The Icelandic winds from up north has now been captured on shiny vinyl for the first time, with the debut release of Mr Kuldaboli on Stilleben records. Expect top basslines and electric romance with the touch of Scandinavia.
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Marco Bernardi – Plat + Form P.F. [BT33]
BT33 drags back Marco Bernardi for his 3rd solo EP on brokntoys. Plat + Form P.F. finds Marco run ragged through time, revisiting his sleeper-project Octogen’s lost 3rd album alongside his latest productions. Cruising the dystopia, the EP moves through unnerving melodies hung against stuttering rhythms. Handstamped and with screenprinted sleeve.
Innershades – Ocular Unity [MTRON012]
Innershades presents a heavy and vibrant trip through electro, techno and acid on Ocular Unity, the 12th release on Berlin’s Mechatronica. Following up on his ”Aalst To Charlois” rave weapon released on the label last year, the Belgian producer continues to push his signature sound in new directions, maintaining harmony and once again underlining his undeniable strength in producing hypnotizing electronic music for the floor.
Karamika – 2.0 [OFFEN011]
Karamika is a studio creation from George Thompson (Black Merlin) and Gordon Pohl AKA Dussuldorf’s engineer supreme (Musiccargo / Kunstkopf / The Isolators…). This their second long player is a record full of mind games. Sounds leak from fractal-like holes, and are sedately trodden back into the cosmic fabric of the album. The noise of post cruise carpet.
VA – Cygnus Loop EP [NBL004]
New intergalactic trip delivered by Nebulae. 8 tracks covering a wide palette of dreamy and lushy textures, from melancholic idm to epic electro, all seasoned with a pinch of ambient.
Daniele Cosmo – WAV005
EVA – Eeinsam [PS007]
Dawns early shadows by Berlin’s UBahn Platforms, desperately running from his own shadow into the arms of a lover not found. EVA is a warm soul from the past trapped in a ice cold city reliving a modern Neues Sehen. Power Station presents his fragile story & namesake EP / single title ‘Eeinsam’ which is a romantic-wave masterpiece. Flip to the B side, the beginning of EVA’s loveless story actually starts here with ‘The Gitter’, gearing to machine funk territory and a naive outlook on what could be in-store for him. Finally P808 takes us into the (sub) consciousness of his mind, just as the 808 in the name suggest, toms pulsate like his brain scanning neurons over and over, searching for the answer, ‘Who will …who will love me?’
E.R.P. / Duplex – FR-DPX [FR-DPX]
Texan bandpass thrills and some harbour city sorrow on this split Frustrated Funk / DPX twelve. Frustrated Funk’s latest missive boasts cuts from two of electro’s most reliable artists: Convextion man Gerard Hanson (under the deep electro E.R.P. guise) and Rotterdam scene stalwarts Duplex. Hanson handles the A-side, delivering a punchy, club-ready electro workout rich in intergalactic electronics, Egyptian Lover style synth flourishes and restless drum machine cowbells. Interestingly, it’s a far bolder and retro-futurist affair than we’ve come to expect from the dreamy and emotion-rich E.R.P. project. Ironically, Duplex’s atmospheric and spacey “Molecular (Ovatow Reclock)” is undeniably deep and sumptuous, matching Hanson’s most melodious and evocative moments.
No Moon – Where Do We Go From Here [CKNOWEP15]
No Moon returns to Craigie Knowes with another spectacular 3-track cosmic exhibition. A journey of electronic voices, strange drum patterns, complementary bass and pads that climb and fall – all executed with a beautiful uniqueness.
Kosh – Endless Quest [EUDEMONIA003]
Next up on Eudemonia is Moroccan born and based Kosh. The 28-year-old delivers a versatile and funky techno/electro EP with breakbeat and acid influences. Any profits from selling this EP will be donated to Musicians Without Borders.
Jared Wilson – Great Lake Leaf Change [DEDA006]
CEM3340 – Compuphonic LP [LOP07]
Jauzas The Shining + Foreign Sequence – Talking Machines [NF22]
Jauzas The Shining returns to New Flesh Records, this time accompanied by his compatriot Eliot Forin aka Foreign Sequence. The unexpected duo delivers four killer cuts of high caliber. Very Sci-Fi-esque ”Talking Machines” takes place in a dystopian future and brings together a collection of powerful electro tracks incorporating elements of rawness, acidity, and melancholy at the focus of this intent.
Endfest – Mariahoeve EP [CCR002]
Cobra Club’s second release, Mariahoeve EP comes directly from the magic hands of Endfest. The EP is supported with amazing remixes by Mark du Mosch and Dj Overdose as Rotterhague. Meeting Mr Magpie on the A-Side starts it of by hitting you hard with a straight up Gloomy beast of an Electro track, the remix by Mark Du mosch takes this track to another dimension stretching it out and adding his much loved vibe to it. On the B-side the dreamy and at moments even poppy Electro jam makes you want to take Bus 53 straight to the sandy shore of Scheveningen. Dj Overdose’s Rotterhague remix flips it into a street version that has more of a link to harbour of Rotterdam than the beach of Scheveningen. Both sides come with a short version of the full length track ”Drank”.
Pasiphae @ Boiler Room (Maastricht) 22.03.2019
Violet Poison – Trauma Oblivion EP [BLAME001]
Violet Poison aka Obtane aka Bakunin Commando aka Diana Berti aka Francesco Baudazzi with the first release on Blame Records. Mesmerizing electronic music with a bit of EBM echoes, including a stunning remix by Broken English Club.
Harmonious Thelonious – Kabriman [MNSX015]
Harmonious Thelonious’s ethnomusicologic journeys to the African continent continues with a burning package of 3 rhythmic tracks inspired by American minimalist music and African rhythm patterns. A primordial soup of polyrhythms and dense harmonics hypnotise the body into movement, transporting the origins of dance music to neoteric audiences.
Artrax – Intersections #73
Gladkazuka – The Drop [COMEME049]
Gregorio Gomez aka Gladkazuka is a mythical figure from Medellin’s underground nightlife, contributing since pre-smartphone ages with energetic live sets to the celebration of life in the convulsive surrounding of the Colombian city. He is back on Cómeme with a full EP in which highly emotive and sensual electro dance fantasies culminate to ‘The Drop’. Gomez’ creations are nocturnal and lush, utopian and melancholic – underground dance pop that would be mainstream in a better world.
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