After the praise for Morning Worship, released back in 2015 on Royal Oak, Portuguese duo Sabre returns to releases with the EP "Fora de Turf", pointing directly towards the dance floor. There is in "Fora de Turf" a certain idea of transient existence as a series of car journeys cruising the night with no clear sense of direction, recalling the gradual disappearance of public space and loss of community. The weight of Kraut references such as Kraftwerk's Autobahn or Stratosfear by Tangerine Dream is somehow clear in its alignment with a 1995 Carl Craig who had just released Landcruising
On the A side, “Condor Sense” and “Sem Terra”. The first one is a banger built around broken beats and repetitive synth chords that guide us through the drone landscapes on the background, very clearly marked by the 808's rhythms. The second one is anchored in a broken kick and on a growing acid line, punctuated by warm chords and some sliced pads that reminds us of the pulsating heart of the city of Detroit.
On the B side, "Condor Senses" and "Driving Bruno" got some sort of a gliding character. "Condor Senses" is the only track on the EP to accept the classic four-on-the-floor to guide some dubby chords along a quieter landscape where organic and natural sounds lurk. Is it dawn arriving? No. On the last track of the album, "Driving Bruno," Sabre get in the car and step on the throttle, full speed, on a bassline that could resemble some synthwave releases if synthwave had been lucky enough to be born a decade earlier and in the center of the state of Michigan. More

One of our personal favorites from 2015 gets the remix treatment. Remixes by Gifted&Blessed, Mark du Mosh, Duplex and Aera.

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Hailing from Lisbon, Portugal Sabre are delivering their debut release from Clone Royal Oak with a fresh take on house and techno. If you're looking for effective formular club tracks, then please skip through! Four playful and emotive tracks without any of the modern club dogma's, however strongly rooted in the more then 30 year long tradition of our musical culture. From Model 500's Detroit techno to even further back to the likes of Gottsching's electronics and Alice Coltrane's spiritual jazz. Sabre is giving us some personal music created from a subjective perspective evoking different kind of moods and emotions with their wide palette of sounds, rhythms and melodies. Even though this might be ''psychology for dummies'' you probably can say there is a heavy influence from their Portuguese culture and their hometown Lisbon. Warm sounding tracks with a cool (sea) breeze and some of the outgoing, yet laidback southern european character. But sticking to the facts... there is some wonderful and special music on this record!

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Hailing from the bairros of Lisbon, the Portugese duo Sabre take the helm of Tasteful Nudes' second single. The young pair follow up an EP for W.T. Records by expressing adoration for German proto-techno on a majestic scale across a sub-tropical backdrop. "Bali" comes on like a strong cup of psychedelic tea, leaping from a tapestry of gamelan plucks to gigantic, growling bass lines and prismatic synth arpeggios. "Ging" channels Manuel G?ttsching's hypnotic synth lines with the dance floor in mind, rubbing shoulders with a gregarious 303 bass line. More

The music fell into the lap of WT Records and it seemed only natural to release this 2 part big room art piece. Moon Temple is Gabriel Andruzzi. You may know him as the bass player of the well known defunct New York City band The Rapture. This well polished piece contains 9 tracks of delicate interludes, big room acid stompers, and weirdo spastic mechanical marches. There is no way to know if this release will end up in a big room, a sweaty basement, or a museum. It does not only sound good but there is a visual aspect too as both 12”s are packaged in beautiful silver foil cover designed by Moscow’s Art Crime. More

The music fell into the lap of WT Records and it seemed only natural to release this 2 part big room art piece. Moon Temple is Gabriel Andruzzi. You may know him as the bass player of the well known defunct New York City band The Rapture. This well polished piece contains 9 tracks of delicate interludes, big room acid stompers, and weirdo spastic mechanical marches. There is no way to know if this release will end up in a big room, a sweaty basement, or a museum. It does not only sound good but there is a visual aspect too as both 12”s are packaged in beautiful silver foil cover designed by Moscow’s Art Crime. More

WT Records unearths another gifted producer. Based in Hackney, East London. Tagwell Woods is a Primary school Teacher who has been privately working on some of the most emotional instrumental acid ever. Check! The music somehow portrays a romantic suicide due to unrequited love. Imagine a man bleeding to death on a one way trip to Mars. If you cant imagine that, what if the final frontier was more romantic?

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Bryan Ferry meets Carl Craig meets 909 drumtracks produced by an unnamed member of Throbbing Gristle. Chase Smith is a studio wizard living in Pittsburgh. He shares a studio with Shawn Rudiman and the boys from Pittsburgh Track Authority. A record so diverse that it makes total sense. Vocal sleeze, emotional instrumentals, and a beating drum track for the djs to play with.

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