out for a while: Hush & Sleep – Gom Jabbar EP [Moments In Time]

 

Artist:
Hush & Sleep

 

Title:
Gom Jabbar EP

 

Label:
Moments In Time

 

Cat#:
MIT014

 

Release Date:
21st October 2022

 

Format:
download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Gom Jabbar

02.
Metal Track

03.
Metal Track
(Amstra Remix)

04.
Rise From The Ashes

 

Press Info:
Started on a shared vision, Dutch duo Hush & Sleep is a combination of Tom Tonnard and Frankie Decicco. The Complex Maastricht residents are well-versed in top-rate Techno releases, with offerings on Ellora, Opium Trax, Overtime Recordings and many more, including UK-based imprint Moments In Time. Following a remarkable debut on the label as part of its ‘Moments Vol.1’ compilation, they return for their first full EP, ‘Gom Jabbar’, whilst enlisting creative input from Italian artist Amstra on remix duties.

Kicking the door open on the release, the title cut ‘Gom Jabbar’ is an intensely savage affair from the outset. Hammering kicks and industrial-tinged hat sequences rocket through the heart of the track’s pacy persona whilst it modulates through different beat structures and continues to crescendo through murky synth layers and riveting bass notes. The track’s standout rave-inspired breaks and climatic builds add yet another layer of intensity, making for a stunning Peak-time warehouse bomb.

‘Metal Track’ follows suit, keeping the tempo at a premium. The track’s title is immediately apparent as a grungy metal riff begins to seep through its core of breakneck drum work and piercing hat grooves. This leads into another largely atmospheric breakdown with hurrying urgency before striking back into the main groove, this time with hardcore-infused twist via a screeching guitar layer.

Amstra’s remix of ‘Metal Track’ brings a new dimension to an already standout piece of music. Its progressively building melodic centrepiece is enveloped within a robust shell of thumping kick drums, riveting percussive cadence, and warped vox fills. Another attention-stealing warehouse-style techno warhead is at play here, with a mind-bending array of different scenes and styles dotted throughout the hair-raising journey.

The release closes out on ‘Rise From The Ashes’, completing a quad of undeniably raucous industrial-laden weapons. Corrosive frequencies slice through a roaring low-end drive via the medium of layered hats and distorted FX as the track’s gripping synth lead continues to rear its head upwards throughout the darkness of an ominously addictive peak-time Hard Techno number.

 

Full Track Streaming:

 

Special:
“Teufelswerk Podcast 040”

 

Recommendations:
releases on Moments In Time we featured

 

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Moments In Time @ Bandcamp
JunoDownload
Beatport
iTunes
TraxSource
Clone Digital
more soon

 

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Websites:
Hush & Sleep
Moments In Time

 

out now: Ika Sile – Ultravision [Life In Patterns]

 

Artist:
Ika Sile

 

Title:
Ultravision

 

Label:
Life In Patterns

 

Cat#:
LIPL001

 

Release Date:
16th December 2022

 

Format:
download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Here & Now

02.
Half Time

03.
Should Have Been There

04.
Beyond Forces

05.
Endless

 

Press Info:

 

Snippets:

 

Full Track Streaming:
“Should Have Been There”

“Here & Now”

“Half Time”

more soon

 

Special:
“Chapeau Podcast 008”

 

Recommendations:
all other releases on Life In Patterns

 

Buy Download:
Life In Patterns @ Bandcamp
JunoDownload
Beatport
iTunes
TraxSource
Bleep
more soon

 

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Websites:
Ika Sile
Life In Patterns

 

out now: Inland – BRETT001 [Brett / Counterchange Recordings]

 

Artist:
Inland

 

Title:
BRETT001

 

Label:
Brett / Counterchange Recordings

 

Cat#:
BRETT001

 

Release Date:
09th December 2022 (vinyl)
16th December 2022 (digital)

 

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
A1.
Balloon

A2.
Statur

B1.
(systemscan)

B2.
Wrap

B3.
Basic
B4.
(scansystem)

 

Press Info:
BRETT is a new label celebrating the co-dependent scenes of techno and contemporary art.

A sub label of Inland’s Counterchange imprint, each edition will feature music selected by Ed Davenport (Inland / Counterchange), paired with cover art curated by Nils Petersen (Flipping The Coin).

BRETT is dedicated to the spirit of Berlin’s early club scene, where cross-pollination and spirited discourse between musicians and visual artists etched the blueprints for a new techno-culture.

001 finds co-creator and long-time Berlin ex-pat Inland at the helm, delivering four surging, up-tempo club tools, plus 2 brainwave-activating noise experiments. Celebrated Irish-born artist Mariechen Danz provides a photograph of her visionary sculpture, ‘Statue for Gesticulation’, for the cover artwork.

The towering super-human structure bears a multitude of nurturing hand gestures suggesting support, comfort and togetherness. Built from roughly textured grey concrete and resembling a technoid, monolithic bunker or industrial space in itself, the loving, humanist symbols of peaceful action mirror the culture of inclusion, love and acceptance practiced on the dance floor.

 

Snippets:

 

Special:
“Embodiment 043”

 

Recommendations:
Inland’s “Time Leak EP” on Figure
album “An Invitation To Disappear” by Inland & Julian Charrière on A-Ton
Inland’s “Metatlantic” on Black Crow Records
compilation “Facticity” w/ Inland track on Infrastructure
sampler “Berghain 07 | Part II” w/ Inland track on Ostgut Ton
all stuff on Counterchange we featured

 

Buy Vinyl:
Inland Recordings @ Bandcamp
Deejay
OYE Records
Juno
Decks
Red Eye Records
HHV
more soon

 

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Inland Recordings @ Bandcamp
JunoDownload
more soon

 

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

 

Booking:
Sweatlodge

 

Websites:
Inland
Brett / Counterchange Recordings

 

out now: Vermeer – Shinzō Wo Sasageyo! EP [Black Lake Records]

 

Artist:
Vermeer

 

Title:
Shinzō Wo Sasageyo! EP

 

Label:
Black Lake Records

 

Cat#:
BLAKED006

 

Release Date:
13th December 2022 (Bandcamp)
January or later in 2023 (other stores)

 

Format:
download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Pai Mei

02.
Bollock Brothers

03.
Kyoto Oyster

04.
Bvlgari

05.
Porcelana Cocoa

06.
Wolpertinger

 

Press Info:
Time had to be frozen for the second full-length EP of the duo project “Vermeer” so that they could design sound effects for a couple of centuries. Now, they finally provide a piece of techno-art that is hard to beat in terms of versatility. Freely serving themselves at the buffet of genres, a heavily groove-infused futuristic Techno/Trance style is displayed in this release.

The hard trance showpiece “Pai Mei” is deep, rough, and wise just like the old white-bearded man. Psychedelic effects pave the way for vocal melancholia and keep this a fast, driving drama.

“Bollock Brothers” gets as in-your-face as it can be. Starting off with punchy cinematic strikes, it evolved into a neorave UK-drill banger with a classic EDM main melody. This one would work both in your favorite underground rave as well as on the Tomorrowland mainstage.

Typical PTK Vocals inserted into the Vermeer-Aura yielded “Kyoto Oyster”. Perpetually grooving forward, this emotional psy techno piece maintains atmospheric magic wherever it’s played.

Presenting Vermeer’s inclination to experimental groove, “Bvlgari” lets squelchy rhythms morph with complex drum polys on a heavy pumping rumble. A perfect fit for some Balenciaga runway shows in the mud.

“Porcelana Cocoa” is a recipe for slightly sad yet profoundly addictive floor experiences. Underlined by a steady clean groove, perfectly tuned cowbells, and ambivalent chord plucks continually move forward with playful piano arpeggios jingling in the far

“Wolpertinger” is a hardcore-inspired beast capable of eating the entire floor, no matter how big. A collection of different rave hoovers and a fast hard-trance bass line create the space for the bouncy fast vocals that rap it a couple felt bpm faster.

 

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Special:
“… plays selected [NovaFuture Exclusive Mix”

 

Recommendations:
Vermeer’s “Nebulas EP” on Black Lake Records
Vermeer’s “Tokyo In EP” on [selected]
Part Time Killer’s “Snakes EP” on Black Lake Records
Part Time Killer’s “Icey EP” on Black Lake Records

 

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Black Lake Records @ Bandcamp
more soon

 

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soon

 

Websites:
Vermeer
Black Lake Records

 

out now: Soennichsen K – Ein Schrei Vor Dem Ende Der Welt EP [C O U P]

 

Artist:
Soennichsen K

 

Title:
Ein Schrei Vor Dem Ende Der Welt EP

 

Label:
C O U P

 

Cat#:
COUP026

 

Release Date:
23rd December 2022

 

Format:
download & streaming

 

Tracklist:
01.
Ein Schrei Vor Dem Ende Der Welt

02.
Die Hölle, Das Sind Die Anderen

03.
Die Laster Von Berlin

04.
Ich Konnte Nicht Ohne Dich Leben

05.
Ein Schrei Vor Dem Ende
(Violent Remix)

06.
Die Laster Von Berlin
(The Chronics Remix)

07.
Die Laster Von Berlin
(New Hedonism Remix)

08.
Ich Konnte Nicht Ohne Dich Leben
(Pro Athlete Remix)

 

Press Info:
For the twenty-sixth release of COUP, we welcome Soennichsen K with four original tracks as well as Violent, The Chronics, New Hedonism and Pro Athlete on the remix duty. Consisting of raw and hard hitting drumsets and furious synth lines Soennichsen K delivers four tracks of outer body experience taking place in a dark atmosphere. On the remix duties, four talented producers interprets the EP with their own unique touches.

 

Full Track Streaming:

 

Special:
“Motz Podcast”

 

Recommendations:
all stuff on C O U P

 

Buy Download:
C O U P @ Bandcamp
Qobuz
iTunes
more soon

 

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Qobuz
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
Youtube Music

 

Websites:
Soennichsen K @ Instagram
C O U P