Label: Sport
Release: Sport10000
Artists: Raise, Sgt. Risk
Tracks:
A – Raise & Risk – The Itch
B1 – Raise & Risk – Anti histamine
B2 – Raise & Risk – Screwfix E17


Sport 10000

A – Raise & Risk – The Itch

A tiny camel keyring tossed around on a contact mic and run through an ancient plate reverb makes up most of the percussions, odd ad-libs and wooshes in "The Itch". A 60 ton bass growl of mesozoic depth and some messed up hihats nicked from a previously discarded track round things off. Unfolds particularly well at high volume with ample Waterhouse-level low end.

B1 – Raise & Risk – Anthistamine
The initial minimalist groove of "Antihistamine" had already been in place for a while. But it was the log drums we added after a long night spent in a dark room surrounded by and partaking in mayhem that really tied it all together. Overall a moody and somewhat dissonant affair, the track breathes and oozes in unexpected ways, like we've never managed before.

B2 – Raise & Risk – Screwfix E17

Sirens wail, shouts compete for attention, a gnarly bassline tests your speakers and the drums switch between half- and doubletime 165 business. "Screwfix E17" is a rowdy loveletter to everyone's fav retailer of cheap tools and ambivalent service.




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"Intrinsic Rhythm is happy to announce a new EP "Is This The End" by label owner and Irish artist Tr One.

The title takes influence on the struggle provided by modern day electronic music and the thoughts on continuing and this EP tries to provide solace in the love and richness that techno and house sounds particularly deeper strains can provide.

The record kicks off with "Conversion" which is an ode to higher tempo Detroit and European techno by working an uplifting string pattern alongside an offbeat loop and MPC workout.

Next up is "Is This Love" where a whimsical vocal sample is built around an acid and bass undercurrent combined with an emotional chord structure.

Starting off the B side is "Sunrise On Juliet" which is an electro and ghettotech influenced rhodes driven house track which takes the listener on a funk driven journey.

Next is "Steroid" where classic Detroit sounds meets UK influenced house music driven by a hypnotic string and bass pattern.

Finally "Phone Voice" finishes the EP with a murky and hypnotic 909 driven house track which aims to transport the listener to a dream like state.

Limited to 125 vinyl copies with no repress"

Roman Lindau returns on RAWAX with the second part of "Work Rest And Play EP". This release contains an enormus spectrum of ambientique, dubby, technoid and organic sounds combined with delicate synths transporting with each track diffrent stories of an wide area. Great moments for club and home listening!

Artist: Roman Lindau
Title: Work Rest and Play EP (Part 2)
Lable: RAWAX
Genre: Techno
Format: 12"
Cat: RAWAX-S05.1
Rel. date: 19.06.2017
Tracklisting:
A1. Roman Lindau - Spektral Intro
A2. Roman Lindau - Bling Bling
A3. Roman Lindau - Ancotil
B1. Roman Lindau - Dip
B2. Roman Lindau - Come Along
B3. Roman Lindau - Rolling Pin

W+P by Roman Lindau
Mastered by Oliver Lieb @ LH Audio.com
Cut by W.J. Henze @ LH Audio.com
Worldwide distributed by www.dbh-music.com

Music has always coursed through Roman Lindau's blood. Even if he weren't the accomplished producer and respected DJ he is today, the German audiophile would still be spending all his money on the stuff; giving over all his time to the art form. ''I'm a music junkie. I need music to live'' he states matter-of-factly. ''For me it's the elixir of life.''

Good job, then, that he gets to spend his ..

Roman Lindau is a German techno DJ, artists and producer, as well as being a core member of the infamous Fachwerk Records from Berlin.

Music has always coursed through Roman's veins ever since he was a young boy so it is no suprise that he became the accomplished producer and highly respected DJ that he is today.

In the late 2000´s Lindau became active in the Berlin electronic music scene, beginning to play music in clubs as well as producing his own music. The first track he released in 2008 on his home label Fachwerk Records appeared in one the world famous Berghain Mix Compilations, mixed by Len Faki. Following from this Berghain invited Roman to contribute an exclusive Track for Ben Klock´s Berghain Mix in 2009. After this success the gates opened for him to play regularly as a DJ at Berghain.

At the same time he continued to work on music for Fachwerk Records. He produced dance floor smashers like ´Crasse´ in 2011 and ´Rave on´ in 2014, which were charted by the likes of Ben Klock, Sven Väth & Chris Liebing, afirming his deserved place amongst the techno elite.

More recently in 2015 the well known Victor Calderone from NYC invited Roman to release on his label Matter+.

The reason why Roman is such a great DJ is because of the fact he knows what the people want! ''I love to dance and that's very important: as DJ you need to feel what the crowd want so you can help them to party and have fun.'' Combining a varied selection of raw house and techno in his sets, recent bookings have taken Roman across the world; from the hallowed techno Mecca that is Berghain to dark underground clubs as part of the recent Fachwerk label tour. He has performed at every legendary Berlin venue, past and present from Tresor to Berghain, and it is this that gives Roman the edge above the rest. If you can do it there, you can do it anywhere! From 2014 Till the closing he was a resident DJ at Stattbad, one of Berlins findest adress for Electronic Music.

Artist: EMEX & studio416
Title: Cluster of Time
Label: Modular Expansion Records
Cat Number: ME009
Format: Limited Artistic Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 04.03.2022

EMEX & studio416 is a collaboration between Athens and Berlin underground electronic scene. The release 'Cluster of Time' includes four tracks with hypnotic minimal atmospheres and deep chords, which progresses into darker territories and transfer you in universe of Pandora, Typhon, Tethys and Eudora galactic complexes.
With the financial support and under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Track List:
A1. Pandora
A2. Typhon
B1. Tethys
B2. Eudora

Worldwide exclusive distributed by www.dbh-music.com

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Label: Sport
Release: Sport8000
Artists: Raise, Sgt. Risk
Tracks:
A – Raise & Sgt. Risk – Scrollers
B – Raise & Sgt. Risk – Circuit Breaker


Sport 8000

A – Raise & Sgt. Risk – Scrollers

Circuit Breaker
Frantic breakbeats, epic strings and a booming sub kick off this percussive belter. Tension decreases and rises through a breakdown, before things get switched up with a more percussive bassline and various little elements and fx. One to tease out that last bit of energy in the late hours.. 


B – Raise & Sgt. Risk – Circuit Breaker
“Scrollers” is a mad, industrial, syncopated, 140 bpm, not-quite-garage slapper. Built from messy, undulating percussion loops and filtering snares, lots of noise and warping bass interludes, it’s a hectic piece of tuneage that unexpectedly delivers a sliver of respite at the very end. Picture scrolling through your endless feed of doom and nonsense until you chance upon than one clip that reinstalls a bit of hope, giving you the resolve to finally put your damn phone away and actually do something. 






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Label: Sport
Release: Sport6000
Artists: Raise, Sgt. Risk
Tracks:
A – Raise – Enter Gavia
B – Raise & Sgt. Risk – Leaving_Navaro



Sport 6000

A – Raise – Enter Gavia

Raise cooked this one up after hunting down the legendary Loon (Gavia) call used in loads of classic rave tunes, courtesy of being a preset on the e-mu sampler. Sporting (hehe) an airy breakbeat, a heavenly synth loop and cavernous, distorted reese bass, this one sits snugly between big bad banger and emotional roller.


B – Raise & Sgt. Risk – Leaving_Navaro

Last tune that got finished in our old studio (which is now a huge pit in the ground). Dubbed “esoteric garage shit” one rather late night by someone who shall remain nameless, it’s built around a swinging 4/4 groove powered by warped bass. The pads carrying it all the way through might indeed be considered worthy of a spin at your monthly tree hugging ceremony, before the melancholic organ licks we laid down one serotonin-deprived night make this a bonafide tearjerker. 


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Sport 4000

A - The Prophet

Drenched in a thick haze of layered synthpads, "The Prophet" builds up from muted, dissonant percussion and little drum-fills. A few vocal-snippets recorded on the street give way to a slowed down jungle-jam, that winds down before things intensify for the rollout. One for the twilight hours.


B1 - Meatpie

Clearly the thug of this bunch, "Meatpie" is a mean technostomper, driven by distorted drums and a thick underbelly of call-and-response basslines. Midway through, rather unsubtle tribal drums switch things up and introduce a dramatic pad, before the carnage resumes. Supported by Violet (Naïve), Peach, Imre Kiss, JASSS and ASOK (Lobster Theremin) amongst others.

B2 - Contadini

You fool around with some classic old samples, finish the tune for a laugh, it works great but in the meantime a dozen other tracks come out with the same break. What to do? Sleep on it for way too long and finally stick it on the runout of your B-Side, that's what you do. Go have fun with this! 
All props to the Vicks-crew.

Sport 1000
Debut release, its origins remaining in the murky shadows of anonymity for now. While drenched in sounds spanning back to early Jungle and Hardcore, these tunes are crafted with a sense for modern tastes, ready to flip the vibe in a brave DJ's 4/4-set. "Dream Support" bopps along nicely with warm chords and a skippy breakbeat, until the bottom end opens up with a big reese-workout and suddenly you're down at the blue note in 1996, filtered mentasm-samples and all. "Dawn Queen" follows a similar path, it's chugging breakbeat slowly getting friskier with some tasty amen-cuts.

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Press release text:

Artist Hannu Karjalainen and his new LP Railo is the third album to be released on the Signature Dark label, first digitally and later on vinyl. The album features seven electroacoustic ambient soundscapes.

The tracks were composed during the winter months in Helsinki, Finland in 2019-2021. Railo (finnish for "a crack in the ice" or "crevasse") can be seen as on ode to winter, the richness of the seasons and different weather conditions which have been an inspiration to Karjalainen’s work.

The arc of the album follows seasons from autumn to spring, starting from cold autumn winds (Viima) and ending to the melting of the ice (Sula). Different winter phenomena are explored on the way, including ”Routa” (finnish for "ground frost"), ”Kuura” (rime) and ”Kelirikko” (a term known especially in the archipelago meaning a time at the end of winter when the frozen sea does not support transportation anymore but boat traffic is neither possible). Yet, the album is being suffused with a sadness stemming from the threatening permanent changes in the diversity and balance of nature trough the climate change caused by us.

”Railo” is an audiovisual project which also contains two video art works to be released online, ”Railo” and ”Sula”. The video of ”Railo” depicts a constantly mutating snowy landscape while the crackes and rumbles on soundtrack take us seemingly inside the ice.

Label:
Signature Dark

Label code:
SD3

Artist:
Hannu Karjalaine

Release/record name:
Railo

Track infos:

1. Viima 4:18
2. Routa 3:58
3. Kuura 5.06
4. Railo 6:25
5. Musta Jää 6:53
6. Kelirikko 4:51
7. Sula 7:37

Vinyl tracks list:

A1 VIIMA 4′18″
A2 ROUT A3′58″
A3 KUURA 5′06″
A4 RAILO 6′25″

B1 MUSTA JÄÄ 6′53″
B2 KELIRIKKO 4′51″
B3 SULA 7′37″

Written and produced by Hannu Karjalainen

Artwork by Hannu Karjalainen
Graphic design by Juuso Koponen

Copyright Signature Dark 2021
All rights reserved

With additional successes under such labels as Taub, Latence releases once again on Play Label Records for his fresh Superheated EP.

Collaborating ideas from his teen years in Belgium through the 90’s, with more progressive inspirations, Latence has materialized a unique style, which is a celebration of timeless dance music and it’s continued influences on forward-thinking artists.

Kicking things off with his title-track, Pablo flaunts a subtle build of off beat chords injected around playful and erratic acid house influences. A busy and varied concoction of sounds topped with provocative whispers.

Deeper Amplitude is the second of this four track EP, and as the name suggests, we are provided with ample bass, accompanied by snippets of melodic discord and a boisterous snare, fearless and rhythmic.

Metastable lays a minimalist percussive foundation, sporting a retro 70s synth that steals focus with its quirky pitch shifts, a classic example of Latence’s immense talent for blending influences across eras.

Latence closes with Acido Basic, an eccentric finale to this eclectic EP. Using exotic vocal sampling centered around chemical compounds, he simplifies his percussive layers to a clean texture, which form the bedrock for his experimentations.


OTHER INFOS:

- Catalog n°: PLR012
- EP: Superheated
- Artist: Latence

Tracks:

A1 Latence - Superheated (original mix)
A2 Latence - Deeper Amplitude (original mix)
B1 Latence - Metastable (original mix)
B2 Latence - Acido Basic (original mix)

Big support by:

Brett Johnson, Marco carola, Dubspeeka, Rob Rich (Stereo MC's), Paul Ritch, Shadow Child, Claptone, T. Williams, Denny, Pirupa, Yousef, Huxley, Dave Angel...

Not even a month has passed since Sierra Sam and Pascal Hetzel ´s CYRK project launched with the high impact homage ‘Tribute’ and they return with yet another respectfully rooted release.
Channelling the energies of Detroitian agenda-setters such as Inner City, Joey Beltram and Scott Grooves, CYRK celebrate the original template and ingredients that have gone on to inform every genre that’s since passed. Easy to say… A dark art to master without repeating something that’s already been done before. Safe to say that CYRK definitely have that art mastered…
Its deft ping-pong riff echoing through classic detuned synth tones and unrelenting beats refusing to stop even for the honeyed evocative tones of singer Christine Eusebio , ‘Fantasy’ is one of those tracks you’ll feel you know but also understand its freshness instantly. The type of track that gets crowds grinning like Cheshire cats the second it pops on… Even though they’ve never heard it before. Rooted in history, coded in innovation, it’s more proof that CYRK’s three-headed formula is better than one.
Remix-wise both Pascal Hetzel and Gerome Sportelli remain in Detroit: Pascal looks towards the likes of Mills and UR’s ‘World Power Alliance’ phase for inspiration with his heads-down, militant techno aesthetics while Gerome conjures up sensations of Cybotron and The Preps with his slinky, ice-edged electro adaptation. Both versions take Christine’s surging, sensual vocals to new creative pastures… And they’ve invited you to do the same with the acapella version, too.
Celebrating a legacy while keeping it fresh; CYRK remind us where we’ve come from… And where we’re heading.

The first offering on BoomChik comes from N & N Tracks. Produced by Neville Watson and Nigel Rogers (aka Perseus Traxx) in an impromptu recording session lasting just one afternoon, the love of classic sounding Chicago tones and feelings are immediately present. The sound is that of effect drenched raw machinary, hammering out beats and
synth parts intended to transport you on the dance floor, all beaten out of the machines live to tape with Neville and Nigel just performing the occasional edit here and there.