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.
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Results156Kornél Kovács announces debut album ‘The Bells’ on Studio Barnhus
Hear ye, hear ye fellow disco-house heads, it’s bugle call time in the Studio Barnhus realm as label co-founder Kornél Kovács just announced the release of his eagerly-awaited debut long player, scheduled for release on 26th August.
Best Releases: May 2016
Fett Burger and Luca Lozano teaming up again, Madteo back with the christening release of his eponymous label, edit-sensei Mori Ra killing it with another batch of top-class revamps, Lee Gamble stepping up on UIQ for the first time… May got our processors on overheat! Here’s our monthly compilation.
Correspondant bring together Axel Boman, Borusiade & more for Compilation 04
Whilst celebrating their 5 year anniversary with a Birthday Tour kick off at Panorama last week-end, Jennifer Cardini‘s Correspondant has recently announced the fourth compilation on the label,
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Premiere: Earl Jeffers – Return To Forever Part 1
Skittish drumwork forms the backbone to a heavily-filtered swell of sub-bass bobbing up and down the hardstand whilst tapered strings nicely counterbalance an untiring eddy of raw, unpolished claps. Overwhelming.
Premiere: Pellegrino – In Deriva
Combining a sixth sense for oddball jazz inflections a la Sun Ra and electrifying boogie in Chick Corea’s Elektric Band style, we’re glad to present ‘In Deriva’ – a spirited cut pulsating to tantalising Rhodes throbs and afrobeat-friendly congas.
Farr Festival x Inverted Audio: Into The Woods With Detroit Swindle
With just 5 weeks to go until Heist Recordings takeover “The Terrace” at Farr Festival on Thursday 14th July we invited Detroit Swindle to give us a taste of what to expect. Their mix features music from Mr G, Doc Daneeka, Trevino, K-Hand and more.
Head-to-Head: Mark E + Eugene Whang
With Eugene Wang and Mark E coming together to great effect under the Public Release banner, and generally being good friends, we sat back and let them take control of the questions in this head to head.
Premiere: TCP – Twonga
TCP ‘Twonga’ is a high-spirited Afro-funk ruffling of wailing synth vibratos, bouncy toms and acidulous bass fizzling out in an upbeat carnival of colours. Join the dance.
Schmoltz: Bah027
Belarussian producer Alik Khomiak aka Schmoltz makes a return on the mysterious skull-emblazoned Bahnsteig 23 with two addictive edits of Eastern discoid and onomatopoeic punk-funk.
Mori Ra: Oriental Forest
Mori Ra’s ‘Oriental Forest’ is a memorable journey into the lushest recesses of the Asian continent ; mapping the melodic richness of centennial harmonics, endemic tropes and contemporary alterations with equal composure.
Farr Festival x Inverted Audio: Into The Woods with Helter Skelter
Ahead of his DJ set at Farr Festival on Saturday 16th July at the “Adventures In Success“ stage hosted by The Ransom Note, Ian McQuaid has recorded this Helter Skelter podcast offering an eclectic journey through acid, disco, electro, soul, funk and timeless bangers.
Altered Soul Experiment release Volcov and Red Greg – Japan Edition
As Altered Soul Experiment’s disco and soul-focused venture has now gone infectious on a worldwide level, the Paris-via-Berlin label have now reissued their first two instalments in a special edition dedicated to the Japanese market.
Jun Kamoda: The Clay EP
This is by no means a shy debut and Kamoda has clearly sought to embody the friendly, funky and hedonistic fervour of a Mister Saturday/Sunday party with three full on bangers all at peak time tempos.
Premiere: Prins Emanuel – Archibald Coteau
Speeding up the retro-futuristic autobahn at full-throttle, Prins Emanuel delivers a serious churning groover with ‘Archibald Coteau’. ‘River Pass By Three’ is released on May 12th via Moscow-based Isaiah Tapes.
Early Sounds Recordings announce Pellegrino’s debut album ‘Periplo’
Italian producer and Early Sounds Recordings mainstay Pellegrino announced the coming release of his solo debut ‘Periplo’ a multi-flavored six-track cocktail of fast-moving disco groovers, spacey jazz-fusion experiments sun-bleached funky melters.