Ombra INTL020: Dystopian Lucid Dreaming *VINYL ONLY*

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Skelesys. Ombra International returns with a killer V.A, featuring 6 excellent tracks from Birds, Jorkes & Nikkname, Skelesys, Silicodisco & Alvaro Cabana, Ducati Flux and NAUFRAGI, presenting a fresh take on sounds influenced by new beat, dark wave, post-punk and new wave. We premiere today “The Scorpion Sting", an immersive dark wave bomb incorporating Skelesys’ enigmatic vocals and guitar. This is another stellar release from the label and we look forward to more.

We also did a interview with Ombra's label boss Curses & Skelesys. Read more and pick up the release: https://thebrvtalist.com/skelesysthescorpionsting/


@ombrainternational
@skelesys

PREMIERE: Skelesys - The Scorpion Sting (Ombra INTL017)

Paradiso Records releases the Kraken for its 36th EP. Puns aside, Ivan Fabra (SXDNS107) makes his debut on the respected British label with “Kraken Disco”, a high-quality cosmic & mythological release with three cutting-throat originals and two mighty remixes delivered by Tech Support and Alberto Melloni (FREEDL026).

Ivan has been keeping himself busy in 2021 with a string of collaborations/contributions to labels such as Emerald & Doreen, Boite Music, among others. And now, in his first EP of the year, the versatile Spanish producer takes the opportunity to embody a more “Ivan Fabra” signature sonority. The remixers understood the essence of “Kraken Disco” and provided interpretations that, yes, depict their own identity, but don’t break the story told by the originals.

Tech Support, for instance, despite having pitched “Backwards” down (from 124 to 115 BPM), kept the retro-futuristic mood and added more affection, trippiness, in his version, but without losing the excitement and clout from Ivan’s theme. Proper production skills here, peeps!

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Beatport page of the label: https://www.beatport.com/label/paradiso-records/83442

Follow @ivanfabra, @tech-supportuk & @paradisorecords, peeps!

PREMIERE189 // Ivan Fabra - Backwards (Tech Support Remix)

Günce Acı - Another Round [Ombra INTL020: Dystopian Lucid Dreaming] Mastered at The Wall

Dystopian lucid dreaming… Is this reality? Is this a nightmare? Are we sharing the same dream or are we all part of yours? 

We have no answers. But we do have the perfect soundtrack as Curses’ label Ombra International continue to join the most powerful dots around the world. Somewhere between dark disco and post-punk, it’s the label’s first vinyl release in some time with three debuts and two highlights from the recent Ombra International 17 ‘Destiny’ V/A EP. All things connected, all things unclassifiable, sitting somewhere between Italo, indie, acid house, electro, synthwave and beyond. 

Turkish dynamo Günce Acı takes the lead as she continues to accelerate into the scene with dominance. Her Ombra debut ‘Another Round’ pushes us head first into an acid primordial soup; Trippy, relentless and full of surprises, it’s another sure-fire sign of her exciting rise. 

Elsewhere long-time supporters and good friends of the label Juan MacLean and Hardway Bros also both make their label debuts. The former lays down the deep pulsating sensation ‘Monika’, a sojourn that stretches out over almost 10 minutes of heady, hypnotic bliss. Meanwhile the latter sends us love from his HQ outer space with the industrial strength euphoria bulldozer ‘Early Nineties’. Ploughman beats and cathedral keys, this washes away the bitter aftertaste of lockdown with unfiltered, uncut feels. 

And if that’s not quite enough worldly Ombra substance to fuel your dystopian dreams, then look no further as previous digital-only tracks Skelesys – ‘The Scorpio Sting’ and Jorkes and NIKKNAME – ‘Citizen’ are both revisited on this pivotal release for the label. Timeless music never dates; here’s to another 20 Ombra escapades…

V/A - OMBRA 020 - Dystopian Lucid Dreaming

PREMIERE : Hardway Bros - Early Nineties

The release originals are from Etane, St.Petersburg-born Cologne-based producer & DJ. He is the head of the Intertrax music community & co-curator of the Oberwave community.

The remix is delivered by a regular in the house : Silicodisco !

Chapter 10 : Etane

PREMIERE⚡️Etane - Cry No More [Critical Monday]

My contribution to @anatolianweapons Ukraine fundraiser that is being released by @luridmusic with over 40 artists. 
Donations stemming from the sales of this release will be distributed to the following humanitarian groups currently active in Ukraine or neighboring countries welcoming refugees: 

- International Medical Corps: internationalmedicalcorps.org/emergency-response/war-in-ukraine/ 
- Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights - Ukraine Urgent Response Fund: urgentactionfund.org 
- Polish Humanitarian Action: www.pah.org.pl/en/donate/ 
- World Central Kitchen: wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine

Anatolian Weapons - The Jungle Track (Facets Mysteric Remix)[Lurid Music]

Slovenian DJ/producer Marjan Vitorĳoski's productions first showed up on our collective radar back in 2019 leading to an appearance on the 1st volume of Dancefloor Detonators on Invisible Inc swiftly followed by an appearance on Curses' Ombra International imprint. Three years on and Vitorĳoski's sound is even more focussed and refined. His productions more advanced, his roots deeper. Expressing a deep passion for ancient Macedonian culture and art, his music often sounds like a bridge between his European homeland and the Orient. With an array of hardware and effects processors at his disposal that most producers would be highly envious of, his music also frequently benefits from the inclusion of organic instruments (a theme those familiar with Invisible Inc will be aware of) most notably the Persian daf (a frame drum similar to the Celtic bodhran) which punctuates each song with its hypnotic beat. Interspersed with monastic chants that seem to channel the ancestors perfectly, the swirling arpeggiated synths, pulsing bass lines and scything rhythms result in a sonic palette as rooted in history as it is fresh. It's also highly hallucinogenic. Close your eyes and you can imagine yourself transported to an ancient Macedonian opium den. The three original tracks are complemented by an epic remix from Optimo Music stalwart and Phase Group founder Mr TC who takes the acid and explores the outer limits even further. The EP's artwork (by Gordon Mackinnon) is based on a pattern from traditional Macedonian costume - originating from a period when opium dens were still very much in existence.

https://soundcloud.com/vitorijoski
https://soundcloud.com/mrtcmusic
https://soundcloud.com/invisible-inc

PREMIERE⚡️Vitorijoski - Banica (MR TC Remix) [Invisible Inc.]

@Orchidsmantissa– Bodywork 

Label - @TAKTRec

All Sinchi premieres available on;
Youtube -www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJiiJt2HkHMSeZJIIQgQTA
Spotify- open.spotify.com/playlist/7sd3nFr…1ff4a1026348467b

♫ Info + Buy ♫

PREMIERE – Orchid – Bodywork (TAKT)

Sinchi Music's latest not for profit release welcomes Italian artist A-Tweed stirring up weird acid, dark electronics, EBM, electro, tribal, disco and techno across a wide range of tempos. 

The original of 'Low Field Trance' is comes as a slow and strangely seductive disco-techno sound. Meandering synths make for an eerie late night vibe as glistening glassy melodies hang in the air next to prickly 303s. Roy Mills brings broken beat energy and a twisted cosmic edge to his version of of the track.

Follow
https://soundcloud.com/antakaatweed
https://soundcloud.com/sinchicollective

Buy
https://sinchilove.bandcamp.com/album/photosphere

NEW HIT: A-Tweed - Low Field Trance (Roy Mills Remix) [Sinchi]

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Four years after their inaugural release, Berlin-based imprint Thisbe prepare to release a four-track remix compilation - courtesy of Swiss interplanetary poet and producer Pyrame.

@pyrame
@volta-cab
@thisberecordings

Electronica Melancholia Remixes

Electronica Melancholia (Volta Cab Post Punk Ride)

Pyrame - Electronica Melancholia (Volta Cab Post Punk Ride) [Thisbe]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/antakaatweed
Album: Rave The Cave
Label: Playground Records
Mastering: Submarea Estudio
Press & Communication: Avoiding The Issue
Catalogue: PGR058
Release date: 06/06/2024

Playground Records' 58th release comes from one of the most active members of the family, the talented Italian A-Tweed who brings us his first mini-LP titled 'Rave the Cave'. A dark, acid and thick work, loaded with psychedelia, experimentation and groove. We invite you to delve into this cave of weird sounds and infectious dance.

A pulsating heartbeat through the ancient stone walls, a symphony of beats reverberating through the darkness. The cave becomes a sanctuary, a primal refuge where the vibrations of music mingle with the whispers of time. Where the echoes of the past meet the rhythms of the present in a timeless dance of existence.

Rave The Cave

Trenta Formiche

Hungary's leading dark disco and leftfield dance outlet, Secret Fusion enlists Man2.0 for two brilliant new tracks that get remixed by Mufti, Re.You and label bosses Secret Factory. Man2.0 is Mark Bailey, a prolific producer from London with releases on Nein, Wonder Stories and Controlla. His obsession with forgotten 80s gems, EBM and sampling sounds out of toy instruments gives him a distinct sound that has won him plaudits from the Hacker, the Juan Maclean and his hero Andrew Weatherall, who played his most recent track on his NTS radio show. He kicks off this new EP with 'Hooked On U', which spits, hisses and fizzes with punky attitude and frazzled sound designs. The slapping drums and hits jerk you into action and the brooding bassline adds real menace. The excellent 'The Night We Went to the Sea' is more cosmically minded, with trippy synth sounds and sci-fi arps lighting up the space-disco grooves in real style. First to remix is Re.You, the German artist and Avotre associate with a fresh take on house. His version is typically tribal-tinged, with hypnotic drums and sustained pads all sinking you into a chunky groove. Mufti is the next remixer, a project from Bernardo Barrera of Guadalajara, this moniker comes after him being a part of Los Fugazzi and finds him focus more on rock variants and 80's music. His remix is a macho one with whirring machine sounds, dark vocoders and a building sense of tension that is futuristic and shadowy. The by now well-respected label bosses Secret Factory then add their own spin to close out the EP. It is an icy one, with scintillating chords layered up into an entrancing tech workout as curious effects litter the grooves. This is another essential package of new and pioneering electronic styles.

Hooked On U E.P . (inc. Mufti, Re.You, Secret Factory Remixes)

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PREMIERE : Man 2.0 - Hooked On U (Mufti Remix)

As head of Italian (centric) Slow Motion label (and international artist sister imprint, Wrong Era), and through his own productions and remixes, Franz Scala has been pioneering the retro-futuristic aesthetic of club culture weaving together elements of proto-house, wave and Italo for the nuovo contemporary dancefloor long before it’s current vogue. Now alongside Bordello A Parigi, and supported by Sameheads, Slow Motion presents Scala’s euphoric debut album Mondo Della Notte.

A homage to the world of the night where Franz plies his trade. Solid production and understanding of the various references informing the contemporary dancefloor imbues this set with a quality of permanence. Each track clocks-in at around the seven minute mark accommodating all Scala’s retro influences  providing the space for walls of sounds to expand and unfold along these infectious rhythm voyages.

Industrial guitars signal the title track’s intent while ethereal vocal snippets escape the machines hailing to the listener through densely effected, spacey drums blurring the boundaries between disco and wave. Stelle’s cross-continental tunnel trip takes the listener to a darkened dancefloor. Flickering light emerging by way of rapturous synths complementing each other in short radiant bursts resulting in a steady, off-kilter workout that wouldn’t sound out of place during the latter years of The Paradise Garage. Cometa’s urgency hurtles through the void towards it’s destination gaining momentum with each synth stab and chorus leaving the impression you’re listening to some long lost classic that just collided with the planet. Dreamline a rhythm dense Chicago influenced jam packed with desolate, metallic strings; whispered, twisted vox, and haunting phrases. Rising from a swamp Chrono startles the listener, the track’s infectious trippy patterns reminiscent of the hazy trance that occured when clubbing collided with guitars at the dawn of the second summer of love. Museum of Illusion comes at you like John Carpenter scoring a heavy giallo soundtrack. The artist’s trademark tough, italo-informed drum workouts are best illustrated by Scala’s rework of One Way Love. The composition’s rhythms’ morphing into a darker proto-house framework with a tougher edge than it’s previous incarnation. Gladio’s hypnotic tribute to the foundational cyber-funk of Detroit ends this trip into the nether world of strobes and speakers, a sword-edged machine conversation between a measured motor-city bass and responding off-world hardware, the tracks warm undertones taking you inwards beyond the industrial world these sounds originally emerged from.

It is a tribute to Franz’s careful, attentive approach to his love of music that, for the first time, after a decade running Slow Motion, he finally releases his own productions through his own label. Mondo Della Notte, a collection of contemporary mutations grounded in previous era’s, is the culmination and testimony to his artisanal dedication to his own creative output and his obsessive enthusiasm for what moves the dancefloor. Enjoy this journey through the night. Ascolta forte.

Franz Scala - Gladio

https://soundcloud.com/jorkes
https://soundcloud.com/nikkname
https://soundcloud.com/ombrainternational
Buy Release: https://ombrainternational.bandcamp.com/album/ombra-intl-017-destiny
YouTube: https://youtu.be/QqyKQuR1SzI

Welcome to a new dream come true. Only we can decide what is salvation or surrender. Goodbye 2020, hello new beginnings.  London's Birds makes her Ombra debut with a dirty post-punk tinged tribute to the late Andrew Weatherall. FREERIDE MILLENIUM cohorts, Jorkes & Nikkname deliver a dystopian manifesto to the citizen's of the renegade and rebel truth. Buenos Aires born, Berlin-based Skelesys returns to the homefront, venturing into an accelerated dark wave bomb incorporating his enigmatic vocals and guitar.  Silicodisco & Madrid's Rotten City Records boss, Alvaro Cabana return to Ombra with a hypnotic kraut-rocktechno vibe. Chilean, Ducati Flux, is 1/2 of the Berlin-based live duo, Random Atlas. With a few tracks already confirmed on Ombra this year, this is his first. A slow and heavy-snared weapon, with a nod to the oldskool turntablist scratch records.  Last in the EP is Belgian's NAUFRAGI. A triumphant return to Ombra, with a super cosmic track, Italo and new wave inspired.

Tracklist:

1. Jorkes & Nikkname - Citizen   
2. Ducati Flux - Trash   
3. Birds - Keep The Ship Moving   
4. Skelesys - The Scorpion King   
5. Silicodisco & Alvaro Cabana - Misty   
6. NAUFRAGI - Mongo

V/A - OMBRA Intl. 017 - Destiny

Citizen

PREMIERE: Jorkes & Nikkname - Citizen [OMBRA Intl.]

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𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝔴𝔢𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔳𝔢𓆙
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WhyPeopleWar Fundraiser for Ukraine: https://whypeopledance.bandcamp.com/

The Why people dance question was asked for the first time in Lithuania back in 2013 but it gained a worldwide echo in its 8 years of existence. Run by @pauliuskamblevicius with the help of @experimentsserial and a network of collaborators, the online electronic music platform and label keeps its heart open for new friends and treasure finds but its filter tight and deep underground. Tune into WPD channels on Soundcloud, YouTube and Bandcamp.

PREMIERE: Jorkes & Nikkname - Citizen [OMBRA Intl.]

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