WILL SAUL - Pedal Power / Valhalla - Aus Music

Up next for Aus is label head Will Saul. Following his vocal-heavy collaboration album as CLOSE for !K7 last year, this 12" see's Will venture back to the dance floor for some light relief.
With anticipation for the release of his DJ-Kicks mix in June growing, he lets these two tracks loose to tide listeners over. The high-octane "Pedal Power," which also features in his DJ-Kicks mix, and the weighty but spacious "Valhalla".
Both tracks were born out of a number of live jams on a small outboard setup with a laptop used only to record. A Jomox Xbase 999 drum machine triggering a Moog Minitaur for bass, all running through a number of highly tweak-able pedals and outboard fx units with a Roland Juno for pads.
It was a refreshing low maintenance change for Will following the CLOSE album and there will be a few more 12"s of this ilk released over the coming months.

This summer sees Will embark on an extensive world tour to promote his DJ Kicks album and look out for another CLOSE EP at the end of August which features 3 collaborative tracks with Second Storey (Houndstooth) and vocalist Kid A with an extra special remix from Seven Davis Junior.


Tracklist:

1 - Pedal Power
2 - Valhalla

WOLFGANG VOIGT - Rückverzauberung 9 / Musik für Kulturinstitutionen - Profan

A fanfare of cautious grandeur rings out as if it were the opening for indeterminate festivities, only to be immediately reflected by itself. In ever new mirrors. In the hall of mirrors. The room inside a room inside a room...

Time is a very elastic concept. Narcotic brass loops, almost imperceptibly modulating, reel towards infinity. A 70's kraut electronics sequencer feeling coquets with James Last's muzak sound and Cheb musicians on valium. Stoic, infinite, limp. Programmatic boredom as rhetorical device of befuddled bliss. Only the occasional cloud of atonality suggests the abyss behind the blue skies of (pop)ambientish other-worldliness.

- limited pressing of 500 copies.


Tracklist:

1. RÜCKVERZAUBERUNG 9.1
2. RÜCKVERZAUBERUNG 9.2
3. RÜCKVERZAUBERUNG 9.3
4. RÜCKVERZAUBERUNG 9.4
5. RÜCKVERZAUBERUNG 9.5

LUKE SOLOMON - Stop The Riot Ep - Classic

‘Stop the Riot’ is the first EP in a new series from Classic head honcho Luke Solomon featuring vocalists Nick Maurer and Sam Lynham, due to drop on 21st July.

After dropping his artist album ‘Timelines’ in May last year Luke sets out a new journey of pure dance floor madness via a fresh series of singles.
Expect some punk-funk and infectious live grooves seamlessly crafted by a collection of musicians alongside Luke including Moodymanc, Martin Romford and Andy Neal.
First track ‘The Acid Games’ features Greens Keepers and Hitsafe vocalist Nick Maurer – the gentleman partially responsible for notable Classic tracks such as ‘Phillipino Phil’, ‘Lotion’ and ‘Sing I Sing Like This’.
The track itself is a grinding, jumbled house cut layered with an intoxicating brew of gnarly 303 lines geared for dance floors that like things punchy.
The title track ‘Stop The Riot’ is a funk-filled affair, which features the legendary Gramme vocalist Sam Lynham.
Luke and Sam’s relationship bubbled out of Solomon remixing a single taken from the current Gramme LP. Fostered through tinkling percussion from Moodymanc and guitar licks from Luke’s Mother Rose partner Andy Neal the track makes for a groovy house cut sure to move plenty of dance floors into excitment this summer.



Luke Solomon 'Stop The Riot' EP drops on Classic on 21st July 2014.



Tracklist:


1. Luke Solomon feat. Nik Maurer ‘The Acid Games’

2. Luke Solomon feat. Sam Lynham ‘Stop The Riot’

SUNDOWNERS Feat MYSTIC BILL - Jungle Line - Classic

Eats Everything and Dungeon Meat re-work a Classic Music Company gem in ‘Jungle Line’ from Sundowners featuring Mystic Bill.

 Carl Giammarese and Mystic Bill originally wrote ‘Jungle Line’ back in 1995.

Giammarese is best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for The Buckingham’s while Bill grew up in Chicago’s club scene to become one of it’s fundamental figures with releases on labels such as Trax, Relief, Club House and Rong Music.
 The original played a prominent part in Classic head honcho Luke Solomon’s sets throughout his early years playing alongside Kenny Hawkes on their Girls FM radio show and at their infamous midweeker Space at London’s Bar Rhumba. When Luke got in touch with Bill to include the track on his forthcoming compilation ‘Unfinished Business’ they decided instead that it was the ideal time for a complete re-issue alongside a couple of heavy hitting remixes. 
Dungeon Meat is the moniker of Parisian Brawther & Leeds lad Tristan Da Cuhna who between them stack together an impressive back catalogue of work with releases on labels such as My Love is Underground, Balance, Secretsundaze, 20:20 Vision, One Records and Gomma Dance Tracks.
 Blurring the lines between old school and new the guys deliver a punchy low down house cut with broken rhythms and shuffling percussion. 
The powerhouse that is Dan Pearce aka Eats Everything jumped at the chance to remix ‘Jungle Line’ and doesn’t disappoint in dropping a weighty re-imagining. Dan rolls with the reiterative spoken words of “J-J-J-Jungle Line” from the 90s original, gradually building towards a mighty breakdown into scattered snares and a warm whacked out rhythm that begs to be moved to. 
The final offering from the EP is the initial track itself – a rowdy arrangement of percussive clamours and muttered intonations all laced around that spoken vocal to create a thunderous original.



Tracklist:


01. Jungle Line (Dungeon Meat Downlow Dub)

02. Jungle Line (Eats Everything Modernisation)

03. Jungle Line

APPLICATION - System Fork - Dust Science Recordings

‘System Fork’ was designed around the principle of Itamae. From a visit to Japan, Application learnt about how these students (Itamae) would watch the Sushi Master for 5 years before being given their first task. In the same way, every detail in ‘System Fork’ was described and thought about before any work in the studio was done.
Application are Martin & Richard Dust, two of the three-parts that make up The Black Dog. But these groups are not musically interchangeable in any form. The Black Dog have no plan or rules, when they go into the studio they do what they want. With Application that isn’t the case, there’s a set of rules and an internal manifesto that took two years to fully realise before any creative processes started in the studio.
Having rules meant ideas are abandoned a lot quicker than with The Black Dog. But they rules aren’t constrictive, approached as an opportunity for creative freedom rather than something oppressive, it’s seen like a set of walls around a field. This system created an interesting internal conflict between artist and designer.
The setup is also entirely different starting with custom drum racks and bass sounds built specifically for Application. Everything is built from the ground up starting with the bass and drums, and everything is drive by those patterns and grooves.
Working with Human & Shaun Bloodworth, Application also applied more design aesthetics into the artwork, videos & photographs. These will all become the prototypes to a live show with video and visuals.
 

Tracklist:

01. Ambient A
02. Flange 7
03. Steve Reich’s Ice Cream Van
04. Front End
05. Siren
06. Swuth
07. Theme From
08. Format
09. Cron Job
10. Ambient B

SHANGHAI DEN - The Sun / Vale W Group - R & S Records

'R&S welcomes Shanghai Den to the family, for his killer debut single 'The Sun / Vale W. Group'.
It's safe to say that Shanghai Den's music is a little out of the ordinary- in his own words he describes it as "the fear inside of all of us mixed with a constant stream of chemical self medication."
From the opening of 'The Sun', the harsh beats, strobing filter sweeps and tripped out pads with lysergic overtones, immediately evoke a state that might well be described as 'slightly euphoric', while on the flip side, the apocalyptic lament of 'Vale W. Group', with its buzzing reece bass and mournful synths starts to slow down the respiratory and central nervous system, blocking pain messages to the brain.
Perhaps this narcotic obsession has something to do with his exposure to Falty DL's Drew Lustman, who gave SD his first break on their skronking collab 'King Brute'.. One things for sure, this release marks the debut of a singular and strange new voice in dance music, and we're confident that you can expect a fresh dose of SD's high grade material very soon.


Tracklist:

1. The Sun
2. Vale W Group Bench

ANSWER CODE REQUEST - Code - Ostgut Ton

“Code“ is the debut LP from Berlin producer Answer Code Request on Ostgut Ton. Whether his DJ sets, the increasing appearances as a live act or with impressive releases on Marcel Dettmann Records and his own label ACR – as an emergent Berghain resident, Patrick Gräser is also one of the new exciting faces on the label. After the “Breathe EP“, his debut release on Ostgut Ton, his first long-player was not only a matter of time, but the next logical step.
“Code“ is a statement that coquettishly plays with the crucial question of electronic music – which tasks and perspectives a techno album should demonstrate – it also challenges current listening expectations. Even though the primacy of functionality seems to be engraved in stone as a paradigm, ACR turns his back on just a mere collection of dancefloor tracks. All created during the last year, the twelve tracks introduce a genuine, reverent and adult sound concept which presents itself as an fog-shrouded journey through time – combining Gräser’s influences and history with several genres of dance music: From Detroit-inspired elegies over the UK Sound with its break beats and IDM references to the warm side of Berlin techno from the 90’s. Despite the occasional nostalgic depth, „Code“ is shrouded in a shadowy aura and a mystical mood that runs like a common thread through these tracks.
Following on from the calm of title track, “Blue Russian“ unveils Gräser’s verve for detailed structure. His synthesis of swirling sci-fi sounds and stoical percussion develop a seething climax, which is constantly fed by his dramatic pads. “Field Depth“ with its tandem of warm synths and the precise, powerful bass drum clarifies that ACR’s author-focused techno goes way beyond the composition of mere sketches. The UK-influenced design between warm and dark sounds evokes a mix of claustrophobia and restlessness while enchanting shades converse like they are hailing from a foreign galaxy. “Odyssey Sequence“ sets foot on disturbing terrain where an ambient synth arrangement unfolds itself in the manner of a sound painting in atmospheric gliding flight. “Zenith“ emphasizes the drum-based focus of his compositions, whilenext to its rigidity a melodic figure communicates in the background like sparkling moments of longing and hope.
“Relay Access“ continues this fragile magic in a downtempo-driven way where each beat, each soundscape and even the rudimentary, swirling spirals enjoy sufficient room to develop. Euphoria or frenzy remain only as skeletons because Gräser’s trademark is distinguished primarily by his interest for harmonic motifs. For him the superiority of the 4/4-kick is not an inviolable rule, in “Status“ he just indicates the floor as a fixpoint from where to carry out some grumbling bass modulations in unison with mechanical hi-hats and oracular soundscapes. Both the rattling breaks of “Haul“ as well as the mantra-like prayer “Spin Off“ embody a non-conformist ritual, before the British artist and singer Elizabeth Bernholz, known from her project Gazelle Twin, brings her impressive timbre between whispers and choral meditation into heavy pulsation backed by some heartthrob beats on “Axif“.
As the final sounds of the dreamy “Thermal Capacity“ fade away, the moment has been reached where “Code“ is halfway deciphered. Patrick Gräser’s debut adds a pondering and sublime facet to the Ostgut Ton catalog, while also being emancipated from the dancefloor. Despite the references to historical roots, Answer Code Request combines his passion for break beats, IDM nuances and complex drum patterns to create a modern listening record that breathes the modern aspects of the present with thoughtful impetus. Fresh and timeless!


Tracklist:


01. Code
02. Blue Russian
03. Field Depth 



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04. Odyssey Sequence
05. Zenith
06. Relay Access
07. Status
08. Haul
09. Spin Off
10. By The Bay
11. Axif
12. Thermal Capacity