Premiere: Hear a Track from the New Engrave Ltd Compilation

At the end of this week, Engrave Ltd will release its first VA compilation, titled Engrave Ltd Vol. 1.

Engrave Ltd Vol. 1 features tracks from label regulars and new producers alike, artists such as Human Machine, Carlos, Sisio, Ekz, Davis, Rancido, Enzo Elia pres. Gallo, Zopelar, and label heads Musumeci and Dodi Palese. Across the nine tracks on the release, the label presents a colorful collection of deep and atmospheric tunes that signal part of the label’s musical landscape; from Musumeci’s trippy “Funi” to Ekz’s shimmering “Silver Cage” and “Moonball,” Carlos’ meditative closing track.

Engrave Ltd Vol. 1 will officially drop on March 3 and can be pre-ordered via the label’s Beatport page, with Carlos’ “Moonball” streaming in full below.

Live Essentials: Dusky

Photo: Dominic Martin

Dusky will be performing alongside Peggy Gou, Cassy, Heidi, Jackmaster, HVOB, Âme, Midland, Josh Wink, Damian Lazarus, Rodhad, 2manydjs, and Recondite at CRSSD Festival, which takes place March 4-5 in San Diego. You can grab tickets to CRSSD here.

Cover photo: Dominic Martin

Although it wasn’t their first release, 2012’s Flo Jam EP was the record that put Dusky on the map. Across the four tracks on the EP, the duo—made up of Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman—nodded to ’90s house, garage, techno, and bass music with relaxed confidence. This fusion of sounds and styles would prove to be their selling point for the years to come, carrying them through sold-out gigs in every corner of the globe, an acclaimed BBC Essential Mix, and over 20 more releases on labels such as Aus Music, Naked Naked, Polydor, and their own imprint, 17 Steps, which is where the majority of their recent output has landed.

Back in April of last year, in support of their sophomore album, Outer—which was released on 17 Steps in October and includes collaborations with Gary Numan, Wiley, and Solomon Grey—the world-conquering duo embarked on their latest undertaking, an immersive live show that features new live versions of back catalog releases and broader musical sound worlds—according to the duo, the live show allows them to explore their wider tastes and tracks of their’s that normally wouldn’t fit into their DJ sets.

As we approach the North American debut of Dusky Live at this weekend’s CRSSD Festival in San Diego and Warsaw, New York, we invited the pair to outline the gear behind the show.

Roland MX-1

This is the hub of the show and acts as a digital mixer to combine and control all the various elements. It combines the sound from the Mainstage and Ableton laptops, along with the Roland Aira gear and Strymon pedals. It has some built in effects which are used at various points too. It additionally acts as a clock for the Roland Aira gear, so it all talks neatly via USB.

Roland TR-8

The TR-8 provides rhythm elements at various points in the show—mostly for adding extra elements on top of the original stems of our tracks. It’s very sonically flexible and provides lots of classic Roland drum-machine sounds. Though we considered using an original 808 or 909 machine for the show, the digital recreation of these is pretty close to the original, and the ability to connect and clock these to the Roland MX-1 via USB means it is much more reliable than it’s predecessors and very easy to sync up to Ableton.

Big Sky + Timeline

These effect pedals are very characterful and are used throughout the show to provide both reverbs and delays for the various musical elements. Through routing via Ableton on Nick’s laptop and the Roland MX-1, each stem of audio or piece of hardware can be sent individually to these pedals, providing a great deal of flexibility.

Akai MPD232

This AKAI MPD232 controller is used by Alfie, alongside a Roland RD800 keyboard to act as a midi controller for Mainstage running on Alfie’s laptop. The faders provide control over various parameters set within Mainstage to accompany the keyboard playing that appears throughout the show—while the pads are used to trigger more percussive sounds such as drum hits and basslines. MPD controllers were chosen because of their great build quality, developed from the iconic MPC range.

Roland RD-800

Alfie’s keyboard is the fully weighted 88-key RD-800. Although it’s a beast to travel with at over 20 kgs, the feel of the keys is unparalleled—and it was chosen to match the feel of a piano as opposed to a synthesizer. This is used to play various parts in each track, be it piano, keys, or pads. It connects directly with the laptop running Mainstage, as well as a backup laptop that runs in the background. A Radial SW8 auto-switcher is used to automatically switch to both the backup Mainstage laptop and the backup Ableton laptop if one goes down. This system means we have four laptops set-up on stage and definitely adds a level of complexity to the overall set-up—but it’s worth it to have a proverbial safety net. Audio software programs are not always the most stable and they do frequently crash, so it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Secretsundaze Lines Up New Fred P EP

Fred P will release his next EP on Secretsundaze.

Having been a long-time favorite at the London-based events series, Fred P will now release his first full solo EP on Secretsundaze’s label arm. The forthcoming three-tracker, entitled Instinctive Rhythms, follows on from a VA sampler on which he featured, as well as other recent contributions to the imprint by the likes of Endian and Wbeeza.

For more information on Fred P, check out the Real Talk essay that he penned last year.

Instinctive Rhythms will be released March 3. Stream “6AM” in full below.

Tracklisting:

A1. 6AM
A2. Herb
B. Mile High

Robert Dietz ‘Whoja Vu’

Berlin-based Robert Dietz will soon release TBT004, a four-tracker on his own TBT Records.

Dietz has been touring regularly across Europe over recent year, playing a host of festivals and regular appearances in Ibiza. According to the label, which “aims for originality and creativity, boasting music with character,” the release “reveals a more soul-stepping vibe for those ready to pick up the pace.”

Tracklisting

A1. Prom Night
A2. Okasio
B1. Kleptocracy
B2. Whoja Vu

TBT004 is out now on vinyl, with digital release scheduled for March 13. “Whoja Vu”—a track that starts off steady before introducing a captivating collection of far out instrumentals—is now downloadable in full via the WeTransfer button below.

Whoja Vu

Ostgut Ton Announces New Tobias. Album

A new Tobias. album will land on Ostgut Ton this April.

Eyes In The Center will be German musician Tobias Freund’s third full-length outing on Ostgut Ton, after 2011’s Leaning Over Backwards and 2014’s A Series Of Shocks. The label promises a continuation of the “musical narrative laid out by his Helium Sessions EP” (which dropped last last year), while evoking “the spirit of (post) punk and the more experimental niches of electronic music.” Listeners can expect modular synth-driven techno, experimental and ambient music across the 12-track release.

Eyes In The Center will be released April 21. Check out a recent live recording of Tobias. in action at VENT, Tokyo earlier this year below (via The Quietus), which features several cuts from the forthcoming LP.

Tracklisting:

01. Cr 24
02. Autopoiesis
03. Blind Mass
04. Syndrome
05. Single Minded
06. In Between
07. Visitors
08. Geometric
09. Beautiful Mistake
10. Vertic
11. El Mundo Será Feliz
12. Eyes In The Center

Dekmantel Reveals Lente Kabinet Lineup

Dekmantel has revealed the lineup for Lente Kabinet 2017.

Lente Kabinet is a one-day event put on by Dutch electronic music institution Dekmantel, which aims its focus “on an avant-garde music and arts program.” For the sixth edition of the festival, organizers have booked in a lineup that includes The Black Madonna, Konstantin, Powell, Objekt, Palms Trax, Mr. Scruff and Matthew Herbert.

Lente Kabinet takes place at Het Twiske, Oostzaan, on May 27. For more information and the complete lineup, head to the Lente Kabinet site.

And.rea Next Up on LowMoneyMusicLove

And.rea has a new EP on the way.

Andrea La Pietra (a.k.a. And.rea) will release his sophomore EP on LowMoneyMusicLove, following his debut with Melliflow in the latter half of last year. The young Italian’s forthcoming release follows on from other recent contributions to the imprint by the likes of Planet JM, Fym, S-Max, and Tar 1337. According to the label, we can expect four cuts of “dreamy and bleepy technoid tracks in ’90s breaks sound.”

Less Talking More Walking will be released March 5. Pre-order it at Deejay.de.

Remotif ‘Dares’

At the end of January, Lee Pattison (a.k.a. Thrilogy) launched the Fate and Fiction imprint with a VA featuring cuts by Ishmael, Remotif, Admin, and the label head himself.

The release dropped on 12” and digital and has already picked up support from house heavy hitters Laurent Garnier, Axel Boman, dOP, Kasper Bjorke, Altern-8, Horse Meat Disco, Jacques Renault, Jimpster, Mike Shannon, and Crazy P. The tracks presented on the VA sit in the realm of deep house; organic, sample-heavy cuts with jazzy flourishes.

In support of the release, Bristol-based producer Remotif has offered up a previously unreleased cut titled “Dares” as today’s XLR8R download. Like the tracks on the on the VA, “Dares” is a classy dancefloor cut with intriguing samples, smooth chords, and a rolling bassline.

You can pick up EP001 now via Deejay, with “Dares” available as a free download via WeTransfer below.

Dares

Alland Byallo Drops EP on 22 Digit; Hear a Track Now

22 Digit Records‘ first release of 2017 comes from Alland Byallo.

Following releases on Rawax, Third Ear Recordings, and Housewax, Night Falls falls in line with Byallo’s dark and brooding production style with two groove-led originals—one of which, “End of Days,” features vocals from Mz Sunday Luv—and a remix from label boss William Welt. On the two originals, Byallo utilizes jazz-like percussion, deep and moody synth lines, and rolling low ends to great effect, with Welt’s remix a more hard-hitting techno outing.

You can pick up Night Fallshere, with “Night Falls On My Back” streaming in full via the player below.

Premiere: Hear a New Track from Ah! Kosmos

Sound designer, producer, instrumentalist, and Red Bull Music Academy alumni Basak Gunak (a.k.a. Ah! Kosmos) will release a new two-track EP, titled Together We Collide, on March 3.

Together We Collide will be Gunak’s third release, following her brilliant 2013 debut, Flesh, and its follow-up LP, Bastards. On the EP, Gunak recruits Warp Records signee LAFAWNDAH and contemporary dancer and choreographer Asli Bostancı to provide stunning vocals on “From the Land Below” and “Silent Safe,” respectively. Both artists naturally complement Gunak’s lush instrumentation and thick, pulsing rhythms.

Ahead of the March 3 release date, you can stream “From the Land Below” in full via the player below.

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