Pioneer DJ Launches WeDJ iPhone App

Pioneer has taken WeDJ to iPhone.

The app, which was originally available only on iPad, has been optimized for use on iPhones. It allows users to mix tracks without the need for hardware, by lifting tracks from your iTunes library.

The app functions as follows: the Sync button can be used for beat-matching, while the Auto Gain option adjusts volumes to the correct level. According to Pioneer, this then allows time to use “Hot Cues, loops, Pad FX and Combo FX to make your mix unique.” Users can also connect the DDJ-WeGO4/WeGO3 controller to get tactile control of the mix.

You can download the app now from the iTunes store (available for free until November 28). Check out the video below for a taste of what to expect from the app.

Charles Fenckler ‘Estrange’

Following a chance SoundCloud find, Soma Records signed young French techno artist Charles Fenckler to its roster with his Anklam EP. Since then, Fenckler has cemented his name as one a France’s most promising and exciting techno artists via support from industry bigwigs such as Jeff Mills, Mercel Dettmann, Josh Wink, and Alan Fitzpatrick.

Following the standout Frozen Room EP—released earlier this year—Fenckler unleashed “Stellar Acid,” the first single to be pulled from his debut album, Diving From The Void. The single also included a remix from fellow French artist Francois X and showed that Fenckler is set to continue his meteoric rise once the album drops tomorrow, November 25.

As a further tease, Fenckler has offered up album cut “Estrange” as one of today’s XLR8R downloads, available to grab via WeTransfer below. 

Estrange

Romans Valere Aude

By now, you pretty much know what you are going to get from the music of Gunnar Haslam and Tin Man. The former has fomented a chilly and slithering techno style on labels like L.I.E.S and Argot, while the latter is all about coaxing as much life as he can out of his beloved 303. What’s more, both have an atmospheric and elegantly mournful style, so when they collaborate as Romans, the results are effortlessly seamless.

At the same time, it’s fair to say there are no real surprises on Valere Aude, the pair’s debut album for Bunker New York. The whole thing follows a classic long-player arc and includes a requisite ambient reset along the way, but that’s not to say it isn’t enjoyable: so complementary and perfected are their styles that the whole thing plays out like a meditation, sending you forever deeper into their greyscale soundworld.

Cerebral throughout, the album rolls through slow and pillowy stuff, churning groove undulations and on-your-toes-techno. The mood is often sombre and serene, far-gazing yet insular. Though not explicitly linked in any specific way to “examining ancient Roman civilization” as per the backstory, there is an unmistakable sense of classicism to the release. It feels shrouded in mystery and comes over like a rueful and romanticized muse on some forgotten time.

This is particularly true of the distant decaying melodies and haunting pads of “Locria.” Or on “Cyrene,” the ambitious nine-minute ambient track centred around muted synth modulations that are all bleary-eyed and hopeless. That is the centerpiece of the album, with things building to a peak before then and hitting rather harder after. Throughout “Legia,” it’s hard not to imagine frosty autumnal landscapes, rolling mists and silvery grey clouds. On “Zarai” we’re treated to about as hypnotic an acid line as you will ever hear, while in other places the 303 gets skewed, stretched and smoothed out in mind melting ways.

From track to track, the focus ranges from meandering lead lines to clacking percussion, pulsing bass to more manic and paranoid stabs, and those subtle shifts keep things vital. This might not be an album that breaks much new ground, then, but what it does do, it does so expertly that you cannot help but be absorbed.

Tracklisting:

01. Cirta (6:23)
02. Legia
03. Via Agrippa
04. Aquila
05. Zarai
06. Locria
07. Cyrene
08. Dura Agameia
09. Markouna
10. Sitifis
11. Sabratha
12. Oeviodunum

Valere Aude is expected to drop in early December.

Scarper ‘Lacuna’ (Jani R Remix)

London-based producer Scarper will drop his latest EP, Lacuna, on December 9 via Plexus Records. Although Lacuna will be Scarper’s first official release in over two years, it follows a string of remixes, including one for bass artist Reso, and a contribution to the acclaimed Touched Bass compilation alongside the likes of John Tejada and The Hacker.

“Lacuna” will be the first single taken from Scarper’s debut album, which is due to land early next year, and features remixes from fellow Plexus alum Pause and Jani R. The single and its remixes sit comfortably with the stylings of Aphex Twin and early Warp releases, but also stand as modern interpretations of the sound.

In support of the single, Scarper and Plexus have offered up Jani R’s remix of “Lacuna” as a download via WeTransfer below.

Lacuna (Jani R Remix)

Early Sounds Announces Mystic Jungle 7″

Early Sounds Recordings will release a Mystic Jungle EP soon.

Italian producer Dario Di Pace (a.k.a. Mystic Jungle) appears as MJ on the forthcoming 7″, Shangri La Investigations. Also known for his house compositions as Rio Padice, the new two-tracker pursues a different path that the label describes as “minimal fast-freaky disco experiments.”

It comes at the end of a year in which Early Sounds has also released two mini-albums by Pellegrino and Nu Guinea, as well as an EP by The Mystic Jungle Tribe (of which Di Pace is a member).

Shangri La Investigations will drop in mid-December. Stream snippets below and pre-order at the Early Sounds store.

Latency Recordings Outlines Future Releases

Latency Recordings has shared details of its next three releases.

First up is a full-length by Berlin-based experimentalist Burnt Friedman—The Pestle. It will be the Nonplace label head’s debut on Latency. The six tracks on the LP were recorded at different points between 1993-2011, two of them being collaborative efforts (with Hayden Chisholm and Takeshi Nishimoto).

Following on from Friedman’s contribution, Latency has two EPs are in the pipeline for early 2017. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (a.k.a. Lichens) is first, with Kulthan, an EP made up of two compositions built with voice and modular synthesizer. His record will be followed by a five-tracker from Italian pairing Bellows entitled Sander.

The Pestle is expected to drop in late 2016. Kulthan and Sander will follow in early 2017. Stream “1999 Nerfs d’Acier” from Friedman’s LP below.

For more information on Burnt Friedman, check out this recent interview with him.

Tracklisting:

Burnt Friedman The Pestle
A1. 2011 Monkhide (feat. Hayden Chisholm)
A2. 2010 The Pestle (feat. Takeshi Nishimoto)
A3. 1999 Nerfs d’Acier
B1. 1996 Intrication
B2. 1994 Sorcier
B3. 1993 Day In Rho

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Kulthan
A1. Magnamite
B1. Heart Of Sogguth

Bellows Sander
A1. Untitled
A2. Untitled
B1. Untitled
B2. Untitled
B3. Untitled

Electric Deluxe Readies Clouds Double Pack

Clouds are prepping a new double pack.

The forthcoming double pack is Calum Macleod and Liam Robertson’s third appearance on Speedy J‘s Electric Deluxe this year alone. Much like those earlier releases (Timeslip Roadmender and follow-up An Outrageous Fate Type), eight-tracker HTID is made up of what the label describes as a “nutty set of industrial techno-jungle half-breeds.”

On the day of the double pack’s release, November 30, Clouds will join Speedy J, Rødhåd, Dax J, Shifted, Ø [Phase] and more at Amsterdam’s NDSM Docklands for an Electric Deluxe warehouse party. For more information, head to the Facebook event.

The label is also teasing another future release: Dax J will drop five-track EP Repression next February. More information to follow.

HTID: Heaven-sent Tekno Impakting Dancefloors, or Hardcore Till I Die is scheduled for release on December 30. 

Tracklisting:

A1 Base Damage
A2 Dinner At Skinja’s
B1 Fallout
B2 Floatation Advice
C1 Knuckles’ Heavy Vanguard
C2 Panosonics
D1 Quest Posse Wanted
D2 Rush In 2 Orbit (Skinnergate)

Download a Mix from NTS Radio’s Shamos

UK producer and DJ Shamos heads up a monthly late night slot on NTS Radio that showcases an eclectic selection of house, left-field hip-hop, warped new wave, and everything in between.

Outside of the NTS stable, Shamos has become somewhat of a regular on Funkineven’s Apron Records, releasing his first two EPs on the label this year—his four-track debut EP, Road Works Part 1, arrived back in February; with its follow-up, Games And Dreams, landing on November 29. Both EPs followed in tune with his NTS slot and presented a selection of varied, off-kilter tracks that naturally fit with the raw stylings of Apron.

Now, as a preview to Games And Dreams, Shamos has recorded an exclusive mix featuring a cut from the new EP, alongside a selection of tunes from the likes of Actress, Jay Daniel, Dean Blunt, and DJ Stingray.

You can stream and download the mix below.

Tracklisting:

Shamos “Bound For Borders”
Fotomachine “Vanity Tricks”
Brassfoot “Snap To Grid”
Parris “Bloom”
???? – ?????
Dj Slyngshot “180554” (Extended Version)
Garth Be “To Too Much 2”
Monomite “Les Baffes De Georges Moustaki”
Shinichi Atobe “World 5”
????? – ?????
Dta Feat. Sendawg “YT”
James West “Option_select”
Actress “Sinorita”
Jay Daniel “Yemaya”
Beau Wanzer “Grooves No Zone”
PX$H6XD “Yamonote Bby”
Shamos “Teeeth”
Tom Furse “Teasing Sound From Air Like Magic”
Mr Tophat “Kiss O Sandro”
Dean Blunt “Mersh”
Ibrahim Alfa “Dreamland”
Dj Stingray “The Sadist Iii”
Shamos “Mobb Heavy”
Lawson “Earls Network”

Sam Weston ‘Don’t Save Face’ (Extended Edit)

Australia’s Mushroom Group is set to launch its first electronic music imprint, Soothsayer. The label will aim to showcase Australia’s rising talent, from left-field house to experimental pop and everything in between. To kick things off, on December 2, Soothsayer will drop Sam Weston‘s Never Been In Love EP; with Sydney XLR8R alum Dro Carey (a.k.a. Tuff Sherm) and Melbourne pop duo ALTA rounding out the label’s inaugural signings.

The first taste of Never Been In Love arrived late last month when Weston—who is also one-half of Alba—dropped “Don’t Save Face,” the record’s brilliant b-side. In the weeks following, Australia’s premier radio stations picked up on the track and it’s been on high rotation since. To further entice listeners the world over, Weston and Soothsayer have offered up “Don’t Save Face” as today’s XLR8R download. Across the track’s 13-minute run, Weston demonstrates his knack for crafting effortless and catchy house hooks; and, with its loose and swinging feel-good nature, obvious parallels could be drawn to artists such as Leon Vynehall and Motor City Drum Ensemble.

You can download “Don’t Save Face” via WeTransfer below, along with a stream and the EP’s next single. Ahead of the December 2 release date, you can pre-order Never Been In Love via Juno.

Don’t Save Face (Extended Edit)

Prince Of Denmark Plots 23-Track Album

Prince Of Denmark‘s next release will be an eight-vinyl package.

8 is the Hannover-based, Giegling-affiliated artist’s first release of the year as the Prince Of Denmark (though he has also put out new material as both DJ Metatron and Traumprinz). Not much is known about the LP at present, other than that it will be released via Forum and is made up of 23 tracks across eight discs, retailing at €100 at the Giegling store.

8 is available to pre-order now and will ship on December 9.

Tracklisting:
01. Intro
02. Opening Dance
03. Neoclassicaldub
04. Desire
05. Neurobell
06. Latenightjam
07. Tool 517
08. 0R6145
09. Interlude
10. Darkspirit Cut
11. Cut 06
12. Miseri
13. Once With A Smile
14. Mentalbeam
15. Squidcall
16. GS
17. Ambient 004
18. Peace
19. Pulsierendes Leben
20. 8
21. Planet Uterus
22. 88888888
23. Untitled

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