Of all Dutch musical poles, Den Haag is certainly the city around which floats the most legendary underground mystique. To its name will for ever be attached
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Results349S.O.N.S: Shinjuku One Night Stand
After making quite a splash with the widely praised inaugural transmission of the T.O.K.Y.O series, released via his own eponymous imprint two years ago, mysterious producer S.O.N.S is back with the just as massive ‘Shinjuku One Night Stand’ – a six-track double pack larded with acidic salvos, augmented jungle moves and irruptive laser-battle gunnery.
Premiere: YancityGurl – In Your Strange Worlds
Operating out of Kazan, Russia YancityGurl made his first appearance on Opal Tapes a few months ago, curating the excellent ‘U S S R (Ur Social Status Resistance)‘
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Johannes Reigner: Hilbert Space Remixes
‘Hilbert Space’ feels like one of those archival discoveries, released low key in the nineties and never dislodged from the collections of those intrepid jocks lucky enough to stumble upon it in some overlooked indie shop. From the second it hits your eardrums it sounds well-worn with warm familiarity, yet not over saturated through pastiche.
Premiere: Glass Figure – Nowhere
Vocoder blazing and synth arpeggios glancing off, the Drexciyan title-track whizzes at mega light speed like a space-traveling vessel flashes across fields of asteroids, in search for a new planet to colonise. You’re in for a treat.
Premiere: Etienne Jaumet – Rebound
Founded in 2012 by Molecule in Paris, Mille Feuilles has made a name for itself by welding the richness of a many-sided palette of sounds with the sophistication of carefully
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Premiere: Javi Redondo – Narcotic Luv
Back on Jennifer Cardini’s label with ‘Hammocks Go West’, a three-track cosmic epic giving full vent to an infectious solution of quirky disco grooves, raucous technoid modulations and straight up funky staccato riffs, Redondo demonstrates the extent of his production skills with an ever-bold take on club functionality. Stream the italo-inflected ‘Narcotic Luv’ within.
Karamika: BAU002
Here we find Karamika continuing their chaotic exploration of raw, obsessive kraut and industrial motifs. Like walking the last corridor to the big boss’ dungeon in a vintage platform game, it’ll leave you both excited to outdo your own egotistic self and afraid at getting back to the real world. Get strange.
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.
Soulomon reflects on Magnetic Archive
As the release of his debut instalment for newborn Italian label New Interplanetary Melodies comes closer, we caught up with Soulomon to discuss the long-coming release of his 3-track EP and sound evolution. Stream ‘Magnetic Archive’ within.
DBRM: Faction
With Radioactive Man and dBridge picking up their DBRM alias again over on Craig Richards’ The Nothing Special, it is the sound clash of two very different styles that makes this game all the more intriguing.
2030: Prescience EP
Back with a third offering for French label CLFT, Italian producer Nico Campanella aka 2030 reloads the mother ship’s cannons with nerve and acumen, attractively summoning the ghosts of Drexciya, Galaxy 2 Galaxy and Der Zyklus for a timeproof, space-traveling treat.
Multi Culti – The Sound of the Universe
Whilst the ‘Moon Faze Sun Gaze’ compilation keeps slowly disclosing its treasures, we caught up with Multi Culti head honcho Thomas Von Party to discuss the label’s genre-mangling ethos, strictly limited Cult Box and even went for an in-depth track-by-track headcount. Stream Von Party’s tantric revamp of Manfredas ‘Glasswalk’ within.
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.
Album Premiere: Stéphane Laporte takes us into “Fourrure Sounds Vol.2”
We joined forces with Antinote to bring you the exclusive full-stream of the brilliant ‘Fourrure Sounds Vol.2’ and took the chance to have a talk with the gear-savvy Stéphane Laporte about his creative process and other mind-to-machine considerations.
Premiere: Africaine 808 – Everybody Wants To (feat Blind D.D.)
Grinding disco-savvy grooves, soulful vocodized vocals and earthy rhythms into a jagged funky strut, Leyers and Nomad serve up an infectious treat dedicated to sunlit outdoor celebrations and ecstatic nature communing.