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Download a New Mix from Andrey Zots

Moscow’s Arma17 resident Andrey Zots has shared a new mix ahead of his performance at this year’s Into the Valley Festival.

Zots has dedicated the last decade to sound engineering, sound design or sound in art—”every step of a sonic journey through the life is about that.” he says. The mix, which incorporates quirky tech-house with breakbeat and electro influences, is streamable and downloadable via the WeTransfer button below.

This is what he had to say:

“The artistic temptation for me was in a way to chase the time and to play with it. So the perfect ambiance for such a play is where the concept of time itself is relative … I would say that this mix is space-inspired, transmitting a feeling of a journey in the weird time-machine which takes you to the floating dance floor of a cosmic discotheque and you can hardly tell if the destination is the past or the future. So please welcome on board.”

L.E.V. Festival Details Audiovisual Plans

L.E.V Festival has revealed details of its audiovisual installations circuit.

The Spanish festival will bring together five “of the most remarkable current names” from the audiovisual world, to create a circuit of different installations around Gijón. Montreal’s Maotik will premiere his Aeryon project—an artistic interpretation of a surveillance drone’s vision. Daniel Iregui brings an interactive LED sculpture, entitled Control No Control, while Olivier Ratsi brings his graphical work about the re-composition of time and space, known as Onion Skin. The final two additions are Martin Messier‘s BOiTE NOIRE (“Black Box”) and Carlos Coronas‘s Lampyridae.

Festival goers can also look forward to a TouchDesigner workshop by Markus HeckmannÐ, focusing on the core concepts and techniques required when diving into the visual programming environment.

For more information on L.E.V and the complete lineup, head to the festival’s site.

Terraforma Festival Announces New Names

Terraforma, the international music festival dedicated to artistic experimentation and environmental sustainability, has announced the second round of artists for its fourth edition this coming June.

Added to the lineup this year are the co-founder of the German label Kompakt,Wolfgang Voigt with his project GAS that combines minimalism and romance; the pioneer of the UK dubstep scene, Mala (also known as Digital Mystikz),; the Roman producer Francesco De Bellis as L.U.C.A.,; the Brooklyn-based musician and visual artist, Aurora Halal with her dreamy, futuristic techno; and the Berlin-based sound and mastering guru Rashad Becker.

The new names will accompany the artists previously announced, namely Andrew Weatherall, Suzanne Ciani, the Arpanet project of Gerald Donald (Drexciya, Dopplereffekt) of Detroit, and Laraaji.

For more information, head to the Terraforma site. Tickets are available to buy here, with a video of Atom TM & Tobias.’ 2016 performance streamable below.

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Into the Valley and Into the Factory Add Yet More Names

Into the Valley and Into the Factory have both announced a number of new names for their upcoming editions as the lineups continue to shape up.

The current lineups are below, with recently added names in bold. The final list of names will be announced within the next week.

In addition to this, organizers have recently added a number of “Into the Episode” showcases. “Into the Episode “is a series of events held at some of the world’s best clubs aimed at “providing a connecting thread between our events, bringing people together under the same banner.” The current calendar can be found here.

Into the Valley–Rummu, Estonia (June 29-July 1)

Andrey Zots
Anna Hanna
Answer Code Request
Antal
Anthea
Avalon Emerson
Axel Boman
Bella Sarris
Black Madonna
Cassy
Cobblestone Jazz (live)
Craig Richards
Dana Ruh
Dasha Redkina
Dixon
Dj Stingray
Dyed Soundorom
Ellen Vene
Fernando Costantini
Francesco Del Garda
Function
George FitzGerald
Helena Hauff
Honey Dijon
Hunee
Janina
Jeff Mills
Jennifer Cardini
KASK
Katerina
Kerri Chandler
Kim Ann Foxman
Kink featuring Rachel Row (live)
Maayan Nidam
Marcel Dettmann
Margaret Dygas
Midland
Momo Trosman
Nastia
Nikolajev
Nina Kraviz
Olga Korol
Praslesh
Rebolledo
Recondite (live)
Regis
Renaat Vandepapeliere
Rhadoo
Ricardo Villalobos
Rødhåd
Sassy J
Scuba
Sonja Moonear
Stockholm Murder Girls
Vlada

Into the Factory–Stora Vika, Sweden (August 10 to 12)

Abdulla Rashim
Adam Beyer
Alexandra
Andrew Weatherall
Ata b2b Roman Flügel
Barac
Bicep (live)
Cari Lekebusch & Joel Mull (B2B)
Daniel Avery
Dasha Rush
Dax J
DJ Nobu
DVS1
Evigt Mörker
Fabio & Stef
Gago Cuk & Max Lindevall
Gander/Örnell
Genius Of Time
Harvey Sutherland (live)
Headless Horseman (live)
Ion Ludwig (live)
Jessie Granqvist
Johanna Knutsson
Johanna Schneider
Juan Atkins
Julia Govor
Karenn (live)
La Fleur
Magda
Marcel Dettmann
Mathew Jonson (live)
Molly
Moodymann
Mr Fingers aka Larry Heard (live)
Nastia
Optimo
Paula Temple
Robert Hood
Rodhåd
Sebastian Mullaert (live)
Shanti Celeste
Shinedoe
SHXCXCHCXSH (live)
Skatebård
Sonja Moonear
Spacetravel
Steffi
Studio Barnhus
The Field
Tijana T
Tini
TM404
V2V
Vera
Veronica
Vasicka
Vril (live)

Into The Valley will take place June 29 to July 1, followed by Into The Factory on August 10 to 12. For more information and tickets, head to the Music Goes Further site.

Slackk Preps New R&S Records LP

Slackk will release a new album on R&S Records, titled A Little Light.

Slackk first came to the attention of most with an EP of roughneck UK house on Numbers, before a series of more emotive, melody-driven records on Local Action and Unknown to the Unknown saw him emerge as one of the most influential artists working in the peripheries of grime—taking the genre’s hallmarks but placing them in a context that owed as much to Eastern mood pieces and the complex melodies of classic jazz records, hinting at other key influences on Slackk’s music. His debut album Palm Tree Fire was a particular success: Resident Advisor calling it a “beautiful glimpse into the mind of an under-appreciated producer.”

Slackk has since expanded the breadth and honed the details of his music through a pair of EPs on R&S—first Backwards Light, and then on the more abrasive Aviary. A Little Light, his first album for the label, is described as “his most idiosyncratic and personal release yet.”

According to the label, the release is inspired by the upcoming birth of his first child and sees Slackk drop the tempo to “an R&B 90bpm crawl…with the newfound space between his drums allowing his delicate melodies to grow and spiral like never before.”

Tracklisting:

01. Spring Mist
02. Paper Santos
03. Maze
04. Ripe Corn
05. Sefton Park West
06. Desert Eagle
07. So Far, The Sea
08. Picture
09. Deluxe Night Edition
10. Old Petchy Shows
11. Reasons
12. End
13. Zip Me Up
14. And The Sun

A Little Light is scheduled for May 12 release, with “Maze” streamable in full below.

Slackk Preps New R&S Records LP

Slackk will release a new album on R&S Records, titled A Little Light.

Tracklisting:

A Little Light is scheduled for May 12 release, with “Maze” streamable in full below.

Premiere: Stream Vincent Casanova’s Debut on Kindisch

Vincent Casanova will soon release his Endless EP on Kindisch.

The two-tracker, scheduled for March 24 release, will be the American DJ-producer’s debut on the Berlin-based label and arrives in the same stripped-back, effortlessly deep fashion as his earlier productions on Archipel, Vibe Experience, and Tzinah.

For more information on Vincent Casanova, check out his recent contribution to the XLR8R podcast series.

Tracklisting

01. The Endless Interior
02. Die And Come Back

Endless is scheduled for March 24 release, with the full stream available below.

Ghost In The Shell Soundtrack Details Revealed

Paramount Pictures and Kobalt have announced details of the forthcoming Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Ghost In The Shellrelease.

A remake of the mid-90s anime hit by the same name (which casts Scarlett Johansson in the lead roll), Ghost In The Shell is set to be one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters. The team behind it have now released details of Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Ghost In The Shell. Gary Numan contributes, as well as Tricky, IO Echo, and Steve Aoki, who remixes Kenji Kawai. Nils Frahm teams up with DJ Shadow, while Johnny Jewel contributes three cuts, amongst others.

The original Ghost In The Shell: PlayStation Soundtrack is a cult classic in electronic music circles, featuring music by Joey Beltram, Derrick May and Claude Young.

Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Ghost In The Shell will be released March 31. Pre-order it here.

Tracklisting:

01. Kenji Kawai “Utai IV Reawakening” (Steve Aoki Remix)
02. Johnny Jewel “The Hacker”
03. Boys Noize “Cathryn’s Peak”
04. DJ Shadow “Scars” (feat. Nils Frahm)
05. Above & Beyond “Surge”
06. IO Echo “Aokigahara Forest”
07. Tricky “Escape”
08. Ki:Theory “Enjoy The Silence”
09. Johnny Jewel “Free Fall”
10. Gary Numan “Bed of Thorns”
11. Johnny Jewel “The Key”
12. Kenji Kawai “Utai IV Reawakening”

Goldie to Release ‘Hard-Hitting’ Memoir

Goldie will release a “hard-hitting” memoir, titled All Things Remembered.

According to reports, British publisher Faber & Faber is working on the project, and say it’ll be an “an explosive story of abuse, revenge, graffiti, gold teeth, sawn-off shotguns, car crashes, hot yoga, absent fatherhood, and redemption through reality TV.”

The book will land on November 2, following Goldie’s triple-vinyl LP, The Journey Man, his first full-length as Goldie since 1998.

“All Things Remembered is not just the story of how and why,” says Goldie. “It’s everything from the children’s homes to the Whispering Wheels roller-disco to rolling with the graffiti kings of New York to writing with David Bowie to reinventing myself as the Dorian Gray of fucking breakbeat.”

The book is being written with help from cultural critic Ben Thomson, who has worked on memoirs for comedian Vic Reeves, actor Phil Daniels, and The Streets’ Mike Skinner.

Weekly Selections: SXM Festival, LDL with Fort Romeau, Making Shapes with Ivan Smagghe

This weekend marks the second edition of the highly anticipated SXM Festival on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The destination festival will take over the entire palm-fringed island, hosting day parties on the beach, night time club events at carefully selected venues, and intimate afterparties at secret villas. This year’s stellar cast of artists will suit all tastes for underground music, with highlights including heavyweights like Nina Kraviz and Ricardo Villalobos all the way to up-and-comers like Montreal sensation Amir Javasoul and Beste Modus head Cinthie. Make sure not to miss XLR8R’s day party at the Beach Lounge of the Hotel Mercure, which will take place on Friday and will feature a headlining set from Visionquest mainstay Shaun Reeves. Saturday’s Dailycid party at The Refuge should also be top-notch, with performances from DJ W!LD, XLR8R favorite Dewalta, and a special live set from Ion Ludwig. The real treat will come on Sunday at the Closing Party at Happy Bay, where minimal masters Richie Hawtin and Ricardo Villalobos will close out the festival with a bang. For more information and last minute tickets, head to SXM’s Facebook event page.

On Friday night in Los Angeles, veteran West Coast party crew Lights Down Low will return to the warehouse district for a special collaborative party with Into The Woods Recordings. The event will focus on the deeper, melodic side of house and techno, with Sistrum Recordings boss Patrice Scott at the top of the bill. Running Back contributor Fort Romeau will also grace the decks, with Jimmy Maheras of Into The Woods and Corey Sizemore of Lights Down Low lined up for opening duties. More information and tickets can be found here.

And on Saturday, the underground event series Making Shapes will touch down again in Los Angeles, this time recruiting the eclectic French selector Ivan Smagghe for a headlining slot. Also on the bill is Kompakt contributor SONNS, Cosmo Vitelli, and Making Shapes’ own Jeniluv. A limited number of presale tickets remain; get them here.