The forthcoming two-tracker arrives in atypical circumstances, which the label describes as “bucking trends and shucking conventions.” The reworked track, “Jungelknugen,” is currently unreleased, but set to drop on a new album by Terje (his third full-length, following last year’s outing with live band The Olsens).
First up on remix duties is Four Tet, who, judging by the snippets, offers a synth and piano heavy house rework. Prins Thomas takes over on the flip, with his fourth remix of fellow Norwegian producer Terje to date.
Jungelknugen (Four Tet & Prins Thomas Remixes) is due out February 24. Pre-order it and stream snippets over at Juno.
On February 14, Noneside Records will drop its second release, an EP that promises to combine electronic musicians from Kiev, St. Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg. The tracks on EP2 fall in line with the traditions of analog house, cuts by artists such as Nocow, Kiddmisha, Shine Grooves & Michel, and IV Mickey.
In support of the EP, Noneside Records has offered up IV Mickey’s “Mystictrax” as today’s XLR8R download, available via WeTransfer below. The lo-fi cut was inspired by the dark streets of Kyiv’s Podil district and written entirely on the Akai mpc2000xl and recorded to a Tascam 464.
You can hear previews of each of the cuts on EP2 via Noneside’s SoundCloud page, with a pre-order option also available.
On March 31, Antipop Consortium’s Beans will return to the fold after a five-year hiatus with three new albums—Wolves of the World, Love Me Tonight, and HAAST—and his first novel, Die Tonight.
The first album of the music trilogy, Wolves of the World, features production from Canadian producer Toboggan, whereas the second album, Love Me Tonight, enlists various producers such as Sam Fog from Interpol, Gobby, Laurel Halo, Container, Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), Tobacco, and Pete Swanson, and delves into love and all of its manifestations, both rewarding and costly. The final edition in the trilogy, HAAST, deals with social issues surrounding the increased unaccountability of violence towards Black American and finds Beans working alongside Miami Schematic Music producer Ay Fast, industrial noise duo Snake ZVK, and string composer Christopher Auerbach-Brown.
The ambitious, multi-format project has been in the works for five years now, as Beans explains:
“After End It All dropped 5 years ago, I immediately started working on Love Me Tonight soon afterward but then I met this producer from Canada named Toboggan (Corey Martin) when opening a show with the Death Comet Crew. The Wolves album took a year. At the same time, I was writing the book, Die Tonight, which took 2 and half years but I was still recording and writing for both albums. After I finished Wolves, I continued putting the finishing touches on Love Me Tonight.
As I was finishing the book but was still working on Love Me Tonight, I had this idea for a record incorporating strings and other live elements but not the means to make that happen yet. After Love Me Tonight was finished, I moved and started working with producers and musicians from Cleveland on the album which became HAAST. That took a year and a half.”
The albums are limited to 500 vinyl copies each and can be pre-ordered here—only 150 pre-orders are available for each—with a cut from each album available to stream below.
Apollo/R&S Records will present a compilation album of a series of classic EPs from Japanese innovator Mr. YT (a.k.a. Yuji Takenouchi).
The Brand New Day,Southern Paradise, and Parfum EPs were originally released between 1997 and 1998 on Apollo Records and R&S sub-labels Generations and Global Cuts. Over the intervening years, the EPs’ heady blend of atmospheric pressure, balmy pads and deep grooves has percolated, gathering fans across the globe, to the point where original copies are in high demand on the second-hand market.
Created in the late ’90s on a hardware setup of Roland Super Jupiter, Roland JV1080, Roland D550, Yamaha TX81Z and Akai S1100, Takenouchi was burning with inspiration from the sounds of Ron Trent and Chez Damier, Basic Channel, House of 909, Ian Pooley and Carl Craig.
A video game musician by profession, Takenouchi was used to producing music for specific scenes/sequences—starting from scratch had him baffled. Deciding to set a theme or concept for each EP proved to be the breakthrough he needed; a day of new environment for Brand New Day, yin and yang for Southern Paradise and imaginary fragrances for Parfum. Looking at pictures related to each of these themes helped to fuel his creativity while producing.
Apollo/R&S Records will present a compilation album of a series of classic EPs from Japanese innovator Mr. YT (a.k.a. Yuji Takenouchi).
The Brand New Day,Southern Paradise, and Parfum EPs were originally released between 1997 and 1998 on Apollo Records and R&S sub-labels Generations and Global Cuts. Over the intervening years, the EPs’ heady blend of atmospheric pressure, balmy pads and deep grooves has percolated, gathering fans across the globe, to the point where original copies are in high demand on the second-hand market.
Created in the late ’90s on a hardware setup of Roland Super Jupiter, Roland JV1080, Roland D550, Yamaha TX81Z and Akai S1100, Takenouchi was burning with inspiration from the sounds of Ron Trent and Chez Damier, Basic Channel, House of 909, Ian Pooley and Carl Craig.
A video game musician by profession, Takenouchi was used to producing music for specific scenes/sequences—starting from scratch had him baffled. Deciding to set a theme or concept for each EP proved to be the breakthrough he needed; a day of new environment for Brand New Day, yin and yang for Southern Paradise and imaginary fragrances for Parfum. Looking at pictures related to each of these themes helped to fuel his creativity while producing.
New additions also include Wiley, Patrick Topping, Solardo, Mistajam, Artwork, Chris Lorenzo, Denney, Justin Martin, Mele, Mella Dee, Monki, Nick Curly, Sonny Fodera, Jesse Calosso, and Waze & Odyssey.
The updated lineup is now as follows:
Major Lazer Soundsystem Marco Carola Stormzy Diplo Jamie Jones MK The Martinez Brothers Hannah Wants Wiley Hot Since 82 Eats Everything DJ Koze Rodhad Dusky Kurupt FM Patrick Topping Skream Steve Lawler Elrow presents: Rowlympic Games Anja Schneider Artwork Bicep Darius Syrossian David Rodigan Disciples George FitzGerald Gerd Janson Heidi Leon Vynehall Mistajam My Nu Leng Paco Osuna Redlight Richy Ahmed Solardo Shy FX Tiga T.Q.D. (Royal T / DJ Q / Flava D) AJ Tracey Alan Fitzpatrick Barely Legal CamelPhat Cuartero Chris Lorenzo Denis Sulta Denney DJ Craze DJ Haus DJ Yoda Doorly Friction Gotsome Hector Couto Hype & Hazard Icarus Illyus & Barrientos Jasper James Jesse Calosso Joey Daniel Justin Martin Klose One Lee Walker Mak & Pasteman Mele Mella Dee Monki Mike Skinner Nick Curly Robag Wruhme Ryan Elliot Sonny Fodera Theo Kottis The Dreem Teem Waze & Odyssey
Organizers have curated the complete package for those who wish to attend, including travel, transfers, tickets, accommodation and extras. Deposits can be made for as little as £80 for tickets, and just over £235 for packages.
Melina Serser is a rising DJ based in Montevideo, Uruguay—and a graduate of DJ Koolt’s DJ school. “He taught me a lot; he is my mentor,” she says laughing over a beer during her recent visit to Berlin where she played alongside Vera, Z@P, and more at one of the summer’s Melliflow parties.
Her influences, she explains, come from her afro-American roots, but she has spent much of the last five years refining her style into one that blends downtempo, trip-hop, and breakbeat with funk, jazz, and ethnic rhythms—the result of which is a rich and varied sonic tapestry as she uncovers unknown jewels to exhibit an exploration of melodies from around the world.
With a growing reputation both on home turf and around Europe for her versatile selections and eclectic taste in vinyl, we thought it about time to invite her to the XLR8R podcast series.
When and where was the mix recorded? Two weeks ago, at my house, in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Could you tell us about the idea behind it? How did you choose the records in it? I wanted to create a non-mental, trippy, positive-vibed mix that generates different feelings, intensities, and moods. I selected some of my old time favorite records—the “special ones” that touch me and make me happy when I play and listen to them. I also wanted percussion to be present in the mix, to remind us of our roots. The idea was for it to start in an organic, basic way and that it progressively turned into something more electronic, while always keeping the downtempo mood.
The mix reveals a very unique and versatile track selection. Where do you find these records–and how much time do you spend looking for them? Some of them I found in record stores in Berlin, London, Barcelona, and online record stores. Some others just came to me, for example, the first track is one of my life’s favorites. I found it at a street market in Australia, I liked the cover so I just bought it and when I finally listened to it I fell in love.
How does the mix compare to one of your club mixes? I think that I always include an ethnic touch on my mixes, but in this particular one, I specifically focused on the progression from organic to electronic, and the percussive components. In clubs, I play more electronic music, but it is still ambient and downtempo, though.
Talk to us about your background. How did you get into DJing–and explain the role of DJ Koolt in your development? Music has always been my passion. I started searching and collecting music when I was really young. One day, when I was older, a friend invited me to play with her, b2b, at a party. This first gig was amazing! I enjoyed it so much that I realized that I wanted to continue playing and so I did. Some years later after some gigs, I wanted to improve my mixing technique, so a friend told me about Koolt’s School. I called him and I started classes with him the week after.
What were the main things that DJ Koolt taught you? He opened a big musical door for me. Not only did I get to know lots of new music with him, but also he showed me his vision about the meaning of being a DJ and everything that it involves, including a passionate attitude towards it. And, of course, he taught me his art of mixing: how, where, and when to make the mix.
What have you got planned for 2017? A lot of things! I am going to Europe for two months during the summer (July and August) to play around Barcelona, Berlín, London, and so on.
This year, I’m so happy to be part of the Intrinsic platform which will happen in France during the summer, sharing stages with E-tape, Andrew James Gustav, Jan Jelinek, and others.
Also, I’ve just started running a label with my friend Fabricio. We are finishing the first album to be released this year
Not Only You will be Schwarz’ first solo production since 2013; recent years have seen him move award from the dancefloor to explore the intersections between electronic music and jazz, classical compositions, and African sounds. In 2015 he worked with Kuniyuki Takahashi to create classical arrangements of his tracks.
According to the label, however, Not Also You is a return to “clubland” that sees Schwarz wearing on of his “most techno looking robes as of yet.”
Ahead of its February 17 release, you can stream snippets of the EP in below.
