Jamal Moss (a.k.a Hieroglyphic Being) will release a new EP on Lick My Deck in collaboration with The Truth Theory Trio.
Materialized Psychism Of The Bottomless Void arrives following Moss’ album for Ninja Tune and a 12″ for Rush Hour—and is intended as a celebration of the London label’s 10-year anniversary.
Ahead of the EP’s March release on vinyl, snippets can be streamed below.
Ostgut Ton will release the first full 12″ release by longstanding Berghain (and previously OstGut club) resident Fiedel.
Fiedel’s debut 12″ has been a long time coming. The Berlin-Brandenburg native was there when the wall came down, started DJing in the 1990s at Subversiv, began producing with Errorsmith as MMM in 1996, held a residency at OstGut from 2000 on, and has continued doing so at Berghain since 2004. He also runs his own labels Fiedelone and Fiedeltwo, used to work at Hard Wax record store, and is a mainstay at Wax Treatment and Killasan Soundsystem.
The Substance B three-tracker arrives following Fiedel’s contributions to the label’s compilations Fünf (2010), Various (2013), and Ostgut Ton | Zehn (2015).
Tracklisting 12”/ Digital:
A.Substance
BB1. Track 432
B2.S-Drive
Substance B is scheduled for March 3 release.
Parisian producer Djebali recently released his debut album, titled 5.
The number not only marks the number of years that have passed since his label was conceived but also represents the months it took to complete his very first long-player. This is an important milestone in any artist’s career, the first time they have the opportunity to create something timeless—a culmination of all of their experiences so far, and a statement about where they are, and where they’re going.
Djebali’s entry into house music came via his early DJ forays with a college friend. The duo picked music that was a happy medium between his beloved hip-hop and the “super super hard” hardcore music Djebali’s friend liked. From that point onwards he was hooked, eventually hitting the clubs and making all the right connections that led to his first release, with Jay Haze on Tuning Spork in 2008. Fast forward eight years and he’s now head of his own label, ( djebali ), which he’s using to self-release his debut LP.
The album is a collection of dancefloor-focused tracks, interspersed with a few experiments and unified by Djebali’s love of deep, sultry grooves and classic house motifs—the result of six months in the studio with his collection of vintage gear. To keep the music cohesive, he maintained a working process that involved working on all the projects on this album in the same session.
5 is available to purchase now. In addition to this, “Suzaku,” a groovy and melodic album highlight featuring John Dimas, is available to download via the WeTransfer button below.
Tracklisting
01. Intro
02. Flamingo
03. Nineties Playground
04. Mister Bastard
05. Heartgroover
06. D B Cooper
07. The Other Night
08. God’s Dreams
09. Ideal Dawn
10. Passion
11. Seven Blessings
12. Suzaku Feat John Dimas
DJ, producer, vocalist, and instrumentalist Matthew Dear is up next in the DJ-Kicks series and has made the compilation available to stream in full now, ahead of its release on Friday.
A man of many musical hats, Texas-born, Detroit-raised Dear has a wide reaching discography that takes in techno as Jabberjaw, dark avant-pop under his own name, and intricate minimal as Audion.
As co-founder of both Ghostly International and Spectral Sound, Dear has also been responsible for some of the underground scene’s most exciting new music, plenty of which appears here. Included along the way are three new and exclusive cuts from Dear himself, one under his own name and two as Audion. Also helping to add to the left-of-center vibe are inclusions by artists as diverse as Thatmanmonkz and Matrixxmann, ItaloJohnson and Pearson Sound, Randomer, and Simian Mobile Disco.
“I always have a lot of unreleased music laying around, those I included on here seemed to fit. A mix like this is always a good place to showcase my own productions, but I didn’t want to oversaturate it with my own stuff.”
“I wanted to create a mix that could be listened to anywhere, and reflect a little bit of everything that I play. Whether you’re in your car, preparing to open the club, or having a bottle of wine with friends at home, this mix is for you.”
Tracklisting:
01. Nils Frahm “Ode”
02. Matthew Dear “Wrong With Us” (DJ-Kicks)
03. Mahal “Ongaku” (HVL Remix)
04. Monsieur Georget “Double Lune” (Third Child Boomer Mix)
05. Kreon “Silo Sol”
06. Caserta “Ricky” (Thatmanmonkz Remix)
07. Gwilym Gold x Doc Daneeka “Lust For Sale” (MGF Mix)
08. Smoke “Nuutri”
09. Decius “Bread & Butter”
10. Italojohnson “ITJ10B1”
11. Vin Sol “Instinct” (Matrixxman Remix)
12. Groovesh “Glowing”
13. Duff Disco “Feed The Horse”
14. Dudley Strangeways “Hallam”
15. Alex & Digby “Angolan Rumble”
16. Gary Sloan & Clone “Harmonitalk” (Alex & Digby Edit)
17. Randomer “Rendell Pips”
18. Markus Enochson “Hot Juice Box”
19. Simian Mobile Disco “Staring At All This Handle”
20. Pearson Sound “XLB”
21. Soulphiction “Sky So High”
22. Audion “Live Breakdown”
23. Audion “Starfucker”
24. Audion “Brines”
25. DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoko “Kumu”
Ahead of its January 27 release, you can stream Dear’s DJ-Kicks compilation in full here.
On November 25, 2016, Letherette released the limited edition cassette Where Have All The People Gone?—a 40-minute mix of previously unreleased Letherette productions to partner the release of their second album for Ninja Tune, Last Night On The Planet. The collection— which explores ambient and deeper beats territory—will now see a digital release on January 31, 2017.
“Where Have All The People Gone? picks up where Last Night On The Planet ends… a cold, grey landscape. The aftermath,” explains Andy. “Saturated onto cassette (Marantz CP430) a number of times to give it a crusty, aged and brittle edge, the playlist was conceived on a typically bleak night-bus ride through Birmingham.”
Tracklisting
01. Blaek
02. Si Fly
03. Villim
04. Fill
05. Sway
06. NTF
07. M63
08. Dotted Yellow
09. Slamp (feat. Huey Briss & Pyramid Vritra)
10. SAE
11. 500+ Reprise
12. Triosys
Where Have All The People Gone? is scheduled for January 31 digital release, with “Triosys” streamable in full below.
Tommy Four Seven has revealed details of the next two releases on his imprint, 47.
First up is 47008, an EP that the label contends may be “one of the most diverse sounding releases yet.” Contributing this time are Ancient Methods, OAKE, VSK and label head Tommy Four Seven. The release marks the end of an era, as 47008 leaves the joint release system behind.
The first of the new style EPs will drop in March—47009, a solo effort from Headless Horseman. The mystery producer already appeared on the imprint once before, on a joint release with Phase Fatale, Stephanie Sykes and Tommy himself.
47008 will be released February 23, followed by 47009 on March 30. Stream Tommy Four Seven’s “Dromod” in full below.
Tracklisting:
VA – 47008
A1. Ancient Methods “Systems”
A2. OAKE “Anaximenes”
B1. VSK “Breaking Symmetry”
B2. Tommy Four Seven “Dromod”
Headless Horseman – 47009
A1. Widow’s Peak
A2. Shattered
B1. Bleeding Arrows
B2. The Day She Vanished
Antal is next in the Altered Soul Experiment cassette mix series.
Following a recent trip to Japan, the Rush Hour boss has assembled a two-side cassette mix for the Altered Soul Experiment series. Taking inspiration from the time he spent there, Antal’s offering is one that contains exclusively Japanese music—a mixture of ambient, electronica and everything from “rare jazz-fusion to traditional Japanese music.”
On the release, the Dutch DJ reflects: “I had December and snowflakes in Japan on my mind. I used to love the Takeshi Kitano’s movies for instance but also the soundtracks. So I have a weak spot for this Japanese nostalgia.” The forthcoming cassette mix follows 2016 contributions to the series by Marcellus Pittman, GE-OLOGY and Patrick Gibin.
ASE07-CASS is due out February 6. Pre-order it at the Altered Soul Experiment store.
Amsterdam-based artist Some Chemistry is somewhat of a music chameleon. Inspired by the sounds of African and South American music, with the music of London and his now home Amsterdam also touchstones, Some Chemistry has released on Bar25 Music, URS, and Voltaire, while curating well-respected club nights such as PRISMA in Studio 80 and Pixel in Trouw, and acting as the ambassador of the Next Monday’s Hangover parties.
Some Chemistry’s latest track, an edit of Alva Noto’s “Xerrox Monophaser 2,” is being offered as today’s XLR8R download via WeTransfer below. Like much of Some Chemistry’s music, the interestingly titled Kepler-452b Space Jam is a heady arrangement of avant-garde electronics.
Xerrox Monophaser 2 (Some Chemistry’s Kepler-452b Space Jam)
On February 10, Jlin will return with Dark Lotus, her first release since last year’s Free Fall EP.
Dark Lotus represents a transition between Dark Energy, Jlin’s debut album, and her forthcoming LP, Black Origami, due in May. According to the press release, a-side cut “The Return of the Blvck Rxbbit (ft. Avril Stormy Unger)” features “a constantly switching rhythmic structure,” whereas “Nyakinyua Rise” utilizes “a fierce barrage of djembe drums over pounding bass.”
Ahead of the release via Planet Mu next month, you can stream b-side cut, “Nyakinyua Rise,” in full below, along with Jlin’s upcoming tour dates.
Tour dates:
February 4 – Threshold, El Club, Detroit, MI
February 24 – Intervention Festival, Moscow, Russia (Curated by Mark Fell)
March 3 – OBEY Convention, Halifax, Nova Scotia
March 4 – All Mutable, Philadelphia, PA
In part three of ‘Under The Radar‘—a series by Point Blank that details overlooked and affordable pieces of hardware—Sam Willis (a.k.a. Primitive World) and Declan McGlynn take a look at the Casio RZ-1.
A 12-bit sampler that has been described by some as a “poor man’s SP-1200,” the RZ-1’s on board sampling lets you create up to four of your own percussion sounds, all controlled by an easy-to-use and effective sequencer with a unique low-fi sound.
You can watch the video in full via the player below, with more on Point Blank and its course here.
