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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Reticulum A
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Hyper Daddy
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Fogou
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Magic Pony Ride Pt.4
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Imperial Crescent
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Reticulum B
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Grush
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Belvedere
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Raver
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Windsor Safari Park
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Hastings
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Manscape
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Metaphonk
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Mu-Ziq (µ-Ziq) - Reticulum C
Mike Paradinas, veteran producer and Planet Mu label owner has written a new album called ‘Grush' and it's full of weird bangers that reclaim the 'dance' part of the woeful term IDM. A back-to-first-principles record, inspired in part by the group of artists IDM was coined for; melodic dance music that didn't come out of urban scenes, but interpreted them from a distance.
The tracks on ‘Grush’ are all road-tested live favorites developed with feedback from Mike's touring partner and visuals guy Mora (Jan Moravec). It's a detailed and energetic journey which replicates the flow of a live gig. A lot of the tracks have been made in hotel rooms in response to shows, ‘Imperial Crescent’ is named after a Japanese Hotel, as is ‘Belvedere’ in Prague, while some tracks such as ‘Hyper Daddy’ were created specifically to play live.
Drums are confidently at the fore here and the album feels like it traces Mike's musical history and interests neatly around his sweetly nostalgic melodies, with atmospheres and structures which twist and turn with a charming softness which contrasts with the tension in the drums. Take ‘Hyper Daddy’s’ spiralling notes and twinkling piano which remind one of early Black Dog or Omni Trio rushing alongside splashy jungle drums, or the aquatic acid footwork of the title track with its drums softly bubbling and kicking. Elsewhere there's territory which harks back to his Tusken Raiders pseudonym, like the heads down Drexciyan funk of ‘Windsor Safari Park,’ which transforms from moody electro into a sunny hardcore track midway. The album is interspersed with Reticulum A, B and C at the start middle and end of the album which suggest a theme which carries across the music in an effortless and joyful way. ‘Grush’ is a strong album that works both for listening and DJing and a great snapshot of where Mike Paradinas musical head is at in 2024. More
The tracks on ‘Grush’ are all road-tested live favorites developed with feedback from Mike's touring partner and visuals guy Mora (Jan Moravec). It's a detailed and energetic journey which replicates the flow of a live gig. A lot of the tracks have been made in hotel rooms in response to shows, ‘Imperial Crescent’ is named after a Japanese Hotel, as is ‘Belvedere’ in Prague, while some tracks such as ‘Hyper Daddy’ were created specifically to play live.
Drums are confidently at the fore here and the album feels like it traces Mike's musical history and interests neatly around his sweetly nostalgic melodies, with atmospheres and structures which twist and turn with a charming softness which contrasts with the tension in the drums. Take ‘Hyper Daddy’s’ spiralling notes and twinkling piano which remind one of early Black Dog or Omni Trio rushing alongside splashy jungle drums, or the aquatic acid footwork of the title track with its drums softly bubbling and kicking. Elsewhere there's territory which harks back to his Tusken Raiders pseudonym, like the heads down Drexciyan funk of ‘Windsor Safari Park,’ which transforms from moody electro into a sunny hardcore track midway. The album is interspersed with Reticulum A, B and C at the start middle and end of the album which suggest a theme which carries across the music in an effortless and joyful way. ‘Grush’ is a strong album that works both for listening and DJing and a great snapshot of where Mike Paradinas musical head is at in 2024. More
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1.Hello 03:40
2.Iggy's Song
3.Magic Pony Ride (Pt.3)
4.Green Chaos
5.Ávila
6.Pyramidal Mind Dispersion
7.Modulating Angels
8.Pentagonal Antiprism
9.Metabidiminished Icosahedron
Planet Mu owner Mike Paradinas (a.k.a. µ-Ziq) wraps up 2022 with his 3rd release of new material this year. 'Hello' is the mirror image of the 'Goodbye EP'. The intensity is heightened, the breaks more manic and melodies inhabit every corner. The material is the final chapter of the 'Magic Pony Ride' material and even includes another version of that track. 'Iggy's Song' has a slowed down sample of Mike's son screaming, 'Avila' is an ode to his father's hometown in Spain and 'Green Chaos' even includes a nod to RP Boo. On Side B things get more interesting. 'Pyramidal Mind Dispersion' slows things down while amping up the tension, Modulating Angel is at drum & bass tempo but with a choir of angels from hell in the background, while the final two tracks recall the experimentation and melodies of Lunatic Harness. More
1.Hello 03:40
2.Iggy's Song
3.Magic Pony Ride (Pt.3)
4.Green Chaos
5.Ávila
6.Pyramidal Mind Dispersion
7.Modulating Angels
8.Pentagonal Antiprism
9.Metabidiminished Icosahedron
Planet Mu owner Mike Paradinas (a.k.a. µ-Ziq) wraps up 2022 with his 3rd release of new material this year. 'Hello' is the mirror image of the 'Goodbye EP'. The intensity is heightened, the breaks more manic and melodies inhabit every corner. The material is the final chapter of the 'Magic Pony Ride' material and even includes another version of that track. 'Iggy's Song' has a slowed down sample of Mike's son screaming, 'Avila' is an ode to his father's hometown in Spain and 'Green Chaos' even includes a nod to RP Boo. On Side B things get more interesting. 'Pyramidal Mind Dispersion' slows things down while amping up the tension, Modulating Angel is at drum & bass tempo but with a choir of angels from hell in the background, while the final two tracks recall the experimentation and melodies of Lunatic Harness. More
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1.1BRACE YOURSELF JASON
1.2HASTY BOOM ALERT
1.3MUSHROOM COMPOST
1.4BLAINVILLE
1.5LUNATIC HARNESS
1.6APPROACHING MENACE
2.1MY LITTLE BEAUTIFUL
2.2SECRET STAIR PT.1
2.3SECRET STAIR PT.2
2.4WANNABE
2.5CATKIN AND TEASEL
2.6LONDON
2.7MIDWINTER LOG
3.1HANKY POKERY
3.2JIGGERY PANKY
3.3WORCESTER
3.4THE CUT OF MY JIB
3.5LUNATIC HARNESS (ORIGINAL DEMO)
3.6LUNATIC HARNESS (REMIX)
3.7MR. ANGRY (REMIX)
4.1BRACE YOURSELF (REMIX)
4.2KUBBA
4.3VAKEN BOLT
4.4LOSERS' MARCH
4.5SUMMER LIVING 2
4.6INTELLITAG
4.7ABMOIT
4.8BRACE YOURSELF (REPRISE) More
1.1BRACE YOURSELF JASON
1.2HASTY BOOM ALERT
1.3MUSHROOM COMPOST
1.4BLAINVILLE
1.5LUNATIC HARNESS
1.6APPROACHING MENACE
2.1MY LITTLE BEAUTIFUL
2.2SECRET STAIR PT.1
2.3SECRET STAIR PT.2
2.4WANNABE
2.5CATKIN AND TEASEL
2.6LONDON
2.7MIDWINTER LOG
3.1HANKY POKERY
3.2JIGGERY PANKY
3.3WORCESTER
3.4THE CUT OF MY JIB
3.5LUNATIC HARNESS (ORIGINAL DEMO)
3.6LUNATIC HARNESS (REMIX)
3.7MR. ANGRY (REMIX)
4.1BRACE YOURSELF (REMIX)
4.2KUBBA
4.3VAKEN BOLT
4.4LOSERS' MARCH
4.5SUMMER LIVING 2
4.6INTELLITAG
4.7ABMOIT
4.8BRACE YOURSELF (REPRISE) More
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µ-ZIQ - Magic Pony Ride (Pt 1)
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µ-ZIQ - Goodbye
Planet Mu begrüßt seinen Besitzer Mike Paradinas (alias µ-Ziq) mit "Magic Pony Ride", einem Album voller fröhlicher, melodischer, von Jungel inspirierter Musik, und seiner ersten LP mit neuem Material auf dem Label seit 2013. Der Titel spiegelt das kindliche Staunen des Albums wider, fröhliche Melodien stehen im Vordergrund, wortlose Vocals hüpfen und hallen, während Klänge sprudeln und funkeln. Paradinas hatte zuvor Archivalben veröffentlicht, kam aber nach einer Reise nach Wales auf den Geschmack, neue Musik zu machen (was ihn zu "Scurlage" inspirierte, seinem 2021er Album auf Analogical Force). Dieser Einfluss, Reisen als Muse zu nutzen, setzt sich in Magic Pony Ride" fort, nach einem Wochenendausflug, bei dem Paradinas in der Morgendämmerung auf Islandpferden durch eine verschneite Landschaft ritt. In den üppigen Synthie-Akkorden des Titeltracks und in "Uncle Daddy" kann man die entspannte Weite des Landes fast spüren. Das Album reflektiert auch über die Familie mit Beiträgen seiner Tochter Elka in 'Picksing' und 'Elka's Song' und 'Galope' in Erinnerung an seinen Vater, der vor einigen Jahren verstorben ist. Das Thema Familie findet sich auch in dem meditativen "Shulem's Theme" wieder, ein Titel, der von der Netflix-Serie Shtisel inspiriert ist. Diese nachdenklichen Themen passen zur diesjährigen Wiederveröffentlichung von µ-Ziqs Durchbruchsalbum "Lunatic Harness" aus dem Jahr 1997 zum 25-jährigen Jubiläum. In Mikes eigenen Worten: "Magic Pony Ride wurde als eine Art Nachfolgealbum für 'Lunatic Harness' geschrieben, zumindest was das Genre und den Stil angeht. Nachdem ich Lunatic für die bevorstehende Wiederveröffentlichung gemastert hatte, habe ich bei einigen neueren Tracks wieder auf Breaks zurückgegriffen, und das ist das Ergebnis!
Tracklist:
SIDE1
1.1MAGIC PONY RIDE (PT.1)
1.2GOODBYE
1.3PICKSING
1.4UNLESS
1.5TURQUOISE HYPERFIZZ
1.6GALOPE
SIDE 2
2.1UNCLE DADDY
2.2BROWN CHAOS
2.3SHULEM'S THEME
2.4ELKA'S SONG
2.5MAGIC PONY RIDE (PT.2)
2.6DON'T TELL ME (IT'S ENDING) More
Tracklist:
SIDE1
1.1MAGIC PONY RIDE (PT.1)
1.2GOODBYE
1.3PICKSING
1.4UNLESS
1.5TURQUOISE HYPERFIZZ
1.6GALOPE
SIDE 2
2.1UNCLE DADDY
2.2BROWN CHAOS
2.3SHULEM'S THEME
2.4ELKA'S SONG
2.5MAGIC PONY RIDE (PT.2)
2.6DON'T TELL ME (IT'S ENDING) More
µ-Ziq says hello again with 'Goodbye'. The six track EP is the first in a series of releases by Mike Paradinas this year, which are all centred around the 25th Anniversary Edition of 'Lunatic Harness', his classic 1997 album. Inspired by going back through the archives while he was remastering the Lunatic Harness reissue, 'Goodbye' sees Mike revisiting the nineties, taking on jungle and its precursor jungle tekno and upgrading them with the benefit of hindsight and contemporary software. Imbued with Mike's lush sense of melody and his knack for striking contrasts (don't be shocked to hear maudlin piano, 303 and amens in the same track), 'Goodbye' approaches these old genres like a sandpit, and stretches them in directions only Mike might take.
Tracklist
1.1GOODBYE VIP
1.2GIDDY ALL OVER
1.3MOISE
1.4RAVE WHISTLE
1.5RAVE WHISTLE (DARKSIDE MIX)
1.6RAVE WHISTLE (JUNGLE TEKNO MIX) More
Tracklist
1.1GOODBYE VIP
1.2GIDDY ALL OVER
1.3MOISE
1.4RAVE WHISTLE
1.5RAVE WHISTLE (DARKSIDE MIX)
1.6RAVE WHISTLE (JUNGLE TEKNO MIX) More
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JLin - "Auto Pilot" (3:45)
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JLin - "Connect The Dots" (3:22)
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JLin - "Rabbit Hole" (3:18)
Jlin's new EP "Embryo" marks a key point in the multi-platform artistic growth of the Indiana-based producer. It features a bold and fiery sound palette recalling the futurism of nineties Detroit techno and British IDM without succumbing to their clichés. With faint echoes of classic Model 500, it sounds like music for automated cars, robot cop junctions and virtual freeways in the air. A fifth wave techno? "Connect The Dots" is one of the standouts from her recent lives sets, with the kind of rhythmic complexity only Jlin can bring, underpinned by a glitch reborn and transmuted into something utterly of the here and now. Jlin comments "I wrote all these pieces in between commissions and trying to stay afloat mentally." She singles out final track "Rabbit Hole" as a highlight "It made me feel nostalgia yet connected me to my own evolution." Jlin is currently working on a new full length album for Planet Mu.
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Planet Mu presents 'ADDLE' - Bogdan Raczynski's first album of new music in 15 years. Marking a change from the high-octane jungle tekno braindance for which he is most commonly known, here we find the Polish American musician in a more melodic and zen-like place of peace, which is ergonomic and decluttered, whilst also bittersweet and tinged with melancholy. 'ADDLE' is closest in spirit to 2001's tender 'myloveilove', or the light-hearted ditties of this year's 'BANANS' EP, but is also a markedly new milestone. A robust and bottom-heavy rhythm section juxtaposes with sad electronic tear jerkers, at points laced with the soft cooing wail of his vocals, which are loaded with a haunting, heavy and almost wounded emotion. Bogdan comments "Calm is great. You need to take a breather in the eye of the storm now and then. But the real growth happens in turbulence, when your feelings oscillate in and out of sync. It's not dry land you're after. You're trying to build a new island while on a piddly raft. Beleaguered and weary you lay the foundation with your bare hands while the rain lashes your back; a new place for you and yours to moor yourself to until the next storm hits. 'ADDLE' is about that storm, its adjacent periphery, and what you look like, in and out, when you set foot. As space and time push against you, that process of adapting becomes an anchor. Among that state of being addled, out of flow, seemingly untethered, there is beauty." Although less unhinged and riotous than some of his previous work, 'ADDLE' is no less impactful. Lean, punchy and purposeful, this seemingly simple combination of beats and melody belies a razor sharp skill, which bursts with verve and virtuosity. Across its eight unique and moving tracks the listener experiences tenderness, feelings somewhere between unease and comfort, and a sense of reflection, with Bogdan seemingly gazing at twinkling stars, but with his view distorted by welling-up. Sonically, spaces range from razor-sharp choppage, juddering heavyweight head-nodders, bit-crushed siren squall and something akin to Philip Glass' 'Candyman' score played through a high-tech-fairy-tale music box. There's also a warming, life-affirming moment as close to deep house as Bogdan will ever comfortably get, neck-snapping metallic percussion, Casiotone on steroids and reverberant warehouse throb. Booming drum machines are a prominent factor too - reminiscent of early hip hop instrumentals - but spirited off somewhere, lost in purgatory. Bogdan Raczynski (born 1977) is a Polish-American electronic musician. Raczynski's work draws inspiration from the chaotic breakbeats of jungle and hardcore rave as well as traditional Polish music and other sources. He has collaborated with Bjork, remixed Autechre, CLPNG and Jonsi from Sigur Ross, and toured with Aphex Twin, who commented how "his records are so underrated." Bogdan was also a roster mainstay of Richard James's seminal Rephlex label, with additional releases on Warp, Ghostly, Disciples and Unknown to the Unknown. A keen proponent of tech, he created a sample pack using pollution and recently collaborated with Polyend on a custom made banana-themed tracker
Tracklist
1.1LADDE
1.2DLEDA
1.3DLAED
1.4ELDDA
1.5EADLD
1.6LDDAE
1.7ADLDE
1.8ALDDE
1.9LADDE
1.10DLEDA
1.11DLAED
1.12ELDDA
1.13EADLD
1.14LDDAE
1.15ADLDE
1.16ALDDE More
Tracklist
1.1LADDE
1.2DLEDA
1.3DLAED
1.4ELDDA
1.5EADLD
1.6LDDAE
1.7ADLDE
1.8ALDDE
1.9LADDE
1.10DLEDA
1.11DLAED
1.12ELDDA
1.13EADLD
1.14LDDAE
1.15ADLDE
1.16ALDDE More
Gábor Lázár's "Boundary Object" is a collection of eight real-time recorded, unedited tracks made in Budapest and Prague between 2020 and 2022 using a self-designed compositional interface. It's Gábor Lázár's second album for Planet Mu following "Source" in 2020. The title comes from the idea of a Boundary object as a flexible concept of sociology and computation of how collaborations could happen between groups of people who have different kinds of backgrounds and different levels of knowledge. A Boundary object could be anything which translates between these groups to make a collaboration happen. Boundary objects are plastic, interpreted differently across communities but with enough common identity across social words and contexts to maintain integrity. This is a neat summary of how Gábor's approach and working process led to his music on this album. Prismatic, flexible, and functioning on different levels of interpretation. On "Boundary Object", the shiny surfaces and uniformity of "Source" have collapsed inward, leaving intact the recognisable pulse and frames of his music. While each individual track has a non-linear structure, the album as a whole has a strong narrative. Passages that start out Trance-like and familiar warp and weft into different shapes as if Gábor is examining the music like a 3d object, pulling at the edges, breaking and rebuilding what he examines, turning expectations inside-out. "Boundary Object" is intense, full-spectrum and a lot of fun.
Tracklist
1.1BOUNDARY OBJECT I
1.2BOUNDARY OBJECT II
1.3BOUNDARY OBJECT III
1.4BOUNDARY OBJECT IV
1.5BOUNDARY OBJECT V
1.6BOUNDARY OBJECT VI
1.7BOUNDARY OBJECT VII
1.8BOUNDARY OBJECT VIII More
Tracklist
1.1BOUNDARY OBJECT I
1.2BOUNDARY OBJECT II
1.3BOUNDARY OBJECT III
1.4BOUNDARY OBJECT IV
1.5BOUNDARY OBJECT V
1.6BOUNDARY OBJECT VI
1.7BOUNDARY OBJECT VII
1.8BOUNDARY OBJECT VIII More
Leave your preconceptions behind because Ital Tek’s brilliant new album ‘Hollowed‘ is his best and most rewarding yet. Created from new beginnings, it's a journey through the naïve exploratory methods with which Alan Myson started to make music over a decade ago. The record is dark and maximalist but at the same time the huge sounds are minutely detailed and elegantly rendered.Cutting himself off in a new studio at the start of 2014, Alan experimented and worked out the core sounds of the album by going back to the techniques he started with: "when I was 15 I would make endless minidiscs with my guitar and effects. With this record I bought the guitar I wanted back then and hit record, creating hours of drones, loops and textures. I wanted to make the album that was in my head when I was 14 but I had no idea how to".With ‘Hollowed‘ Ital Tek gone far beyond his earlier more dance-genre based work, leaving just the footprint and especially the sonic weight and space of dubstep. But the sound here is designed from the ground up and carved into something much more abstract, impressionistic and elegant. As Alan puts it "I'm moving away from dance music and letting sound inhabit a space without shoving everything at the listener in the first few bars". One of the biggest musical experiences that left an impression on him while recording this album was hearing "Henryk Gorecki’s Symphony No 3’ being played live, starting very small and soaring, then returning to stillness…" It was this that made him think about reassembling his approach to making music Tracklist 2LP A: A 1/Delicate Balance 2/Redeemer 3/Beyond Sight B: 1/Terminus 2/Cobra 3/Nex 4/Memory Shard C: 1/Murmur 2/Aquamarine 3/Reflection Through Destruction D: 1/Jenova 2/Vesper 3/Vacuum I CD: 01/A Delicate Balance 02/Redeemer 03/Beyond Sight 04/Terminus 05/Cobra 06/Nex 07/Memory Shard 08/Murmur 09/Aquamarine 10/Reflection Through Destruction 11/Jenova 12/Vesper 13/Vacuum I
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Tracklisting Double LP Album
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A2. Schlachtet!
A3. Hinter Den Bergen
A4. Maikäfer Flieg
A5. Marmelade Und Himbeereis
B1. Wütendes Glas
B2. Kälte Kriecht
B3. Kunstgewerbe
B4. Der Weg Zu Zweit
B5. In Der Nacht
C1. Eisbär
C2. Ich Lieb Sie
C3. Moskau
C4. Ein Tanz Mit Dem Tod
D1. Traüme Mit Mir
D2. Ich Und Du
D3. Wütendes Glas (Maxi Version)
D4. Raum
D5. Film 1
WRWTFWW Records is very happy to reissue Swiss cult band Grauzone's self-titled album in an expanded 40 Years Anniversary Edition packed with the original 1981 album plus 9 extra songs, as well as extensive liner notes by Swiss music historian Lurker Grand. The 19-track album is available as a double LP vinyl in heavy 350gsm sleeve and a digipack CD, both sourced from the original reels and put together under the supervision of band member and all around legend Stephan Eicher.
The pioneering band from Bern (Switzerland) had a short-lived but highly-regarded career which birthed a cult discography that still fascinates and resonates today. Consisting of core members Martin Eicher, Stephan Eicher, and Marco Repetto, and on-and-off participants Christian GT Trüssel, Claudine Chirac, and Ingrid Berney, the elusive group broke new grounds in the early 80s, experimenting with punk and industrial music, early techno sounds, minimalism, new wave, pop, and various electronics. With an innovative and polished approach to design, visuals, performance, and all around style and philosophy on top of their superb music, the constantly transforming unit developed a whole experience - the Grauzone experience: wild and unpredictable, yet sophisticated and cohesive, or as Swiss music historian Lurker Grand would call it, "an Art band with a Punk attitude".
Completely rejecting the music industry rules and refusing to play the game of promotion, touring, release schedules, and TV appearances even though they had a multi-platinum international hit with the song "Eisbär", the band quickly disintegrated in full convention-defying glory, leaving behind an inspiring music legacy for the world to discover and discover again, one generation after the other.
This extended version of their debut (and only) album beautifully crystallizes the Grauzone miracle/accident - where pop and youthful experimentation meet at (new/cold/no) wave and industrial crossroads, and where classic hits ("Eisbär", "FILM 2", "Raum", "Träume Mit Mir", "Der Weg Zu Zweit"…) flawlessly mesh with unconventional deep cuts ("In Der Nacht", "Film 1", "Maikäfer Flieg"…). Very simply put: GOOD timeless music with an edge.
Stephan Eicher went on to be, arguably, the most successful Swiss musician ever, with an international career extending from pop chanson to experimental escapades and collaborations with Moondog, artists Sophie Calle and Sylvie Fleury, and author Martin Suter among many other luminaries. Marco Repetto flourished as a techno and ambient producer, releasing multiple projects including releases on Aphex Twin's Rephlex label.
Points of interests
- For fans of electronic, post-punk, new wave, cold wave, Swiss wave, no wave, Neue Deutsche Welle (Welle means wave!), synth, pop, industrial, proto-techno, 80s, Stephan Eicher, Marco Repetto, Liaisons Dangereuses, Tristesse Contemporaine, Young Marble Giants, The Cure but weirder, Switzerland, romance, mountains, polar bears, contemporary art, wearing nice (white) shoes in dirty basement squats, and xerox machines.
- New release from WRWTFWW Records (Grauzone's Eisbär and Raum, Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass, Kenji Kawai's Ghost in the Shell Original Soundtrack, John Carpenter's Dark Star Soundtrack, Ryo Fukui's Scenery, Dominique Guiot's L'Univers de la Mer, Bernard Parmegiani soundtracks and more).
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Total Blue - Pearl Plains
Introducing ‘Total Blue’, the Los Angeles-based trio of Nicky Benedek, Alex Talan, and Anthony Calonico. Despite collaborating for over a decade, ‘Total Blue’ represents a new chapter in their artistic journey together as a trio.
Embracing chance, inviting the unknown, and guided by a spirit of sheer play and exploration, ‘Total Blue’ was driven by a desire to ‘touch the beyond’ in pursuit of an elusive vibe the three had been chasing for years.
Alex, Nick, and Anthony envision ‘Total Blue’ as the all-encompassing full picture, a place where the real and the imaginary begin to blur; a destination reached not through escapism but by expanding one's perspective; a widened scope of vision where personality both shines and disintegrates.
Across the album, their mission statement is expertly achieved with subtlety and delicate human touch; painting with a lush palette of digital synths, Akai EVI wind synthesizer, fretless bass, and guitar, the trio masterfully balance texture and color, evoking wide expansive vistas that stretch from Los Angeles right out to the furthest reaches of sky and sea. This is ‘Total Blue’ - a place of time and timelessness where echoes of history and tradition merge with rootless inhuman sonics.
Art and design by Michael Willis. More
Embracing chance, inviting the unknown, and guided by a spirit of sheer play and exploration, ‘Total Blue’ was driven by a desire to ‘touch the beyond’ in pursuit of an elusive vibe the three had been chasing for years.
Alex, Nick, and Anthony envision ‘Total Blue’ as the all-encompassing full picture, a place where the real and the imaginary begin to blur; a destination reached not through escapism but by expanding one's perspective; a widened scope of vision where personality both shines and disintegrates.
Across the album, their mission statement is expertly achieved with subtlety and delicate human touch; painting with a lush palette of digital synths, Akai EVI wind synthesizer, fretless bass, and guitar, the trio masterfully balance texture and color, evoking wide expansive vistas that stretch from Los Angeles right out to the furthest reaches of sky and sea. This is ‘Total Blue’ - a place of time and timelessness where echoes of history and tradition merge with rootless inhuman sonics.
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Serge Geyzel - Before The Silence Came
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Serge Geyzel - Take YOur Time And Be Mine
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Serge Geyzel - Come Closer
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Serge Geyzel - Renamed
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Serge Geyzel - Out Of Context
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Serge Geyzel - It's Cancelled
Serge Geyzel marks the 3rd release on the Barcelona-based label Adepta Editions with "It's Cancelled", a strong and comprehensive collection of six tracks with mind-blowing tectonic tempos, low-flying bass-beats, and magnetized electro-nics. Comes with printed sleeve and is a strictly limited pressing of 200 copies!
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Plusion
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Exidy
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Camelot Jostle
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Rolls Royce
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Cop 76
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Moor
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Ceephax Acid Crew - City Collars
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Baddow Life
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Essex Remblance
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Abbaye
Originally released on Firstcask Records in 2003. A selection of my styles and ideas at the time, ranging from drum n bass, ambient, acid etc etc
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Jimmie Greene - "Dance" Part 1
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Jimmie Greene - Let Yourself Go
Hot 2 Sider from ALTON, Illinois's shoestring label gets the STAR CREATURE reissue treatment back on 45 for the first time. Here STAR CREATURE selects two of the most stand out tracks from the mysterious JIMMIE GREENE for another well curated, floor filer of a 45.
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Johnny Jewel - Many Moons
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Dean Hurley - Outlands
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Pye Corner Audio - Jupiter Orbit 707
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RAMZi - Existenz
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Legowelt - Nebia Vera Pelliccia
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TM Solver - Serious Ambien (SOS Edit)
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State Azure - Azimuth
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Lord Of The Isles - Meet Me At The Portal
Format: limited coloured vinyl LP (comes in different coloured vinyl, we cannot guarantee which one you will receive)
Secrets Of Sound sold out their first release in quick fashion and now they return with a second instalment in the Exotic Origins series, designed to take you a million light years away from your current reality and deep into the far depths of space with eight superbly cosmic explorations of ambient and downtempo magic. Italians Do It Better man Johnny Jewel kicks off with some sultry sax-laced sounds, David Lynch's musical partner Dean Hurley crushes on shimmering pads and Pye Corner Audio bring a little intergalactic tension. Elsewhere there are sugary synths from Legowelt, suspensory pads from TM Solver and plenty more to help you escape to another dimension. Add to that the fact it arrives on a random variety of different vinyl colours and comes with a download code, and you've got rather a nice package. More
Secrets Of Sound sold out their first release in quick fashion and now they return with a second instalment in the Exotic Origins series, designed to take you a million light years away from your current reality and deep into the far depths of space with eight superbly cosmic explorations of ambient and downtempo magic. Italians Do It Better man Johnny Jewel kicks off with some sultry sax-laced sounds, David Lynch's musical partner Dean Hurley crushes on shimmering pads and Pye Corner Audio bring a little intergalactic tension. Elsewhere there are sugary synths from Legowelt, suspensory pads from TM Solver and plenty more to help you escape to another dimension. Add to that the fact it arrives on a random variety of different vinyl colours and comes with a download code, and you've got rather a nice package. More
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Acid Highway
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Red DX Acid Extra BD Shorter
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Acid Causeway 1
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Tough Grugoy Acid
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Acid Surf Dream
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Ceephax Acid Crew - Woodlice Acid
Originally released on Firstcask Records 2006 played by a dj like Aphex Twin at Field Day 2023, Ceephax essential oils ! Acid Varsity !
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Tracy Kerr - If U Want My Loving (Dub)
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Harold Melvin The Blue Notes - Todays Your Lucky Day (Dub)
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Diater Edwards - Loving Sweet Devotion (Sweeter Mix)
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Mad Professor - Hs204
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Original Rockers - Push Push The Underwater World Of Jah (Couteau Mix)
Pressed on 180g Heavyweight Vinyl.
Welcome to ‘Instrumental Dubs #2’, a deep dive into the world of the Dub version and beyond. The A side has a distinct boogie feel, starting slow with a George Kerr produced cut from 1984 followed by a Brit Funk-esq instrumental from Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes originally released on the Philly World label (home to ‘Voice of Q’). The B side closes with the ‘Sweeter’ instrumental mix of Boogie bomb ‘Loving Sweet Devotion’ by Idiater Edwards.
The B side opens with ‘H2S04’ from Mad Professor that defies categorisation, sitting somewhere between Electro, Disco and Dub. Last but by no means least there’s an uptempo Dub mix of Original Rockers ‘Push Push’ making its first appearance on Vinyl having only been on the CD single release first time around. More
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The B side opens with ‘H2S04’ from Mad Professor that defies categorisation, sitting somewhere between Electro, Disco and Dub. Last but by no means least there’s an uptempo Dub mix of Original Rockers ‘Push Push’ making its first appearance on Vinyl having only been on the CD single release first time around. More
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Voilaaa - L'Intro
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Voilaaa - System System (ft. Lass)
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Voilaaa - Love and Death (ft. Joao Selva)
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Voilaaa - Trouble Travel (ft. Nai-Jah)
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Voilaaa - Anna est partie (ft. Pat Kalla & Ayuune Sule)
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Voilaaa - Too Young To Die (ft. Olivya)
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Voilaaa - Mtae Rock
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Voilaaa - Sane Kunda (ft. Lass)
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Voilaaa - Jolie Sarah (ft. Pat Kalla)
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Voilaaa - Les temps ont changé (ft. Fouley Badiaga)
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Voilaaa - Faché (ft. Pat Kalla)
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Voilaaa - Tu nous fatigues (ft. Fouley Badiaga)
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Voilaaa - C'est la danse
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Voilaaa - Life
For almost 10 years and with 3 albums on the clock, Voilaaa has established itself with a unique style, reviving African rhythms and atmospheres in the colors of Disco dancefloors and Funky arrangements, all often accompanied by lyrics and vocals tinged with humor and commitment.
As a result, the Afro-Tropical adventure launched by producer Bruno “Patchworks” Hovart today leaves behind a host of hits (“On te l’avait dit”, “Spies Are Watching Me”, “Ben Bene La”, …), as well as trips around the globe and as many gigs and festivals, but also and above all numerous and lasting collaborations with singers like Lass, Pat Kalla, Sir Jean, Ayuune Sule, Rama Traore, or Fouley Badiaga, the latter which also marks its great return on two tracks of the album.
With C'est tout, Voilaaa returns to us without revisiting this unstoppable recipe, while seasoning things with a more Latin and Caribbean inspiration, brought back in Bruno Hovart's suitcases after several stays in South America in recent years. Introduced last spring with the release of a first maxi single, this new opus once again delivers hit after hit.
As on the already famous “Faché” alongside Pat Kalla, which displays all the classic assets of Voilaaa’s sound: punchy Afrobeat horns, woozy chords and crunchy clavinet licks rising above a low-slung, hypnotic, dub disco-meets-Afro-boogie groove. The rest of the album is not to be outdone with a total of 14 wild tracks entirely composed by an unstoppable Bruno Hovart.
Two exceptions confirm the rule, a beautiful interpretation of the song "Love and Death" by Ebo Taylor, where Voilaaa's Afro skills perfectly melt with Angolan and Brazilian vapors, beamed by Joao Selva's lovely vocals; as well as a magical cover of “Too Young to Die”, transporting Jamiroquai to the crossroads of Africa and the Antilles, carried by the superb vocal performance of singer Olivya (Dowdelin) for a first collaboration.
Well, Voilaaa is back as its best, “that’s all” (C’est tout).
A1 - L'Intro
A2 - System System (ft. Lass)
A3 - Love and Death (ft. Joao Selva)
B1 - Trouble Travel (ft. Nai-Jah)
B2 - Anna est partie (ft. Pat Kalla & Ayuune Sule)
B3 - Too Young To Die (ft. Olivya)
C1 - Mtae Rock
C2 - Sane Kunda (ft. Lass)
C3 - Jolie Sarah (ft. Pat Kalla)
C4 - Les temps ont changé (ft. Fouley Badiaga)
D1 - Faché (ft. Pat Kalla)
D2 - Tu nous fatigues (ft. Fouley Badiaga)
D3 - C'est la danse
D4 - Life More
As a result, the Afro-Tropical adventure launched by producer Bruno “Patchworks” Hovart today leaves behind a host of hits (“On te l’avait dit”, “Spies Are Watching Me”, “Ben Bene La”, …), as well as trips around the globe and as many gigs and festivals, but also and above all numerous and lasting collaborations with singers like Lass, Pat Kalla, Sir Jean, Ayuune Sule, Rama Traore, or Fouley Badiaga, the latter which also marks its great return on two tracks of the album.
With C'est tout, Voilaaa returns to us without revisiting this unstoppable recipe, while seasoning things with a more Latin and Caribbean inspiration, brought back in Bruno Hovart's suitcases after several stays in South America in recent years. Introduced last spring with the release of a first maxi single, this new opus once again delivers hit after hit.
As on the already famous “Faché” alongside Pat Kalla, which displays all the classic assets of Voilaaa’s sound: punchy Afrobeat horns, woozy chords and crunchy clavinet licks rising above a low-slung, hypnotic, dub disco-meets-Afro-boogie groove. The rest of the album is not to be outdone with a total of 14 wild tracks entirely composed by an unstoppable Bruno Hovart.
Two exceptions confirm the rule, a beautiful interpretation of the song "Love and Death" by Ebo Taylor, where Voilaaa's Afro skills perfectly melt with Angolan and Brazilian vapors, beamed by Joao Selva's lovely vocals; as well as a magical cover of “Too Young to Die”, transporting Jamiroquai to the crossroads of Africa and the Antilles, carried by the superb vocal performance of singer Olivya (Dowdelin) for a first collaboration.
Well, Voilaaa is back as its best, “that’s all” (C’est tout).
A1 - L'Intro
A2 - System System (ft. Lass)
A3 - Love and Death (ft. Joao Selva)
B1 - Trouble Travel (ft. Nai-Jah)
B2 - Anna est partie (ft. Pat Kalla & Ayuune Sule)
B3 - Too Young To Die (ft. Olivya)
C1 - Mtae Rock
C2 - Sane Kunda (ft. Lass)
C3 - Jolie Sarah (ft. Pat Kalla)
C4 - Les temps ont changé (ft. Fouley Badiaga)
D1 - Faché (ft. Pat Kalla)
D2 - Tu nous fatigues (ft. Fouley Badiaga)
D3 - C'est la danse
D4 - Life More