RED AXES - Kicks Out of You EP - I’m a Cliché

Three EPs on I’m a Cliché from 2012 and a bunch of EPs, tracks, remixes and edits on international imprints such as Correspondant, Relish, Days of Being Wild, Throne of Blood, Kill the DJ and more, made Red Axes gain respect throughout all the cold-ravers community. "Kicks Out of You EP" is their fourth EP with the Paris-based boutique I’m a Cliché. It is their last DJ-friendly record (both vinyl and digital) before the awaited release of their first LP entitled "Ballad of the Ice". Three original tracks are included. They feature: a tune in Spanish in "Candela Viva"; some spoken word in "Kicks out of You" (courtesy of their Brazilian punk friend Abrão, the same who featured in their hit "Caminho de Dreyfus"); and finally some unexpected samba beats in beautiful "Too Late to Samba". The reason why these two young guys born and raised in Israel should be that attracted to Latin America is like the reason why they should be so interested in German and French coldwave and other underground genres from the seventies and eighties: it shall remain a mystery. Red Axes are space and time travellers. However, what they send us from their trips is far from the typical postcard or the beach selfie. On the dancefloor, their sound plays with our craving for darkness, our sense of fun and our blue feelings; it frustrates and obsesses us. And thanks to their incredible technique, their passion for the past and the remote translates into something that belongs to right here and right now.


Tracklist:

01 - Red Axes - Kicks Out Of You (Feat Abrao)
02 - Red Axes - Candela Viva
03 - Red Axes - Too Late To Samba

PINK SKULL - Huitlacoche - My Favorite Robot Records

My Favorite Robot serves up another unique and uncompromising release from Pink Skull, this time in the form of an exclusive vinyl release, months ahead of its digital companion. Energetic analogue forms that are simultaneously playful and moody define the sound of their latest full length Huitlacoche.
Huitlacoche, the group's fourth release, sees its first full length foray with a new pared down line up of Julian Grefe, Justin Geller, and Joe Lentini. Days on end spent tethered to their synths have yielded a purely electronic record; in a way, a return to their roots and a serious step forward.
This line-up has recently made waves with their EPs for MFRR, Throne of Blood, and Days of Being Wild, with each garnering attention across the globe.
The title track kicks off with a serious raw groover, whose ticking, machine made percussion lays down a strong foundation for the dance floor whilst the synth frippery completely takes one's mind away to another place.
'Trans Gender Express' continues in the same vein with molten acid lines set off by gentle, ambient synthscapes. 'Perfect Suites' is a deeper, more elastic affair offering up sublime and surreal synth work that conjures up images of otherworldly perfection.
‘Mutant Comfort' is a trippy melodic free-fall and 'Burmese Engines' is a beatless trip through inner space. All of the releases conjure up the ghosts of synth pioneers past, from warm ambient to proto industrial - all the while keeping their attention focused on the future… and it's all hugely captivating.


Tracklist:

A1 - Huitlacoche
A2 - Trans Gender Express
A3 - Perfect Suites
B1 – Ryryryry
B2 - Mutant Comfort
B3 - Burmese Engines

KIWI - The Guanako Haka Ep - Days Of Being Wild

Residente nel sud di Londra, Alex Warren in arte "Kiwi" ha creato un sound tutto suo nel corso degli ultimi tempi, combinando influenze disco, funk e techno in una miscela esplosiva.
Il 2013 l'ha già visto in uscita su "Deep Shit" con l'Ep "LLama" accompagnato dal remix di Jack Savidge dei "Friendly Fires" e ricevendo consensi e supporto da gente del calibro di Andrew Weatherall, Daniel Avery e Erol Alkan.
Resident Dj al "The Nest" di Dalston, gira l'Europa con apparizioni ad Ibiza e in vari festival tra cui il "Bugged Out" e lo "Stop Making Sense", annuncia l'uscita del suo nuovo Ep su "Days Of Being Wild" intitolato "The Guanako Haka Ep".
La main track che da il nome all' Ep è una danza indigeno-metropolitana spinta da un basso che rimbalza e forte di influenze tipiche del suono americano dei vari Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap e Tanner Ross, ma nell'insieme funziona e con l'accompagnamento dei vocalizzi tipici di una Haka degli All Black, non rimane così scontata e banale.
Purtroppo le altre due tracce che compongono questo progetto  suonano troppo digitali e sono poco accattivanti, ma i margini di miglioramento di questo ragazzo sono sicuramente alti quindi teniamolo d'occhio.


Tracklist:

1 - The Guanako Haka
2 - Bengal
3 - Chiroptera