CLAP! CLAP! - Tambacounda Ep - Black Acre

Clap! Clap! is longtime Jazz player Cristiano Crisci, also known in electronic circles as Digi G'Alessio. With cross genre accolades and support spanning the globe he is already established as one of Italy’s brightest talents, supporters include, Annie Mac, Diplo, Toddla T, Skream.
Here in full chopped up afro-future mode he fuses the hiss-crackle and fuzz of heavy tribal sampling with broad stroke drum programming. The fluidity of time signatures and deft jazz minded drumming gives the Tambacounda EP a woozy and hallucinogenic feel, tracks travelling from deep jungle drama to carnival ecstasy.


Tracklist:

A1 - Elon Mentana
A2 - Tambacounda's White Magic
B1 - Tambacounda's Black Magic
B2 - Kaluma

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PHIL KIERAN - Going There / Getting Away - Hotflush Recordings

Accomplished producer, Phil Kieran, makes his Hotflush debut with a two-track ode to hedonistic flight. "Yes I’m going there" goes the lead track’s refrain. Where 'there' is, who knows? But you can enjoy a soundtrack of sun-kissed piano chords and heraldic horns on the way. As Kieran 'gets away' on the A2, the mood takes a turn for the dark. Lost in the early hours, pockets full of miniature plastic bags and no money…thank fuck for the throb of that kick in these lonely but exciting times.

Richy Ahmed and Ryan Elliott, offer their interpretations of Kieran’s bacchanalia on the B-side with the former creating a barnstorm of minor stabs and attitude, and the latter tearing it up, down, left and right with his broken beats and wailing vox. Gone there. Got Away.

Tracklist:
A1. Going There
A2. Getting Away
B1. Going There (Richy Ahmed Remix)
B2. Getting Away (Ryan Elliott Remix)

THE TWINS - You' ve Got A Twin In The Attic (You Lunatic) Ep - Optimo Music

It has been all quiet on the Optimo Music front recently while energy has been devoted to the launch of Optimo Trax but do not fear, there are a plethora of scintillating releases in the pipeline for 2014.
First up is a stormtrooper of an EP from The Twins. We first met The Twins when they were hanging out in Glasgow before they were twins and were simply known as Julienne Dessagne. By the time our paths had crossed in various European capital cities they had fully developed their Twin like tendencies. A mutual appreciation was born and out of that came the suggestion that The Twins might make a record for Optimo Music. The resulting three tracks far exceeded our wildest expectations and we are incredibly proud to be presenting this Twins magnum opus to the world. Haunting, forceful, transcendent music with spine tingling vocals this EP has perhaps a tad more dancefloor capability than many Optimo Music releases but is also a record equally capable of giving your ears a lot of loving at home.

The EP has been mixed to perfection by The Twins ally, Superpitcher who will be releasing their debut album on his and Rebolledo's Hippie Dance label later this year.

Expect Twins live shows soon.


Tracklist:

A1) You've Got A Twin In The Attic (You Lunatic)

AA1) Water Coaster
AA2) Love Monarchy

The Barking Dogs - Limit without Patience Ep - Optimo Trax

Long time friends and allies of JD Twitch, Milan's Barking Dogs run the fantastic Serendeepity record shop in the basement of which lies their analogue sonic laboratory where they create live mutant funk masterpieces. Funk is an often mis-applied term but these tracks ooze it from every pore and you can literally hear the Dogs wrestling it out of their machines. Eccentric for sure but certified dancefloor winners for those bored to death with generic, lifeless, clinical dancefloor fodder.

Tracklist:

A1) Limit Without Patience
A2) Last Call to Black Loops
AA1) Licantropus
AA2) Climbing In Turchia

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

ARCHIE PELAGO - Lakeside Obelisk - Archie Pelago Music

Forthcoming in January 2014, Archie Pelago will release the Lakeside Obelisk EP, an ambitious release that further pushes the sonic boundaries established from the trio’s previous records. Clocking in just under 30 minutes, the Lakeside Obelisk EP visits higher tempos and pays homage to classic sounds while remaining steadfastly original.
The A Side starts with the melodic house gem D’s Diamonds, which evokes images of a blissful youth, a colorful and playful start before dropping the listener into Chilly, an uptempo joint that features powerful percussive hits with warm pads that blanket the song. The third track, Lakeside Obelisk, can only be described as a psychedelic trip through a candy factory, which touches upon every element from the diaspora of breaks and jungle riddims.
On the B side, Archie Pelago ventures back into an epic, sidewinding, journey with the 9-minute odyssey known as Neighborhood Mephisto that builds under pressure until it explodes into a full-on sonic catharsis. But it’s the last song on the record that truly leaves the most lasting impression and reminds us that we’re witnessing the growth of greatness from this young and inspiring trio. Saturn V, simply put, is a beautiful piece of art, carefully crafted and delicately blended between the raw and the deliberate, the synthetic and the organic. It’s a fully realized vision that leaves a haunting glow in its wake, rendering you emotionally spent while anticipating for whatever the trio do next.


Tracklist:

01. D's Diamonds
02. Chilly
03. Lakeside Obelisk
04. Neighborhood Mephisto
05. Saturn V

SNOW GHOSTS - Secret Garden - Houndstooth

Snow Ghosts is the collaboration between Throwing Snow, aka Ross Tones, and vocalist Augustus Ghost, aka Hannah Cartwright. In 2013, they released their critically acclaimed debut full-length LP ‘A Small Murmuration’ on Fabric's label Houndstooth, and were named The Guardian’s ‘New Band of the Day’, Zane Lowe’s ‘Next Hype’, and have played a live acoustic session on Dermot O’Leary’s BBC Radio 2 show.
‘Secret Garden’, the third single from the album, is an atmospheric, melancholic production that perfectly melds Ross’ love of chaos theory and Hannah’s earthy propensity for nature. Iconoclastic producer Matthew Herbert provides his delicately off-kilter 'Wash It All Away Remix', while avant-garde producer Richard Skelton offers up an unforgettable ambient drone re-work.
Black Acre's Blue Daisy features on the album version of 'Covenant', and he returns here with Hey!Zeus under the Dahlia Black collective to round out the EP with a raw, horror-core influenced hip-hop remix.
The 12” is cut to heavyweight 180g vinyl by mastering engineer Matt Colton and strictly limited to 300 copies.


Tracklist:

01. Secret Garden
02. Secret Garden (Richard Skelton Version)
03. Secret Garden - (Matthew Herbert's Wash It All  Away Remix)
04. Covenant - Snow Ghosts feat. Dahlia Black Remix
05. Digital Bonus: Secret Garden (Matthew Herbert's Wash It All Away Instrumental)