are making now that excites me, and the one-off ambient tracks from techno artists that often don't find a place in the club.” Considering these new tempos and textures, the variety here is cohesive, and it also feels intimate — the sound of an artist earnestly building out new comfort zones.

007: Umfang

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Excited to welcome a dear friend to the series, Kohwi aka Cory :)Among many things, he's one third of the Ways Inner Pass label, is a deep and sweet spirit, and has an ear for sounds that reach into all corners, it's a pleasure to share this one <3

https://soundcloud.com/kohwi

Artwork by Justin Angel

Motion Cast Vol. 89: Kohwi

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Brian Eno - Under Stars II
Biosphere - Hoodoo
Steve Roden - Of Space Enclosed
Darren Tate, Daisuke Suzuki & Kathleen Vance - Trees Kissing Trees, Part III Perko - Sisu ft. Cucina Povera
Vladislav Delay - Untitled
Harold Budd - Ice Floes In Eden
Markus Guentner - Pilot
Auvinen - Akkosaari
Perila - Memories of Grass
Climax Golden Twins - Lovely
Jean-Michel Rivet - Elle Somenole Jolie
Michel Redolfi - Vie Dans Les Profondeurs (JM Edit)
Biosphere - People are Friends
Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Dark From Daybreak
Pendant - VVQ-SSJ
Twerk - Kogepan
A Small, Good Thing - Flamenco 2
Eivind Aarset & Jan Bang - The Witness
DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central, Pt. II (72 Hrs. by Rail from Missouri)
Uusitalo - Social Children
Kelman Duran - Rara II
Peverelist - Burning Sea
Jimmi Moon - Lovelane
Vidna Obmana & Asmus Tietchens - Miniature One
Organum - Vacant Lights Pt. 1
窦唯 & FM3 - Untitled
Klara Lewis - Shine
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Walker
Harmograph / Matteo Scaioli - Puls
László Hortobágyi / György Kurtág jr. / Miklós Lengyelfi - Necroga
Phil Struck - Untitled
Biosphere - Heights Of The Depths
Bowery Electric - Looped
FAX - Quicksand
Ghislain Poirier - Désquilibre (encore)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Zure
Mike Schommer - Untitled 11
Andrew Chalk - A New Heaven
Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Ghosted
ALP - Centrum
Beequeen - The Whisper

Sand Circles - Nights Without End

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