Subscribe to XLR8Rplus and Get Free Pass to Family Funktion Festival in LA

XLR8R is offering subscribers to XLR8R+ free passes to the upcoming Family Funktion festival in Los Angeles.

Hosted by Decibel Festival and listed, Family Funktion runs for over 40 hours from September 21 to 23 at Union Club in Los Angeles, and will feature performances by Daniel Bell, Lena Willikens, DJ Three, Sebastian Mullaert, Cassy, Kim Ann Foxman, John Tejada, and Mr. C, among many others. XLR8R is also set to host the Loft Stage on September 22 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with sets from Kate Simko, Dave Aju, Ricoshëi (live), Droog, Nikita, Ray Zuniga, WXC (John Wander b2b Luke Cheadle), and Kash Kingsley. Tickets range from $45 to $75 for the full festival and as a token of appreciation to XLR8Rplus members, current subscribers and those who sign up in the next two weeks will get free passes to the entire festival.

You can find more information on XLR8Rplus and the offer below. The third 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, content etc.). So far, we have released three editions, featuring tracks from Roman Flügel, Wata Igarashi, SIT (Cristi Cons and Vlad Caia), Vril, Huxley Anne, Fred P, Homemade Weapons, Einzelkind, and u-Ziq, plus a sample pack from Daedelus. XLR8Rplus is free for the first 30 days and $5 a month thereafter. Each package, including the tracks, are only available for one month and only from XLR8Rplus—you won’t find them on Beatport, Spotify, or any other platform, and only subscribers of that month will get them. At the time of writing, edition three has a little over a week left before it’s gone, and along with it exclusive tracks by Roman Flügel, Wata Igarashi, and Einzelkind. Don’t sleep on this offer.

SUBSCRIBE HERE and email [email protected] for your festival pass.

Offer ends 5 p.m. PDT, Saturday, September 22.

HHNOI “They Ate The Clouds” (Emseatee Remix)

Emseatee is the alias of experimental UK artist Leigh Redding. Redding’s music is influenced by “the concept of memory and nostalgia,” and artists such as Rival Consoles, Aphex Twin, Seekae, Max Cooper, Moderat, and Bonobo, among others, all of which feed into his emotive and melancholic sound. Like those artists mentioned, Redding has a knack for crafting affecting tracks that sit at the intersection of genres—house, jazz, modern classical—whilst maintaining a singular signature.

Late last month, Redding released his latest work under the Emseatee moniker, an eight-track album titled 21.06.2014. The album was conceptually written around a date, unfolding as a series of events and tracking the emotions and memory’s that took place at that time. The music is poignant and touching, flowing through engulfing synth outings, nostalgic beat cuts, and experimental introspections. 

In support of the album, Redding has offered up his remix of HHNOI’s track “They Ate The Clouds,” a five-minute exercise in shimmering electronics, as today’s XLR8R download, available below.

You can pick up 21.06.2014 here.

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

Spectral Sound Announces Fort Romeau EP

Michael Greene (a.k.a Fort Romeau) will release a new EP on Spectral Sound. 

In the past three years since Greene’s breakout LP on Ghostly International, the British producer has toured the world many and recorded for labels such as Running Back, Live At Robert Johnson, and his own Cin Cin imprint. Following June’s Pablo 12″, he now drops a three-tracker for Ghostly’s Spectral Sound offshoot. He last appeared on the label in 2015. 

Tracklisting

01. Untitled III

02. Organelle

03. Empire

SPC-140 will land on October 19, with vinyl pressings limited to just 350. Meanwhile, you can stream “Untitled III” via the player below. 

SHXCXCHCXSH Share Details of a New Album, ‘OUFOUFOF’

Swedish techno duo SHXCXCHCXSH will release a new album in November, titled OUFOUFOF. 

We’re told that OUFOUFOF represents the “beginning of a new turn” for SHXCXCHCXSH, one born out of a fresh conceptual approach to rhythm.

Having concentrated in recent years on music for more experimental scenes, SHXCXCHCXSH wanted to create music for the club, but not with the usual 4/4 approach—“…the main focus being our relationship with the dancers’ minds and how we do our best to fuck with them.” 

Stylistically, the project began with a discussion about rhythm, about what is interesting and what is not. The result is a conceptualized approach, one in which multiple sounds in each track are based around a single rhythmic pattern. This concept has been extended holistically, to track names and artwork. We’re told that what began life as a series of records has evolved into an eight-track LP of “twisted, polyrhythmic studies in pattern and texture.”

This will be the Berlin-based duo’s fourth studio album, and the sixth release on Rösten, the label they founded in 2017.  Elsewhere, they’ve appeared on Shifted’s Avian label. 

Tracklisting

A1. OUFOUFOF

A2. FFUFFUFU

B1. UUOUUOUU

B2. OFFOFFOF

C1. FUOFUOFU

C2. UFOFUOFU

D1. FOFFOFFO

D2. OOUOOUOO

OUFOUFOF will land on November 5, with a snippet of “UUOUUOUU” below. 

Premiere: Hear a Soothing Bass Cut from Wylie Cable ft. Laura Darlington

Wylie Cable will release a new album later this month, titled Buried At Sea.

The 12-track album will arrive via Cable’s Los Angeles-based Dome of Doom, founded in 2011 and via which he released his debut solo album, Water Under The Bridge, in 2015. Cable recorded the album over the last two years at Dome of Doom’s LA headquarters as a way to process the loss of his father, Arthur Cable. The literal meaning behind “Buried At Sea” stems from scattering his father’s ashes into the Pacific ocean, per his Dad’s last wishes. In the extroverted sense, the album theme is “a meditation on the emotionally complex nature of loss and finding the beauty of life again,” the label explains. 

Though the record is influenced by hip-hop and electronic music and rooted in sample culture compositionally, Cable performed a bulk of the album’s elements himself, playing flutes, guitar, electric and standup bass, keys/synths, percussion, and more. Cameo’s come from the likes of Daedelus, Kenny Segal, and Laura Darlington.  

The artwork stems from an original painting created by Los Angeles-based artist Wyatt Mills, made in close collaboration by the two artists specifically for the music and project themes. Buried At Sea will be available on vinyl, cassette and all digital platforms via Dome of Doom, on September 14, 2018, with special shows in support across the globe.

“My new album represents mortality, the afterlife, the soul, and the body. For me personally it also speaks to family, history, community, artist communities especially, and the fact that we can do more together than alone. Buried At Sea is the cyclical nature of time, the process of grieving, and ultimately, the road back to happiness and peace.” — Wylie Cable

Tracklisting

01. Making Tea For Ghosts

02. Oh My Night

03. Fiddlers Green (feat. Kenny Segal)

04. Pirouette (feat. Daedelus)

05. The Boy With Shark Teeth

06. Body = Tomb

07. Iced Oolong Tea

08. Karate Chop

09. Kitten

10. A Sorcerer of Questionable Morality

11. Dog Park

12. The Cave Dweller & The Sea Fairer (feat. Laura Darlington)

Buried At Sea will be available on vinyl, cassette, and all digital platforms via Dome of Doom, on September 14, with “The Cave Dweller & The Sea Fairer” (feat. Laura Darlington) streaming exclusively in full via the player below. 

Shlømo Details Debut Album, ‘Mercurial Skin’

Shlømo will release his debut album in October, titled Mercurial Skin. 

Shlømo has established himself as a driving force within Paris’ contemporary techno scene with a myriad of releases on Delsin, Arts Collective, and Soma, plus remixes for the likes of Oscar Mulero and Keith Carnal. The French artist performs both as Shlømo as well as his live ambient project under his full name, Shaun Baron-Carvais. He is also co-founder of Taapion alongside AWB and PVNV.

We’re told that the album is comprised of “enough experimental and left-of-centre nuances to satisfy even the most curious of diggers.” 

“This album is a return to my roots, I wanted to express and translate the inspiration from my early years into one body of work. Having discovered electronic music through labels such as Warp and their releases from the late ’90s / early ’00s, I wanted to pay homage to the artists that have guided my sound, and the first part of the album is a tribute to these influences. I was also the only kid in class that would buy movie soundtracks or film scores, and I wanted to convey the memories and emotions from these records within the LP.” – Shlømo

Tracklisting

01. Hadal Zone

02. Mercurial Skin

03. Maara

04. Napalm

05. Ivory

06. Low Key Love

07. Suicide Ghost

08. Maintain The Lie

09. Jäger Mod

10. Anastasia

11. Mouais

12. Minotia

13. Brother

14. Wish You Wee Here

Mercurial Skin is out on Taapion Records on October 29, with “Mercurial Skin” streaming in full via the player below. 

Courtesy Launches Kulør Label with ‘Kulør001’ Compilation

Najaaraq Vestbirk (a.k.a Courtesy) is set to launch a new label in October, titled Kulør   

Kulør means “colourful” in Courtesy’s native tongue and the label promises a “playful output,” we’re told. It will run alongside Ectotherm, the label Vestbirk runs with Mama Snake. Focus will be on talented producers in the Copenhagen scene. 

The debut release, Kulør001, features 10 dancefloor-ready tracks from Copenhagen’s “most gifted producers,” to be released as a 3×12” triple pack for the DJs. 

All artwork will come from Spine Studio in Copenhagen. 

“Sonically there’s something wild happening in Copenhagen at the moment, and I hope this compilation can act as a point of reference for people to start digging into the magic that these guys are creating. They have given me such amazing music to work with, music that I’m honoured to get the chance to release. It’s been scary to start something on this scale solo for the first time, but also extremely exciting. 

“Concerning Kulør more generally, it’s a platform where I have as high ambitions with the visual aspects as I have with the music. I’ve been lucky to work with photographer Fee-Gloria Groenemeyer in developing the artwork concept for Kulør001 and the graphic design wizards at Spine Studio in Copenhagen, who will be my visual partners in this project.”  — Courtesy

Tracklisting

A1. Schacke “Automated Lover”

Producer: Martin Schacke 

B1. Sugar “Drowner” 

Producer: Nikolaj Jakobsen 

B2. IBON “Forest Car”

Producer: Frans Ibon 

C1. Repro “Det Går Dårligt” 

Producer: Alexander Salomonsen 

C2. Sugar “Same But Different” 

Producer: Nikolaj Jakobsen 

D1. IBON “No Sleep”

Producer: Frans Ibon 

D2. Repro “Hot Led Payoff” 

Producer: Alexander Salomonsen 

E1. Schacke “Designer Of Worlds”

Producer: Martin Schacke 

F1. Rune Bagge “This Could Be Us” 

Producer: Rune Bagge 

F2. Funeral Future “Heute Nicht” 

Producer: Adam Skov & Alexander Salomonsen 

Kulør001 will arrive on October 11 with Schacke’s “Automated Lover” streaming in full via the player below. 

Natalie Reiss “Lo-Fi” (Timothy Clerkin Remix)

London’s Natalie Reiss has released “Lo-Fi,” the second single from her forthcoming EP, following “Good Intentions” and the Timothy Clerkin remix of “Good Intentions” released via Ransom Note Records.

Reiss made and released music in her native Sydney, Australia some years back, and has been recognised by Triple J Unearthed and the International Songwriting Competition, but it wasn’t until she moved to the UK that she was met with a bizarre incident—where a man in Germany stole her music and uploaded it to a free downloads site—where her songs were downloaded thousands of times and illegally used in everything from a tourism commercial to Russian makeup tutorials on YouTube. Reiss will now release her debut EP and in support of the release, she has shared a Timothy Clerkin remix of “Good Intentions,” available to download now via he WeTransfer button below—or here for EU readers due to temporary GDPR restrictions. 

Francis Harris Announces Third Album, ‘Trivial Occupations’

Francis Harris will release a new album in October, titled Trivial Occupations. 

Trivial Occupations is the third LP released under the Kingdoms and Scissor and Thread founder’s own name—and sees Harris embark on an “altogether more personal journey as a composer of intimate, atmospheric pieces removed from the dancefloor.” The album—which follows 2012’s Leland and 2014’s Minutes Of Sleep—was made over the course of four years in various studios, aiming to bring “a diversity of perspectives and approaches encompassed within Harris’ artistic studio approach.”

Harris’ last solo release came in the form of February’s Minor Forms EP. 

“After making two emotionally charged concept-driven albums in Leland and Minutes of Sleep, for at least a few years, I felt like I had nothing else to say musically in my solo work. I experienced a gap in my creative process and ultimately a phase of depression. I then began to deal more directly with the question of how concepts work their way into any musical work, especially if one is not necessarily adept at exploring them from a purely theoretical standpoint. How do you approach an album without a concept? Is it necessary to have a concept? This led to all sorts of existential rabbit holes. So I decided to go back to the beginning, which was no beginning at all. It was more like living in a pure present. Just getting back to a love for making music on my own and with other people. I didn’t put a timeline on it and figured it would be finished when I felt the time was right. Four years later my Trivial Occupations became an album.” — Francis Harris

Tracklisting:

01. / A1. At First A Wide Space

02. / A2. St. Catherine And The Calm

03. / B1. Song For Aguirre

04. / B2. Trivial Occupations

05. / C1. Dalloway

06. / C2. Recital Of Facts

07. / C3. Parklife

08. / D1. Minor Forms

09. / D2. Beaumont

10. / D3. No Useless Leniency

Trivial Occupations LP will land on October 19, with “Song For Aguirre” streaming in full below. 

Nohidea “Into The Deep”

Last month, Alpha Pup released the latest LP from masked producer Nohidea.

The album, titled Departures, is, as the name suggests, a slight departure from past work, containing 13 awe-inspiring beat cuts that map his immersive sound world. Whereas previous work could be seen as being more direct, many of the tracks on Departures explore introspective, alien-like atmospheres and textures, intricate percussive work, and affecting, hallucinogenic melodies. Lyricist Looms features on two of the album cuts with prose, whilst Portland-producer Yung Bae lends a hand to “Entheogen.”

In support of the release, Alpha Pup has offered up album cut “Into The Deep” as today’s XLR8R download. Beginning with thick, engulfing textures, the track slowly unfolds into a morphing waves full of alien-like synth flourishes and muffled beats. 

“Into The Deep” can be grabbed via WeTransfer below, with the album available here.

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

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