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The third long player on Night Defined Recordings sees SUED affiliate SW. presenting his new mini LP ‘Night’ and walking a tightrope between jazz and club music. The tracks manifest and dematerialize themselves almost in a non-tangible and floating way, which can be seen as more than just a musical approach but rather shows the artist referring to issues of volatility and evanescence. While listening, some may find themselves in the dark and dusty atmosphere of a jazz club, where the band in the corner at the other end of the room is playing their instruments just when the beat kicks in and puts you right into the club atmosphere.
Written & produced by SW. at SUEDstudio Mastering by Mattias Fridell
Artwork by Studio Belser More
Written & produced by SW. at SUEDstudio Mastering by Mattias Fridell
Artwork by Studio Belser More
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Label:Kalahari Oyster Cult
Cat-No:OYSTER45
Release-Date:21.06.2024
Genre:House / Techno
Configuration:2LP
Label:Kalahari Oyster Cult
Cat-No:OYSTER45
Release-Date:21.06.2024
Genre:House / Techno
Configuration:2LP
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SW. - SKYnetOPENwindow
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SW. - daREAL90'sdeal
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SW. - shaCAT'selecTRON70's
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SW. - rimFLYgemini
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SW. - nightTRAIN29X
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SW. - deeepFLYYyyHIgh
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SW. - silverLIGHTrePHLEXTION
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SW. - gemiNIorigIN
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SW. - CUTlightDAY
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SW. - YZXY endERGY
The mercurial talent that is SW. back in the building with a new album, and if it weren’t already apparent, OYSTER45 goes some way to assert his place in the pantheon of pioneering producers. In fact, nobody can question his position right at the vanguard of forward-facing dancefloor dynamics.
myDEFINITION part II catches the SUED co-founder as vital as ever. Keeping it on that dusty, low-key flex that has long been his trademark, it harnesses ingenuity to conjure some of the most intriguing gear you’re likely to hear from a limited studio setup. Gone are the hi-tek jazz and ambient flourishes of the near-mythical ‘Untiled’ album, opting, instead, for pure dancefloor headiness. Precision-tooled breakbeats, opulent IDM cybernetics, tuff bleep n’ bass and late nite electro across 10 distinct trax.
Side quests into more abstract realms are fleeting. Dappled melodies evoke warmth in hues of pink and orange but any ambient-dub ephemera quickly dissipates into the peripheries in favour of club-ready pressure. The spectre of mid-‘90s dance music looms large but the SW. blueprint, with its captivating free-form approach, spins those vintage tropes into a distinct sound unto itself. Masterful, cinematic and hallucinatory.
Often drawing comparisons with B12’s seminal brand of ambient techno, SW. will surely be a stylistic reference point in his own right for years to come. Such is the indelible influence he has cast on contemporary electronic music. More
myDEFINITION part II catches the SUED co-founder as vital as ever. Keeping it on that dusty, low-key flex that has long been his trademark, it harnesses ingenuity to conjure some of the most intriguing gear you’re likely to hear from a limited studio setup. Gone are the hi-tek jazz and ambient flourishes of the near-mythical ‘Untiled’ album, opting, instead, for pure dancefloor headiness. Precision-tooled breakbeats, opulent IDM cybernetics, tuff bleep n’ bass and late nite electro across 10 distinct trax.
Side quests into more abstract realms are fleeting. Dappled melodies evoke warmth in hues of pink and orange but any ambient-dub ephemera quickly dissipates into the peripheries in favour of club-ready pressure. The spectre of mid-‘90s dance music looms large but the SW. blueprint, with its captivating free-form approach, spins those vintage tropes into a distinct sound unto itself. Masterful, cinematic and hallucinatory.
Often drawing comparisons with B12’s seminal brand of ambient techno, SW. will surely be a stylistic reference point in his own right for years to come. Such is the indelible influence he has cast on contemporary electronic music. More
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SW. - A1. WHAtADAYray
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SW. - A2. moTORjungleCITY
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SW. - B1. stepCLASSixMOtor
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SW. - B2. apolloTHING
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SW. - C1. TROPyCALLhytsrIA
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SW. - C2. geminiMINIMA
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SW. - C3. nubJA
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SW. - D1. ROCKetPOCK@
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SW. - D2. kngs&QUNS
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SW. - D3. What endingENDs
2LP
Tracklist:
A1. WHAtADAYray
A2. moTORjungleCITY
B1. stepCLASSixMOtor
B2. apolloTHING
C1. TROPyCALLhytsrIA
C2. geminiMINIMA
C3. nubJA
D1. ROCKetPOCK@
D2. kngs&QUNS
D3. What endingENDs
The elusive SW. returns to Avenue 66 with okALGORYTHM. His third LP for the label is a semi-opaque wandering through the shadowy byways of memory, driven by tough-yet-supple production and his unmistakable, unerringly original voice. Inspired by all night electronic radio shows of the '90s, okALGORYTHM pulses with rich imagination and a sense of purposeful meandering. Speaking in cryptic fragments, the artist hints at elusive reminiscences "back then on the autobahn, to Berlin, with friends" while also noting that some recollections are "of things that didn't happen that way."
To this end, the album drifts from the knotty synth spirals of opener "WHAtADAY" through the tense, technoid tropics of "stepCLASSixMOtor," the brightly melancholic Larry Heard-isms of "TROPyCALLhytsrIA" to the stately skronk of closer "What endingENDs." The rhythmic undergirding never lets up, suggesting a limitless night drive tinted in deep greens and refracted reds. Each of the album's ten tracks comes alive with warm, analog finesse and a palpable atmosphere, though they play out by turns urgent or unhurried, coaxing or inscrutable. Yet throughout, there's a consistently hypnotic quality which draws the listener deeper into the album's unique balancing act.
If listeners are trained to expect throwback anthems every time the '90s are referenced, here they might find a more apt touchstone in the wilder, left-of-center corners of Chicago's foundational epoch. Throughout the album, the spirit of jacking house is absorbed, metabolized and transmuted. Drawing on lineages of taut, nervy synth-and-drum machine workouts, SW. manipulates his hardware with the delicate, considered touch of a painter. Perhaps the memory that lingers longest from that bygone era is the sense of profound possibility that dawns before forms become rigidly calificed and commodified. Either way, adventurous listeners will find that okALGORYTHM blooms with a uniquely affecting grace and SW.'s inimitably obscure loveliness, infused with a somber glow and marked by shimmering, untraceable contours.
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Tracklist:
A1. WHAtADAYray
A2. moTORjungleCITY
B1. stepCLASSixMOtor
B2. apolloTHING
C1. TROPyCALLhytsrIA
C2. geminiMINIMA
C3. nubJA
D1. ROCKetPOCK@
D2. kngs&QUNS
D3. What endingENDs
The elusive SW. returns to Avenue 66 with okALGORYTHM. His third LP for the label is a semi-opaque wandering through the shadowy byways of memory, driven by tough-yet-supple production and his unmistakable, unerringly original voice. Inspired by all night electronic radio shows of the '90s, okALGORYTHM pulses with rich imagination and a sense of purposeful meandering. Speaking in cryptic fragments, the artist hints at elusive reminiscences "back then on the autobahn, to Berlin, with friends" while also noting that some recollections are "of things that didn't happen that way."
To this end, the album drifts from the knotty synth spirals of opener "WHAtADAY" through the tense, technoid tropics of "stepCLASSixMOtor," the brightly melancholic Larry Heard-isms of "TROPyCALLhytsrIA" to the stately skronk of closer "What endingENDs." The rhythmic undergirding never lets up, suggesting a limitless night drive tinted in deep greens and refracted reds. Each of the album's ten tracks comes alive with warm, analog finesse and a palpable atmosphere, though they play out by turns urgent or unhurried, coaxing or inscrutable. Yet throughout, there's a consistently hypnotic quality which draws the listener deeper into the album's unique balancing act.
If listeners are trained to expect throwback anthems every time the '90s are referenced, here they might find a more apt touchstone in the wilder, left-of-center corners of Chicago's foundational epoch. Throughout the album, the spirit of jacking house is absorbed, metabolized and transmuted. Drawing on lineages of taut, nervy synth-and-drum machine workouts, SW. manipulates his hardware with the delicate, considered touch of a painter. Perhaps the memory that lingers longest from that bygone era is the sense of profound possibility that dawns before forms become rigidly calificed and commodified. Either way, adventurous listeners will find that okALGORYTHM blooms with a uniquely affecting grace and SW.'s inimitably obscure loveliness, infused with a somber glow and marked by shimmering, untraceable contours.
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SW. - ariaJA
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SW. - moonNEWsoon
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SW. - gOiOsee
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SW. - mAssLESS
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SW. - justMUST4y
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SW. - VFXpeaksTWIN
After featuring on the label with a contribution to Erell Ranson’s “Hand In Hand” Remix EP in 2018, SUED co-operator SW. punches back in on KOC with a hectic six-track sonic journey by way of inaugural transmission.
Crest-surfing the margins betwixt abstract beat-making, hardware experimentation and further explosive club-ready wares, the German producer breaks the trip in with the tropical hot "ariaJA" - reeling out a savvy mashup of animalian field recording, spaced-out FXs and loopy elastic bounce.
Cranking up the heat, a notch further, "moonNEWsoon" pulls out a hot mix of muscle-aching breaks, jackin' n’ smackin' toms and iridescent synth stabs, all coated with a thick sauce of mind-boggling machine stunts. Trading its gridlocked intro for an aqueously luxuriant design throughout, gOiOsee has us deep-diving in an all-blue scenario where each element finds itself draped in richly-hued envelopes.
Flip sides and here comes the further shape-shifting, non-formulaic "mASsLESS", which invites us to see straight through glassy cascades of skittish snares, gummy synth arpeggios and futuristic chimes as an Eden of AI-rendered birdsongs and forgotten melodies come to life before our eyes.
Back to a more dynamic mindset, “justMUST4y brings lush flights of altered piano chords and pop-informed harmonics face to face with a gritty, metronomic drum work to weave another singularly off-kilter epic SW. holds the secret of, right before "VFXpeaksTWIN" wraps it all up in a soul-invigorating, Twin Peaks-scented and horizon-broadening ambient finale.
Mastered by Rashad Becker.
Lacquer Cut By Simon Davey.
Artwork by Jonathan Castro. More
Crest-surfing the margins betwixt abstract beat-making, hardware experimentation and further explosive club-ready wares, the German producer breaks the trip in with the tropical hot "ariaJA" - reeling out a savvy mashup of animalian field recording, spaced-out FXs and loopy elastic bounce.
Cranking up the heat, a notch further, "moonNEWsoon" pulls out a hot mix of muscle-aching breaks, jackin' n’ smackin' toms and iridescent synth stabs, all coated with a thick sauce of mind-boggling machine stunts. Trading its gridlocked intro for an aqueously luxuriant design throughout, gOiOsee has us deep-diving in an all-blue scenario where each element finds itself draped in richly-hued envelopes.
Flip sides and here comes the further shape-shifting, non-formulaic "mASsLESS", which invites us to see straight through glassy cascades of skittish snares, gummy synth arpeggios and futuristic chimes as an Eden of AI-rendered birdsongs and forgotten melodies come to life before our eyes.
Back to a more dynamic mindset, “justMUST4y brings lush flights of altered piano chords and pop-informed harmonics face to face with a gritty, metronomic drum work to weave another singularly off-kilter epic SW. holds the secret of, right before "VFXpeaksTWIN" wraps it all up in a soul-invigorating, Twin Peaks-scented and horizon-broadening ambient finale.
Mastered by Rashad Becker.
Lacquer Cut By Simon Davey.
Artwork by Jonathan Castro. More
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SW. - A1. elypsiaDANCEsentence
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SW. - A2. rotherDAMM
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SW. - A3. drumDUMMrace
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SW. - A4. escapePAPE
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SW. - B1. PSYcomaTIC
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SW. - B2. tranceCANs
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SW. - B3. RAMframe
Mini LP
Following up from his TRUElipS album from last year SW. returns to Avenue 66 with a 7 track LP titled blewLIPs.
A1 elypsiaDANCEsentence
A2 rotherDAMM
A3 drumDUMMrace
A4 escapePAPE
B1 PSYcomaTIC
B2 tranceCANs
B3 RAMframe
Limited to 300 copies
Distributed by Wordandsound
Photos by SW.
Design by Dicey Studios
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Following up from his TRUElipS album from last year SW. returns to Avenue 66 with a 7 track LP titled blewLIPs.
A1 elypsiaDANCEsentence
A2 rotherDAMM
A3 drumDUMMrace
A4 escapePAPE
B1 PSYcomaTIC
B2 tranceCANs
B3 RAMframe
Limited to 300 copies
Distributed by Wordandsound
Photos by SW.
Design by Dicey Studios
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SW. - A1 ELEctreC
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SW. - A2 STEPrapGAP
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SW. - A3 meanDreaMbeam
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SW. - B1 theMARTIANswing
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SW. - B2 radeDARKpaid
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SW. - B3 daCRUISEgangSTAR
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SW. - C1 JAZZmassLESS
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SW. - C2 DREAMdanceVANs
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SW. - C3 deepFLYhigh
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SW. - D1 esCAPEdeepCREEp
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SW. - D2 spookyWOOKYchill
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SW. - D3 ambientRAND
2LP
Over the past decade, SUED co-founder SW. has arranged the building blocks of dreamy rave and techno music-billowing pads, undulating sub-bass and adroit, nuanced drum programming-into and novel dance floor structures. TRUElipS, SW.'s first full album since 2016 and his first for Avenue 66, is a beguiling, fully-realised statement.
The 12-track LP is rooted in the storied '90s era when the spirit of orbital raves and free parties was channeled into massive leaps forward in the studio. A combination of house and drum & bass looms large, as does the much-referenced intelligent techno era, but if you've listened to an SW. record, you already know TRUElipS is the work of a singular auteur.
Breakbeats, rave stabs and major chords permeate the album, motoring along on a chassis of sine-wave bass lines and SW's widescreen percussive vision. Forays into downtempo and sweeping ambience keep the listener's head in the clouds, while the superb melodic techno constructions that comprise the album's core are at once contemplative and liable to bring on a giddy head rush. TRUElipS brims with the optimistic, escapist spirit that fueled dance music's original triumph, a throwback to bright, imagined futures.
A1 ELEctreC
A2 STEPrapGAP
A3 meanDreaMbeam
B1 theMARTIANswing
B2 radeDARKpaid
B3 daCRUISEgangSTAR
C1 JAZZmassLESS
C2 DREAMdanceVANs
C3 deepFLYhigh
D1 esCAPEdeepCREEp
D2 spookyWOOKYchill
D3 ambientRAND
More
Over the past decade, SUED co-founder SW. has arranged the building blocks of dreamy rave and techno music-billowing pads, undulating sub-bass and adroit, nuanced drum programming-into and novel dance floor structures. TRUElipS, SW.'s first full album since 2016 and his first for Avenue 66, is a beguiling, fully-realised statement.
The 12-track LP is rooted in the storied '90s era when the spirit of orbital raves and free parties was channeled into massive leaps forward in the studio. A combination of house and drum & bass looms large, as does the much-referenced intelligent techno era, but if you've listened to an SW. record, you already know TRUElipS is the work of a singular auteur.
Breakbeats, rave stabs and major chords permeate the album, motoring along on a chassis of sine-wave bass lines and SW's widescreen percussive vision. Forays into downtempo and sweeping ambience keep the listener's head in the clouds, while the superb melodic techno constructions that comprise the album's core are at once contemplative and liable to bring on a giddy head rush. TRUElipS brims with the optimistic, escapist spirit that fueled dance music's original triumph, a throwback to bright, imagined futures.
A1 ELEctreC
A2 STEPrapGAP
A3 meanDreaMbeam
B1 theMARTIANswing
B2 radeDARKpaid
B3 daCRUISEgangSTAR
C1 JAZZmassLESS
C2 DREAMdanceVANs
C3 deepFLYhigh
D1 esCAPEdeepCREEp
D2 spookyWOOKYchill
D3 ambientRAND
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Tracklist 12":
A1: bck to ftr hrdcr
A2: bck to ftr aciiiid bleep LFO
B1: bck to ftr destruct
B2: bck to ftr recall
Short Info:
Warning! This record contains traces of acid and spaced out tripping techno! Classic unpredictable SW. goodness straight outta SUED: Detroit hitek soul & UK broken beat vibes meet subtle swinging & warm sounding lo-fi house.
Artist Info:
- SW. is one of the heads behind SUED records
- his album from 2017 got voted by Rolling Stone Magazine to the top 20 electronic music albums of the year
- this year he is releasing also on Kimochi and a famous label from Salzburg
- his past remixes were on Kimochi, Acid Test, Klasse Wrecks, Bright Sounds, and Kalahari Oyster Kult More
A1: bck to ftr hrdcr
A2: bck to ftr aciiiid bleep LFO
B1: bck to ftr destruct
B2: bck to ftr recall
Short Info:
Warning! This record contains traces of acid and spaced out tripping techno! Classic unpredictable SW. goodness straight outta SUED: Detroit hitek soul & UK broken beat vibes meet subtle swinging & warm sounding lo-fi house.
Artist Info:
- SW. is one of the heads behind SUED records
- his album from 2017 got voted by Rolling Stone Magazine to the top 20 electronic music albums of the year
- this year he is releasing also on Kimochi and a famous label from Salzburg
- his past remixes were on Kimochi, Acid Test, Klasse Wrecks, Bright Sounds, and Kalahari Oyster Kult More
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Juergen Vonbank - Lost Appendix
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Juergen Vonbank - Ephemera
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Juergen Vonbank - Apart (ft. Anna Stoem)
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Juergen Vonbank - Untitled
The Blue Soul is Juergen Vonbank's second solo album after "Trial & Eros" from 2018. It deals with the relationship to the color blue, the conventional and individual-personal associations with it, as well as the diffuse feeling that this color is able to convey. Digital and analog experiments in electronics, club music and dream pop.
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Roger 23 - J.C.'s State Fair
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Roger 23 - A Finite Sequence Of Defined Computer Implementable Instructions
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Roger 23 - Particular Conditions That Someone Is In A Specific Time In Use To Indicate A Po
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Roger 23 - An Informal Contraction Of A Material Universe
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Roger 23 - Field I: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other establi
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Roger 23 - Field II: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other establ
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Roger 23 - Afta Mi Till Dem Di Soil
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Roger 23 - Field III: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other estab
Night Defined Recordings is proud to welcome Roger 23 for his first solo album in seven years since the widely acclaimed „Thao-N-Y“ on Mensch in 2015. The enigmatic producer, DJ and record digger has released his music via renowned quality labels such as Playhouse, Bio Rhythm, Meakusma and Ilian Tape among others. After appearing on our rapidly sold out first NDVAX compilation, he’s now back at NDR with an album, which showcases the versatile musical interest of the cheerful Saarländer. Self-imposed highest demands on sound quality, complete openness to give place to various musical influences and the experience of many years of a music inhaling individual make ‚Bounds Of A Moral Principle And Established Standard Behavior‘ an album complete in itself.
Tracklist:
A1 - J.C.'s State Fair
A2 - A Finite Sequence Of Defined Computer Implementable Instructions
A3 - Particular Conditions That Someone Is In A Specific Time In Use To Indicate A Position On A Diagram
A4 - An Informal Contraction Of A Material Universe
B1 - Field I: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior)
B2 - To The Same Extent I Execute
B3 - Field II: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior)
B4 - Afta Mi Till Dem Di Soil
B5 - Field III: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior) More
Tracklist:
A1 - J.C.'s State Fair
A2 - A Finite Sequence Of Defined Computer Implementable Instructions
A3 - Particular Conditions That Someone Is In A Specific Time In Use To Indicate A Position On A Diagram
A4 - An Informal Contraction Of A Material Universe
B1 - Field I: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior)
B2 - To The Same Extent I Execute
B3 - Field II: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior)
B4 - Afta Mi Till Dem Di Soil
B5 - Field III: (infringe or go beyond the bounds of a moral principle or other established standard of behavior) More
Label:Night Defined Recordings
Cat-No:NDVAX02
Release-Date:04.03.2022
Genre:Electronic
Configuration:12"
Label:Night Defined Recordings
Cat-No:NDVAX02
Release-Date:04.03.2022
Genre:Electronic
Configuration:12"
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Mesak - Palic
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Nurah - Lowie
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Mary Yalex - Running Out Of Time
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Even Tuell - In Circles
Second edition of Night Defined Recordings’ new compilation series launched
last year. NDVAX02 gathers tunes of longstanding old hands alongside rising
talents. Four songs that find their common ground in a strongly pronounced
emotional and melodic level.
Mastering and cut by Loop-O
Sleeves printed and embossed by letterpress Manufaktur Salzburg More
last year. NDVAX02 gathers tunes of longstanding old hands alongside rising
talents. Four songs that find their common ground in a strongly pronounced
emotional and melodic level.
Mastering and cut by Loop-O
Sleeves printed and embossed by letterpress Manufaktur Salzburg More
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Serb - Hand Spoke
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Serb - 334th Hurdle
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Serb - Amity Space
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Serb - Stampcrabs
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Serb - Proceedings
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Serb - Topit
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Serb - Palace
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Serb - Moat Shore
Night Defined Recordings is glad to present its first full-length album so far: ?erb's „A12 Proceedings“. A record made in sparse moments while living between the crooked walls of an old apartment building in Bucharest. Hand-stamped 180g edition with riso print inlay + download code.
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Serb - Brly
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Serb - Rushed
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Serb - Cellar Meet
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Serb - Ramdom Trigger
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Serb - Undue Reaction
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Serb - Half O' Clue
In 2015 we stumbled across an EP by a low-profile Romanian producer, which retrospectively was a pivotal event for the development of the label. This record was Serb's 'Transient Recs 1', released via Listen2me from Bucharest. We were deeply touched by the harsh and progressive sound of the tunes, which at the same time were so musical.
After a remix for Fehlzuendung and his LP 'A12 Proceedings' in 2018, things are coming full circle in 2021 as ?erb returns to NDR with 'Transient Recs 2', a collection of tracks produced between 2015 and 2018.
Mastering and cut by Loop-o
Artwork by Anna Florea
Riso printed cover artwork by booksforfriends Bucharest More
After a remix for Fehlzuendung and his LP 'A12 Proceedings' in 2018, things are coming full circle in 2021 as ?erb returns to NDR with 'Transient Recs 2', a collection of tracks produced between 2015 and 2018.
Mastering and cut by Loop-o
Artwork by Anna Florea
Riso printed cover artwork by booksforfriends Bucharest More