Weekly Selections: Comunité 2017, Faster at Cyclone, Ion Ludwig at Spybar

This weekend marks the 2017 edition of Comunité, a festival that has quickly solidified its spot at the forefront of cutting-edge electronic music events in Mexico. Returning to Cenote dos Palmas along the beaches of Tulum, Comunité organizers have locked in an incredibly impressive lineup for this year’s edition–with highlights including Mexican up-and-comer and last week’s XLR8R Podcast contributor Leo Leal, the Montreal-based deep house master Project Pablo, Sonja Moonear, and Thomas Melchoir. Make sure not to miss the debut of Omar-S’ live set, or the marathon of micro-house grooves from yoyaku’s Varhat and Melliflow boss Vera from 5-10AM on Saturday. The Giegling showcase late on Saturday morning should be the perfect way to close out a long night of superb sounds from the best of the best in underground music. Tickets are no longer available online, but a limited number will be for sale at the door. For more information, head to the event’s Facebook page.

On Friday night in Los Angeles, Cyclone will return to kick off 2017 with another heavyweight in the Romanian minimal scene, the SUNRISE affiliated Faster. Known for his top-notch extended sets at Sunwaves as well as his contributions to Ruere Records, the proper warehouse event on Friday will mark the Romanian selector’s LA debut. The evening will also feature performances from Sece of Vatos Locos, as well as LA-based Lessizmore contributor Clovis. Tickets will not be available for purchase at the door, but you can still grab yours online here.

Friday night in Chicago marks the return of the house and techno oriented event series Tied Takeover. For their first edition of 2017, the series will invade the nightclub Spybar for an evening with semi-legendary Perlon mainstay Ion Ludwig. More information and tickets can be found here.

To search events in your city or to submit a new event, visit our events page. XLR8R ticketing platform is available for events in the US and internationally, interested promoters can get in touch here.

FRIDAY JANUARY 6

FOCUS: Drumcell & Romans AKA Tin Man & Gunnar Haslam LiVE

Flash – Washington, DC, US

January 6 @ 8:00 pm – January 7 @ 4:00 am

Thank You for Everything: HOY TURNS ONE!

House of Yes – Brooklyn, NY, US

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 4:00 am

Miyagi [Katermukke / SOSO Records]

Do Not Sit On The Furniture – Miami , FL, US

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 5:00 am

Tied Takeover: Ion Ludwig (Live)

Spybar – Chicago, IL, US

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 4:00 am

Flat White aka Virgil Abloh/ Venus X at Output

Output – Brooklyn, NY, US

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 6:00 am

Fridays at Opus Lounge

OPUS LOUNGE NYC – New York, NY, US

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 4:00 am

KATRA NYC – FRIDAYS AT DOWNTOWN’S HOTTEST CLUB LOUNGE

Katra Lounge – New York, NY, US

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 4:00 am

Starlets NYC – NYC’s Hottest Strip Club

Starlets NYC – Queens, New York, Select a Country:

January 6 @ 10:00 pm – January 7 @ 4:00 am

SATURDAY JANUARY 7

SATURDAYS AT AMADEUS CLUB

Club Amadeus Queens – Queens, NY, US

January 7 @ 10:00 am – January 8 @ 4:00 am

Powel (Das Sind Wir/All Day I Dream)

Do Not Sit On The Furniture – Miami , FL, US

January 7 @ 10:00 pm – January 8 @ 5:00 am

Keinemusik Showcase | &ME/ Adam Port/ Eli Escobar at Output

Output – Brooklyn, NY, US

January 7 @ 10:00 pm – January 8 @ 6:00 am

Fusion Saturdays

Fusion Astoria – New York, NY, US

January 7 @ 10:00 pm – January 8 @ 4:00 am

Monaco Lounge

Monaco Lounge – New York, NY, Select a Country:

January 7 @ 10:00 pm – January 8 @ 4:00 am

Club Katra NYC – Certified Saturdays

Katra Lounge – New York, NY, US

January 7 @ 10:00 pm – January 8 @ 4:00 am

Watch a Tutorial on the E-MU 4XT and the Ensoniq EPS

In the final installment of ‘Under The Radar,’ the four-part web series by Point Blank, R&S Records A&R and Point Blank instructor Sam Willis (a.k.a Primitive World) turns to two more iconic pieces of hardware, the E-MU 4XT & the Ensoniq EPS.

Check out the video in full below, with more on Point Blank and its courses here.

Premiere: Hear a Track from Julia Govor’s Latest EP

NYC-based Russian DJ and producer Julia Govor is set to release her latest EP, titled 5000 Moments, on Budapest label Akkult.

Govor’s 5000 Moments will be the third release for the fledging label, following on from label head Andras Toth‘s Reallyshould and a label VA from Li, Kaitaro, Ilario Liburni, and Andras Toth & Bepo—both of which sold out. Akkult’s mission statement is to release vinyl-only records of “soulful, hypnotic techno and tribalistic, shamanistic house music,” a style 5000 Moments presents beautifully.

Govor’s three originals show why the rising Russian artist is fast becoming one of the foremost names to watch in techno, from the deep and driving title track to the spaced-out grooves of “Mathew I Got Your Shakers”—it’s a powerful EP made all the more memorable by a trippy rethink by Andras Toth.

5000 Moments can be pre-orded over at Decks ahead of its January 16 release date, and in the meantime, you can stream Andras Toth’s rethink of “Mathew I Got Your Shakers” in full via the player above.

Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann Ready First Studio Collaboration in 10 Years

Berghain residents Ben Klock and Marcel Dettmann will release a new collaborative EP.

The Phantom Studies EP will be their first studio collaboration in ten years—following on from 2006’s Dawning and 2007’s Scenario. It will also mark one hundredth O-TON 12″ EP release.

On the extended, 40-minute 2×12″ EP, Dettmann and Klock “parlay their deep personal alliance and musical repertoire through emphasis on new functional techno as much as hypnotic, melodic and soulful music by thinking outside the box.”

The seven new, original tracks are said to “reflect these attributions by communicating to the needs and expectations of both DJs and home audio listeners, but not neglecting one over the other.”

Tracklisting 12” / Digital:

A1. Phantom Studies
B1. No One Around
B2. The Room
C1. Prophet Man
C2. Bad Boy
D1. The World Tonight
D2. The Tenant

Phantom Studies EP is scheduled for January 27 release.

SoundCloud Posts €51m Loss for 2015

The latest SoundCloud finance report has revealed a €51m loss for 2015.

The company’s revenues have actually risen 21.6% to €21.1m, but the losses have, too.

In the Director’s report, it was explained by co-founder Alexander Ljung that the company may need to raise additional funds if the new subscription service doesn’t succeed. “Whilst the directors believe that [SoundCloud] will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities through 31 December 2017,”Ljung writes, “the risks and uncertainties may cause the company to run out of cash earlier than that date, and would require [SoundCloud] to raise additional funds which are not currently planned.”

This news comes after it was revealed that Google is supposedly considering buying Soundcloud.

Floating Points Reissues ’70s Soul LP

Floating Points‘ Melodies International label will reissue Tomorrow’s People’s Open Soul album

Released in 1976, the LP was the group’s only full-length and went on to become a collector’s item for those fans of soul. The reissue comes after Timothy Burton restored the masters and will be accompanied by Tomorrow’s People memorabilia and an interview with one of the four Burton brothers that make up the group.

Tracklisting:

A1 Lovers To Friends
A2 It Ain’t Fair
A3 Hurt Perversion
A4 Hurry On Up Tomorrow
A5 Let’s Get Down With The Beat
B1 Open Soul

Clips of the entire release are streamable here, with the title track playable in full below.

Open Soul is scheduled for reissue on January 27.

Shackleton Preps Honest Jon’s LP

Shackleton will release a collaborative album with spoken word artist Vengeance Tenfold on Honest Jon’s.

Sferic Ghost Transmits will not be their pair’s first collaborative release: they also worked together on Sonic Journey, a 2011 digital-only release inspired by the landscapes along two train lines in Devon.

Tracklisting

01. Before The Dam Broke
02. Dive Into The Grave
03. Five Demiurgic Options
04. Sferic Ghost Transmits / Fear The Crown
05. Seven Virgins
06. The Prophet Sequence

Sferic Ghost Transmits is scheduled for late January release.

Hemlock Kicks off 2017 with Bruce EP

Sonic explorer Bruce will release a new EP on Hemlock.

Opening track “Before You Sleep” is a “glimpse into the delirious vacuum of thoughts and weariness induced by habitual insomnia,” says the label. Up next are “In Line”—”a scurrying, pneumatic dance spiked with a punch of sparky leads amid pressurized snares and percussion”—and “Sweat.”

Tracklisting:

A1. Before You Sleep
B1. In Line
B2. Sweat

Before You Sleep EP is scheduled for February 10 release.

The title track and accompanying video are currently available to stream via the Hemlock social media pages.

Shaun Reeves and Tuccillo Ready New Visionquest EP

Shaun Reeves and Tuccillo will mark Visionquest’s first release of 2017 with their Origin 99 EP, comprised of four collaborative tracks from the pair.

Individually, Shaun Reeves and Tuccillo are both established names, collectively releasing on labels such as Raum, 2020 Vision, Circus Company, and more—and this will not be the first time they have collaborated: together, they also released “Smile” in November 2016.

Tracklisting:

01. Origin 99
02. One Two Five
03. Prowler
04. Blood Moon

The Origin 99 EP is out on February 24 (Vinyl) and March 10 (Digital).

Gearbox Records Unveils New Turntable

Gearbox Records is raising money for a new turntable via Kickstarter.

The London-based company’s new venture is the Gearbox Automatic turntable—a vinyl player that will bring together vinyl and digital streaming without compromising on quality, a system they describe as “future analogue.” Users will be able to link the records they play to their Spotify account via bluetooth, allowing them to build streamable playlists from their records. The Gearbox Automatic is also complete with built-in vacuum tube tone, an Audio-Technica cartridge and an analogue to digital convertor.

At this point, the company is ready to manufacture and would expect to deliver turntables in December 2017; however, the project’s success hangs on its ability to raise £85,000 via a Kickstarter campaign before February 1.

For more information, head to the Kickstarter page.

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