Andy Bell (RIDE) under his GLOK alter ego has delivered a stunning rework of the gorgeous title track taken from the second album by ambient-techno group Herrmann Kristoffersen. Andy has tapped deep into the dub at the heart of the original, with echoes of John Carpenter's soundtracks and his own extended electronic excursions under the GLOK moniker.

Gone Gold

Herrmann Kristoffersen - Gone Gold (GLOK Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/user-45004009
https://soundcloud.com/joemorris
Buy Release: https://shadesofsoundmusic.bandcamp.com/album/residentes-balearicos-postales-ep
YouTube:  https://youtu.be/v8KGjHGbcRI

Luca Averna and Ale Doretto are two Venezians living in Ibiza that aim to capture the true musical spirit of the island under their Residentes Balearicos guise. Often collaborating with Chris Coco, Luca and Ale maintain the breezy and free energy so synonymous with the White Isle through their polished productions, deftly moving between languid beach side chillers to intoxicating house music. With two superb outings on Kenneth Bager’s Music For Dreams label, the pair now make an offering on Joe Morris’ nascent Shades Of Sound imprint with the Postales EP.

‘Noche De Verano’ captures the mid to late Eighties Balearic flavour to a tee; chunky drums and big snares, children chanting, heavenly keys and wistful flutes all combine to create that perfect alfresco dancing moment. ‘Soleada’ slows the pace for an early evening ride, with a Larry Heard style deep house groove. Gentle keys and male vocal motifs melt over pulsing arps and gated pads.

Joe Morris flips the energy with his Soleada remixes, creating an Italian dream house inspired take on his Halcyon mix and a blissed out breakbeat version with the Twilight mix. Camilo Miranda twists Noche De Verano into a warm up club cut, respectfully keeping the original tone and adding a subtle italo-disco bass riff and synth stabs,

This is a release perfect for the on-coming warmer months; five tracks designed for dancing under the sun and stars alike where finally we will once again come together with our friends to experience life and music x.

Tracklist: 

Noche De Verano
Noche De Verano (Camilo Miranda Remix)
Soleada
Soleada (Joe Morris Halcyon Remix)
Soleada (Joe Morris Twilight Remix)

PREMIERE: Residentes Balearicos - Noche De Verano [Shades Of Sound Recordings]

https://soundcloud.com/nitzer-ebb-official
https://soundcloud.com/thegunwellstreet
Buy Release: https://thegunwellst.bandcamp.com/album/gun-aid-lp
YouTube: https://youtu.be/djxgNV1IHmM

The Gun Well Street are pleased to present The Gun Aid LP. 14 tracks that perfectly encapsulate the sound of one of too many guinnesses underneath the neon lights late into the evening. The kind of leftfield jams we love, be it techno, house, dub, EBM or industrial. An eclectic bunch of oddballs, just like our regulars.

Many of our nearest and dearest have donated songs, including Daniel Avery, Nitzer Ebb, Roisin Murphy, Andy Bell (as GLOK), and The 2 Bears’ Raf Rundell. We’ve got the first ever track from Mister Deltoid, the brand new project by Nathan Gregory Wilkins & Paranoid London’s Quinn Whalley. Ivan Smagghe and C.A.R. make up I.C.A.R. Body Hammer’s Scott Fraser, Richard Sen, Cherrystones, Nuphonic’s Dave Hill & the Ballistic Brothers as Soul Revivers, Arveene Juthan & Shamon Cassette as Bon Voyage, Skylab with Cecile Loyez, and our very own Mondowski are all on board. Design work, as ever, by Rusty. We’d like to thank everyone involved not just for their contributions, but for their continued support and friendship.

The Gun isn’t just a music venue, it’s very much a community pub in-fact, of all the artists on the tracklist, only Roisin hasn’t DJed there (yet). A year of disastrous Tory policy in the face of a global pandemic and things have never been so tough, but that doesn’t just go for us. It goes for the entire community. As such, proceeds from this project will be split between keeping the pub afloat, and to be donated to local families via charity Hackney Quest. Hackney Quest are a local charity who have worked with The Gun in coordinated projects, such as organising an anti-racism street festival on Well Street over the last few years.

All bandcamp pre-orders will also receive digital downloads of tracks from Jorge Velez and Toresch which have never been released digitally before.


Tracklist:
A1. Mister Deltoid - Theme from (The Vortex)
A2. Daniel Avery - The Sovereignty Centre
A3. Roisin Murphy - My Advice (Glock down edit)
B1. Richard Sen - Red Breast for Dustin
B2. Skylab with Cecile Loyez - Clueless
B3. Mondowski - Saturn over Sunset
C1. Scott Fraser - Out Of The Area (Late Nite Dub)
C2. GLOK - Tories In Jail
C3. Cherrystones - Hippies Wearing Muzzles
D1. ICAR - Pont D'Arcole
D2. Bon Voyage - Future
D3. Nitzer Ebb - Red Blood (Bon’s Bam)
D4. Raf Rundell - Schnorbitz
D5. Soul Revivers - Well Street Rock

Gun Aid LP

Red Blood (Bon's Bam)

PREMIERE: Nitzer Ebb - Red Blood (Bon's Bam) [The GUN]

As he entered he cast his eyes around the room, taking in a mirage of flickering colours and luminous buttons. He had been travelling for what had felt like a lifetime through the dense and murky undergrowth in search of the mysterious cavern. Now as he sat perched upon the rubble he truly knew his purpose.

Hiber-nation EP was Recorded at Siesta Delfauno, Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2019. A place steeped in history and that has seen artists like Carl Craig , DJ Hell and Rob Acid grace its halls. Ara-u worked alongside engineer and member of Argentinian electronic band Klauss Pablo Gil, while getting lost in red wine and deep into the jam amongst a mix of analogue machines. Ara-u edited the resulting takes and put together the EP : Hiber-nation

Hiber-nation EP

PREMIERE : Ara-U - Hiber-nation

https://soundcloud.com/thejoshcraig
https://soundcloud.com/aburecordings
Buy Release: https://aburecordings.bandcamp.com
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ue1tJ3raHaE

From Jersey all the way to NYC, The Josh Craig describes himself as a musical scientist, tapping into often unfathomable or lesser recognised mental needs within his music. As an all-round creator, he is immersed in his work as a designer, publisher, illustrative artist, photographer, film-maker, music producer, DJ… the list could go on. 

Recognising the dancefloor as a place of relocation, an integral space for human beings to learn about oneself, The Josh Craig sees the existence of dancefloors everywhere. Not just in clubs, but in the living room or kitchen of a friend, on the driveway or even in the supermarket aisle; we’ve all been there. His debut album ‘Who We Are As People’ is made purposefully to offer the headspace for us to explore anywhere, anytime.  

In making this body of work, he acknowledges how the process opened him up to identify with emotions and thoughts that may have otherwise been ignored. This fact culminates in an album that is part a journey within self, but also an offering to others to begin their own, aiding them on their way. Moving through different speeds, genres and sound textures, The Josh Craig dives into the concept of Sound Healing across the album.

Informed by the composition of jazz and orchestral music, along with the raw mixing techniques found in reggae, dub-reggae, traditional chilean and even new wave, ‘Who We Are As People’ sees attention to detail come alive within his preference for atmospherics. This album pairs down the technicalities of the aforementioned genres with the best parts of ambient, minimal techno, electro and breaks. Using completely raw analogue methods, The Josh Craig plays out each album track in full takes, imagining the finished piece as if it would be played with a live band. ‘Who We Are As People’ sees an artist who does not mimic certain sounds, rather focusing on technique and a belief in sound as a deeply healing entity. 

Tracklist:

Who We Are As People
The Foundation
Zero Regrets 
Exercise Your Rights
Breakdown
Acid Voyage 
Under It All
Phase001 
Dat Bounce 
Anybody Out There

Who We Are As People' LP

Zero Regrets

PREMIERE: The Josh Craig - Zero Regrets [Abu Recordings]

https://soundcloud.com/herrmannkristoffersen
https://soundcloud.com/byteslabel
Buy Release: https://herrmannkristoffersen.bandcamp.com/album/gone-gold
YouTube: https://youtu.be/OKF_Ee9pmog

Gone Gold is the second album from Herrmann Kristoffersen, aka Daniel Herrmann (Flug 8) and Kristina Kristoffersen. Mastered by Jörn Elling Wuttke (The Primitive Painter) it is inspired by the world of gaming and the idea of composing an imaginary soundtrack for the classic racing video game Need for Speed, but in their unique style - kosmische techno, ambient soundscapes and gauzy electronica. 

Creating an imaginary soundtrack for a game and working apart due to Covid-imposed travel restrictions (Daniel in their house in the Taunus woods outside Frankfurt, Kristina in a summerhouse in northern Denmark), it was logical that the couple would use the shortcuts from the gamers’ world to communicate with each other.

Every title represents an aspect of that, providing an insight into how to interpret the song, creating your own online gaming world while listening. From the early-Autechre/AI machine-funk stylings of 1LC (One Life Clear: playing through a video game from start to finish without ever losing a life) and the soulful, space-age techno of Mud (Multi-User Dungeon: a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based) to the euphoric shoegaze-IDM of 4X (an abbreviation of Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate - a subgenre of strategy-based computer and board games) and the stately, dubbed-out closer Season (a season pass is a form of video game monetisation in which consumers purchase a discounted package for current and future downloadable content).

The term “Gone Gold” (the album’s exceptional title track) comes from the term “gold master”, which is a version of the game that the publisher has determined is good enough to be shipped to stores. (Back then, recordable CDs were manufactured with gold film.) 

However, the album is not just a salute to the gaming industry, Gone Gold also represents an awareness of how it is a growing influence in our lives - for good and bad - especially in these Covid times. 

“The computer has taken over from the television,” explains Kristina, who used to work as a composer for Nintendo. "The escape into the gaming world is an open invitation to let out all the worry and problematic things in life. Millions of children and grown-ups are online communicating all over the world with each other every second of the day. That is pretty wild. I could never have imagined that back in the Nineties when I was playing with my Gameboy."

Tracklist:

1. 1LC
2. Mud
3. PVE video
4. 4X
5. AFK
6. Gone Gold
7. Season
8. Gone Gold (GLOK Remix)

PREMIERE: Herrmann Kristoffersen - Gone Gold [Bytes]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/alpagoda, https://soundcloud.com/iroaka
Track: Black
Label: https://soundcloud.com/bannedinvegas
Format: Cassette Tape, Digital, Compilation, VA
Release date: 28/5/21
Purchase: https://bannedinvegas.bandcamp.com/album/a-deer-falling-into-the-sea

A DEER FALLING INTO THE SEA is a two piece project consisting of a remix compilation of Lucky Veil - the first mini album by Al Pagoda, and a short-documentary film.
The first part: A DEER FALLING INTO THE SEA (Lucky Veil Remixes) is a revision of Lucky Veil to be released via BIV Records in collaboration with Bigamo Musik on 28.5.2021. 
A a new perspective by close friends and musicians the influenced the creation process of by the album in one way or another.

YouTube

PREMIERE | Al Pagoda - Black (Iro Aka Remix) [Banned In Vegas] 2021

Human May Cry

slow burn

SUBNO EP — born in the underground.
A hybrid between deep sub-bass and dubstep tension, merged with minimal-tech pulse.
SUBOTA opens the gate — and nothing sounds the same after.

SUBOTA

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/user-89984577
Track: Enough (Dub Storm Mix)
Label: https://soundcloud.com/fm-label
Format: 12" Vinyl, Cassette Tape & Digital, EP
Release date: 08/3/21
Purchase: https://fmlabel.bandcamp.com/

Following a stellar debut EP last year, Prague-based FM Label is back with a new release this March. The second release from the imprint sees FM Label founder Uncalled 4 team up with Czech artist Roman Horinek as part of their new Detente 2020 project.
Titled ‘Enough’, the release is the second EP in a trilogy that pays homage to hip-hop and rap through the years. While part one of the trilogy was inspired by the ‘80s, part two explores ‘90s hip-hop and rap, mixing the iconic era’s sounds with contemporary influences.
The title track sees Detente 2020 team up with NYC hip-hop legend Afu-Ra (Gang Starr) and vocalist Charlie One to bridge iconic ‘90s street rap with contemporary electronic sounds and cinematic vibes. The EP also features an acapella version of the track, along with remixes from Detente 2020, DJ Schwa, Olsvangèr and Oliver Torr.
DJ Schwa goes back to the roots with an old-school, acid-laden broken-techno remix, while Prague-based artist Oliver Torr’s remix transforms the original into a slowed-down experimental track. In contrast, Tel Aviv native Olsvangèr’s remix of ‘Enough’ is a dancefloor weapon suitable for dark and sweaty clubs and summer open-air festivals.
The other original track from the EP, ‘Bucket Tube’ is a result of a collaboration between Detente and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra drummer Jakub Tengler, who played buckets, pots, pipes and other unusual objects to create the percussive track.
Norway’s Fett Burger takes ‘Bucket Tube’ on a ride through NYC with his ‘Work Out’ remix, creating the feeling of walking around the streets of the Big Apple.
'Enough' EP is out on March 8 on vinyl, cassette and digitally.

PREMIERE #1473 | Detente 2020 - Enough (Dub Storm Mix) [FM Label] 2021

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.