Meshes - Nazad

A lynchpin of Brooklyn's nightlife scene for more than a decade, Castillo synthesizes his experiences and passions into Confines, a project which sees him out on his own for the first time and zealously pursuing a new mode of expression.

Castillo's first forays under the Confines name included 2019's debut EP, Geography of Nowhere 1, a Full of Hell remix track, and this year's "Hammer and the Dance" single. This small handful of tracks established the blueprint: hard, seductive industrial-techno built on irresistible rhythms and heavy ambience, the type which could only be created by a person who knows firsthand the euphoria of early morning hours spent on NYC's darkest, smokiest dance floors.

Of the new EP, Castillo states: "I saw Jeff Daniels play Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway. Instead of using the phrase 'work up the nerve,' he said 'work up the blood,' and it just hit different. I needed to work up the courage to fully be myself and just explore everything I am, or could become, musically. NO FUCKING FEAR."

On Work Up the Blood, Castillo's newfound energy radiates from every beat and hook. "My ideal for this EP was to create dance music that incorporates the rhythms and bass heaviness that get me excited to move, while juxtaposing it with a memorable mood that gives it depth," he says. The result is five absolute bangers that demand to be spun repeatedly. Reference points range from the militant EBM of Nitzer Ebb to the moody synth-pop of Depeche Mode; from the darkest techno of Vatican Shadow to the Colombian cumbia music that played in Castillo's childhood home.

"As far as process goes, I recorded a bunch of my own samples in my dad's machine shop," he says. "I produced the entire thing at home." Work Up the Blood's rhythms and textures are designed for maximum impact and they deliver, but the secret weapon is Castillo's singing voice, an element which barely appeared on previous Confines tracks. Castillo peppers Work Up the Blood's songs with soulful screams and murmurous vocal melodies that elevate the EP from mere "electronic music" status to something even greater and more universal – music with the potential to stir the passions of anyone with a pulse. "I am happy to be using my voice more now," he says. "Vocally, I am a product of years in punk, hardcore, metal and that reflects clearly, alongside some new more melodic approaches."

Lyrically, Castillo credits NYC as his first and foremost muse and his lyrics navigate the existential highs and lows of life in the city. But not only has Castillo been a resident of NYC and witness to its extremes, he has been a very central figure in the city's music scene for the past decade. As co-owner and booker of Saint Vitus Bar – the wildly popular Brooklyn venue where all manner of heavy, underground sounds coexist under one roof and where artists ranging from Converge to Dreamcrusher have performed intimate shows since 2011; as a vocalist in stage dive-worthy bands like Primitive Weapons; and, most recently, as the co-founder of new label Faktor Music; Castillo's efforts have arguably been shaping the culture of the very city he is singing about.

Confines is Castillo's most personal project to date and Work Up the Blood is its ultimate representation so far. In Confines, Castillo has created a space where he can exorcise his own demons while also selflessly providing a thumping, cathartic soundtrack by which for others to find their release. 
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releases December 3, 2021

All Music Written, Performed and Produced by David Castillo
Recorded at Chateau Castillo 2021
Additional Synths on Concrete Club by Svrt
Label: Synthicide
Mix and Master: Lapke Audio
Layout & Design: AJ Annunziata
Photography: A.F. Cortes
Copyright: Confines World 2021
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Confines - Oro Y Muerte

Artist: Elica Mayres
Track: Metal Sun Industry
Label: https://soundcloud.com/raw-culture-recordings
Format: Cassette Tape. Digital LP
Release date: 01/04/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/7vTLprwZOyw

We are ready to furnish your nightmares with the style that has always distinguished us, and this time we do it with Elica Mayres the new project of the now veterans of the sector Violet Poison and NGHTLY.
Neuromancer , entitled like the novel manifesto of the cyberpunk genre by William Gibson, is a journey to discover the synaptic connections/disconnections, an introspective tour in a damaged nervous system where reigns a constant subliminal buzz.
Between nostalgic atmospheres and pressing rhythms our "Console Cowboys", as Case, the hacker protagonist of the novel (with the difference that here by console we mean synth, drum machine and distortion), now transport us into the darkest abyss, now in the infinite luminous space.
30 Limited tape series available EXCLUSIVELY on our Bandcamp including Digital Download Code. - Raw Culture Recordings

PREMIERE | Elica Mayres - Metal Sun Industry [Raw Culture] 2022

Third EP of SHI catalogue from SACRÉ

Label: SHISHI
Catalog: SHI003
Artist: SACRÉ
Title: Vampire Vengeance
Format: Digital
Release Date: 30/06/2022
Buy: https://shishirecords.bandcamp.com/album/vampire-vengeance

| Premiere | SACRÉ - Dracula VIII | [SHISHI]

We are happy to announce our first solo release by Italian-based artist @novosti-kulturi. it’s a full 8-track album called NOVI KULT. 
NOVOSTI KULTURI is the soundtrack to a utopian alternative future that somehow appears to be more real than expected.
Written and composed with many Roland TRs drum machines, SHs synths, VCOs, VC0s and 12-bit sampling. 
Dedicated to Pavel T.

Composed and mixed by NOVOSTI KULTURI
Mastering by MESHES
Released by META MOTO

Release date 10th/July/2022

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Dark Entries feat. Oroboros (Alpha Sect Electrified Remix) - [uprGOLD022]

New EP with four tracks, close to EBM and dirty Electro with noisy horror dark industrial atmosphere. I use to play a couple of the tracks on my livesets but never released before. This is the moment to share these tracks with you all.

𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖉𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖔𝖓.

FREE DOWNLOAD on Bandcamp as usual. 

https://wldv.bandcamp.com/album/wldv-bloodlust-dominion 

Enjoy and thanks for the support!

Bloodlust Dominion

FREE DOWNLOAD!

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Premiere #054

Artist: Celldöd
Title: 'Sadist' 
Album: 'Sadist' EP'
Label: TRPLM
Format: Vinyl 12'' & Digital
Release: Sep 07th, 2018
Pre order: bit.ly/2PfNGtD

Known for his strong live performances, swedish producer Celldöd creates music for the body as well as the soul : his influences range from punk, industrial and dub music over to acid house, techno and EBM. That new five track banger EP is dealing with subjects such as sadism, masochism, unhealthy relationships, and the fact that the good never prevails. But if the world is going to hell, we can at least dance on the way down. Let us move, together. In darkness.

More information and promos: www.tforgotten.org
Youtube channel --> bit.ly/2vUMy7m

Sadist 

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Premiere: Celldöd - Sadist [TRPLM]

Artist: @brxsdale
Track: Tandem 0.6
Label: @minoradjustments-records
Album: ANATEMA Vol.2
Format: Cassette tape & digital release
Release Date: 25.12
Pre-order 
https://minoradjustmentsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anatema-vol-2

ANATEMA Vol.2
Various artist compilation
Music by
TRAG soundcloud.com/trag-50943920
Dim Deck soundcloud.com/dimdeck
Boris Barksdale soundcloud.com/brxsdale
TANS soundcloud.com/tans-1
Drvg Cvltvre soundcloud.com/drvgcvltvre
Smetnja soundcloud.com/smetnjatrax
SZCH soundcloud.com/filipscekic
Chris Mitchell soundcloud.com/chris-mitchell

Compiled by
Lil Taty soundcloud.com/lil_taty1
Bolelee soundcloud.com/bolelee

Artwork by
Sobekcis instagram.com/sobekcis

Pre-Order

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"Randstad is the production and DJ moniker of dutch multimedia artist Thomas van Linge, co-founder of the record labels BAKK and Rubber and freshly relocated to Berlin.  Veyl label is glad to have tapped his second EP ‘These Serpents’. Randstad is pushing his idea across the spectrum of industrialized beat music for this outright roaring 6-tracker ideal to tear down clubs when they finally re-open in 2036."
Full streaming of "Nerve Stroke". A track with vocals on reverb, heavy bass and an atmospheric backround with thorns before the synth harness come with a stronger bassline, creating a kind of alarming but settled mood.

Artist: @thomasbakk
Track: "Nerve Stroke"
Title: "These Serpents"
Label: @veylrecords
Format: Vinyl + Digital
Release Date: November 30, 2020
Pre-order: https://veyl.bandcamp.com/album/these-serpents

*Photography by Tomaso Lisca

Premiere #123 Randstad - Nerve Stroke [VEYL020]

Driving Eclectic Reactions since 2014 and the Vocoder Club from 2014 to 2019.

Booking: bookings@ombra-agency.com

Short bio:

WLDV starts its activity in 2012 DJing and creating music based on synthesizers and inspired by the electronic music of the 70s, 80s and early 90s like Italo Disco, EBM, New Beat, Techno… with clear influences of the B movies, sci-fi, horror and fetish stuff.

He released vinyl and cassettes on labels such as Giallo Disco, Bordello A Parigi, Waste Editions, Violette Szabo, Soil Records, Aspecto Humano, Eclectic Reactions, Cold Beats, Fill Lex Records, Infidel bodies, The Hiddens, Patch Records, 4mg Records, Italo Moderni… And many more. 
He also played several live and dj set performances around Europe and North America.

WLDV hosted and played as resident at the Vocoder Club parties from 2014 to 2019 and drives also the label Eclectic Reactions since 2014 together with Radithor.

WLDV - Kinky Tale

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