2JACK4U ‘Tape Recognition’

Lisbon’s Paraíso delivers the third volume for their ace V.A. Genesis series, once again summoning some of Portugal’s most gifted producers. Just like the previous two sets of artists, all four projects have created tracks that pay homage to the brilliant continuum of dance music that the country has seen in the past three decades.

Kicking things off is local veteran Photonz with his modern take on ’90s Portuguese tribal house, drawing inspiration for its name from the statue room at Kremlin, one of the main clubs playing the vital music when it all started. “Deep Nights, Dark Mornings” is mystery producer Unknown’s offering, while the flipside sees Elite Athlete, a cultural agitator and artist from the city of Coimbra, deliver an enticing, percussion-heavy workout that sounds tropical and futuristic all at once. Finally, 2JACK4U, Lisbon’s André and Rubina, synth collectors and experimental sonic artists, came up with a techno cut that is equal parts trippy and heavy, complete with epic breakdowns and acid eloquence for peak-time euphoria.

Ahead of the EPs release later this month, grab 2JACK4U’s “Tape Recognition” now via the WeTransfer button below.

Aquarian Announces New Release, Shares Video

Aquarian is back with a new release on his own Hanger Management imprint, titled Hamburglar Helper / Snack ID.

The new release follows the 2016 Hanger Management debut, Bad Feeling / Insulin, and, more recently, a string of outings that have included a sold-out experimental mixtape for Quiet Time, a contribution on the Discwoman / Allergy Season Anti-Trump compilation, Physically Sick, and a mix for Rob Booth’s Electronic Explorations.

The new release is a three-track affair that offers two original cuts and a collaborative “Deepfried” mix of the lead cut, “Hamburglar Helper,” alongside Deapmash. To give a taste of what’s to come on the release, Aquarian has shared a tongue-in-cheek video cut from anger-filled Gordon Ramsey clips, which, when paired with Aquarian’s relentless stripped-back rhythms, makes for highly enjoyable viewing.

Hamburglar Helper / Snack ID is out September 27 and can be pre-ordered here.

F600 ‘Just Try’

Occultists is a Berlin-based label created by James Demon to fuse his love of the occult with that of techno. The label looks to act as a bridge “to spread ancient teachings through dance, music, culture, and magic.” So far, the label has dropped three releases: Dugong’s Dead Man Rising EP, a various artist EP titled Book of Shadows: Various Spells Vol. 1—which featured cuts from Adra, Dugong, James Demon, F600, and Zoid^—and most recently, F600’s Subsoil EP.

F600 is a Spanish producer who deals in driving techno and on Subsoil, he presents four tracks full of confounding rhythms, deep basslines, and haunting atmospheres that all dance together on a standout EP.

In support of the EP, you can download bonus cut “Just Try” via WeTransfer below. You can pick up the full EP here.

F600 has also recorded the latest edition in Occulists podcast series Occult Rituals, which can be heard below.

Just Try

Premiere: Hear a Bass-Heavy Cut From Matuss

LA-based artist Matuss‘ latest EP, Seizure No. 8, will drop on September 5 via Absence Seizure.

Absence Seizure is a limited edition vinyl imprint—co-owned by Matuss and Abe Duque—that releases music geared towards the after hours of a night; a well curated mix of deep techno, trippy minimal, and raw house.

For the latest release, label head Matuss steps up with three varied cuts that range from the rolling, acidic bassline of “Baelfire” to the smooth house grooves of “Fairy Dust” and the closing track’s weird and wonky tribalistic rhythms. It’s a mature collection of tracks fit for all hours on the dancefloor.

Ahead of the release, you can stream “Baelfire” in full via the player below.

Will Saul and Tee Mango Share Title Track From New EP

The new release from Primitive Trust (a.k.a. Will Saul and Tee Mango) is out today on Saul’s Aus Music label.

The EP, titled Fallen Down, is the second release from the Primitive Trust project, and lands backed with a remix from Bristol’s house maven Shanti Celeste. Across the three originals, the duo fuse together shuffling rhythms with well-placed samples and a stunning array of shimmering synth lines. For her remix, Celeste ups the tempo and carves out eight-and-a-half minutes of pure house bliss—a cut perfect for sunny dancefloors.

In support of the release, which is out today and can be grabbed here, you can stream the title track in full via the player below.

Download a Dubby Mix From Ostrich

Since around 2003, Ostrich has carved a path as a DJ and producer, pushing a minimalistic sound that pulls from downtempo, dub, deep house, and techno. As a DJ, these disparate sounds are woven together in a creative arch at venues such as Stereo Montreal—where he is resident and musical director—Berghain/Panorama Bar, Output NY, BPM Festival, SXM Festival in Saint Martin, and D-Edge in Sao Paulo, among many others.

On the production front, he follows a similar sonic ethos, creating enticing, groove-led cuts that have found their way to labels including Leftroom Records, Ark To Ashes, High Seas Over, and Souvenir Music, and features on John Digweed’s Transitions radio show, Andre Galluzzi’s The Sound of Berlin 2010, and Ryan Crosson and Matt Tolfrey’s Leftroom Records compilation.

The mix he has shared today gives a glimpse into how a night with Ostrich would start, flowing through deep and dubby ambient textures to more housey grooves as the night progresses.

You can download and stream the mix below.

Ostrich will be playing alongside Nicole Moudaber, The W4rriors, Izzy Vadim b2b Toast, and more at this weekend’s edition of Piknic Electronik in Montreal. You can get tickets to the event here.

Where and when was the mix recorded?

This is an excerpt from a recent live and unedited recording of an eight-hour open-to-close set at Stereo in July. It captures the slow and steady build of how I get in my groove during the early hours of an extended set.

On what equipment did you record the mix?

3 CDJs + 1 Turntable + Xone 92

You’re the musical director and resident at Stereo Montreal, can you describe the club and musical ethos for those that haven’t been?

There’s no other place in the world quite like Stereo. It’s a 700-person after-hours club, operating without an alcohol license between the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m., generally, and has been running for 18 years. Given the legal setback of not being able to serve alcohol in an after-hours, it’s not as easy to entice audiences with riskier bookings. However, StereoBar is our 300 capacity, booze-serving club located in the basement which operates independently from Stereo and during bar hours where I introduce lesser-known acts to the city. I also like to highlight our resident DJs by giving them as much playtime and visibility as an international headliner. I firmly believe that resident DJs are ambassadors of our local communities, so instead of belittling their importance, they deserve to be celebrated. Montreal has always had a soft spot for techno, tribal, and progressive house, and these are the sounds that have been embedded in the city’s after-hours culture and helped sculpt the sound we’re most known for at Stereo. Whereas the musical direction that I curate at StereoBar sticks to a more minimal, deep house, and tech house approach.

In regards to electronic music, what do you think sets Montreal apart from other cities? And how do you see it moving forward in the coming years?

Montreal is without a doubt the most open-minded city compared to the rest of Canada. It’s a diverse community with a lot of inspiration enriched from the arts and its multicultural background. For example, the city is the home of MUTEK, where they take pride in exclusively booking 98% live acts who the general audience most likely have never heard of before. It’s a pleasantly refreshing approach when the majority of the world’s music festivals hire the same recycled names over and over again. Piknic Electronik and Igloofest play important roles in the city’s musical diversity and growth, so overall the city is in reliable hands.

What else do you have coming up this year?

September’s a little hectic for my standards since I prefer not to gig as often in my own city, but it’s not too bad when I’m playing all my favorite venues before leaving on tour through the Middle East and Europe in October.

You can find all of Ostrich’s upcoming tour dates below.

September 2 – StereoBar
September 4 – Piknic Electronik (w/ Nicole Moudaber)
September 8 – Stereo (w/ Jeff Mills)
September 14 – Salon Daomé (w/ Brawther)
September 30 – StereoBar
October 5 – Analog Room, Dubai
October 6 – Desimana, Cairo
October 13 – Tribe, Beirut
October 21 – Vatos Locos @ ADE, Amsterdam
October 22 – Kater Blau, Berlin
October 28 – Kristal Club, Romania

Tracklisting:

1. Andrea “Floating” [Ilian Tape]
2. Pablo Bolivar “Leaves Without Shadows” (Youandme Ambient Version) [Seven Villas]
3. Sebastian Mullaert “Every Moment, I Am” [Apollo]
4. Jackit Tape “Panopticon” [Play Groove]
5. Deaf Pillow “Elipsis” [Moral Fiber]
6. Pancratio “Able To Dream” [Heko]
7. Apollo Powder “Ataraxie” [Neo Apparatus]
8. F.eht “007” [Samani]
9. Ozel Ab “Positronic Dreams” [Workshop]
10. Marco Buratti “Hit Me When I Say Cheese” [Tip Tap]
11. Tolga Fidan & Roustam “Brodsky Beat” [Moscow]
12. Satoshi Tomiie “#14” (Cab Drivers Remix 2) [Abstract Architecture]
13. Steve O’Sullivan & Yossi Amoyal “Singularity” [Sushitech]
14. Aftahrs “Action” [Celestial]
15. Lee Burton “Gadzcleanoein” [Caph]
16. The Willers Brothers “Quantise” [EWax]
17. 2vilas “6446” [Organic]
18. Alexandar Kyosev “Rouan” [Caph]
19. Mark D FunKtion “Take One” [Son Of Rah]
20. Seb Zito “Appletizer” (Janeret Remix) [Hund]

Mount Kimbie Share New Video

Next Friday, Mount Kimbie release their first album in four years, Love What Survives.

Just ahead of release, they can now reveal new track ““Delta,”” with a video directed by long-term collaborator Frank Lebon. The frenetic visual explores identity via a love story set around a bank robbery.

Frank says:

“”We follow Milson Pulse on 21/05/17, the day he is convinced to plan and take part in a robbery led by his girlfriend. It is also the day Milson goes missing. On a journey through his fragile mind, Milson experiences chameleonic spasms during the stress he is under. I like to believe that Milson Pulse came to the conclusion a change is as good as a rest”.

Love What Survives is the product of three years of intense creative development, continually honed by the duo writing and rewriting their ideas to form something wholly idiosyncratic and personal. It brings together the voices of their close friends and collaborators within the immersive, unique atmosphere of a Mount Kimbie album. Mount Kimbie have also released three videos for various album tracks artistically directed by the Lebon family. This includes “”Marilyn,”” ““We Go Home Together,“” and “”Blue Train Lines.””

Love What Survives LP is scheduled for September 8 release via Warp, with “Delta” streaming above.

Roman Flügel Mixes ‘fabric 95’

Roman Flügel has mixed fabric 95.

The veteran German’s contribution to the series features 22 cuts from the likes of Red Rack’em, Tuff City Kids, and Randomer. Flügel also included some of his own work, including “RoRic,” a track released in collaboration with Ricardo Villalobos as RiRom. There’s also his rework of Lawrence.

The mix comes more than a decade after he first appeared at the club and fabric 95 “champions the sound that Roman Flügel has explored in various forms since the early years: abstract, idiosyncratic and tense at times, but ultimately warm and inviting,” the label explains. “It’s supposed to be a little dance music adventure,” Flügel adds.

The 22-track release follows on from Steffi’s contribution, which landed in June.

Tracklisting

01. Genesis P-Orridge & Psychic TV “White Sky”
02. RiRom “RoRic”
03. Tuff City Kids feat. Joe Goddard “Tell Me” (Benjamin Fröhlich Long Journey Remix)
04. Roman Flügel “Troubled Mind”
05. Koehler “Oblivious Pool” (Invisible Dub)
06. Ishi Vu “Lucid Dream”
07. Pale Blue “Comes Home” (Pional Remix)
08. Lawrence “Clouds And Arrows” (Roman Flügel Remix)
09. Two Of A Kind “Like This”
10. Eamon Harkin “Are You Listening?”
11. Red Rack’em “Mad House”
12. El Kid “Kachinja”
13. Lanark Artefax “Touch Absence” (Intimidating Stillness Mix)
14. Randomer “Juju”
15. Rebolledo “Want” (Danny Daze & Shokh’s Fears Come Dub)
16. DJ Normal 4 “Hu Strike” feat. F.B. Wibe
17. Karma “Cha”
18. Ghost Culture “Perseus”
19. Fetnat “Marbrahh”
20. Solitary Dancer “Birth Of Saturn”
21. Bartellow “Amnesia”
22. D.H.S. “Fascinating”

fabric 95 is scheduled for October 13 release.

TCP ‘Dynamic Energy’ (Moscoman Rework)

Moscoman‘s Disco Halal label will release its first compilation next month.

Halal Collection coincides with the label’s decision to make its entire catalog available to buy digitally, via !K7. The tracklist is composed of highlights from the past two years as well as an exclusive Red Axes edit of Autarkic‘s “How To Cheat.”

Tracklisting

01. Autarkic “Asi Keta Ga”
02. TCP “Dynamic Energy” (Moscoman Remix)
03. Naduve “10K From Essaouira”
04. TCP “Twonga”
05. Red Axes + Mosocman + Krikor “Subaru Pesha” (Red Axes Remix)
06. Simple Symmetry “Voodoo Your Ex”
07. Simple Symmetry “Plane Goes East” (Dj Tennis Remix)
08. Autarkic “Solo Gun”
09. Naduve “Ready Set Go”
10. Red Axes + Mosocman + Krikor “Subaru Pesha”
11. Autarkic “How To Cheat” (Red Axes Edit)

Halal Collection is scheduled for September 8 release, with Moscoman’s rework of TCP’s “Dynamic Energy” available to download below.

Dynamic Energy (Moscoman Rework)

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