Daphni (a.k.a Caribou / Dan Snaith) has compiled Fabriclive 93, the latest in the esteemed Fabricmix series.
The release will be Snaith’s first ever mix CD and consists of 23 of his own new and unreleased tracks along with four exclusive edits—including a version of Container’s “Dissolve.”
The release actually contains more Daphni material than the project’s entire back catalog, and it is also the first Daphni music to surface since 2015.
“A lot of these tracks were recorded in situ in the mix itself,” Snaith says. “I’d put one track in place and instead of searching through existing music to find the track to follow it, I’d just make an entirely new one. The tracks on here pull from very diverse ends of the spectrum of music that I like and make.”
Tracklisting
01. Daphni “Face To Face” 02. Daphni “Xing Tian” 03. Daphni “Carry On” 04. Jamire Williams “FUTURISM” (Daphni Edit) 05. Daphni “Poly” 06. Daphni “Ten Thousand” 07. Daphni “Medellin” 08. Daphni -“Hey Drum” 09. Luther Davis Group “You Can Be A Star” (Daphni Edit) 10. Daphni “Try” 11. Daphni “Vikram” 12. Pheeroan Ak Laff “3 In 1” (Daphni Edit) 13. Daphni “Listen Up” 14. Daphni “Tin” 15. Daphni “Moshi” 16. Daphni “Strange Bird” 17. Container “Dissolve” (Daphni Edit) 18. Daphni “Joli Mai” 19. Daphni “Nocturne” 20. Daphni “So It Seems” 21. Daphni “Screaming Man Baby” 22. Daphni “Vs” 23. Daphni “The Truth” 24. Daphni “406.42 PPM” 25. Daphni “Always There” 26. Daphni “Fly Away” 27. Daphni “Life’s What You Make It”
Fabriclive 93 is scheduled for July 21 release, with “Face To Face” streamable in full below.
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 have become 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 first is TRP, a key member of the Lobster Theremin family. All his tracks, both on the London-based imprint and Shall Not Fade, possess an unmistakably distinct feeling, deriving from a harmonious convergence of airy laid-backness and an uplifting, consistent knock-on effect. His skillful way of sonic coordination finds further proof in his magnetic, emotive remixes—including those for Huerco S., Route 8, and Realitycheck). As a DJ, too, he continues only to impress; his sets, while remarkably coherent, drift from genre to genre, blending leftfield cuts of the past with more modern day house a techno. Though he may not be known as a digger in the truest sense, his sets evidence an artist who recognizes a hidden gem when he hears one—making him a perfect candidate to inaugurate our new series.
TRP will be performing at this year’s Her Damit Festival alongside Juan Atkins, Kobosil, Konstantin Sibold, and many more leading names. A hidden gem in the annual festival calendar taking place just outside of Berlin from June 9 to 11, more information, including tickets, is available here.
Vinalog “Happy Mornings”
It’s not a secret that I’m the greatest John Swing fan of all time. This one is him and his brother EMG. As Vinalog they’re showing their deeper taste in house Music. I bought this record a few years ago and since then it never left my bag. Actually, I just bought another copy because the first one is starting to crackle.
Turinn “ESO”
Skee Mask introduced me into this LP and it’s really hard to choose a favorite here. The whole record is a weird mixture of electro, UK garage, and techno. ESO sounds like Synkro and Head High collaborated. Lush vocals, hard hitting snares, and lots of reverb. Can’t get any better.
Decas “Dramaz” (Analogue Cops Remix)
It’s hard to keep up with the insane output of The Analogue Cops. Both remixes of this record are insanely good, make sure to check out the dubstep-kinda version too. I had the chance to see them live at Panorama Bar a few years ago. I think it was the first and last time when Blawan played upstairs, too. They played one of the fastest, funkiest, and hardest house sets I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t enjoy it because I was trying to Shazam every single track with no luck. Make sure to check them out; you won’t regret it.
YMC “Stars”
YMC are two guys from Sweden and I don’t think there’s much more known about them. This one is the perfect sunrise track for me. Just close your eyes and feel the sun on your skin. Can’t wait for the summer time.
Sandboards “Nothing But a Freak”
Here is just one example of an overlooked flipside. I bought this record a while ago because of Krystal Klear’s “Squad Pt.2” (which is really nice). A few months ago I accidentally put the needle on the B-side and was wondering how I ever could skip this track. Perfect track to get you in the mood for the night. Does anyone know where the vocal is from?
Dekmantel Records will release the debut EP of Bruxas, the collaborative project of Dutch psych-rock artist Jacco Gardner and Nic Mauskovic.
Wielding a love for the wild and exotic, Más Profundo is “a record influenced by the black arts, the sun, and the love of making nostalgic, summertime music,” explains the label.
Gardner’s self-titled solo project, featuring Mauskovic on drums, has to date won him many global plaudits, while Mauskovic garnered himself a reputation for sub-equatorial percussion, featuring in bands such as the aptly-titled cumbia, new-wave act, The Mauskovic Dance Band. Bruxas came together when the two were playing backing band for the ’70s James Brown-meets-Black Sabbath act, Witch. Feeling inspired, they began their collaborative musical odyssey by writing new music together in Portugal (Bruxas is Portuguese for “witch”).
“It was a combination of our love for ’70s soundtracks, library music, African disco, and Afrobreat that sparked the idea to start Bruxas,” they say.
Mixing together their well- honed percussive rhythms, along with layered synths and the occasional vocal, Bruxas was born; a project less on the side of fuzz-rock, and more on the side of an occultist rhythmic, devil-dance.
As previously announced, Nick Höppner will release his second solo album on Ostgut Ton this coming summer, titled Work.
Work follows on from the Panorama Bar resident’s debut Folk LP in 2015, which itself followed nearly a decade of 12-inches and remixes for the Berlin-based imprint.
According to the label, the release sees Höppner connect “the territories of house music with the ease of alt-pop.” It, “more than ever, lays out his refined production skills and his talent to work the machines until they reveal their inner ghosts: nine new songs that now dodge the dancefloor, then fully embrace it.”
Tracklisting
A1. All By Themselves (My Belle) A2. Clean Living feat. Tram 78 B1. Fly Your Colours B2. From Up And Down C1. The Dark Segment C2. Forced Resonance D1. In My Mind D2. Hole Head D3. Three Is A Charm feat. Randweg
Ostgut Ton will release Workon June 9, with “Hole Head” streamable in full below.
The track, according to the label, pays tongue-in-cheek homage to Höppner’s love for UK club music, when a dashing melody of synths and vibraphone is matched with clattering breaks and syncopation.
Harvey Sutherland is a Melbourne-based analog synthesist and disco minimalist. The producer and keyboard player has worked steadily since 2013, releasing a handful of highly-coveted records for People’s Potential Unlimited, Echovolt, and Voyage Recordings. His music has resonated with a global community of dancers and DJs, with support from luminaries Hunee, Sassy J, Bradley Zero, and Motor City Drum Ensemble.
Sharing the name of his breakout 12” for the MCDE imprint, Bermuda is Sutherland’s live band—a futurist outfit comprising Melbourne musicians Graeme Pogson (drums) and Tamil Rogeon (electric strings). The trio interpret Sutherland’s productions with flair and relentless consistency, bringing a unique energy to the club space. They have appeared at Meredith Music Festival, Dimensions Festival, and performed a sold-out UK debut at the London Jazz Cafe.
Ahead of the performance, Sutherland compiled a mix for us, which is available for download below.
When and where was the mix recorded?
At my apartment in East Melbourne last week, in between a few coffees and some housekeeping.
Could you tell us about the idea behind it?
Some recent modal, jazz dance, and spiritual records that I’ve picked up in the last few months, and a couple of old favorites.
How did you choose the records in it?
They’re mostly the ones that were in the “unsorted” pile, but I went for strong melodies and odd sonics.
How does the mix compare to one of your club mixes?
A lot fewer kick drums, but I still try to bring a level of melody and form to every mix, regardless of whether it’s intended for a dancefloor.
What have you got planned for 2017?
I’m about to head to Europe and the UK for a six-week tour with Bermuda, then a solo live tour in August. In the studio for the rest of the year, developing some new releases for Clarity Recordings and organizing some special projects for the end of the year in Australia.
The Berlin mainstay has been delivering for two decades and counting via various projects and collaborations: Honesty, Honeydrop, Slope (with Daniel Paul), and Suparaw (with Woody) on such labels as Cabinet, Sonar Kollektiv, and Quality Vibe to name a few.
Now residing in Lisbon, for his next EP he delivers two pieces of “pure electronic groove with a dubby technoid flavor.”
Tracklisting
A1. Janeiro B1. Shortwave
Janeiro EP is scheduled for May 26 release, with the title track streamable in full below.
Producers Tessela and Truss—also known as brothers Ed and Tom Russell—have joined forces as Overmono to remix “DEGREELESSNESS,” taken from Nathan Fake’s fourth album Providence,” recently released via Ninja Tune.
Accordingly, “DEGREELESSNESS”—which features the heavily distorted vocals of Prurient—is re-imagined as a shadowy four-on-the-floor cut.
“I really wanted Overmono to remix “DEGREELESSNESS” as I love the way they use melody alongside heavy, but kind of abstract techno rhythms,” explains Nathan. “They’ve kept their mix pretty close to the original, but I love the Reece bassline outro.”
“DEGREELESSNESS” (feat. Prurient) (Overmono Remix) is available now.
DJ Stingray is the voice of Tresor’s Kern Vol. 4 Mix CD which will be released on July 7.
The celebrated Berlin label inaugurated their Kern Mix CD series in 2012 with DJ Deep, DJ Hell in 2013, and most recently Objekt in 2016. For this edition, the Detroit legend DJ Stingray has hand-picked 27-tracks to “present a device for decoding time in all directions, a sonic prism that refracts our senses into auxiliary components of a total future-rush.”
DJ Stingray (a.k.a Sherard Ingram) has been a key leader in electro and techno for many years. He was the founding member of Urban Tribe (producing often with Anthony Shakir, Carl Craig, and Kenny Dixon Jr.) as well as DJing alongside Gerald Donald and James Stinson as Drexciya. In recent years, Ingram’s own productions have spanned across labels such as Carl Craig’s Planet E, Lorenzo Senni’s Presto?!, Kenny Dixon Jr.’s Mahogani Music, to the Bleep43.
Accompanying the mix CD is a double vinyl of eight-tracks. The leading maneuver comes from the collaborative efforts of DJ Stingray and Gerald Donald under the name NRSB-11 with a new track “Nationalised.”
This mix showcases DJ Stingray’s fast and distinctive mixing style, fitting 27 tracks into a one-hour mix, he combines classic sounds of Detroit’s dance-floors with punchy techno of the still distant future.
Tracklisting CD
01. Dopplereffekt “Scientist” 02. Alex Cortex “We Run Your Life” 03. Kris Wadsworth “Infiltrator” 04. Christopher Joseph “Mind At Sea” 05. Silent Servant “Dissociation” 06. Adam Jay “Lexic” 07. Herva “Slam The Laptop” 08. Gesloten Cirkel “Submit X” 09. Professor X “Professor X (Saga)” 10. NRSB-11 “Nationalised” 11. Luke Eargoggle “I Belong To The Past” 12. Drexciya “Lost Vessel” 13. Dynarec “Moving Corridors” 14. Syncom Data “Musik Politik” 15. Creepy Autograph “Night Stalker” 16. Drexciya “Aquabahn” 17. Faceless Mind “Ocean Movers” (Vcs2600 Science Remix) 18. 065 DJ Dijital “Bang” 19. Drexciya “Running Out Of Space” 20. Illektrolab “Overdrive” 21. Anna Meredith “VapourIsED” (LoneLady Remix) 22. Drexciya “Dr. Blowfins’ Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres” 23. DJ Di’jital “Mind of the Master” 24. Morphology “Vector Plant” 25. Luke Eargoggle & Kan3da “Night Smoker” 26. AFX “Serge Fenix Rendered 2” 27. Drexciya “Cascading Celestial Giants”
Tracklisting LP
A1. NRSB-11 “Nationalised” A2. Dynarec “Moving Corridors” B1. Professor X “Professor X” B2. Herva “Slam The Laptop” C1. AFX “Serge Fenix Rendered 2” C2. Gesloten Cirkel “Submit X” D1. Anna Meredith “VapourIsED” (LoneLady Remix) D2. Syncom Data -“Musik Politik”
<iTresor’s Kern Vol. 4 is scheduled for July 7 release.
The EP, scheduled for June 23 release, features five finely crafted remixes of last year’s expansive LP of the same title by Telefon Tel Aviv, Hypoxia, Lustmord, JK Flesh, and Death In Vegas.
Telefon Tel Aviv offers up his reinterpretation of “Glasir,” a solemnly disconcerting reduction of the original flooded with warmth, depth, and space. This is followed by a contribution from Hypoxia (a.k.a Drumcell), who makes his mark on the beautifully vocalized track “Telepath,” imparting a heavy sense of melancholia. A dark atmosphere is woven by Lustmord on his remake of “Socotra,” with its enveloping celestial melodies and ominous reverberating drones that unfold throughout. JK Flesh boosts the energy of the release with his distorted mix of industrial, dub, and power electronics that shuffle and roll the listener along this spectrally bright reincarnation of “Dendera Light.” British producer Death In Vegas embraces the mystical facet of “Angkor,” patiently exploring serene soundscapes with much depth and color.
Tracklisting
A1/ 1. Glasir (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) A2/ 2. The Telepath feat. Julia Kotowski (Hypoxia Remix) A3/ 3. Socotra (Lustmord Remix) B1/ 4. Dendera Light (JK Flesh Remix) B2/ 5. Angkor (Death In Vegas Remix)
Vicarious Memories Remixed EP is scheduled for June 23 release, with the Hypoxia rework streamable in full below.
Stuart Acker Holt’s CRUMB CRUMB explores themes and ideas through a simple but effective mechanism: each person selects the next person, creating an ongoing trail of inspiration.
Shot during Ableton’s Loop Summit at Funkhaus Berlin in 2016, the above film follows a trail laid out by a selection of artists—this time Sougwen Chung, Daedelus, Jace Clayton, Deantoni Parks, and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry—who each talk on their inspirations, music, and choose the next inspiring figure at the Loop Summit to profile.
You can watch the film in full via the player above, with more on CRUMB here and Ableton’s Loop Summit here.
