Spaces Debuts on Bleep; Stream a Track Now

The Bleep discography has included big names such as Karenn, Marcel Dettmann, Autechre, and Oneohtrix Point Never, but for its latest issue, the London imprint and independent online store has tapped newcomer and “totally unheard artist” Spaces, whose four-track EP One will see release later this month. While little has been shared about the producer himself, EP cut “Lever” has been made available to stream below, and is described as packing “an immediate punch, with its Knight Rider-esque stuttering melody combining with neck-snap snares to deadly effect.” A second original track, “Apologies,” was shared via Boiler Room Debuts last week and can be heard here.

The vinyl edition of One (limited to 300 copies worldwide) is set to arrive on September 22, and a tracklist has been posted below.

1) Apologies
2) Outside In
3) Lever
4) In Wait

Eckoclick “Dream in Colour (2ndSun Remix)”

Since the beginning of this summer, 2ndSun (pictured above) has made regularappearances in XLR8R‘s Downloads section, offering up sleek club hybrids that have certainly gone down nicely. Now the UK pair returns with a new remix in hand, having recently reworked Eckoclick‘s “Dream in Colour” from the fellow UK duo’s forthcoming self-titled EP, which drops via Sonic Router on Monday (another remix of an EP track was offered for download courtesy of Bambooman last month). True to form, the burgeoning 2ndSun duo reshapes “Dream in Colour” into a more club-appropriate affair, splicing a resonant bassline and thick, faintly skipping rhythms into Eckoclick’s soul-strewn original track.

Dream in Colour (2ndSun Remix)

Stream a Track from Baba Stiltz’ Debut LP for Studio Barnhus

Baba Stiltz, the youngest recruit to Axel Boman’s cooperatively run Studio Barnhus label, has shared details of his forthcoming album, Total. The Stockholm-bred producer has already logged three 12″s with the label (not to mention two “dreamy folk-pop” LPs as The Bethlehem Beard Corporation and production work for Yung Lean), but Total marks his debut full-length produced under his own name. The effort comes described as a combination of “psychedelic screw-pop, minimalistic emo-acid, and opiate-drenched coming-of-age-ambient,” and is slated for official release on October 13 in double LP, CD, and digital formats. In the meantime, the premiere of album cut “Reality Sparks” can be heard below, where a tracklist has also been posted.

01. Missing
02. Reality Sparks
03. Rain Dance
04. Sun Dance
05. Ja Rule
06. Golden Eye
07. Aches
08. Drone Zone
09. Weeeb
10. Hotel Exile
11. Quest 1
12. Discovery – New Dawn

Korg Introduces New Electribe Production Stations

Part of its upcoming autumn line of products, Korg has revealed two new versions of its well-regarded Electribe series of hardware production stations. The forthcoming electribe and the electribe sampler (yes, these new versions officially use the lower-case “e”) feature new sound engines as well as 16 velocity-sensitive pads, amongst a host of other updated capabilities.

The electribe focuses on sound generation and live performance, and features updated synth engines which boasts 409 oscillator waveforms covering both analog modeling and PCM (the PCM engine is said to provide “mainly rhythm sounds, but also covers multisamples for keyboard”). Furthermore, the sounds can be generously manipulated using the unit’s switchable filters and modulation parameters, and can be further honed using per-part effects and groove templates. The updated version of the electribe also takes a big step into the computer age, being able to internally save and export patterns in Ableton Live format.

The electribe sampler appears to be a very similar unit, still featuring the analog modeling engine, but dropping the PCM engine in exchange for space to store up to 999 preset and user samples, with a maximum of 270 seconds of sampling time for each mono file, or half that amount of time for stereo files.

Full details for the electribe can be found here while full details for the electribe sampler can be found here. In addition, Create Digital Music has put together a detialed breakdown of the two forthcoming units which can be read here. A brief teaser for the electribe can be watched below; at this time the pricing and availability for either unit has not been shared.

Listen to the First Single from Aphex Twin’s ‘Syro’ LP

The first piece of audio to surface from Aphex Twin‘s forthcoming Syro LP for Warp has at last arrived. Serving as the the upcoming album‘s lead track, “minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]” finds the pioneering producer sounding as unclassifiable as ever, with constantly evolving rhythms combining with rich chords, uncanny vocal manipulations, and a series of sublime melodic sequences.

Appearing via Warp’s official YouTube page, the full stream of Aphex Twin’s “minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]” can be heard below; Syro is slated to land on September 23.

100% Silk Preps New 12″ from Vertical67; Hear a Track Now

Berlin producer Thomas Pahl (a.k.a. Vertical67) will return with his second 12″ outing for 100% Silk later this month. The six-track Aura EP (which follows Pahl’s 2012 effort for the label, Soulmates) will present five new productions from the budding German talent, said to be full of “faded neon, concave rubber basslines, fluorescent synths, and Roland rhythm patterns.” Furthermore, the record will be capped off by a remix from 100% Silk regular Octo Octa, who turns in a synth-focused rework of EP cut “Invisible Presence.”

Vertical67’s Aura EP is currently set to arrive on September 30. In the meantime, the chord-fueled “Heatwaves” can be streamed in full below, where the upcoming record’s full tracklist has also been included.

01 Aura
02 Lunatic
03 Heatwaves
04 Nightflight
05 Invisible Presence
06 Invisible Presence (Octo Octa Remix)

NEVERMIND “Slimer”

Since July, NEVERMIND (the collaborative project from LA producer Grenier and Petey Clicks, of Clicks & Whistles) have issued two EPs via Trouble & Bass—conveniently titled Part 1 and Part 2 (the most recent of which dropped last week)—and released a free pack of bootleg edits. Continuing on its prolific run, the freshly formed pair has offered up a bonus cut from its recent EP sessions, “Slimer.” Spanning over four minutes, the production places slinking chords between a half-time shuffle, picking up melodic synth sequences, gliding pads, and interlocking layers of hi-fi percussion as the bass-focused tune moves throughout its run.

Slimer

Swamp 81 Launches Sub-Label, Plans Monthly Release Schedule

Loefah’s Swamp 81 imprint will launch a new sub-label “committed to releasing the most up-front underground music, monthly.” Simply named 81 and announced earlier today via Facebook, the new endeavor plans to issue a release (available both digitally and through limited vinyl runs) each month, beginning with Mickey Pearce’s awaitedInstructions EP, with releases from Paleman, Chunky, and Zed Bias to follow. The new label venture will also be complimented by a bi-monthly club night of the same name, which is set to launch with a party at the Olso Night Club in Hackney on September 10.

While the tracklists for 81’s upcoming efforts have not been shared at this time, the freshly launched sub-label’s planned release schedule for the rest of the year can be found below. Furthermore, Swamp81 affiliate Mickey Pearce’s 20 Questions session, which landed on our site today, can be read here.

2014 Release Schedule:
September – Mickey Pearce Instructions
October – Paleman Beezledub
November – Chunky Oun-c
December – Zed Bias Chokehold

Avalon Emerson Announces Return to Spring Theory

Avalon Emerson has announced plans to return to the fledgling Spring Theory label this fall with the Let Me Love & Steal EP. The rising DJ/producer has already delivered two releases in the past year, including a 12″ for San Francisco-based imprint Icee Hot (a label co-headed by XLR8R editor Shawn Reynaldo) and the Church of SoMa EP which served as Spring Theory’s inaugural record. As a press release notes, this latest effort reflects the influence of Berlin—where Emerson recently resettled after uprooting herself from the West Coast—while steering clear of the “industrial clichés that typify foreign expectations of the German capital,” instead combining idiosyncratic sampling with driving rhythms to yield four versatile, dancefloor-centered cuts.

Let Me Love & Steal is officially due out on October 20, and we’ve posted the EP’s tracklist and a list of US tour dates below, where Emerson’s recent mix for Beats in Space can also be streamed and downloaded. Emerson also recently gave away clutch of remixes and edits; more info on the free collection can be found here.

A1. Let Me Love & Steal
A2. Let Me Love & Steal (Triple Scorpio Mix)
B1. Honest Gangster
B2. Honest Gangster (Arpapella)

Eytan Tobin “Spaiku Talks”

Born in Israel and now based in the Canadian city of Toronto, Eytan Tobin is the next artist slated to step up for the Rare Beef imprint, dropping his For Everyone EP via the label next week. Leading the forthcoming effort is “Spaiku Talks,” a sharp slice of beatwork which weaves crystalline melodies and hand-played thumb pianos amongst tightly wound rhythmic patterns. To this swirling, ever-so-slightly off-kilter base, Tobin adds only light touches of synthetic vocal textures, using most of the track’s three-plus-minute runtime to rearrange and gently manipulate the track’s core patterns. One of four productions to be included on the Canadian talent’s upcoming outing, “Spaiku Talks” and Tobin’s full For Everyone EP will see its official release on September 9.

Spaiku Talks

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