Lineup:
Ben Klock
Marcel Dettmann
Planetary Assault Systems (Live)
Ben Sims
Dax J
Etapp Kyle
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Sonus and Movement Collaborate for One-Off Event
Movement Entertainment and Sonus Festival will join this summer for a one-day event with Sven Väth, Dorian Paic, Luigi Madonna, and Joseph Capriati.
Sonus Festival is set for its fifth-anniversary edition, taking place from August 20 to 24 in Pag, Croatia. On Thursday, August 24, Sonus will team up with Movement—the promoters behind Kappa FuturFestival and Movement Torino—to present a special full day and night collaboration featuring Sven Väth, Dorian Paic, Joseph Capriati, and Luigi Madonna.
The event, which is part of Sonus Festival, comes after Movement decided to change their strategy towards the Croatian circuit. From 2017 onwards, Movement Croatia will be a plugin brand partner only.
More information and tickets for Sonus can be found here.
DJ Stingray, Helena Hauff, Konstantin, and More Confirmed for PollerWiesen 2017
PollerWiesen Festival has confirmed its lineup for this year’s edition, including DJ Stingray,Marcel Dettmann, Helena Hauff, Konstantin, and Len Faki.
PollerWiesen 2017 takes place on June 4 at Dortmund’s Revierpark Wischlingen, a beautiful area for a summer festival with its grasslands, sands, and forest areas.
Spread across a total of four stages, the complete lineup is as follows:
&ME
ANDHIM
AROMA PITCH
BART SKILS
BEN KLOCK
CHARLOTTE DE WITTE
DAX J
DJ STINGRAY
DOMINIK EULBERG
ENRICO SANGIULIANO
FERRO
FJAAK (live)
HELENA HAUFF
JULIA GOVOR
JULIET SIKORA
KARENN (live)
KONSTANTIN
KONSTANTIN SIBOLD
LEN FAKI
MARCEL DETTMANN
P.A.C.O.
PAJI (live)
RØDHÅD
SAM PAGANINI
More information on the event, including tickets, can be found here, with an after-movie from last year’s edition streamable above.
Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra ‘J Schleia’
Berlin’s Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra returns this summer with a fourth album, titled Vula.
Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra (a.k.a. (A.M.E.O.) is a self-organized, independent group of like-minded individuals that is “unlike any other orchestra.” It’s a steadily working ensemble with a focus on experimentation. Comprised of 18 young, in-demand musicians hailing from various countries and musical backgrounds, its members have previously worked in constellations that couldn’t be more diverse—including Ensemble Intercontemporain, Tony Allen’s Afrobeat, Jazz-Legend Kenny Wheeler, and Camerata Bern. The Notwist and post-conceptual artist Cory Arcangel and Daniel Glatzel, the orchestra’s leader and saxophonist, have been the main composers over the last decade since it’s inception in 2006, overseeing the group’s three previous releases, namely Live on Planet Earth (2014), Bum Bum (2012) and Take Off (2009).Besides playing concerts around the world, AMEO also hosts and curates its own genre events.
Having celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a series of concerts last year, the orchestra’s new full-length “showcases a stronger focus on harmony and melody,” they say. It is, they continue, “quite a different beast compared to its live predecessor or the orchestra’s last studio effort.” It is a one-hour-long adventure that needs to be listened to in full.“Listeners who just dip in and out won’t be able to grasp it, I’m afraid,” says Glatzel. “It takes concentrated listening, from beginning to end, with decent sound, to achieve that. And of course it sounds somewhat anachronistic, but it actually reflects the working process, because there were so many complications and obstacles we had to clear during the five years in which we worked on Vula. And yet, despite all the hullaballoo, I felt inspired to see it through: simply because the music seemed to say “if you can’t devote yourself to this, you’re lost; but if you can, you’re bound to experience the ride of your life…””
Ahead of the album’s July 9 release on Alien Transistor, “J Schleia” is available to download via the WeTransfer button below.
Premiere: Hear a Cut from Premiesku’s New EP on 20/20 Vision
Following on from their exceptional Jojoman release in 2015, the Romanian trio Premiesku return on Ralph Lawson‘s 20/20 Vision imprint—one of the UK’s defining independent dance labels.
Premisku—namely Livio & Roby and George G—pride themselves on pushing the boundaries of electronic live music performance, both technically and sonically, and have already tasted success on influential labels such as Apollonia, All Inn Records, Vakant, and Djebali to name a few. They take their custom made analog hardware all over the globe, including world-renowned festivals like Loveland, Sunwaves, and Modernity as well as top clubs including Amnesia Ibiza, Rex, and Stereo Montreal.
The label describes In Sfera as “a tight package of dancefloor groovers,” that sees the trio utilize their “expertly crafted and infectiously percussive productions.”
On remix duties is with FUSE boss Enzo Siragusa who closes the release with a rework of the title track.
Tracklisting
A1. In Sfera
B1. Fidelio
B2. In Sfera (Enzo Siragusa Remix)
Point Phrase (Digital exclusive)
Ahead of the EP’s May 12 vinyl release, “In Sfera” is exclusively streamable in full below.
Digital release is scheduled for May 22.
Dublab Celebrates its 18-Year Anniversary and Announces Move to FM Radio
LA’s internet radio station Dublab will make its move to FM later this year.
2017 also marks the 18-year anniversary of the popular station, which runs seven days a week broadcasting the sounds of LA and the wider musical landscape of left-field music—just recently, the station hosted a b2b session from Four Tet, Ben UFO, and Floating Points, for example.
When speaking to LA Weekly, Dublab director Ale Cohen said: “99.1 FM. We have the gear. We’re close to confirming the place for the antenna. Later this year, we’ll be up and running.”
A nonprofit since the mid-2000s, Dublab is currently running a proton drive to keep the broadcast flowing—you can donate here.
Psymun Drops New EP on Ghostly; Shares Massive Free Sample Pack
Today, Ghostly International release Rainbow Party, the latest EP from new signee Psymun.
The EP follows Psymun’s work as part of the acclaimed Thestand4rd project, alongside Corbin (a.k.a. Spooky Black), Bobby Raps, and Allan Kingdom, and his solo work on Pink Label. For his latest, Psymun presents a three-track outing that looks to punk, noise, and oddball electronics to explore the far reaches of hip-hop and beat-driven pastures. From the foggy and ominous EP opener, “Glitch Tundra,” which also features frequent collaborator Chester Watson, to the analog-driven, slow-mo electronics of closing cut, “Confetti,” Rainbow Party is Psymun’s psychedelic sonic statement of intent.
Alongside the release of the EP, Psymun has released a free sample pack that includes samples from the entire Psymun catalog and his work with thestand4rd, K.Raydio, and much more.
You can download the sample pack for free here, with Rainbow Party available to purchase here or stream here.
Alex & Digby, John Tejada, Sebastian Mullaert, and More Feature on Cocoon Compilation
The Cocoon label has offered up the latest installment in its long-running annual alphabet series.
Now up to Q, 2017’s edition includes cuts from some of techno’s most interesting artists, including Alex & Digby, John Tejada, and Sebastian Mullaert.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
1. (A) Kamran Sadeghi “Anno Domini”
2. (B) Alex & Digby “Da Dang”
3. (C) Sebastian Mullaert “Ode to Be”
4. (D) Harald Björk “Spring”
5. (E) Carlos Nilmmns “Fragile” feat. Genoveva
6. (F) Rico Puestel “If I’d Care More”
7. (G) Söllscher & Siech “Pulse Train”
8. (H) Johannes Volk “Luminance”
9. (I) Fort Romeau “Sequence in D”
10. (J) John Tejada “Blitzar”
11. (K) Acid Pauli “Toms Heimweh”
12. (L) Baba Stiltz “All I Can (About You)”
Cocoon Compilation Q is scheduled for July 23 release.
Cabinet Records Co-founder ZKY Launches Label
Jens Augustowsky (a.k.a ZKY)—one-half of Cab Drivers and co-founder of Cabinet Records—is set to present his new label, titled Ground Service.
Spearheading the first release, ZKY delivers Tiny Moves, a four-track EP that shows what he and the new imprint stand for: “grooving basslines, driving beats, and hypnotic sounds,” the label explains. “Tunes that service the dancefloor and take you on a journey.”
Tracklisting
A1: Tiny moves
A2: No sleep
B1: That track
B2: Don’t decelerate
Tiny Moves EP is scheduled for May 19 digital release with vinyl out now.
Meanwhile, “Tiny Moves” is streamable in full below.
AnGy KoRe ‘Tamago’
AnGy KoRe‘s (real name Angelo Del Core) is a DJ-producer from Casalbore City, Italy. His new LP is full of “eclectic ideas that break the normal standard and includes influences of different forms,” explains Himmel, the label behind the release. “It’s the old school meets the modern sound, a kind of alternative techno that wants to smash the conventional rules and wants to touch different music shades.”
Ahead of the album’s May 8 release, “Tamago,” cut eight from the record, is available to download via the WeTransfer button below.
