Mutek.MX 2015 Expands Lineup

Widely recognized as one of the world’s most cutting edge music festivals, Mutek travels down to Mexico for its 12th edition of Mutek.Mx, set to take place in Mexico City between October 21 – 25.

Featuring a plethora of artistic performances and educational activities, Mutek.Mx provides an ideal atmosphere for digital creativity. With each passing year, the festivals experimental mentality and the astonishing display of both visual and sonic performances continue to attract some of electronic music’s most formidable artists. This year’s edition will feature acts from Ben UFO, Allesandro Cortini, AR-P, Atom & Tobias, Vatican Shadow, Clark, DJ Koze and more.

This year, XLR8R traveled to Mutek Montreal to bring you an in-depth look at one of electronic music’s most forward-thinking festivals. You can watch the video below or check it out on XLR8R TV. For more information regarding venues, schedule, and tickets for this years edition of Mutek.Mx, head here.

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Premiere: Hear the New EP From The Cleer Consortium & Friends

Following on from its sold out first release, The Cleer Consortium return for the second release on Eye Shadow—the label run by the quartet of producers behind The Cleer Consortium.

With an aim to spotlight the underground techno scene in Newcastle Upon Tyne and the surrounding postcodes of Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and beyond, The Consortium are joined on Eye Shadow 002 by an assortment of friends—Ruthit, Jason Wright, Steve Legget, and Matthew Sogorski—for another belting techno release. The EP beautifully operates in the nether regions between house and techno, with four brilliant cuts of deep, dub-tinged club beats from the rising collective.

Eye Shadow 002 can be preordered over at Juno, with the EP streaming in full via the player below.

Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, Garrett David Headline Queen! at Smart Bar Chicago

House music will always have its roots firmly planted in the underground gay dance scene, with parties like A Club Called Rhonda in LA and Hot Mass in PGH producing some of the most liberating and unique events in the USA. 

Another name with strong ties to the LGBT dance community is Chicago music institution, Smart Bar. Having more than 20 years under its belt as a strong curator of weekly dance nights and residencies, the club is announcing that it has now remodelled its long-running gay dance party, Queen!. Known for his lineage of club nights, head organizer and Smart Bar resident Michael Serafini has taken the task of assembling some of house music’s most cherished and respected DJs for the rebirth of Queen!, including Derrick Carter, Mystic Bill, and Jacob Meehan. This night is not only about having the best house DJs in the world as its weekly residents, but also about its cast of characters and hosts, like Sissy Spastik and Jojo Baby, who give their heart and soul to the scene and make everyone feel at home.

Check out the event details for the next couple of weeks at Queen!, and check out this live recording of Derrick Carter at the opening party. 

Elektron Release First Record on New Label

Elektron has become increasingly well known throughout the years from manufacturing some of the most sought after drum machines and synthesizers currently on the market, including Analog RYTM, Octatrack, and the Overbridge Software. Now the company has debuted a new record label that will focus on releasing music made with its flagship analog equipment. 

The first artist chosen to release on EGR is non other than post-techno duo Plaid. The project is made up by producers Andy Turner and Ed Handley, and the two have been active in electronic music since the 90’s, collaborating with artists and filmmakers for over 20 years. The 12” vinyl will be limited to only 300 copies, and all of the proceeds from the sale of the records will go directly to the Macmillian Cancer Support charity. 

You can order the limited-edition record which comes out today directly from the Elektron website.

Moduleset “Point”

Texturally dense and highly atmospheric, Moduleset’s “Point” opens the Fissure EP with a bold statement of what’s to come. Taking stylistic cues from dub techno, Moduleset twist the formula into something altogether its own. Sunken pads swirl under earthquake-like bass, with crisp, snappy percussion writhing around on top. The remaining three tracks play in the same realm, a deep, hazy, and cavernous sonic world created by Moduleset. Fissure was released via the relatively new Brightest Dark Place imprint on August 7 and can be purchased via the label’s Bandcamp page, with “Point” available as a free download below.

Point

Premiere: Stream the New Nuage EP in Full

Project:Mooncircle is set the release the Neida EP, the beautiful new release from Nuage which features eight floaty, mysterious and elegant songs.

Inspired by a long lost tale from dark and cold northern lands, Neida is the story of a young boy who one day noticed an eerie call, so peculiar and odd that he could not resist but to follow it.

While it resonated through remnants of ancient settlings, the boy had to overcome many obstacles and solve numerous quests, journey through mystical forests, foggy mountains and ghostly villages, battle the forces of nature and lose himself in this adventure. Finally reaching the ocean after an exhausting voyage, a mysterious invisible force drew him closer and closer to it, suddenly entranced in a state between consciousness, floating underwater, lured by the siren of the sea.

Ahead of the its August 18 release date, via limited vinyl (including download code), the full EP can be streamed in full below.

Surgeon, Levon Vincent, Andy Stott, and More Booked for Unsound 2015

When experimental music festival Unsound made its first announcements earlier this year, it opted to omit some crucial information: its line-up. By way of explanation, organizers asked,”How do our expectations affect the value we place on music as an art form?” Now, with a start date of October 11 fast approaching, a substantive chunk of acts booked for this year has been revealed in one. The 2015 edition will showcase a number of high-profile pairings, including Birmingham techno veteran Surgeon with Gaga collaborator Lady Starlight, Shackleton and Japanese trio Nisennenmodai, and Rabit and Kuedo. Other highlights include The Black Madonna, Helena Hauff, Charles Cohen and Rabih Beaini, Holly Herndon, footwork originator RP Boo, and “new-age legend” Laraaji. More club-oriented offerings will come from Andy Stott, Zenker Brothers, Levon Vincent, Aurora Halal, Galcher Lustwerk, and Low Jack.

Still, as a press release notes, nearly half of the line-up remains under wraps, “establishing tension between the known and the unknown whilst playing with preconceptions we bring to the act of listening, especially within a festival context.” For full details, head here.

Berlin Atonal Relaunches Imprint with Cabaret Voltaire, Abdullah Rashim, and More

Last week, XLR8R named the upcoming edition of Berlin Atonal as one of this week’s don’t-miss events, but the storied experimental music festival has also shared some news of its own. On August 31, after 31 years, Atonal is relaunching its eponymous imprint. As Resident Advisor reported on Friday, Berlin Atonal Vol. 3 marks the festival’s first release since 1984, and features recordings from the 2014 edition with Cabaret Voltaire (who appeared live for the first time in 20 years), Abdullah Rashim, Miles Whittaker, and Fis. Previous installments in the series collected tracks from the likes of Psychic TV, La Loora and Z’EV.

Berlin Atonal Vol. 3 is due for a triple-vinyl release limited to 700 copies, and its complete tracklist can be found below.

01. Cabaret Voltaire – Microscopic Flesh Fragment
02. Cabaret Voltaire – Universal Energy (Live Version)
02. Miles Whittaker – Vagabond No7
04. Fis – Dist CL (Atonal Version)
05. Abdulla Rashim – Untitled
06. Abdulla Rashim – Untitled

Ipman Announces Debut LP, Depatterning

After two years of recording, Jack Gibbons (aka. Ipman) is ready to release his debut LP, Depatterning, via the Bristol-based label Tectonic.

Unlike a lot of electronic producers, Ipman has decided against living in an urban environment and resides in his rural hometown of Herefordshire where he managed to craft the LP while “embracing the luxury of isolation.” Heavily influenced by jungle and techno, Gibbons forged his unique sound by staying true to his experimental mindset and relentlessly modifying the synths, drum machines, and various pieces of hardware that reside in his sonic laboratory.

The various sounds, textures, and colors of the album run wild but come together in a harmonious fashion to create a truly noteworthy release. You can view the track “Gravity” from his forthcoming LP below, and order a copy of Depatterning on Tectonic’s website here.

Tone Of Arc Announces New Album on Om Records; Stream Lead Single Now

Tone Of Arc make its Om Records debut with “The Best Place to Fall,” the lead single from the duo’s upcoming full length, ‘Urgent Turquoise’—which will see release in the fall.

Rooted in Tone Of Arc’s signature punk funk style, “The Best Place to Fall” is a beautiful slice of dub-infused electronics, complete with Derrick Boyd’s famous, crooning vocals and the pair’s infectious vibes. The single also lands with a cover of Spandau Ballet’s “Chant No. 1” on the b-side, capping off a brilliant debut single for Om records.

You can stream both sides of the single in full below.

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