S.A.M. Returns with New Album

Samuel Andre Madsen (a.k.a S.A.M.) will release a new album later this month, titled Retrospect One.

Only last year did the Copenhagen-based producer release his debut album, titled Dream State Of A Bellmaker, as the eighth release on his own label Delaphine. It follows a series of EPs, starting in 2007, that had seen him become widely known in the club scene for his classic and dubbed-out house cuts. He quickly proliferated into minimal, experimental, and ambient releases while keeping his signature sound in a soulful house niche.

This latest release will be landing digitally for the first time; Delaphine has historically been a vinyl-only imprint since its birth five years ago. The musical identity of the label has been infused from the beginning with a mixture of ambient sounds, field recordings, dub techno, and minimal.

Tracklisting

01. Perucica
02. Sunday Morning
03. Don’t Confuse A Smile With Weakness
04. How Far From The Sun Are We Talking
05. Seasons
06. Beyond Synthesis Part 1
07. Beyond Synthesis Part 2
08. Transfiguration

Retrospect One is an eight-track album, scheduled to land on March 21, with “Don’t Confuse A Smile With Weakness” streaming in full below.

Psychoplasmics ‘Berlin Nights’

On March 16, Reykjavik artist Lord Pusswhip is set to land on Bjarki‘s bbbbbb imprint with a seven-track EP titled Hand Of Glory.

Since launching last year, Bjarki’s bbbbbb has been a lynchpin in the Iceland’s dance music scene, acting as a hub for a beguiling array of forward-thinking releases from Bjarki and artists in his periphery, such as Volruptus and, now, Lord Pusswhip. Hand Of Glory will represent the label’s 10th release and continues its experimental edge with seven cuts of outer-electronics.

In support of the release and his upcoming performances at Sónar Reykjavik—which takes place on March 16 and 17 at Harpa Concert Hall—Lord Pusswhip has offered an exclusive download of a track from his Psychoplasmics side project with his age-old best friend and fellow producer Alfreð Drexler. Titled “Berlin Nights,” it’s a deep and melancholic cut perfect for the hazy early morning hours.

You can download “Berlin Nights” via WeTransfer below.

Sónar Reykjavik will also feature performances from Bjarki, Underworld, Ben Frost, Jlin, Kiasmos, Tokimonsta, Danny Brown, and many more. You can find more information and tickets here. 

Berlin Nights

Premiere: Hear a Meditative Techno Track from Chaotic Reality

CHREAL01 is the debut project by anonymous Scottish producer Chaotic Reality, exploring a meditative side to techno. Written over the course of several months spent living in New York, CHREAL01 contains four tracks that repeat, oscillate, and “soundtrack a more centred existence.” Inspirations for the work include Shinichi Atobe, Avalon Emerson, Newworldaquarium / Ross154, The 7th Plain. Each track in this self-released record is named after its sequence and operates at a slower tempo, focussing on melody and sound design, particularly the “space between dub techno and early trance”

In support of the release, the artist has shared “Two,” which has an “introspective focus,” rarely reaching more than two kicks per four bars. An arpeggiated lead centres the composition, slowly developing over a thick bassline. Distant snaps and pops season the track, highlighting the empty breathing space intentionally left in the production.

Tracklisting:

A1. One
A2. Two
B1. Three
B2. Four

CHREAL01 EP will land on March 30, with “Two” streaming in full via the player below.

femme culture to Release Compilation in Celebration of Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

On March 15, London-based record label and collective femme culture will release HeForShe x femme culture, a 12-track compilation celebrating gender equality and women empowerment.

The label was appointed by the UN Women to curate the compilation in support of International Women’s Day and the HeForShe Arts Week, with all revenue from sales going to the UN to be dedicated to accelerating progress on meeting women’s needs worldwide. The release features tracks from Octo Octa, Anastasia Kristensen, Finn, Nan Kolè, Malumz, and more.

To celebrate the release of the compilation, femme culture will be holding a party in London in collaboration with Boiler Room on Thursday, March 15.

You can pre-order the release here, with more information on the event here.

Tracklist:

01. James Marrs “Light Fields”
02. Finn “How Can I Be Sure?”
03. Elkka “We’re Here”
04. Blasé Vanguard “MAMA”
05. Anz “Stepson”
06. Tess “Fired”
07. Cherele “Hallucinogenic”
08. Ehua “Tiger”
09. Malumz “Owls”
10. Octo Octa “By Yourself” (Clap Mix)
11. Ariel Zetina “Divas”
12. Anastasia Kristensen “Vyuga”

Premiere: Hear a New Remix From Cassegrain

Italian duo Mathame will drop their latest EP on Fur Coat’s Oddity Records.

Titled At The Doors Of Those Spaces, the EP follows a string of esteemed releases on Anagram, ARTS, and Afterlife Records with three original cuts inspired by “the clear and clean stars above the Mount Etna active volcano in South Italy,” alongside remixes from Locked Groove and Cassegrain. Keeping in tune with the label’s ethos, the tracks on At The Doors Of Those Spaces all sit at the darker end of the sonic spectrum, blending deep and rolling low-end grooves with twisting synth lines and razor-sharp percusion.

The EP will be available on March 16 on 12″ and digitally. Ahead of the release, the label has offered up a full stream of Cassegrain’s galloping remix of “Striker,” available to hear via the player below.

Oscuro London to Host Youandewan, The Ghost, and Voigtmann

On April 14, Oscuro London is set to host a daytime event at the newly renovated 93 Feet East.

After a short hiatus following its fabric debut in January, Oscuro is set to return with a massive lineup that will feature performances by The Brane label head Youandewan, Berlin-based diggers The Ghost, Oscura resident Jack Ling, and Voigtmann and Harry McCanna, who are scheduled to play a special b2b closing set.

Oscuro’s last two parties have sold out and this looks to follow suit, with tickets currently on second release. You can find more information and tickets here.

Brooklyn’s LiL JaBBA Announces UK Garage- and Jungle-Inspired Mini-LP, MiZO

Brooklyn-based producer LiL JaBBA. has a new mini-album on the way, titled MiZO.

LiL JaBBA is a satellite member of Chicago’s Teklife crew, one that has gone is own way following 2013’s footwork-heavy Scales LP. Since then, he’s gone on to develop a sound distinct to himself, combining aspects from dub, jungle, and UK garage.

He’s now set to debut on GETME!, providing a six-track mini-LP that “keeps us on our toes, unaware of what to expect next.”

Tracklisting

01. WiCKeT
02. DisTilleR
03. Hot BloC
04. WouND
05. ForeST EdGE
06. MiZO
07. MiZO (WiTU Mix / exclusive to tape)

MiZO will land on April 20, with “ForeST EdGE” streaming in full below.

Rival Consoles Shares Otherworldly New Music Video

Ryan Lee West (a.k.a Rival Consoles) has today shared an otherworldly music video for “Untravel,” directed by Misha Shyukin and taken from his new album, Persona, set for release on April 13 via Erased Tapes.

The title Persona was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman’s face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image struck West and it inspired the album’s main theme—an exploration of the persona, the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us, the spaces in between; “between states, people, light and dark, the inner persona and the outer persona,” the label adds.

Shyukin had this to share on “Untravel”:

“The “Untravel” video was greatly inspired by the music itself and Ryan’s idea behind it. We were exploring ways of visualizing the feeling of being lost and ennui, experimenting with various techniques of distorting the footage in order to intensify the experience of a disoriented feeling in a strange and unknown landscape, yet maintaining a constant forward motion while examining the desolate world.”

Recorded at his studio in south-east London, Persona benefits from Ryan’s exploration of a dynamic production process that combines analogue-heavy synthesizers, acoustic and electric instruments with “a shoegaze-level obsession with effect pedals.” We’re told that a “greater depth of emotion and confidence can be heard across the album. It follows the success of a series of releases, including the Odyssey and Sonne EPs, long player Howl, and 2016’s mini album Night Melody.

Tracklisting

01. Unfolding
02. Persona
03. Memory Arc
04. Phantom Grip
05. Be Kind
06. I Think So
07. Sun’s Abandon
08. Dreamer’s Wake
09. Untravel
10. Rest
11. Hidden
12. Fragment

Persona LP is set for release on April 13 via Erased Tapes, with “Untravel” available to stream above.

Maceo Plex Mixes fabric 98

The next fabric mix will come from Maceo Plex (a.k.a Eric Estornel), landing April 20.

This compilation features productions by elusive artists like Perestroika and Pinch to minimal wave bands like Iron Curtain and techno artists Jon Hester and Mike Ink. There are also 13 exclusive tracks such as Maceo Plex edits and unreleased tracks as his Mariel Ito alias, in addition to material from his Ellum Audio and Lone Romantic imprints.

We’re told that the release is a “great representation of a man that loves to venture between multiple styles and creatively put them together in a way that somehow sounds cohesive and yet effortless in its design.”

“fabric is easily one of my favourite clubs in the world and favourite CD series. I wanted to be my organic self and fit as much of the music I love into a modest 80 minutes. That required a bit of digging and mashing up of sounds, but I knew it would be doing the series a great disservice to take the task lightly. 12 years ago I went to fabric in the wee morning hours after playing a small gig as Mariel Ito and saw Ricardo Villalobos surrounded by a sea of bobbing heads in the darkness and a blaringly intense sound system. I knew that morning I needed to work harder and somehow get to play that room someday. Adding my name to this list of respected artists and the rich history of the iconic series is special to me and I am glad to be part of it.” — Maceo Plex

Tracklisting

01. Perestroika “Goth Skate”
02. Peter Benisch “Sabine’s Song”
03. Pinch “Walking With Shadows”
04. Sebastopol “Manethon” / Jensen Interceptor “Haze” feat. Skee Mask
05. Carl Finlow “Veiled”
06. Mariel Ito “Xten”
07. Fiberroot “Trindello” / Northlake “Ditch Drive”
08. Iron Curtain “Condos” (Maceo Plex Remix)
09. Paradigm Shift “Requisition”
10. Maceo Plex “Mutant Magic” (fabric Dub)
11. Versalife “Portamento Quints”
12. Maceo Plex “Mutant Quazars” (fabric Dub)
13. Brame & Hamo “Space Dub”
14. Architectural “Inedit 1”
15. Maceo Plex “Mutant Radio”
16. Jon Hester “Corridors”
17. Joel Mull “Backoldman”
18. D-Vince “Resource 1”
19. Vinyl Countdown “Ride”
20. Dold “Revolution” / Orbe “Focus”
21. Voiski “Megatrance 2”
22. Hiver “Zwicky”

Fabric Records will release fabric 98 on April 20.

Escapism Refuge ‘Drifting’ ft. Zeb Samuels (Ash Walker Remix)

Deep Heads owner Zeb Samuels is set to return with an eclectic compilation album, titled Cosmic Vibrations. 

The compilation is described as “a deeply immersive fusion of dreamy electronica and downtempo soundscapes,” featuring an impressive catalogue of artists that Zeb has worked with over the span of his music career. Featuring the likes of Flying Lotus, Synkro, Bonobo, Biome, Ash Walker, BadBadNotGood, and Kaytranada, the finished product offers seven unreleased tracks as part of a 13- track release, including three tracks from Zeb himself, all previously unreleased.

The first sampler, out on March 16, features Ash Walker, Escapism Refuge, Yazz Ahmed and Synkro, with the album to follow on April 6. In support of the release, you can download an Ash Walter remix of Escapism Refuge’s “Drifting” feat. Zeb Samuels. Grab it now via the WeTransfer button below.

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