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out now: Yann Tiersen – Kerber (Remixes) [Mute]

Artist:
Yann Tiersen

Title:
Kerber (Remixes)

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
MUTE642

Release Date:
26th August 2022

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Ker Al Loch
(Sote Remix)

02.
Ker Al Loch
(Terence Fixmer Remix)

03.
Ker Al Loch
(Simon Sky’s Metamorphosis Remix)

04.
Ker Al Loch
(Beatrice Dillon Remix)

05.
Kerlann
(Laurel Halo Remix)

06.
Ker Yegu
(Iku Sakan Remix)

Press Info:
Yann Tiersen has shared a new remix by Laurel Halo, and announced details of a 12” collating reworkings from his 2021 album Kerber. Kerber Remixes will be available on strictly limited edition white vinyl and digitally via Mute on 26 August 2022.

The remix 12” includes remixes and reworkings from Terence Fixmer, Beatrice Dillon, Laurel Halo, Iku Sakan and two remix competition winners, Sote and Simon Sky.

While Kerber saw Tiersen incorporating modular synthesis and sampling into the recording process, his follow up album, 11 5 18 2 5 18, was born from further experimentation in the studio as the artist prepared for a performance at Berlin’s modular and synthesiser festival, Superbooth. Using samples as his source, Tiersen has resampled, reprogrammed and recomposed existing audio to create entirely new tracks unrecognisable and decontextualised from their original versions. The album completes a story he started Kerber but where that took a more nuanced and subtle approach, 11 5 18 2 5 18 brings the listener into new sonic spaces.

This new remix 12” bridges the worlds of Kerber and 11 5 18 2 5 18, pushing the tracks further onto the dancefloor and opening them up to new processes.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Kerlann (Laurel Halo Remix)”

“Ker al Loch (Beatrice Dillon Remix)”

Video Special:
“Live @ SUPERBOOTH21”

Recommendations:
all releases on Mute & sublabels we featured

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out now: Lasha Chkhaidze – Agartha [Intergalactic Research Institute For Sound]

Artist:
Lasha Chkhaidze

Title:
Agartha

Label:
Intergalactic Research Institute For Sound

Cat#:
IRIS010

Release Date:
29th July 2022

Format:
vinyl, download& streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Dog Days

02.
Indigenous Tribes

03.
Train To Asylum

04.
The First Drone

05.
On The Ledge

06.
Even The Sun Goes To Sleep

Press Info:
As the legend says, Agartha is a lost kingdom, located in the earth’s core.

Only the bravest found courage to go to the journey to find it.

As you go deeper, the road gets darker, scarier… The journey to Agartha symbolizes the journey to the untraveled parts of human consciousness, which often frightens us, but as we observe and heal our dark parts we no longer need to compress and hide them. Facing our main fears will make our road mor adventurous, and one day the whole journey will become a tale. Tale of a man who found the lost kingdom of Agartha.

The Institute is happy to present a newcomer in its ranks: Lasha Chkhaidze, one of the 13 members of collective “If Strangers.” Georgia is home to melancholia and many exciting musicians, something we have shown in many of our previous releases. Lasha’s first album is part of this theme.

These six tracks gently pull you into a subtle and immersive journey. Listen and soon you find yourself pulled into the beauty of sadness – surrounded by these carefully crafted soundscapes which offer a perfect opportunity for a moment of introspection. The young Georgian delivers ambient and piano at its finest on this first LP.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Train To Asylum”

Video:
“On The Ledge”

Video made by futureerror

Special:
“TASCAM 0055”

Recommendations:
all stuff on Intergalactic Research Institute…

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Intergalactic Research Institute for Sound @ Bandcamp
Deejay
Decks
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Websites:
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out now: Polygonia | MTRL – Division | Taris EP [Fur:ther Sessions]

Artist:
Polygonia | MTRL

Title:
Division | Taris EP

Label:
Fur:ther Sessions

Cat#:
FSR001

Release Date:
22nd April 2022

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist Vinyl:
A1.
Polygonia
Division

A2.
MTRL
Taris

B1.
Polygonia
Division
(Claudio PRC Remix)

B2.
MTRL
Taris
(Claudio PRC Remix)

Tracklist Bandcamp:
01.
Polygonia
Division

02.
MTRL
Taris

03.
Polygonia
Division
(Claudio PRC Remix)

04.
MTRL
Taris
(Claudio PRC Remix)

05.
MTRL
Taris
(Stargaze Edit)

Press Info:
A1. Polygonia – Division
Right from the start the listener is cast into orbit with driving percussion and abstract sound effects. Soon they are followed with a morphing bass sound and cymbals which lock the groove into place, cranking the drive to the max. As the track progresses the landscape of sound reveals its nature with metallic quality, like schrapnel from a barren city. Truly a Deep Techno banger which will without a doubt fill a dance floor.

A2. MTRL – Taris
The listener is slowly submerged into the waves of percussive bass sounds and menacing sweeps of noise which remind of a storm in a desert, the horizon only slightly glimmering behind the veil of sand. Soon the listener is introduced with a pounding kick drum, almost making the landscape seem even more ruthless as the track progresses.
Quality, heady Deep Techno.

B1. Polygonia – Division (Claudio PRC Remix)
The hypnotic Techno maestro Claudio PRC twists the idea of the original track into a mind explorative voyage with a triplet feel. The remix is shrouded in melancholy with distant pad sounds, which add a nice tension to the track. As usual, a brilliant remix from Claudio PRC.

B2. MTRL – Taris (Mary Yuzovskaya Remix)
On the remix the Berlin based producer is molding the source material into a driving and psychedelic track, functional yet synapse tingling. Now the bass has a bit more liquid-like quality and the overall soundscape is more abstract. Hallucinatory effects of noise are filling the spaces between the sounds, almost like being surrounded with faint whispers. Driving and psychedelic Deep Techno done with finesse.

Full Track Streaming:

Specials:
Polygonia – “Fetacast #53”

MTRL – “Rituale 010”

Recommendations:
MTRL’s “Territories” on IO
“Caldera” by Kaf & MTRL on Alexandar
MTRL’s “Maze EP” on Solid Shape

Buy Vinyl:
Fur:ther Sessions @ Bandcamp
Juno
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Websites:
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Fur:ther Sessions

out now: JakoJako – Metamorphose [Bigamo]

Artist:
JakoJako

Title:
Metamorphose

Label:
Bigamo

Cat#:
BIGAMO12

Release Date:
01st April 2022

Format:
vinyl, cassette, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Objekt

02.
Resonanz

03.
Perzeption

04.
Affekt

05.
Amygdala

06.
Thalamus

07.
Transformation (Verwandlung)

08.
Inferenz

09.
Neogenese

10.
Pareidolie

Press Info:
Regardless if you immediately associate the term metamorphosis with any kind of evolutionary adjustment, with shapeshifting, the complex transformation of music or if you simply think about the distinctive mark the last two years have left on basically each and everyone of us, it’s easy to agree that “Metamorphose“ is just the perfect title for JakoJako’s debut album for Bigamo.

JakoJako has made perfect use of the compulsory extra studio time regulated by the pandemic, developing and specifying a sound she instantly attracted attention with, as soon as she entered the scene in 2019 with her release on Leisure System.

“Metamorphose“ is one of those albums that can easily quiet a bustling room in an instant, regardless if you’re a connoisseur of this kind of music or not. It’s a compelling and highly absorbing collection of tracks, a surprisingly immersive experience designed for nocturnal listening (and beyond) that is difficult to not lose yourself within. Still the nine tracks on display feel almost like a paradox: they are fundamentally propulsive, yet they seem to decelerate time and space, they generate tension yet offer a weirdly soothing effect, they feel high-brow and imply endless intellectual stimuli yet they are deeply felt and simply want to provide simple truths about ourselves.

The most haunting aspect though might even be that it sounds utterly complete, even though the musical journey of this Berlin-based musician, producer and all-around gear-head has just begun.

Snippets:
@ Deejay

Full Track Streaming:
“Amygdala”

“Objekt”

Special:
“#SlamRadio 447”

Buy Vinyl:
JakoJako @ Bandcamp
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HHV
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JakoJako @ Bandcamp
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Booking:
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Websites:
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out for a while: Gudrun Gut + Mabe Fratti – Let’s Talk About The Weather [Umor Rex]

Artist:
Gudrun Gut + Mabe Fratti

Title:
Let’s Talk About The Weather

Label:
Umor Rex

Cat#:
UR131

Release Date:
20th August 2021

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Aufregend

02.
El Cielo Responde

03.
Walk

04.
In D

05.
Air Condition

06.
Let’s Talk About The Weather I

07.
Let’s Talk About The Weather II

08.
Let’s Talk About The Weather III

09.
Let’s Talk About The Weather IV

Press Info:
Gudrun Gut and Mabe Fratti have worked together on a powerful hybrid album, where taut rhythms fuse with haunted vocal melodies and spoken word, and field recordings meld with extended ambient pieces. Limited edition of 500 copies on Yellow Transparent vinyl LP, digital downloads and streamings.

As part of Umor Rex’s 15th anniversary, we here present an album that builds a dialogue between two lands and two unique artists. Mexico is the origin and conceptual residence of our label, while Germany is where we produce and manufacture our records (Berlin functions as the center of distribution and logistics, thanks to our friends at Morr Music). The intertwining imaginations belong to German producer Gudrun Gut (Malaria!) —a notable figure of the subculture and the German music scene since the early 80s, and also a founder of Monika Enterprise and recipient of the ‘Listen to Berlin’ Award in 2019— and singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer Mabe Fratti (originally from Guatemala, now based in Mexico City). We knew about “Let’s Talk About The Weather” from the beginning, and since the moment Gudrun and Mabe made us part of their project, our excitement could not be greater.

The process started with Gudrun and Mabe having long distance conversations, asking about their whereabouts and discussing the weather. This might seem rather commonplace, but it works as a key thematic component for the entire album. The weather as the new great unknown, perceived through the optics of everyday life. Sound files were methodically exchanged, with Mabe exploring words and vocals, and Gudrun working with field recordings taken from each city. In the end, this joint musical venture would provide a healing effect for both artists during life in quarantine.

“Aufregend”, the opening track of the album, reflects upon a general lack of excitement in modern life. It wonders what the future might hold. Is it cold? Is it warm? Will it be the same? “Air Condition” is an eerie, dazzling collision of climates: the hazy warmth of Mexico City, the deep cold of Uckermark. The last track, which gives the album its name, is a long ambient piece composed of four parts: sound sculptures, field recordings of city life, news and weather forecasts, and private conversations about the climate. It’s kind of a collaborative diary, obsessed with a single, all-encompassing subject.

Produced and recorded by Gudrun Gut and Mabe Fratti between Berlin, Uckermark, Veracruz and Mexico City. Mixed by GGut at Stern Studio Mastered by John Tejada in Sherman Oaks, USA. Artwork & photos by Daniel Castrejón in Mexico City.

Special thanks to Goethe Institute, who contributed to the creation of this album with a Virtual Partner Residency support.

Snippets:
@ Deejay

Full Track Streaming:
“Aufregend”