Stream LTO’s Stunning New Album in Full

Bristol-based producer LTO will return to Injazero Records on Friday with Storybook.

The new LP follows his 2015 debut, No Pasa Nada—which also inaugurated Injazero—with a poignant collection of tracks that bury themselves deep within the listener. Like its predecessor, Storybook features all of LTO’s hallmarks, namely tense soundscapes, haunting sound design, and eerie textures; although, this time, he injects delicate melodies and a tenderness that flows throughout the album. With the combination of electronic and organic sounds and haunting piano compositions, LTO’s work brings to mind that of Nils Frahm and Ben Lukas Boysen; and with Storybook, he’s crafted a beautiful collection that stands tall alongside the work of his contemporaries.

Storybook drops on Friday on 180g vinyl and digital and can be pre-ordered here.

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Photo: Ed Bidgood

Smileswithteeth ‘We Fight In The Prettiest Places’

Montreal artist Smileswithteeth makes intricate and tender slices of electronics that are charged by emotions. His releases—2013’s Here, 2014’s Everyday Always, and 2016’s Walk Forever—arrive with personal heartfelt messages and anecdotes that directly relate to the music they accompany. Musically, comparisons can be drawn to electronic contemporaries like Bonobo or Bibio, but this could simply be due to the affecting qualities of his music.

His latest release, out on Knowmad Records, is a single titled “We Fight In The Prettiest Places,” which looks to the stunning landscapes of Iceland and love—or the loss of love—for its inspiration, as he explains:

“In Iceland, the landscape changes so quickly that everything starts to superimpose. Mountains covered in snow jut up against deserts, lush fields balloon up and then disappear, fog rolls in and then dissipates leaving you much higher than you thought you were and with much less distance between you and the cliff that you just realized you were driving on.

My new song is about the way that scenery flies by in a car and the feeling of losing someone despite your best intentions.”

You can download “We Fight In The Prettiest Places” via WeTransfer below, with more on Smileswithteeth here.

We Fight In The Prettiest Places

Discrete Circuit ‘Circuitry’ (Impressions Mix)

AWAY Music is set to start a new techno-focused label called Astray.

The Berlin-based brand is known for some of the finest selected house and techno lineups at About Blank, hosting names such as Derrick May, Moodymann, Omar S, Hunee, and DJ Sneak, to name a few. As a label, AWAY Music has so far released work from Move D, Christian Vance, and their own AWAY Soundsystem.

The first release on the new label will feature an EP by the talented newcomer Discrete Circuit, co-founder of the imprint who has previously released on DVS1’s Mistress Recordings, Darko Esser’s Wolfskuil, Delsin, and Mark Broom’s label Beard Man. Road Force is described as a versatile four-tracker showcasing both the dancefloor and the experimental sides of techno, and will land on June 30.

Ahead of the release, the label has offered up an “Impressions” rework of “Circuitry,” which is available as a free download below.

Tracklisting

01. Road Force
02. Stress Resultant
03. Controlled Error
04. Circuitry

Circuitry (Impressions Mix)

трип Announces Biogen LP

Nina Kraviz‘ Trip label will soon release a new album from Biogen.

The LP is a mixture of rare and unreleased material from the late Icelandic producer.

Biogen (a.k.a Sigurbjörn Þórgrímsson) was a pioneer in Icelandic electronic music, first as part of the hardcore group Ajax, and later as a founder of the Thule label, which released music from other Icelandic producers like Thor and Exos. His own music was unpredictable and experimental, encompassing made-up genres like “sofatrance.” He only put out a few records under the name Biogen, through Thule and Uni:form Recordings.

Halogen Continues, compiled by Nina Kraviz with help from Ruxpin, who gave her access to Þórgrímsson’s archives, collects rare and unreleased material, some of which was first unearthed last year for digital-only Bandcamp releases.

“I picked the most idiosyncratic cuts that show his creative approach most brightly,”Kraviz says. “Some of them are short cuts ending obnoxiously with a lot of temper, and others gorgeous atmospheric narratives—so deep and haunting that it feels like they are not familiar with a notion of time and dissolve slowly into the eternity.”

The album will be followed by a compilation of Þórgrímsson’s ambient and experimental music on GALAXIID later in 2017.

Tracklisting

A1. Irrelevant Information
A2. Lag 38
A3. Borealis
A4. Autofloat
B1. Lag 7
B2. Lag 24
B3. 160 Techno
B4. Lag 9
C1. Bliss
C2. Lag 8
D1. Forever Is Never Again
D2. 303 Ambient
D3. Halogen Continues

Trip will release Halogen Continues on June 23, with “303 Ambient” exclusively streamable in full below.

Blondes to Release New LP on R&S

Sam Haar and Zach Steinman(a.k.a Blondes) will release a new LP on R&S Records.

A decade into their musical relationship, the NY-based duo continue to find inspiration through hardware instrumentation and improvisation. They got their start back in the early 2010s and have released almost exclusively through highly respected RVNG Intl. label. After parting company, however, the duo have found a natural home at R&S, as they explain:

“Having released on RVNG for years, we had wanted to move in the direction of releasing on a more dance music focused label. RVNG has established itself in the world of experimental music and reissuing overlooked records from the past, and we both (RVNG and Blondes) thought it would be immensely exciting for us to release this new record with R&S.”

“Warmth,” according to the label, finds the duo further stripping away extraneous elements and pushing their percussive framework to the forefront. The result is lysergic techno fused with the duo’s characteristic synth-work and atmospherics.

Tracklisting

01. OP Actual
02. Clipse
03. Quality Of Life
04. Stringer
05. Trust
06. Tens
07. KDM
08. All You
09. MRO
10. Cleo

Warmth LP is scheduled for August 11 release, with “KDM” streamable in full below.

South London Ordnance Debuts on Parachute

South London Ordnance is set to debut on Parachute.

The Parallel Window EP will mark the British producer’s first release of 2017 and his first ever on Parachute.

Driven and direct, the release includes three”wrought-iron originals” and remix from Token affiliate Sigha. The music, according to the label, features “careful modulation drawing sounds in and out of the sonic hinterland sporadically to create a comfortable atmospheric balance between peak-time dancefloor urgency and hazy mid-set moments.”

Tracklisting

1/A1. Parallel Window
2/A2. Disintegration Loop
3/B1. Solder
4/B2. Parallel Window (Sigha Remix)

Parallel Window EP is scheduled for July 28 release, with the title track streamable in full below.

Premiere: Stream a New Track from Chris Geschwindner

Chris Geschwindner is a Frankfurt-born, Darmstadt-based DJ and producer who will soon release a track on the debut VA from Ukranian label Fakedtunes.

At just 23 years old, the rising Geschwindner has already made a name for himself with his unique hybrid of minimal house and melancholic techno. Initially noticed as a skilled DJ, Geschwindner fell in with the Five Finger Records crew shortly after relocating to Darmstadt, where he began to perform regularly at the local club Galerie Kurzweil. Geschwindner’s productions eventually started to appear after developing his first live set in 2015, and since then he has released several remixes and EP’s on labels from the likes of Second Step, Project London Records, and the UK-based NorthSouth Records. Last year’s standout Mathilde EP on Five Finger Records earned Geschwindner international recognition, and showcased the young producer’s ability to fuse elements of garage, deep house, and minimal techno into a fresh and upbeat, but always groovy aesthetic.

Following on from his debut on NorthSouth Records earlier this year, Geschwindner will help inaugurate Fakedtunes, the new label headed by Andrei Bambu, a resident at the popular Kiev club Closer. Joining the likes of Kashawar and Melliflow contributors Nicola Kazimir and Barbir, Geschwindner’s track on the Niagain EP is a fast-moving, hypnotic combination of minimal techno and deep house.

In anticipation of the release, you can stream “Hynosumting” in full via the player below.

Abby Lee Tee ‘Riverside Burrows Pt. 1.1’

Over the years, Austrian musician Abby Lee Tee has been a regular fixture on XLR8R‘s pages. The most recent feature dropped earlier this year in support of Shash Records‘ Compilation 04, which featured cuts from artists such as Monophobe, GC, DeeAit, Ylwfrnd, Mischmeister M, Dear-No, Dj Odd, Lowa, Valabaluza, and, of course Abby Lee Tee. The track in question was produced alongside GC and presented stylish beat work, glistening synths, and a bed of field recordings; qualities that have become somewhat of a calling card for the regular collaborators.

Abby Lee Tee’s latest release, Riverside Burrows, follows this trend; although, this time, the release is spread across two parts and over 20 minutes run time, merging layers of field recordings with warped instrumentation and beautiful, floating pad arrangements.

In support of the release, Shash and Abby Lee Tee have offered up a six-minute cut of the release’s first part, available via WeTransfer below.

You can pick up Riverside Burrowshere.

Riverside Burrows Pt.1.1

Öona Dahl Shares Track From Debut Album

Earlier this week, Öona Dahl released her debut album, Holograma, via DJ Three’s Hallucienda label.

The album follows Dahl’s Wait. lifted EP, which gave listeners a glimpse at her more experimental production personality. On Holograma, which evidently features the preceding EP’s title track as its opener, Dahl pushes her songwriting prowess to the forefront, weaving through floating ambience, cosmic techno, and more pop-infused pastures with her vocals featuring throughout. Although she doesn’t eschew the dancefloor altogether, there’s a noticeable shift in Dahl’s focus, one that has resulted in a striking debut that will further solidify her status as one of electronic music’s most exciting newcomers.

Holograma is out now and can be purchased here, with album cut “Treescry” streaming in full below.

Photo: Roshi Littlelight Sariaslan

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