As IDO’s stunning debut release ‘Body Nostalgia’ just hit the shelves, we sat down with Valentino and Amila to discuss the label’s hopes and concerns, radical sound evolution and further release plans.
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Deepchord and Wolfgang Voigt remix Peter Michael Hamel
Thirty-six years on, Astral Industries reinterpret Peter Michael Hamel’s epic and sprawling 22-minute saga “Colours Of Time” LP with remixes from Wolfgang Voigt and Rod Modell (aka Deepchord).
Video Premiere: Mor Elian – Drum Vortex
Israeli producer Mor Elian is now back with her second instalment ‘Drum Vortex’, an alluring four-tracker featuring two original mixes and another pair of reworks courtesy of Dekmantel mainstay Joey Anderson and Exile co-founder Markus Suckut. Watch the video for the lead-track now.
Premiere: D. Futers – Never Givin’ Up
Inaugurating a new branch to Natural Sciences ever expanding family tree – the yet again cetacean-emblazoned Dolphin Traxx subdivision, UK-based producer D. Futers takes over with a catchy two-tracker fusing the best of garage-bass, breakbeat and house. Stream ‘Never Givin’ Up’ within.
Premiere: Naduve – Ready Set Go (Saturn Memories Tahini Mix)
Saturn Memories here slackens the BPM girdle, filling the original mix’s torrid club cocktail with a pinch of cooling synth modulations melting like ice cubes. A proper chiller for the hot days.
Premiere: Sepalcure – Loosen Up (Edward Remix)
Giegling mainstay Edward rework of ‘Loosen Up’ rolls the original breakbeat rhythm in shadow-clad barbed wires, darting spiralling synths and stealth melodic drives that’ll sure get you off your beach chair to dance your way in this sandstorm.
DJ Sotofett / SVN: Current 82 (12 Mix) / Dark Plan 5
Between the forward-moving swing of SVN’s airless techno roller and the sky-scraping lift of Sotofett’s track, it’s only a matter of taste. Quality itself is a constant.
Premiere: Baaz – Kraut House
Following up to his beautifully immersive debut album ‘Red Souvenirs’, released two years ago, Office founder Bastian Volker aka Baaz emerges with the label’s eighth release, ‘Untitled 08’, a four-track EP melding subtle flowing house and deep ambient sketches with a gentle organic lean.
Bell Towers: I’m Coming Up
Since the drop of his ‘Lightrail’ EP on Public Possession three years ago, Melbourne-born producer Rohan Bruce aka Bell Towers became a vital player in the Munich family. ‘I’m Coming Up’ makes for his sixth instalment on the label and without a doubt, stands as one of his most accomplished slices to date.
Florian Kupfer returns to Technicolour with Unfinished
After first surfacing on Ninja Tune’s sister label last year with ‘Explora’, Florian Kupfer returns to the single-focused Technicolour with ‘Unfinished’, his sixth solo effort scheduled for release on 12″ on July 22nd and digital on August 12th.
Mr TC: Surf & Destroy EP
If C. R. Stecyk, III once contributed the Dogtown legend by sanctifying the now concrete-cast ‘Skate and destroy’ phrase in his famous article for Thrasher magazine, Glaswegian talent Thomas Lea Clarke aka Mr TC opted for aquatic obliteration with his second instalment for JD Twitch’s Optimo Music.
Herron and Joy Orbison team up as CO/R on Hinge Finger
After a two-year break from the recording front, Joy Orbison and Will Bankhead’s Hinge Finger venture is back in business, this time summoning the likes of Meandyou boss Sam Lewis aka Herron and Orbison himself as CO/R.
Premiere: Dino Sabatini – The Unexpected (ASC’s Grey Area Remix)
A few months after the launch of Outis Music’s new Opera series and the drop of his sophomore album ‘Omonimo’, Dino Sabatini is back with ‘Concentrica’, a 4-track remix EP collating reworks from Howie B., ASC, Antonello Salis and the label boss himself. Stream ASC’s rework within.
Whodamanny: Cosmic Morphology
As its title suggests, ‘Cosmic Morphology’ beats the jagged pulse of a transmuting flux, intrepidly rollicking through offbeat, experimental yet groovy fields rather than executing another line of tried-and-tested harmonics.
Premiere: Whodamanny – Tell me what (Post Modern Jazz Reinterpretation)
Having debuted earlier this year with a fast-moving, acidic-jazz inflected split courtesy of Marcello Napoletano and Richeart, London-based label Gravity Graffiti glide into hip-hop and disco realms for their sophomore release ‘Tell Me What’, featuring Japanese legend Soichi Terada and Early Sounds Recordings mainstay Whodamanny.
Hotel Lauer: Lauer & Lauer
Remarkably enough, the music of sibling duo Hotel Lauer has taken a further trancey turn with the ecstasy-seeking ‘Lauer & Lauer’, their first outing on Stuart Leath’s ever-inspired [Emotional] Especial. Sharing a similar cold wave’y approach to synth melodies doped on beefy electro-bass tubes and crisp, compressed kicks, their sound gained a sheer rave energy and magnitude.