Cultivated Electronics celebrates 10 years as a label and the closing of CE’s collaboration series. For this EP Sync 24 has teamed up with 4 electronic heavy hitters to deliver 4 tasty electro cuts.
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Plant43 – Grid Connection [SHIP044]
Emile Facey aka Plant43 is back on terra Shipwrec. On skeletal rhythm supports strings and bass intertwine, link and disappear. Facey performs audio alchemy, transforming cold chords into organic warmth, transfiguring electrical impulses into palpable emotion. Frigid currents flow through bright bars, ephemeral percussion snap at heels of soaring keys as Plant 43 draws you deeper and deeper into the bare and beautiful brilliance of Grid Connection.
Borusiade @ DO.G.S. Orthodox N.Y. (Milano) 13.01.2017
Tolouse Low Trax – Decade Vol.2 [ATN030-02]
Further unreleased jams from the great Tolouse Low Trax. The producer’s distinctive musical voice – wayward, dystopian, and fearlessly experimental – seems particularly fitting given recent political events. Opener “Calirough”, all sustained horror chords, distorted percussion and ghostly samples, is particularly potent, though the warped, metallic chug of “Hiroglyph” is not far behind. He returns to 4/4 pastures with the post-truth throb of “Wooden Words”, before imagining a bleak future on the intense hum of “Monia”, a typically dark and crunchy workout that’s as chilling as a Donald Trump presidency.
Antenna / Mark Du Mosch – Nokia / Heights Machine [BAL002]
Late night phone-calls, lonely connections & aviating trance. straight from our isle to your alley.
Lerosa – Subcouture [IDLE040]
Idle Hands presents the first 12″ of 2017 from Lerosa, a four-tracker beamed across the Irish Sea to Bristol. The ‘Subcouture’ EP sees the esteemed producer operating at the intersection of dubby electro and deep house, taking in the sub-heavy frequencies Bristol is known for, whilst retaining an agile and sleek simplicity. ‘Maryelen’ is a tight, yet pastoral electro track where dreamy pads contrast against tough, cutting drum programming. ‘Line Bass’ is a tumbling and bouncy number, that doffs its cap to reggae disco and features vibrant synths peppering the mix. ‘Scruffy’ takes on a slower and more playful mood, featuring light licks of acid and off kilter keys. ‘Subcouture’ is a subtle dubbed out house cut with a hint of shuffle.
Circling Vultures – Circling Vultures EP [SCS006]
The latest offering from US-based imprint Secret Studio Records will arrive courtesy of Circling Vultures, a project fronted by Chicago natives Justin Long (Hugo Ball), and Ken Zawacki (Dar Embarks). Circling Vultures’ sound is rooted in the hedonistic Midwestern rave scene of the ’90s, formed over a long history traversing the hedonistic spaces of that time—it’s a hardware-driven sound with a DIY punk ethos.
Realitycheck – Untitled Love EP [UTTU070]
Unknown To The Unknown bring in the new year with Realitycheck’s debut EP for the label – 4 incredible spazzed out tech houz jamz for the deeper listener.
33.10.3402 – Humboldthain Mixtape 2
Live recording of the great Drugstore Resident, 33.10.3402 from Beograd playing on 4 decks at the Beogradhain party at Humboldthain august 20th.
A Bleak Reality – Inevitable Disaster [MRT007]
Russia is cold, dreary, almost inhuman, one has to comes to terms with this harsh place. A Bleak Reality comes from there, he found his own answers and reasons facing all adversities and miseries of life. Lux Rec collected these and made a record out of them. MRT007 is an inventory of ways to fall. Lower than low.
(SB)[51] – Tractatus IV [NYH60]
Weird, loud and doomy tracks by (SB)[51]. Some of the best and darkest stuff we have heard all year so we are proud to drop that in your lap on the verge of the new year. You are getting some hard hitting analogue sounding slabs of experimental techno with kicks as deep as the ocean.
Vitanov – Fake Tapes N°4
DJ TLR – The Assasination of I-F – Part 1 – “Someone Has To Resist”
Steffi & Dexter – Zatlap [KLAKSON025]
The original Klakson funkateers Steffi and Dexter return to true form with three punchy techno/electro cuts. “Zatlap” on the A Side is a lush nighttime driving track with an urgent bassline powering all through the song while spaced out strings develop. The B-side’s “Kopstoot” is a pure funk workout in the Detroit tradition while “De Fles” builds a stack of airy pads on top of a playful question and answer bass riff to maximum effectiveness.
Infektion – Gates Of Dawn [ARTS025]
Infektion is back on ARTS with the next level of hypnotism. The 4 cuts are crafted with surgical precision. The Art of Hypnotism at its finest.
Nubian Mindz – Pulsing Heart EP [BAR010]
London-born producer Colin Lindo aka Nubian Mindz is not your average predictable artist. Generally speaking, the music is deep and rich, yet very direct and club ready, but with plenty of those unpredictable moments which made us go crazy for these tracks in the first place.
Chris Carrier – Sound Carrier #9 [SC009Y]
Sound Carrier label steps back into the limelight to hit us with another fix of quality techno from monsieur Chris Carrier. The Parisian producer presents three new extraterrestrial cuts.
Eli Verveine – Nightime Drama Podcast 001
DJ Spider – The Final Revolution [THEMA046]
Continuing with force into our 10 year anniversary celebration comes the second 12′ swiftly after the first. With such a consistent stream of inspiring creativity flowing our direction we have no choice but to keep up the pace. Thema 46 was hatched from someone so deeply ingrained in the underground that he barely needs an introduction. DJ Spider has been a mainstay on the murkiest, most disorderly dance floors for years. His sound is characterized by disjointed elements lurching around in a off-kilter yet magnetic way that forces you to move in ways you didn’t know you could. From the hell scorched, pitch bent echoes of ‘The Final Revolution’ to the lo-fi groove antics of ‘Distress Signal’, DJ Spider proves once again that no one can do it as perfectly weird as he can.”
Conforce – Kernel Of Truth / Oasis [DSC012]
Deep Sound Channel welcomes back Boris Bunnik, this time under his Conforce moniker. Two contrasting tracks are the offering. Heavy thump introduces Kernal of Truth. Angular melodies are painted on glass as a complex composition unfurls under the strain of galvanized percussion. The aquatic “Oasis” occupies the flip. Notes gentle lap a shoreline of burbling bass and distant percussion. Echoes are submerged, folded in on themselves, as absorbing ambience envelops. Two wonderfully different sides to the Conforce sound.
