Perlon Welcomes Ivan Iacobucci

Ivan Iacobucci will debut on Perlon with his new four-track EP, Logic Solution. 

Iacobucci is an Italian DJ-producer and a recognised figure in his country’s house and techno scene since for nearly three decades. He’s released an album on Imprints,  2017’s Taboos, and has also appeared on Apollonia, Nite Grooves, and Smoke Joke Records. He also releases as Abstract Tune, U-More, and KGB. 

The release follows Maayan Nidam’s See Of Thee album and EPs from International Everything, Spacetravel, and Fumiya Tanaka on the Frankfurt-born label. We’re told to expect “four magic excursions through unknown territories.” 

Tracklisting

A1. Logic Solution 

A2. Platinum Tooth 

B1. Magic Tribulation 

B2. Android

Logic Solution lands March 22 on vinyl, with clips here.  

Memorial Home “America”

Earlier this month, Memorial Home released their debut album, World.

Memorial Home is a Barcelona-based duo made up of French producer Paul Roux and Belgium’s Jeremy Pinchasi. The duo also run the Rapid Eye Movement imprint, home to World and a series of outings from artists such as VII Circle, Edit Select, Nur Jaber, and Kas:st, among others. On their debut, the duo deliver 20 gorgeously produced tracks that showcase their immersive, cinematic sound, or as the duo state, “a soundtrack for a dystopian film yet to be written.” Across the album, the duo touch on trip-hop, dub techno, experimental techno, and downtempo in a wholly unique and transfixing manner. 

In support of the release, Memorial Home has offered up album cut “America,” an emotive, hard-to-pin-down downtempo track of searing intensity. You can pick up “America” below, with the album available to purchase here.

Due to issues regarding the GDPR, EU readers can download the track here.

Premiere: Hear a Heavy, Intoxicating Cut by Tsuruda

1985 Music will release its new VA, Edition 2, on March 1.

Edition 2 will be the first release to land out of the 1985 Music camp this year and presents 12 high-quality drum & bass and half-time club cuts from imprint head Alix Perez and label regulars Monty, Halogenix, Submarine, and Tsuruda. Edition 2 also features first-time appearances on the label from Fixate, Lewis James, Bredren, Razat, and Cesco. Like Edition 1, the compilation is curated with progression in mind, gradually increasing in intensity as it flows through otherworldly beat cuts, deep atmospheric drum & bass, and warped half-time cuts.

Ahead of the release, 1985 Music has shared a full stream of Tsuruda’s intoxicating “Kicking Wolf,” available via the player below.

You can pre-order the release here.

Tracklisting:

1. Lewis James & Fixate “Indigo”

2. Deft “Trips”

3. Cesco “Drones”

4. Tsuruda “Kicking Wolf”

5. Halogenix “Trouble”

6. Alix Perez “Poison Ivy”

7. SubMarine “IWY”

8. Alix Perez Ft Adeus “Over You”

9. Alix Perez & Monty “Good To Me”

10. Bredren “Swayed”

11. Monty “Decisions”

12. Razat “Simplicity”

Alex Smoke Unveils New Wraetlic Album

Alex Smoke will debut on Huntleys & Palmers with a new album as Wraetlic. 

Wraetlic is one of Glasgow artist Alex Menzies’ three aliases. He’s most widely known as Alex Smoke, used for his regular abstract electronics, but he uses Wraetlic for doleful doom-pop and Alex Menzies for his forays into television and media, where he has scored documentaries for the BBC and various other outlets. He last appeared as Wraetlic in 2013 with an album and two EPs on Convex Industries. 

Menzies himself last surfaced in 2018 with a collaborative Alex Smoke EP with cellist Maarten Vos and a contribution to XLR8Rplus. 

A remix package will follow featuring a swarm of Huntleys & Palmers’ favourite producers of the moment. 

Menzies will soon be touring an audio-visual performance as Wraetlic. 

Tracklisting: 

01. Bivouac


02. The Lost Master


03. Bang Bang

04. Bum Fluff


05. Tactic


06. Idioms


07. Indoctrinato


08. Doctrine


09. Song For Change


10. Rapture Logic


11. Sing A Song


12. Dybbuk


13. Spivate


14. Ship Of Fools

Ad Absurdum LP lands April 5, with “Song For Change” streaming here. 

 

XLR8R Has 20 Vinyl LPs to Giveaway to New and Current XLR8R+ Subscribers

XLR8R is offering XLR8R+ subscribers one free LP from Kratos Himself, with a choice between his albums Stay True and Loon Garden. 

Downtempo artist Kratos Himself has been quietly building a strong reputation since his first release in 2011. The Dutch-based producer and vocalist crafts timeless pieces of music that combine organic and electronic textures to gorgeous effect. His debut album, Loon Garden—available on yellow-splattered vinyl—was released in 2015, with Stay True—available on baby blue vinyl—following a year later in 2016. Both LPs were released on New York and Los Angeles-based label Youngbloods. 

As a token of our appreciation, we are offering current XLR8R+ subscribers and those who sign up now the chance to get one of these LPs. 

For those who haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so HERE. Once subscribed, email your full name, subscription confirmation page, address, and chosen LP to [email protected]. For current subscribers, simply email your full name, address, and your chosen LP.

Due to limited availability, the LPs will be offered strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. Subscribers are eligible for one album only. You can find more information on XLR8Rplus and the offer below the streams. The eighth and current edition of XLR8Rplus is here, with subscription details here.

XLR8Rplus is a monthly subscription service that allows XLR8R to continue to support independent music and journalism. Every month, we release a package for our subscribers, which includes three exclusive tracks from three different artists, a dedicated artwork and PDF zine, ad-free browsing of XLR8R.com, and other goodies along the way (sample packs, discounts, playlists, content etc.). So far, we have released eight editions, featuring tracks from Roman Flügel, Wata Igarashi, SIT (Cristi Cons and Vlad Caia), Vril, Janeret, Alex Smoke, Scuba, Huxley Anne, Fred P, Homemade Weapons, John Dimas, Cosmin TRG, Hunter/Game, Einzelkind, Robert Dietz, Forest Drive West, Julia Govor and u-Ziq, plus a sample pack from Daedelus.

XLR8Rplus costs $5 a month and each package, including the tracks, is only available to download for one month and only from XLR8Rplus—you won’t get the tracks on Beatport, Spotify, or any other platform, and only subscribers for that month will get them. At the time of writing, edition eight has just launched with exclusive tracks by Levon Vincent, Bruno Pronsato, and Lawrence—Levon also offered up the stems/samples of his contribution for producers to rework into their own productions. 

Chafik Chennouf & Katsunori Sawa “No Divine Savior” (Nene H. Remix)

Nene H has offered up her latest remix as today’s XLR8R download.

The remix lands on Voidance Records following a stellar run that has seen Nene release on the likes of Bedouin Records and Don’t Be Afraid, and perform live sets at CTM Festival and Berlin Atonal, as well as a string of mixes for NTS, Rinse, Crack, and Groove. On Voidance, Nene turns her hand to Chafik Chennouf and Katsunori Sawa’s “No Divine Savior,” twisting the haunting ambience of the original into a heads-down industrial bomb. 

Nene’s remix accompanies reworks by Samuel Kerridge, Stave, and Eomac on Mediate Between Them, a remix EP celebrating the work of Chafik Chennouf and Katsunori Sawa, out now on Voidance Records.

Nene H’s remix is available via WeTransfer below.

Due to issues regarding the GDPR, EU readers can download the track here.

Chafik Chennouf & Katsunori Sawa “No Divine Savior” (Nene H. Remix)

Nene H has offered up her latest remix as today’s XLR8R download.

The remix lands on Voidance Records following a stellar run that has seen Nene release on the likes of Bedouin Records and Don’t Be Afraid, and perform live sets at CTM Festival and Berlin Atonal, as well as a string of mixes for NTS, Rinse, Crack, and Groove. On Voidance, Nene turns her hand to Chafik Chennouf and Katsunori Sawa’s “No Divine Savior,” twisting the haunting ambience of the original into a heads-down industrial bomb. 

Nene’s remix accompanies reworks by Samuel Kerridge, Stave, and Eomac on Mediate Between Them, a remix EP celebrating the work of Chafik Chennouf and Katsunori Sawa, out now on Voidance Records.

Nene H’s remix is available via WeTransfer below.

Due to issues regarding the GDPR, EU readers can download the track here.

Marcello Ruggiu Shows How to Use Max for Live to Create Track Ideas in New Video

Ableton certified trainer Marcello Ruggiu demonstrates how to use Max for Live to create new ideas in a video masterclass for Point Blank.

In the masterclass, which was held in partnership with Ableton’s yearly Education Tour at Point Blank London, Marcello demonstrates how he uses Max for Live to inspire the creation of new ideas and take existing ones to new and exciting places. He demonstrates how he does this with a range of Max tools, including Mono Sequencer, Rhythmic Probability, and Dr. Chaos, among others. He also talks on how you can build your own tools and combine elements to form unexpected results and “happy accidents.”

You can watch the full video below, with more on Point Blank and its course here.

Alec Ness “Harbinger”

Alec Ness has released his debut EP, Temporary Awareness of Passing, via Against Giants.

Temporary Awareness of Passing is an affecting collection of tracks that touch on UK garage, sci-fi ambience, synthwave, and beat-driven pop. The release was recorded during a period of self-imposed confinement, and echoes Alec’s influences—Burial, Vangelis, and Aphex Twin—via deconstructed club tropes, introspective synth work, and emotive vocals.

In support of the release, which is available here, Against Giants has offered up EP cut “Harbinger” as today’s XLR8R download. Unfolding across three minutes, “Harbinger” is a gorgeous display of pop-infused electronics; a track full of gritty drums, searing synths, and thick engulfing atmospheres.

You find the download of “Harbinger” below, along with the full EP stream.

Due to issues regarding the GDPR, EU readers can download the track here.

Digby Returns with First EP in Over 12 Months

Digby Smith (a.k.a Digby, formerly Alex & Digby) will return with a new EP and the sixth instalment of Flash as a Rat. It will be his first solo EP after his brother, Alex, with whom he ran the label, tragically passed away a year ago.

We’re told to expect an “exciting taste of the future and a poignant nod to what came before.” 

This is captured by the artwork which inverts the colour scheme from the brothers’ first ever release on their own label, marking the record simultaneously the ending of one chapter and the beginning of the next.

Tracklisting

01. Briefmarken

02. Constantly 

FAARAT006 lands February 25 on vinyl only, with clips below. 

For more information on the brothers’ tale, read our story here. 

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