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Locust - Three Suns Of Lanuvium
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Locust - y Vel
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Locust - Sea Tides
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Locust - Spindle Flames
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Locust - Tell Me
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Locust - She Knows
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Locust - OX-HO
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Locust - Miriam
Limited Edition 140g Black Vinyl LP, Full-color Jacket & Poly-lined inner sleeve, with original photography and artwork by Grant Aaron and Gabriel Benzur
For nearly 40 years, English producer Mark Van Hoen has been making challenging music that eludes easy categorization under his own name, as Locust, and in the groups Autocreation, Scala, and Drøne. While his output has skirted around the fringes of IDM, techno, trip-hop, ambient, drone, and electropop, it has mutated these genres' elements in distinctive ways, revealing a mind always questing for unprecedented sounds.
This is Mark Van Hoen’s ninth album as Locust, and an instant classic.
Drifting, hanging, holding. Hoping, seeking, searching. And then finding.
Mark Van Hoen's ninth album as Locust is a cosmic whisper, a tender touch, where candid songwriting commingles with the afterimage of trip-hop and jungle. Across eight tracks, spectral melodies dance between languid breakbeats, and a formless murmur drifts through the ether, seeking a common thread.
Layered in strata, "The First Cause" reveals itself anew with each listen. Delicate tones share space with bass weight. Drums crunch, and rhythms cascade. Voices loop and intone, bodiless. What at first seems melancholy, you may later find reoriented—toward promise.
We seek solace in each other, and we seek solace in sound. Kinship isn't easy to come by. When a record offers its kind embrace to us as this one does, without reservation, we should take heed.
Written, performed and produced by Mark Van Hoen
© Touch Music/Fairwood Music UK Ltd
2023 Mark Van Hoen under exclusive license to Mysteries of the Deep
markvanhoen.com
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, NY
Photography by Grant Aaron
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Words by Chris Zaldua
Pressed by: AFG Record Manufacturing More
For nearly 40 years, English producer Mark Van Hoen has been making challenging music that eludes easy categorization under his own name, as Locust, and in the groups Autocreation, Scala, and Drøne. While his output has skirted around the fringes of IDM, techno, trip-hop, ambient, drone, and electropop, it has mutated these genres' elements in distinctive ways, revealing a mind always questing for unprecedented sounds.
This is Mark Van Hoen’s ninth album as Locust, and an instant classic.
Drifting, hanging, holding. Hoping, seeking, searching. And then finding.
Mark Van Hoen's ninth album as Locust is a cosmic whisper, a tender touch, where candid songwriting commingles with the afterimage of trip-hop and jungle. Across eight tracks, spectral melodies dance between languid breakbeats, and a formless murmur drifts through the ether, seeking a common thread.
Layered in strata, "The First Cause" reveals itself anew with each listen. Delicate tones share space with bass weight. Drums crunch, and rhythms cascade. Voices loop and intone, bodiless. What at first seems melancholy, you may later find reoriented—toward promise.
We seek solace in each other, and we seek solace in sound. Kinship isn't easy to come by. When a record offers its kind embrace to us as this one does, without reservation, we should take heed.
Written, performed and produced by Mark Van Hoen
© Touch Music/Fairwood Music UK Ltd
2023 Mark Van Hoen under exclusive license to Mysteries of the Deep
markvanhoen.com
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, NY
Photography by Grant Aaron
Design by Gabriel Benzur
Words by Chris Zaldua
Pressed by: AFG Record Manufacturing More
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Locust - Answering Now
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Locust - A Beginning
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Locust - Let Me See
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Locust - Music Box
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Locust - If You Knew
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Locust - Metals
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Locust - The Longest Day
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Locust - Towers
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Locust - St. Cecelia
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Locust - Out Here
Locust - known for his seminal early '90s releases on R&S and Apollo Records, returns with a new LP and a new sound. 10 melodic synthscapes, with clear nods to Cluster and early-Kraftwerk. Jacket designed by The Designers Republic.
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Portland, OR-based multimedia artist William Selman returns to Mysteries of the Deep with his third album for the label. Drawing on influences such as David Toop, Beatriz Ferreyra, Elizabeth Waldo, and David Behrman, “The Weather Indoors” melds live and synthesized instrumentation, field recordings, and digital processing techniques in a new, more melodic and approachable direction.
Immersive site recordings open into melodic woodwinds, orchestral instrumentation, bass guitar, gongs, and vibraphone. Borrowing from the anthropologist Tim Ingold’s concept of “inversion,” this widescreen staging cuts immediately to the core of the project: the way human beings use the faculty of imagination to aestheticize their built surroundings with architecture, images of distant locales, and domesticated flora and fauna to contain the anxiety for the natural world that surrounds human life.
A clear peak in Selman's extensive catalog, “The Weather Indoors” captures his work at a moment expanding his musical and aesthetic project: Neither genre ambient nor musique concrète, but a unique sound world dense with conceptual play and moments of more traditional harmonic beauty.
“We are contaminated by our encounters: they change who we are as we make way for others. As contamination changes world-making projects, mutual worlds—and new directions—may emerge. Everyone carries a history of contamination; purity is not an option.” —Anne Lowenhaupt-Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
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'A Soft Degeneration' was featured in a mix from Mysteries label boss, Grant Aaron, entitled 'Sundays are for' – hosted by Delayed.
William Selman has releases on Mysteries of the Deep, Critique of Everyday Life, Going In, Hausu Mountain. More
Immersive site recordings open into melodic woodwinds, orchestral instrumentation, bass guitar, gongs, and vibraphone. Borrowing from the anthropologist Tim Ingold’s concept of “inversion,” this widescreen staging cuts immediately to the core of the project: the way human beings use the faculty of imagination to aestheticize their built surroundings with architecture, images of distant locales, and domesticated flora and fauna to contain the anxiety for the natural world that surrounds human life.
A clear peak in Selman's extensive catalog, “The Weather Indoors” captures his work at a moment expanding his musical and aesthetic project: Neither genre ambient nor musique concrète, but a unique sound world dense with conceptual play and moments of more traditional harmonic beauty.
“We are contaminated by our encounters: they change who we are as we make way for others. As contamination changes world-making projects, mutual worlds—and new directions—may emerge. Everyone carries a history of contamination; purity is not an option.” —Anne Lowenhaupt-Tsing, The Mushroom at the End of the World
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'A Soft Degeneration' was featured in a mix from Mysteries label boss, Grant Aaron, entitled 'Sundays are for' – hosted by Delayed.
William Selman has releases on Mysteries of the Deep, Critique of Everyday Life, Going In, Hausu Mountain. More
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Limitation Without Direction
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Zion Waits For No One
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Comfort In Form
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Recessed Constraint
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Communal Dysphoria
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Extrasolar
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - May I Speak Candidly
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NATHANIEL YOUNG - Graying Dawn
LP with full color jacket, deluxe printed sleeve, 140g White Vinyl, Digital download code
Tracklist
A1. Limitation Without Direction (5:57) A2. Zion Waits For No One (7:02) A3. Comfort In Form (7:55) A4. Recessed Constraint (6:50) B1. Communal Dysphoria (7:36) B2. Extrasolar (5:16) B3. May I Speak Candidly (7:06) B4. Graying Dawn (5:53)
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"Accosting Form, Pure Intent" - Nathaniel Young's new album for Mysteries of the Deep - is a contradiction that makes sense. At once raw and elegant, it emerges from a place of constraint and desire. Its individual tracks reflect this paradox as the album unlocks itself like a koan: a riddle that, once solved, dawns on the listener like an epiphany.
Metallic emanations in "Communal Dysphoria" and "Comfort in Form," interpolated with echo and reverb, arise from the void and disappear back into it, moving like scattered precipitation over rugged, rhythmic terrain. Certain tracks speak to certain influences: in "Extrasolar" and "May I Speak Candidly," drone is tempered by synth pads and wistful ambience. "Zion Waits for No One" brings to mind a sense of the Chthonic: a dark, primitive creature submerged. A monster from the loch that at times breaks through the still, watery surface.
Despite the assorted elements at work, a visceral quality binds everything together. Even the record's more subdued works are textured and tangible, at times balancing or playing against the serrated edges of its more structured pieces. Like all compelling works, the sounds here exist in a liminal space that is not entirely classifiable. Still, it is wholly cohesive in both its moodiness and its adeptness.
Releases on Umor Rex, Blankstairs, Phinery Tapes, Hospital Productions
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Tracklist
A1. Limitation Without Direction (5:57) A2. Zion Waits For No One (7:02) A3. Comfort In Form (7:55) A4. Recessed Constraint (6:50) B1. Communal Dysphoria (7:36) B2. Extrasolar (5:16) B3. May I Speak Candidly (7:06) B4. Graying Dawn (5:53)
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"Accosting Form, Pure Intent" - Nathaniel Young's new album for Mysteries of the Deep - is a contradiction that makes sense. At once raw and elegant, it emerges from a place of constraint and desire. Its individual tracks reflect this paradox as the album unlocks itself like a koan: a riddle that, once solved, dawns on the listener like an epiphany.
Metallic emanations in "Communal Dysphoria" and "Comfort in Form," interpolated with echo and reverb, arise from the void and disappear back into it, moving like scattered precipitation over rugged, rhythmic terrain. Certain tracks speak to certain influences: in "Extrasolar" and "May I Speak Candidly," drone is tempered by synth pads and wistful ambience. "Zion Waits for No One" brings to mind a sense of the Chthonic: a dark, primitive creature submerged. A monster from the loch that at times breaks through the still, watery surface.
Despite the assorted elements at work, a visceral quality binds everything together. Even the record's more subdued works are textured and tangible, at times balancing or playing against the serrated edges of its more structured pieces. Like all compelling works, the sounds here exist in a liminal space that is not entirely classifiable. Still, it is wholly cohesive in both its moodiness and its adeptness.
Releases on Umor Rex, Blankstairs, Phinery Tapes, Hospital Productions
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Birds of Prey - 01 Naming Names
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Birds of Prey - 02 Emanation
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Birds of Prey - 03 Vanishing Point
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Birds of Prey - 04 XYZ
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Birds of Prey - 05 Hyperbola
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Birds of Prey - 06 Strange and Eternal
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Birds of Prey - 07 Astrolabe
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Birds of Prey - 08 Geomancy
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Birds of Prey - 09 Moebius
translucent blue vinyl LP with full color jacket, deluxe printed sleeve, 140g Vinyl, Digital download code
Tracklist:
A1. Naming Names (3:32) A2. Emanation (4:14) A3. Vanishing Point (4:49) A4. XYZ (5:00) B1. Hyperbola (4:53) B2. Strange and Eternal (6:25) B3. Astrolabe (6:17) B4. Geomancy (4:36) B5. Moebius (3:42)
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If emptiness is heaviness is Godliness, Birds of Prey's third full-length LP is an immaculate conception from on high. The record luxuriates in the spaces between. What's left out says as much as what made it in. Deep, droning, and dub wise, "Vanishing Point" cascades in elegance. Its reference points call towards the sample manipulation of American tape music and the downward gaze of amniotic British bass music. It charts its own path nonetheless, building its own space for drifting off to.
Unlike many peers operating in similar realms, Birds of Prey are a proper band, a foursome: Grant Aaron, Clay Wilson, Eric Holmes, and Camille Altay. Each are artists in their own right with a distinct practice. In Birds of Prey, their collaborations in studio take on a greater shape, whittled and edited into cosmic formlessness.
Although borne of improvisation, you may never know that in the listening. "Vanishing Point" is a tight, coherent work, the sound of a cadre of talented musicians locked in flow. Rippling tones become glacial melodies. Cavernous drums emerge barely from the ether. Rhythms interlock, interpolate. Patterns repeat and dissolve whence they came. There is untold potency in simplicity, and Birds of Prey make it known.
Releases on Kathexis
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Tracklist:
A1. Naming Names (3:32) A2. Emanation (4:14) A3. Vanishing Point (4:49) A4. XYZ (5:00) B1. Hyperbola (4:53) B2. Strange and Eternal (6:25) B3. Astrolabe (6:17) B4. Geomancy (4:36) B5. Moebius (3:42)
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If emptiness is heaviness is Godliness, Birds of Prey's third full-length LP is an immaculate conception from on high. The record luxuriates in the spaces between. What's left out says as much as what made it in. Deep, droning, and dub wise, "Vanishing Point" cascades in elegance. Its reference points call towards the sample manipulation of American tape music and the downward gaze of amniotic British bass music. It charts its own path nonetheless, building its own space for drifting off to.
Unlike many peers operating in similar realms, Birds of Prey are a proper band, a foursome: Grant Aaron, Clay Wilson, Eric Holmes, and Camille Altay. Each are artists in their own right with a distinct practice. In Birds of Prey, their collaborations in studio take on a greater shape, whittled and edited into cosmic formlessness.
Although borne of improvisation, you may never know that in the listening. "Vanishing Point" is a tight, coherent work, the sound of a cadre of talented musicians locked in flow. Rippling tones become glacial melodies. Cavernous drums emerge barely from the ether. Rhythms interlock, interpolate. Patterns repeat and dissolve whence they came. There is untold potency in simplicity, and Birds of Prey make it known.
Releases on Kathexis
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LORI SCACCO - Coloring Book (4:16)
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LORI SCACCO - Strange Cities (4:48)
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LORI SCACCO - Cosmosgraphia (7:26)
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LORI SCACCO - Interactivity in Plastic Space (5:14)
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LORI SCACCO - Back to Electric (4:28)
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LORI SCACCO - Tiger Song (4:53)
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LORI SCACCO - Red Then Blue (3:35)
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LORI SCACCO - Other Flowers (5:50)
LP with full color jacket, deluxe printed sleeve, 140g Vinyl, Digital download code
Tracklist
A1. Coloring Book (4:16) A2. Strange Cities (4:48) A3. Cosmographia (7:26) A4. Interactivity in Plastic Space (5:14) B1. Back to Electric (4:28) B2. Tiger Song (4:53) B3. Red Then Blue (3:35) B4. Other Flowers (5:50)
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"I think of myself as a naturalist no matter the palette," says Lori Scacco, the New York
multi-instrumentalist, composer, and electronic musician whose new album, 'Desire Loop,' is
Mysteries of the Deep's third full-length LP.
Natural indeed: Scacco's music effuses warmth, enveloping listeners like a gentle embrace. Her
first album, 'Circles,' was released in the early aughts on Eastern Developments, an imprint
co-founded by Guillermo Scott Herren, aka Prefuse 73. She spent much of the interim period
composing music for performance, film, and classical ballet, influences audible throughout
'Desire Loop.'
Flush with incandescent scree, bubbly synthesizer, and easygoing dulcet tones, the album's
simplicity belies its emotional impact. At times — "Cosmographia" and "Other Flowers," for
instance — Scacco's songwriting approaches a therapeutic purity that feels nearly virtuous,
immaculate. This is by design: she wrote this album as counterpoint to today's destructive
political landscape. "I had to create an empathic means of access for myself, and in turn,
for the listener, using the core of all that I value as my way into the music,” she explains.
"I wanted to provide a vehicle for the listener to impart their own emotional experience without
imposing my own meaning. I found myself returning to that space over and over again.” After listening to 'Desire Loop,' we expect that you will, too.
Releases on Eastern Developments, Too Pure
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Tracklist
A1. Coloring Book (4:16) A2. Strange Cities (4:48) A3. Cosmographia (7:26) A4. Interactivity in Plastic Space (5:14) B1. Back to Electric (4:28) B2. Tiger Song (4:53) B3. Red Then Blue (3:35) B4. Other Flowers (5:50)
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"I think of myself as a naturalist no matter the palette," says Lori Scacco, the New York
multi-instrumentalist, composer, and electronic musician whose new album, 'Desire Loop,' is
Mysteries of the Deep's third full-length LP.
Natural indeed: Scacco's music effuses warmth, enveloping listeners like a gentle embrace. Her
first album, 'Circles,' was released in the early aughts on Eastern Developments, an imprint
co-founded by Guillermo Scott Herren, aka Prefuse 73. She spent much of the interim period
composing music for performance, film, and classical ballet, influences audible throughout
'Desire Loop.'
Flush with incandescent scree, bubbly synthesizer, and easygoing dulcet tones, the album's
simplicity belies its emotional impact. At times — "Cosmographia" and "Other Flowers," for
instance — Scacco's songwriting approaches a therapeutic purity that feels nearly virtuous,
immaculate. This is by design: she wrote this album as counterpoint to today's destructive
political landscape. "I had to create an empathic means of access for myself, and in turn,
for the listener, using the core of all that I value as my way into the music,” she explains.
"I wanted to provide a vehicle for the listener to impart their own emotional experience without
imposing my own meaning. I found myself returning to that space over and over again.” After listening to 'Desire Loop,' we expect that you will, too.
Releases on Eastern Developments, Too Pure
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William Selman - Lithic Reduction
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William Selman - Thick Description
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William Selman - Polysemy
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William Selman - The World Without Us
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William Selman - Inferno Of The Same
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William Selman - The Island Before The Internet
Mini LP (total time: 38 min) with full color jacket, deluxe printed sleeve, 140g Vinyl, Digital download code (download card includes WAV & MP3)
Tracklist
A1. Lithic Reduction (3:06) A2. Thick Description (9:31) A3. Polysemy (5:21)
B1. The World Without Us (5:05) B2. Inferno Of The Same (8:41) B3. The Island Before The Internet (5:59)
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What if music had no beginning, no end? Can music exist "for itself" or "of itself," without structure constraining it, defining it? Can music be non-linear, non-narrative, simply experiential, existential? The second full-length album on Mysteries of the Deep, Musica Enterrada from Portland's William Selman, neither answers these questions nor supposes them. But in listening, one can't help but wonder: What if I disappeared into this record forever? In another time and place, William Selman was known as Warmdesk, an alias through which he issued a series of sharply precise minimal techno records. In recent past, Selman shifted gears, shedding the dynamics of tension and release that characterized his previous alias' output. Under his own name, Selman began releasing process-oriented, freeform experimental music on cassette-focused outlets like Digitalis and Hausu Mountain. Now comes Musica Enterrada, a diaphanous, weightless musical vision not unlike the theoretical square root of GRM and Popol Vuh's early electronic forays. Split into six tracks across two sides of vinyl, Musica Enterrada bubbles, churns, drifts, and dozes. Dulcet tones pile up gently like waves on shore. Patterns repeat and reconfigure, as if heard from different angles. Rhythms appear, shift the frame, then disappear, into the ether whence they came. Play Musica Enterrada on repeat. And if you disappear into it, fret not — you have drifted into solace.
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Tracklist
A1. Lithic Reduction (3:06) A2. Thick Description (9:31) A3. Polysemy (5:21)
B1. The World Without Us (5:05) B2. Inferno Of The Same (8:41) B3. The Island Before The Internet (5:59)
Short info:
What if music had no beginning, no end? Can music exist "for itself" or "of itself," without structure constraining it, defining it? Can music be non-linear, non-narrative, simply experiential, existential? The second full-length album on Mysteries of the Deep, Musica Enterrada from Portland's William Selman, neither answers these questions nor supposes them. But in listening, one can't help but wonder: What if I disappeared into this record forever? In another time and place, William Selman was known as Warmdesk, an alias through which he issued a series of sharply precise minimal techno records. In recent past, Selman shifted gears, shedding the dynamics of tension and release that characterized his previous alias' output. Under his own name, Selman began releasing process-oriented, freeform experimental music on cassette-focused outlets like Digitalis and Hausu Mountain. Now comes Musica Enterrada, a diaphanous, weightless musical vision not unlike the theoretical square root of GRM and Popol Vuh's early electronic forays. Split into six tracks across two sides of vinyl, Musica Enterrada bubbles, churns, drifts, and dozes. Dulcet tones pile up gently like waves on shore. Patterns repeat and reconfigure, as if heard from different angles. Rhythms appear, shift the frame, then disappear, into the ether whence they came. Play Musica Enterrada on repeat. And if you disappear into it, fret not — you have drifted into solace.
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Certain Creatures - Cross Star Woman
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Certain Creatures - Nyau Dust
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Certain Creatures - Golden Circle
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Certain Creatures - Tachyon
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Certain Creatures - Nasadiya Sukta
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Certain Creatures - We Live Inside A Dream
Mini LP with full color jacket, printed deluxe sleeve, 140g Vinyl, MP3 Download code included
Tracklist
A1. Cross Star Woman A2. Nyau Dust A3. Golden Circle
B1. Tachyon B2. Nasadiya Sukta B3. We Live Inside A Dream
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A voice in the ether. A calm, clement drone. A gentle, pulsing throb. Like the ghost of a forgotten future as imagined by the distant past, Certain Creatures' sophomore LP Nasadiya Sukta is a study in timelessness - crystalline, heartfelt ambient music designed to push light through shadow. Nasadiya Sukta is the debut release on Mysteries of the Deep, a record label dedicated to total sensory immersion. Mysteries (as it's known colloquially and affectionately) launched in 2011 after a particularly fruitful late-night mixing session, first as a cult podcast series dedicated to narcotic music of all kinds, subsequently expanding into a series of seasonal events. Now, with the release of Nasadiya Sukta, Mysteries of the Deep becomes a full-fledged outlet for music to play in the dark. Certain Creatures is the alias of Brooklyn-based artist Oliver Chapoy, and Nasadiya Sukta was crafted especially for Mysteries of the Deep. Its genesis came when Grant Aaron, Mysteries' proprietor, tapped Chapoy to perform at Mysteries' Halloween event in 2015. His performance was the night's axis point, bridging earlier subdued sounds with late-night upbeat moods. Two years later, reworked and reconfigured, this performance is reborn as Nasadiya Sukta. Although divided into six tracks, Nasadiya coheres into a single extra-terrestrial mass, its beautiful understated elegance encouraging repeat listens. Simultaneously harking back to ambient classics from the '90s (you know who they are) while cementing Chapoy as a visionary artist with his own unique voice, Nasadiya Sukta is one for the space travellers indeed.
Releases on Styles Upon Styles, Medical Records
Label Promo + Tour
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Tracklist
A1. Cross Star Woman A2. Nyau Dust A3. Golden Circle
B1. Tachyon B2. Nasadiya Sukta B3. We Live Inside A Dream
Short info:
A voice in the ether. A calm, clement drone. A gentle, pulsing throb. Like the ghost of a forgotten future as imagined by the distant past, Certain Creatures' sophomore LP Nasadiya Sukta is a study in timelessness - crystalline, heartfelt ambient music designed to push light through shadow. Nasadiya Sukta is the debut release on Mysteries of the Deep, a record label dedicated to total sensory immersion. Mysteries (as it's known colloquially and affectionately) launched in 2011 after a particularly fruitful late-night mixing session, first as a cult podcast series dedicated to narcotic music of all kinds, subsequently expanding into a series of seasonal events. Now, with the release of Nasadiya Sukta, Mysteries of the Deep becomes a full-fledged outlet for music to play in the dark. Certain Creatures is the alias of Brooklyn-based artist Oliver Chapoy, and Nasadiya Sukta was crafted especially for Mysteries of the Deep. Its genesis came when Grant Aaron, Mysteries' proprietor, tapped Chapoy to perform at Mysteries' Halloween event in 2015. His performance was the night's axis point, bridging earlier subdued sounds with late-night upbeat moods. Two years later, reworked and reconfigured, this performance is reborn as Nasadiya Sukta. Although divided into six tracks, Nasadiya coheres into a single extra-terrestrial mass, its beautiful understated elegance encouraging repeat listens. Simultaneously harking back to ambient classics from the '90s (you know who they are) while cementing Chapoy as a visionary artist with his own unique voice, Nasadiya Sukta is one for the space travellers indeed.
Releases on Styles Upon Styles, Medical Records
Label Promo + Tour
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For their first release, London label Moonworks are reissuing two highly sought-after UK house bombs from Carlos Baker aka Serpico to mark the 30th anniversary of its original 1993 release.
'Just Can't Stop' is a record which fell through the cracks, deemed not commercially viable enough by the major label that Serpico was signed to at the time. Determined to get the music out there, Baker decided to self-release a limited run of blue labelled vinyl. Several big independent labels of the '90s were subsequently interested in putting out the tracks, however it never came to fruition.
Over 30 years this record has aged gracefully, inspiring generations of diggers with its quirky euphoric feel, weighty low-end and intoxicating synthwork becoming a prized possession for some of the biggest names on the scene, with original copies trading hands for £100+. Whether you draw for the ecstasy-inducing Incantation Mix or the acid-infused Orca Space Dub, there’s no denying this is a timeless masterpiece from the UK underground.
Moonworks have worked closely with Serpico to bring this gem back down to earth, restoring the tracks from the original DAT tapes at Gat Decor’s studio, remastering them to modern standards and finally giving this music the official release it deserves. More
'Just Can't Stop' is a record which fell through the cracks, deemed not commercially viable enough by the major label that Serpico was signed to at the time. Determined to get the music out there, Baker decided to self-release a limited run of blue labelled vinyl. Several big independent labels of the '90s were subsequently interested in putting out the tracks, however it never came to fruition.
Over 30 years this record has aged gracefully, inspiring generations of diggers with its quirky euphoric feel, weighty low-end and intoxicating synthwork becoming a prized possession for some of the biggest names on the scene, with original copies trading hands for £100+. Whether you draw for the ecstasy-inducing Incantation Mix or the acid-infused Orca Space Dub, there’s no denying this is a timeless masterpiece from the UK underground.
Moonworks have worked closely with Serpico to bring this gem back down to earth, restoring the tracks from the original DAT tapes at Gat Decor’s studio, remastering them to modern standards and finally giving this music the official release it deserves. More
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Vana - Viimne Ratsu
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Vana - Kuu Maa
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ANNE & Sera J - Heal My Soul
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ANNE & Sera J - Turn Back Time
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ANNE & Sera J - Zephyrus
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ANNE & Sera J - Blue Dancers
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ANNE & Sera J - Common People
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ANNE & Sera J - Delusion
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A1 ANNE - Heal My Soul
A2 ANNE - Turn Back Time
A3 ANNE - Zephyrus
B1 Sera J - Blue Dancers
B2 Sera J - Common People
B3 Sera J - Delusion
Sales Note
SHDW's label Mutual Rytm rounds out another year with 'Symbiosis' - an excellent split EP from Greek artists ANNE & Sera J, featuring six fresh cuts and four digital bonuses.
The release title comes from the Greek word 'Symbiosis', which means living closely together for a significant period and can be used to speak of a mutually beneficial interaction between individuals. And that is precisely what can be said of ANNE and Sera J, who have grown through life as partners and, more recently, as musical peers. This split EP is their first release alongside one another, and one that presents the story of their innermost feelings, with their full label debut following fine contributions to the label's 'Federation Of Rytm II' compilation back in March.
ANNE has had a busy few years making her mark with potent techno on labels such as Soma, Hardgroove, and Life In Patterns, while Sera J is just as revered for his tunes on the likes of Out Of Place, DifferentSound and more.
ANNE takes the A-side, firstly with the fiery diva vocals and thumping techno drums of 'Heal My Soul' and then the more physical and banging drum programming of 'Turn Back Time'. It's a big, metallic cut with rumbling bass and sleek synths peeling off the groove, while her final track 'Zephyrus' has plenty of infectious bounce and eerie pads to keep dancers on their toes.
On the flip, Sera J kicks off with the electrifying synth stabs and cantering techno power of 'Blue Dancers' and then offers up 'Common People' as twisted leads and slamming drums all run through with alien sound effects and bright stabs. To close, 'Delusion' is a psychedelic cut with roaming leads that bring plenty of cosmic energy to the unrelenting kicks.
In addition, each artist serves up a pair of digital bonuses: ANNE with the hurried funk of 'Serene' and loopy intensity of 'Victor', and Sera J with the liquid, dubby dynamics of the hard-hitting 'Intensity' and monstrous energy of 'Bodies Don't Lie.'
ANNE & Sera J 'Smybiosis' drops via Mutual Rytm on 1st December 2023.
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A1 ANNE - Heal My Soul
A2 ANNE - Turn Back Time
A3 ANNE - Zephyrus
B1 Sera J - Blue Dancers
B2 Sera J - Common People
B3 Sera J - Delusion
Sales Note
SHDW's label Mutual Rytm rounds out another year with 'Symbiosis' - an excellent split EP from Greek artists ANNE & Sera J, featuring six fresh cuts and four digital bonuses.
The release title comes from the Greek word 'Symbiosis', which means living closely together for a significant period and can be used to speak of a mutually beneficial interaction between individuals. And that is precisely what can be said of ANNE and Sera J, who have grown through life as partners and, more recently, as musical peers. This split EP is their first release alongside one another, and one that presents the story of their innermost feelings, with their full label debut following fine contributions to the label's 'Federation Of Rytm II' compilation back in March.
ANNE has had a busy few years making her mark with potent techno on labels such as Soma, Hardgroove, and Life In Patterns, while Sera J is just as revered for his tunes on the likes of Out Of Place, DifferentSound and more.
ANNE takes the A-side, firstly with the fiery diva vocals and thumping techno drums of 'Heal My Soul' and then the more physical and banging drum programming of 'Turn Back Time'. It's a big, metallic cut with rumbling bass and sleek synths peeling off the groove, while her final track 'Zephyrus' has plenty of infectious bounce and eerie pads to keep dancers on their toes.
On the flip, Sera J kicks off with the electrifying synth stabs and cantering techno power of 'Blue Dancers' and then offers up 'Common People' as twisted leads and slamming drums all run through with alien sound effects and bright stabs. To close, 'Delusion' is a psychedelic cut with roaming leads that bring plenty of cosmic energy to the unrelenting kicks.
In addition, each artist serves up a pair of digital bonuses: ANNE with the hurried funk of 'Serene' and loopy intensity of 'Victor', and Sera J with the liquid, dubby dynamics of the hard-hitting 'Intensity' and monstrous energy of 'Bodies Don't Lie.'
ANNE & Sera J 'Smybiosis' drops via Mutual Rytm on 1st December 2023.
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Lab Technicians - We Gave You Life (Original Version)
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Nine-L - Untitled (Houston, We Have A Problem B2)
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Sykosis 451 - Monsoon
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Original Clique - U = Underground
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Original Clique - Now Hear Me Now
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MI7 - Show I
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Napoleon - Fortuna
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Napoleon - La Chaux Du Fonds
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Ragga Head - Give The People What They Want
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Return Of The Living Acid - Big Dipper
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Ministry Of Fear - Original Cliché
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Nine-L - Untitled (Houston, We Have A Problem A2)
Featuring 24 restored and remastered tracks stretched across two volumes, including a handful of previously unreleased tracks and mixes, and accompanied by detailed sleeve notes by Anniss, Notes From The Underground 1986-1994 is a joyful celebration of one of British dance music's most under-appreciated artists. The full breadth and depth of Boninsegna's rave-ready catalogue is explored in detail across the two-part compilation.
TRACKLISTING
A1. Lab Technicians - We Gave You Life (Original Version)
A2. Nine-L - Untitled (Houston, We Have A Problem B2)
A3. Sykosis 451 - Monsoon
B1. Original Clique - U = Underground
B2. Original Clique - Now Hear Me Now
B3. MI7 - Show I
C1. Napoleon - Fortuna
C2. Napoleon - La Chaux Du Fonds
C3. Ragga Head - Give The People What They Want
D1. Return Of The Living Acid - Big Dipper
D2. Ministry Of Fear - Original Cliché
D3. Nine-L - Untitled (Houston, We Have A Problem A2)
INFO
Tony Boninsegna: Notes From The Underground 1986-1994 (Volumes 1 and 2) Cold Blow / Musique Pour La Danse
The story of dance music is littered with hidden heroes and underground activists whose immense contributions have been overlooked, ignored and under-documented. Tony Boninsegna, a producer who made and released countless classic cuts and forgotten gems during the acid house and rave era, is one such example.
Melding elements of all that was popular in underground clubs at the time to create his own dancefloor-friendly sound worlds, Boninsegna amassed a huge catalogue between 1986 and '94, while hiding his involvement via an array of oddball aliases and opaque pseudonyms. Boninsegna's story first came to light four years ago when he appeared in Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music, Matt Anniss's critically acclaimed alternative history of UK dance music in the rave era. Now Cold Blow has joined forces with Musique Pour La Danse to deliver a much-needed anthology of his greatest productions and
co-productions - many rare or hard-to-find - for the first time.
Featuring 24 restored and remastered tracks stretched across two volumes on vinyl and digital, including a handful of previously unreleased tracks and mixes, and accompanied by detailed sleeve notes by Anniss, Notes From The Underground 1986-1994 is a joyful celebration of one of British dance music's most under-appreciated artists. The full breadth and depth of Boninsegna's rave-ready catalogue, as well as an indication of
the sheer volume of aliases he utilised during the period, is explored in detail across the two-part compilation.
Volume two continues in a similar vein while devoting more disc space to Boninsegna's breakbeat-driven productions of the early 1990s. So, alongside more must-have tracks from the producer's Chill-released projects (Return of The Living Acid's surging acid thumper 'Big Dipper', MI7's twisted bleep and breaks monster 'Show I', and a couple of killer cuts alongside Mykey Tee as Original Clique), Cold Blow & Musique Pour La Danse have also made room for the proto-jungle brilliance of Ragga Head's 'Give The People Junglis', the tongue-in-cheek excellence of Ministry of Fear's 'Original Cliché', two top tracks as Napoleon, and the wild, acid breaks breathlessness of 'Monsoon' by Sykosis 451.
It all adds up to the definitive musical retrospective of a genuine underground, rave-era hero whose time in the spotlight may finally have arrived. More
TRACKLISTING
A1. Lab Technicians - We Gave You Life (Original Version)
A2. Nine-L - Untitled (Houston, We Have A Problem B2)
A3. Sykosis 451 - Monsoon
B1. Original Clique - U = Underground
B2. Original Clique - Now Hear Me Now
B3. MI7 - Show I
C1. Napoleon - Fortuna
C2. Napoleon - La Chaux Du Fonds
C3. Ragga Head - Give The People What They Want
D1. Return Of The Living Acid - Big Dipper
D2. Ministry Of Fear - Original Cliché
D3. Nine-L - Untitled (Houston, We Have A Problem A2)
INFO
Tony Boninsegna: Notes From The Underground 1986-1994 (Volumes 1 and 2) Cold Blow / Musique Pour La Danse
The story of dance music is littered with hidden heroes and underground activists whose immense contributions have been overlooked, ignored and under-documented. Tony Boninsegna, a producer who made and released countless classic cuts and forgotten gems during the acid house and rave era, is one such example.
Melding elements of all that was popular in underground clubs at the time to create his own dancefloor-friendly sound worlds, Boninsegna amassed a huge catalogue between 1986 and '94, while hiding his involvement via an array of oddball aliases and opaque pseudonyms. Boninsegna's story first came to light four years ago when he appeared in Join The Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music, Matt Anniss's critically acclaimed alternative history of UK dance music in the rave era. Now Cold Blow has joined forces with Musique Pour La Danse to deliver a much-needed anthology of his greatest productions and
co-productions - many rare or hard-to-find - for the first time.
Featuring 24 restored and remastered tracks stretched across two volumes on vinyl and digital, including a handful of previously unreleased tracks and mixes, and accompanied by detailed sleeve notes by Anniss, Notes From The Underground 1986-1994 is a joyful celebration of one of British dance music's most under-appreciated artists. The full breadth and depth of Boninsegna's rave-ready catalogue, as well as an indication of
the sheer volume of aliases he utilised during the period, is explored in detail across the two-part compilation.
Volume two continues in a similar vein while devoting more disc space to Boninsegna's breakbeat-driven productions of the early 1990s. So, alongside more must-have tracks from the producer's Chill-released projects (Return of The Living Acid's surging acid thumper 'Big Dipper', MI7's twisted bleep and breaks monster 'Show I', and a couple of killer cuts alongside Mykey Tee as Original Clique), Cold Blow & Musique Pour La Danse have also made room for the proto-jungle brilliance of Ragga Head's 'Give The People Junglis', the tongue-in-cheek excellence of Ministry of Fear's 'Original Cliché', two top tracks as Napoleon, and the wild, acid breaks breathlessness of 'Monsoon' by Sykosis 451.
It all adds up to the definitive musical retrospective of a genuine underground, rave-era hero whose time in the spotlight may finally have arrived. More
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The Hacker / Stigma - It's In Space (Original Mix)
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The Hacker / Stigma - It's In Space (Stigma Remix)
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The Hacker / Stigma - Arsenic On The Rocks (Original Mix)
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The Hacker / Stigma - Arsenic On The Rocks (The Hacker Remix)
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The Hacker / Stigma - Arsenic On The Rocks (80's Mix)
The Sekhem Versus project unites two producers with the aim of creating an unprecedented, strong, yet logical synergy. The duo of The Hacker and Stigma open this new series. SKM004 is a 5-track EP filled with vintage warmth, featuring techno/EBM and magnetic electro. This release is crafted for heavy dancefloor use. Classic vibes in our modern era.
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DVS1 - Lower Wacker Drive
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I:Cube - Folie Noire
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Marko East & Jordi Chu - Go Kart
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Like A Tim - Wonderline 1 (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
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Katerina - Meet Chu In My Dreams
Tracklist
A1. DVS1 - Lower Wacker Drive
A2. I:Cube - Folie Noire
B1. Marko East & Jordi Chu - Go Kart
B2. Like A Tim - Wonderline 1 (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
B3. Katerina - Meet Chu In My Dreams
Release Note:
Dial 303! The new and hopefully also durable sampler series on Running Back is here.
Dedicated to the twang of Roland’s silver baseline box with a varied string of artists: DVS1, Marko East & Jordi Chu (whose collaboration sparked the idea of a whole series), Like A Tim via Prins Thomas, Katerina and I:Cube.
The Parisian put it in a nutshell, too: „Although rinsed to death to the point of becoming a parody of itself, acid will last forever.“ Therefore, his Folie Noire is combining the original recipes with hypnotic European influences, while Marko and Jordi present a rough and direct 303-909 live jam, Prins Thomas puts his wickedest smile on Like A Tim’s Wonderline from 2005 and Katerina sets a lucid dream to sanguine music.
Finally, there is a rare and much desired musical outing by the unique DVS1. A direct ode to Chicago’s acid and beatdown styles and its Midwest companions, it is a heads-down-lights-down late night track made for driving up and down Lower Wacker Drive. Trippy trip artwork by the inimitable Gasius.
Trivia: If the piano is the bread of house music, the acid line is its butter!
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A1. DVS1 - Lower Wacker Drive
A2. I:Cube - Folie Noire
B1. Marko East & Jordi Chu - Go Kart
B2. Like A Tim - Wonderline 1 (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
B3. Katerina - Meet Chu In My Dreams
Release Note:
Dial 303! The new and hopefully also durable sampler series on Running Back is here.
Dedicated to the twang of Roland’s silver baseline box with a varied string of artists: DVS1, Marko East & Jordi Chu (whose collaboration sparked the idea of a whole series), Like A Tim via Prins Thomas, Katerina and I:Cube.
The Parisian put it in a nutshell, too: „Although rinsed to death to the point of becoming a parody of itself, acid will last forever.“ Therefore, his Folie Noire is combining the original recipes with hypnotic European influences, while Marko and Jordi present a rough and direct 303-909 live jam, Prins Thomas puts his wickedest smile on Like A Tim’s Wonderline from 2005 and Katerina sets a lucid dream to sanguine music.
Finally, there is a rare and much desired musical outing by the unique DVS1. A direct ode to Chicago’s acid and beatdown styles and its Midwest companions, it is a heads-down-lights-down late night track made for driving up and down Lower Wacker Drive. Trippy trip artwork by the inimitable Gasius.
Trivia: If the piano is the bread of house music, the acid line is its butter!
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Kito Jempere feat Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Original Disco Mix)
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Kito Jempere feat Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Eden Burns remix)
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Kito Jempere feat Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Eden Burns Dub)
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Kito Jempere feat Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Lipelis Disco Mix)
Tracklisting
A1 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Original Disco Mix)
A2 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Eden Burns remix)
B1 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Eden Burns Dub)
B2 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Lipelis Disco Mix)
Sales Note
These days we are back again in the 60s, as the world urgently needs a new peace movement. Therefore we ultimately call everyone to hold their hands together and look into the future, - nothing describes better the message we deeply feel being part of, in the own words of Kito Jempere. For ''Let's Hold Our Hands Together'' he already called up the internationally awarded Swedish composer Adam Evald on vocals and the enigmatic Antoha MC on trumpet, backed by Public Possession artist, Eden Burns and our very own, Leonid Lipelis (check his latest 'Function As A Meaning' EP!!!), on the remix duties, Kito Jempere is the ''DJ's hero'' - selector, producer, own orchestra and band conductor (watch Boiler Room from PPF!), who has been delivering quality dance records through decades via DFA, Lo Recordings, Freerange. Proclaimed as the ''The King Of Collaborations'' by Zweikommasieben, Kito has been working on music with together with Jimi Tenor, Red Snapper, Hard Ton, New Composers and got remixed by Palms Trax, Andras, Ruf Dug, Black Spuma and many more. More
A1 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Original Disco Mix)
A2 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Eden Burns remix)
B1 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Eden Burns Dub)
B2 Kito Jempere feat. Adam Evald & Antoha MC - Let's Hold Our Hands Together (Lipelis Disco Mix)
Sales Note
These days we are back again in the 60s, as the world urgently needs a new peace movement. Therefore we ultimately call everyone to hold their hands together and look into the future, - nothing describes better the message we deeply feel being part of, in the own words of Kito Jempere. For ''Let's Hold Our Hands Together'' he already called up the internationally awarded Swedish composer Adam Evald on vocals and the enigmatic Antoha MC on trumpet, backed by Public Possession artist, Eden Burns and our very own, Leonid Lipelis (check his latest 'Function As A Meaning' EP!!!), on the remix duties, Kito Jempere is the ''DJ's hero'' - selector, producer, own orchestra and band conductor (watch Boiler Room from PPF!), who has been delivering quality dance records through decades via DFA, Lo Recordings, Freerange. Proclaimed as the ''The King Of Collaborations'' by Zweikommasieben, Kito has been working on music with together with Jimi Tenor, Red Snapper, Hard Ton, New Composers and got remixed by Palms Trax, Andras, Ruf Dug, Black Spuma and many more. More
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Groove Boys Project & Novaj - A1. Amore
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Groove Boys Project & Novaj - A2. Night In Rimini
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Groove Boys Project & Novaj - B1. Taste Of Heaven
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Groove Boys Project & Novaj - B2. Mondo Paradiso
The groove boys project are what we can commonly call true soldiers of house music. Since their irruption on the scene in 2015, they have not stopped promoting house, deep house and all its variants (new jersey, dream house, jazzy house ect ...) through their multiple releases and their DJ sets. Their sound is completely analog (one day to see their studio, it's worth it!). This ep was indeed inspired by the Italian scene (which skylax records has always promoted), they are accompanied by Novaj (pioneer in France with his youtube channel dedicated to the most beautiful house songs), producer in his spare time, their association is wreaking havoc. The GBP have already signed several remixes for us (soul of the makossa man) and we are delighted to finally be able to dedicate a release worthy of the name to them. Amore, night in rimini, taste of heaven & mondo paradiso form one and the same room, a house monolith of pure pleasure. Undoubtedly, a future great classic.
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todd terje - Ragysh
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todd terje - Snooze 4 Love
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todd terje - Bonysh
2022 Repress
Touched by the hand of Todd...Drumroll, please…New 12-Inch with original productions since…Ragysh, Bonysh and Snooze 4 Love...First edition comes in super nice recycling sleeves, second edition in not so nice sleeves... Trans dance from the Norwegian Chief inspector that is Todd Terje…Greatysh hypnotism, properysh beats and a lovelysh Terjerine dream to round it all off…Vinyl contains some hidden tracks and extra elements… Cannot stop listening to it… …Touched by the hand of Todd…
Tracklisting:
A: Ragysh
B1: Snooze 4 Love
B2: Bonysh
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Touched by the hand of Todd...Drumroll, please…New 12-Inch with original productions since…Ragysh, Bonysh and Snooze 4 Love...First edition comes in super nice recycling sleeves, second edition in not so nice sleeves... Trans dance from the Norwegian Chief inspector that is Todd Terje…Greatysh hypnotism, properysh beats and a lovelysh Terjerine dream to round it all off…Vinyl contains some hidden tracks and extra elements… Cannot stop listening to it… …Touched by the hand of Todd…
Tracklisting:
A: Ragysh
B1: Snooze 4 Love
B2: Bonysh
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Eusebeia - Optimyst
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Eusebeia - Restoration
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Eusebeia - Shadow Work
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Eusebeia - Darkest Before The Dawn
Eusebeia makes a welcome return to Rupture with his next release, the 'Restoration EP'.
The Wiltshire based producer has been super prolific since his Rupture debut ('You Reap What You Sow EP') in 2021, with quality releases coming on labels like Samurai, Western Lore, Livity Sound and Future Retro.
'Restoration EP' has a spiritual feel throughout, drawing you in as it progresses upwards, with Eusebeia setting dreamy pads and keys against deep subs and stripped back breaks. More
The Wiltshire based producer has been super prolific since his Rupture debut ('You Reap What You Sow EP') in 2021, with quality releases coming on labels like Samurai, Western Lore, Livity Sound and Future Retro.
'Restoration EP' has a spiritual feel throughout, drawing you in as it progresses upwards, with Eusebeia setting dreamy pads and keys against deep subs and stripped back breaks. More
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octa octa - more times
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octa octa - dresses
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octa octa - fever dream
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octa octa - take me to the dark
2020 Repress with new artwork
UPC 827170566965
Tracklist:
A1. More Times A2. Dresses B1. Fever Dream B2. Take Me To The Dark
Short info:
Creating the new, while respecting the old, the "More Times EP" features heavy house (More Times), twitchy house (Fever Dream), dubby house (Take Me to The Dark) and breakbeat house with due respect to LTJ Bukem (Dresses). That's a lot of house for your money. Music for clubs and places that would like to be clubs. More Times? Good Times!
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UPC 827170566965
Tracklist:
A1. More Times A2. Dresses B1. Fever Dream B2. Take Me To The Dark
Short info:
Creating the new, while respecting the old, the "More Times EP" features heavy house (More Times), twitchy house (Fever Dream), dubby house (Take Me to The Dark) and breakbeat house with due respect to LTJ Bukem (Dresses). That's a lot of house for your money. Music for clubs and places that would like to be clubs. More Times? Good Times!
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