May'20

April 2020

Preorder: https://bit.ly/3cVeITx
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Cleveland-Gamma/release/14887533

A staple element of high-profile labels such as Hivern Discs and ESP Institute, Brussels-based producer Andrea Mancini alias Cleveland (@clevelandmusicpage) has built something of an impressive reputation over the last few years, establishing a sound signature both convincingly unique and daringly game-changing, as well as setting up a distinctly fresh musical grammar that invites the listener to see under the surface of the standstill techno/house dichotomy through more complex but just as effortlessly enjoyable architectonics.

Complete with a choice duo of remixes courtesy of Beta Librae (@blibrae) and  Piezo(@piezopz), Cleveland's debut EP for Kalahari Oyster Cult sits straight in line with the recreated organic lushness and widescreen vista of his previous installments. Seemingly a straightforward broken-beat affair at first glance, 'Gamma' seamlessly slides towards sun-dazed weirdo house terrains with its dripping honey-like melange of dubbed-out synth ripples, distorted machine talk, and foot-shuffling drum work.

A further Arpanet-friendly slab of shapeless electronics, 'Ora' levitates in a zone of its own, subtly oscillating betwixt chimey oneirism and crystal-like, arpeggiated brittleness. On the flip, 'Gamma' gets a double treat. Turning the track into a proper floor-ready weapon, Pezio alternates sequences of hypnotic melodic shimmer with a stealthily squelchy but dynamic percussive momentum. Adding her trademark playful get-up-and-go whilst retaining the original's textural quirk, Brooklyn's Beta Librae explores even further the cheeky vibrancy of Cleveland's non-formulaic audio semantics to brush a vividly trippy tableau of sorts.

Cleveland - Gamma 12" w/ Beta Librae & Piezo Remixes (OYSTER24 - Snippets)

The heavenly A1 that teases a little slice of personality from each seperate member of menage, from our forthcoming debut release.

Pre-order now for the release end of May
Vinyl available via Clone, Redeye, Bordello a Parigi, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital pre-order via: animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/animalia-one

Ménage - T.O.A

The latest release on LKR records is a deep electronic trip, courtesy of Canada’s D. Tiffany (@d-tiffany). The aptly titled ‘Cruel Trance’ moves across moods and tempos in a distinctly psychedelic and hazy manner The EP’s first track Low morphs effortlessly between serene ambient techno and broken electro. 4leaf steps along confidently at double speed, in a swathe of IDM bleeps and tones. The B-side opens with Cruel Trance, a deep and percussive piece of dancefloor weaponry. The EP winds with a blissed-out cut of dubby aquatic house, titled 8 in Conga R. It is the perfect end to an inspired release. 

~ Cruel Trance ~
A1 // Low 9 (7:11 - 133 BPM)
A2 // 4 Leaf (5:50 - 176 BPM)
B1 // Cruel Trance (6:55 - 132 BPM)
B2 // 8 In Conga R (8:25 - 118 BPM)

Written by, Recorded by, Mixed by – Sophie Sweetland
Mastered by Ten Eight Seven Mastering
Artwork by @Popdabadel

Pre-Order:
CLONE: tinyurl.com/LKR009-Clone
JUNO: tinyurl.com/LKR009-Juno
HHV: tinyurl.com/LKR009-HHV
LOBSTER: tinyurl.com/LKR009-Lobster
DEEJAY: tinyurl.com/LKR009-Deejay
REDEYE: tinyurl.com/LKR009-Redeye
DECKS: tinyurl.com/LKR009-Decks
COLDCUTS: tinyurl.com/LKR009-ColdcutsHotwax
More to come...

Discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/D-Tiffany-Cruel-Trance/release/15215124

For distribution enquiries please email: distribution@lobstertheremin.com

*Approximate release date late May/early June*

D. Tiffany 'Cruel Trance' // 12" Previews // LKR009 (OUT NOW)

Out in June on Kalahari Oyster Cult.

Vinyl & digital: https://bit.ly/2ynBFj6
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Reptant-Phasic-Reflex/release/15240504

A1  Phasic Reflex [08:10 - 132 BPM]
A2 MS Plenty [05:00 - 132 BPM]
B1 A Realist's Realistic Reality [05:44 - 134 BPM]
B2 A Realist's Realistic Reality (Roza Terenzi's Realism Remix) [07:01 - 112 BPM]

Expert in trippy joints and knee-buckling bounce, OZ-based producer @reptant_the_lizard is back with a vengeance after an array of choice outings on the likes of Salt Mines, Planet Euphorique and Craigie Knowes. No warm-up lap needed, 'Phasic Reflex' may start as a tycho-esque daydream, what's bred in the bone comes out in the flesh. A pure adrenaline rush of vogue-ing 303, hi-voltage electro and intricate drum programming, this one has dancefloor ripper written all over it.

Keeping the tension up to hazardous levels, 'MS Plenty' zones out to a Detroit-style elixir of arpeggiated seesaws and pong-indebted, body-jacking pep. As its title suggests - or not, the B-side opener 'A Realist's Realistic Reality' clearly lies closer to a cyphered Dick-ian parallel world full of binary bleepin' and swirlin', post-kosmische infused riffs and tentacular Arpanet-style modularity, which @roza-terenzi alters into a lo-pressure dub expedition - better tasted at sunrise, feet buried deep in the sand and your hazy mind draped in the cosy folds of a cheerful seaside sloth with friends.

https://bit.ly/2ynBFj6

Reptant - Phasic Reflex 12" w/ Roza Terenzi Remix (OYSTER25 - Snippets)

PREMIERE : SW. - TheENERGY Slow

Even a historical pandemic couldn't take summer hits away from our hearts. Exceptional circumstances means extraordinary compilation.

Worst Records' hall of fame welcomes new faces around the pool for a 13-stages enlightened drama. You'll meet again with the top 3 podium made of A Strange Wedding, Jacques Satre and Christian Coiffure, all rensponsible for our first three releases, building up a mesmerizing, out of season mental workout. Extending the dimension of trance towards Saint-Etienne, Del.Duc brings on a curious yet serene astral travel, and we can also count on the distant reinforcements from the Toulouse Gouffre Club crew with Jan Loup and her glitch spangled hazy dub from far futures and the new trance comer from Bordeaux, Lazuli.
Special friends are also gathering here, as Myako is sewing on thin fabric a vaporous dub in shades of grey, the one-and-only master touki Théo Muller delivers a cinematic remedy to confinement.
Liberation through hearing, it is, as borders explode with the presence of many : Yin Yang Audio in a transatlantic IDM/break jump, Forest on Stasys (aka Mental Resonance) and his tough shamanic dance, Clemens Friedrich slowing down all senses at once and JEANS, boss of Oracle Bones, speeding us up in the hyperloop.
Finally, as teamwork means a lot, we have given the pleasure to open this compilation to the four-headed Lausanne/Freiberg hydra 4POTR and their cryptic transdimensional message, and the honor of closing this pool party to the 404 trio gem from Candoblé with a fine piece of wonder.

Not exactly your usual summer compilation, nor the hits you could imagine, but surely the music you'll need under the hot sun of 2020.

Free download on Bandcamp : bit.ly/2YJz0e1 🌀

Design by Elie Pesqué
Words by Alexandre Richet
 Mastered by Jules Payen
Selection by Les Fils de Jacob

Download on Bandcamp

Yin Yang Audio - Empathy

Exclusive: RVDS - Moon Operator

After the forced pandemic break with most people falling into a valley of sorrows for many reasons, Dresden-based label Uncanny Valley finally returns with the next edition around their 50th release festivities. Simply called Purple and of course coming with a sleeve in the same color, the Florence on the Elbe-boys Albrecht, Conrad, Carl and Philipp invited label affiliates Chino, Johannes Albert, Lake People and RVDS to contribute a track to the EP. The latter is a Hamburg based DJ and producer operating from the infamous Pudel Club in Hanseatic city, where he already celebrated the release of his track Moon Operator with label heads Carl and Philipp before Purple had to be postponed. However, the final release of Moon Operator does not lessen the joy as the track has already been supported by artists such as Oskar Offermann. Moon Operator starts with deep and melo pads before a clap is introduced and accompanied by a backgroundish almost tripple bass beat. In this emotional construct that already soaks the listener deep into its virtue an Acid-line is implemented taking the tune on a whole new level, musically and emotionally, and just as both, the initially introduced pads and the Acid-line harmonize smoothly with each other, RVDS pushes even more forward adding a proper bass line taking you to the moon and back and making one long for those coopting club nights.

Uncanny Valley 50: Purple will be released on Uncanny Valley on May 11th, 2020.

Buy the EP
Bandcamp: uncannyvalleyrec.bandcamp.com/album/purple-chino-johannes-albert-lake-people-rvds

Artist & label information
RVDS: www.facebook.com/rvdsrvd // @rvds // www.instagram.com/richardv.d.schulenburg
Uncanny Valley: www.facebook.com/uncannyvalleyrecs // @uncanny-valley-dresden // www.instagram.com/uncannyvalley.de

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www.torturetheartist.net
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Uncanny Valley 50 PURPLE

Moon Operator

Buy here

EXCLUSIVE: RVDS - Moon Operator [Uncanny Valley]

Taken from the 21st edition of XLR8R+, a special edition curated by Answer Code Request and featuring tracks by Adlas, Ryan James Ford, and a sample pack and track from the man himself.

Get the package: https://bit.ly/XLR8Rplus_021

@answercoderequest

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XLR8R+021: Answer Code Request - Insist [Snippet]

Pha·​sic / ˈfā-zik /
Reacting rapidly and strongly to a stimulus but quickly adapting and having a short period of excitation.

Re·​flex / ˈriːflɛks /
Performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.

Title track from the new Kalahari Oyster Cult EP out June 15.

Pre-Order.
https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/merch/reptant-phasic-reflex-12-w-roza-terenzi-remix-oyster25-2

Reptant - Phasic Reflex [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

We are back on Vista Recordings with our first release of the year, our dearest Tobey strikes again with an eclectic EP where he explores genres such as bass, grime, dembow, post-club and everything in between. Fast-paced tempos, aggressive sounds, broken rhythms & turbulent atmospheres with a lovely latino spiciness that only him can combine.

@tobeylt
@vistarecordings

Premiere | Tobey | Ser Tu Chica

Like the beginning of any dream, my subconscious fills in the gaps. “Where am I?”… I’m on the moon. “How did I get here?”… I’ve always been here. My dialogue subsides as an uncertain planet enters centre vision. A ‘chinese-whispers' Earth, with geographic features lost as rumour spreads through the cosmos. Though the solar path is obscured, I see no sign of darkness on the planet, only faint projections of unanswered questions and manifestations of doubt. As the projections focus, and words become more visceral, I turn away and walk towards the Sun.

With five years of releases under their belt, London’s DEXT Recordings are legendary curators of some of the most forward-thinking electronic music the UK has to offer. To celebrate the milestone, they’ve delivered 'eleVAte Vol. 1’, a 4-track compilation featuring some of their heaviest hitters. Track by track, the release is steeped in a dynamic spread of UK sounds, with plenty of bass weight and life-affirming synths added for good measure. Our pick, ’Eclipse’ by Pugilist is a skippy ode to the garage days of yonder, brimming with swing, bass and lush Rhodes stabs.

DEXTVA001

PREMIERE: Pugilist - Eclipse [DEXT Recordings]

Roza Terenzi tackles Reptant's electro through the prism of dub and prog house.

'Phasic Reflex' is out June 10th on Kalahari Oyster Cult.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2A62GYG

@roza-terenzi
@reptant_the_lizard
@kalaharioystercult

Premiere: Reptant - A Realist's Realistic Reality (Roza's Realism Remix) [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

https://www.discogs.com/fr/Too-Smooth-Christ-A_F_T_M_U_W_C/release/15343810

Too Smooth Christ's second release on Nocta Numerica (Vinyl / Digital)!

Music video here: https://bit.ly/37V9u8p

Pre-order your copy here (Limited edition of 300):

Bandcamp: bit.ly/3djG312
Syncrophone: bit.ly/2WcaMI0

Juno: bit.ly/3bLubnj
Clone: https://bit.ly/3c5657j
Deejay: bit.ly/3cweXUF
HHV: bit.ly/3dUmEnY
Decks:
Redeye: bit.ly/3bqehPe
Oye: https://bit.ly/2z4lzv0
Techno Import: https://bit.ly/2V6Rbb6
Disco Piu: https://bit.ly/2X7vMQq

EP EXPECTED FOR JUNE 2020

Catalog number: NN017
Title: A Few Tracks Made Under Weird Circumstances (A_F_T_M_U_W_C)
Artist: Too Smooth Christ
Distributed by Syncrophone (Worldwide)
Artwork: Christophe Le Gall
Mastering: MA Spaventi

A1 - Zero
A2 - Goodbye World
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B1 - Shasah
B2 - Banyuls Pyramids

Too Smooth Christ - Shasah

GUNFNGR001 (Previews)

A1) Give Me Love [05:44]
A2) missin' [04:59]

B1) The Elevator Game (Pépe's Celestial Re-Brush) [07:04]
B2) The Elevator Game [04:21]

Order now at www.gunfingerfood.com

Limited Vinyl only release

Produced by: @bobo-102
Remix by: @pepmanpepe

GUNFNGR001 Bobo - Between the Highs and Lows EP (Incl. Pépe Re-Brush)

https://soundcloud.com/yungruzt is back with his 8th Bandcamp Exclusive, this time providing a venture through some otherworldly breaks, laced with a growling bass, ethereal pads and glistening synths all coming together to provide a glimmer of hope amongst the strangest of times.

buy there : https://yungruzt.bandcamp.com/track/elyzium

PREMIERE : Yungruzt - Elyzium

buy there : https://www.beatport.com/track/orbital-module-777-original-mix/13566713

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Evenn - Orbital Module 777

Pre-Order:  https://akelarecs.bandcamp.com/album/give-it-2-me      

Akela Recs welcomes their second release of the year "Give It 2 Me" by label-programmer, Annika Wolfe. After an unintentional year-long hiatus from releases, Wolfe returns with a four-track EP suitable to fulfill your different sets and settings. While blurring the lines between Electro and Techno with elements of New Wave. The EP oozes raw, dark, sexy, yet up-beat energy which when combined, makes for a recipe of pure body jacking. All four tracks command your attention with pulsing basslines, choppy synths, lush pads, and precise percussion. Which is accompanied by Wolfe's processed vocals and clever word-play. "Give It 2 Me" is not a plea, but simply a demand !

PREMIERE : Annika Wolfe - Gateway

Pre-order here : https://www.deejay.de/BRTS_Virage_Forsage_EP_SKKB011_Vinyl__954193

PREMIERE : BRTS - Underwater

READ >  https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-commix-new-moves/

@dext-recordings mark 5 years in the game with 'Elevate Volume 1' - featuring heavyweights; Appleblim, Otik, Pugilist and our pick @commix.

Commix - New Moves [DEXT Recordings]

buy there : https://chaosmos-records.bandcamp.com/album/empty-city

Mekas is in charge of Chaosmos Records’ second installment, a release that focuses on cybernetic sonic fiction with four tracks of relentless machinism.

May'20

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