https://soundcloud.com/ninjaexoticmachine
https://soundcloud.com/phobhorecords
🛒 https://phobhorecords.bandcamp.com/album/36-questions
🔊 https://youtu.be/MfXwJHJVE5Y

In the middle of the summer Yeho, an Israeli musician coming from Tel Aviv, was wandering around Italy and randomly he found himself in the “Quintino Basement”, lair of Ninja Exotic Machine.

This casual encounter gave birth to three new tracks where the
duo’s downtempo and tribal style merges with Yeho’s crisp and raw vocal together with intriguing percussions samples extracted from live recordings of the percussionist Andrea Greco.

The result is an Ep called “36 questions” out on Pho Bho Records on the 14th of October.

Tracklist: 

1 Ninja Exotic Machine feat Yeho - Explore My Crack
2 Ninja Exotic Machine feat Yeho - 36 Questions
3 Ninja Exotic Machine feat Yeho - Disolve

Ninja Exotic Machine feat Yeho - 36 Questions

36 Questions

PREMIERE: Ninja Exotic Machine feat Yeho - 36 Questions [Pho Bho Records]

When she struggled to define her place in the world; when existential questions continuously circled her mind; she came here and sat in silence. The marbled room was as high as it was vast. The space was decorated with regal statues and innate sculptures, while beautiful paintings adorned the walls from floor to ceiling. In the centre a single bench offered a view of the entire space, and it was here she would sit for hours, focusing on the present, not the future. 

As well as being one of the minds behind Lyon's Hard Fist Records, Tushen Raï has stamped his style on productions for Tom Tom Disco, The Magic Movement and Esthetique; solo, as a remixer and alongside musical partner (and fellow Hard Fist co-founder) Cornelius Doctor. Now he's embarking on his first solo EP 'Drum Circles', a sonics meditation on 'an imagination weakened resulting from the cultural globalization.' A homage to diverse cultures, practices and belief systems, the trance-inducing tracks blend a melting pot of influences and sounds, motivated by curiosity and an open-minded approach.

PREMIERE: Tushen Raï - Bordel Des Arts (Feat Baptiste André) [Cracki Records]

https://m.soundcloud.com/il-est-vilaine
https://soundcloud.com/detlefnet
https://soundcloud.com/dialect-recordings
🛒 https://ilestvilaine.bandcamp.com/album/les-myst-res-de-lorient-remix
🔊 https://youtu.be/uHmaABSREZA

Tracklist:

Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix)
Les Mystères de Lorient (Khidja remix)
Yvré-l’évêque (Krikor remix)
Marilyn Drum (Golden Bug & In Fields remix)
Bar a gwin (Rubin Steiner remix)
Les Mystères de Lorient (Marvin & Guy remix)
Phare Ouest (Narumi Hérisson remix)

Les Mystères de Lorient Remix

Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix)

PREMIERE: Il Est Vilaine - Yvré-l’évêque (Tolouse Low Trax Broken Pleasure Remix) [Dialect Rec.]

Launching my 7th edition of personal dancefloor gems, to fundraise money for Ukraine people. All sales of this (and other Bandcamp releases) will be spent on medical things, baby food and other most important things for people in war zones. Stop the war, Stop Putin! This one man parade takes too much!

https://roedeers.bandcamp.com/album/edits-vol-7-fundraiser-for-ukraine

Fundraiser

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https://soundcloud.com/muxset
https://soundcloud.com/the-magic-movement
🛒 https://themagicmovement.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists
🔊 https://youtu.be/GkqzGuMcCVI

On the second release of the year, The Magic Movement put together an eclectic mini-compilation featuring Islandman, Sphynx, Mux, and Anton Kling!

After releasing an astonishing EP on The Magic Movement in 2021, Mux from Naples is back to take it up a notch with ‘Call of the Clan’. On this irresistible UK-bass dancefloor banger he combines a massive bass with syncopated drums and euphoric vocals. Rave On!

Tracklist: 
1 - Islandman - Magic Workout 
2 - Anton Kling - You  
3 - Sphynx - Duna (Intermix) 
4 - Mux - Call of Clan  
Bandcamp Exclusive: Sphynx - Duna (Original)

PREMIERE: Mux - Call of the Clan [The Magic Movement]

Youkounkoun - Bonne Soiree (déshabillez moi remix)

Chess is the thinking mans game. A game for the chronic overthinker, whether you start with the Sicilian defence or the Queens gambit, this is a game for Karpov... not Kasprov. 
Karakter have been on fine form this year and this is a gorgeous addition with a slightly off kilter and pretty wonky breakbeat track which straddles the line between new age and heater. 
Alex Pletnev has been a staple of Vilnius scene and his remix is an absolute testament to both chess and his skills as a remixer. 
Some lovely noises punctuate this track as it slowly builds with no fanfare but total intensity, listen without prejudice please because this is awesome.

https://soundcloud.com/knotk
https://soundcloud.com/pletnev
https://soundcloud.com/karakter-records

PREMIERE | Karpov Not Kasparov  - Elisabeta (Pletnev Remix) [Karakter Records] 2018

The smell of sweet spices filled the air; a momentary escape for the senses amongst the chaos of the busy streets. People shuffled along chattering excitedly and stopping every now and then to greet one another like long lost friends. Streams of colourful material decorated the walls while intricately detailed lamps hung from hooks eminating a warm glow. The market was full of dusty trinkets and kitsch memorabilia from centuries gone by; a treasure trove of lost possessions and forgotten items that held stories none of us would ever know. If you looked hard enough, you could find exactly what you were looking for here. Things you might not know you'd been searching for all along... 

Good Skills is the new label founded by musicians and friends Liudas Lazauskas AKA Roe Deers and Titas Motuzas in their home of Vilnius, Lithuania. For the first release they're introducing us to the sounds they've been making together as BDHBTS, offering up two originals as well as a eight remixes from friends both local and international. Remixers for the inaugural release include native talent Zakmina, Russia's Wolfstream, German poet Bryan Kessler, Belgian producers Strapontin and Asa Moto, Ombra International boss Curses, Berlin-based Moderna and Tel-Aviv multi-instrumentalist Alek Lee, who provides today's tripped out percussive rework.

PREMIERE: BDHBTS - Uzdaras Vakaras (Alek Lee Remix) [Good Skills]

Right in the middle of Kubebe's FM jungle, we found a river full of pure love juice. After busy nights getting high following Sakamoto and Kitano tracks, the french ginger musician, producer and Dj is now giving back his best floating times on reggae backyards. Here are the flowers. Feel free to feed them with moonlight, souvenirs and dreams.

https://soundcloud.com/nicolakubebe
https://soundcloud.com/vonparty
https://soundcloud.com/calypsorecs

PRÉMIÈRE: Kubebe - Haria (Thomas Von Party's Collapsing Lifestyle Remix) [Calypso Records]

There is definitely something "afro" inspired about this latest EP from Puma & The Dolphin, certainly in comparison to pretty much everything else the mysterious Bulgarian project have produced, including a great EP for Canadian imprint Chambre Noire and some stellar inclusions on every one of Dj soFa's highly respected "Elsewhere" compilations.

The story goes that while immersed in domestic life during lockdown in Sofia the music evolved to take in what was happening at home and saw the inclusion of toy instruments, drum playing, the voices of children playing and even the family parrots whistling and squawking in the background. These random ambient insertions when seen in the context of the hypnotic and percussive rhythms and timbres are oddly reminiscent of the late, great Francis Bebey who, although culturally and physically a million miles removed, was also known for recording much of his work at home and who also featured the voices of his children playing.

In fact, it is as much the music's playfulness and simplicity that give the pieces their distinctive character, at times echoing the repetition and mesmerism of Raymond Scott's "Soothing Sounds For Baby" series. Yet, childrens' music this is not. There is a mysticism and depth on one hand and a willingness to experiment on the other that echoes the pioneering experimentalist K. Leimer's early Eno-inspired tape outings (check "Supermarket" for example).

I asked Puma & The Dolphin's Nikko Names if he could share the story behind how these six tracks came together. He had this to say:

"This collection of pieces were created during a monotone period of my life which I have overlaid with colour: a time in which I surrender to the beauty of home life - watching my kids play, feeding the birds - entwining these sounds of my surroundings amongst the rhythmic layers of these pieces. Playing the drums to remind us of the next circle dance for four. There is something mystic to travel only in your head; a shamanic trip inside the body with no concepts and answers."

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PRÉMIÈRE: Puma & The Dolphin - Number [Invisible, Inc.]

In 2019, Parisian cinema composer Jean-Gabriel Becker and Japanese composer and multiinstrumentalist Susumu Mukai embarked on the making of an album that was ultimately going to become Time Very Near. 

The album that had been their focus for most of 2019 was finally released with great acclaim in April 2020 through the strangest time in history and echoed with their fellow musicians and producers for its singularity and originality. 

Prompted by a few unsolicited offers for remixes, Becker & Mukai saw an occasion to invite their community of musician and producer friends to re-invent, deconstruct and rebuild the songs on “Time Very Near”. 

Studio mates, friends and colleagues accepted to play the game and re-arranged the pair's global grooves and clattering beats into brand new original tracks. They all contributed to make the line-up for this project read like a who's who of London's electronic music scene: 

Joe Goddard from Hot Chip, who, from his studio next door, had been a witness of the birth of the project, was kind enough to unleash his killer beats on Spice War. 
Old friend Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco fame transformed the tropical sounds of Dark Fields Of The Republic into a dance-floor ready techno workout.. 
Long-time collaborator and friend Sasa Crnobrnja (In Flagranti, Mytron & Ofofo, Auf Togo) took Time Very Near on a trip to Jamaica. Label mate AMA//MIZU stripped Tout Azimuth down to its core to rebuild it with his unique production skills. 
Dreems delivered a sweltering 19 minute version of Dark Fields Of The Republic and a shorter version more suited for a vinyl listen... 
And finally Becker and Mukai chose to don alternative monikers (Zongamin for Mukai and Lux Prima for Becker) to re-interpret their own compositions... 

Like the original album, this remix project gathers sounds and inspiration from an everexpanding palette of influences, assembled into something amorphously intangible that’s simultaneously refreshing and sharp, meandering and cosmic, futuristic but timelessly vintage and manages to expand where the original album left off. 

In a similar process, the remix album's cover is a re-invention of the original album art and will echo the collaborative collage that was created by the pair for “Time Very Near”.

https://soundcloud.com/beckermukai
https://soundcloud.com/sounds-17

PRÉMIÈRE: Becker & Mukai - Spice War (Zongamin Remix) [SaS Recordings]

Once upon a time, in Paris, a little basement full of colorful clothes of all kinds and women posing in somewhat dubious photos. 
This windowless room marked the beginning of a long friendship between Jeff Lasson (Get A Room!) and Gaetan Rossi (The Elriks). From this friendship, a little seed was born, a seed that took some time to sprout, gently sprinkled with good music and good vibes, to become, a few years later, "Youkounkoun".


It's hard to define Youkounkoun and place them in a box. Influenced by all musical styles, they love to play, compose and edit whatever  their hearts dictate to them.

In December 18 they released their first 12" of late 80's french Balearic edits, on the "Plaisir Partagé" edit label "Edit du Plaisir".
This first output was well received in the scene and has created interest from labels such as "Cult Edits", "Whypeopledance" and "Edit service", with whom they plan to release records later this year.

Youkounkoun - Bonne Soiree (déshabillez moi remix)

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