Nicolas Jaar Sets Up Online Radio Network

Nicolas Jaar has announced the launch of his own online radio network.

Details of the new project emerged yesterday, which comes in lieu of Other People‘s former monthly subscription service (a facility that sent out new music every Sunday for ten dollars a month). The decision was in part a financial one, and in part due to his touring schedule, which would not allow enough time to manage the weekly send-out. Instead, the imprint will be focussing its attentions on a smaller batch of releases throughout the next year.

The new website requires users to pick a channel between zero and 333, though only multiples of three will be accepted, with any other numbers being rounded up or down automatically; each resulting station has its own unique artwork and streams noise, electronic and experimental music. Jaar himself recommends starting with channels 324, 195, 108, 243, 225, 33, and finishing up with 333.

The launch of the radio service comes hot on the heels of news of a potential new album, teased by the enigmatic New York-based musician. He made this statement, addressed to fans of his Other People imprint:

Dear Opies,

First, I want to thank you for your amazing support over the past 3 years, you have allowed us to experiment and grow.

But most importantly, you’ve sustained a space for dozens of young artists from all over the world to begin or continue their paths.

Thank you
Thank you
Thank you

As some of you may have noticed, we have stopped our monthly subscription.

There are two reasons behind this decision. First of all, I will be playing live again and unable to be fully present on a week to week basis. But it’s also a financial decision: every release was a labour of love, and I took up DJing the last couple of years in part to finance the label.

We will now concentrate on a much smaller batch of yearly releases starting in 2017.

Until then, the site will mutate into www.other-people.network (Chrome preferred)

I will let you guys discover what this is on your own but all I’ll say is that channels 324, 195, 108, 243, 225, 33 would be good places to start..

And channel 333 will be a good place to end. 🙂

Okay that’s all, see you on the road.

Love,

N

Aos ‘Limerence’

Kayla Waldorf (a.k.a. Aos) is a Seattle-based artist and an active member of the thriving female identified / non-binary collective TUF. Aside from her solo work as Aos, Waldorf also makes music alongside her peers as a member of the singular collective Secondnature. Her debut Aos release will be 90 East, an EP released today via Blankstairs.

Like the Pacific Northwest region in which Waldorf resides, 90 East is full of hazy, melancholic beauty. Four dense, atmospheric originals explore a range of emotions and textures, backed up by a remix from one-half of Delsin’s Artefakt, Robin Koek (a.k.a. Cyspe).

In support of today’s release, Blankstairs has offered up EP cut “Limerence” as today’s download. It’s a deeply woven piece and the perfect introduction to not only Aos, but also her sprawling debut.

You can download “Limerence” in full via the WeTransfer button below, with the EP available for purchase here.

Limerence

Bosconi Records Preps Minimono LP; Shares Snippets

Italian duo Minimono—made up of Bosconi founder Fabio Della Torre and production partner Ennio Colaci—will release the Theory Of Strings LP in two parts on September 15 and September 30.

Theory Of Strings will be the third LP from the pair, presenting eight funk-filled tracks across its two parts. All the Minimono hallmarks are evident, namely loose, swinging grooves and sun-tinged jazziness.

Theory Of Strings will arrive on two split 12″ records and can be preordered here, along with snippets of part one.

Podcast 453: Dana Ruh

When it comes to producing and playing deep, hypnotic sounds, few do it with as much style as Dana Ruh. Her music is warm, seductive, and groovy; each set or release possesses a rare and understated timelessness. And although the majority of her productions have landed on her own labels Brouqade Records and Aras, her release résumé is a long one, taking in, among others, Ostgut Ton, Cocoon, and Jus Ed’s Underground Quality, which housed her debut album, Naturally… in April 2014.

The LP signified the start of a creative patch for Ruh and a slight turn to a deeper and more subtle framework. A handful of releases and remixes followed the LP, culminating in the last two EPs for Cave Recordings and Howl—the latter of which has become like a spiritual home for Ruh’s groove-led sound.

Ruh was born and raised in the small German town of Gera, but it was in Berlin that her musical narrative really began to unfold. It didn’t take long for her skills behind the decks to land her a residency at Berlin’s Club der Visionäre, followed soon thereafter with regular performances across the European continent, including Ibiza’s Cocoon and the Zoo Project. With 70 minutes laced full of of rolling and insatiable grooves, today’s mix is evidence enough of Ruh’s proven talents.

When and where was the set recorded?
On a Tuesday Afternoon at my studio in Berlin. It was a one take recording, just how I like it!

What equipment did you use?
Two Technics, two CDJs and a mixer.

How did you select the specific tracks you wanted to include?
I always select tracks regarding a certain vibe I would like to create, and it should not be too far away what I play. So I selected tracks that I really love and that reflect my mood. Also, I wanted to include some of my unreleased material.

Did you have a specific mood/idea you wanted to express?
As said before, all about the vibe! Positive, emotional, powerful… just music that I love.

How did you approach this mix in comparison to a regular DJ set?
I approached it in the same way as a DJ set. First of all it should reflect me, at least one side of me, as I am very versatile with music.

You recently released on HOWL. What else can we expect from you production-wise this year?
Well this year, so far so good. I released a remix, and two records already, one on Cave Recordings and the one on HOWL. With HOWL I found a new base for my music and I’m super happy about all records so far.

I have some things cooking, very exciting things but I don’t wanna make big waves around it now. I wanna hold the record in my hand and then we’re talking. One thing I can reveal is that there is another record I’m also very excited about that is coming out on Just Jack, which is a label from the UK that I respect a lot. It is with an amazing Steven Tang remix! Ah yes, there are some more remixes should be around soon as well.

What else have you got coming up this year?
Of course I will continue to make music in my studio. This is such an essential part of my life. If I can’t do it, I get nervous and moody. So I’m looking forward to do even more after the summer and I’m looking forward to some great gigs. I will play again at Cocoon Ibiza, Zoo Project and then hopefully I’m going back to Japan and we’re planning another Australia tour end of the year. It was so amazing to play there. It gave me so much motivation that it will be a pleasure to continue.

You can catch Dana playing Cocoon Ibiza September 19.

XLR8R Podcast 453 – Dana Ruh

Michael Mayer Announces Album on !K7

Michael Mayer will release his third full-length this October via !K7.

As is alluded to in its title, & is a highly collaborative affair, with Mayer teaming up with somebody different on each of its 12 tracks. Having mainly worked in a solo capacity in recent years, the German producer was inspired by a series of back to back performances he made last year. The acts invited on board for the LP come from varied backgrounds and include the likes of Joe Goddard (of Hot Chip), Roman Flügel, Miss Kittin, Prins Thomas, Kölsch, as well as Kompakt stalwarts Jörg Burger, Wolfgang and Reinhard Voigt.

On the album, Mayer had this to say: “All of those involved are good friends of mine and not random choices selected from some Top 100 list. These people mean a lot to me—and by that the music we produced together is heart-driven and emotionally powered. I felt we had a mutual privilege to share time together in the studio creating what you hear.”

& is scheduled for release on October 28, and can be pre-ordered at the !K7 store. Check out one of its cuts below, “Und Da Stehen Fremde Menschen
” (featuring Barnt).

Tracklisting:

A1. Michael Mayer & Roman Flügel “We Like To Party
”
A2. Michael Mayer & Burger, Voigt & Voigt “Disco Dancers
”
A3. Michael Mayer & Gui Boratto “State Of The Nation
”
B1. Michael Mayer & Ed Macfarlane “Mind Games”
B2. Michael Mayer & Kölsch “Germination”
B3. Michael Mayer & Miss Kittin “Voyage Interieur
”
C1. Michael Mayer & Joe Goddard “For You
”
C2. Michael Mayer & Agoria “Blackbird Has Spoken
”
C3. Michael Mayer & Hauschka “La Compostela
”
D1. Michael Mayer & Prins Thomas, Irene Kalisvaart “Comfort Me”
D2. Michael Mayer & Barnt “Und Da Stehen Fremde Menschen
”
D3. Michael Mayer & Andrew Thomas “Cicadelia”

Help Recordings Unveils Next EP

Help Recordings has shared details of its next release.

Person Hideaway is a four-track EP that will showcase the work of Milán Zaks (a.k.a. DJ Sports); the record features two individual tracks by him, plus two collaborations with brother Natal Zaks (a.k.a. Central) under the moniker Sportscentral. Those two collaborative B-side cuts are new versions of tracks lifted from a previously released tape.

Help Recordings is a part of the Århus scene that we reported on a couple of months ago, linked to the Regelbau imprint. For more information, check out that feature here.

More information on Person Hideaway‘s release date is set to follow.

Tracklisting:

A1. DJ Sports “Hidden Spheres”
A2. DJ Sports “Person Hideaway”
B1. SPCE “The Bridge” (Timeman’s Dance Mix)
B2. SPCE “Mindless Turns” (Mix 2)

Semantica Lines Up New Releases

Semantica will release two new EPs this week.

Svreca‘s Madrid-based imprint has been celebrating a decade in business with a ten-part EP series throughout 2016; this week, the label will issue the fourth instalment, 10.IV, featuring tracks from Wata Igarashi, Peter van Hoesen, Etapp Kyle, and Marco Shuttle.

This week will also see the arrival of a new double pack from Swedish producer Acronym—Entangled in Vines. Part of Abdulla Rashim‘s Northern Electronics crew, the techno specialist first put out music on Semantica back in 2014 with his Yggdrasil EP, and has since also partaken in the 10 year anniversary release series.

10.IV and Entangled in Vines are both set to drop September 2. Stream snippets from both below.

Tracklisting:

10.IV
A1. Peter Van Hoesen “Expected Utility”
A2. Wata Igarashi “Void”
B1. Etapp Kyle “Autem”
B2. Marco Shuttle “Solar Storm”

Entagled In Vines
A1. Enter
A2. Getting Closer
B1. Escape
B2. Wrapped
C1. Rays
C2. The Sending
D1. They Spoke To Me
D2. Surrounded

Ovum Hum ‘Symphony of Saliva’

Ovum Hum is an LA-based producer with a penchant for brooding beat-driven music. His debut album, Summer Cast Shadows, falls in line with the sound of LA’s Low End Theory crew and is a cited influence on the young producer’s own distinctive sound—Low End Theory co-founder Daddy Kev also mastered the album. Although he takes cues from the LA scene in which he resides, Ovum Hum has crafted a sound of his own, one that is as rooted in the ferocity and nihilism of post-punk as it is the beat scene.

In support of the album, XLR8R has been gifted album cut “Symphony of Saliva” as today’s download. Covered in a foggy atmosphere and with deep muted drums, the track perfectly encapsulates the singular sound Ovum Hum has created from his raft of influences.

“Symphony of Saliva” can be downloaded via the WeTransfer button below, with the album available for preorder here.

Symphony of Saliva

Watch a Tripped-Out Video for Julia Govor’s ‘Open Possibility’

Earlier this year, Georgian-born NYC-based artist Julia Govor released her Open Possibility EP on BP Mind Series.

Featuring remixes from Ricardo Villalobos and Kamran Sadeghi, Open Possibility gave us a taste of Govor’s minimalistic brand of techno. Govor developed her sound as a resident at the infamous Arma17 before a 2011 move to NYC saw her gain notoriety opening for Jeff Mills, amongst other standout sets in the city.

The latest outing to drop from Govor is the video for “Open Possibility.” Centered on moving images of her current home, the video was inspired by the cover art from Nas’ Affirmative Action.

You can watch the video for “Open Possibility” via the player above, with the EP available for purchase here.

Nicolas Jaar Hints at New LP

Nicolas Jaar is teasing a new release.

The Other People boss has shared images of a record cover entitled Sirens via his social media channels, as well as updating his own website with another similar image (that also references recent releases Pomegranates and Nymph). The record is believed to be a forthcoming album, though this is yet to be confirmed by Jaar or any of his team.

More information is set to follow soon.

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