If you thought that Boards Of Canada was everything… think again. Casino Versus Japan is back with an 80 track compilation of immersive guitar loops and blissed-out harmonies. We caught up with Erik Kowalski over Skype to discuss how Frozen Geometry came into existence and dissect his musical leanings.
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Premiere: Togethrs – RawDawg
Hailing from Chicago via Philadelphia, up-and coming record label These Things Take Time line up ‘Compilation Vol.001’ featuring contributions from an international network of young, emerging talents. Our premiere Togethrs ‘RawDawg’ is a massive mojito-flavoured thermal weapon. Give up on your ski-suit, it’s time to grab the surfboard.
Patrick Gibin steps up on Altered Soul Experiment
After a first appearance at an ASE-curated night at OHM earlier this year, Blend It! honcho Patrick Gibin returns to Paris-via-Berlin outlet Altered Soul Experiment to contribute the sixth iteration to
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Premiere: Norwell – Dextran
Over the past few years, Budapest-based producer Norwell has been dabbling in a vast array of genres – from spacious house to driving electro onto elegiac kosmische and ambient drifts,
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Broshuda: Ooze Vector
Just as he does toy with shapes and structures through retro-laced, post-pop and graffiti-imbued collages, Broshuda has developed a sound that is steadily mutating from a certain ‘figuration’ to increasingly abstract forms. Moving from more calibrated formats to anti-normative fields of experimentation, ‘Ooze Vector’ is a striking example of this substantial evolution.
Premiere: Morkebla – Snow Canvas
Since its launch earlier this year Edinburgh-based imprint Czaszka Records has been on a roll, dishing out no less than seven releases in eight months – including choice transmissions from 1080p
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Premiere: James Booth – O.I.L
A couple of months ago we were proud to share with you a first extract off James Booth’s top-notch EP for the ever consistent Church. Today
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Blood Room: Dendera Lite EP
Following up to excursions on Cloud Bank and Speaker Footage, Blood Room makes his debut on rising intercontinental outlet SØVN with ‘Dendera Lite’, a nine-tracker featuring fellow Seagrave affiliates Graham Dunning, A I W A and 99LETTERS and more on remix duties. Stream the full release within.
Abu AMA: Arabxo Ishara
“Arabxo Ishara” by Abu Ama isn’t a political work of art. It’s simply an album of electronic music – samples, beats and rumbling bass. Through it’s collage style production however, it somehow captures all that’s good about living in a culturally diverse community, locally and globally.
Casino Versus Japan lines up 80-track electronica opus “Frozen Geometry”
Casino Versus Japan ‘Frozen Geometry’ follows four impeccable albums. From what we have heard so far Erik Kowalski’s new 80-track double cassette release presents his signature blend of expansive guitar loops, lo-fi electronica, blissed out harmonies and pure headphone bliss.
Premiere: Soul Tangler – Feel Love W/ U
You may not be familiar with Denver’s relentless tape-throwers Always Human Tapes as of yet but these guys have been consistently overflowing the ever-challenging underground market
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Premiere: Abu AMA – Kufi Wood Art
Today we are premiering Abu AMA’s ambient soundscape ‘Kufi Wood Art’, the seventh track from his new album ‘Arabxo Ishara’, scheduled for release 22nd August 2016 on Bokeh Versions. ‘Kufi Wood Art’ effortlessly eschews beats for a more timbral affair of woodwind and downtempo electronica.
Premiere: Nebulo – Rules
Following on from the first episode of his ‘Safari Suites’ released last year via Parisian label Odd Frequencies, Nebulo steps up with the second volume of his heavy-battered jungle trek on the boundary-pushing Seagrave, bursting the frontiers between brain music and intuitive body language through eight cuts of dense, archaic techno outbursts.
Premiere: Foans – Heavy Traffic
Los Angeles label 100% Silk travels to the steep canyons and uneven reliefs of the Colorado region with Foans, a young producer who first emerged last year with the promising ‘Schema’. Stream the vibey, pleasure-seeking ‘Heavy Traffic’ within.
Shifted readies ‘Appropriation Stories’ LP for Hospital Productions
Following his 2013 album “Under A Single Banner”, Avian co-founder Guy Brewer aka Shifted has unveiled details for his third album “Appropriation Stories”, scheduled for release 18th October 2016 on Dominick Fernow’s (aka Prurient/Vatican Shadow) Hospital Productions.
Premiere: Akasha System – Vague Response
‘Vague Response’, due out early next month via 100% Silk, makes for Akasha System’s proper introduction to a wider audience. Deploying six cuts of smooth coastal house with a gleaming audio patina, the EP sounds like it’s put the sun in a bottle. Stream the title-track within.