Idriss D officially launches the brand new label Nedjma with
his own 2-vinyl, 8-track album as first release. The imprint
will serve as a platform for up and coming talents from the
Arabic world who are not represented in the current musical
landscape. A very bold statement from Idriss himself, this
record sees the Franco-Algerian dj and producer infuse his
personal history into what he loves the most and share it
with the rest of the world.
First track Tsakhbira works as the perfect opener for the
album with a melodic ambient-like mood and Arabic chants,
with second track Beld el fen following in the same vein with
traditional instruments interspersed with synth stabs and
eerie atmos.
Chazil’s upbeat rhythm spices up the vibe, a mix of ethereal
singalongs and bouncy percussions. Mohamed is the first
foray into Electronic territory, a downtempo piece featuring
French vocals and plenty of analog industrial clanks that
lead into subsequent Hey Galbi, an exquisite melodic house
number with acid synth melodies and piano keys.
Electro (Leila Moon Remix) delves into more experimental
landscapes, with darker tones, blurred vocals and pulsating
beats, while Elf Leila is quintessential Electroclash Arabic
music, blending these two genres together, with a
syncopated super catchy bassline. Closing track Harramt is
a whirlwind of snare rolls, 303 arpeggios and nods to North
African heritage sounds.

Gilb’r ( versatile )

Many good tracks , my favorites
Ghira Bla Sebba
Bab El Oued


Laurent Garnier :

Hello, Idriss
The album is excellent... very beautiful marriage between traditional music and electronics
It works really well
Well done

The first release in our White label series. These are secret cuts without info about the artist or tracknames. We want to give a nod back to vinyl white label culture. We wish to curate something specialfor you to enjoy purely as music.
On the A side we enter a world of warm
rolling bass, hypnotic tribal rhythms
and spaced outmetallic,
granulated dub stabs
. These elements are juxtaposed with
ritual chants
and bright andwarm
playful melodies
designed to lightly tickle your ears like splashes of water from a beautifulrunning stream in a lost forest somewhere.
A powerful left of center dance floor roller.
On the B side we have a hazed out
ambient cut
. Imagine a smokey melancholic day dream where youare on a journey floating through the clouds, soaking up water vapours as you go. This cut feels like amemory of a dreamscape you can't quite remember.
A perfect end of set closer
for those sunrisemoments or to enjoy after the rave at that post party apartment hang, or any other time to beperfectly frank.

DBH MUSIC PRESENTS CONFLICT 2112-12 BY ANDREAS LEIFELT - MOVE (12")
RE-MASTERED RE-ISSUE FROM 1998
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Label:
Signature Dark

Label code:
SD12

Artist:
Half A Map

Release/record name:
Thirsty Crops

Vinyl tracks list:

A1.MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE 5′51″
A2.IMAGINARY PERSON IN PERIL 9′32″
A3.SPIT BITE 6′02″

B4.THREE ANCHORS 4′57″
B5.MATTERHORN 8′28″
B6.LOSCHMIDT’S PARADOX 8′06″

Written by Jukka Inehmo
Mastered by Teemu Korpipää

Cover art by Jukka Inehmo
Graphic design by Juuso Koponen

Copyright Signature Dark 2022
All rights reserved



Music style:
Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental

Foghornia is the sequel to Tapani Rinne's previous album Radioton, which was received well by both critics and fans last year. It will be the second album to be released on the Signature Dark label, first digitally and later on vinyl.

The musical basis of the new album remains the same as earlier, consisting mainly of bass clarinet and electronic soundscapes. However, this time Tapani Rinne dives deeper into melancholic waves all the way to the depths of dark ambient.

The current state of the world has influenced the music of Rinne as well, while some of the songs are based merely on personal experiences and memories. The track Kirjurinluoto for example could be heard as the soundtrack of Tapani’s childhood hometown Pori, known both from its industrial nature as well as the home turf of internationally acknowledged Pori Jazz Festival. Tapani says ”The song is dedicated most of all to the festival and its two founders, Tapani Kontula and Jyrki Kangas, who both deceased during the last years. Without their influence i would had never made this particular album neither.” Another track, Confirmation, was originally composed for the confirmation ceremony of Tapani’s nephew. As often within art that makes strong impression, private things mold into public and vice versa. "Music is not a separate island of its own but a part of everyday life", Rinne describes.

Label:
Signature Dark

Label code:
SD2

Artist:
Tapani Rinne

Release/record name:
Foghornia

A1 FOGHORN 8′50″
A2 A CHANT 4′50″
A3 EROTTAJA 6′25″
A4 ODE TO HELSINKI 3′47″

B1 KIRJURINLUOTO 4′03″
B2 POLAR 5′28″
B3 CONFIRMATION 5′57″

Tapani Rinne – bass clarinet, effect pedals, tenor saxophone (A4)
Tuomas Norvio – electronics, live sampling and mixing (A3, A4, B1)
Konsta Mikkonen – electronics, live mixing (A3, A4)
Aleksi Myllykoski – effects (B3)

Written by Tapani Rinne, except A3 and B1 written by Tapani Rinne & Tuomas Norvio
Post produced, mixed and mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen
Artwork by Random Doctors
Graphic design by Juuso Koponen

Copyright Signature Dark 2020
All rights reserved

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

Press release text:

Since the beginning, space and the sound of it has been one of the cornerstones of Tapani Rinne and Teho Majamäki's music. The two previous albums contain meditative music recorded in acoustically interesting and atmospheric locations - temples and caves in India, as well as deep underground in the railway tunnels of Helsinki's metropolitan area.

With the new album, the musicians wanted to keep outside factors to a minimum and record compositions in controlled studio conditions. In this way, different spaces can be created electronically afterwards into the works. Aleksi Myllykoski and Mika Kalmi are responsible for mixing and post-production. The tracks are based on Teho's metal percussion instruments and Tapani's woodwinds.

In the finished pieces, the duo went towards free musical dialogue, in which the boundaries between improvisation and composed music become blurred and insignificant. Instead of listening to the sound of the space itself, musicians tuned in to listen to the vibration of the metal and wooden instruments. ”We focused on sensing the mutual resonance of the instruments and the sensitivity of the improvisation. A presence on the border of familiar and unknown.” Says Tapani and Teho. The recordings took place in Kitee, Eastern Finland, near the Russian border. The location and way of working gave birth to the name of the record - On The Border.

Label:
Signature Dark

Label code:
SD10

Artist:
Rinne & Majamäki

Release/record name:
On The Border

Vinyl tracks list:
1. ON THE BORDER 4′13″
2. PERCEPTION 5′10″
3. PAAPEL 5′48″
4. RESONANCE 3′48″
5. REFLECTION 7′09″
6. LUCID DREAM 11′37″

Teho Majamäki (percussion)
Tapani Rinne (woodwinds)
Written by Tapani Rinne and Teho Majamäki
Recorded by Markus Pulkkinen at Monttu-studio, Kitee
Mixed and arranged by Aleksi Myllykoski (1, 2, 3, 5)
Mixed by Mika Kalmi (4, 6)

Mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen

Cover art by Jukka Koops and Tomas De Rita
Graphic design by Juuso Koponen

Copyright Signature Dark 2022
All rights reserved

Another quality gem on after 6 am in the rebound. Redeye - Resort Annexia from 1995 comes re-mastered in May.
Don't miss!
Teaser: https://bit.ly/3wu8rJG

Artist: Redeye
Title: Resort Annexia
Label: after 6 am
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Cat: A6A11
Originally released in 1995
Genre: Electronic, Trance, Ambient, Acid
Release date: 15.05.2023
Tracklisting:
A. Resort Annexia 8:48
B. Bec De Corbin 7:30

Worldwide exclusive distributed by www.dbh-music.com; info@dbh-music.com

BB008
Label: Big Beak Recordings
Artist: Daniel Helmer & Wolf-Maximilian Liebich
Titel: RUBIKON (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Format: 12"

Release date: 21.04.23

A1 Rubikon
A2 Arrival
A3 Rubikon to Ground
A4 Airlock
A5 Breath
A6 No Signal
A7 Home Now
B1 Icarus
B2 Sunrise
B3 Vesta
B4 Earth Calling
B5 Could Be Home
B6 Up North / Aftermath

RUBIKON O.S.T. BIG BEAK RECORDINGS 008

Das Label Big Beak Recordings wurde 2005 von Patrick Pulsinger gegründet und positioniert sich als
Plattform für obsolete Kulturtechniken mit Zukunftspotential.
Wir machen Vinyl Schallplatten für Klangkunst von Jazz und Improvisation bis Dub, Techno und Ambient. Alles kann, nichts muss!

Der Soundtrack zu RUBIKON ist auch ohne Bilder ein Ausflug in die Weiten des Universums.
Dezentes Knacksen des druckfrischen Vinyl in der Tiefe des interstellaren Raums. Ein Album in der Tradition der grossen Sci-Fi Filmsoundtracks des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, welche abgekoppelt von ihrer ursprünglichen Bestimmung die Grenzen der Wahrnehmung zu sprengen vermögen.
Erhältlich als Hi- Fi Stereo Schallplatte, Download, Stream und Dolby Atmos Klangerfahrung.
Die Scheibe ist schwarz und die Zukunft findet zwischen deinen Ohren statt.

Weltweiter digitaler Vertrieb über Paradise Distribution, Berlin
Voraussichtliche Veröffentlichung Herbst 2022.

Catalogue-number: E001
Release Artist: Thøht
Title: 0n3 EP
Remixers: Akiko Iwahara, Charlton

Tracknames:
A1: E001 - thøht - 1nh4l3 (Original Mix)
A2: E001 - thøht - 3xh4l3 (Original Mix)
B1: E001 - thøht - 3xh4l3 (Akiko Iwahara Remix)
B2: E001 - thøht - 1nh4l3 (Charlton Remix)

Press-Release:
Thøth in Egyptian religion is the god of the moon, of reckoning, of learning, and of writing. The ancient Egyptians regarded Thøth as One, self-begotten, and self-produced. He was the master of both physical, moral and spiritual (divine) law.

EUN Records' Thøht in a synonymous, as the name itself, ever-evolving path graces the Berlin-based substantial label with ''0n3 EP'', the first installment of its vinyl release series. As One, learns and delivers the language of techno beyond any other language, a language not written in hieroglyphics but a universal language written in blasting techno soundscapes. Akiko Iwahara and Charlton take over the flip side with two staggering remixes!

Support by :
Abstract Division
Amotik
Astronomical Telegram
Blue Hour
Cannibal Cooking Club
Cristian Marras
Dez Williams
Dr. Motte
Dubiks
Electric Indigo
Electric Rescue (2)
Energun
Eomac
Ethan Fawkes
Fernanda Martins
Figu DS
Gotshell
HD Substance
Inigo Kennedy
Joy Fagnani
Krenzlin
Laurent Garnier
Lindsey Herbert
Local Suicide
Lower Order Ethics
Markantonio
Michel Lauriola
Pappenheimer
Perc
Pfirter
Projekt Gestalten
Regal
RNGD
Rrose
SHDW & Obscure Shape
Skudge
Svarog
Takaaki Itoh
Unbalance
Vegim
Viels
YUKA

Fresh off of a remix for Grimes’ “My Name is Dark”, producer Julien Bracht has been powering through CV19 studio seclusion on full-power, with a distinct vision for brighter days ahead. Bracht’s new album, “Now Forever One,” an emblem of dark analog synthwave, is set to drop June 11. Bracht’s first solo album under his own namesake is cut with surgical precision for the shoegazing astral sound travellers who long to break out of their pandemic quarantines, and reconvene for techno-induced ascension. The album’s first single, “Melancholia,” and it’s accompanying video, is already breaking hearts and charts. An exquisite sonic hybrid of communal revelry and profound introspection, “Now Forever One,” focuses Bracht’s multilayered craftsmanship on resolving this era’s angst with sensory exploration and optimism.

As a lifelong drummer, Bracht’s insatiable musical energy lead him to bang out his first 3 EPs within one year of first being signed in 2011-12. In 2015 he founded the band Lea Porcelain with Markus Nikolaus in London. Their hypnotic post-rock debut release in 2017, “Hymns to the Night,” gained instant acclaim from UK tastemakers Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe, to name a few. The lads broke back onto the international stage with dates on several major festivals around Europe, including the Leeds/Reading Festival, Great Escape Brighton and Latitude. Rich output combined with the inclusion of live drums in his solo live sets quickly gained Bracht recognition and slots on the global tour circuit.

“Now Forever One” forges Julien Bracht’s transition from techno djing, while continuing the explorations of texture and timbre over functional song structures from Lea Porcelain, to a more open-ended search for the aural sublime — the substrate on which music, life and light glide to create momentary nodes of meaning in an increasingly meaningless sociopolitical atmosphere. These are crucial themes to Bracht’s process and approach. “The intention in my music is to strengthen people’s awareness and minds… I want us all to gather in spirit and stick together.”

The album exemplifies Bracht’s hunt for elemental juxtaposition with the warm Prophet 6’s sawtooth howls and bright pads against chillingly indifferent pulsing basslines and percussion. Clocking in at just under 65 minutes, “Now Forever One’s” tracks are sequenced to take the listener through the full emotional arch of a 15-hour rave, with an emphasis on those moments of collective epiphany where heaving techno floors become the perfect microcosm for an idealistic and interconnected future. Interspersed with improvisational one-takes, the album submerges the listener in polyrhythmic meditations, of which “Streets” and “Nocturne” are standout examples, and soars on the vaulted synth melodies of future dance floor favourites “Melancholia” and “Dreams of Euphoria.” Sascha Ring of Apparat & Moderat puts it perfectly: “I played “Melancholia” the night I got it at Mutek Festival in Mexico City, and instantly knew it’ll shine on a big floor at the right time. It’s just the right balance of majestic melodic deepness.” The sounds are both triumphant and exploratory.

Greater than the sum of its parts, Bracht’s latest release hints at the artist’s emerging potential for nailing our moment’s zeitgeist; learning to live smaller while constantly seeking higher heights. Inhabiting the fertile ground between solitary rumination and dance-floor convenance, the launch of “Now Forever One’s” lunar expedition into the techno oblivion of pandemic lockdown is oddly fitting.

Artist: Martin Merz
Title: Vertigo
Label: Vordergrundmusik
Catalogue No: VGM020
Release Date: 16.04.2021
Format: Vinyl LP


The sound of MARTIN MERZ is a scenario of gloomy soundscapes and
analogue bass figures, paired with elements from Industrial and EBM which
takes the listener into the abyss of an urban future.
For his electronic compositions MARTIN MERZ isn’t only fishing in technowaters
as he also lets his listeners glide through ambient landscapes which
transform into pumping organic shapes of groove and synth melodies.
It’s those bubbly basslines making love to space-filling spheric sounds and
tribal drums that turn everything into a timeless and dancy work of art.