Round Four feat. Tikiman - Find A Way

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DC Promo Tracks #86 is "the Lost Garden" by @joemorris from the upcoming release on @pleasure-unit

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Following a successful 2016 with his well-received Golden Tides, Bahia and Sunlit Forest EP’s Joe Morris returns to offer up four new cuts on Kenny Wisdom and Joe Burrin’s much lauded Pleasure Unit imprint. Continuing the producer’s passion for organic New Age, paradisiacal ambience and dreamy deep house, lead title ‘Jacaranda Skies’ might be what Telephones and Larry Heard sound like should they have met in Rimini circa ’91. A dusky atmosphere provides the backdrop to ecstasy inducing chords, an elevated brass sequence and afro percussion driving a tight groove. ‘Mangrove Dawn’ is an aural quaalude hit; gentle synth washes fold over each other, nature sounds buzz through a distant 303. ‘The Lost Garden’ opens to a reverb-soaked slide guitar and soaring pad section before a Jaguar snarl gives way to a subtle kick pattern atop M1 chimes and a Bali bells. ‘Reprise’ closes the EP off with a beat-less take on the original, the melodies given more space; the sonic equivalent of open-air swaying under hazy pink skies

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DC Promo Tracks #86: Joe Morris "the Lost Garden"

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Arkajo returns with three new cuts on the Aniara frequency, travelling through soundscapes in his elegant yet rugged style.

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Arkajo - Avasarala

Molly continues to cement RDV’s reputation as a refreshing outlet for contemporary house with the expertly-curated Recit De Voyage Volume 2, a generous compilation that collects a number of established and upcoming producers to deliver vital, sincere and wholly individual music.

Leading the charge is Finale Sessions founder Michael Zucker, who follows his appearance on RDV's first release (as one half of the duo Prophets of a New Generation) with ‘City Streets’; having previously appeared on recordd with the likes of Terrence Dixon, Boo Williams and Norm Talley, he delivers his own nocturnal vision, a gentle and smooth soundtrack for warm Midwestern nights. Molly’s own contribution ‘Poble New’ follows, demonstrating her well-established mastery of tight grooves, atmosphere and subtle jack.

Douala, an artist associated with cult label Blorp, brings us ‘Orbiting’, a powerful slice of liquid funk. 
Modern House Quintet, presents ‘Plaka’, his first release away from his MHQ imprint, and arguably the record’s outright deepest moment. 
The founder of Popcorn Records, Siler ups the tempo for ‘French Manicure’, a playful, fizzy house bubbler.
Discovered at New York’s Elsewhere club during only his second-ever gig, John Silas represents the Eastern seaboard on irresistibly smooth cut ‘One Time’. 
Silas’s nocturnal groove leads in nicely to the more experimental, dense forest of sound forged by Kristian Amou & The Modern Quintet Ensemble on Bokobimbo. 

Finally, Orion hits with the MPC front-and-center for the undeniable groove of ‘Just Have You’, which rolls sensually towards a soulful vocal sample, culled from the dustiest of wax.




Track Listing :

1 – Michael Zucker « City Streets »
2 – Molly « Poble New »
3 – Douala « Orbiting »
4 – Modern House Quintet – Plaka
5 – Siler « French Manucure »
6 – John Silas « One Time »
7 - Kristian Amou & The Modern Quintet « Bokibimbo Ensemble »
8 – Orion «  Just Have You »

Modern House Quintet - Plaka

Love Beyond the Intersect
15th November 2019
R&S Records
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Space Dimension Controller - Slowtime in Reflection

Taken from the forthcoming album.
Double LP and digital formats.
17/06/12



Anton Zap - Water

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Budapest producer Route 8’s long-awaiting debut full release almost didn’t happen. The original album was lost when the producer – and the Lobster Theremin crew – had all their belongings stolen in Detroit, whilst on their first tour of the United States a few years ago.

Annoyed, but determined not to let an album concept so close to heart go to waste, Route 8 began re-piecing the record back together. Rewind The Days Of Youth (releasing on Lobster Theremin) is inspired by Szilveszter Horváth’s artist alias, which borrows its name from the highway in Hungary that the producer regularly cruises down to visit his grandmother.

The aesthetic is just that: cruising music. Themed around a journey from the ambient launch of ‘Departure’ to the down-tempo buoyance of ‘Arrival, the entire record gives off big ‘cruising down the highway’ energy as we float between glitched-out IDM, bass-heavy minimal house rhythms and emotionally uplifting synth work that incites a real sense of nostalgia and images of a distant sunset turning everything it touches to deep orange. 

The subtle grooves of the title track, ‘Bound Together’ and ‘Nowhere’ all give off a cloudless sunset vibrancy, brimming with Larry Heard-esque basslines, acid-licked grooves and dreamy, elegant synths dripping in brilliant colour.

The interlude marks the half-way point of the record, and with it comes a muscular drum workout, blending with otherworldly atmospherics that takes the album down a darker route as day turns to night. The meditative state evolves throughout ‘4th Journey’ - a cut of dreamy, ageless IDM with odes to influences  both past and present – while ‘Tomorrow Comes Today’ introduces Australian vocalist Quals into the frame on what is arguably the albums stand-out track; a memorable Erika De Casier-like groover. Available with digital purchase is a bonus track – ‘This Far’ – which samples Leslie Howard in the 1936 picture The Petrified Forest. “I suppose I was looking for something to believe in. Worth living for, worth dying for...and I’ve come this far on my journey,” says the pitched-down sample of Howard as an acid-tinged, club-ready daydream plays out. A fitting end to the trip.

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