Ron Morelli – GeezerMix 011
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Interstellar Funk @ Dekmantel Festival 05.08.2017
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LOCAL Records Relaunch Party @ MNAC & Kran (Bucharest) 30.09.2017
After a two years hiatus, the Bucharest based label Local Records is back. They will have a relaunch party on September 30th at MNAC terrace (National Museum of Contemporary Art) stating at 7 PM. This occasion will be used also for releasing their new EP, coming from a new artist, Saluna. He will be joined by another newcomer, Droict, who is also preparing a release for Local Records and veterans Minus and Alexandru Jijian.
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L’amour Fou – Dujuan [SMALLVILLE052]
Due to thyphoon Dujuan, Move D and his friends Benoit Bouquin & Marco Wollenberg were trapped in the studio for a few days, when David visited Taipei in 2015 to play Corner Club. All the flights to and from the island were cancelled during the storm, so the three had some extended studio- and red-wine sessions. Looking back from now- these were all worth it and the best thing that could happen- 3 hazy and timeless cuts from the eye of Dujuan.
It’s Thinking – Afterglow [FOM002]
Frame Of Mind is back with another re-issue of a 25 year old record. Gerd’s very first house release called Afterglow, produced under the alias of It’s Thinking together with two of his (highschool) friends Mark and Dirk-Jan, was picked up by John Acquaviva for release on the short lived Plus 8 subsidiary called Malego back in 1992. The EP features five warm and atmospheric house tracks recorded at a dark attic room somewhere in the west of Holland in 1991. These days Afterglow is quite a sought after record that rarely turns up cheap on discogs.
Achim Maerz – Experiments [DBA032]
Hamburg’s Achim Maerz arrives on DBA with an expansive twelve track package. Split across a 12″ ep and a cassette, ‘Experiments’ is a collection of live, improvised house jams recorded in the summer of 2015 in the artist’s home studio. The title refers to the fast and rough recording of the material, with the aim of catching a mood before process and self-awareness take over.
Gnork / Luv Jam – Bonus Blorps [CCCUFO002]
Gnork and Luv Jam have worked closely together for many years now. The Blorp93 yellow vinyl surfaced in 2013 and since then, there have been a few secret cuts nipping about here n there. Those very secret Blorpers are here on one precise 12′, with ‘Sexxx in Space’ the biggie from Gnork’s Lost In Budapest Mixtape! LuvJam adds a few sexy dream nips for those DJ’s who like to add another dimension.
John Frusciante presents Trickfinger – Trickfinger II [ATLP007]
The Trickfinger project was recorded 10 years ago with no intention of being released at the time, made purely for discovery and learning experience. ‘In my opinion, making music with no intention of releasing it is the best thing a musician can do for his own development in this day and age. The Trickfinger LP was made in that mindset, and it was the beginning of a new musical life for me. When I hear it, it sounds like I am opening up doorways to new worlds, and I never have had that feeling listening to music I made for the purpose of releasing it and selling it.’
Lock Eyes – First Sight [LT035]
A soothing summer airstream coasting off of the Adriatic, Lock Eyes turns in four kaleidoscopic house & techno jams for the Lobster main label, keeping the summer sun rolling on through.
Shedbug – End Point Constriction [DPTX007]
Four trax for the heads and for the floor. Screaming acid with deep rhythms full of mesmerizing chords like these old Detroit warehouse vibes meeting ultra dope bouncin beats going into dreamy breaks. All captured in sonic waves from this Melbourne Salt Mine bloke on a heavy mythical mental mission.
Moda – Kemo Therapy [DPTX006]
Moda is kicking off the new EP on the Deeptrax label (DPTX-006). Big large suburban club tracks in flashing DIY style from this already acclaimed DJ/ Producer from Sweden. Banging the room with filthy lo-fi dance, groomy grimey basslines and stabbing 90’s rave sounds combined with clever aquatic accents for that perfect party mood. Dirty subliminal sounds riding the hard rolling rhythms….. This one goes hard and deep.
Snuff Crew – I Love Acid Fifteen [ILA015]
A poignant and thoughtful EP from Berlin duo Snuff Crew, dedicated to their friend, collaborator and labelmate Andreas Gehm who passed away in summer 2016, just after his own I Love Acid release. Four analogue acid hardware tracks. Remix duty falls to fellow hardware aficionado Perseus Traxx.
I-F @ Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 05.08.2017
The Exaltics feat. Rudolf Klorzeiger – Das Heise Experiment 2 – The Prequel [SOM044]
The Exaltics are back with new transmissions from their universe in form of the second part of “Das Heise Experiment”. The first part from 2013 on Abstract Acid will see his follow up end of 2017 on 2xLP inclusive a Comic book about the story of the Heise Experiment. This amazing looking shape picture disc, developed with the dutch artist Godspill aka Mehdi Rouchiche, is “The Prequel” release and sees The Exaltics in assault mode. Side A brings a stomper in typical exaltics style with deep strings and a pumping bassline like an alien invasion which is on course to earth. Side B begins with a cryptic alien speech signal transmitted direct from the universe whilst the second track is a collaboration track with non other than Dopplereffekt’s Rudolf Klorzeiger. Both artists together create a timeless electro voyage with sharp snares and fast running basslines and combine their both styles perfectly together. Every record comes with a download code for the release itself and 3 exclusive bonus tracks. This release is strictly limited to 500 copies. The outer contour of the picture is also the contour of the record and makes this release to something really special and to a high collectable item.
E.R.P. – Evoked Potentials 1/3 [SEM014]
Any new project from Convextion man Gerard Hanson’s ERP project is worth celebrating, particularly when it is stretched over three 10-inch singles. Part one of the Evoked Potentials series offers two typically on-point chunks of intergalactic electro. He begins with “Sensory Progress”, where vintage computer bleeps, throbbing electrofunk bass, spacey chords and yearning melodies wrap themselves around a snappy TR-808 groove. Flipside “Lodestone” is a slightly more atmospheric affair, where cascading synthesizer melodies and grandiose, deep space chords cluster around a shuffling rhythm track. It sounds a little like Drexciya jamming with Brown Album-era Orbital, which is no bad thing in our book.
The Hipodrome Of Music 