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Salomè Lego Playset – FAILURES

Salomè Lego Playset – FAILURES
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Salomè Lego Playset

“FAILURES”

Forgotten on a dying hard drive for years, FAILURES is Salomè’s latest, and last, work.
An utter failure, but we did the best we could.

Credits:

Tracks recorded in Bologna in 2013 and mixed by Salomè Lego Playset and Fabio Iaci in 2018/19.
Mastering by Fabio Iaci.

Salomè Lego Playset is:

Davide Landi (bass guitar)
Elia Dalla Casa (saxophone)
Jacopo Cinti (drums)
Nicola Boari (guitar and voice)

Track 2, Magenta Jealousy Blackened, features John Duncan on voice and his are the lyrics too.

Front photo by Davide Landi.
Back photo by Giancarlo Morieri
Inner photo by Nicola Boari
Art direction by Matteo Linari

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posted 12 March 2020

Dominik Vogel – Oasis (EP)

Dominik Vogel – Oasis (EP)
[Wuerfel25]

Dominik Vogel

“Oasis (EP)”

This is the first of two EPs that we’re happy to publish from Dominik Vogel. Like so many great artists, Dominik makes little fuss about the creation of his tracks: “It was recorded in one night in one go with my modular system and is therefore not reproducible.”

As charming as this understatement may be, it raises more questions than it answers. How many years did it take to study its modules to record three such tracks in one night? How many live performances had Dominik to do, to develop such a wonderful feeling for the tension in the arrangement? How many efforts and failed attempts did it take before everything came together so wonderfully in one night? And how can the tracks come along so easily nonchalant without sounding arbitrary?

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posted 12 March 2020

Various Artist – TAR Class of 2020 Vol. I

Various Artist – TAR Class of 2020 Vol. I

Various Artist

“TAR Class of 2020 Vol. I”

Volume I of a II part compilation.
Artists from the past, present, and future of TAR. 20 tracks for 2020.
All new original material from the roster.
100% of the proceeds will be donated to aid local families affected by violence or domestic abuse:

www.peaceoverviolence.org

Original artwork by fvckrender
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released March 11, 2020

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posted 11 March 2020

Special Request – Zero Fucks

Special Request – Zero Fucks

Special Request

“Zero Fucks”

Special Request drops the fourth and final album of 2019. Concentrating purely on the heavyweight original hardcore ethos of taking whatever you want from anywhere, these tracks are made for shelling down dances and losing your marbles.

Those who have been paying close attention will recognise the face-melting drum treatments from those instagram clips, constructed using purpose-built equipment and a healthy amount of irreverence.

Elsewhere we find clock mechanisms worked into the layers of various tracks, the voices of Francis Bacon, David Lynch and others & eventually one such clock speeding up to oblivion, merely hinting at where Special Request is taking you next…

Vinyl editions to follow in 2020 and will be released and deleted on the same day. Pay 0.00 for these downloads. Enjoy life.
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released December 30, 2019

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posted 10 March 2020

Various Artist – Retrospektive Compilation

Various Artist – Retrospektive Compilation

Various Artist

“Retrospektive Compilation”

Before we revive Insectorama with the “Restart Compilation”, we decided to look back on over 15 years of published music. We listened through 81 releases, selected the best 31 tracks and put them together to a retrospektive compilation. It should present the timeless sound of dubtechno in all its facets.

This release is free as always, but you are welcome to pay what it is worth to you. All proceeds will be donated to the Ernesto`s Sanctuary for Cats in Syria aid project, which has set itself to save the animals there and give them a safe place in a country destroyed by senseless war.

ernestosanctuary.org

the story of the AleppoCatMen:

What started as feeding a couple of dozen cats in the streets soon escalated when word spread amongst the feline population of Aleppo that there were regular deliveries of food on certain street corners. Alaas dream started there. His first plan was to have a cat refuge for stray cats where he could feed and care for the many strays.

Aleppo was of course full of the media and press… more
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released February 27, 2020

all tracks released in the last 15 years on www.insectorama.de

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posted 10 March 2020

King Elizabeth – Girls & Boys

King Elizabeth – Girls & Boys

King Elizabeth

“Girls & Boys”

Vulpiano is proud to present a new King Elizabeth single “Girls & Boys”, from forthcoming album The Awakening. The artist returns to Vulpiano at long last, with previous albums on the label dating back to 2012 (Miami) and 2011 (Obsessive Desires). The soundscapes of King Elizabeth glimmer with an irresistible electronic sheen and adamant vocals.
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posted 10 March 2020

Archaic Revival – Trayectoria Sin Final EP

Archaic Revival – Trayectoria Sin Final EP

Archaic Revival

“Trayectoria Sin Final EP”

Después de una pausa tranquila, Monofónicos Netlabel entra de nuevo en actividad para el 2020. Para nosotros es un orgullo presentar nuevamente a Archaic Revival con un EP genial de Dub Techno donde prevalece una esencia Lo-Fi y RAW en cada una de sus producciones.

Mateo Henao es un artista que ha venido ascendiendo meteóricamente en la escena local desde el año 2009, y su estilo personal tiene una buena perspectiva clásica del arte atravesado por el techno, el house y sus derivados provenientes de Detroit. Todo un deleite.

Archaic Revival llega con un nuevo disco llamado ‘Trayectoria Sin Final EP‘, donde nos sumerge en sonidos de matices más Dub Techno, con cierto carácter épico y sideral, siempre envuelta en una atmósfera Lo-Fi que la hace más suculenta para escuchar y volar. Un disco que definitivamente nos llena de historias diferentes en cada canción en la línea del gran talento de Archaic Revival.

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posted 10 March 2020

Cyff Gwawd – Cyff Gwawd

Cyff Gwawd – Cyff Gwawd

Cyff Gwawd

“Cyff Gwawd”

Cyff Gwawd is Stuart Estell, a piano, and a couple of barely-functional tape machines. The project draws on his love of Satie, Cage, Feldman and Basinski while also being a logical step from his compositions for drone/doom tuba outfit ORE, which he left in 2014. Cyff Gwawd is named in tribute to Mark Hollis. It means “Laughing Stock” in Welsh.

The pieces on this release started as miniatures, some of the material freely composed, and some of it restricted to sets of just four pitch classes. In performance, however, they took on a life of their own and didn’t seem to want to be constrained to what had been written down — resulting in what might be better described as planned improvisations.

The same side of the same C90 — an old and far-from-clean TDK SA90, naturally — was used to record all four pieces. The older cassette machine’s completely unreliable motor and faulty tape head resulted in some happy accidents (speed changes, incomplete erasure) that would be impossible to reproduce. Apart from EQ, some additional reverb and the occasional overlaying of additional tracks (from the same source material), the only editing here has been structural. Other than that, what you hear is how it… more
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released March 6, 2020

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posted 09 March 2020

V.A. – ruptured heretical yeasts talking hours more sensically

V.A. – ruptured heretical yeasts talking hours more sensically
[ACPS 1037]

V.A.

“ruptured heretical yeasts talking hours more sensically”

01. RHYTHMIC LIFE PATTERNS – Rhythmic Life Patterns 11:44
02. INFINITY OF 6 – Where The Whipping Post Used To Be 07:38
03. LAMPREDONTO – Workout Worship 05:19
04. NIMBOSTRATA feat. IMAGES WITHOUT RESEMBLANCE – S†RɅTA (Sun God Mix) 07:13
05. MINÓY – A Process Of Growth And Decay 06:27

cover art by Claus Poulsen
design by EMERGE

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posted 05 March 2020

Various Artists – Nostress Netlabel Anniversary Compilation Vol.9 – A.A. VV. A Minimal Step from the Decimal Metric

Various Artists – Nostress Netlabel Anniversary Compilation Vol.9 – A.A. VV. A Minimal Step from the Decimal Metric
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Various Artists

“Nostress Netlabel Anniversary Compilation Vol.9 – A.A. VV. A Minimal Step from the Decimal Metric”

Penultimate Anniversary Compilation that will end with the 10th volume in 2021? Who knows… difficult to say, difficult to plan. Nostress Netlabel, like many other netlabels, follows the difficult path of survival, remaining active mainly for releasing digital albums and for the “bootleg” recordings of the NN Performing catalog and maybe some special event to organize or to attend.
WE DON’T GIVE UP! WE DON’T CLOSE!

In full respect for all the artists who have chosen to take advantage of an additional channel of visibility, Nostress Netlabel, at the cost of appearing as an anomaly and / or an obsolescence, holds on. Maximum gratitude for those who follow us and who believe in small and independent reality like this.

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posted 04 March 2020

Agia Monaxia – Analekta

Agia Monaxia – Analekta
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Agia Monaxia

“Analekta”

Ανάλεκτα /analekta/ (greek) : analects, collection, travels, drones, selections, greatest hits, moments, drones, struggles, time, poems, peyote, being/not being, drones/not drones, third eye, self-realization, album, enjoy before sleeping.
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posted 03 March 2020

Contaminado – Vultos

Contaminado – Vultos
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Contaminado

“Vultos”

New album of Contaminado gathering some old tracks of acoustic guitar with bossa nova / blues / jazz / world fusion influences and a couple of acappella tracks reminiscent of his previous release at Enough Records. Contaminado is the music project of André Coelho. Tracks remastered by M-PeX. Artwork by Amanda Wray.
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posted 03 March 2020

t16c – re

t16c – re

t16c

“re”

t16c is a duo formed by underground Slovak musicians. Two friends, Peter Kudlička (16 colours, EGA) and Andrej Nechaj (Tatratank) have been making music for over 20 years. t16c is a natural result of their unceasing commitment to diverse sonics.

“re” is a debut collaborative album of t16c. Post-apocalyptic space exploration, transmitted over lo-fi radio signal back to the Earth. Grid-less, yet pulsating culmination of eerie field recordings, samples, and electronics. Alluring melancholic glimpses of an unclear future.
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released February 29, 2020

Cover by Andrej Nechaj
Photos by Andrej Nechaj and Peter Kudlička
Mastering by Angakok at Mydriasis

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posted 03 March 2020

George Christian – Longes

George Christian – Longes
[mhrk235]

George Christian

“Longes”

“This album is the first work I’ve done in 2019 and also part of a series of instrumental works that reflect upon absence in different ways, in a pentalogy. All of them expresses what I felt after the latest political misfortunes in my country (Brazil) and overall social-political state of mind in the world. In “Insomniac Dreams” – the absence of rest and sleep to convey life in its existence. In “Antimanicomial” – the absence of sanity in its helplessness in a political system that doesn’t give a care. In “Duets for Balogh” – the absence of a friend, despite his presence in sound conversations. In “Cinzas” – the absence of care on nature, a mourn for dead rivers. And this, “Longes” is about absence of faith. However, there is no particular order, nor any sound similarities for this pentalogy, despite being linked thematically. “Insomniac Dreams” was the first published one, but “Longes” was the one recorded first, with later-on finalizations.

”Longes” is my second work in which I play electric guitar (a Telecaster) as a main instrument (first one was “Electric Ramblings” (2014) in most of the tracks). It was conceived as a series of variations on the final motif from the coda of the song “Muito Mais Longe do que o Bastante”, which was originally recorded for the album “La Géographie sans Regret” (2012), made in collaboration with Mehata Sentimental Legend. In this album, I explore on electric guitar both timbral and electronic experimentations whereas the themes are extended without regard on time and space, despite having their own implicit structure. Apart from the last track (X), the pieces were all improvised in their performances. Somehow, it’s a spiritual manifesto on struggling for survival, in electric mantras; against all odds, a life-affirming statement.”

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posted 02 March 2020

Ethernet Orchestra – Oceans between Sound

Ethernet Orchestra – Oceans between Sound
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Ethernet Orchestra

“Oceans between Sound”

REVIEW / RESEÑA
Oceans between Sound is a selection of live improvisations by the internet based music ensemble, Ethernet Orchestra. The album was recorded during located venue performances and online sessions between 2014-2019, featuring musicians from a diverse range of cultures, performing across international time-zones and physical locations in Brazil, the USA, Canada, UK, Germany and Australia. The music was inspired by the ebb and flow of network data as a metaphor for the world’s oceans and waterways separating the members of the ensemble, and their geographically dispersed lives.

Oceans between Sound includes performances by internationally acclaimed improvisers such as guitarist Chris Vine, best known for his work with the British post punk band Blurt (Factory Records), and Elliott Sharp and Bob Boilen in the downtown music scenes of New York and Washington D.C. The ensemble founder, trumpeter Roger Mills, came to prominence during the 1990s with his work with the Bristol-based free jazz ensemble Space Ways and the trip-hop collective Statik Sound System (Cup of Tea Records). Performing on many of the tracks is the UK based free improviser Hervé Perez, acclaimed German pianist Holger Deuter, as well as world-renowned Moorin Khuur player and throat singer, Bukhchuluun Ganburged. The album also features a performance by the late Richard Lainhart, who worked and performed with John Cage, David Tudor, Steve Reich, Phill Niblock, David Berhman, and Rhys Chatham. His musical contributions to Seymareh ensure his presence continues to live on in our music.

A salient characteristic of the recordings on Oceans between Sound is how they reflect the materiality of the telematic performance medium. Musical sound travels through multiple networks, and is subject to a variety of operational conditions, latency, speeds, compression, and jitter. These phenomena imprint themselves on the sound as an aesthetic parameter within the music, rather like the crackle of an old vinyl album. These sonic qualities are also a testament to the incredible feat of musicians performing in real-time across distances of thousands of kilometres.

Roger Mills
(Sydney, Australia, marzo / March 2020)

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posted 01 March 2020

You’re Wrong – Arbuckle

You're Wrong – Arbuckle
[LF112MP3]

You’re Wrong

“Arbuckle”

Track Listing:
01. I
02. II
03. III
04. IV
05. V
06. VI
07. VII
08. VIII
09. Untitled 1
10. Untitled 2
11. Untitled 3

All tracks taken from EP II except for 9-11, which are from EP I and unfinished EP III.
Originally released around March-April 2019.
Track #10 added 2/25/2020.

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posted 29 February 2020

SIQMENT.HIDDEN – MADE IN HEAVEN

SIQMENT.HIDDEN – MADE IN HEAVEN
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SIQMENT.HIDDEN

“MADE IN HEAVEN”

MADE IN HEAVEN is one of a million worlds, one of an infinite number of test sites of Black Flame Corporation.
MADE IN HEAVEN is a reboot stage, it is a wonderful world without us people. Everything previously created by us now serves as a home for all living things that inhabit Earth. Our best technologies have found harmony with nature, creating an ideal and beautiful world with their symbiosis. Subways, terminals, server rooms, skyscrapers: all this came to life as never before. Cities turned into snow-white forests.
This music release gives us a glimpse into an ideal world, where the Earth finally came to harmony
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posted 28 February 2020