on her unterton debut. their specters. borusiade offers four different takes on atmospheric. industrial electronics and chopped rhythms. composed around the themes of ecological and human self-destruction. 2018 has already been an active year for the romanian-born. berlin-based electronic musician. who released her debut lp a body on có.meme in march and has since toured her live set throughout europe.
cong burn’s sixth tape is a seamless blend of ambient soothers and portastudio dubs from charlotte bickley (carlos) & aaron turner (anxiety support group / perfume advert). riyl pauline anna strom. jay glass dubs. katelyn aurelia smith.
planet mu are very happy to be releasing “vicious circles”. the debut ep by sinjin hawke and zora jones. who aside from producing music also run the audio-visual production unit “fractal fantasy”. zora released several collaborations on last year’s “visceral minds 2 including “dark matter” with planet mu’s jlin. while sinjin has collaborated with dj rashad. just blaze and mikeq. and also produced music for monoliths like kanye west and frank ocean. remarkably. given the breadth of their work. “vicious circles” is their first collaborative ep. and the first time either have released on vinyl.
a compilation of minimal wave from around the world (1980-1991). the bedroom tapes features rare. unreleased. and licensed tracks all the way from belgium to australia to japan. the bedroom tapes excitedly marks minimal wave’s 66th release and is a follow up in the series to the lost tapes. the found tapes. the hidden tapes and of course the minimal wave tapes.
zum 20. jubiläum präsentiert das nachtdigital festival sein erstes doppelvinyl: nach sechs split-eps und mini-compilations in den vergangenen jahren macht das zum festival gehörende label nun den nächsten schritt. -nachti xx- versammelt beiträge von kollaborativen projekten die auch teil des festivalprogramms sind. die erste platte bestreiten giegling und klm (ein speziell für diesen anlass zusammengestellte formation aus kassem mosse. lowtec und mix mup). die jeweils eine ganze seite bespielen. vinyl nummer zwei vereint pandt und cologne tape mit einem beitrag aus der crew des festivals. das ganze kommt in einem von hausgrafiker manuel birnbacher gestalteten gatefold-cover. ist wie immer streng limitiert und wird ausschließlich auf vinyl veröffentlicht.
klm = kassem mosse + lowtec + mix mup
pandt = perm + talski
vinyl only. strictly limited. no repress.
gatefold cover. design by bus.group. artwork by reiche.
this year s nachtdigital record follows the path we started to explore in 2017: to combine artists who are close to us. each given the specific task to tell a story in up to 24 minutes (which is pretty much the maximum you can press on one side of a vinyl record) - with complete artistic freedom.
in the third of the ‘phobiza trilogy’ we are invited through the ethereal haze that separates our world from ramzi’s flourishing kindom. guided always by the deity’s music. we are given passage through the arcane archipelago that ramzi calls home. a place where animals. children and wild spirits share territories and cooperate in harmony in their plight to protect these ancient islands from the ceaseless threat of the great grey invasion. with the night closely following us. we are welcomed to these lands in dusk’s light. with the warm tones of ‘bibwel’ (featuring asaël robitaille on synth) carrying us across 11 different islets. all with unique climates. flora and fauna. after travelling for many a sunrise and sunset we take pause at mid day on ‘det calash’ isle (with some beats provided by regular fantasy). we ending our journey with a final sunset. this time on the foggy island of ‘warhasu’ (recorded on vancouver island with hashman deejay). amor fati (meaning “love of fate” or “love of one’s fate” in latin) comes as the inaugural release on phoebé’s own fati records and is the new nesting place for ramzi and its’ extended family. the record ends the ‘phobiza’ story. following ‘phobiza dia’ on total stasis and ‘phobiza noite’ on moodhut.
limited edition 180 gram gold with black haze lp with download code included. kaziwa is the second collaboration between iranian ambient experimental composer porya hatami and superlative sound designer uwe zahn’s arovane project.
obscure producer from newcastle. the jaffa kid in full emotional dnb-jungle motion. ace! for fans of uk jungle golden years. dj guy. boards of canada etc..
2nd full length album by gavin guthrie aka tx connect (previous releases on ceme organization and l.i.e.s.). influenced by a diverse background of italo. acid. horror soundtracks. industrial and ebm. gavin crafts dance floor stompers using analog tools and tape. not only a producer. he s also a reputed dj and head honcho at texas recordings underground (tru) record label. spread over 2 lps. these 10 tracks will be atomic bombs in your next dj set but could just as easily be the soundtrack to your next cerebral vacation. all tracks carefully mastered by martin bowes. limited edition.
“monstrance” is mika vainio & joachim nordwall’s first album together and was originally released june 2013 via touch (to:88). it consist of drone works and pulsating electronic minimalism but also guitar. acoustic elements. organs and metal percussion. it was recorded in einstürzende neubauten’s berlin studio during an intense session in early summer of 2010. “monstrance” is a place where vainio’s and nordwall’s backgrounds as musicians and composers meet. and something new and extremely powerful is born. something deep. raw and direct…
gaunt re-emerges after his fantastic mmrh ep on beneath’s mistry imprint. with four tracks of stark. layered audio exploring areas of leftfield techno and club music. as well as pushing out into more abstract and experimental forms.
apollo is proud to welcome paul frick to the fold. frick is a berlin-born music composer primarily known as one part of the group brandt brauer frick. stunningly despite a 20+ year history of making music “second yard botanicals” is his debut album. with bbf keeping frick inspired and busy since 2009. other ideas had piled up until a temporary break allowed him to fully dive into them - “while it took so long until i made my first album. it took about two months once i started.”
off-kilter broken beats from a collection of up & coming artists from around europe and beyond. a1. twelon - quad twelon heralds the start of the ep with a builder track perfect for openings and breakdowns mid set. industrial creeps and hisses. spliced with intricate percussion. a2. nollern - sitar pro nollern s eff_el & dan beaven burst forth to bring an upfront. yet minimalistic. glitch-rife drum track - perfect for the players wanting to layer an element of sparse. brutal breaks into the mix. b1. tlk - in your shadow tlk brings us a beautiful. emotion filled arp track. one of my goals when making a track. is to only use one sound: to make one synth sing. - linkwood. this is the inspiration that tlk used for in your shadow. b2. xantrax - xtk a trippy. jazzy combination of atmospheric synthesis. acoustic drums and a heavy bass-weight underlay. giving the ep a raw. yet balanced finish.