New double CD inspired by the motion picture “Fantastic Voyage” (1966) and artist Osamu Tezuka. The soundtrack was initially made for the cinemix event at Cite de la Musique in Paris in May 2011. Composed and produced by Jeff Mills.
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Portable – Into Infinity [PERLON088]
New album by Portable. On the fifth longplayer, Alan Abrahams teams up with Efdemin, Johannes Schön and “Süd Electronic” labelmate Lakuti, to lead us “Into Infinity”.
Andy Vaz – Straight Vacationing [YRE028LP]
Andy Vaz’s Straight Vacationing, his first full-length artist album since 2006, registers as less a straight-up collection of dance-floor burners and more of a variety pack that mixes club tracks and full-fledged house songs. Listeners hungry for just ordinary 4/4 throw-downs will not entirely get their share of those, but they’ll also get a whole lot more on this dynamic and well-rounded set of eight album tracks and that is exploring House Music not just as a simple one way street, but give you a very personal view of the music we call House. Straight Vacationing dives into the genre in all it’s rich variety: From deep melodic, early Chicago influenced Acid House, Jacking-Jedi Mind Tricks to Disco-type grooves and last but not least excursions into Bizzaro World, with a vaz typical almost psychedelic experimental-edged Sound, it’s all there.
Planetary Assault Systems – The Messenger [OSTGUTCD020]
Luke Slater maintains his prolific output with “The Messenger”. His new album on Ostgut Ton stays very true and honest to the Planetary Assault Systems goal: a journey of discovery, to create new sounds which are not otherwise present in club music at this time.
HTRK – Work (work, work) [GI144]
HTRK’s Ghostly International debut Work (work, work) is a flat-lined study of desire and submission, sentimentality and dysphoria. The art-rock duo (pronounced “Hate Rock”) finished the album’s production while grieving the sudden loss of founding member and bassist Sean Stewart to suicide in March ‘10. And while that tragedy has certainly found its way into the music’s bottomless sonic void, Work (work, work), written from 2006-10 in Berlin and London, is about much more than abject darkness. On Work (work, work), HTRK craft a stark soundscape: achingly slow 808 beats, eerie synth arpeggios, vaporous guitar noise, and Jonnine Standish’s androgynous, detached vocals, dripping with reverb. And yet it’s the careful way the pair combine those elements—organizing and juxtaposing them with a minimalist’s attention to detail—that makes their music so emotionally devastating.
Ruth – Polaroid / Roman / Photo [ARC078]
Originally released on Paris Records in 1985 Ruth’s LP sold just 50 copies and was relegated to obscurity until the track “Polaroïd/Roman/Photo” started appearing on bootlegs and compilations in the early 00’s, slowly becoming the cult synth pop classic it is nowadays. An original copy goes for upwards of £300 on ebay and Ruth are a shining light from an oft forgotten music scene that is becoming increasingly influential today.
Tanz Ohne Musik – Hide and Sleep
The debut album from Tanz Ohne Musik, a project by Dan Serbanescu (The Pixels, Divine Muzak).
Precurseur Grand Bois – Round 1 [ZN006]
After closing their first series (Zusammen 1-5 was a more electro(nix) based series), a new project emerges. Precurseur Grand Bois is a concept of total art, a great project where the ”60’s meets the 80’s into the Zero Age”. A mixture of elements made of analog electronics, acoustic percussion and spoken word.
Federsen – Echo Relics [SSD04]
Very deep (which absolutely is a Silent Season trademark) yet very danceable album by Federsen, who shows us he is very capable of delivering high-quality, varied tracks that never lose the specific trademark we mentioned earlier.
Reel By Real – Surkit Chamber [ARTLESSLP001]
A.r.t.less presents the debut album by Detroit Techno veteran Martin Bonds aka Reel By Real. After 2010’s retrospective of his most seminal work, these are the first new tracks under his Reel By Real moniker since almost two decades. This album takes you on a great multifaceted journey through one of America’s definitive music capitals and the birthplace of Techno narrated by one of its very own musicians and a true ambassador of its soundtrack.
Forma – Forma [SP003]
Spectrum Spools present the debut album by Brooklyn’s minimal synth trio Forma. This is a self-styled tribute – and testament – to the enduring power of kosmische. Sumptuously melodic, with flights of improvisational fancy nicely anchored by taut, repetitive drum structures, it’s hard not to fall in love with this record. What really distinguishes Forma from the million devotees of German electronic music is their bold and often unorthodox use of rhythm, at times tending towards metronomic Kraftwerkian synth-pop, at others towards something even more viscous and otherworldly. kraut-influenced analogue electronics.
Cavalier – A Million Horses [DPC0362]
Agnès presents a full lenght album under his Cavalier moniker, on Drumpoet Community. “A Million Horses” is a 19 tracks journey through deep, dubbed-out minimal house and techno productions.
Legowelt – The Teac Life [LEGOWELTLP001] [FREE ALBUM]
Words coming from Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt:
“Ok people here it is the new Legowelt album which is free to download for u all Its got a hella lot deep tape saturated forest-techno tracks on it and when I say Techno i dont mean that boooooooooooring contemporary shit they call techno nowadays with overrated tallentless pretentious douchebag cunt DJs playing a few halfassed dumb mongo beats and being all arty fartsy about it.
F*ck that, I am talking about: Raw as fuck autistic Star Trek 1987- Misty Forests- X-FILES,- DETROIT unicorn futurism made on cheap ass digital & analog crap synthesizers recorded in a ragtag bedroom studio on a TEAC VHX cassettedeck in DOLBY C with an unintelligible yet soulfull vivacity.
if you like it you can donate some $ or Euros, Any donation small or large is appreciated u can paypal to: wolfers@xs4all.nl so I can buy more crap synthesizers to make stuff like this and repair my Roland Juno 106 which stopped working during the recording of this album…probably cause this shit is tooo deep and it just couldn’t handle it…. doesnt matter, the bottom line question is CAN U HANDLE IT???”
Prison Garde – Système Hermès [FREE DOWNLOAD]
Hieroglyphic Being – Re-Surrection [MFMCD017]
Hieroglyphic Being aka Jamal Moss presents his new album Re-Surrection on his own Mathematics Recordings. The album includes 10 raw Chicago tracks.
Omar-S – It Can Be Done, But Only I Can Do It [AOS6000]
Omar-S presents his new album “It Can Be Done, But Only I Can Do It”, on his own FXHE label. The album features brand new material alongside a number of previously released tracks, including ‘Here’s Your Trance, Now Dance’ and ‘Over To You’, a new version of the 2005 cut ‘U’, from much-loved 2009 Fabric Mix.
Model Man – Forever Strangers [BAP001]
Model Man is the nom de plume of the diverse Dutch man DJ Overdose. ‘Forever Strangers’ is the second Model Man release with dark dense electro pop, sinister and playful on the new Bordello A Parigi imprint. DJ Overdose brings you pain and sorrow in this melancholic journey to a rainy Parisian whore-house. Don’t expect any joy, just go through the motions and find yourself en route to a deserted subway station in the 13th arrondisement.
Neud Photo – Open-air Cinema [PYLON019]
Pylon Records presents an essential 6 track LP from New York via Detroit minimal wave producer Neud Photo, who takes the kraut of Kraftwerk, the sublime groove of early New Order, and the funk of Liquid Liquid to create vintage electronic masterpieces.
Cosmin TRG – Simulat [50WEAPONSCD003]
Romanian producer Cosmin TRG release his debut artist album, Simulat, on Fifty Weapons. Made up of 12 new tracks, each has been exclusively produced for the album whilst CD-only track ‘Fizic’ is the lead single, as it was already released in June. There are tracks which will work both on and off the dancefloor, but it’s the way they’re threaded together and make for one cohesive and coherent statement overall that stands them apart. Taking appropriate detours into deeper pockets; areas of warm analogue ambiance and abstract alien sounds, there are traces of everything that has gotten Cosmin to this point so far, all re-visioned with an ever shifting focus. Once again confirming Cosmin to be a producer in constant experimental flux, Simulat speaks loudly of an essential talent.
Andres – Andres III [M028]
Andres delivering his third album for Mahogani Records, featuring 6 tracks, a tasteful mixture of house and gritty, yet soulful downbeat tracks.
The Hipodrome Of Music 