Circles

Lovely lady long awaited record, All In All, due on Semantica in installments throughout April and May is already available for streaming via factmag.com. Follow the link for the full stream. https://soundcloud.com/factmag/sets/cio-dor-all-in-all

It consists of three four-track chapters: after and before, floor X and yocta to yotta. It’ll come out in mid-April on a twelve-track CD and a double 12-inch featuring after and before and floor X. Yocta to yotta will get its own vinyl release about a month later. D'Or has also prepared a shorter, ambient-oriented special edition CD as part of the album project, and an EP of remixes is in the works as well. [source: RA]

Amazing record as expected by a techno legend. My favourite part is tracks 4-5-6 (Now Is Ever, XXXIII, XI)

Mogano (Marco Bernardi) is a fresh and telented artist from Italy, currently residing in Berlin. He is also the owner of Arboretum which you may have already fallen across through Drøp’s - Vasundhara EP. I initially fell across this guy due to Virbo / Experimental Experiences, a series of Acts Dubit was hosting at Wandelbar, Berlin and fell in lve with his mixes which are available in his soundcloud page.

With this debut EP, just released on his own Arboretum, the love grew stronger. This record is a small treasure and a reflection of his diverse sound background.

“Berardi patiently slides from a dark humidity evoking Forest Swords to more traditional techno forms. The track ‘Anunnaki’ gets a murky inversion in Kerridge’s remix which acts a eerie centerpiece to the five track EP.” Read more on factmag.com and enjoy it in exlusive full stream.

“Lurching broken-beat rhythms cut between churning noise, experimenting with rhythm and texture in a way that felt fresh and unchartered.”  Full review on Stray Landings

Tracklist:

1. Retama

2. Annuki

3. Annuki (Samuel Kerridge Remix)

4. Sycomore

5. Dukkah (Digital Bonus)

Title: Sycomore EP

Label: Arboretum

Format: 12′’, digital

Release date: 15.04.2015

Kabalion’s second elixir comes from Shaded Explorer who takes us deep down in the abysmal oceans. With this record we also slowly start to submerge into some more experimental tales as well as offering some straight techno for a perfectly balanced conjuration.

<a href="http://kabalion.bandcamp.com/album/resonance-from-the-abyss">Resonance from the Abyss by Shaded Explorer</a>

An incredible aquatic relic that we are very proud to add to the Kabalion tome of immersive magic.

Tracklist:

1. Decline of an Underwater City  2. Bake-Kujira 3. Submarine Public Transport 4. Nestled in the Lake  5. Thorn of the Abyss (Digital Bonus)

Release date: March 2015

Catalogue number: ELIXIR2

Format: Vinyl, digital

Buy at Hard Wax, Deejay.de or Bandcamp

Here is a mix I’ve been enjoying recently...

It’s been a month I’m stuck on this record but the feeling is now more intense so this will be this week’s pick. Such an amazing record, all the beauty of this world encapsulated in the sound of this small album by Född Död (aka SARS & Varg). It comes to add to Northern Electronics‘s catalogue right next to Acronym’s Mu. released one month before. 

An album that makes perfect soundtrack of any moment, any season and a reminder that Abdulla Rashim’s Northern Electronics keeps raising standards higher and higher.

<a href="http://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/studie-i-n-rhet-l-ngtan-och-besvikelse">Studie I Närhet, Längtan Och Besvikelse by Född Död</a>

Released 23 February 2015 Recorded live using MS-20, Juno 106, Juno 60, RS-09, CR-78, TR-606, RE-501, RE-201, RPS-10 and RRV-10 Mixed by Abdulla Rashim and Acronym Mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome

In the meantime, I’ve been enjoying some of Abdulla Rashim’s classic mixes. Great company for the weekend to come.

Abdulla Rashim - Anatomy 20, 2012

Abdulla Rashim - Prologue Portefeuille Podcast 04, 2012

Abdulla Rashim live at Dommune [mnml ssgs night], 2012

I just couldn’t not spend a few words on one of my most respected techno artists, one of today’s techno legends, a powerful lady whose contribution to techno is andoubted. Cio d’Or who has kept quite for a while is back with two records, All In All [Semantica73] and Off And On [Telrae026].

All In All, due for release in late-April, is her second album. It consists of three four-track chapters: after and before, floor X and yocta to yotta. It'll come out in mid-April on a twelve-track CD and a double 12-inch featuring after and before and floor X. Yocta to yotta will get its own vinyl release about a month later.D'Or has also prepared a shorter, ambient-oriented special edition CD as part of the album project, and an EP of remixes is in the works as well. Read more on RA. Check out this 3-track minimix as a first taste of the album.

Off And On is already available at decks.de and other online stores. Her Track >OFF< describes a biotope in which two different poles gently collide. Rooms of reverb meet orchestral sounds meet acoustic clicks, in a process of an ongoing motion, where there is no beginning and no end. The flip side highlights >AND ON< shows white horses amids the waves of sounds. This track could be an electronic soundtrack to a day at an isolated beach in the indian ocean.

Claudio PRC & Ness - Icore (incl. Nuel and Sino Sabatini Remixes) is out on Dino Saatini’s lovely imprint. Enjoy!

The Sardinian producers Claudio PRC & Ness are prolific enough on their own, but they’re at their best together, crafting deeply hypnotic techno. Soon the pair will releaseIcore, an EP featuring remixes from Nuel and Dino Sabatini, the latter perhaps best known for his releases on Prologue. Today, you can stream the title track in Claudio & Ness’ original mix which rides a 4/4 beat with unblinking intensity before getting delightfully scrambled by their colleagues. (source: factmag.com)

Tracklist:

A1. Icore

A2. Icore (Nuel Rmx)

B.  Icore (Dino Sabatini Rmx)

Released March 16th, 2015, Outis Music

Vinyl 12” available on Decks Digital exclusive on Beatport

It was nice to see this on Giorgio Gigli's facebook page yesterday.

The Zooloft Incantation_A series of words said as a magic spell or charm by Wasteyouth on Mixcloud

A revival of the glorious moments of Zooloft, a tribute to a label that reserved a place in our hearts. A mix that will be my company for days to come wherever they find me.

Zooloft made its way to the techno scene in 2009 and closed it’s circle at the end of 2013. That’s life! everything that is born is destined to die in one or another way. We make circles either big or small; all of them counting to something, leading somewhere. Zoolfot made a beautiful circle during this period. Giorgio Gigli and Obtane made an effort that counted to many of us. All we have to say is a big “thank you for the music”, this stays with us still.

I add this as a small note on Zooloft. (Posted on their facebook page on their 2 years anniversary)

It has been passed two long years since Zooloft started its adventure. First Zooloft EP by Obtane and Giorgio Gigli was released on september 2009. Now, in 2011,we're next to publishing our eighth production and we really want to thank those who support us and give us the strength to carry on.

This isn't a 'commonplace' and, without you all, our label wouldn't have survived! As soon we decided to start our collaboration to propose the sound reached today by Zooloft,we knew immediately that it was a difficult challenge. Music is changing and evolving like marketing does. But we wanted to try, we wanted to tell you our story by the most abstract art ever: the music.

A partnership born randomly but consolidated by the time, making us mostly aware than is good for us to do this work. We're extremely convinced that we can defeat "decepticons" by most sublime frequencies. Zooloft is the result of the importance for life and its things, it's the way we express ourselves.

Every time we write a new chapter to tell you what we are and where we come from. Every release is telling you our emotions, our fears, our loves and our delight, like a book does.

Keeping the hope alive is our ultimate desire.

thanks to our loved ones.

A special thank to Tom Bonaty for letting us know.

Posted by ZOOLOFT records on Wednesday, August 31, 2011

This post turns me a bit emotional... Dubit - Fragmenti LP is out and I’ve been waiting for this moment quite long. I fell in love with this record without even listening to it. A brief introduction was made more than a year ago. It was Fragmenti (micro), a beautiful interactive audio/visual performance held by Dubit & Sims underneath Berlin, inside the crowded uBahn, transforming the, otherwise, busiest spot of Berlin into a fountain of innovation and culture showing the bright side to all those people rushing around. Now that the record is released my heart is wide open. It means a lot to me and even more to those in the making. It touched me. I can see the long effort and deep inspiration. Fragmenti is an exploration of sound, space and time. It is life translated into music; moments,memories, emotions are encapsulated into the sound. 

Fragmenti is much more than an album. It is a long term project by Dubit consisting of a 74-minutes album and art film, a movie and its soundtrack.

Fragments, moments. A record of memories, experiences, emotions, everyday moments that have not been overlooked.  Fragmenti is a project of information sharing; a documentation of today that now is yesterday. An exploration into the human mind, all those inner conflicts and the interaction between fear and freedom, darkness and light. The past is translated into now using the album and the movie as a medium.

The album is made of a rich sound palette  consisting mainly of field recordings gathered throughout the years to encapsulate the sound in a timeless bubble and document the experience on physical medium.

The movie will provide a visual experience of the album. The sound is translated into images thanks to Andrea Maioli from Kanaka Project, and Ermano Bonazzi, with spacial collaboration of Gabriele Marriotti.

Read more here: www.severalreasons.net/blog/fragmenti-revealed

Fragmenti is exclusively available for full streaming on DJBroadcast.net together with an interview with Dubit. Highly recommended read! http://www.djbroadcast.net/news/Fragmenti_by_Dubit.html

Stop for a moment to appreciate how much magic can be hidden in sound. See your story unfolding while you surrender to the music. Travel all the way down to the darkest and brightest kingdoms of the soul to find yourself and discover the world anew.

/TRACKLIST

07:20 - INLET 10:80 - FRAGMENTI 12:12 - QUARREL 14:40 - N.ICE 16:20 - HUMAN 18:00 - V 20:20 - OFU 21:60 - CARDIAL 00:00 - CONSEQUENCES 02:16 - ROUTINE 04:32 - APICE 05:40 - PUTEJI (feat. Alessandra Franco and Daughter)

A masterpiece, a unique experience and a reminder that you will never be alone as long as you have the courage to follow your dreams, when you don’t let any fear stop you from discovering who you really are. 

Out on Several Reasons Recordings

CD: 16th March 2015,  2x12": 1st April and Digital version and movie to follow.

Buy here

For updates find Fragmenti on facebook. Like the page and discover what's to come.

More articles on Fragmenti:

www.side-line.com

www.soundwall.it (incl. free download of 16:20 - Human)

www.differentgrooves.com

A wonderful piece of work is delivered by techno princess, Dasha Rush, through one of our well established favourites, raster-noton.

»sleepstep« is the first collaboration between raster-noton and dasha rush. the record's subtitle »sonar poems for my sleepless friends« describes its underlying concept – »sleepstep« is a trip through electronically alienated micro-compositions and sound collages that, interwoven with text passages, aim at creating a dream-like atmosphere.

the stations of this journey are striving for oblivion of time, an immersion, a drifting in universal states – death, life, birth, grief, desire. the titles often appear to be raw sketches, fugitive, surreal short stories that rather want to break open than execute.

the musical arrangement, in this context, can be described as rather subtle and fragile. though electronically manipulated, no production technique is pushing itself to the fore. and though clichés are not dreaded, »sleepstep«, as a result, stays away from being cliché. the sonar poems for her sleepless friends are feminine, subtle and personal reports. a musical dream journey in the form of a classical concept record – an album that also stands in the tradition of ambient music.

dasha rush is already known as a techno dj and producer. here on »sleepstep«, she celebrates her alter ego. the cd version comes with a 32-pages booklet that also shows her photographic interest and includes the aforementioned poems written by her.

Even though summer seems quite far, spring is almost here.. a beautiful transitory period, my favourite time of the year is just around the corner. Days are getting longer, serotonin starts hitting higher levels and appetit for parties by the beach or any open air scenery, under the sun or the moon, is slowly awakening. The musical output to accompany this seasons is correspondingly wonderful. Fresh sounds and a deep exploration of the musical territory is what March will bring about. And I definitely cannot wait.

Donato Dozzy & Anna Caragnano - Sintetizzatrice

This is a collaboration between Donato Dozzy and Rome-based signer Anna Caragnano. A 9-track album made entirely of vocal samples, a combination of Anna's magical voice and Donato's immense skills. Starcloud, already available for streaming, offers a first taste of the album.

Read more on Resident Advisor and junodownload.com

Out on Spectrum Spools, March 30th 2015

Monolake - I A

He's been away for a while, keeping busy with other projects under his name, Robert Henke. Monolake made his come back last December with X I E and another record, I A, is due for release in March on his own Imbalance Computer Music. That's all we have for now. Read more on RA.

Reeko - La Metamorphsis

Reeko - Metamorphosis from DaDaVision on Vimeo.

Juan Rico, otherwise known as Reeko or Architectural, is soon to deliver a two-part album that will be released on his own Mental Disorder. The album is named after Franz Kafka's 1915 novel, The Metamorphosis, which tells the story of a man who finds himself transformed into a large bug-like creature. The record unfolds Reeko's interpretation of Metamorphosis.

Out on Mental Disorder, March (Part 1) and April (Part 2) 2015

The Gods Planet | Extra 002

The second chapter of Extra series of Ness and Claudio PRC's own imprint, The Gods Planet, features Iori and Reggy Van Oers each of them delivering a track encapsulating their abandant talent.

Out on TGP, March 30th 2015

In the meantime we would like to share the news that Ness & Claudio PRC are releasing an EP as TGP on Dino Sabatini's Outis Music. Ness & Claudio PRC (TGP) - Icore will also feature remixes by Nuel and Dino Sabatini and it is set for release mid-March. Read more here.

Shaded Explorations | Va - Soundscapes For Escape Vol.2

Here is a nice compilation that will come out this spring featuring tracks by As Patria, Ntogn, Commodity Place and Claudio PRC among other great artists.

Out on Shaded Explorations, March 2nd 2015

Abdulla Rashim & Axel Hallgvist - Sorunda Remixed [SEMANTICA 58X]

A great piece of work is now remixed by Donato Dozzy, Cllaudio PRC, Korridor and Svreca.

Terence Fixmer - Depth Charged LP - Album Trailer from CLR on Vimeo.

Terence Fixmer's most introspective work yet is due on Monday 23rd February.

The Album is characterised by Fixmer’s powerful deep, dark and pulsating tones yet carefully plays with melody and atmosphere within the same breath. As an extension, he manages to weave a story and explore a complete concept by illustrating certain emotions. Something that becomes a lot clearer upon the second listen. (source: okkana.com)

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While Acronym's Yggdrasil is still echoing in our ears something fresh comes out on Semantica. They come back with a strong statement, this time by the label's own boss, Enrique Mena, known to us as Svreca. He's been away for a while. However, as Inverted Audio rightly says, “Narita was worth the long wait. While it gathers memories and emotions from Svreca’s travels to Japan, the four-tracker is a textbook example of contemporary minimal techno. Simple, yet utterly effective structures enhance every minute building up different climaxes." 

Narita is the result of years of work. It is the outcome of moments and experiences Svreca collected throughout this time.

"Modern Heads mark their return with a hour of spiralling Italian techno with a contemporary tribal touch."

A fresh digital release came yesterday from Hypnus. Grande Luigi is back again, not long since Deep Blue, with a 4-track EP. Hypnotic, deep with subtle dancy beats, this is a great release that meets our high expectations.

&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://hypnus.bandcamp.com/album/wadjet"&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Wadjet by Luigi Tozzi&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;

Aphex reminded me today that life is full of surprises delightful and beautiful ones. After years of absence he came back recently to reveal what was going on all that time. First it was Syro, then Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2. And now comes a big surprise: demos of 110 unreleased tracks uploaded on soundcloud by mysterious user48736353001 all available for free download.

Read the full story on Resident Advisor. 

The latest mix in Several Reason's podcast series comes from Felix Lorusso. He recently started a new project under the name Muted.01. This is his first particle of his work under his new alias... Definitely promising!