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The one and only of ficial reissue of a stunning work by Moggi, better known as Piero Umiliani. “News! News! News!” (1979) was originally released in few copies on the small imprint Sound Work Shop, both label and recording studio owned by the cult maestro. Musica Per Immagini gave another chance to its eleven amazing electronic and jazz tracks played by some of the best musicians who took part in the golden age of Italian music libraries. This sought-after album is the way the composer tried to tell us what were the experimental and futuristic sounds of the old media world, especially on paper, to which he has always been drawn. The titles of the tracks refer, not surprisingly, to a series of technical terms and some tools of journalism. “News! News! News!” thus represents the 'draft' of a different story of a fascinating music without borders, not necessarily composed for documentaries or films. Simply brilliant!

- John Talabot and Axel Boman collaborate on an eight track release as Talaboman
- Gatefold 12' double vinyl and digital
- For fans of John Talabot, Axel Boman, DJ Koze, Leon Vynehall
It's been over two years since Talaboman's 'Sideral' EP, a joint release out on Hivern Discs and Studio Barnhus. It was John Talabot and Axel Boman's collaborative debut and marked a new sound for the pair, consisting of rich synth motifs and vivid, afro-infused drum programming.
The two electronic artists have been independently successful in their respective careers, responsible for some of the most well-received dance releases in recent years (including Talabot's 'fin' LP and Boman's 'Family Vacation' LP) . Featuring on labels such as Permanent Vacation, Young Turks and !K7, Barcelona-based Talabot has become known for his unique take on chugging house and electronica. Similarly, Boman's refined his own dusky aesthetic via Pampa, Hypercolour and his own Studio Barnhus imprint.
Now, the pair come back together with an album's worth of material in a release titled 'The Night Land'. Due for release on (date), via R&S records, 'The Night Land' continues Talaboman's head-first dive into the deeper reaches of their conjoined musical creativity.
Nothing's really changed since their first release, apart from the fact that this time round they produced (in their own words) an absurd amount of music'. Writing sessions spread out across studios in Barcelona, Stockholm, and Gothenburg have given space to nascent ideas, where the two have been able to mature their sound.
The music is patient and warm, but also broad and diverse. 'Midnattssol' opens with atmospheric tropical panoramas, coloured by rhythmic stick hits and bell chimes. 'Safe Changes' and 'Brutal Chugga-Chugga' are hazy slow burners that crawl at a nonchalant pace, while tracks like 'Samsa' and 'The Ghosts Hood' are contrastingly more immediate and assertive.
'The Night Land', as the title suggests, is a journey inwards, an attempt to reach our subconscious and to document our dreams. We want to ignite hope and push imagination. Close your eyes and open your mind.' Even when many tracks involve the heavy use of synthesisers and distortion, Talaboman have been sure to keep things sounding organic and light.
There is no complicated message or hidden concept behind this release, it's simply two persons meeting and playing music, a catalan and a swede talking blip blop until we felt that we had something worth saying' - and perhaps unsurprisingly this impromptu style of working has resulted in an album that is rich and vivid, but also feels somehow pure and sincere.
The message is clear: Love is all this world needs. Loosen up those tight fists and give your sisters and brothers a helping hand and dance your anger away.'

New Verraco resurfaces from insurgency with rare sensitive excursions of techno & electro. High Tech bleeping directly from the guts of Medellín

Sonny Fodera announces his forthcoming album RISE on Solotoko. This follows singles including The Moment ft. Lilly Ahlberg, Back This Groove Up and Into You ft. Sinead Harnett which has amassed over 3 million streams. BBC Radio 1 support has come in for the album from Pete Tong, Danny Howard, Scott Mills and BBC Radio 1’s Dance Anthems.

The album marks Sonny Fodera’s most crucial body of work to date, released on his own Solotoko imprint. Boasting a range of quality originals made for radio listeners and club goers alike, the highly anticipated LP follows on from underground originals as well as a remix of Calvin Harris’ Promises which caught global attention with an impressive 10 million streams.

Resonating with listeners internationally, the release of RISE follows slots at EDC Week Vegas, Coachella, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and We Are Fstvl as well as a N.America spring tour playing New York, to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico City and more.

To celebrate the album pre-order launch, new single Scratch My Back sees Sonny Fodera and rising producer Biscits collaborate once more following their Beatport chart topping Insane EP.


DJ Support:

BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Clash, Mixmag, DJ Mag

Following the release of their critically acclaimed second album, ‘Isles’, Bicep continue to develop their Feel My Bicep imprint with a 12” from a fresh signee, Fasme. The French producer makes his debut on the label with a new 3-track EP ‘Home’.

Fasme is the project of Tom Ferreira, who only dropped his first EP in April last year and quickly caught the attention of Bicep after discovering the track ‘ICI’ on YouTube. Bicep first played these tracks in their FMB Radio show on Apple Music and a Friday Guest Mix for Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music.

His melodic sound is created on analog synths, evolving between acid, electro and braindance. Describing himself as “more of a live performer than a studio man”, Fasme will be supporting Bicep in Paris in October to celebrate the EP release.

Lopasura, on only its second release is evidently becoming a force to be reckoned with. Benedikt Frey's distinct rugged aesthetics toy with some conceptual ideas for each contribution; flirting with Greek mythologies, romantic legends and the idea of intricate layered meanings and rhetoric's for the EP as a whole. Coarse kick drums and clattering percussions are used in conjunction with epic industrial and machine-like synth lines, beautifully engineered and held together by the mixed emotions and moody atmospheres present in all three tracks. The genuine and heart-felt intent with Frey's work is undeniable, producing a fine and certain quality that will surely resonate with anyone in favour of the live and raw musical attributes he is skillfully displaying with each new release.

Gebrüder Teichmann's third album, - Lost on Earth , merges transcultural collaborations and electronic music between 90 and 130bpm. The album was recorded in a multitude of cities and countries including Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Nigeria, Kenya & Germany and features guest artists Abe Duque (NYC), Mc Psychotek (Bulawayo), Wura Samba (Lagos), Santiago Rodrigues & Signal Deluxe (Mexico City), Sasha Perera (Berlin), Max Turner (Noland) or the Kibera based art collective Masai Mbili. Crafted by jams and recording sessions round the globe, Lost On Earth captures the essence of a rough, pure and direct mix highlighting club, hip-hop, African influenced and deep tracks.

Brothers Andi & Hannes Teichmann, aka Gebrüder Teichmann, are electronic musicians, DJs and cultural activists, rooted in Berlin's techno underground and DIY-culture since the late nineties. The duo have performed at Berlin's premiere clubs including Berghain/Panorama Bar, WMF, Watergate, Bar25 and have hosted regular nights at Suicide Circus Berlin since 2009.
Over the years the brothers have collaborated with numerous artists across a variety of genres. Collaborations have included hip hop, contemporary, traditional and experimental music with collaborators including Ensemble Modern, Decoder Ensemble, Embryo, Joachim Irmler & Gudrun Gut, Foremost Poets, rRoxymore, Teknotika, Jahcoozi & Modeselektor or their father, multi-instrumentalist Ulrich Teichmann.
Andi and Hannes have put together several projects in cooperation with the Goethe-Institute, like TEN- CITIES, BLNRB & SOUNDCAMPs in Sri Lanka, Pakistan & Mexico, and established the intercultural electro ensembles KARACHI FILES (Pakistan/Europe), BLNRB (Nairobi/Berlin) & MONDMASCHINE (Mexican/Central America/Europe). With their label NOLAND they are compressing this diversity.
Their musical activities from DJing, giving workshops and playing live sets have taken them to over 60 countries as far as Afghanistan, Honduras, Sibiria or Angola.
Home in Berlin they've been curating several festivals, such as the - From Inside To Way Out at HAU Hebbel Am Ufer, the African Music Convention 2014 or parts of the WORLDTRONIC Festival at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

A new sub-label of the longstanding Canadian electro imprint Suction Records, Ice Machine — focusing on old-school wave/post-punk sounds — is thrilled to present a new, deluxe reissue of “Pow Wow”, the debut 1982 solo LP from Cabaret Voltaire’s Stephen Mallinder. Now expanded to a double-LP, and also released on CD/digital, it’s a definitive reissue which now includes Mallinder’s early solo discography in its entirety. This collection of mutant dub/funk/postpunk sounds just as fresh and contemporary in 2020 as it did in 1982 (note Autechre’s inclusion of standout cut “Del Sol” in a mix earlier this year), and highlights Mallinder’s crucial contributions to Cabaret Voltaire.

Some words from Mr.Mallinder on the scene and era from which “Pow Wow” was born: “It was an interesting, and inspiring, time. The primal caterwaul of punk was dying and lots of really significant things were emerging from the fires. Much looser vibes were in the air and there was a much more exploratory feel. Punk had championed a visceral, anti-intellectual approach but in truth the real characters brought so much more to the table, and what began to happen - from people like The Pop Group to Throbbing Gristle, and emerging scenes from No New York to Factory Records - is we began to embrace the art of it all. There was acknowledgement of the importance of books, films, graphic art, and experimentation with all those mediums. We were just as interested in turning over rocks to see what lay beneath, as throwing them. There was a sense of new magik emerging.”

“Pow Wow” was commissioned by the Fetish Records label, and recorded at the Cabs’ Western Works studio, where Mallinder would spend his days recording with Cabaret Voltaire, and continue on alone into night recording his debut solo material. “I slept very little in those days,” he adds, continuing: “It was done on 8 track and very multi-tracked, so lots of recording, then bouncing, and overdubbing, to get the integrated feel of the tracks. I became very adept at pressing record then jumping onto equipment to play it - it was actually a very 'live' record in that sense. I've always seen rhythm at the core of what I do so I loved the layering of counter rhythms. The sequence/arpeggiator parts were all drum machine triggers that were played live. It was about creating a distinct groove so arrangements came from weaving in and out of those linear grooves. It was fun to play everything from drums, guitars, keys, trumpet, percussion, tapes… and record and produce it all. Prince got it from me!”

Surprisingly, Mallinder’s first solo LP would also prove to be his last - that is, until last year’s critically-acclaimed solo return “Um Dada”, on Dais.

This new edition of “Pow Wow” contains 14 songs, and is housed in a recreation of the original, iconic Neville Brody jacket, painstakingly recreated using scans of Brody’s original artwork elements. The 2LP vinyl edition is in a reverse board, thick-spine jacket, and adds a 12”x24” folded poster/insert, featuring unused elements from Brody’s original designs, sketches, and instructions for the LP. The CD edition comes in a reverse board, 6-panel digipack.


2-11 from the Pow-Wow LP on Fetish Records, 1982.

13-14 from the Temperature Drop / Cool Down 12” on Fetish Records, 1981.

12 from the Fetish Records compilation The Last Testament, 1983.

1 edit from the Pow-Wow Plus LP on Fetish Records (Japanese pressing), 1984.

Zwei Jahre Nach Seinem Letzten Album - the Follower Präsentiert Axel Willner Sein Sechstes Kompakt-album Als The Field, - infinite Moment , Um Das Tiefe, Reiche Spektrum Seines Sounds Weiter Zu Beschreiten. In Willners Eigenen Worten, - musste Die Schwelle, Etwas Neues Zu Schaffen, Durchbrochen Werden , Wie Schon Bei Seinen Vergangenen Alben, Darunter Sein Gefeiertes Debüt - from Here We Go Sublime . Gerade Bei - infinite Moment Öffnete - das Verlassen Des Studios Neue Perspektiven Bei Der Schaffung Neuer Musik , Und Es War Der Opener, - made Of Steel. Made Of Stone , Der Als Erster Fertig Gestellt Wurde Und Der Ihn In Den Fluss Der Dinge Brachte Und Den - abschluss Vom Rest Des Albums Leichter Machte .
Dieses Album Ist Eine Direkte Soul-to-soul-übertragung, Die Das Selbst Mit Seiner Umgebung Auf Eine Nie Zuvor Erforschte Weise Synchronisiert Und Nur Darauf Abzielt, Die Richtige Balance Zwischen Enthaltener Emotion Und Expressiver Beredsamkeit Zu Finden. No Fluff, No Bluff. Mit - infinite Moment Geht The Field Direkt Ins Herz, Entblößt Alle Eitlen Und Nutzlosen Attribute, Um Sich Auf Das Wesentliche Zu Konzentrieren - Er Ist Hoffnungsvoll Und Wir Sind Es Auch.

The next instalment of quickly rising star Binary Digit comes on Seven Hills Records, following two EP’s on the Zeitnot sub-label. The Never Owned a 303 EP ups the ante into stratospheric energy levels. Feel good anthems ‘Acid Racing Head’ and ‘Luring Acid’ work wonders on the floor. While the headier jams ‘Ze7u II’ and ‘Never Owned a 303’ are better suited to deep off-kilter segments in the dance. Positively Drexciyan sounds feature in ‘Virtual Modular 2 Tape’, and a pure adrenaline rush inducing ‘Crazy 4 R’ makes this release a combination of different moods, Binary Digit’s most varied record yet.

Featuring the singles "You Were Right" and "Like An Animal!"
It's a journey through richly layered synths behind driving beats, atmospheric build ups and killer breakdowns - all married together with Tyrone Lindqvist's soulful vocals. From the heartfelt epic that is "Innerbloom," to the uplifting melody of "Say A Prayer For Me", 'Bloom' will have Rüfüs Du Sol fans fall in love all over again.

'Exhumed' is the first new release by DJ Harvey’s Locussolus project since their critically acclaimed self-titled album was re-released as 'Locossulous Expanded' in the Summer of 2020, including streaming for the first time.

Originally a part of 'Harvey’s Tales from the Nocturne', this EP comes off the shelf for a special Halloween release, led by the title track 'Zombie Sex Dream' which features vocals by original band member Tara Selleck and is accompanied by a demented video directed by bandmate Sam Fox.

Super Hexagon is a Leeds based party and newly founded record label. Their guests have ranged from the likes of Dj Stingray to Luke Vibert and Helena Hauff.

Their debut EP is a split record and features J.Wiltshire and Alma Construct, the latter having recently appeared on the legendary R&S label.

Für „Heartbreak“ machen Simon Green alias Bonobo und sein Produzentenkollege Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs für eine Dancefloor-gesteuerte 12“ gemeinsame Sache, die auf einigen der Grundlagen elektronischer Musik aufbaut und eine Linie vom NYC der 1980er Jahre zu heutigen Warehouse-Partys zieht. Nachdem sich beide um 2015 in L.A. niedergelassen hatten, schlossen die beiden britischen Künstler Bonobo und TEED schnell eine Freundschaft. In den folgenden Jahren traten sie bei den Auftritten des jeweils anderen auf und tauschten Demos aus. Die 12" ist die erste, die über Bonobos neues Label, OUTLIER - das in Partnerschaft mit Ninja Tune gegründet wurde - auf den Markt kommt, und erweitert seine Veranstaltungsreihe mit Club-Shows und Festival-Takeovers auf der ganzen Welt unter dem gleichen Banner. OUTLIER wurde im ikonischen, wenn auch inzwischen leider geschlossenen New Yorker Club Output ins Leben gerufen und hat Bonobo eine Reihe von Nächten und Festivals auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks spielen und kuratieren lassen, zu denen bisher das Melt! Festival, Nuits Sonores, OFFSonar, sowie eine unvergessliche Nacht im Astra Kulturhaus mit Matthew Herbert, Dauwd und natürlich Bonobo himself, sowie andere gehörten.

"Emotional Response returns to the SchleiBen series, with another offering of 4 split albums. Again artists are given free reign, encouraged to push the boundaries of their studio and live experimentation in form and texture.For parts 5 - 8 the net is cast wide, from the psychedelic moons of Tomaga to Matthewdavid's meditative live improvisation, a collection of A Man Called Adam's commissioned sound-works to Jon Keliehor's new age visions.
First Tomaga, a duo that grew out of engine of psychedelic rock outfit, The Oscillation, to become a respected entity of it's own. Featuring long time friend of the label, Tom Relleen and drummer extraordinaire Valentine Ma, the project has grown to become greater than the sum of its parts. With 4 albums in 3 years and one more upcoming - plus their ridiculously overlooked solitary remix of Not Waving for the label - the output doesn't come close to matching their live "events", from almost constant touring.
The 2 pieces were recorded in an improvised session as an interzone between their last album, which was recorded entirely in non-studio spaces and their newer material. Featuring heavily processed long form studio recordings, the pieces, with Tom's bass and audio manipulation set over Valentine's exemplarily, intricate percussive interplay, provide a perfect, brooding introduction to the second series of SchleiBen.
This is contrasted with the first 'official' solo output of Neil Tolliday. As Nail, he has gained respect for over 25 years crafting deep, bumpin' House music on labels like DiY Discs, Remote and Classic, including the sought after Big D's Lounge album. After a sojourn as one of half of off-kilter pop duo, Bent, the Nail moniker has been recently resurrected for a new generation of followers.
Throughout this time Neil has recorded more personal music, initially for his own consumption, however some recently starting surfacing under various pseudonyms via digital portals. No press, no information about who was really behind the music was given before being deleted soon after. After some encouragement, here then marks the first appearance of Neil Tolliday.
On the two tracks included, these drawn out, eastern influenced, drone ragas are pure meditation from Tolliday's 4/4 output. With an upcoming album on Emotional Response, more is to come.
A welcome return to SchleiBen then, due course to pause and reflect, emptying the moment to (un)listen.

Luv*Jam went awash into the Phantasea Waters with his trusted friends Melba and Sentosa.
At an infinite horizon they were met by an almighty swoop from their trusted Sparrowhawk - Helvyn.
Helvyn guided them to the Ocean's edge, where they bobbed together at the thought of their future dreams.
With a special thanks to a 'Devine' inspiration & YSJU.

The Underwater Island is a collection of four tracks from Grenoble based producer Denis Morin. Philosopher, gardener, father and sonic explorer. Our friendship dates back over a decade, with some of this music first shared during a visit to Glasgow almost 5 years to the day - when 12th Isle the label was but an idea. For ISLE009, Vague Imaginaires gifts us with autobiographical field recordings, FM synthesis and skilled sound design inspired by the ocean and the Drac river which flows through the mountains of his city. Harmonising natural sound sources with digital realms, he navigates through minimalism, ambient techno and flashes of dub inspiration. Morin combines these musical ideas with Roland TR-8, 303 emulations, hydrophone recordings and vocal fragments from Tunisia, Morocco and Vercors Massif.

Following a first vinyl appearance on You And Your Hippie Friends' 'A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos' (YAYHF 03) earlier this year, Mexican producer PAULOR aka Paulo Rodriguez gets ready for his first solo outing with Hippie Dance's sister label.

Curated by Rebolledo, the imprint has established an impressive talent pool within only three releases, including both veteran and upcoming talent such as Sebastien Bouchet, El Güero, Zombies In Miami, Beyou, Roman Flügel and more. It's a testament to the label's chiselled vision that an idiosyncratic and diverse group such as this is able to sustain individual approaches to electronic music while weaving a coherent sonic tapestry from all its ingredients, the whole quite organically being more than the sum of its parts.

Now, it's up to PAULOR to flesh out his own sound cosmos on You And Your Hippie Dance's latest 12' drop, presenting a concoction of salt-caked beats, riffing guitars and flexing bass that evokes a sense for space and untouched, psychedelic landscapes not unlike Rebolledo's very own desert funk vignettes. After 'La Race' (his contribution to 'A Very Nice Combinado Volume Dos') and the 'Discótico Desértico' remix for Rebolledo's 'Mondo Re-Alterado' (HIPPIE DANCE 10 LP) started making the rounds in tastemaker DJ sets, PAULOR caught a major moment of inspiration while performing at Monterrey's TOPAZDeluxe - which lead to the husky, hypnotic cut PAULOR'S BLUES, pièce de résistance and headstone in one, as it set the scene and also birthed enough follow-up tracks to naturally grow into a cohesive, full-blown EP.

From echo-drenched, beatless opener NEBLINA to the percussion-infused intrigue of DELIRIO EN CARRETERA, the athletic pop minimalism of AMIGOS or the slow burn of brooding mystery shuffle LUCES CALLING, PAULOR creates a unique, atmospheric sound panorama that excites minds and bodies alike. Adorned with a starry night sky, the record's cover artwork couldn't be more fitting - it's a dominant musical vista in PAULOR's work, whose vantage point is not necessarily a specific place (although all tracks were recorded in Xalapa), but a feeling of exquisite duality: the feeling of being lost between the stars, lonely and connected at the same time, a speck of dust and the center of the universe.

Featuring the much loved singles Take Me and Desert Night , ATLAS debut at #1 was a testament to the bands passion, work ethic and DIY approach to music. A labour of love, the album was written, produced and recorded by the band between two studios they built themselves - one in a remote farmhouse on the NSW south coast, the second in a hollowed out water tank under one of their parents houses.

“Their sound cannot be likened to any other act " - acidstag

The second psychedelic lo-fi kit.

You Are Now Entering The Fluffy Zone. 40% Foda/maneirissimo Proudly Presents One Of Rio De Janeiro's Best Kept Secrets, Rebello. The Cute-faced Producer Debuts In The Music World With The Speedrun Ep, An Allegory To His Skills In Nintendo 64 Games, Developed From His Gaming Sessions With Team Cafil. The Boy Is No Strange To The 40% Sound, A Fan Of Bomberman Hero And Other Video Game Soundtracks Since His Childhood (his Friendship With Guerrinha Dates Back To The School Years), Rebello Bring Us To A New Place In This Very Short 5-track Venture, A Place Where Pokemon, Jazz And Digital Synths Are Not Enemies But Complementary Things, Making The Perfect Soundtrack For When You Enter That Ice Castle Or The Zora Domain, The Level Of Chilling Cuteness Here Is So Crazy That It Brings A New Side To The Concept Of "smoker's Delight". The Record Opens In A Soft Downtempo Way With The Arps And Jazz Chords Of "ilha Enorme Minuscula", Following That It Comes The More Guitar-and-penguin-based "montanha Legal Legal". "passeio Arco Iris" Is That Fast Paced Repetentes 2008-style With Sugary Synth Hooks And Wah-wah Guitars (we Warned You: Is So Cute It Hurts). "reloginho Tic-tac" Is That Interlude That Might Make You Question If You're Living Reality Or Dreaming With Togepi Buying A Guitar And Trying To Cover Larry Heard Records From '95. "desvio Areia Terra" Closes This Wonderful Piece Of Work With Fake Flutes And Crazy Structure. It Might Be One-sided, But Its One For Your Dreams. The Beard-free Boy Is Here To Change The Mood.

Parallel zu seinem Mini-Album "Night Melody" veröffentlicht der Londoner Elektronik-Songwriter Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles eine limitierte Neuauflage seiner EP "Sonne" auf gelbem Vinyl.

Die 12'' war erstmals 2014 in die Läden gekommen. Der Titelsong beginnt mit einem "sehr subtilen Set von Melodien, welches sich fast gänzlich ohne Überzeugung wiederholt, um dann schrittweise einer riesigen Collage an Farbe und Kraft Platz zu machen", um es mit Wests Worten auszudrücken. Indem es sich nicht auf einen konventionellen Beat verlässt, ist dieses Stück ein erstklassiges Beispiel dafür, wie ein analoger Synthesizer die Kraft und das Moment einer ganzen Rhythmusgruppe erschaffen kann.

Von den verzerrten Wellen in "3 Chords", gleichermaßen wachsend und schrumpfend, bis hin zu den sich kontinuierlich beschleunigenden und verlangsamenden, rhythmischen Wellen in "Recovery", bilden der Moog Voyager, Prophet und ein altes Bandverzögerungsgerät den Kernsound der EP. In Songs wie "Helios", "Haunt' und "Think Tank" ist West wiederum live an der Akustik-Gitarre oder dem Schlagzeug zu hören

March 2017: Alessandro Alessandroni's 'Afro Discoteca' is released on a blasting 12'' containing 4 cosmic/disco tracks drawing influences from African music – never published before these incredibly powerful and evocative recordings were rescued from an old dusty tape found in the Maestro's vaults.

The EP became an instant classic for diggers and worldwide tastemakers, bringing the name of Alessandroni to new audiences,
far beyond the circle of film scores and library music aficionados.

March 2019: Four Flies asks to a rock band (CALIBRO 35) and three amongst the most brilliant and visionary Italian DJs and producers (Jolly Mare, L.U.C.A., pAd) to rework the original tracks, giving them new life for refined modern dancefloors.

The result is a stunning collection of electronic/cosmic/balearic reworks, which respects the spirit of Alessandroni's compositions, projecting them into our present

Kristian Craig Robinson, aka Capitol K, is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer with a long history in London’s most interesting under-the-radar music places and spaces. With a musical story like his, you can expect side streams. New record ‘Birdtrapper’ is “the sound of an initiation rave in a utopian hidden village”, and his latest exploration of Mediterranean audio mythos following from ’Goatherder’ (2018). The six track mini-album was similarly formed from ritualistic improvisations performed in Malta (where Capitol K was born), using home-made flutes, reed pipe, bamboo percussion, drum machine, bass guitar, but this time features a wider use of synthesizers, with the alternative dance floor in mind. Where ‘Goatherder’ was an awakening of genetic primitivism, ‘Birdtrapper’ is an evocation of sonic bird callers, proto-rave abandon, ambient resonance and an ecstatic captive state, along with the previous work's visions of hunters, temples and scrub land music
‘Goatherder’ caused a quiet kind of quake and was beloved by The Quietus, BBCR3 and 6Music. Vinyl Factory described it as “like a series of manipulated field recordings that have an ancient, ritualistic quality … Goatherder shimmers with Balearic strangeness, rooted in an earthy outer-national dance music tradition”. For the last seven years K has been behind the consoles at the heavily influential Total Refreshment Centre, recording and mixing records with the likes of Trash Kit, The Comet Is Coming, Rozi Plain, Alabaster DePlume, Dry Cleaning, Flamingods Cykada, Ibibio Sound Machine, BAS JAN and John Johanna. It’s not just recording. He’s also become an influential if understated mentor to a new wave of producers and bands. His experience in studio environments is long and storied, including stints at Studio Plateaux on an island in the middle of the Thames and in the Royal Symphonia’s squatted rehearsal rooms. Capitol K has released seven albums and the 'Birdtapper EP' follows a legacy of influential releases on early 2000s electronica labels including Planet Mu and XL. Aside this he also runs the record label Faith & Industry. It’s a friends and family, love not money affair and he has released music by Champagne Dub, John Johanna, Super Best Friends Club, Blue House & Clémentine March.

Hailing from St Petersburg, Sasha Balykova aka Errortica was graduated from music school. Always obsessed with learning and collecting music, she’s one of the most promising artists from russian buzzying electronic scene.

On local pillar Test FM, she’s showcasing an impeccable taste and selection in her own Melomantica radio show by inviting artists from different horizons which allowed her to raise an evergrowing interest all over Europe.

By delivering sophisticated podcasts on countless platforms, Errortica revealed her mixing ability. She performed for Boiler Room Vilnius in 2019 and has been invited to Dekmantel Festival 2020, showing evidence she’s just at the edge of a brilliant career.

LYO is glad to present her inaugural vinyl debut with the «Safety Stowed EP» backed by a killer acid reinterpretation from Athens best Anatolian Weapons!

'Nervily funky, angrily melancholic, My Friend is an epic, Bristolian deep-house combination of haunting spoken word, feedback and squall, and hacked-up Rhodes. Frazzled but still stomping through Rome.On the flip, Me & Her is a foggy house jam, with a twinned palette of crunchy Rhodes and sampled drums. Just as tough, but this time the unease is lurking in the back somewhere rather than staring you down, as the groove stretches out hypnotically.'
Screen-printed sleeves with insert. Hand-stamped labels.

'Objet Melodie' is a combination of real instruments, synthesizers, drum machines and samples, involving genres from different countries of the world.

It's like being on a surreal oasis, where music is eclectic but also meditative or just for a dance. Interconnecting with the whole planet, imagining or living in different countries and trying to relate with diverse cultures and experimentation.

Lorenzo-Giulio Morresi, 'Objet melodie' producer, combined real instruments like Roland TR-707, Roland JUNO-60, a Gibson Memphis guitar, marimbas and steel drums with percussions samples taken from his personal record collection.

The other musicians involved are Stefano Ubaldini who plays the intro in 'Rituel' with an amazing hand-made guitar called 'Slitar', inspired from an Indian Sitar made with a broken metal window he picked up in a London backyard.

Fabio Mina is playing flutes on several tracks, like the Hulusi from China and the Nose Flute from Hawaiian islands. Giuseppe Diamanti plays tenor sax outros.

'Objet melodie' is inspired by sounds, technologies and traditions from planet earth, with the hope of staying interconnected as much as we can.

Repress!

Another sampling of the 'Vancouver Sound', as it is not known. The recording debut of Slim Media Player, with two deep (but not too deep) club cuts, toeing the line between 'just about heady enough' and 'I'll play this one later when more people are here'. Electric Sound Broadcast kicks off the flip with a thoughtful tribute to his favourite recreational vehicle; and Khotin brings us ashore with a track referred to as the 'EP standout' by someone on the internet.

"I've been making tracks in groups for the past couple of years and these three were loosely based on a Lovecraft style story, where an investigator shows up at an unfrequented hotel and discovers a supernatural cult. Bit of a reach? Maybe"

Pulsing, vocal-led club sounds meet dub-inflected, Afro-Latin percussion on Escape Plan, the second album by Swedish-born, New York-based multi-instrumentalist and producer, Thornato, coming soon on Wonderwheel Recordings. Thornato's latest full length features a formidable cross-continental cast of special guest vocalists, from Mexican electro-Latin dreamers, Sotomayor, Busy Twist member and Ghanaian powerhouse singer, Zongo Abongo to British Latin-folk minimalist and producer, El Búho. Produced over the last two years yet accelerated during lockdown, Escape Plan is the genesis of Queens-based, sonic voyageur and self-proclaimed 'sound-hoarder', Thor Partridge. Surrounded by traditional Greek, Caribbean, African music, at home in rural Sweden and eventually New York City, Partridge fell in love with sounds from all corners of the globe at an early age. Having trained classically in piano and guitar, Partridge became enveloped by the sounds of Dancehall, hip-hop and salsa pouring out from car speakers, shops and apartments on the streets of New York, before Partridge sought to go one step further and meet the people behind the music, spending time in Mali, India, Colombia and beyond, collecting field recordings, linking up with different groups out there, before diving into his own world of sound. "I was always interested in having a balance between more organic sounds and prerecorded sampled sound. I kept audio journals, I recorded conversations, I just wanted to record those special moments. I kept folders and folders of that stuff on my hard drive. Music has always been the centerpiece of it. As long as there is soul and connection, the recordings will carry themselves". Having learnt his chops DJ'ing at Bembe, a legendary global music hangout in Brooklyn, Partridge took up production, initially putting out bootleg remixes and edits, before redirecting his efforts towards nurturing his own sound and style. A period spent linking with different labels (ZZK Records, Man Recordings) and producers, MCs he met on his travels abroad and in New York, led him to releasing his debut album Bennu in 2017, an international melding of global psych beats, balearic trance and West African drumming, featuring Polaris-Prize winning Colombian breakout star, Lido Pimienta and New York staple The Spy From Cairo, picked up by renowned producer and DJ, Nickodemus and released via his label and "family", Wonderwheel Recordings. Part inspired by a recent trip to Ecuador (to work with Afro-Esmeraldan ensemble, Grupo Taribo), part determined to dig into his vast archive of recordings with the free time presented during lockdown, his new album Escape Plan is a kaleidoscopic 10-track collection of vocal-led, dancefloor-energising productions made by Partridge since Bennu, that you'll be wishing you could hear on a big club sound system. However, the central theme Partridge kept circling back to was this idea of an "Escape Plan", a concept he encouraged the vocalists to explore within their lyrics. "I feel like I've lived in the city my whole life. As I've got older, I've noticed I've become really rundown by the congestion, the pollution, the concrete. I was born in rural Sweden, I feel like the core of who I am really resonates with nature and so when I was doing the album, I was thinking so much about my physical and philosophical escape plan. I think it was a tension within me, and really wanting to bust out and that energy led to the tunes just coming out unconsciously better for the dancefloor". From the hypnotic trance-like Andean bounce of Out Here to the club-ready, twisted techno anthem La Niña Grande, featuring fellow Wonderwheel artist, Sotomayor, Escape Plan is full of richly absorbing and disparate layers. The glorious and beguiling instrumental and heavy 60s cumbia-inspired stomp of Break Away, is lively and conversational, whilst the galloping psychedelic old western meets slow house Fairuz of Yahawa featuring KarenBe & El Búho, and the uplifting, kora-led minimalism of The Fairest featuring Dancehall MC, Jahdan Blakkamore, drive the energy levels higher and higher. Whilst Partridge's "Escape Plan" out of NYC to the Catskill Mountains later this year is bang on track, his latest album might just provide the soundtrack to the rest of us hatching our own routes out of these crazy times.

Hot on the heels of ‘Mordechai’, the critically acclaimed third album from US psych-rockers Khruangbin, the Texas trio are set to become the latest act to present their own LateNightTales in the popular, long-running musician-curated album series.
Having first come to prominence in 2013 when producer and D.J. Bonobo included Khruangbin’s ‘A Calf Born in Winter’ in his own collection of songs for the series, the little known Houston trio had yet to release an album, but have since gone on to become international superstars forming their own exotic, individual sound. “The LateNightTales series is such a special thing to be a part of because we wouldn’t have made it if it wasn’t for Bonobo’s LateNightTales, because that’s how we got into the LNT family – and got a break.”

Higher Intelligence Agency was founded in 1992 by Bobby Bird during the heady days of Birmingham's legendary Oscillate nights, where he improvised & performed live, developing HIA's signature sound, as well being a resident selector. The first HIA album the ambient dub classic 'Colourform' was released on Beyond Records in 1993 followed by a second album, Freeloater, collaboborative albums with Biosphere (Polar Sequences/Birmingham Frequenceis) and Pete Namlook (S.H.A.D.O 1 & 2) & Deep Space Network (DSN meets HIA) & in 2020 released the album Preform, a collection of tracks from the dawn of HIA

Discatron is the new E.P by Higher Intelligence Agency, a 4 track 12" vinyl release with a bonus track included with the 24bit digi download (download code included with the vinyl) mastered & cut by Stefan Betke (Pole)

Discatron takes its name from a unique portable 7" vinyl player invented in Birmingham in the 60's

After the vinyl re-issue of HIA's classic debut album Colourform earlier in the year, Headphone Records now releases a re-mastered Vinyl & 24bit Digi release of the second HIA album Freefloater.

Recaptured from the original session tapes recorded back in 1995, freshly remasterered & cut by Stefan Betke of Scape-mastering / Pole, both the vinyl & digi files reveal a new depth & detail in the tracks that the listener will not have heard before. A fine-tuned upgrade to what was already a classic HIA album.

Origional Reviews:

"Hermetic it may be, but 'Freefloater' is superb. Birmingham's HIA have evidently spent the last 12 months with their heads jacked deep into their machines, gaining complete empathy with the gear. Chattering rythm boxes are swathed in modal, dubby synths, whats lacking in darkness and danger is compensted for in wit, intelligence and slink. All action remains patterned on the surface, so theres little more to say other than its a deeply satisfying listen". The Wire

" The new release from Birmingham's ambient dub-meisters carries on from last years hugely popular Colourform, an album that twisted heads in chill-out rooms throughout Europe and the States. The band describe what they do as 'low tempo blip- hop', a tag that captures the vibe of the music in which the space in between is just as important as the notes. In a perfect world this is what NASA would play to space shuttle crews in orbit. Also quite good for doing the housework". Hari Kunzru - Wired

"One of the finest examples of ambient electro released to date, Freefloater manages to be at once complex and accessible, laying melodic hooks over funky, often syncopated rhythm patterns and austere bass figures. Warm and detailed, it's easily HIA's best work". Sean Cooper (All Music)

"Its been quite a wait since 'Colourform' and the ambient dub explosion. At the time, HIA were at the forefront of a new electronica that sounded streets ahead of the happy house and rave anthems that abounded. Now, with the release of 'Freefloater' HIA are firmly established as clear leaders in their field. This album has a coherence and serenity that surpasses all comers, and a maturity and understanding of its craft that is second to none. Ten instrumental pieces that slowly seduce without a fuss, music that allows you space to give full reign to the imagination, clear of clutter and natural as day and night. Electronica as freeflowing natural music. No harshness, no teeth grinding nightmarish visions, just stripped down flowing soundscapes. Open yourself to the pure pulses and vibrations of HIA". Fly by Night (Planet)

microcastle’s third offering of 2020 welcomes Ivory back to the label for a new EP. Based in Milan, Italian artist Daniel Tagliaferri aka Ivory brings a surreal beauty to his innovative brand of electronic composition. As a perpetual favourite of Adriatique, Ame, Dixon, Lehar, Tale Of Us, Toto Chiavetta and Trikk, Ivory made his microcastle debut in July of last year with ‘No Scale Can Resize You’. Rising to #1 in Beatport Indie Dance and Melodic House & Techno, the release received praise from both his contemporaries and fans alike. Carrying momentum forward, 2020 has yielded significant creative successes for Daniel. The release of ‘Dreamers’ via Innervisions and ‘Hold Your Breath’ via Multinotes have proven to be two of the year’s most well received tracks. Now fresh off a remix for L.K.F Project via AZZUR, Ivory makes a welcome return to microcastle with ‘Light Through Water’.

As a much-requested track from Ivory’s sets, it is the arcane wonder ‘Time Lapse’ which gets the EP underway. Rhythmically buoyant, it’s rippling low end, kaleidoscopic synths and fiery percussion set the release on a course for aural enlightenment. Although best known for his warmer, musical prowess; it is the wintry quality of ‘Quartz’ which follows, placing Ivory in the unique spot of also being able to craft starker, more rhythmic compositions. A highlight in the sets of Trikk, it’s peculiar blend of titanium kicks, icy refrains and hypnagogic synthscapes set the stage for the robust muscularity of ‘Steam Machine’. A recent favourite of Toto Chiavetta, this austere, machine-funk delight appears to be set for dance floor destruction.

Moving forward yet stripping things back are the hypno grooves of ‘Minderals’. Another creation championed by Trikk; it’s slow burning drawl, percussive splashes and pyrotechnic synth design are perfect for the more astute connoisseur. The twisted echoes which lurk in ‘Minderals’ are decayed further still on the following number ‘Eufrat’, a track where Ivory’s elastic grooves and metallic sonics are set against a backdrop of pixie-like effects.

Trending towards the grandiose is the title selection ‘Light Through Water’. Pitched somewhere comfortably between dreamy reverie and symphonic bliss, it’s a piece equally at home above a festival skyline or sitting in the emotional sweet spot of an end of the night scenario. Captivating and poignant in equal measure, it’s widescreen nature tastefully melts down into the fluid tranquility of ‘Arpstairs’. Ivory flexes his borderless versatility here, as notes ring out into timeless suspension, while a gentle flurry of arpeggiated tones sweep their way across a bed of broken rhythms.

Ivory’s multifaceted ‘Light Through Water’ is a set of bold, synthesizer symphonies; a seven-act story showcasing a special talent whose unique sonic aesthetic continues to flourish.

Written by Mitch Alexander
Cover Art by Scott Sueme

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