Andy Meecham (Bizarre Inc, Big 200, Chicken Lips etc.) releases his debut for Internasjonal with Vol.1 of a 2 part series entitled “2500”. All synth noodles and doodles written, performed and produced by Andy and one rework by Prins Thomas.
001.Features
Supreems – Us Together [LT028]
Firing straight outta the heart of Belgium comes a long awaited batch of euphoric, internet-curdled club missiles from Supreems. Having been sat marinating on Youtube channels and Soundcloud streams alike for a good 24 months, al three tracks have taken on even more pertinence and depth, coming at the end of a fractured and startled year of world events.
VA – RDY #35 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY035]
Ron Hardy housed-up disco biz. Chaplin Band – Il veliero, Willie colon – She Don’t Know I Am Alive (dub two), Tony Cook & The Party People – On The Floor (underground mix). All the real djs were looking for those for years. Grab it before it’s sold out, we have very few copies. A must have.
Paladin – Unknown Zones [MUSICA002]
Paladin brings us the contemporary sound of visionary uk synth-prog music via Berlin-based label Per Musica Ad Astra on his album ‘Unknown Zones’. Epic tracks dominate the record in true 1970s tradition, containing suites of music that elevate, transcend and transport the listener in his mind’s eye to faraway exotic realms of musical dreamscapes hitherto unimagined.
The Violet Hour – Utraviolet [CDA015]
The Violet Hour is the exclusive project of Panorama Bar resident Massimiliano Pagliara and Michael Greene aka Fort Romeau, for Berlin imprint Cocktail d’Amore Music. One Morning In The Future takes over the A side. A total dancefloor pleaser. Treating us with Chicago house-inspired drums and that kind of cosmic pads that make any seasoned raver jump and kiss a nearby stranger. The intensity never stops growing – with new melodic strings appearing unexpectedly, projecting the track to the rings of Saturn. An involving italo-classic bassline characterizes Ultraviolet, together with an explosive layering of synthy melodies. The B2 Prisoner Of Love is a seductive dialogue between synthesizers and classic piano, resulting in a comforting, romantic soundtrack for any space travels. These two tracks illuminate feelings of looking at a violet sky, but with different attitudes: the first pushes into the unknown looking for a happy ending, while the second is nostalgic and tender.
Playgroup – Previously Unreleased Bonus EP [YW00X]
Featuring 6 bonus tracks not available as part of the initial nine EP’s. ‘Dirt Biter’ is a return to the source raw hip hop instrumental, ‘Don’t Stop Dub’ a wild electro-funk workout complete with a demented electric guitar solo, ‘C’mon C’mon’ a decadent slice of sleeping bag style disco dub, ‘No Lube’ a heavyweight hi-nrg sleazy stormer, ‘Perc up’ a sampledelic hedonistic house bomb and Do It! a weirdo post-punk electro jam.
Umwelt / V-3.378 – Acid Avengers 003 [AAR003]
X.I – Last Waves SP
New release on Mind Records.
Manie Sans Delire – Untitled [JUNE011]
The return of Manie Sans Delire with seven new tracks on a double vinyl edition (12inch & 7inch) recorded in studio between June 2015 and July 2016. Manie Sans Delire is the project of June and Trenton Chase focusing on electronics, played and recorded live.
VA – T.R.U. Halloween EP [TRUHWN001]
TX Connect’s Gavin Guthrie is a horror soundtrack enthusiast and regularly DJs gigs with that premise. So it’s no surprise that he’d produce an EP that implements these themes. The T.R.U. Halloween EP is a special edition EP that collects and compiles 5 tracks from Gavin’s inner circle that range from 80’s era horror soundtrack chase scene music to dark techno. With the recent surgence of Survive and Stranger Things, this EP fits right in the pocket and is slated for a Halloween 2016 release.
Black Pond – Deepest Chasms [EE013RTM]
Killer electro/wave tracks by Black Pond. Black Pond is a collaboration of underground star Beta Evers and Jeff Galea from the legendary Eleven Pond. Known for her solo work as well as various collaborative projects, Beta Evers can be considered the godmother of German electro wave. Her beats are strict while her voice is cool and deep. Jeff Galea, who founded Eleven Pond in the mid-80s, is the master of energizing bass lines and emotional synth melodies. Deepest Chasms reflects their shared darkness in four melodic and atmospheric synthwave tracks that won’t let go of you.
Synth Alien – Beyond The Alpha Cygni [CDR007]
Synth Alien with a four tracker for the 7th reference of Clasicos del Ruido. ‘Beyond the Alpha Cygni’ its just one of those histories that someone could imagine while it’s watching the sky. Four cuts of melodic electro, that draw broadly, the map of an intergalactic trip, whose development will be different in any of you.
Savage Grounds – Atrocities [LXRC30]
Savage Grounds return to Lux Rec for the third time, with their third record. Atrocities comes after Unpleasant Music for Unpleasant People, released in 2015, and Over Fences, 2014. It is, as much as the previous 2, the result of investigations in music, live, composed with a minimum amount of instruments. The duo, comprised of CCO and Daniele Cosmo, worked with a Roland 606, a Roland 909 and a modular synthesiser. Experimenting with FM modulation and loose sequences. The result is concrete noise, anger, ghostly voices, and above all, the sheer conscience of human failures. Atrocities marks number 30 in the Lux Rec catalogue.
VA – Warehouse Sessions Vol. 3 [DL007]
DeepLabs is a Detroit based record label run by Luke Hess focusing on Detroit influenced techno for the dance-floor and in return building a strong community of likeminded artists. The third installment of the Warehouse Sessions Series highlights four artists: Deep’a & Biri, Jeff Hess, Hiver, and Mor Elian. Each track gives the listener and DJ a deeper understanding of the soul, character, and quality of each of these artists. Enjoy the music and play it loud.
Population One – The Move [RHM024]
Terrence Dixon returns as Population One, offering an unrivaled, dazzling excursion of late… “The Move” comes with an illustrious, energetic Orlando Voorn rework on the flip. Two esoteric portals into the Motor City mindset.
Leonid – Paris 5 [ITDR002]
Irish producer Leonid is welcomed on board of the Into The Deep Records spaceship for their second installment. Paul Smith comes up with a stellar 4 tracks EP cut for clubs dancefloors. Landing deep in planet X analogic territories, you will find Leonid distinctive acid grooves fused in heavy basslines with amazing percussion work for a mystic journey across Nibiru’s galaxy.
BXP – Acapulco [RA-1-002]
BXP sterling debut on RA-1: two warped deep tracks coupled by two heavy duty remixes by D’Marc Cantu on the flip.
CVBox & Micha Freier – Untitled [UWE014]
Yagya – Stars And Dust [118DSR]
Atmospheric and ambient dub master Yagya serves up Stars and Dust, his seventh full length album and second on Delsin. It finds the Icelandic artist perfectly pair melody and minimalism to create ten more tender tracks that will sooth both body and mind with a range of very real emotions. Electronic but organic, it is another complete work that encourages you to lay back and get lost in sumptuous sound.
Sendai – Ground And Figure [EMEGO232]
Editions Mego publish the third release by Sendai. Comprised of Peter Van Hoesen and Yves De Mey, Ground and Figure presents the duo reside in a more economic framework which allows the sound and rhythm they produce more room to shift, swirl and swim the circumference of the audio spectrum. Moving away from the twitchiness and anxiety of the earlier output Ground and Figure is a vast spacious journey from a duo in full control of their chosen path. Throughout Ground and Figure abstraction and rhythm weave amongst each other in such a sly manner that the resulting tension in the conflicting elements presents the listener with a hypothetical high-tech elastic percussive grid. A thudding, pulsating, shapeshifting ambient beast is summoned by these two creators working as one. This is machine music. This is hypnotic disorientation. This is an immense ambitious and refined world of sound and rhythm. This is the work of two producers who continuously try to top up their skills.
The Hipodrome Of Music 