Frankfurt’s TrafficRecords label has released a four-track EP by Etienne, titled Combat.
Etienne is a Berlin-based DJ-producer with previous releases on Art Of Dark, Undersound Recordings, and Sequalog, the label he co-founded with TC80. His sound is rooted in spacey, minimal techno.
Combat EP will be Traffic Records’ 13th release, following Z@P, Martyné & Jacob Chenaux, and Bodin & Jacob.
The label tells us to expect an EP “with a clear view on techno.”
Australian-based DJ and producer Venda will drop his latest release on Norse Projeckt later this month.
The release, Fire and Rain, is a deep and atmospheric record with layered ambient tones mixed with groove-ridden basslines. Musically, there is a strong influence from Romania throughout, which also flows through to the remix from renowned Romanian producer Dubtil, who remixes EP track “Saphirre,” which concludes the release.
Venda has been busy in recent years releasing EP’s on Bodyparts, Inwave, and Black Key Records, with remix credits from Archie Hamilton, Mihai Pol, and OdD. 2018 looks set to continue this trend with releases on Subsonic Music, Mantra Collective Records, and more still to be announced, with a remix for Patraulea due out later in the year on Sobriquet records.
The second edition of The Broad‘s Summer Happenings series will take place on July 28.
Inspired by the creative practice of German artist Joseph Beuys and the Fluxus movement he fostered, the event will feature legendary Krautrock group Faust, who will be performing an experimental set alongside punk trio Ernsthafte Angelegenheiten; a set in the stunning plaza by Baltimore duo Matmos; experimental pioneers Boredoms’ frontman EYE, who presents a DJ set; sonic deconstructions by sound artist Pharmakon; an evocative, cross-genre set from LA’s own Total Freedom; FlucT, who will investigate the physical, political, and emotional via a new performance created especially for the evening; and Nelson Patton, who joins forces with Lonnie Holley for an improvisational set.
You can find more information on the artists and performances, tickets, and general event info here.
In Point Blank‘s latest video, Ski Oakenfull breaks down the Gorrilaz classic “Feel Good Inc.”
The video was recorded at last month’s Sonar +D, the popular Barcelona festival’s daytime tech showcase. Point Blank are regular contributors to Sonar +D, which sees thousands of creatives attend each year to interact with some of the latest innovations in music, technology, and creativity. In the video, just as he does in all of his celebrated deconstructions, Oakenfull breaks down the elements of the track, from the drums to the bass and the vocal acapella, and reconstructs them in Ableton Live 10.
You can watch the video in full below, with more on Point Blank’s courses here.
Last month, Shlomi Aber launched his new vinyl-only imprint, Lost Episodes.
The first release arrives from the label boss himself and follows a stellar run that has seen him drop outings on Len Faki’s Figure, Boddika’s Nonplus, and Andre Kronert’s ODD / EVEN. Titled Episode 1, the EP features four tracks in Aber’s stripped-back style; gritty, moody techno that is hypnotic and highly effective on the floor. Kicking off with “Trauma,” a raw and punchy cut, the EP flows through deep and droning techno (“Night Coasters”), skeletal drum work (“Sweat”), and woozy synth-driven textures (“Terra Core”).
You can pick up Episode 1here, with “Trauma” available as a free download below.
Due to temporary issues regarding the GDPR, EU readers can download the track here.
Giovanni Lalin (a.k.a Oiigi) is an upcoming Dutch artist—currently based in Cologne—who just released his debut EP, titled Comfort & Distractions. You can place his music next to artists like Mndsgn, SwuM. and idntrmmbr.
We’re told that the underlying meaning of this EP is that we all receive different kinds of impulses that trigger certain emotions. “Everybody experiences things on a daily basis which can be perceived as positive but also negative. Right now we live in a time where nothing is sure, so people rather escape or take substances to escape reality for a certain time to find peace and tranquillity in life or to come up with new ideas and make something positive out of something negative,” Oiigi explains.
In support of the release, out now, you can download “På mitt sinn” via the WeTransfer button below—or here for EU readers due to temporary GDPR restrictions.
London-based drummer Yussef Dayes (formerly of celebrated jazz-funk duo Yussef Kamaal) has released a new single in collaboration with Alfa Mist. We’re told that it represents “not only a new beginning but what comes out of being able to live your own vision as a musician.” It also draws heavily on inspirations from a recent trip to São Paulo and Salvador in Brazil.
“Love Is The Message,” the first of two upcoming releases, was the product of a jam session with producer and composer Alfa Mist. The song also sees some riffs from rising guitarist Mansur Brown.
Dayes came to notoriety alongside his brothers Ahmad and Kareem in the Afrobeat-influenced jazz group United Vibrations. As one half of Yussef Kamaal, his rhythmic work was put on full display and the Black Focus album ended up becoming one of the most heralded jazz records to emerge from the new London scene.
“Love Is The Message” is available now across all platforms via Dayes’ new Cashmere Thoughts label and can be streamed in full below.
Roam Recordings will release Mexican DJ and producer Mijo and Berlin duo Local Suicide‘s new EP, Edo Kai Tora/Ganz Falsch, on July 20.
The EP features two inventive originals and remixes from Sascha Funke and Simple Symmetry across five tracks—the release also comes packaged with a Mexico City version of “Ganz Falsch”—that run the gamut from dark disco to EBM, jacking acid, and warped post-punk. Edo Kai Tora/Ganz Falsch continues a staggering 2018 run for Roam that has included tracks from Man Power, Rodion, Curses, Lauer, and label head Jason Peters.
Ahead of the release, which you can pre-order here, Roam has shared a full stream of Simple Symmetry’s remix, a funk-filled post-punk interpretation, available via the player below.
The album, titled Dueños de Nada, is, reportedly, a departure “from what we are used to hearing from the Chilean producer,” and incorporates a broad range of influences, from gritty industrial sounds to punk, techno, and more experimental electronic fanfare. The album marks Urquieta’s return to the label after 2016’s acclaimed La Muerte De Todo Lo Nuevo EP and his 2015 label debut, Manuscript. Urquieta also designed the album artwork, which you can check out below, along with the tracklisting.
Dueños de Nada drops on September 27. You can stream the album’s title track via the player below.
Tracklisting:
1. Esqueletos 2. Despues de Todo 3. La Sustancia de la Materia 4. Caballo Viejo 5. Dueños de Nada 6. Arto 7. Me Rehuso a Pensar 8. Nahual 9. Avoid the Trouble 10. Cada Segundo 11. The Curtain Call
British producer Iglooghost has today shared the video for new single “Clear Tamei”, lifted from his forthcoming Clear Tamei and Steel Mogu dual EPs—the back-to-back follow-ups to his 2017 full-length debut Neō Wax Bloom—out August 8.
In the Luke Gibson-directed ”Clear Tamei” video—title track of the Clear Tamei half of the forthcoming dual release—we see Iglooghost communicating with otherworldly floating beings in a mysterious ritual. He is slowly drained of his energy into unconsciousness.
Speaking to The FADER, Iglooghost discloses that “Clear Tamei is a song about some floating beings called Mogu and Tamei that I sometimes accidentally invite into my room when I’m trying to make up words for songs. When they come over it makes me feel really tired and my skin gets pink bruises and I always fall asleep. This song is sometimes really slow and really fast and I imagine that the song is see-through with glowing guts.”
Iglooghost’s Clear Tamei and Steel Mogu double features are set in Mamu, 3,000 years prior to the events of Neō Wax Bloom. As ever, the releases are paired with original artwork and multimedia storyline material that feed into Iglooghost’s ever-expanding narrative.
In the few short years since releasing his debut EP on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label at just 18 years old in 2015, Iglooghost has established himself as a highly innovative electronic producer with his outlandish blend of footwork, IDM, hip-hop, bass, 2-step, and more within the bizarre cartoon-ish universe in which his stories unfold.
Clear Tamei EP and Steel Mogu EP will both land on August 8, with the “Clear Tamei” video streaming in full below—or here for EU readers due to temporary GDPR restrictions.
