Katsunori Sawa & Anthone (aka Martsman) are Bokeh, the mainstay duo of Berlin’s Weevil Neighbourhood. Bokeh blends together the distinctive styles of techno, D&B, and drone music into a concrete, hard-stepping rhythmic journey.

Logo design by Paul Nicholson / Number3 https://www.instagram.com/number3__/

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Urgent, introspective and detailed, Flaty spins off axis with a cross-rhythm experiment.

'RAILZ' is out July 9th on ANWO Records.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3cOo2dB

@producedbyflaty
@anworecords

RAILZ

Premiere: Flaty - say it [ANWO Records]

The illustrious Abu Ama lets loose on Accidental Meetings with a 9 track LP, manifesting his trademark distorted dubwise style, with traditional folk song throughout.

Following wzrdyAV's sublime 'Midnight Visions' we're so, so excited to welcome Abu to the label for AM002. An unbelievable artist and person, we're honoured to have him on AM.
Abu who lives in West Germany showcases his whole repertoire throughout the 9 tracks with a selection of new and old, past and present.

His field recordings are scattered over the album and his rumbling bass is ever present, traditional folk songs dip in and out of the album all brought together in Abu's signature dub-wise style.

Release date: Oct 14th

Abu Ama - AM002 (PREVIEWS)

<< a few weeks ago the crew at ADM kindly got me down to jungle tropics to perform a productions set, it was a welcome challenge to do something like this outside my living room (where my past productions mixes have been recorded), it was a really fun night, and I'm pretty satisfied with the recording °˖✧ >>

<< the mix covers material from across the last 3 years, obviously much of it unreleased ◞≼◉ื≽◟ some of it due for release sooner or later! Now tentatively starting work on a proper live set, watch this space :) >>

FSSYS Productions live @ Jungle Tropics ADM 21/05/2022

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B2. Diesel

There are only few constants in life, Speedparade is one of them. The now infamous party at Mikro Zurich launches its first compilation featuring friends and talents across the borders. The collection contains more than 30 songs and features some of the most intriguing electronic music subgenres out there. The album will be        available as a free download on Bandcamp, Slsk and Torrent on August 12 2022 (one day before the actual rave).  A 2xCD + T-Shirt will be available soon - so stay tuned. 

Thanks to all the contributors, Team LP & The Mikro Team.

Various - Speedparade Compilation Vol. 1 - 20 Silvan Nicca – Low Drift

@djstrawberrymusic, or rather Emre Öztürk, is a Turkish sound artist, representing Algorave Istanbul. He debuted with the track 'Hafif Müzik' on the compilation album “grids” released by outlines. The album “Cycles”, which is the artist's full-length debut, is the third release in the catalogue of guides, a sub-label of the outlines label.

Side A of the cassette opens with 'Motion', an extremely spacious and ambient composition in which individual sounds gradually reveal a vast cosmic landscape. DJ Strawberry's next track, 'Dance/Music', floats in a similar sounding atmosphere, but is enriched by vocal samples, which in the initial phase of the track are repeated single words. In the central part of the recording, the author of the spoken words is revealed – he is one of the most important representatives of Chicago Footwork, DJ Spinn, who is joined after a while by his legendary friend DJ Rashad. Excerpts from their conversation are taken from a 2012 French TV interview. In it, Rashad and Spinn talked about the origins of footwork and it is this part of the conversation that is placed by Strawberry at the climax of the piece. The modern and futuristic footwork sound is combined here in a surprising way with the story of two Chicago legends. 'Variation' is the third number on the A-side, which calms the atmosphere after the extremely exciting and dynamic 'Dance/Music'. We find ourselves in a dub-ambient space, watching the spectacular ethereal images shift. Concluding the A-side, 'Fast Track' is a composition in which one can hear inspiration from the Japanese footwork minimalism of DJ Fulltono and CRZKNY from their joint project Theater1. A clear rhythmic pulse is surrounded by delicate micro-drops.

The B-side of the cassette is a consistent development of DJ Strawberry's created sound world. 'Acelem Var' presents a subdued liquid variation of ambient dub. 'Acelem Yok', on the other hand, is the most monumental track and its dramatic layer is as spectacular as the final section of 'Dance/Music'. The concluding B-side of “Cycles”, 'Mono Ton', is like an extended complement to the last track from the A-side, 'Fast Track'. Here, too, you can hear the scattered particles floating in rhythmic space against an underwater, impressionistic and ambient background.

DJ Strawberry's album “Cycles” is an extremely mature offering. Different genre traditions intermingle here: ambient, minimalism, dub techno, clicks and cuts and Chicago Footwork. Strawberry builds his songs with great sensitivity, combining the modern with the classic Chicago sound. An excellent example of this is 'Dance/Music', in which the producer seems to be drawing attention to the prevailing trend in recent times where music and DJs have become more important than the people on the dance floor. Emphasising this problem by referring to the foundations of the dancer/DJ relationship in footwork culture is a treatment that puts things back into perspective. In turn, the fusion of the unique beauty of ambient with footwork and a tempo of 160bpm moves the “Cycles” album towards illustrative music, which could be the perfect soundtrack to accompany the new discoveries of Webb's telescope. It's also not hard to imagine these tracks sounding from the radio of a space-traversing Tesla.

Artwork: Iwona Jarosz / Yes in Progress
Mastered by: Mateusz Wysocki

Cycles

DJ Strawberry - Cycles

This week our Rhythmic Culture podcast series sees a killer mix from Nostro Hood System chief Galtier. Galtier's productions are essentially 'Blade Runner soundtrack with Drums' utilising impactful, theatrical melodic qualities and borrowing heavily from Techno, UK Bass, Percussive Rhythms, Drum & Bass, Dancehall and Ambient, to name but a few. After last year's excellent album 'Pulchra Es Elementis' on Mexican label Infinite Machine, we're more than excited to welcome the Bristol-producer for a 60-minute captivating ride.

@galtier

Rhythmic Culture Mix - Galtier

RC:104 Galtier

Written and Produced by Martin Heinze & Katsunori Sawa. Mastering by LXC.

Resilience

Bokeh - Resilience // Mind To Recall / Resilience (Clip)

This month we invited Paris based artist and resident for [re]sources (@resourcesmusic) Lia Catreux to share a mix and chat about her last couple of years in Music. Yushh in the mix for the first hour live in the Noodio. 

@lia-catreux | @yushh

>>> Live from Zoggs 😎 <<<

📢 Every 3rd Thursday 9-11pm 📢

Noods | Pressure Dome w/Lia Catreux | 19.01.2023

Release Date : April 7th
Pre-order : gridrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dompte-regard

A big landmark beckons, it's @doline's debut LP, with it also being the first time a LP drops on Grid. The french producer has been making quite a name for himself, an affiliate of Teki Latex's Sound Pellegrino crew and also dropping a fantastic EP on the France's best, Paradoxe Club in 2020. This new album sets new heights for Doline, his trademark sound & style is prominent within 'Dompte-regard', with his intricate sound design ever present. 
Throughout the LP, his synth work and captivating melodies make it glide between blissful home listening and adventurous club tracks. Fluctuating through tempo & moods with ease, 'Dompte-regard' could not sum up Doline any better, a truly fantastic representation of an extremely talented emo producer. 

For the first time this release will be also proposed in a CD version ! A beautiful object designed by Unité Services. A concept around transparency "to tame your sight". Only 100 copies available.

Tracklist :
01 The Lobster 'n' The Bee
02 Levant
03 Mill The Pink Link
04 Seven Attempt to Dazzle
05 Dompte-regard
06 Orage Réglisse
07 Echo Bosquet
08 Great Expectations
09 Odd Locus

All tracks produced and mixed by Maxime Prieur
Mastered by Krikor Kouchian 
Artwork by Unité Services  

Supported by : Ayesha, Azu Tiwaline, Basile3, Bob Sleigh, De Grandi, Deena Abdelwahed, Elena Colombi, Etch, Hassan Abou Alam, Flore, Giant Swan, Giulia Tess, Ido Plumes, Intergalactic Gary, Jon Beige, K Wata, laced, Machine Woman, Marcel Fengler, Piezo, Romy Mats, rRoxymore, SHE Spells Doom, Solid Blake, Surgeons Girl, The Maghreban, Troy Gunner, Tzusing, Unperson, Upsammy, Yushh and more.

Dompte-regard

Doline - Dompte-regard LP [GRID009] previews

FSSYS Productions Spring 2023

Anthone and Katsunori Sawa team up again under their Bokeh alias delivering a 12" single on The Weevil Neighbourhood.

On A side "Lancashire", Bokeh explore the realms of Drum & Bass tempo challenging the how-low-can-you-go with extremely deep subs while "Fast Fiver" on the B side doubles up on your regular 4/4 while on a heavy dub chord's leash.

The release comes on black vinyl with a limited edition of 100 copies on white vinyl sold directly from our webshop. The center label artwork is done by Lee Noble (No Kings Records/ Bathetic).

Lancashire / Fast Fiver

Bokeh - Fast Fiver (Clip)

Bokeh - Lancashire (Clip)

Bokeh
Mars & Blaze EP
UVB76-015

Vinyl tracklist:

A1. Gathering Traces
A2. Explored on Film
AA1. Several Decades of Depression
AA2. Other Special Occasions

Release Date: 17th April 2020

For our 15th release, we are proud to welcome Bokeh (Germany's Martsman & Japanese producer Katsunori Sawa) to the UVB-76 Music inner circle, bringing an EP exploring the outer realms of electronic music. Claustrophobic, deadly and undefinable by genre, this release is guaranteed to bury itself deep into your sub consciousness and beyond.


Contact: uvb76.uvb76@gmail.com

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UVB76-015: Bokeh - Mars & Blaze EP

Katsunori Sawa & Anthone (aka Martsman) are Bokeh, the dynamic duo behind some of the notable releases on Berlin’s Weevil Neighbourhood. Bokeh blends together the distinctive styles of techno, D&B, and drone music into a concrete, hard-stepping rhythmic journey.

Lenses Dances comprises 8 tracks that reflect on the photograph effect called bokeh, where aperture settings of the respective camera lens create vivid patterns, almost like dancing dots. It is a dedication to the artists’ love for photography.

The artwork and logo is designed by Paul Nicholson, the graphic designer behind the Aphex Twin logo and the Laughing Man character from Ghost in the Shell.

Mastering done by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering.

Release: 06/19/2020

Bokeh - Lenses Dances [Audio Sample]

Weevil Neighbourhood is a habitat for the unorthodox in sound, music and beyond. Initiated in 2010 by Martin Heinze, contributing artists include Anthone, Bokeh, Lee Noble, Katsunori Sawa, Repetition/Distract, SPR, Steven Porter and Torimimasataka.

Sound artist, composer and musician working in the field of experimental electronic music, algorithmic composition and generative neural audio synthesis.

AKA MARTSM*N, martsman, Anthone, Bokeh (w/ Katsunori Sawa)

Label = Weevil Neighbourhood @weevilorchestra

Bokeh - Fast Fiver (Clip)

Weevil Neighbourhood

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