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Africans With Mainframes live @ Boiler Room Chicago 11.11.2015
John Heckle – Trema EP [MATH086]
John Heckle is back on Mathematics with this 4 track EP. Bringing back some serious textures and sequence in sonic mentalism. “It’s a Chicago thang don’t be confused or afraid.”
Jamal Moss - 4 This Is My Gherkin Life Vol. 3 [GHERKINCD003]
While Larry Heard only ever produced two 12″ singles under the Gherkin Jerks alias, the ragged acid tracks featured in those EPs have been hugely influential. Certainly, they made a lasting impression on Jamal Moss, who earlier this year decided to record a bunch of tracks inspired by Heard’s infamous blend of rugged drum machine rhythms, twisted acid lines, and heart-aching deep house touches. 4 This Is My Gherkin Life Volume 3 continues where installments one and two left off, delivering eight more killer machine jams which temper Moss’s usual balls-out approach to Chicagoan acid with a few melancholic, melodious touches. The result is another impressive set of analogue box jams, from the bass-heavy bounce of the intoxicating “Track 8”, to the spacey electronics and Detroit drums of “Track 5”.
I.B.M. – From The Land Of Rape & Honey (The Suppressed Tapes ) 1995-2005 [IT035]
Jamal Moss (aka I.B.M. – Insane Black Man) is a lost warrior of sonic truth. Digging through shoe boxes of cassettes, video tapes, and mini discs, we have collected the secret tapes of one Insane Black Man. This is an archive of the impetus of his genius, containing perhaps the holy grail of all Jamal Moss tunes The Land of Rape and Honey and Tribal Retribution. Artists on labels like LIES are still searching for these originals. We have taken them from their dusty and damaged condition and painfully & meticulously restored them. Now we can present these fragile raw and pure visions with the greatest level of quality. Finally the full impact of these ideas can be felt.
Traxx @ We Are Monsters, Monarch (San Francisco) 05.06.2015
VA – RDY #24 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY024]
Traxx – Dekmantel Podcast 034
The Angel Race – Futureshock Disco [MATH083]
Time for some serious maniac sonics for the world to enjoy the way Mathematics has been known for by combining the talents of two insane sonic visionaries, Deviere & Jamal Moss. A fusion of Larry Heard, Sun Ra, and Armando. This EP is to ease you into what’s about to come.
VA – This Is How It Started Vol. 5 [CHITOWN005]
‘This Is How It Started’ focuses heavily on the early days of the Chicago sound, especially in the formative years at Ron Hardy’s Music Box. Part 5 with a selection of old and new proto house inspired tracks. Including the killer Peaches and Prunes!
ORIGINS: Hieroglyphic Being
Traxx for NTS & RLR @ Dekmantel Festival 01.08.2015
Marco Bernardi – Motionless [MATH082]
Given the prolific nature of his output and close links to Jamal Moss, it’s something of a surprise to find that Motionless is Marco Bernadi’s first outing on Mathematics. It sees the Bristol-based Glaswegian in suitably nostalgic mode, dropping a quartet of tracks that pop and crackle with vintage analogue rhythms, raw electronics, and intoxicated acid lines. The A-side boasts two chunks of electro/techno fusion, with the vintage rave stabs, relentless drum hits and barely audible vocal samples of “Shiny Windows” most impressing. Flip for the skittering rave breakbeats, foreboding chords and undulating acid lines of “Finite Space”, and “Hater of Love”, a sparkling fusion of sharp electronics, bubbling acid bass and foreboding, anti-fun vocals.
Mark Forshaw – The Fuck [BH020]
Berceuse Heroique continue their quest to put out only the most distorted, dystopian and intense techno cuts by turning to Mark Forshaw. The wild freakery of A-side “The Fuck” is strangely alluring, with ragged, undulating acid lines and psychedelic electronics – most notable in a trippy multi-speed breakdown – sitting alongside head-mangling, in-your-face beats. The flipside I.B.M. aka Jamal Moss Remix is a little more straightforward, but no less intense, with juddering, cyclical loops and deliciously darting synth lines riding a pounding but rolling techno groove.
Traxx presents: Possibilities of Dance(balance n Unbalanced)
VA – This Is How It Started Vol.4 [CHITOWN004]
‘This Is How It Started’ focuses heavily on the early days of the Chicago sound, especially in the formative years at Ron Hardy’s Music Box. Vinyl Sampler 4 of a comprehensive journey in the essence of Chicago House Music is set too feature Mach, Robert Owens, Clandestino & Eli Escobar.
Gene Hunt – Living In The Land Part 2 [MD6002]
Killer Gene Hunt double pack from 1995, with 9 killer tracks spread across 2 discs. Heavy duty jackers. Released in conjunction with Trax and MAAD records.
Africans With Mainframes – Commission Number 3 [RHYTHM015]
Three more post-Chicago transcendental machine funk sessions by the Africans… You can’t stop the prophet.
The Pedestrian secret surprise appearance @ La Fête Triste Invite Frigio Records , Batofar (Paris) 24.05.2015
The Hieroglyphic Being Experience – Methods Of Transfer Book I [TABR031]
Few would argue there isn’t an old school spirit hovering around Glaswegian label Tabernacle.The next Tabernacle release includes are two original improvisations taken from a Hieroglyphic Being Live recording, and two versions from John Heckle, one which samples the live recording and one inspired by it.
The Hipodrome Of Music 