Glaskin duo debut a few years ago on Scuba’s Hotflush Recordings, since that day they continued to improve their creative journey into electronic music. With the publication of the album ‘Klaftertief’ the guys show off their interest for spicy styles such as drum n bass, IDM, techno and electronica, getting an intense flow and a pleasant sensation for our hears. The songs arouse numerous sensations caused by energetic climax, chilling moments and squeezing vibes, fundamental factors for an album, creating the identity of Klaftertief’ and diversifying it from the whole amount of releases available.
Artist: Mr. Sosa Title: Joy Of Pain EP Label: Of Unsound Mind Cat.: OFUNSOUNDMIND087 Release Date: 26th November 2021 Tracklist: Joy Of Pain Behind Time Low Pressure
After a recent spotlight with an appearance on Anjunadeep, Mr. Sosa gets released on Of Unsound Mind with ‘Joy Of Pain EP’: the release features three driving tracks with a catchy and dreamy sound setup. Each song structure is really different each other and alternates broken beat rhythms with something more intricate and partially focused on the 4/4. The final result is a coherent mixture that brings in styles such as garage, deep house and progressive house.
Lubelski makes another big appearance on Dirtybird with his brand new album ‘Happy Accidents’, that’s a great set of 12 tracks infused into techno and minimal, productions in which he adds some oldschool reminiscences and a creative approach to the sounds, without paying too much attention to the mainstream waves. In the overall the album sounds organic and with a concept focused on the dancefloor more than other listening environments. The minimalistic kind of sound recognizable in the various songs recall to the year when Dirtybird was born and so to the label’s style fundaments.
Jaime Alguersuari a.k.a. Squire is set to release a ten track album on the notorious Mobilee. After getting released on labels such as Einmusika, Selador, All Day I Dream (and of course on Mobilee Records), the Barcelona (ES) based producer is ready to dive into this new adventure. ‘Stop’ features a wide range of electronic music styles, showing off an appreciable music variance and eclectism of the artist. Even though on paper all these styles put into a unique composition sound weird, in reality the problem don’t occur but instead the cool and original artistic vision of Squire gets revealed.
Artist: Jonas Saalbach Title: Headlights Label: Radikon Cat. : Rdkn38 Format: 2 x 12″ vinyl, digital Release Date: 29th October 2021 Tracklist: 1) Half A Decade 2) Headlights (feat. Angus Powell) 3) Transformation 4) Cellophane (feat. SANDHAUS) 5) Nacho 6) Jenora 7) Wanderlust 8) Acstatic 9) Gardens Of Siam 10) 2011 11) Changing (feat. Luna Semara)
Jonas Saalbach is an interesting name in the deep house / tech house music scene, he has been active for so many years and he had the opportunity to get released on many good and underground labels, noteworthy his apperances at the dawn on Einmusika Recordings, Diametral and Snork Enterprises. A lot of time has passed since those days but today we can put our hands on his brand new album on (his label) Radikon: ‘Headlights’ is an intense and dancefloor oriented song ensemble, that carries a wave of warmth and emotional sounds. Aside the positive vibes it’s recognizable a bit of melancholy, that’s a little sense of sadness that accompanies each track motif, however this feeling is functional to increase the music catchiness.
Artist: Frank Maurel & Mario Franca Title: Brainstorm Label: Sublease Music Cat.: slm014 Release Date: November 5th 2021 Tracklist: 01. Vision 02. Drive Beat
Frank Maurel and Mario Franca meet again for the creation of ‘Brainstorm’, that’s a small two tracker that deserves some attention. While listening to the songs it’s perceivable the experience and the effort put by the producers in the music creation. The least common denominator of the EP is the dancefloor: it’s obvious that the catchyness of both the tracks pop out in the first seconds of playback. ‘Vision’ offers a mental way to interpret tech house because its the dreamy chord pattern, while ‘Drive Beat’ shakes the room with its easy and underground approach to the sounds.
Trentemøller announces first leg of his extensive 2022 Memoria Tour with an all new band
15 years after the acclaimed Danish composer, musician and producer Trentemøller released his milestone debut album The Last Resort, the new and sixth album ‘Memoria’ has been announced for release in early 2022 on his own label In My Room.
In stark contrast to the previous studio album, Obverse (2019), Memoria is intended and almost demanding to be presented on the live venues and festivals which we have all been longing for during these past couple of years.
Besides an exciting stage- and light design collaboration with the legendary lighting designer Leroy Bennett (who has worked with Nine Inch Nails, Prince, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, etc) Trentemøller will be joined on stage by an all new band consisting of four carefully selected musicians:
Icelandic solo artist Disa (vocals and guitar), who possess exactly the ethereal voice that Trentemøller has been searching for to perform the haunting vocal melodies from ‘Memoria’, Silas Tinglef (drums) is releasing music as 2nd Blood who’s debut EP is produced and mixed by Trentemøller and released on In My Room, Brian Batz (guitar) is the man behind dream pop/shoegaze band Sleep Party People – and Jacob Haubjerg (bass) has long been playing with bands like Sleep Party People and Savage Rose – while also releasing music in his indie pop/post punk project Luster.
Dates & venues of the first leg of the 2022 Memoria Tour:
24.02.2022 Germany, Berlin, Astra 25.02.2022 Germany, Leipzig, Täubchenthal 26.02.2022 Czech Republic, Prague, Roxy 27.02.2022 Poland, Krakow, Klub Studio 28.02.2022 Poland, Warsaw, Progresja 02.03.2022 Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso 03.03.2022 Netherlands, Nijmegen, Doornroosje 04.03.2022 Netherlands, Maastricht, Muziekgieterij 05.03.2022 Switzerland, Lausanne, Les Docks 07.03.2022 Switzerland, Zürich, Kaufleuten 08.03.2022 France, Paris, La Cigale 09.03.2022 UK, London, Electric Brixton 10.03.2022 Belgium, Antwerp, Trix 11.03.2022 France, Tourcoing, Le Grand Mix 13.03.2022 Italy, Milan, Magazzini Generali 14.03.2022 France, Nimes, Paloma 15.03.2022 Spain, Barcelona, Razzmatazz 27.03.2022 Sweden, Stockholm, Fallan 28.03.2022 Sweden, Gothenburg, Pustervik 29.03.2022 Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller Music Hall 01.04.2022 Denmark, Copenhagen, Den Grå Hall
Artist: Bawrut Title: In the Middle Label: Ransom Note Records Cat.: R$N29 Format: Vinyl, digital Release Date: November 12th, 2021 Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. Sol en la Cara feat. (Chico Blanco) 3. de Amor de Dios a Candela 4. Eurocasbah (feat. Cosmo) 5. Alfredo and Riccardo brought me here 6. 11:11 AM 7. Out of the Blue 8. في السماء (Fe Samaa) (feat گليثر٥٥ Glitter) 9. Tisno memori æ 10. JE O TTENG E T O DDÒNG (feat. Liberato) 11. Crossing for a golden blanket
Italian born artist Bawrut debuts on Ransom Note with ‘In The Middle’, that’s a bunch of 11 tracks that fit perfectly each other, very well produced and with an organic sound. The style variance and music influences introduced in this album are so many but cozy and engaging. Inside the official press release the artist himself put down a track by track explanation which is rich and interesting:
INTRO begins with Spanish voices approaching a rave. There’s music in the distance but the atmosphere communicates something different.
SOL EN LA CARA’s lyrics from guest vocalist Chico Blanco describe the apathy of staying in your room, waiting for a friend’s call to go dancing which will never come. Only the memories of the good times remain, and you don’t understand what the hell is going on. “The echoes of voices once the vocal part is finished turn into a trance that becomes the soundtrack of those memories.”
DE AMOR DE DIOS A CANDELA – “It’s normal in summer in Madrid with the windows open to hear someone singing flamenco in the street accompanied only by the clapping of hands and knuckles on a bar table in the company of a few friends and some beers. The prestigious Flamenco school Amor de Dio is just down the road from my apartment and Candela, a renowned flamenco “tablao” is on the same street as the school. From my flat I and hear the beats from “tacones” or “palmas.” Whilst there’s certainly the flamenco evident here the rhythmic patterns move them somewhere else, “maybe South Africa, maybe London I don’t know. Music has to hybrid itself and continue its personal centenary journey.”
EUROCASBAH is based on an Arabian beat. Cosmo’s Italian voice speaks of children from the same mother but with different fates. Those left on the one hand, who have become Western barbarians need to join their origins in a common language and place. At a certain point the song accelerates and emphasise the lyrics leaving just some echoes of these voices. The wind covers all the differences with desert sand.
ALFREDO AND RICARDO BROUGHT ME HERE – “I wanted to do a track without a kickdrum, but that made people dance and could be played on a dance floor.” Alfredo Fiorito was famous for playing Paco de Lucia’s ‘Entre dos Aguas’ in his legendary sets at Amnesia and this was the first inspiration and tribute for this track. In the past century Ibiza has been the example of the Mediterranean melting pot of cultures and experiences in a peaceful way. The White Isle has a very interesting story to tell way beyond its clubs and hedonistic lifestyle. “Ricardo Villalobos with his anarchistic tracks like Waiworinao was another example to follow and to pay tribute. His freewheeling productions shaped my approach to making music.”
11:11 AM was the first track written during the pandemic. “I had been locked in the house for a while and I wanted to emphasise this uncertainty with a song with dilated phases that never seem to arrive. Field recordings from my “barrio” recorded before the pandemic echo those moments.”
OUT OF THE BLUE is a journey from the depths of the abyss, in the absence of light and speed to the surface with a speeding up of the beat. “Something that I have often experienced also in club tracks and that I wanted to put on the record as a personal trademark plus a tribute to Kurt Vonnegut.”
FE SAMAA was written with the intention of refreshing Balearic styles without faithfully copying them. “Some Orbital references without always using the Juno and Gregorian chants.” Glitter ٥٥ added vocals that talk about movement and emigration, the hope of optimism and the disappointment of the reality of things. Where we are born is often the most important thing to have a decent life.
TISNO MEMORIAE was the second track written during the pandemic. “Shut down at home, I thought with fondness of the week I spent in Tisno the previous summer at Love International Festival. Field recordings taken during that week there were added for extra measure!”
JE ‘O TTENG E T’O DDÒNG’s Neapolitan lyrics hint at summer evenings in Bawrut and LIBERATO’s native Italy. A story from dusk to dawn. Set in a club, it’s an ode to the importance of being together with friends, sharing drinks, sweat and emotions – without curfew, masks or closed venues. “I wanted LIBERATO to perform on a club beat. It reminds me of a typical night in a club in Naples between friends who cannot be found. Neapolitan traffic, food stops at a 24/7 bakery between one party and another and the beauty of having a good time with your friends and always sharing everything together.”
Perhaps the strongest and hardest hitting track on the LP, CROSSING FOR A GOLD BLANKET begins with the sound of the waves from a dark and digital sea and opens up to an unsafe journey, always in a difficult balance, emphasised by loops that never close every 4 or 8 bars giving a sense of instability. The morse code S.O.S. announces the end of the struggle before a risky rescue. “The song ends between hope and uncertainty with an electro beat, a tribute to James Stinson’s legacy.”
Artist: Birds Of Passage Title: The Last Garden Label: Denovali Cat.: DEN366 Formats: CD, LP, digital Release Date: November 5th 2021 Tracklist: 1. It’s Too Late Now 8:46 2. The Light Became 3:09 3. The Creed 3:45 4. Worship My Flaws 4:05 5. Find Me Another 1:37 6. A Tale of Two Cities 4:19 7. We Fell For the Devil to Rise 7:56 8. Petite Mort 6:31 9. On Our Hands 2:23
Alicia Merz a.k.a. Birds Of Passage makes her 5th long composition titled ‘The Last Garden’. To be host soon on the respectable Denovali label, the sounds shared represent a smooth and ethereal way to intrerpret contemporary music. Apparently the main studio/production focus is into the coherent mixage of shoegaze and indie influences, however Alicia has been talented to introduce many vocals into her productions, that’s a distinctive thing in her style which allows to gladden the interaction with the sonorities.
Artist: TAI & Son Of 8 Title: In & Out (Earth n Days Remix) Label: Armada Music Cat.: ARMAS2134 Format: Digital Release Date: October 29th, 2021 Tracklist: 1. In & Out (Earth n Days Remix)
Earth N Days duo extract from the Armada Music archives the 2016 hit ‘In & Out’ made by TAI & Son Of 8. This brand new interpretation brings some freshness in the original motif, elevating its power and strength with a solid house music instrumental. Even if the summer 2021 has come to its end, this track is capable to arouse emotions and sensations we felt in the last season.
