Even in a seemingly standard setting, surprises can surface. Setting expectations, seeing them change – sometimes, no matter how absurd it is, you have to dance.
Featuring synthesizers, drum machine, accordion, recorders (bass, tenor, alto, soprano, and sopranino), and mouth trumpet.
Welcome to the 20th anniversary compilation of Upitup Records, a label that has been dedicated to promoting experimental music and providing a platform for electronic artists from all over the world for two decades. To celebrate this milestone, Upitup Records is releasing a 20-year compilation featuring entirely new and unreleased tracks, from our long-time friends Drone, JFrank, Satori, The Courier, Global Goon and Büromaschinen to name a few. This compilation is a celebration of the label’s history and its commitment to pushing the boundaries of free music.
From ambient soundscapes to glitchy beats, from noise experiments to avant-garde electro, this collection showcases the diversity and creativity that has made Upitup Records such an important part of the netlabel and free music scene.
In addition to the compilation album, we are also releasing Upitup Forever – a mobile app for both Android and iOS. The app was designed and built for our fans to listen to their favorite tracks on the go. It also features exclusive content such as hand-selected playlists as well as a genre-based shuffle mode to discover the depth of our 20 year long running catalogue.
We would like to thank all of the artists who have contributed to this compilation, as well as all of the listeners who have supported Upitup Records over the years. Here’s to another 20 years of boundary-pushing music!
The aurochs (bos primigenius) are an extinguished kind of cattle.
Solo music improvised and recorded at golgoth studio between January/July of 2020. This sound activity, flow subtle around the idea of the linear develop of the facts (musical also) and how its paw prints in our memory determine our way of think.
The inner aurochs. 2020 Adrià Bofarull: electronics.
More about it: https://adriabofarull.blogspot.com
Visuel : Béa
Director’s cut : Iliaque
Part of creating something is enjoying partial composition – knowing that what you’re making is incomplete and mutable, and that (whether or not it is completed) it shares that with every other idea and attempt that has ever been or will be. A full symphonic experience is a non-trivial affair – but a kernel can imply, and belie its partiality.
Featuring orchestral strings, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, timpani, snare and bass drum, percussion, trombone, and french horns.
compiled, cover collage by Sábila Orbe.
released by Internet Daemon netlabel:
https://internetdaemon.bandcamp.com/
https://archive.org/details/fav-obscvre_triangle_compilations
Each track composed by the respective artist. links:
– Humanfobia: https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/
– Okosan: https://new-recording.bandcamp.com/
– POLIVOKS: https://polivoks.bandcamp.com/
– relay station: https://relaystation.bandcamp.com/
– Filmy Ghost: https://archive.org/details/fav-sabila_orbe02
– KR Seward: https://krseward.bandcamp.com/
– A Z I M O G U: http://www.thephlodnar.com/
– Mean Flow: https://meanflow.bandcamp.com/
Mother Bank adalah bank eskperimental berbentuk bank keliling (bank emok) di Jatiwangi-Majalengka yang diinisiasi oleh kelompok riset artistik Badan Kajian Pertanahan. Lahir sebagai bagian dari gelombang #aktivismedarurat pada masa pandemi covid 19, Bank yang didirikan sejak awal 2021 ini difungsikan sebagai ekosistem pengaman ekonomi terdekat dan termudah bagi warga Kampung Wates yang sebagian besar adalah buruh harian dan saat itu kehilangan pekerjaan. Membedakan diri dengan bank keliling pada umumnya yang mengenakan bunga cukup tinggi, bank ini dikelola secara bersama-sama dengan bunga pinjaman nol %. Secara organik, Bank ini menjadi wadah bagi Ibu-ibu di Kampung untuk belajar, berbagi, tumbuh, mencipta, bergerak, secara bersama-sama.
Salah satu aktivitas keluaran dari Mother Bank adalah sebuah kelompok musik di mana para nasabah adalah personilnya. Menggunakan musik keramik yang dikenalkan oleh Jatiwangi art Factory— yang saat ini sudah menjadi musik tradisi di Jatiwangi, kelompok musik ini menyampaikan pengalaman para nasabah sebagai perempuan yang hidup di tengah perubahan lansekap wilayah Jatiwangi menuju wilayah industri manufaktur terbesar di Pulau Jawa. Sebagai kelompok, Bank ini juga turut mengadvokasi dirinya di tengah persoalan konflik tanah yang dihadapi warga Kampung Wates dan tujuh desa lainnya dengan TNI AU, sejak Indonesia memproklamirkan kemerdekaannya.
Dengan mengusung judul dan semangat ‘Tanggung Renteng’ yang berarti ditanggung secara bersama, album ini membagikan pengalaman para perempuan sebagai nasabah bank keliling yang hidup bertahan dengan ‘gali lubang tutup lubang’, menyaksikan bagaimana lahan persawahan secara perlahan berubah menjadi pabrik-pabrik, antusiasme pemuda pemudi Jatiwangi yang berbondong-bondong menjadi buruh, ritual gajian para buruh membeli rocket chicken, upaya para perempuan memanfaatkan lahan dengan menanam, hingga proses kolaborasi anggota Mother Bank dengan para perempuan pengrajin keramik dari satu desa di Borobudur, Magelang.
Bunga Siagian (Badan Kajian Pertanahan)
Luontotietoisuus (=nature consciousness) is Teknojta’s new EP, which continues his efforts in fusing underground hardcore techno with folk music of ritualistic nature introducing more vocals and acoustic instruments in the mix.
The tracks were made in collaboration with 4 different vocalists:
* Susi Kankare, singing a Karelian-style itkuvirsi, or lament, for the nature
* Taskumatti, a rapper from the Tampere underground known for his deep lyrics
* Ari Aurelia, a tribal etherial songstress from Scotland channeling ritual music with primal & nordic roots
* Samu Kuusisto, a throat singer combining the kargyraa style with Finnish spells
Released by Ydinväki:
https://ydinvaeki.bandcamp.com/album/teknojta-luontotietoisuus-v-ki02
Acoustic instruments:
kantele – Teknojta (1), Stak Etop (4)
mouth harp/khomus – Stak Etop (1), Teknojta (2)
tongue drum – Teknojta (1)
rain stick – Teknojta (3
Cover art by: Elina Fiona Art
https://www.instagram.com/elinafionaart
Mastered by: Miika Salo
https://soundcloud.com/am-pm-programme
As you are canonicalized during your lifetime, and your autobiography sits shoulder to shoulder with the legacies that have survived centuries — Gen X, Xennials, Millennials, Gen Z, and their successors — you become a point of interest in the mind’s landscape of all of them. They weren’t young at the same time as you, and most of them didn’t grow up anywhere near the Salford Lads’ Club, and yet, the words that you wrote mean something to them, and perhaps come to mean things you didn’t fathom they would.
In this single, The Hardliner presents a rendition of two favourite Morrissey/The Smiths songs in a traditional chiptune style.
“Infodemia D.3” represents an emotional journey through the chaos of modern society, where alienation and information overload can lead to loneliness and confusion. It is an exploration of the themes of endings, change, and transformation, blending reality and fiction. The theme of solitude merges with the conclusion of a relationship, both artistic and emotional. “Infodemia D.3” offers an intense and emotionally engaging experience that reflects the challenges and opportunities of human existence in an information-saturated and interconnected world.
Macchiato Funky:
Adriano Bossola (drums, electronics and production)
Nicolò Seggiaro (bass)
Massimo Ferretto (guitars)
Michele Seggiaro (guitars)
Thanks to:
Tommaso Esposito (piano on track 1)
Viva Tosco (voice on tracks 6-8)
Elisa Gremmo (flutes on track 13)
Elisa Gremmo – Edoardo Cassaro – Gabriele Artuso – Simone de Troia (flutes on track 14)
Cognition Delay is a duo of US artist Jeremy Rice (Abdicant, Curious Inversions) and UK artist Paul Alexander (Pandacetamol, Fluffy Inside) who as Kahvi Collective label mates admired each other’s contrasting approaches in music and felt compelled to collaborate. Their defining “Strange Sedatives” album (from 2022 on Rednetic) continues to amaze and has shown that Cognition Delay is a unique meeting of musical mindsets. While they have never met in-person, Paul & Jeremy have found a collaborative sweet spot that melds their respective solo projects into something new and shiny. A refined sound, within an undefined genre.
It is with pride and delight, for both the artists and the label, that their new “Mostly Dreaming” album appears on the Mahorka imprint, released June 17, 2023 as free (cc) digital download and beautiful limited digipak CD edition with outstanding artwork by Jeremy Rice.
Analog layers, hypnotic passages, half-heard conversations, morphing rhythms, fuse with thrilling bursts of unexpected melody. The experience is deep, immersive, ethereal, even vaguely nostalgic.
Repeated listens will yield hidden sonic treasure. Truly a soundtrack for your dreams.
Composed and produced by: Paul Alexander & Jeremy Rice
Mastered by: Black Particle
Artwork by: Jeremy Rice
The musical tree of life is as difficult to apprehend as the biological one – but it is clear that there are common, if mysterious, origins. Raw rhythms and primordial pitches combine compellingly, leading to modern practices that are not as different as one might think.
Featuring operatic tenor and soprano voices, renaissance drums, psaltery, percussion, full orchestra, brushed drum kit, upright bass, muted trumpet, tenor sax, piano, electric bass and guitar, rock drum kit, and synthesizer.
Compiled, artwork collage by Sábila Orbe.
released by Internet Daemon Netlabel (ex-Cian Orbe):
https://internetdaemon.bandcamp.com/
https://archive.org/details/fav-obscvre_triangle_compilations
https://ello.co/creativecommonsmusic
Various artists compilation inspired in dreamcore art aesthetic:
https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Dreamcore
Each track composed by the respective artist. Links:
– On a quiet day: https://meimeirecords.bandcamp.com/
– Katie Chimera: https://katiechimera.bandcamp.com/
– Story of the Lie: https://storyofthelie.bandcamp.com/
– Humanfobia: https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/
– KR Seward: https://krseward.bandcamp.com/
– Lezet: https://lezet.blogspot.com/
– Filmy Ghost: https://humanfobia.jimdofree.com/filmy-ghost/
– el masmore: https://elmasmore.bandcamp.com/
– tone tone: https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Tone+Tone%22
– Mayhem Lettuce: https://linktr.ee/mayhemlettuce
– Wilfried Hanrath: https://wilfriedhanrath.bandcamp.com/
– {AN} EeL: https://panpanpanaviandistresscall.bandcamp.com/
– Terbeschikkingstelling: https://sturmunddrang.bandcamp.com/
– Mean Flow: https://meanflow.bandcamp.com/
– daVId attic: https://stoneweather.bandcamp.com/
– RDKPL: https://rdkpl.bandcamp.com/
– DJ ANY WAY: https://djanyway.bandcamp.com/
– Siegfried Grundmann:
https://music-editionsiegfriedgrundmann.bandcamp.com/
https://archive.org/compress/dreamcore-vol-3/formats=VBR%20MP3&file=/dreamcore-vol-3.zip
S(f) ∝ 1 / f.
Featuring filtered pink noise.
Record and mix by L’Austral at Epicericords Studio, Hanvec, Finistère, France.
Visual by Damien Tran.
released May 13, 2023
A coproduction with Epicericords, Araki Records, Hidden Bay,
Pied De Biche Records, Out Of Thunes, GED, Quixotemusic,
La Loutre Par Les Cornes, Table Basse Records, Cœur Sur Toi Records and Do It Youssef !
Straight up groovy dub techno from Poland.
Monopisa’s second LP on Pertin-nce.
Enjoy the trip, listen to the signals from space.
Monopsia:
soundcloud.com/kris-monopsia
monopsia.bandcamp.com
www.mixcloud.com/monopsia/
www.youtube.com/@monopsia6223
Pertin-nce:
www.pertin-nce.bandcamp.com
www.mixcloud.com/pertin
www.facebook.com/pertinnce
www.facebook.com/djratmaster
www.soundcloud.com/pertin-nce
archive.org/details/@bleupulp
www.pertin-nce.blogspot.com
variousanduneasy.blogspot.com
web radio:
www.lafaceb.live
credits
released June 9, 2023
Everything by Monopsia.
Respeita os Cria é o fruto de um processo de quase três anos, entre Setembro de 2020 e Abril de 2023 gravado no Escritório da Transfusão. O ano inicial foi de muitas incertezas e isso refletiu na produção. Por tempos, não sabíamos qual dinâmica queríamos alcançar, pois, o projeto inicialmente era apenas para ser ao vivo. Hoje artistas são vistos no mundo virtual e depois no mundo real, e em 2020 era a regra, afinal estávamos numa pandemia. Pandemia que colocou muitas pessoas em um hiato e comigo não foi diferente, porém, usei esse vácuo de tempo para me redescobrir como artista. Durante esse tempo aprendi que tipo de som de guitarra quero nesse momento do Economic Freedom Fighters.
A proposta do som transita entre o sujo, melódico, agressivo, suingado e momentos, inseridos em letras sobre abstrações, ciências e reflexões sobre ser preto. O conceito que chamo de Garage Rock Afro Latino. Economic Freedom Fighters é uma resposta, mesmo que tardia, a um reflexo da cena de rock alternativo onde é majoritariamente formada por brancos, e o nome EP é sobre isso.
Não partimos do mesmo lugar, não estudamos nos melhores colégios, não teremos a melhores chances se não fizermos por nós e pelos nossos. Para termos determinados acessos, o mínimo que seja, temos que vencer muitas batalhas. Venci a primeira batalha que foi gravar o disco com meu companheiro de guitarra Davi Hidalgo, e hoje temos o trabalho de projetar e não parar. A única coisa que queremos é repeito, pra nós e para os nossos.
Posto isso, RESPEITA OS CRIA.
Créditos
Joab Régis – Vocal, Guitarra e Bateria
Davi Hilgado – Guitarra
Mixagem – Joab Régis
Masterização – Marcelo Renovato
Diogo Caldas baixo em Afropessimismo
Lê Almeida mixagem em Yogaberry
João Casaes co-produção Força Forte
Agradecimentos Karin Santa Rosa por influenciar a criação do projeto, Lê Almeida e João Casaes pelo apoio na ferramenta de trabalho. As nossas mães, Dona Quitéria, Dona Miriam e Dona Luciana e aos demais cada qual com sua contribuição direta ou indiretamente; Lucília Martins, Marx Braga, Guilherme Oliveira, Duduracel, Gabizada, Katina Surf, The John Candy, Bigu, Ramon Casteleno, João Autuori, Michelle Oliveira, Shay Reis, Hiago de Farias, Tim Muller, e a todas as bandas e artistas qual trocamos ideias nesse período. Muito obrigado a todos vocês que nos apoiam, valeuzão!
released June 9, 2023
Economic Freedom Fighters
Davi Hidalgo
Eduardo Ribeiro
Joab Régis
