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Maōh ‘Lord Of The Flies’

Artist: Maōh
Title: Lord Of The Flies
Label: Maōh
Cat. #: MAOH001
Format: Digital
Release Date: December 9th 2022

Pre order link: https://maohmusic.bandcamp.com/album/lord-of-the-flies

In the neverending realms of techno we put our hands on Maōh ‘Lord Of The Flies’, an intense and pounding four tracker. These intense music tools reveal warehouse inspired motifs, ready to be played in some of the most late night and underground parties. ‘Kab’raqan’ with its heavy drum loop and ‘Yellow Crane’ with its broken beat rhythm reveal to be the two most intense tracks of the whole release, unleashing dozens of raw energy all over the playback.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/maohtikal

PACKSHOT Angioma - Unusual Suspect (incl. Kaiser Remix) - Mind Medizin

Angioma ‘Unusual Suspect’

Artist: Angioma
Title: Unusual Suspect
Label: Mind Medizin
Cat. #: MDZN009
Format: Digital
Release Date: 9th December 2022
Tracklist:
01 Unusual Suspect
02 Unusual Suspect (Kaiser Remix)

Free-roaming French techno talent Angioma lands on Lady Tazz’s Mind Medizin with a new single that comes remixed by the legendary Kaiser.

Angioma does it all from peak time and hypnotic techno to jacking house, all with his own signature exotic twist. He is currently Berlin-based and has released on Made of Concrete, but also co-runs with BLANKA the Room Trax label and Room Lab, contemporary local art and networking space. With increasingly high-profile sets in clubs like Egg London and Anomalie Berlin, Angioma is an ever more crucial part of the modern techno landscape.

The brilliant ‘Unusual Suspect’ is darkly seductive with its high-pressure techno rhythms and silky synth lines. Pulsing keys bring late-night hypnosis and the icy hi-hats draw you in further to this shadowy and tunneling groove. It’s a warm, Mills-inspired sound that is stylish and dynamic.

Based near Bari in the south of Italy, Gianluca Caiati aka Kaiser has been tearing up the techno scene for 15 years. His tunes on the likes of Planet Rhythm and sets around Europe have established him as a man with a powerful sound. His superb remix pairs things back but the pummeling, rubbery drums remain the focal point as whip-snapping snares lash about up top, incendiary hi-hat pressure grows and the sleek synths intensify the trip.

These are two enticing and contemporary techno classics from Angioma and Kaiser.

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Volaris ‘Purple Skies’

Artist: Volaris
Title: Purple Skies
Label: Sola
Cat. #: SOLA180
Format: Digital
Release Date: December 2nd 2022
Tracklist:
1. Original Mix
2. Radio Edit

Solardo hosts on his own record label the prominent single ‘Purple Skies’ made by the Volaris duo, showing off a great energy and warmth. The production plays fluidly and gently till the first drop, when a string melody leads in, adding a big energy and epicness to the whole theme.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/volarismusicofc
https://soundcloud.com/solamusicuk

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Touch Sensitive ‘Cold Cuts’

Artist: Touch Sensitive
Title: Cold Cuts
Label: Future Classic
Cat. #: FCL469
Format: Digital
Release Date: December 9th 2022

Shades of house and disco: Touch Sensitive comes back with his sound signature delivering a juicy 4 pack release titled ‘Cold Cuts’, an EP forthcoming on the notorious Future Classic. As stated in the official press release that’s a dedicated release in memory of his uncle Mario (featured in the artwork) and at the same time an hommage to his Italian heritage. Effectively the whole music reflects a typical infectious vibe coming from most of the 80s Italian music productions, a span of time that heavly impacted the country’s culture and mindset.

More info:
https://touchsensitive.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/touch-sensitive
https://soundcloud.com/futureclassic

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JAMIIE ‘Unfold Voices EP’

Artist: JAMIIE
Titel: Unfold Voices EP
Label: Watergate Records
Cat. #: WGVinyl096
Format: Digital, vinyl
Release date: December 9th 2022
Tracklist:
01. Voices
02. Unfold Me
03. Voices (DJEFF Remix)
04. Voices (Malandra Jr. Remix)
05. Unfold Me (Annett Gapstream Remix)

Pre order link: https://lnk.to/UNFOLDVOICES_EP

Watergate is still celebrating its 20 years anniversary with a dedicated release but seems to don’t waste its precious time, the release schedule is already filled with another EP signed by JAMIIE. Her ‘Unfold Voices EP’ is catching and spreading, featuring two great originals and three interesting remixes. The opener ‘Voices’ features that typical underground and cozy Watergate vibe, enhanced with a meody that recalls to a popular Levon Vincent anthem. Follows ‘Unfold Me’ that keeps the same line as the previous track but adds some intensity in the middle drop, where a consecutive sequence of piano, electric horn and string cherish the entire mood. DJEFF and Malandra Jr remix ‘Voices’, glueing the various original parts into two versions linear but introspective, finally Annett Gapstream offers a rebranded mix of ‘Unfold Voices’, extracting from the main theme a personal and idiosyncratic sound vision.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/jamiie_jamiie
https://soundcloud.com/watergaterecords

PACKSHOT Christopher Ledger - Anticipation EP - Adam’s Bite

Christopher Ledger ‘Anticipation EP’

Artist: Christopher Ledger
Title: Anticipation EP
Label: Adam’s Bite
Cat. #: ADAM007
Format: Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 2nd December 2022
Tracklist
A1  Interchange
A2  Swap Function
B1  Anticipation
B2  Without Warnin
DX Interchange (Stripped Version) [Digital Exclusive]

Adam’s Bite taps up Italian DJ and producer Christopher Ledger for their seventh release as he delivers his ‘Anticipation’ EP.

With an encyclopaedic music knowledge of dance music’s hidden corners, Italian-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Christopher Ledger has steadily risen over the past five years. From his slick, reduced style favoured by intimate dancefloors across Europe to some of his more muscular and impactful material of late, Ledger’s material can be found on labels such as Sushitech, Meander, Amphia, Dial and Broquade, to name just a few. Drawing on that wealth of knowledge and studio talent, he now heads to Adam’s Bite for the very first time to uncover a selection of expertly crafted productions across his ‘Anticipation’ EP.

Carrying his Italian heritage on his sleeve, the EP showcase touches from Italy’s rich music scene and beyond, with opening track ‘Interchange’ fusing punchy drum work with trance-tinged synths drawing on influences from the glory days of the mid-nineties house scene. ‘Swap Function’ showcases Ledger’s modern approach to sound design and floor awareness as he builds a warping and cosmic journey balancing suspense and release, while title track ‘Anticipation’ delves into moody and murky territories as snaking grooves guide floating synths and glitchy vocal snippets. To close, B2 ‘Without Warning’ contrasts serene dubby textures with twisting bass patterns and tough kicks to head deep into the after-hours.

The digital package comes with a bonus offering as lead track ‘Interchange’ is stripped back to reveal a heady and impactful take guided by a killer bassline for those looking for a raw and driving take on proceedings.

Christopher Ledger ‘Anticipation’ EP drops via Adam’s Bite on 2nd December 2022.

PACKSHOT Alexander Robotnick - Simple Music - Hot Elephant Music

Alexander Robotnick ‘Simple Music’

Artist: Alexander Robotnick
Title: Simple Music
Label: Hot Elephant
Cat. #: HEM2203
Format: Digital
Release Date: 2nd December 2022
Tracklist
1. Babel
2. It Is So Easy
3. Why
4. Underpass
5. Virtual Empathy
6. I Want To Know
7. Intro Robo
8. Simple Music

Long-time Italian electronic music pioneer Alexander Robotnick returns with a new album, ‘Simple Music’, this winter. Across eight tracks, he distils a lifetime of influences into fresh, forward-thinking disco cuts that bring a whole new vitality to the scene.

The legendary Robotnick (a nickname Maurizio Dami assumed in the 80s) is a towering name in Florentine music and someone who very much defined the early disco scene thanks to a superb run of enduring club cuts, not least his seminal ‘Problèmes D’amour’. Although he is now in his 70s, he is still kicking out essential jams. His music features plenty of the arpeggios that have always given his music its character, coming on labels like Permanent Vacation, Clone, Bordello a Parigi and Bosconi Records. Few artists understand analogue machines and dance floor mechanics like this man, as he proves once more with this, his eighth studio album.

The concept of ‘Simple Music’ is to craft tunes for any setting. It is about combining traditional music parts, chords, melodies and songs to make music that is varied and vibrant and constantly evolving. Says Alexander, “Riffs and grooves are not endless, and when you are my age, you may have heard them already. I am having more and more trouble finding interesting tracks for myself, so I felt the need to produce “simple” music that generates genuine feelings in a music scene that can be averse to risk.”

Seductive disco-house opener ‘Babel’ is about the difficulties of understanding each other, even if we speak the same language and culture. The vocoder vocals take centre stage next to lush chords, then ‘It Is So Easy’ has a smug character in the vocal refrain and a sneering attitude in the verses that is playful and characterful next to the rugged and punchy drum grooves. The brilliant ‘Why’ is built on elastic electro-disco and muses on a lover’s inconsistency, while the space disco of ‘Underpass’ is a dark vision of a late-night walk that channels the original Robotnick sound of the early 80s.

The heartbroken robot lullaby ‘Virtual Empathy’ is about “the empathic feelings induced by mainstream TV to manipulate mass consensus“, whilst ‘I Want To Know’ finds Robotnick describing his dreams and wondering about their meaning over funky bass twangs and serene disco sounds. Then comes the only instrumental ‘Intro-Robo’ with its multi-layered arpeggios and the magnificent title track, which captures the whole essence of the album with taught retro bass, icy hi-hats and stiff rhythms that will jerk any floor into action.

Simple Music is a masterclass once more from the studio wizard that is Alexander Robotnick.

PACKSHOT Zamal - Vague (incl. Raphael Schon, Peter Invasion & Gregor Habicht Remixes) - Freeride Millenium

Zamal ‘Vague’

Artist: Zamal
Title: Vague
Label: Freeride Millenium
Cat. #: FM031
Format: Digital
Release Date: 1st December 2022
Tracklist:
1. Zamal – Vague
2. Zamal – Moan
3. Zamal – Moving Air
4. Zamal – Vague (Raphael Schön Remix)
5. Zamal – Moving Air (Peter Invasion & Gregor Habicht Remix)

Zamal steps up with a debut EP for Freeride Millenium that marks the label’s most techno-leaning sounds to date. Remixes come from Raphael Schön and Peter Invasion & Gregor Habicht with artwork, as always, from Daniel Rajcsanyi.

Zamal calls himself a “military brat”, half US-American citizen born to a mother that served in the US Air Force branch of the military, he was finally stationed in Stuttgart’s barracks after many years of constant moving. His non conventional upbringing and love of underground electronic sounds has helped develop his own particular take on techno. To date, he has mostly self-released his raw and rugged DIY live sounds but has also contributed tracks to the Queer Base and Impact compilations on this label. He now makes a fine step up with his first full EP.

Opener ‘Vague’ is a quickened techno groove with drums that insist you get dancing. Clattering percussive sounds and icy hi hats bring the texture as warm chords add a real sense of dance floor rush. ‘Moan’ picks up the pace yet further with clipped, funky but fast drums laying down a tough groove that is softened by gorgeous ambient pads and meaningful chords. It’s soulful techno of the highest order. The superb ‘Moving Air’ is a more freaky and intense workout with dense melodic sequences looping over and over, their pixelated texture firing at your synapses whilst driving techno drums keep things on the move.

First to remix is Raphael Schön who also offered up a fresh cut for the IMPACT compilation. His version of ‘Vague’ goes deep and dubby with tunneling drums and sleek cosmic synths wrapping themselves around the wooden hits. Next up, RIOTVAN owner Peter Invasion joins forces once again with Gregor Habicht after previous outings on the likes of Correspondant and Live At Robert Johnson. Their remix of ‘Moving Air’ is another muscular one with chunky drums and slapping hits. It’s intense and loopy and sure to bring real rapture to the club.

Zamal’s Vauge EP explores fresh new techno sounds for Freeride Millenium.

PACKSHOT Eddy M - Acid Thoughts - EMrec

Eddy M ‘Acid Thoughts’

Artist: Eddy M
Title: Acid Thoughts
Label: EMrec
Cat. #: EMR013
Format: Digital
Release Date: 25th November 2022 (Beatport)
Tracklist
1. Acid Thoughts
2. Self Control

EMrec boss Eddy M drops the label’s final release of 2022 as he unveils two new tracks on ‘Acid Thoughts’.

Continuing his stream of self-released productions on his bubbling EMrec imprint ticking, Eddy M’s studio output across summer and into winter has seen the Italian-born DJ and producer continue to deliver a long list of requested tracks within his sets across the globe. Closing the year in style, he serves up one final offering on the label as he closes 2022 with two new tracks on ‘Acid Thoughts’.

Slick trademark drum grooves, snaking bass and hooky vocal samples fill title track ‘Acid Thoughts’ to welcome a signature production built for terraces and main rooms, while ‘Self Control’ brings dubby stabs, further skippy percussion and spiralling synths for a deeper, late night excursion.

 

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Arkady Antsyrev ‘Know That’

Artist: Arkady Antsyrev
Title: Know That
Label: Sublease Music
Cat. #: slm022
Format: Digital
Release Date: December 9th 2022
Tracklist:
01. Know That
02. Rollstoys
03. Perfectly

Pre order link: https://subleasemusic.lnk.to/slm022

Sublease Music is administering marvelously its publication schedule, choosing the right artists to develop a researched and fine sound. The EP number 22 is signed by Arkady Antsyrev who proposes three intriguing and inviting pieces into the ‘Know That’ container. The less is more approach and the quiet crescendo allow the instruments to breath, creating an intimate connection with the listener, and even better with the party crowd.

More info:
https://soundcloud.com/antsyrev
https://soundcloud.com/sublease