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Androo - No Title
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Androo - No Title
After releasing on Music From Memory sister label Second Circle, Androo starts his own label “Poly Dance”. As usual, his music is infused with percussive rhythms and emotive melodies.
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Androo - Le Commerce (Dub Version)
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Androo - Le Commerce (Dub Version)
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Androo - Le Commerce (Dub Version)
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Androo - Le Commerce (Dub Version)
POLY DANCE THEATRE speeds up the tempo (perhaps in search of lost time) and so here already the first announcement for the next release: POL008, called "Le Commerce" (The Business).
It's a very special record. Beyond the deep bass line, the efficient ryhtmics and the ghostly apparitions of dubbed-out commercial romantic melodies, this 10" is above all an object-question, a small political gesture of sabotage. Be careful. Be careful. Rare! Very very very rare! even unique! (…300 copies)
Prepare yourself "mentally", as the EP contains 4x the same track (and that's all). A track that spins. A track that does the trick. An eternal return. Difference and repetition? All this is a opportunity to question consumption, especially in the "world of music", the "world of records", the "world of DJs", the "world of nightlife"... and so on. Production, distribution, consumption. Objects. Things. A history from the 60s to today. Where are we now? Still here: Organizing lack in the abundance of production. Lack. Abundance. A history of desires. And music? What's its role? What do we want? What do you want?
On the cover, there are poems/collages about commerce, scarcity, abundance, commodity fetishism, an insulting letter and other little things.
The album is due for release at the end of June.
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It's a very special record. Beyond the deep bass line, the efficient ryhtmics and the ghostly apparitions of dubbed-out commercial romantic melodies, this 10" is above all an object-question, a small political gesture of sabotage. Be careful. Be careful. Rare! Very very very rare! even unique! (…300 copies)
Prepare yourself "mentally", as the EP contains 4x the same track (and that's all). A track that spins. A track that does the trick. An eternal return. Difference and repetition? All this is a opportunity to question consumption, especially in the "world of music", the "world of records", the "world of DJs", the "world of nightlife"... and so on. Production, distribution, consumption. Objects. Things. A history from the 60s to today. Where are we now? Still here: Organizing lack in the abundance of production. Lack. Abundance. A history of desires. And music? What's its role? What do we want? What do you want?
On the cover, there are poems/collages about commerce, scarcity, abundance, commodity fetishism, an insulting letter and other little things.
The album is due for release at the end of June.
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Androo - FAST DUB (kitachi tribute) pt1_1
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Androo - FAST DUB (kitachi tribute) pt2 Ruff mix
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Androo - FAST DUB (kitachi tribute) pt3 deep mix
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Androo - Wave Dub Style is back pt1
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Androo - Wave Dub Style is back pt2 ruff mix
This is it. Poly dance theatre 006 arrives. Fresh arrival. For the 6th POLY DANCE THEATRE release, androo has decided to release exclusive dubplates from NS Kroo sound system (androo & baba). Yes. 2 tracks from the smoky, always intense and sometimes very special sessions of the NS Kroo sound system over the last 10 years. Exxxperienceee. Wave Dub style is a blend of synth wave, dub stepper and club elements. A side: Fast Dub, tribute to Kitachi, (Iration steppas). Indeed, NS Kroo didn't wait for the recent re-issues to play Kitachi tracks, and has been inspired by this vibe from the outset. Club meets Dub! Fast Dub is trance, it's raw, it's sporty, it's for the legs, it's good support (aducteurs), it's for nimble feet, it's a book whose last sentence ends on the first, it's repetition, it's different style, it's dance, it's wild, it's club rhythm, it's baba operator, it's androo selector, it's sound system vibes, it's NS Kroo in 2019, it's a discreet, slightly punkish non-chalance, it's distortion, it's "we don't give a fuck about codes", it's that and lots of other things... B side: Wave Dub Style Is Back. It's all in the title. This track is probably from 2014? Wave dub... A mix of new wave/synth pop and dub, with a club mix feel. Again, trance music, the kind you play when the night never ends to end, an epic end-of-session odyssey. Soft and strange synth with strong 808 rhythm. 2 mixes. 1st mix: pop synth experience. 2nd mix: raw trance club mix. Wave Dub Style Is Back was remastered by androo in 2023 with the support of poly dance theatre compagnie.
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Androo - Preface Bonjour
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Androo - Shhhht Introduction
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Androo - Wyatt Revolt
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Androo - Autonomia
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Androo - Ah Balbec
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Androo - Obsessions. Etoiles. Neurones
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Androo - Giant Steps Alternate Take
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Androo - Bcp De Bruit Pr Rien Si Jav Sus
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Androo - Equipments Guattarix Mix
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Androo - Clou Vis
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Androo - Moments Notice Part 1
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Androo - Moments Notice Part 2
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Androo - Judso Danc Theate
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Androo - Club Geography
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Androo - Original J Dub
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Androo - Djs Argen Capital Plus-Valuxe
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Androo - Subversion Seduction
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Androo - Histories Sans Livres
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Androo - Tout Ca
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Androo - Outro En Finir Avec Les Clubs
Swiss based artist Androo, who previously released on MFM sub label Second Circle, returns with his debut LP 'Club Salon Theatre'.
Far from an album in traditional form, 'Club Salon Theatre' explores its potential as a musical collage of sound. Recorded during 2021 and the beginning of 2022, it is the result of Androo's desire to draw connections between diverse fragments of music and art.
Originally born out of the Dub sound-system scene in Geneva and with a continued love for the modal music of the likes of John and Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Androo has long put improvisation at the center of his practice. His understanding of dub music as an integral part of the experimental music tradition, with ties to the school of Musique Concrète for instance, and with trap music as another vital ingredient, has as much to do with the form as with the method. With the studio as a laboratory for experimentation, Androo utilizes a variety of outboard instruments as well as working in-the-box, but it’s his classic “dub style” technique of mixing at the hardware console that leaves its quintessential mark throughout the whole record.
'Club Salon Theatre' is a rich patchwork of imagined scenes, emotive melodies, flying rhythms, harmonic changes, loose improvisations, with an almost romantic thread running through it. Like a collection of musical poems, gently arranged in what is sometimes sparse musical language. Far from a patchwork of scattered and disjointed inspirations, there is a real unity and singularity at work, resulting in a record which can be enjoyed as a collection of sonic poems, simultaneously nonchalant and earnest, sentimental and playful.
Full Tracklisting:
A0. Préface, Bonjour
A1. (shhhht) Introduction
A2. Wyatt revolt
A3. Or,
A4. Autonomia
A5. – Ah balbec!
A6. Obsessions. étoiles. neurones
A7. Giant steps (alternate take)
A8. Bcp de bruit pr rien (si jav sus)
A9. Pensées
A10. Equipments (guattarix mix)
A11. Clou, vis
A12. Moment’s notice (part 1)
B1. Moment’s notice (part 2)
B2. Judso Danc Theate
B3. Club géography
B4. Original J dub
B5. Djs, Argen, capital, plus-valuxe
B6. Subversion, seduction
B7. Histoires sans livres
B8. Tout ça
B9. UZI
B10. Outro (en finir avec les clubs) More
Far from an album in traditional form, 'Club Salon Theatre' explores its potential as a musical collage of sound. Recorded during 2021 and the beginning of 2022, it is the result of Androo's desire to draw connections between diverse fragments of music and art.
Originally born out of the Dub sound-system scene in Geneva and with a continued love for the modal music of the likes of John and Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, Androo has long put improvisation at the center of his practice. His understanding of dub music as an integral part of the experimental music tradition, with ties to the school of Musique Concrète for instance, and with trap music as another vital ingredient, has as much to do with the form as with the method. With the studio as a laboratory for experimentation, Androo utilizes a variety of outboard instruments as well as working in-the-box, but it’s his classic “dub style” technique of mixing at the hardware console that leaves its quintessential mark throughout the whole record.
'Club Salon Theatre' is a rich patchwork of imagined scenes, emotive melodies, flying rhythms, harmonic changes, loose improvisations, with an almost romantic thread running through it. Like a collection of musical poems, gently arranged in what is sometimes sparse musical language. Far from a patchwork of scattered and disjointed inspirations, there is a real unity and singularity at work, resulting in a record which can be enjoyed as a collection of sonic poems, simultaneously nonchalant and earnest, sentimental and playful.
Full Tracklisting:
A0. Préface, Bonjour
A1. (shhhht) Introduction
A2. Wyatt revolt
A3. Or,
A4. Autonomia
A5. – Ah balbec!
A6. Obsessions. étoiles. neurones
A7. Giant steps (alternate take)
A8. Bcp de bruit pr rien (si jav sus)
A9. Pensées
A10. Equipments (guattarix mix)
A11. Clou, vis
A12. Moment’s notice (part 1)
B1. Moment’s notice (part 2)
B2. Judso Danc Theate
B3. Club géography
B4. Original J dub
B5. Djs, Argen, capital, plus-valuxe
B6. Subversion, seduction
B7. Histoires sans livres
B8. Tout ça
B9. UZI
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ANDROO - Some Thing Dub
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ANDROO - Overflown Interview Dub
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ANDROO - Overflown Raw Dub
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ANDROO - Overflown X Dub
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ANDROO - Fire Night Hit Dub
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ANDROO - Shadows Dub Wave Mix
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ANDROO - Shadows Dub Session Mix
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ANDROO - Overflown Y Dub
After the recent Experiments re-issue with 90's off-style unclassifiable tracks composed by the legendary Dub producer - The Disciples - Androo (NS Kroo) sets out to re-create and freely adapt this material. The fact that Sound Metaphors chose Androo to re-construct these works in to new material is not random. Androo has been producing Dub since he was a teenager but he quickly turned to all kinds of musical experiences, mixing styles and influences. Once past the intimidation of working with material from one of his favorite and revered producers, Androo tried to pay homage to the free spirit that this Disciples album contains. Between reference and irreverence, the album is woven with a playful, DIY, and also serious weave. As you listen, a sometimes very harmonious and controlled landscape takes shape, then suddenly steep slopes and raw ridges appear. Almost like an art of sound drawing. A line in permanent oscillation between supposedly antagonistic registers. Danceable pieces cut for dancefloor brush against strange, problematic, and voluntarily irrecoverable elements. Consensual pop chords rub shoulders with sizzling blurred contours and sounds that are sometimes too loud. 4/4 rhythms get jackhammered out of the tempo with opulent delay effects. The “Dubmix” is here, constantly at work. It is, above all, an art of the hands, fingers handling the console which from then on becomes an instrument in its own right - for Androo Dub is experimental music.
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Androo - A. South. body. girl.
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Androo - B. Hubbadub exercice mix
A-side A dance piece for the knees, rather organic, quite pop on the chords…But who is the strange soloist? After investigation, the label declines all responsibility; to whom? nobody knows. B-side A pianist exercises, misses, exercises again. Accompanied by the minimalist orchestra « Notre seule patrie: l’enfance », scented like a non-chalant perfume. Dub it!
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Androo - uno.nostalgia (dub)
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Androo - sans-titre (pop exp)
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Androo - RCA rhythm (modern mix3)
For the third release of Poly Dance Theatre Androo comes back with a heavier sound. Get ready to dance, cause we have two slow mid tempo killers!
Uno.nostalgia (dub) is drawing inspiration from new wave and dub music and brings a rawer edge to the release. Meanwhile RCA rhythm (modern mix3) is clearly influenced by weighty dancehall riddims. On a brighter note sans-titre (pop exp) brings some pop melodies to ease your heart from the stomping dance session. More
Uno.nostalgia (dub) is drawing inspiration from new wave and dub music and brings a rawer edge to the release. Meanwhile RCA rhythm (modern mix3) is clearly influenced by weighty dancehall riddims. On a brighter note sans-titre (pop exp) brings some pop melodies to ease your heart from the stomping dance session. More
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androo - 2000 & Universe
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androo - 104935
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androo - London Dub - Version X
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androo - London Dub
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androo - Slice Dub
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androo - Pansilvania - Cosmos Reggae
More records from Poly Dance
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Androo - uno.nostalgia (dub)
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Androo - sans-titre (pop exp)
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Androo - RCA rhythm (modern mix3)
For the third release of Poly Dance Theatre Androo comes back with a heavier sound. Get ready to dance, cause we have two slow mid tempo killers!
Uno.nostalgia (dub) is drawing inspiration from new wave and dub music and brings a rawer edge to the release. Meanwhile RCA rhythm (modern mix3) is clearly influenced by weighty dancehall riddims. On a brighter note sans-titre (pop exp) brings some pop melodies to ease your heart from the stomping dance session. More
Uno.nostalgia (dub) is drawing inspiration from new wave and dub music and brings a rawer edge to the release. Meanwhile RCA rhythm (modern mix3) is clearly influenced by weighty dancehall riddims. On a brighter note sans-titre (pop exp) brings some pop melodies to ease your heart from the stomping dance session. More
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Mathieu Rossignelly / Androo - La Cadence Magique
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Mathieu Rossignelly / Androo - Gen_e.va
We are happy to have Mathieu Rossignelly with his trio joining the Poly Dance Theatre team company.
Nothing to say, Coltrane flavour, McCoy Tyner style.
On the flip side we can hear Androo’s Gene-va rhythm (7" disco), a romantic dancehall riddim, an ode to dub versions and discrete B sides.
La cadence magique (Live)
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Nothing to say, Coltrane flavour, McCoy Tyner style.
On the flip side we can hear Androo’s Gene-va rhythm (7" disco), a romantic dancehall riddim, an ode to dub versions and discrete B sides.
La cadence magique (Live)
Gene-va rhythm (7" disco version) More