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out now: Planetary Assault Systems – Planetary Funk 22 Light Years (Part 2) [Mote-Evolver]

Artist:
Planetary Assault Systems

Title:
Planetary Funk 22 Light Years (Part 2)

Label:
Mote-Evolver

Cat#:
MOTE047

Release Date:
8th July 2016

Format:
12inch, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A)
Kat
(Josh Wink Re-Interpretation)

B)
Kat

Press Info:
Fresh off of his re-activation of the seminal “Planetary Funk” series, Luke Slater delivers another new 12” with all of the purposeful intensity and sonic clarity to be expected from his celebrated Planetary Assault Systems alias. Pairing both an original mix and a spirited re-working by Josh Wink, “Kat” is a winning synthesis of all the elements that make P.A.S. such a continually relevant player in the game of moving bodies and opening minds: it once again pushes beat-driven sound to disciplined extremes, but not without clearly detectable traces of humor and playfulness.

As vocal repetition of the track’s simplistic and suggestive title is run through a maze of filters, pitch-shifts and delays, an equally busy set of tubular bass figures mirrors this approach and meshes with the insistent rhythm. Carefully inserted hard stops, crafty fading of sound from background to foreground, and unexpected breakdowns give the track a kind of restless feel that ensures its success as a peak hour selection, or as a reliable companion on inner-city underground transit journeys.

While the original mix on the b-side begins in a more subdued fashion, it isn’t lacking at all in concentrated energy. As is the case with so many other P.A.S. classics, this mix relies on geometrical sound sequences that slowly approach from a distance before they completely overtake the listener. Elements like static crackling are wielded here like active parts of the conversation rather than as atmospheric wallpaper, and the beat itself hits with a mixture of force and subtlety, with anxious drum hits doubling up on one another and regularly giving rise to new patterns.

“Kat” is the kind of record that gives Planetary Assault Systems fans both what they want, and what they didn’t expect: it steers away from easy techno conventions but never abandons that genre’s physicality and infectiousness.

Words by Thomas Bey William Bailey

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Kat (Josh Wink Re-Interpretation)”

Related Releases:
“Planetary Funk 22 Light Years (Part 1)”
Single “Kat / Haiku”

Recommendations:
EP “No Exit” on Mote-Evolver
EP “Future Modular” on Mote-Evolver
EP “The Eyes Themselves” on Mote-Evolver

Special:
“Boiler Room & Ballantine’s Stay True Scotland Live Set”

Buy Vinyl:
deejay.de
Juno
Red Eye Records
HHV
Bleep
more soon

Buy Download:
Mote-Evolver @ Facebook
Beatport
JunoDownload
WhatPeoplePlay
Boomkat
Bleep
Google Play
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Booking:
Reprise Talent Agency

Websites:
Planetary Assault Systems
Planetary Assault Systems @ Facebook
Mote-Evolver
Mote-Evolver @ Facebook

out now: Alfredo Mazzilli – Nibiru [Lanthan.Audio]

Artist:
Alfredo Mazzilli

Title:
Nibiru

Label:
Lanthan.Audio

Cat#:
LNTHN005

Release Date:
July 2016

Format:
12″ & digital

Tracklist:
A1.
Shamash

A2.
Shamash
(Wrong Assessment Remix)

B1.
Ishtar

B2.
Ishtar
(Iori Remix)

B3.
Marduk

Press Info:
Lanthan.audio is back with its fifth Release.

Label owner, Christian Gerlach recruited the young and very talented Alfredo Mazzilli,
which already showed his skills with his latest releases on Edit Select Records or Planet Rythm.

In the EP, which is dedicated to the Babylonian gods, Alfredo takes us into worlds of sound that reminds us of a run through the jungle and arrivals at mighty temples.
Shamash opens the EP and prepares the mood for an ritual which is gonna to be celebrated.
Wrong Assessment focuses the piece in its core, but in a deeper way and holds on to a heavy baseline.

Ishtar reminiscent of an ceremony and the ep reaches its climax which is also continued in the Iori remix.
The high-energy piece Marduck could be considered as an joyfully extract from this distant world.

With This Packet lanthan Audio combines the heavy architecture of old temples, but with an ease that welcomes the coming months with joyful anticipation.

Cover – Photography as always by : Paul Krause

Listen:

Full Track Streaming:
“Ishtar”

Special:
“T039”

Recommendations:
Urbano’s debut album “23” on Lanthan.Audio
Deepbass’ EP “Alto” on Lanthan.Audio
Edit Select’s EP “Hi Line Extraction” on Lanthan.Audio

Buy Vinyl:
Deejay
Red Eye Records
Clone
OYE Records
Topic Drift Music
Juno
Hardwax
more soon

Buy Digital:
Lanthan.Audio @ Bandcamp
more soon

Booking:
Miracle Management

Websites:
Alfredo Mazzilli
Lanthan.Audio

out now: Background Radiation – Heinous Hedonist EP [self-released]

Artist:
Background Radiation

Title:
Heinous Hedonist EP

Label:
self-released

Cat#:
BGR002

Release Date:
14th June 2016

Format:
digital

Tracklist:
01)
Heinous Hedonist

02)
Marching

03)
Hydraulic Exhale

04)
65 Brawl

05)
65 Brawl
(Coman Remix)

Press Info:
The Berlin based techno duo Background Radiation has wrapped up their first ep. By using the diverse capabilities of a Ms-20 synth to produce rough, gritty as well as smooth and melodramatic melodies, they have constructed tracks suitable for different moods.

Additionally Coman, a strong admirer of breakbeat music, was kind enough to provide a rhythmically complex remix of “65 Brawl”.

Artwork by Anna Elmiger | Mastered by Bela Brauckmann

Full Track Streaming:

Special:
Background Radiation – “@ New Faces, 24.02.2016, Tresor”

Coman – “NovaFuture Blog Mix October 2015”

Buy Digital:
Background Radiation @ Bandcamp

Websites:
Background Radiation

out now: Marcel Fengler – Kyu EP [Index Marcel Fengler]

Artist:
Marcel Fengler

Title:
Kyu EP

Label:
Index Marcel Fengler

Cat#:
IMF07

Release Date:
July 2016

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracks:
A1.
Kyu

B1.
Shitau

B2.
Zen

Press Info (English):
Strength lies in calmness – and vice versa. Marcel Fengler offers three new inspirited and detailed musical pieces that protrude from the club context just as well as cater for your home stereo, picking up on the diverse musical moods defined by his debut album Fokus (Ostgut Ton, 2013) while concentrating on intertwining sound aesthetics.

With “Kyu” laid out on the A-side, this new 12″ starts off with a delicate yet muscular floor-pleaser – its subtle 4/4 rhythm is counteracted by lush claps on 2/4, but the true finesse comes in form of its varying rhythmic details, crisp hi-hats and underlying, subtle melodies, most notably the twirling organ trills, sustained synth pads and alienated shout outs.

“Shitau” on B1 picks up on these introverted and adoring musical moods with more organic bell percussion and swelling synth layers adding a more cinematic touch to the complex rhythm patterns—then pausing for a short dreamy break, gaining speed again before culminating in a grand finale. “Zen” follows up with intimate string arrangements until Fengler varies the tone and tempo with tribalist percussion and a lush kick drum.

This EP is an ideal companion, whether you’re pruning your bonsai or branching out a club set.

Remark NovaFuture Blog: This EP was originnaly set up to be released on Ostgut Ton.

Press Info (German):
In der Ruhe liegt die Kraft – und umgekehrt. Marcel Fengler bietet hier drei beseelte und kleinteilige Musikstücke, die im Clubkontext ebenso herausstechen wie auf der heimischen Anlage. Aufgegriffen werden die unterschiedlichen musikalischen Stimmungen, die schon sein Debütalbum Fokus (Ostgut Ton, 2013) ausmachten, wobei sich hier auf ineinandergreifende Klangästhetiken konzentriert wird.

Das über die A-Seite ausgebreitete “Kyu” eröffnet diese 12″ mit einem zarten und doch muskulösen Floor-pleaser – dessen hintergründiger 4/4-Takt von satten Claps auf der 2/4 konterkariert wird. Die wahre Finesse findet sich aber in Form variierender rhythmischer Details, knackigen Hi-hats und darunterliegenden, raffinierten Melodien, am auffälligsten die wirbelnde, trillernde Orgel, die langgezogenen Synth-Pads und die verfremdeten Shout outs.

“Shitau” auf B1 greift diese in sich gekehrte und anrührende musikalische Stimmung mit organischer Glockenperkussion auf, die anschwellenden Synth-Layers verleihen dem komplexen rhythmischen Muster eine cineastische Anmutung – dann Pause für ein kurzes, träumerisches Break, nur um wieder Fahrt aufzunehmen und im großen Finale zu gipfeln. “Zen” folgt darauf mit intimen Streicherarrangements, wobei Fengler hier Ton und Tempo zugunsten tribalistischer Perkussion und einer üppigen Kickdrum variiert.

Diese EP ist ein idealer Begleiter, zum beschneiden eines Bonsai ebenso wie zum ausbreiten eines Club-Sets.

Anmerkung NovaFuture Blog: Diese EP sollte ursprünglich auf Ostgut Ton erscheinen.

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