Premiere: Hear a Tripped-Out Cut from Jad & The

Brisbane radio-show-come-record-label Beats Of No Nation (BONN) has announced its third release, titled Hollywood by Jad & The (FKA Jad & The Ladyboy).

The label turned heads with its first two releases—XLR8R featured a track from the first release as a free download here—and now returns with a decidedly spaced-out affair from one of its co-founders. Aside from Beats Of No Nation, Jad’s productions and releases have popped up on Sonar Kollektiv, Toy Tonics, Jay Shepheard’s Retrofit, and, most recently, Brisbane-based Centre Source Records.

Getting its name from the obscure samples Jad pulled from a collection of dusty VHS tapes, Hollywood is a raw and cosmic journey into the outer realms of disco-infused house. Alongside the three originals will be a remix from Londoner Deejay Astral, who turns his hand to A1 cut, “Theatrical Trailer.”

Hollywood is set to drop on May 15 via Above Board distribution, with EP cut “Oscar Nom” streaming in full below.

DMX Krew, Onur Ozer, Zendid, Francesco Del Garda, and Many More Confirmed for Nostromo

DMX Krew, Onur Özer, Zendid, Francesco Del Garda, Max Vaahs, and many more names have been confirmed for the debut edition of France’s Nostromo Festival.

Nostromo takes place in on a private site in the middle of nature, in Samazan, in the Lot-et- Garonne area of France. Two stages will be set on four hectares of wooded park, one with a focus on the international scene, while the other will focus on music collectives from all over France. A camp is made available to the participants, more than 40 artists will take part in the adventure, with more soon to be announced. Those artists come from various different genres, inspired by electronic music as well as jazz or hip-hop, all driven by the same passion. The current lineup is listed below.

Beyond music, the visual concept of the festival is a blend of different urban cultures, modern art, futuristic architecture, and dream of space exploration; the name of the festival directly refers to the legendary Alien movie spaceship. It is, therefore, in a space and retro-futuristic setting that the participants will be welcomed, with various places to entertain, share as well as rest. Architects, carpenters, and artists work hand in hand for all the scenography and all installations on site to deliver a special setting.

More information, including tickets, can be found here, with a teaser streamable below.

Omar-S and Nite Jewel Release New 12″

Omar-S and Nite Jewel have released a new single, titled “Confess To U.”

The US pair shared a music video for the track earlier this week, which is streamable in the player above. The single is the duo’s second collaboration: last year they released”Sky Train,” which came packaged on an EP with three alternate mixes.

The Confess To U 12″ contains the original vocal version on one side along with plus a “3 Stooges Of Hamtramck Mix” on the other side.

Tracklisting

A. Confess To U (Vocal Mix)
B. Confess To U (The 3 Stooges Of Hamtramck Mix)

Confess To U is scheduled for May release.

DJ Stingray, Daniele Baldelli, Perc, and More Play FASMA Festival

DJ Stingray, Daniele Baldelli, Perc, and more have been confirmed to play this year’s FASMA Festival in Athens, Greece.

The fourth edition of FASMA Festival will take place from May 4 to 7 with 40 international and local artists in six venues across Athens—from the place-to-be six d.o.g.s. and the multipurpose space of Chitirio, to the sunny garden of the Association of Greek Archaeologists building.

Confirmed for this year are some big names, including the legendary Drexciyan DJ Stingray from Detroit, alongside the father of cosmic disco, Daniele Baldelli, and Alessandro Cortini of Nine Inch Nails. The full music program is below, which takes place alongside an array of technical workshops, installation, and lectures. A detailed programme of the festival’s parallel activities will be announced gradually.

Full Music Programme 

Akis S [GR] / Alessandro Cortini [IT] / Alienata b2b Kondaktor [ES] [GR] / Analogue DJs ]GR] / Anatolian Weapons [GR] / ANFS [GR] / Angelos Kyriou [GR] / be uncensored DJs [GR ] / BMSK [GR] / Breakin Moves [GR] / Constantine HADES w/ EFTD [GR] / Daniele Baldelli [IT] / Dead Gum [GR] / DimDj [GR] / DJ Stingray [US] / Eomac [OM] / EVOL [ES] / Hydroessa [GR] / Jamie Tiller [UK] / Jay Glass Dubs [GR] / Kill Emil [GR] / Kon001 [GR] / Lag Os [ES] / Lee Adams [UK] / Liegota [GR] / Mr. Statik b2b Runner [GR] / Perc b2b Randomer [UK] / Pinch [UK] / Polygrains [GR] / PRINCE XXIII w/ DWMND [GR] / Sixth June [RS] / Tolouse Low Trax [DE] / Tomash Ghz [CY] / Τoxe [SE] / Vercetti Technicolor [GR] / Xyn Cabal [GR] / Zebra Katz [US]

More information and tickets can be found here.

Kommuna Tapes Ready ‘Phaenomena’ EP

The Kommuna Tapes label has a new release on the way.

Kommuna Tapes is a limited vinyl and tape label based in Barcelona, curated by CMYK and Rubi. The Phaenomena EP is the label’s second release, following on from the Alternating Systems EP which dropped in October last year.

The first side starts with a track produced by Tom Ellis over a decade ago, before Barbir and Nicola Kazimir from Les Points drop a faster trip. On the flip side, the label introduces Zurich talent Adva with two cuts between ambient, dub and minimal.

Phaenomena EP is out today, with snippets streamable below.

Tracklisting

A1. Tom Ellis “Vibe of a Drum”
A2. Barbir, Nicola Kazimir “Sircolin”
B1. Adva “Big Dreams”
B2. Adva “Dust”

Niven ‘Heart Click’ (My Panda Shall Fly Remix)

Niven has recently released his second EP, titled Dragonfly. 

Niven has long been diligently bubbling away at the center of East London’s thriving underground electronic music community. Now he beginning to make his musical mark with some enchanted sonic experimentation, bringing together ambient synths, organic bass thumps, and graceful glitches, with his own vocals whispering on the surface.

Following the release, Niven has shared a My Panda Shall Fly remix of “Heart Click,” which is available to download via the player below.

Heart Click (My Panda Shall Fly Remix)

Dauwd Announces Debut LP

Dauwd Al Hilali (a.k.a Dauwd) is set to release his debut LP, titled Theory Of Colours.

The US-born, Wales-raised artist has been releasing music for nearly six years on such noted labels as Ghostly International and Kompakt; and his debut album arrives following a few years out of the limelight and in his Berlin studio. Inspiration, according to the label, comes from electronic music legends like Terry Riley, Raymond Scott, and the seminal Radiophonic Workshop period in the late ’50s and ’60s. “It,” continues the label, “draws a unique line between influences as disparate as hazy Detroit house and early German Krautrock.”

Inspiration for the album was found through restriction as Dauwd found creative freedom in limiting his own gear. Spanning a succinct forty minutes across seven tracks, Dauwd’s fondness for delays and love for vintage synthesizers characterize much of the album, which was recorded over the course of a year primarily in an Utrecht studio that houses one of the largest collections of vintage synths and other modular equipment in all of Europe. The result is an “intricate, scintillating journey that hovers between familiar and strange,” the label says.

Tracklisting

01. Macadam Therapy
02. Leitmotiv
03. Murmure
04. Glass Jelly
05. Analogische Memories
06. Unconscious
07. Theory of Colours

Theory Of Colours LP is scheduled for June 2 release via Technicolour Recordings, with “Leitmotiv” streamable in full below.

Pearson Sound Returns with ‘Robin Chasing Butterflies’

David Kennedy (a.k.a. Pearson Sound) is set to return with a new record, titled Robin Chasing Butterflies.

The three-track EP will be the first release on Kennedy’s self-titled record label since last year’s XLB, with clips streamable below.

Tracklisting

01. Robin Chasing Butterflies
02. Eels
03. Heal Me

Gunnar Haslam Preps LP on The Bunker New York

Gunnar Haslam will release a new LP on The Bunker New York, titled Kalaatsakia.

Kalaatsakia lands following Haslam’s Scale No Flam 12-inch, his first solo release on the imprint, which itself arrived after a collaborative LP with Tin Man as Romans. He’s previously had three full-lengths for L.I.E.S., and a number of EPs for various other outlets.

According to the label, the LP “sprawls across the intersections of techno and more abstract sounds to take us on a wide-ranging journey from the subterranean to the coastal, from blown-out dub tones through fractured rhythms.”

Tracklisting

A1. Broadcast
A2. Kalapuyan
A3. Transdisciplinary
B1. nxbound
B2. Kjolle
B3. Rservoir
C1. Istvaeonic
C2. Kpalaga
C3. Kaltrees
D1. Invariance
D2. Density
D3. Second Version

Kalaatsakia LP is scheduled for June 2 release, with “Second Version” streamable in full below.

Max Cooper Preps ‘Chromos’ EP

Max Cooper has a new EP on the way, titled Chromos.

Chromos follows on from his extensive Emergence project and sees the Belfast-born artist continuing to explore the symbiosis of music and science with visual representations of data.

The opening tracks, “Chromos” and “Coils of Living Synthesis,” are beautifully delicate soundscapes of organic life inspired by genetic research undertaken at the Babraham Institute. The former also features an accompanying VR video by long-time collaborator Andy Lomas, the production of which used a simulated model for predicting what DNA looks like inside a cell.

Distant chords and subtle glitches emerge from a hypnotic groove in “Molten Landscapes,” while “Four Tone Reflections” builds a vast sonic spectrum over 12 minutes. For the “Chromos” remix, Cosmin TRG turns the fragility of the original into a warped techno cut.

Mikhail Spivakov, Research Group Leader at the Babraham Institute, spoke on the collaboration:

“As a biologist. I am passionate to find ways to make our science more accessible, to
help people understand what we do and why we do it. It was amazing to see how the project took real data from the lab and turned it into a multidimensional experience which allows people to get more closely acquainted with our DNA, what it does and how it looks, making it almost palpable.”

Tracklisting

01. Chromos
02. Coils of Living Synthesis
03. Molten Landscapes
04. Four Tone Reflections
05. Chromos (Cosmin TRG Mutation)

Chromos EP is scheduled for May 26 release.

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