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After almost two years, LIP016 marks Ferdinger’s return to his own imprint. “Partly Cloudy” features fi ve cuts spanning a wide range of styles and timbres, from UK-infused breakbeat textures to energetic dub and acid techno with a melodic edge. While still fi rmly aimed at the dance fl oor, the record carries a more introspective and inward-looking tone – an attempt to make sense of the current climate in the world and within our societies. “Partly Cloudy” is set for release on 3 April 2026 on vinyl and digital formats.
The A-side of the record is cut “inside-out,” placing the more club-oriented tracks on the outer grooves to preserve high-frequency detail, as tracks closer to the center of a record tend to lose high-frequency content during playback.
Release Date:
13th May 2002 (original release date)
09th September 2022 (re-release)
Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming
Tracklist: 01. We Are All Made Of Stars
02. In This World
03. In My Heart
04. Great Escape
05. Signs Of Love
06. One Of These Mornings
07. Another Woman
08. Fireworks
09. Extreme Ways
10. Jam For The Ladies
11. Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)
12. 18
13. Sleep Alone
14. At Least We Tried
15. Harbour
16. Look Back In
17. The Rafters
18. I’m Not Worried
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Moby will release a new album entitled “18” on 13th May. This is the much anticipated follow up to his multi-award winning and ten million selling album “Play”.
The album features eighteen brand new tracks and a brilliant line up of guest vocalists including, amongst others, Sinead O’Connor, Azure Ray, MC Lyte and Angie Stone. “18” expands upon, updates and surpasses “Play”, moving through anthemic nu-new wave, sample centred gospel and blues, electro, funk, warm orchestration and lush instrumentals.
Moby explains the title: ‘In addition to the record being called “18” because there are 18 songs on it, there are other more obscure reasons for it being called “18”…’
The album includes the forthcoming single ‘We Are All Made Of Stars’, which is released on 29th April. It is accompanied by a video directed by the award-winning Joseph Kahn. Filmed on location in Hollywood, Santa Monica and Sunset and Vine, the promo sees Moby assuming the guise of a somewhat distant and removed Spaceman who has come down to earth. He lands in LA and observes Hollywood Babylon at its most banal. Moby is joined by a number of familiar faces on his adventure. These include: Tommy Lee, Thora Birch, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction/Red Hot Chili Peppers, Corey Feldman, Vern Troyer (aka – Mini Me), Angelyne, Ron Jeremy, Dominique Swain, and Kato Kaelin – plus Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges from 80’s TV show Diff’rent Strokes.
MobyRecorded and produced by Moby at his studio in New York over the last twelve months, Moby plays all the instruments on the album and sings on four of the tracks; ‘Extreme Ways’, ‘We Are All Made Of Stars’, ‘Sleep Alone’ and the semi spoken ‘Signs Of Love’. Elsewhere MC Lyte and Angie Stone both guest on the uptempo ‘Jam For The Ladies’. Sinead O’Connor delivers one of her most moving vocal performances on ‘Harbour’ while Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor of Athens, Georgia duo Azure Ray wrote the lyrics for and sing on ‘Great Escape’.
“18” features two stunning instrumentals, the title track is a version of a composition that Moby wrote and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics, while ‘Fireworks’ is a short interlude piece and takes its title from one of Moby’s favourite films by the director Takeshi Kitano.
Moby’s love of Soul and R’n’B from the 60s, 70s and 80s is again apparent and he makes brilliant use of a wide range of vocal samples on many of the tracks. Most notably ‘Another Woman’ which samples Barbara Lynn’s, classic, ‘I’m A Good Woman’ and on ‘Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)’ which features a sample of Sugarhill Records founder Sylvia Robinson’s ‘Sunday’.
Moby will play live dates throughout 2002 and 2003. Details of his worldwide tour will follow soon.
Snippets:
Videos:
“We Are All Made Of Stars (Video Edit)”
“In This World (Video Edit)”
“Extreme Ways (Video Edit)”
Video Special:
“Play 25 – Sportpaleis D’anvers – ARTE Concert”
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Ancient Methods returns with his first EP in three years. On “Society of the Spectacle”, we find seven pieces, some of them short, radio play–like sound sketches that draw on Guy Debord’s visionary book of the same name as the conceptual template for selected sonic interpretations.
While Ancient Methods’ previous releases already incorporated subtle commentaries on his immediate surroundings, “Society of the Spectacle” dissects microscopic fragments of the text, holding them up like a magnifying glass to illuminate the book’s prophecies as they have materialized in contemporary reality.
Musically, however, the EP feels liberated from any attachment to the spirit of the times—almost anachronistically Ancient Methods. Aside from the near-euphoric moments of “Burn The Frame” this may well be the most introverted work of his oeuvre: far removed from sensationalism, yet without paying homage to conservative minimalism.
The opening track, “Image Is My Commodity” carries the unmistakable metallic sonic armor, as trembling beats punch through the guts. The tracks rarely exceed the 125 BPM mark, allowing their full industrial force to unfold. Psychedelic elements—already increasingly audible on the previous EP “The Third Siren”—are further developed here, while on “Cache la misère” obscure, polyrhythmic metal spikes drill through loops with a folkloric undertone.
The EP’s surprising outlier is “Burn The Frame” featuring vocals by darkwave icon Night in Athens. The track pairs early ’90s techno references with catchy minimal synth elements—a combination previously characteristic of the side project The Loud Age.
Snippets: soon
Full Track Streaming:
“Burn The Frame” [feat. Night In Athens]
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Following his previous appearance on the label, Montenegrin producer Vakat returns with Legato.
Built around physical grooves, hypnotic synthesis and evolving LFOs, the EP moves with a deep sense of control over tension and release.
Four productions as much for the mind as for the body, pulling the listener deeper into the label’s universe.
This is MindTrip!
– Cover image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) by Pfirter. This majestic spiral galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, is a swirling collection of stars, gas, and dust, offering a glimpse into the vast structure of the universe.-
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na:le records is an independent Cologne-based label founded by stikdorn, focusing on strippedback, groove-driven techno and house. The label curates music that is raw, hypnotic, and functional — made for the floor but with lasting impact.
na:le records presents its debut EP from Colognebased producer Stikdorn. „Serum“ drives the dancefloor with percussive, hypnotic rhythms built for peak time, while „No Escape“ delivers melodic, immersive textures perfect for the after-hours. The EP reflects na:le records’ vision: stripped-back, groove-driven music crafted to move bodies, create atmosphere, and keep the energy flowing from start to finish.
