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The Reflektor – Taíno EP [TSEP999]

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Technoindigenous Studies is the newest outlet of producer/composer Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker, aka Gifted & Blessed, serving as a platform for his many alter egos and side projects. As the name implies, Technoindigenous Studies is the union of modern musical technology with the ways and intentions of the ancestors. The first release on the label is from one of Gabriel’s lesser known monikers, The Reflektor. This new EP, simply titled Taíno, is a tribute to his own indigenous Caribbean ancestors. Each of the 4 track titles is taken from the Taíno language. Call it techno, electro, music to move to, whatever you wish. There’s room for your own personal interpretation. That’s what makes the Gifted & Blessed sound what it is.

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The Reflektor – Taíno EP [TSEP999]

HVL – Away From Everything We Know [OA002]

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HVL - Away From Everything We Know

Organic Analogue Records returns to present its second release from Georgian producer HVL. Away From Everything We Know, is the perfect balance struck between a meditative state and playful electronic experimentation, for all its subtlety it’s an incredibly detailed piece of work that deals in myriad layers of tone and pulse. To bring a fresh perspective, LA-based artist Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker, perhaps better known for his Gifted & Blessed project, steps into The Reflektor guise to drop a plush remix of ”Away From Everything We Know”.

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HVL – Away From Everything We Know [OA002]

Miltiades – Stmete EP [EVR013]

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Following his debut on the Greek label Nous, Athens based producer Miltiades resurfaces on the also Greek imprint Echovolt with a new four-track EP, deep and shadowy house affair that likes to go slow and purposeful. Comes with a remix from GB aka Gifted & Blessed under his lesser used alias The Reflektor. This is deep, immediately aged house music that takes you deep down underground and allows you to wallow in its beautifully warm open spaces.

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Miltiades – Stmete EP [EVR013]

The Reflektor aka Gifted & Blessed – Las Ruinas Mayas [WO-2K12]

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There has been much speculation about the significance of the Mayan system of timekeeping. Many researchers on the subject have verified that the Mayan long count calendar, which is only one of several advanced timekeeping tools devised by the Mayan people, comes to an end on December 21, 2012, with no real clear explanation as to what exactly that signifies. This musical offering is not meant to speculate on the meaning of this date. Instead, it serves as a tribute to one of the most astronomically, mathematically and architecturally advanced civilizations in the history of planet Earth. Each track is a tribute to one of the many Mayan spiritual sites known to date.

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The Reflektor aka Gifted & Blessed – Las Ruinas Mayas [WO-2K12]