Botanika Records

Izabotanika by Izabo

 Izabotanika is a special collaboration between artists on the Botanika roster, and Izabo, the Israeli psychedelic-middle-eastern-indie-pop-disco band, who even took an unlikely part in the 2012 Eurovision contest. This is also our first hook up with Anova, the label that shares much of our vision but applies to more guitar-centric music.

The collaboration galvanized in remixes form, with each Botanika artist taking Izabo’s Summer Shade to a different conclusion. Grá, (aka Isaac Finley, who recorded previously as Bunny on Acid) took the tough love approach, emphasising the drums and placing them in a swinging, syncopated, solid bass frame.

Markey Funk picked up on the psychedelic thread and unraveled a full blown mind expanding acid trip, late 60’s style.

And finally, NDV let the original song stay a bit too long on the beach, resulting in a hazy, sun stroked late summer lament.

Following the release of the Polar Pair album late last year, here’s a quality pack of remixes for six tracks, divided to three parts. Part 1 is the more straightforward club package, containing remixes by two of Tel-Aviv’s most promising duos. The first remix is delivered by Red Axes, the new hot shots now signed to the French stable I’m a Cliche. The duo gravitated towards the punky-funky Indifferent, and added their signature sounding rugged disco assault. Deep’a and Biri, with a new album to be released on Gigolo Records and a cut on Derrick May’s recent We Love Detroit Compilation, took the sublime disco anthem Star, and transformed it into a Berghain techno stormer.

Remix EP Part 1 - The Club Experience by Polar Pair

Part 2 takes the tempo down a notch and a couple of miles high into the stratosphere. Generation Bass’ maestro, SaBBo, treats Not Real with a heavy stomping beat, which sounds new as much as it brings to mind classic Leftfield tracks.The second remix here is by Botanika’s Bunny on Acid, now adopting a new moniker, Grá, that matches his deep and intricate sound, with a new album coming soon on Studio Rockers. He’s take on album opener, Let’s Go, is a dubby trip through reverberating spaces and a disjointed 808 beat that holds it all together.

Remix EP Part 2 - The Experience Club by Polar Pair

Part 3, as its name – Self-Mutilation – suggests, has a couple of remixes done by Polar Pair themselves. Picked from the remix series they released every other week via their soundcloud page, it contains a deep and slow house workout for the soulful Hope You Know, and a new wave pastiche meets techno on the Fantasy Love remix.

Remix EP Part 3 - Self Mutilation by Polar Pair

Ninja Tune's Solid Steel radio show is a legendary corner stone in electronic music culture. First aired in 1988 on London's Kiss FM, and now syndicated all over the world, Solid Steel is still (ha!) pushing boundaries, and showcasing the latest sounds and trends. Botanika releases were featured intensively on the show, with tracks by Cohen, Kalbata, Polar Pair, NDV, Markey Funk & Bunny on Acid. On this week's show we took it up a notch, with a 30 minutes mix by Polar Pair, including some original tracks and other favourites. Also, following Ninja Tune's DJ Food visit in Tel Aviv last month, he featured many tracks by Markey Funk's latest project - Mordy Laye and Group Modular. The word is that Markey is also preparing a special set for Solid Steel. Good times!

Polar Pair, aka Malkiel Grossman & Nadav Ravid, have been making music together for almost twenty years. It took the world about the same time to catch up with their vision. It's impossible to box Polar Pair's music into one neat definition; The gamut is simply too wide. The music oscillates from throbbing dance-floor tracks to R'n'B ballads, primal post-punk to cutting-edge bass music, hip-hop to disco, catchy pop to experimental beats. These influences can sometimes be easily spotted and sometimes they're blended together, as if that was their purpose all along. Malkiel and Nadav have been meeting religiously at their Polar Pair studios for years, banging heads and letting off pent up, notoriously muggy Tel-Aviv steam, churning out banger after banger. Some of these were released hot-off- the-press, straight to their tumblr, while the rest - the gems, the jewels, the Ferran Adriàs of bangers - culminated in this album. Born with the original working title "Every Song is Different", the album relishes in living up to this: it swings between entire genres, colours, gender-roles and moods, varying deliciously in tone and atmosphere; It nails pastiches to the past and takes bold stabs at defining the future, layering familiar, comforting voices with bright, unheard ones. These may all seem like symptoms of bi-polar disorder, but they are the unlikely ingredients that make up the new Polar Pair album. Released October 1st, 2012

  As we mentioned last last week, we said goodbye to Kol Hacampus 106FM, ending an 8 years run in an 8 hours radio take over. We prepared 4 hours of music covering some of the club and radio highlights for us - here's the first part, concentrating on the years 2004-2007. Enjoy! Playlist: Erykah Badu - The Healer/Hip Hop (Motown)Dabrye - Air (Feat Doom) (Ghostly)Flying Lotus - Spicy Smash (Warp)Tipper - Ton of Bricks (Tippermusic)Danny Breaks - Duck Rock (Alphabet Zoo)Border Crossing - Searching for Mr Manuva (MrScruff Remix) (Sound)J Dilla - Wild (Stones Throw)Steve Spacek - Dollar (Prod Jay Dilla) (Sound in Colour)Busta Rhymes Feat Swizz Beats - New York Shit (Interscope)Theo Parrish - The Rink (Sound Signature)Amerie - 1 Thing (Theo Parrish remix) (Dopejams)Spank Rock and Benny Blanco - Loose      (Downtown)Ghislain Poirier - Dem Nah Like Me (Remix) Feat Mr Lee G (Shockout)M.I.A. - Galang (XL)Lady Sovereign - Random (A Brucker & Sinden Remix) (Casual)Prince Po - Hold Dat (Richard X Remix)(Lex)Ayanna - Shake Ya Fatty (2000_anD_6)Ironsoul - Slapper (Sweet Beetz)MRK1 - Neva Argue (Tyke)Moodyboyz Vs Prince Fatty - Milk & Honey (Mr Bongo)Skream - D2 (Tempa)Solid Groove and Sinden - Overbooked (Atlantic Jaxx)D1 - Mind and Soul (Tempa)UGK Ft. Outkast - Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) (Jive)Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Death Of A Star (Supernova) (Ubiquity)Plantlife - When She Smiles...(4 Hero Mix) (Counterflow)Greg Wilson - I was a Teenage DJ pt1 (TDJ)Recloose - Dust (Peacefrog)Lionel Hampton - Vibramatic (Joakim Rmx) (Crippled Dick Hot Wax!)Rustie - Pendulum (Stuffrecords)Jahcoozi - Black Barbie (Stereotyp remix) (Kitty-Yo)Boozoo Bajou - Take It Slow (Seiji Vox) (K7)Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek - Turn It OnDetrioit - Moonstarr (Sonar Kollektiv)Âme - Nia (Sonar Kollektiv)Tony Allen - Kilodeh (C2 Remix) (Honest Jons)Trusme - Narda     (Fat City)Karizma - Twyst This (R2)DJ Rod Lee - No Hook (Club kings)Sunship Feat Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Groove Rmx) (Casual)Underground Resistance - Ma Ya Ya (UR)

Botanika FM: 8 years in 8 hours Pt. 1 - 2004-2007 by Botanika on Mixcloud

  Release Date: September 3rd, 2012

With a new album just around the corner and a heap of praise for their latest “Hip Shakin Mama” vinyl EP, including XLR8R & Feel My Bicep, here’s ”Cryx3”, the proper 1st single from Polar Pair’s upcoming, self-titled full-length. The original track, which started as a R&B pastiche, evolved into a future soul gem, with rippling sub aquatic bass, splintered beats and the soulful crooning of Eyal Glass (Deep Sea Creatures). The remix pack includes a footwork-come-drum’n’bass interpretation from the rising star of the UK bass scene, Deft, and a vocoder-heavy remix from LA’s controllerism maestro, Side Brain, who infects the track with a completely new melody and a sun drenched boogie vibe.

A trippy ride down a dirty road.

Playlist:

Marcos Valle - Estrelar // Sonar Kollektiv DJ Steve - Special Cuts 1 // Beats in Space Antonym - Cinnamon Air - J Rocc edit // Stones Throw Daniel Avery - The Eagle // Phantasy Sound Soft Rocks - Little Lights - Cos Mes remix // ESP Institute T&J - Drums & Synths // Hivern Falty DL - Our House Stab // Ninja Tune Bepu n'Gali - I Travel to You - Frisvold & Lindbaek meet Todd Terje remix // International Feel Daphni - Ahora // Amazing Sounds Madteo ft Sensational - Very Sweaty Palms - Kassem Mosse remix // Meakusma Pittsburgh Track Authority - untitled // Pittsburgh Tracks Rhythmic Theory - Rundown Jam // BRSTL Pepe Bradock - Katoucha? // Atavisme Four Tet - Jupiters // Text Juniper - Selenic // Smallville 5kinandBone5 & Robert Jeffrey - Cookiez n'Cream // Soo Wavey Manare - Quartz // ClekClekBoom Trevino - Lag // Revolve:R Skudge - Convolution // Skudge Special Request - Deflowered - Kassem Mosse & MixMup remix // Special Request Bicep & Ejeca - You // Aus A Made Up Sound - Hang Up // Clone Jus Ed - Blaze // Underground Quality Jacques Greene - Dakou // 3024 New Jackson - The Night Mail // Pogo 808 State - Pacific 202 - Alkalino edit // cdr How to Dress Well - Cold Nites // Weird World

Hot Selection for hot weather,

recorded and mixed live to HD by NDV

Playlist

DIBIA$E - Hey !!! // Collectin' Dust (mrdibiase.bandcamp.com) Andre Cleghorn - Lover (andrescleghorn.com) Jamie Finlay - Honey (StillLove4Music) Poolside - Next To You // Pacific Standard Time (Day & Night) Teams - Love Distance (White Iris) Vanilla - Midnight // Sunrise Blend 2 (Juicy Tunes) Midnight Runners - Night Ride // Overdive EP (Darker Than Wax) Stargard - Theme From ''Which Way Is Up'' (MCA) Willie Wright - Right On for the Darkness // Telling the Truth (Numero Group) Cohen - War (Botanika) LV - Zulu Compurar Feat Okmalumkoolkat (Hyperdub) Dego - Dego's Dancehall Cry (2000black) Cyclonix - Gift of a Patient Soul (Disconnected Sounds) Jolly Mare - Ziloca // Sunrise Blend 2 (Juicy Tunes) Trujillo - Acapulco Gold (Ron Basejam Remix) (Apersonal Music) TR One - Drum Dance (Apartment) Leon Vynehall - Dont Know Why // Gold Language EP (Man Make Music) Photonz - Veracruz (Original Mix) (Unknown To The Unknown) Bicep & Omar Odyssey - Don't (Aus) Daniel Avery - Flashlights (Throne of Blood) Julio Bashmore - Au Seve (Broadwalk) Kristine W - Feel What You Want (Our Tribe Vocal 12'' Mix) (Jive) JMX - Let Go (Jordan Peak Remix) (2020Vision) GoldFFinch - Belle // Model (Audio Culture Label) BareSkin - Flow // Flow Control EP (Losing Suki) BAMBOUNOU - Night (ClekClekBoom) Mak & Pasteman - What Love Is (Car Crash Set) Drums Of Death - Let No Shadow Fall Upon You (Civil Music) 5kinAndBone5 & Vin Sol - Heavy Accent (Soo Wavey) Mark Flash - King Of Light (UR) High Powered Boys - Chords // Streetwise (Marble) Makam - What Ya Doin' (Dekmantel) Koreless - Lost in Tokyo (Jacques Greene Remix) (Vase) Two Inch Punch - Digital Love Letters // Saturn: The Slow Jams EP (PMR)

  Jai Paul - Jasmine // XLKassem Mosse - untitled // WorkshopJamie Finlay - Honey // StillLove4MusicLauryn Hill - Doo Wop - Deebs remix // whiteMaayan Nidam - Lies in Love // CadenzaMadteo ft Sensational - Bangin on the Ceiling - Shake remix // MeakusmaJohn Talabot - Estiu // Permanent VacationOnra - L.O.V.E // Fools GoldTanner Ross - Straight to the Moon // Double StandardPittsburgh Track Authority - Pittsburgh Rich // Pittsburgh TracksLauer - 70000ac // Running BackJimmy Edgar - Touch Yr Bodytime // HotflushHackman - Forgotten Notes // Forgotten NotesJames Blake - At Birth // R&SSteve Summers - The Sunrise in Your Eyes // LIESChicago Shags - Ponderosa // M>O>SKyodai - Breaking // Local TalkSoulmate - Set Fire to My Feet - Chez Damier remix // HsusInner City - Good Love - Eros edit // ErosSemtek - Couer De Lyon // In Plain SightPresk - Hesitate // Fourth WaveMosca - Eva Mendes // HypercolourDexter - X7D // Ostgut TonJoe Drive - Clone Replacement // LuxPatrick Pulsinger - Nocturnal Cat // HouztekkEkiti Son - Pupillary Response - Babafem mix // Office EkitiWalton - Mallet // HyperdubDrums of Death - Jerk - Sinden remix // Civil MusicJim E Stack - Bubble Boy // Body HighHelix - Stacks // All CapsGirl Unit - Ensemble // Night SlugsIllum Sphere - Never Lie Twice - Om Unit remix // Fat CityBeaumont - Adrift // HotflushArsenal - Melvin - Bok Bok remix instrumental // Play OutJagged - Eriswil - The Abstract Eye remix // Foul & SunkEnchante - Kiss Me // Crazy Way Trax [powerpress]  

  Random Circles present: Ministre X (ClekClekBoom, FR), With NDV, Keen & Draper10PM, Wednesday, July 11th, Deli - 47 Alenby Street, Tel Aviv This Wednesday, we are joining forces with the young crew of Random Circles who are throwing a super hot party at the Deli. The guest of honor is Brazilian born, Parisian resident, Ministre X - who is currently the head honcho of DJs collective come label, ClekClekBoom. Here's a short bio/introduction for Ministre X:

Ministre X aka Jonathan Chaoul is the co-founder of ClekClekBoomRecordings, also known as Tchiky Al Dente for his previous brazilian andhouse persona. He's been producing and deejaying for the past sixteen yearsall over the world. Since the age of 15, he was influenced by House Music,Drum'n'Bass, Hip-Hop and especially Baile Funk due to his Brazilianorigins. Thanks to these influences and his background his sets are verypowerful, audacious and fresh. He won't hesitate to mix different stylesand kinds of music. This is why for the past years Ministre X has been a resident DJ for theFavela Chic in Paris and made a long list of international gigs. Ministre Xis one of the true pioneers of the Baile Funk scene in France. He was themanager of DJ Sandrinho, one of the most famous baile funk producers fromRio de Janeiro. He has made several house and brazilian music projects under the name ofVoltair, Ginger Ale and some of those producitons actually appeared onvarious compilations: Favela Booty 1, for Gilles Peterson, Seu Jorgeremixes. His current projects are with his label ClekClekBoom, an internationaldigital and vinyl record label and music store where he is an artisticdirector and also a producer. His new EP "Subtitle Of Life" featuring Sanaand Romy will be released soon on ClekClekBoom Recordings, and this time heshows another side of his repertoire using UK bass and r'n'b vibes.

Check out this DJ set by Ministre X, to get a taste of thing to come:

Occasionally Afro-flavored affair Selected and recorded live to HD by NDV Jesse Futerman - Yusef Feat. Milo Of Sibian & Faun (Jus Like Music)Kelpe - I Felt Fuzzy (Scrase Remix) (Svetlana Industries)Clams Casino - Kissing On My Syrup [Squadda B]Onra - Love (Fools Gold)Letta Mbulu - NomalizoMim Suleiman - Sherehekeya (Bubbletease Communications)Thomas - Individulasim (Sound Healers)Manmade Science - Phase (Philpot)Marlow - Need U (Room With A View)Huerco S. - Untitled (Wicked Bass)Logo - Jacob (Darabi Remix) (Kitsune)Afefe Iku - Dakountdown (Original Mix) (Yoruba)Niama Makalou Et African Soul Band - Kognokoura (Daphni Part 2 Edit) (Ons Sofrito Super)West Norwood Cassette Library - Coming on Strong (WNCL)Para One - Albatros (Marble)Daniel Avery - Movement (Throne Of Blood)Martyn- Red Dancers (50Weapons)Gifted & Blessed Presents The Abstract Eye - Analogous (Eglo)Dmx Krew - East Side Boogie (Remix) (Voltaire)Omar-S - Sex (Aol Remix) (FXHE)Girl Unit - Plaza (Night Slugs)Eliphino - Vrybdy (Somethinksounds)Wafa - Abandon Me (Basement Jaxx Mix) (Atlantic Jaxx)Pollyn - Sometimes You Just Know (Moodymann Remix) (Music Group)Fort Romeau - Say Something (100% Silk)Four Tet - Ocras (Text)Nathan Fake - Iceni Strings (Border Community)Phon.O - Leave A Light On Feat. Tunde Olaniran (50Weapons)Oddisee - Paralyzed (Bon Iver) (Mello Group)Om'mas Keith - Girl's A Player (Om Unit Remix) (All City)Jodeci - Freek 'N You (Tokimonsta Frickinyoo Remix) (Free Download)

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A new web station dedicated to good music is always a good cause for celebration, and for us even more so, when both Nadav and Egozy are involved with the newly established web station kzradio.net.

Out of the ashes of the “Hakatze” radioshow Nadav hosted until December 2011 on Israel’s most popular national music station, GLGLZ, alongside partner Quami for the 13 years prior, the two decided to not only find it a new home - which they did, at national station 88FM, airing every Sunday at midnight - but mostly to take advantage of the momentum and to expand and develop it up-to-the-times and into a much larger scale.

Operating on a daily basis, alongside Nadav and Quami’s personal solo weekly shows, it now also includes weekly shows by radio luminaries such as Yoav Kuttner and Leon ‘Napoleon’ Feldman and young talents Ofri Goffer and Jonathan Sharoni with Amir Egozy stationed somewhere in the middle - all combined covering the widest range of the alternative musical spectrum.

Although being on air only since the 1st of April (no joke!) and still in it’s beta version, so far response from listeners has been overwhelming, and its further development is taking up quite a lot of our time and energies. This doesn’t mean there’s no time for the fun side of things, as can be witnessed on shows with esteemed guests such as Joe Clausell, Wolf & Lamb, Juju&Jordash and Derrick May.

Kham Lingtsang Band - Solan // Elevator PeopleBullion - Keep a Document // DeekSneaky Sound System - Always By Your Side - Nicolas Jaar remix // VendettaA Drummer from Detroit - Part 1 // Fit SoundLeon Vynehall - Picture Frame // Well RoundedIllum Sphere - An Old Escape - Dabrye remix // Fat CityEkiti Son - Merta // Office EkitiPablo - Stratus - Andrew Weatherall remix // SomaNadastrom ft Sabo - Dusted // ScionJohn Talabot ft Glasser - Families // Young TurksMidland - What We Know - Motor City Drum Ensemble dub // AusJimmy Edgar - Tell It to the Heart - Art Department remix // No 19Bobby Browser - Always Many // 100%SilkPepe Bradock - Katoucha? // AvatismeBig Strick - Bloodline // 7Days EntertainmentBoo Williams - Peaking Point // Rush HourSemtek - Couer De Lyon // In Plain SightLowtec - Coldred // NonplusRon Trent - Kids at Play // Electric BlueTrevino - Juan Two Five // The Nothing SpecialJuju & Jordash - Deep Blue Meanies // DekmantelOctober - Singularity Jump // TanstaaflThe Analogue Cops - untitled2 // Out ErJoe Drive - Clone Replacement // Lux RecGB pres The Abstract Eye - I Feel It In My Forehead // EgloAndres - New For U // La VidaJuk Juk - Where The Helios // Nomos [powerpress]  

An abstract black and white selection, moving back and forth between house, techno, beats, hip hop, footwork, post dubstep and what have you. Playlist: Shoulda - On My Roost (Astro Nautico)XXYYXX - Set It Off (Kitsune)RL Grime - Amphibian (Shlohmo + 2KWTVR remix) // Grapes (Future Life)Dream Continuum - Giv A Lil Luv // Reworkz EP (Planet Mu)Polar Pair - Cryx3 (Deft Remix) (Botanika)Hudson Mohawke - Are You Feelin' Hot? (Brownswood)Midnight Runners - Tell Me (Darker Than Wax)Midnight Runners - Love Calling (Darker Than Wax)Danny Brown - Grown Up (Scion A/V)Rotem Or - Little Bird (Rejoicer KC Filth Remix) // RotemORejoiceRemixes (Self Released)Daniel Savio - Make It Personal // Assecs Denied (Mypr)Distal - She Wears Pearls // Civilization (Tectonic)Thomas - Individulasim // Sound Healers Vol 2 (Sound Healers)Mahavishnu Orchestra - Power Of Love (Om Unit Re Edit) (Om units Edits)Gene Hunt - May The Funk Be With You (Theo Parrish Remix)    (Rush Hour)The Funkees - Dance With Me // Dancing Time, The Best Of Eastern Nigeriaís Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77    (Soundway Records Ltd)Manmade Science - Phase (Philpot)James Mason - Nightgruv (Rush Hour)Lone - Lying In The Reeds // Galaxy Garden (R&S)BICEP - $tripper (Love Fever)Philipp Stoya - Triohu (Compost Black Label)Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team - Strange Touch (My House) (acappella version)(Sound Pellegrino)Arttu - Soul Stream (4Lux Black)Moodymann - Got 2 Make It //  Picture This (Scion A/V)FaltyDL - Mean Streets Part 2 (Swamp 81)Gerry Read - Yeh Come Dance (Dellsin)Forget Me Not - What Were You Gonna Say? feat. NEO (Auntie Flo remix) (Diamond & Raw)Jack Dixon - Lose Myself (Dauwd Remix) (Skint Under 5's)Rommek - Turquoise // It Feels Better to Be Numb EP (Infinite Machine)Mao - Harken (Bad Life)Salva & Grenier - Forest Floor(Frite Nite)Black Orange Juice - Back Of My Car (Some Think Sounds)KingThing - Gift (Neon Bounty)Devonwho - Sleet (All City)Elgato - Zone (Hessle Audio)Seven Davis Jr. - Thanks (Brownswood)  

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