Cat-No:LIXTP002
Release-Date:20.01.2023
Configuration:12"
Cat-No:LIXTP002
Release-Date:20.01.2023
Configuration:12"
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Apiento - Beau6
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Apiento - Axis
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Apiento - Those Busy Circuits
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Apiento - Everything Move
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Apiento - Escape Light
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Apiento - The Us Frequency
LIXTP, the collaboration between Love International Recordings and the Test Pressing website, yields its second release following 2021’s label debut from Fantastic Man.This time it falls to Test Pressing founder Paul Byrne AKA Apiento to open 2023’s account with the simmering ‘Escape Reality’ EP.Having carved out a prestigious career over the years, as A&R for Junior Boys Own, International Feel and Test Pressing labels, and releasing his own Apiento productions on Music For Dreams, World Unknown and World Building, Apiento goes in deep across six tracks of esoteric electronica and transcendental dance.The influence of Detroit techno can be found in the complex drum work and dreamy synths of tracks like ‘Those Busy Circuits’ and ‘Axis’, whilst hedonistic dance vibes are served up on ‘Everything Move’. Presenting a broad palette of moods and tones, Apiento delivers an allencompassing release for lovers of the real electronic groove.‘Escape Reality” by Apiento is released on Love International Recordings/Test Pressing from 10th February 2023.
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More records from Apiento
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Apiento - Original Mix
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Apiento - Heartbeat Mix
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Apiento - Mad Professor Crazy Dubclubbing Remix
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Apiento - Machine Mix
Repress!
12 inch reissue of Apiento's chill-out anthem "Things You Do For Love" w/ a new remix by dub reggae legend MAD PROFESSOR! Also features the "Original Mix" & "Heartbeat" mixes from the original 7 inch release. Plus the "Machine Mix" previously only available digitally. Go big or go home, right?!?!
Written, Mixed & Produced by Paul Byrne
Vocal by Claire Huss
Recorded & Mixed at SE6 Sound
Mastered by Jason Goz @ Transition Mastering
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12 inch reissue of Apiento's chill-out anthem "Things You Do For Love" w/ a new remix by dub reggae legend MAD PROFESSOR! Also features the "Original Mix" & "Heartbeat" mixes from the original 7 inch release. Plus the "Machine Mix" previously only available digitally. Go big or go home, right?!?!
Written, Mixed & Produced by Paul Byrne
Vocal by Claire Huss
Recorded & Mixed at SE6 Sound
Mastered by Jason Goz @ Transition Mastering
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More records from Love International x Test Pressing
Cat-No:LITPLP006
Release-Date:11.10.2024
Configuration:2LP
Cat-No:LITPLP006
Release-Date:11.10.2024
Configuration:2LP
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Linda Waterfall - Clarity
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Sebastian - Follow My Heart
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Frank E Jeffries Jr - Did It Have To Be Me
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El Pedro - La Luna
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Novidade - Masingita
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Dieta Berliner Feat. Jean Baptiste - Paula & Kaspar (Club Mix)
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Angelo Mallia - Hideaway
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Zardoz - Brasilia Drums
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Gert Thrue - I Play The Body Electronic
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In Trance 95 - Warm Nights Driving On Wet Streets
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Flayer - Wanna Get Back Your Love
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Jeancky - Variations Sur Protestation
Love International and Test Pressing commemorate yet another cracking festival with the latest instalment in their collaborative compilation series for their LIXTP label. For The Sound Of Love International #006 they’ve chosen Jay Donaldson aka Palms Trax as their selector. He’s a regular at Love International.
The Berlin-based DJ, known for his eclectic sets and long-running NTS show "Cooking With Palms Trax," delivers a diverse selection of tracks gathered from his global journeys.
The majority of the tracks included were self-released / privately pressed and in many cases the often mysterious artists’ only recorded outings. So, in putting this together Palms Trax has unearthed hidden gems, creating a magical, floor-filling journey through music.
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The Berlin-based DJ, known for his eclectic sets and long-running NTS show "Cooking With Palms Trax," delivers a diverse selection of tracks gathered from his global journeys.
The majority of the tracks included were self-released / privately pressed and in many cases the often mysterious artists’ only recorded outings. So, in putting this together Palms Trax has unearthed hidden gems, creating a magical, floor-filling journey through music.
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Cat-No:LITPLP005
Release-Date:30.06.2023
Configuration:2LP
Cat-No:LITPLP005
Release-Date:30.06.2023
Configuration:2LP
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Drawing Future Life - - 1969
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Ruutu Poiss - - Ihatsin
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Digital Distortion - - Mellow Bug
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French Audacity - - The Final One (feat. Valerie)
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DJ Spike - - Gaps In Space
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Interdance - - Kurz
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Bad Behaviour - - Living On Smoke (Edgware Mix)
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Frequency - - Systematic Input
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Diffusion - - Lushes
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M.F.A. - - Blue To Be Happy
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R.I.P. - - E.O.Pan
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Mad Professor - - Oh Hell
Orpheu the Wizard has a magic touch at finding records that fall between the gaps in music - oddities, curios, the weird, the wonderful. But that's just half the trick. It takes a sensitive and selective ear to construct a coherent, accessible narrative from them. So you get DJs who can play for the crowd and "selectors" adept at mining the black gold. In Orpheu, you've got yourself someone who can do both. On a festival main stage, he can keep it weird enough for the heads. In an audiophile setting, he'll keep the flow. These skill sets come into play on the fifth The Sound of Love International compilation. Jumping between genres, decades, continents, the truly rare, and many B-side cuts that passed you by. But never eclecticism for its own sake; this collection makes sense. Orpheu never loses sight of the listener - he's a friendly and knowledgeable guide to the cosmic outer reaches. He opens his account with the warm, psychedelic electronics of Drawing Future Life, with ‘1969’. Tucked away on the B-side of an LP of ambient/trance hailing from Fukuoka, this is a very pretty piece of music on a truly rare piece of wax. Then, leapfrogging a couple of decades and timezones, we have Rutuu Poiss' "IHATSIN." Off-kilter, experimental sounds with an endearing melodic hook, followed up by the with lethargic ambient breakbeat of Digital Distortion's "Mellow Bug". On the B-side, things start to get lively. French Audacity featuring Valerie's "That Fine One" is Gallic garage that has simultaneously got it hugely wrong and massively right. Owing as much to new wave as New York house, this is propulsive and quirky dance music at its finest. Next, we're on a ferry over the channel for DJ Spike and "Gaps In Space." Up-tempo electro with a fondness for sampled vocal cut-ups, like its predecessor. lnterdance's "Kurz" (another B-side) is the perfect segway - house from 1990 with that sweet, slightly goofy naivete. Things move toward the gnarly with Bad Behaviour and "Living on Smoke," a lesser-known cut on the legendary Atmosphere records. The tempo edges upward on "Systematic Input" by Frequency, hectic hardcore techno that still retains a lightness of touch
"Lushes" by Diffusion spins us off into space, filigree techno with an emotive trance edge. The chiming intro of "Blue to Be Happy" by MFA lulls us into a sense of false security before massively putting the boot in with a pounding kick drum, bassline, and arpeggiation. From there, it's a sharp left turn into the urban psychedelic dub of R.I.P's "E.O Pan" on cult label Digi Dub. Sticking with UK sound system music but taking it down a notch, Orpheu closes proceedings with a leftfield reggae excursion from the master of the mixing desk, Mad Professor’s"Oh Hell". It's a compilation as varied as the many moods and grooves of Love International itself - from sun-dappled olive groves to moments deep in the strobes. This is serious music for party freaks or party music for serious freaks. Tisno is calling.
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"Lushes" by Diffusion spins us off into space, filigree techno with an emotive trance edge. The chiming intro of "Blue to Be Happy" by MFA lulls us into a sense of false security before massively putting the boot in with a pounding kick drum, bassline, and arpeggiation. From there, it's a sharp left turn into the urban psychedelic dub of R.I.P's "E.O Pan" on cult label Digi Dub. Sticking with UK sound system music but taking it down a notch, Orpheu closes proceedings with a leftfield reggae excursion from the master of the mixing desk, Mad Professor’s"Oh Hell". It's a compilation as varied as the many moods and grooves of Love International itself - from sun-dappled olive groves to moments deep in the strobes. This is serious music for party freaks or party music for serious freaks. Tisno is calling.
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Peter Seiler - - Serengeti
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The Ambush - - Casablanca
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Bourbonese Qualk - - Ton Ton Macoute
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Pyrolator - - Ein Weihnachtsmann kommt in die Disc
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Torch Song - - Hark (Long Version)
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Kirlian Camera - - Communicate (Instrumental Version)
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DJ Blasy - - Metacognition
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Budino & Berko - - Transoceanic
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Fidelfatti - - Ocean
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Vibes Of Rhythm - - Thrill Me (Trance-Paradise Mix)
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Clock DVA - - Cypher (Glyph)
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Scott Edward - - The Ion Engine
Budino, AKA Valentina Bodini, has a lifelong passion for vinyl, amassing an enviable collection of multi-genre LPs and singles via her years spent in Italy and now in Berlin. As resident DJ for Discodromo’s CockTail d’Amore parties, her enthusiasm for music and digging knows no boundaries, and her instalment into the Sound Of Love International series gives us an aural insight into her musical realm. Musically, The Sound Of Love International #004 is a smorgasbord of sound. Opening with the glacial tones of Peter Seiler’s 1986 new-age gem ‘Serengeti’, the twelve track selection glides through proto-house, tribal ambience, industrial EBM, balearic dance and so much more. It’s a testament to the ground- breaking nature of these tracks that most of the music here was originally released some 30-40 years ago. Inclusions from Oliver Leib’s The Ambush project, Vibes Of Rhythm and Scott Edward stem from the post house & techno explosion of the early 90s, whilst the early proto-electronic experiments from the likes of Kirlian Camera, Clock DVA, Bourbonese Qualk and Pyrolator are welcomely revived for a new audience. Interestingly, a flexi-disc only release of ‘Hark’ by William Orbit & Laurie Mayer’s early 80s Torch Song project is also included here, elongated by Budino herself in the edit suite. Two brand new productions from DJ Blasy and Budino & Berko ensure that business is brought bang up to date, offering a unique and modern spin on the sounds of Budino, and her tantalising selection on this compilation.
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Shanti Celeste & Saoirse - - Solid Maass
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Persian - - Morning Sun feat. Hannah Small
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Seekers International – - FurdaMurda
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E.B.E. – - Thinking
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Gideon Jackson - - Taj-Mahal
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Perpetual – - Awakenings
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Mark Seven – - Crank
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Paco Pack - - Slap That Bass
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Cari Lekebusch - - Output 2
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Pauline Anna Strom - - In Flight Suspension
Shanti Celeste is a vibe. She’s got that magic lightness of touch even when things are getting Jacques Cousteau deep or panel beating heavy. This makes her the perfect candidate for the Sound of Love International 3, channelling the spirit of both those after-hours sessions and the more frivolous daytime boat parties. This is serious music for serious music heads but, after all, everyone is still on holiday. It’s linear and cohesive but plays with the emotions -carnivalesque fun, psychedelic flow-states, heads-down rhythm trax, playful skipping garage, and more abstract moments. Deep joy to deep space and back, often in the space of 3 or 4 well-selected records. TRACK LISTING:: A1. Shanti Celeste & Saoirse - Solid Maass, A2. Persian - Morning Sun feat. Hannah Small, A3. Seekers International – FurdaMurda, B1. E.B.E. – Thinking, B2. Gideon Jackson - Taj-Mahal, C1. Perpetual – Awakenings, C2. Mark Seven – Crank, C3. Paco Pack - Slap That Bass, D1. Cari Lekebusch - Output 2, D2. Pauline Anna Strom - In Flight Suspension
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Cat-No:LITPCD2
Release-Date:07.06.2019
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Cat-No:LITPCD2
Release-Date:07.06.2019
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TRACKLISTING:
A1. Plunky - Africa Sunset
A2. Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish
A3. Svend Undseth - Aquilla Aquela
B1. Alex Simon - Runnin' Out Of Time (Instrumental)
B2. Mark Goddard - Tiny's First Journey
B3. Foe - Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful
C1. Nature Love - You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
C2. KW Griff - Be Ya Girl
C3. The Horn - Whiddon On Down
D1. Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom - Living In A Zome
D2. Spirit Garden - Electra City
OVERVIEW: After signing on with Gatto Fritto's mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we're back, we can smell summer and we're putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC's Beautiful Swimmers.
A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They're here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination.
The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It's a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they're having at least as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave.
So even when shit gets somewhat darker, the tempos higher and sounds gnarlier (Analogous Doom) the world is never grey. When we're stone cold balearic in the Adriatic (Plunky) the vibe is up, young and fun. Banging them B'more house beats? Well, you're probably going to be recognising a welcoming RnB sample (KW Griff).
We've also been blessed with some Swimmer's specials in the shape of 'Blow Up Girl' and 'Living in a Zone'. Exclusive.
Ari and Andrew have previously worked in dog and childcare respectively. If this compilation were a dog it'd be a "rascal", if it were a kid it'd be "spirited". We can't think of anyone better to be your guides, as they themselves might say, "it's a vibe".
This is the sound of Love International. Part Two.
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A1. Plunky - Africa Sunset
A2. Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish
A3. Svend Undseth - Aquilla Aquela
B1. Alex Simon - Runnin' Out Of Time (Instrumental)
B2. Mark Goddard - Tiny's First Journey
B3. Foe - Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful
C1. Nature Love - You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
C2. KW Griff - Be Ya Girl
C3. The Horn - Whiddon On Down
D1. Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom - Living In A Zome
D2. Spirit Garden - Electra City
OVERVIEW: After signing on with Gatto Fritto's mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we're back, we can smell summer and we're putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC's Beautiful Swimmers.
A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They're here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination.
The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It's a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they're having at least as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave.
So even when shit gets somewhat darker, the tempos higher and sounds gnarlier (Analogous Doom) the world is never grey. When we're stone cold balearic in the Adriatic (Plunky) the vibe is up, young and fun. Banging them B'more house beats? Well, you're probably going to be recognising a welcoming RnB sample (KW Griff).
We've also been blessed with some Swimmer's specials in the shape of 'Blow Up Girl' and 'Living in a Zone'. Exclusive.
Ari and Andrew have previously worked in dog and childcare respectively. If this compilation were a dog it'd be a "rascal", if it were a kid it'd be "spirited". We can't think of anyone better to be your guides, as they themselves might say, "it's a vibe".
This is the sound of Love International. Part Two.
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Release-Date:28.05.2019
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Cat-No:litplp002
Release-Date:28.05.2019
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Beautiful Swimmers - Plunky – Africa Sunset
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Beautiful Swimmers - Harlem Gem – More Than You Can Wish
3
Beautiful Swimmers - Svend Undseth – Aquilla Aquela
4
Beautiful Swimmers - Alex Simon – Runnin’ Out Of Time (Instrumental)
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Beautiful Swimmers - Mark Goddard – Tiny’S First Journey
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Beautiful Swimmers - Mark Goddard – Tiny’S First Journey B3. Foe – Are U
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Beautiful Swimmers - Nature Love – You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
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Beautiful Swimmers - Kw Griff – Be Ya Girl
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Beautiful Swimmers - The Horn – Whiddon On Down
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Beautiful Swimmers - Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom – Living
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Beautiful Swimmers - Spirit Garden – Electra City
Track Listing
A1. Plunky – Africa Sunset
A2. Harlem Gem – More Than You Can Wish
A3. Svend Undseth – Aquilla Aquela
B1. Alex Simon – Runnin’ Out Of Time (Instrumental)
B2. Mark Goddard – Tiny’s First Journey
B3. Foe – Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful
C1. Nature Love – You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
C2. KW Griff – Be Ya Girl
C3. The Horn – Whiddon On Down
D1. Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom – Living In A Zome
D2. Spirit Garden – Electra City
After signing on with Gatto Fritto’s mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we’re back, we can smell summer and we’re putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC’s Beautiful Swimmers.
A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They’re here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination.
The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It’s a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they’re having at least
as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave.
So even when shit gets somewhat darker, the tempos higher and sounds gnarlier (Analogous Doom) the world is never grey. When we’re stone cold balearic in the Adriatic (Plunky) the vibe is up, young and fun. Banging them B’more house beats? Well, you’re probably going to be recognising a welcoming RnB sample (KW Griff).
We’ve also been blessed with some Swimmer’s specials in the shape of ‘Blow Up Girl’ and ‘Living in a Zone’. Exclusive.
Ari and Andrew have previously worked in dog and childcare respectively. If this compilation were a dog it’d be a “rascal”, if it were a kid it’d be “spirited”. We can’t think of anyone better to be your guides, as they themselves might say, “it’s a vibe”.
This is the sound of Love International. Part Two.
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A1. Plunky – Africa Sunset
A2. Harlem Gem – More Than You Can Wish
A3. Svend Undseth – Aquilla Aquela
B1. Alex Simon – Runnin’ Out Of Time (Instrumental)
B2. Mark Goddard – Tiny’s First Journey
B3. Foe – Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful
C1. Nature Love – You Turn Me Around (Karu Mix)
C2. KW Griff – Be Ya Girl
C3. The Horn – Whiddon On Down
D1. Hieroglyphic Being Presents Analogous Doom – Living In A Zome
D2. Spirit Garden – Electra City
After signing on with Gatto Fritto’s mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we’re back, we can smell summer and we’re putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC’s Beautiful Swimmers.
A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They’re here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination.
The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It’s a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they’re having at least
as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave.
So even when shit gets somewhat darker, the tempos higher and sounds gnarlier (Analogous Doom) the world is never grey. When we’re stone cold balearic in the Adriatic (Plunky) the vibe is up, young and fun. Banging them B’more house beats? Well, you’re probably going to be recognising a welcoming RnB sample (KW Griff).
We’ve also been blessed with some Swimmer’s specials in the shape of ‘Blow Up Girl’ and ‘Living in a Zone’. Exclusive.
Ari and Andrew have previously worked in dog and childcare respectively. If this compilation were a dog it’d be a “rascal”, if it were a kid it’d be “spirited”. We can’t think of anyone better to be your guides, as they themselves might say, “it’s a vibe”.
This is the sound of Love International. Part Two.
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Foe - - Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl (Beautiful Swimmers Mega Remix)
2
v.a. - Harlem Gem - More Than You Can Wish
After signing on with Gatto Fritto’s mind-melting Sound of Love International Volume 1, we’re back, we can smell summer and we’re putting you in the capable hands of festival favourites, Washington DC’s Beautiful Swimmers. A beautiful swimmer is a small blue crab. The Beautiful Swimmers are Ari Goldman and Andrew Field-Pickering (AKA Max D). And you, my friend, are about to get high on the happy. They’re here to take you on a gleeful joyride around their collective musical imagination. The Swimmers are full-bore record enthusiasts you see, but whereas you might associate this with squirrelly, exclusive and crabby sorts, they are inclusive, human and warm. It’s a wide-eyed ebullient romp and the joy of discovery is one to share. And to see them DJ IS a joy - they’re having at least as much fun as anyone else in the room, locked together tight, riding the same wave. A precursor to the full compilation album due in April, this 12” sampler contains two tracks plucked from the main selection. An extra special Swimmers ‘Mega Remix’ of Foe’s 1995 Baltimore house jam “Are U Da Bomb / Blow Up Girl”, and the smooth and soulful early 90s British classic, “More Than You Can Wish” from Harlem Gem, lovingly re-mastered from original tapes especially for this release.
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a collection of tracks that Gatto Fritto aka Ben williams played across his last two sets at Love International’s open air club Barbarellas. There’s a dubby wildness in the stereo field that sounded good on the soundsystem. The clever part is how well suited these sounds are to the balmy outdoor vibe and where and when this music comes from. You can’t copyright these emotions, it would seem and no-one told them in Cologne, Sheffield, Jamaica that the music they were producing would soundtrack a blinky-eyed sunrise in Croatia. So we get Mad Professor’s son, Joe Ariwa’s, demented Gabber tempo stepper played on 33. Which is about as House as Reggae is ever going to be. A crash course in Skwee’s year long diversion into afrobeat turned out the cream of the crop in Anaalivaihe’s 10.11.2012 or Mi Ami’s outlier release on Pure Silk that sounds like, in Ben’s words, “Francois K being forced to make a record with a Juno 60”. Or crazy vari-speed tape dubbing from Sonny Okosun in the dub version of ‘Highlife’ – the kind of record that Ben loves, where the end result is a happy accident. The original intention of the maker some distance from the reasons for our enjoyment. Musically adventurous, disparate yet harmonious and dance floor friendly. Clever trick, clever bloke. Ladies and gentlemen this is the sound of Love International.
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Cat-No:LITPCD1
Release-Date:01.07.2016
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Cat-No:LITPCD1
Release-Date:01.07.2016
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TRACKLISTING:
CD:
1. Derrick Harriott - Dub Whip
2. Anaalivaihe - 10_11_2012
3. Sonny Okosun - Highlife (Dub Version)
4. Joe Ariwa - King Moses (33RPM Version)
5. Pilgrims Of The Mind - Airplane
6. Khan - Turkish Bath (Part 1)
7. Code - Parsifal (Ambient Dub)
8. Sandoz - Dark Continent
9. Mi Ami - Free Of Life
10. The Black Dog - Rainbow Bridge
11. Nation Of Noiz - Xes Noiz
12. Earthquake Studio - 21st Century
OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Sound of Love International 001 complied by Gatto Fritto. Love International is a festival held in Tisno, Croatia now moving into its third season. Held to a soundtrack of the very best of underground dance music and running 24 hours a day - from noon to night and back through again - full circle. This series, masterminded with London's Balearic culture website, Test Pressing, is curated by some of our favourite artists and DJs. A place for them to choose 12 records close to their heart, and with ties to the festival, that they love and what to share with the world. So, to the first compiler - Gatto Fritto AKA Ben Williams.
A lifetime working in the better record shops of London and Berlin and DJing in Europe's finest underground clubs, Ben is getting the props he deserves. Put into context, although not in a box, on line-ups curated by Call Super, Ben UFO and Palms Trax the word is spreading. It's partially testament to the increased open mindedness of younger big room crowds but far more to Gatto's ability as a DJ and a knack for finding an undiscovered mix of music that fits.
Having previously made freaky Disco mutations for Dissident Records, then an album of Kosmiche inspired sounds for International Feel, it's proving to be something of an advantage not being easily hamstrung by genre.
So, what about the music here? It's a collection of tracks that Ben played across his last two sets at Love International's open-air club Barbarellas. There's a dubby wildness in the stereo field that sounded good on the soundsystem. The clever part is how well suited these sounds are to the balmy outdoor vibe and where and when this music comes from. You can't copyright these emotions, it would seem, and no-one told them in Cologne, Sheffield, Jamaica that the music they were producing would soundtrack a blinky-eyed sunrise in Croatia.
We get Mad Professor's son, Joe Ariwa's, demented Gabber tempo stepper played on 33. Which is about as House as Reggae is ever going to be. A crash course in Skwee's yearlong diversion into afrobeat turned out the cream of the crop in Anaalivaihe's 10.11.2012 or Mi Ami's outlier release on Pure Silk that sounds like, in Ben's words, "Francois K being forced to make a record with a Juno 60". Or crazy vari-speed tape dubbing from Sonny Okosun in the dub version of 'Highlife' - the kind of record that Ben loves, where the end result is a happy accident. The original intention of the maker some distance from the reasons for our enjoyment.
Musically adventurous, disparate yet harmonious and dance floor friendly. Clever trick, clever bloke. Ladies and gentlemen this is the sound of Love International.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: gpsr@wordandsound.netMore
CD:
1. Derrick Harriott - Dub Whip
2. Anaalivaihe - 10_11_2012
3. Sonny Okosun - Highlife (Dub Version)
4. Joe Ariwa - King Moses (33RPM Version)
5. Pilgrims Of The Mind - Airplane
6. Khan - Turkish Bath (Part 1)
7. Code - Parsifal (Ambient Dub)
8. Sandoz - Dark Continent
9. Mi Ami - Free Of Life
10. The Black Dog - Rainbow Bridge
11. Nation Of Noiz - Xes Noiz
12. Earthquake Studio - 21st Century
OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Sound of Love International 001 complied by Gatto Fritto. Love International is a festival held in Tisno, Croatia now moving into its third season. Held to a soundtrack of the very best of underground dance music and running 24 hours a day - from noon to night and back through again - full circle. This series, masterminded with London's Balearic culture website, Test Pressing, is curated by some of our favourite artists and DJs. A place for them to choose 12 records close to their heart, and with ties to the festival, that they love and what to share with the world. So, to the first compiler - Gatto Fritto AKA Ben Williams.
A lifetime working in the better record shops of London and Berlin and DJing in Europe's finest underground clubs, Ben is getting the props he deserves. Put into context, although not in a box, on line-ups curated by Call Super, Ben UFO and Palms Trax the word is spreading. It's partially testament to the increased open mindedness of younger big room crowds but far more to Gatto's ability as a DJ and a knack for finding an undiscovered mix of music that fits.
Having previously made freaky Disco mutations for Dissident Records, then an album of Kosmiche inspired sounds for International Feel, it's proving to be something of an advantage not being easily hamstrung by genre.
So, what about the music here? It's a collection of tracks that Ben played across his last two sets at Love International's open-air club Barbarellas. There's a dubby wildness in the stereo field that sounded good on the soundsystem. The clever part is how well suited these sounds are to the balmy outdoor vibe and where and when this music comes from. You can't copyright these emotions, it would seem, and no-one told them in Cologne, Sheffield, Jamaica that the music they were producing would soundtrack a blinky-eyed sunrise in Croatia.
We get Mad Professor's son, Joe Ariwa's, demented Gabber tempo stepper played on 33. Which is about as House as Reggae is ever going to be. A crash course in Skwee's yearlong diversion into afrobeat turned out the cream of the crop in Anaalivaihe's 10.11.2012 or Mi Ami's outlier release on Pure Silk that sounds like, in Ben's words, "Francois K being forced to make a record with a Juno 60". Or crazy vari-speed tape dubbing from Sonny Okosun in the dub version of 'Highlife' - the kind of record that Ben loves, where the end result is a happy accident. The original intention of the maker some distance from the reasons for our enjoyment.
Musically adventurous, disparate yet harmonious and dance floor friendly. Clever trick, clever bloke. Ladies and gentlemen this is the sound of Love International.
Sicherheits- und Herstellerinformationen / safety and manufacturer info (GPSR)
WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: gpsr@wordandsound.netMore