Lee Gamble will release new album Mnestic Pressure on Hyperdub on September 15.
Mnestic Pressure is Gamble’s first album since 2014 and his first with Hyperdub.
According to the label, the album sees a “noticeable change in his sound and the concepts that feed into his music.” Gamble says of Diversions 1994-1996 (2012) through to Koch (2014), “my music felt like I was dealing with signals from elsewhere, signals from the unconscious, sub-aqua, hallucinated, dreamt.” Mnestic Pressure, he continues, “feels like their decoded offspring, a terra interpretation.”
The live show that follows this record will present a deconstructed version of the album in part using purpose-built generative software. Gamble also has a new website that randomly generates “endless collisions” of audio from the album with archives of imagery and video.
Tracklisting
01. Inta Centre 02. Istian 03. East Sedducke 04. 23 Bay Flips 05. Swerva 06. Quadripoints 07. You Hedonic 08. UE8 09. Locked In 10. Ignition Lockoff 11. A Tergo Real 12. Ghost 13. Déjà Mode
Mnestic Pressure LP is scheduled for September 15 release, with “Istian” streamable in full below.
Mosca is set to release a new two-tracker on Livity Sound.
Don’t Take This The Wrong Way / Peyote Stitch will be the UK artist’s first release on the label run by Peverelist, and follows various singles and EPs on Hypercolour, his own Not So Much, Fat City, and other labels.
Tracklisting
A1. Don’t Take This The Wrong Way B1. Peyote Stitch
Don’t Take This The Wrong Way / Peyote Stitch EP is scheduled for July 28 release, with clips streamable below.
The second installment of Obscure Cuts is here. For those who missed out feature with Lobster Theremin’s TRP, Obscure Cuts is a new addition to XLR8R—a new feature series. Similar to Hi-Five which we recently relaunched, Obscure Cuts is a method of unearthing and sharing good records, in this case, those obscure or often unknown gems that may or may not be staples in the sets of the DJ that discovered them. While Hi-Five details five records all with a certain theme, the records of an Obscure Cuts feature have one common thread: not many people know about them.
Up now is Chen Moscovici (a.k.a Moscoman), the Tel Aviv-born, Berlin-based DJ-producer. In terms of production, Moscovici’s profile has only risen since his first release in 2013: since then, he’s shared his music via ESP Institute, Correspondant, I’m a Cliché, Eskimo Rec, and has launched his own label, named Disco Halal—a home Tel Aviv producers Autarkic, Naduve, and Red Axes, as well others from slightly further afield. More recently, he released Donkey Jumps Ahead on Treisar, a label and a 12-part series through which Moscovici releases one record every month. Donkey Jumps Ahead is number six and marks the halfway point.
As a DJ, he continues to impress, too: while formatted to the club environment, his sets encompass elements of techno, new wave, house, and the sounds of his native Middle East—a rather odd concoction that is both fascinating and captivating. Here, in this week’s Obscure Cuts, he digs deep into his record back to pick five of his favorite records that you’ve probably never heard of.
Moscoman will be at Farr Festival in July alongside names including Craig Richards, Young Marco, and more. More information here.
Current 93 “Patripassian” (Durtro)
I’m a big Fan of Nick Cave, and I stumbled upon this tune while I was looking for some weird side stuff he did. This David Tibet project is super obscure and amazing. I did a club edit of which I play all the time.
Unknown Artist “Uganda Futura 2” (Decent International)
This weird afro edit is exactly how I love my percussion. It came out last year. I have no idea who the artist is but I follow this label and affiliation carefully.
Susumu Yokota “Kodomotachi” (Leaf)
Recently past Susumu Yokota is one of my favorite Japanese electronic artists. He has a large collection of amazing music which could be a stepping stone to club music. I could have chosen many of his tunes because they are all amazing.
Woo “Into the Heart of Love” (Emotional Rescue)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ix7ICcgNVs
Reissued via beloved Emotional Rescue, this cassette is a dream while you’re awake, check it out.
Isao Tomita “Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major” (RCA Red Seal)
Growing up there was a show on the Israeli PBS channel called “Observation.” I was always mesmerized by the theme, and coming of age I learned it’s the late Tomita which is probably the most interesting Synth person, so it fits!
The fourth release on Mana-All-Nite comes in the shape of a four-track V/A compilation.
Mana-All-Nite is the sub-label of KANN Records, the deep house label run by Jan Barich (Map.ache), Alex Neuschulz’ (a.k.a. Sevensol) and Dennis Knoof (a.k.a. Bender). Promoting what they call “modern dance music,” and with a discography that includes, among many other immensely talented artists, themselves, Traumprinz, and Falke, it’s no surprise that the label is regarded so highly by deep house fans today.
Mana-All-Nite is a vinyl-only imprint started in 2015. DJ For Drinks, this fourth and latest release, contains “personal favorites, killer edits, and tracks from across three decades.” The selection is a “fine roundup of what’s been shaking MANAMANA over the past 10 years of DJing & hanging out together.”
Tracklisting
A1. Maus & Stolle “Extra Vergine” A2. Full Time “Do You Do (Christian S Sax Edit) B1. Robert Oh “Samba” B2. U.S. Coin Map “Colorado”
DJ For Drinks is scheduled for July 24 release, with Robert Oh’s “Samba” streamable in full below.
Later this month, Æ Recordings will return with the new EP from Ísar Logi Arnarsson (a.k.a. Cold), titled Exiles.
Arnarsson gained notoriety in the mid nineties when Sven Vath closed his set with the Icelandic producer’s “Strobelight Network”—the track was also the inaugural release on pioneering dub techno label Thule Records, of which Æ Recordings is a sub-label.
Arnarsson’s latest lands after more than a 20-year hiatus with five deep and dubby cuts, from the stripped back grooves of “Aerials” to “Goosebumps” slo-mo dub aesthetic and the murky atmospheres of the title track.
The EP officially drops on July 17 and can be preordered here, with “Goosebumps” streaming in full below.
The Londoner’s debut release dropped in 2015, and he followed this up with a stellar 2016 with the arrival of his hotly anticipated You’ll Understand EP on Lobster Theremin sub-label Distant Hawaii. Earlier this year he debuted on Lobster Theremin itself, and this is his debut on Magicwire.
Tracklisting
A1.Crimson A2.D1RT BOX B.Romeo, Romeo C1.Would You Still Be Here C2.Suzinak D.The Outsiders
The Outsiders EP is scheduled for July 28 release, with clips available below.
Phase Fatale is the techno project of Berlin-based DJ and producer Hayden Payne. Originally from New York, Payne explored the post-punk/coldwave world through various projects over the course of a decade. Started in 2014, Phase Fatale served as an outlet for his own interpretation of darker and industrial-fused techno. Defined by rigid drum programming, cutting synthesizers, and bleak samples, he has created a sound imprint that has transformed into a new electronic identity.
Phase Fatale has performed heavily throughout the world with his extended DJ sets and cathartic live performances. He released two EPs in 2016 on Jealous God and presented a live collaboration with Silent Servant during the label’s showcase at Berlin Atonal. These events were followed up with an EP on Unterton, the sub-label of Berghain’s imprint Ostgut Ton. Released to coincide with his regular appearances at the Berlin nightclub, the Anubis 12’’ continues to delve into Payne’s penchant for combining post-industrial textures with techno rhythms.
Hospital Productions will now release Phase Fatale’s first full-length album, Redeemer, along with an extended mix 12’’ of edits created together with Silent Servant. Payne describes Redeemer as a deeply “personal piece,” that is a “techno album, but one that is refreshingly punk.”
Tracklisting
01. Spoken Ashes 02. Operate Within 03. Human Shield 04. Interference 05. Order Of Severity 06. Beast 07. Redeemer
Nostromo Festival will now take on July 28 and 29 in Paris, having originally been scheduled for July 7 – 10 in Samazan in the South of France.
These changes come after the local council withdrew the licence.
Statement from organisers:
“Hi everyone,
“It’s with a heavy heart that we announce today that the municipality has withdrawn the authorisation for hosting the festival at Péclavé. Even though we did everything to comply to the security and administrative requirements, we have no other choice but to cancel the festival.
“We are all familiar with the fact that electronic music is still stigmatized in 2017. The truth is that the sub-prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne and the gendarmerie of Tonneins have exerted pressure on the mayor so that he changes his mind about our initial agreement and the authorisation he granted us. The official reason for this withdrawal is: “Risk of disturbance to public order.” This is clearly a generational conflict. On one side there is our movement, which conveys positive values through music and arts; and the one of some individuals who caricatures our music by knocking stupidly on a table, because yes, that is how the chief of the gendarmerie illustrated his vision of our music. These few people made it impossible for us to organize the project we’ve been working on for months. How may we call this? Censorship? We let you make your own judgment.
“Our team has been working for two weeks to keep the current location or to find a new one nearby. The date of the event getting closer and closer, it is now impossible and we are forced to cancel the festival in Samazan. Beyond our personal disappointment, the project implicated numerous music collectives and local artists from all horizons. We would of course like to especially thank all those who helped us as they represent the identity of Nostromo. Our will to put forward young talents alongside internationally acclaimed artists will never be wrecked by anyone.
This is why we decided to move the festival to Paris on the July 28 and 29, 2017. More information will be available here very soon.
Marvin & Guy’s Equation series is back for its final installment with Equation 3—after the release of Equation 1 and 2.
Equation is a series of releases that focuses on “very special edits” by “very special artists.”This series is curated by Marvin & Guy themselves. It’s out in three volumes in different colors: firstly in black, secondly in grey, and then thirdly in white. Each release will be available exclusively on vinyl, and limited to just 300 records; no digital files are released. There will be a two-month break between each release, and the identity of the artists behind the edits will not be revealed.
With Equation 3, Marvin & Guy have changed players for this third and last half. This time they bring along “the “Madrileño” who mixes movie trailers as well as house classics, the Frenchie living in the big Apple who once started his career rocking the piano at the Conservatory, the German who makes compilations of weirdo ’80s jams in his spare time, and the Irish guy living in the land of the round butts nowadays, but once ruled the NYC disco scene fully on his own.”
Equation 3 is available now, with a teaser stream available above.
