Kate Stein - Mystic Saddle Ranch (Inc. Autarkic, Balam remixes)
Release date : 13 may 2021
Label: Playground Records (https://soundcloud.com/playgroundrecords)
https://soundcloud.com/katesteinnyc https://soundcloud.com/autarkic

Australian raised, New York based producer Kate Stein makes her debut on Playground Records with ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ a powerful Ep full of hypnotic rhythms and beautiful landscapes, composed by 2 original mixes accompanied by high caliber remixes from Autarkic and Balam.
‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ begins like a train barreling from far away with staccato arpeggios and modulations; like horns warning that it is in a hurry and the energy will not stop. Sensual and seductive at the same time, the track builds with an elegant current of sound. This takes us back to the beginning of electronic sounds, reminiscent of I Feel Love. The glam of Studio 54 crossover with some acid slow electro makes for an irresistible dance ripped dress.
The second track is called ‘Hi-Lo Motel’ and it gets more serious. A bouncing synth marks out a crossover bass with modulations seeping back and forth in alien tone. A smooth and rarefied flight, ecstatic, stealthy and nostalgic.
Autarkic remixes ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ by twisting it with a lot of funk machine. A hoarse, scratchy bass grooves recklessly as a dirty, dragged snare beats his side. Cowbells rattle for flavor as acid modulations elusively intersect. Pads of mystery take us to a break
that is quickly attacked again by the bass to unleash a brazen and shrewd dance.
Balam gives his own perspective about ‘Mystic Saddle Ranch’ closing the Ep and doing what he does best, mixing synthetic tribalism of acid modulations and frenetic percussion. His bass, his personal mark, pushes incessantly and cadency. He takes us on a sinuous and enchanting journey while chords scatter us through an open space towards infinity.

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PREMIERE : Kate Stein - Mystic Saddle Ranch (Autarkic Remix)

Electric Shapes returns with their next release, a comprehensive album by Rambal Cochet. The psychedelic-inducing release features slow and trance-y chuggers inspired by India's iconic Goa. Next to the 7 original tracks by Rambal Cochet, the release comes packed with remixes from Jokios Kulturos, the Frankfurt-based Tassilo and the Athenian Anatolian Weapons. The latter running with us today.

Read more: https://liquidyouth.nl/music/premieres/rambal-cochet-guilty-trip-anatolian-weapons-remix-electric-shapes 
Buy: https://electricshapes.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-is-order-yet-undeciphered 

https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/volta-cab
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

Premiere: Rambal Cochet - Guilty Trip (Anatolian Weapons Remix) [Electric Shapes]

https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
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Buy Release: https://details-sound.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://youtu.be/D9Tdmm5Lzoo

The first in a series of various artists to be released by Details Sound - The Spirit Of The Age Vol. 1 is a personal attempt to represent "the spirit" of this moment, an eye on the sea, where the initial intention of powerful and dynamic body music is changing, leaving room for a more contemplative and reflective way of dancing, where large places give space to the little ones, taking back the original spirit of being together.

On the A side, Anatolian Weapons opens with A Series Of Changes - a progression of looped vocals and acidic basslines that culminate in a full, liberating rhythm. Following A Hand Modern Cage focuses on a more hypnotic and evocative soundtrack that can perfectly match an atmospheric opening.

On the flip Gamma Intel’s Note To My Love deliver a mix of broken and electro rhythms that are part of the artist signature sound, ending with an intricate weave of melodic basslines. The last track Dense And Ragged is signed by the renowned london-based duo Vactrol Park who set the mood for a distopyan trip in 2049.

Tracklist:

A1. Anatolian Weapons - A Series Of Changes
A2. A Hand - Modern Cage
B1. Gamma Intel - Note To My Love
B2. Vactrol Park - Dense And Ragged

V.A. The Spirit Of The Age Vol.1

A Series Of Changes

PREMIERE: Anatolian Weapons - A Series Of Changes [Details Sound]

Per Amžius Ambient 09.29 w/ Marijus Klimaitis

This is the second track from our new EP "Twenty One" 

Buy and support: https://tapan.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-one

These five tracks inhabit the sacred intersection of tradition and technology—a liminal space where temple echoes resonate through digital loops, and each repetition becomes a mantra. Stripped-bare, trance-inducing, and deeply spiritual.

Raga Crossroads

NuRa: The First Pulse

NuRa is the sound of awakening, the first signal that passes between two distant souls before they even know they’re listening. It’s that intuitive connection, like when someone thinks of you at the exact moment you think of them.

#LoFi #HipHop #MythTapes #Instrumental #Experimental #SpiritualBeats

1. NuRa (v1)

Flippen Disks follows up their much acclaimed label-debut with an intriguing second release by Yuto Takei named “Bells From The East EP”.
Yuto Takei’s first vinyl release displays a wide array of sounds with a particular interest in rhythmic experiments and the negotiation of sonic space.

The Tokyo-based producer and DJ takes the listener onto a trip through deep spheres, percussive workouts, jammy compositions and electronic psychedelia, leaving the listener at times startled as to whether it is humans that are manipulating machines, or vice-versa.

Having worked as an electronic music composer for video games such as Gran Tourismo, this uncanny valley is known territory for the artist. It is, however, further explored on this four tracker, staying true to Flippen Disks paradigm of releasing club-oriented music, non-functional enough to not only be danced but also listened to.

Title track Bells From The East is an 8 minute jam, in which a krauty psych attitude pairs up perfectly with the goofy lead melody.

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https://soundcloud.com/yutotakei

PRÈMIÉRE: Yuto Takei - Bells From The East [Flippen Disks]

The slow and trancey virtuoso from Frankfurt is back to release his solo EP. Each track has its own movement - mysterious, tense, exploring, expanding. Each movement is a medicine for your flesh and soul. The EP also includes great sounds from Greece. The remix by Anatolian Weapons is, as always, something more than just an interpretation.

From the first tribal beats, this EP triggers your body to want to move, something we're sorely lacking these days. We hope you can shake off the pandemic cobwebs to these tunes, wherever you are.

https://soundcloud.com/eshu-est
https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/electric_shapes

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PRÉMIÈRE: Tassilo Vanhöfen - Dream Collector (Anatolian Weapons Remix) [Electric Shapes]

Happy that we are joining forces with Russian electronic music scene veteran Sickdisco on the new release. Boss of long time running Fox Trax records joins our roster with 3 original tracks fueled with broken beats, acid lines and psychedelic sequences.

Moreover we are excited to welcome one of our favorite producers recently, Eluize, for the remix of ‘Space Time Distortion’ where she creates no less that you would expect — deep spacious groovy trip with intense atmosphere.

One more remix is coming from label’s own Uninc & Kolomensky who transform ‘Aliens Eating People’ into electro-EBM-rave mixture.

https://soundcloud.com/sickdisco
https://soundcloud.com/idasound

PREMIERE⚡️Sickdisco - Space Time Distortion [ИДА]

Three years in the making only to be held up almost another year due to COVID and now finally seeing the light of day, is this brooding monster of a record by Brussels based Strapontin, aka multi-disciplinary artist Patrick Belmont.

Clocking in at over 35-minutes the record is almost album length and spans a multitude of depths and moods with elements of techno, new wave, rock 'n' roll, house and tribal…...all glued together with a uniquely sleazy atmosphere.

Add to this a heads-down-no-nonsense darkroom beast of a remix by techno maestro Sascha Funke and the package is complete.

Strapontin provides us with some insight:
“It started with a desire to move away a bit from my 'dancefloor' side and go into more undefined fields, I wanted to work with blurry sensations that I can't understand. I like mixed feelings. Dramatex 300 is made of that ambivalent mood. The voice is saying 'I'm feeling empty' and 'I'm feeling healthy' at the same time. I like that paradox. Eunuque is a song but is also a character I will develop in a short movie (which will act as the 'music video' of the song). The Eunuque is a character full of anger yet he doesn't want to fight nor has he a target to aim at. A restrained aggressivity is boiling inside him/it that has no opportunity to escape from the body and gain release. The song is the fever he feels from these inner battles. I think Le Bain d'Huile and Anti-sceptical have the same slow and angry feeling. I'm proud of these tracks because they are a bit mysterious to me and it feels like they controlled me more than I controlled them.”

Getting plays from Monika Seta, Sascha Funke, Alexis Le-Tan + more


"EP is SICK!!” Thom Roland [Zillas On Acid]

“Like it....particularly Anti-Sceptical” Sean Johnston [A Love From Outer Space / Hardway Bros.] 

“Strong release as usual” Alexis Le-Tan [Full Circle / Bahnsteig 23]

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@saschafunkeofficial

Eunuque

INVINC 26 Strapontin - Eunuque [samples] [Out 22 Feb 2021]

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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.