as we reach our 30th release on the label, animal farm is proud to present stephanie sykes’ first solo ep since 2016’s effort on prodigal son. those two years have seen her presence in the techno scene explode, with a flurry of appearances across europe - our own animal farm night in glasgow among them + residencies at tbilisi’s khidi and the infamous after hours jaded crew in london, corsica studios.
mega hypnotic minimalism. nara records is back with a second release by sonnen blumen kerne. second 4 tracker comes with some old school groovy breaking flavour and overpercussion jams. vinyl only.
this is the london based producer s long-awaited ep after releasing on past infinite machine & jbf compilations. lucky for us he has been honing his jagged and emotive take on bass & techno music and created a debut that is a pleasant diversion from structural norms. bristolian heavyweight hodge swoops in for the finale, reworking »lucid« into a dark and ominous techno-stomper.
as noted on another release (see ropin), cornell campbell has enjoyed one of the longest-running careers of any jamaican singer, and he is blessed with a readily identifiable style too. he began his career for clement ‘sir coxsone’ dodd in 1956, when rhythm and blues held sway in jamaica, and later cut some ska songs for king edwards. he then passed through the sensations in the rock steady phase and worked as a solo singer at treasure isle, before returning to studio one with the eternals, scoring huge hits such as ‘stars’ and ‘queen of the minstrel’ as the 60s gave way to the 70s. his greatest phase of popularity was them brokered by hit-making producer bunny lee, who kept him on top right through the 1970s and into the 80s. the 1975 album dance in a greenwich farm was first issued on the grounation label in the uk. along with a re-working of ‘stars’ re-titled ‘the sun,’ a re-working of ‘queen of the minstrel’ as ‘girl of my dreams’ and the sound system opus that is the title track, the album has the boastful ‘conquering gorgon’ and a number of keenly-observed cover tunes, including a cut of the gaylads’ ‘no good girl,’ a version of the heptones’ ‘why did you leave me’ and a killer cut of the uniques’ ‘watch this sound’ (based on ‘for what it’s worth’ by buffalo springfield).
afr debut for us based artist guise who delivers 2 dark, pulsing techno tracks. danish super producer ctrls turns in a twisted, mind-melting remix on the flip.
afr welcome uk based producer tomas rubeck for their 4th release with the fm ep. rubeck serves up 2 slices of dub infused deep techno, laden with atmospherically processed field recordings, crisp beats and sub aquatic synthesis. two special remixes are also included which are an amalgamation of both tracks. spanish duo exium are first up who take things down a more trippy, hypnotic road, followed by animal farms quail whos pulsing, broken beat effort further deepens the ep. all tracks mastered by conor dalton @ glowcast mastering.
afr return after a summer break with 3 more slices of techno, this time from manchurian producer, setaoc mass (sam coates) backed with a fantastic remix from argentinean, jonas kopp. a relative newcomer to the scene, sam has carved a distinct sound. rough rhythms are permeated with dub infected synth hooks and tough percussive workouts. definitely a rawness crafted in the uk. shrinked.
hypnotic and driving masterpiece! after the success of their first release with bleak, animal farm welcome stephen brown to the label with his >tangent< ep. stephen brown is an artist with a distinct sound, a sound he has crafted over 20 years across labels like djax-up-beats, transmat, subject detroit, theory, skudge presents and of course his own realtime imprint. german producer markus suckut takes up the controls, remixing tangent.
full support from: sven väth, timo maas, dubfire, steve bug, richie hawtin, steve lawler, anthony pappa, nick curly, simon baker, peter kruder, djulz, anja schneider, federico molinari, 2000 and one, brendon moeller, solomun, dj hell, chris liebing, paul woolford, melon, lee buridge, gregor tresher...
planet rhythm presents the second part of firm to farm ep, this time with 3 tracks of radial that consists of the two dutchmen jeroen liebregts and laurens van der starre. since they teamed up in 2006 they have been working together intensively, producing music for labels such as token, numb and audio assault. coming up with quality forward thinking techno every time, their sound is an impeccable one and this is release on planet rythm is no exception !
planet rhythm presents two of the hottest dutch techno concept around. audio assault labelboss bas mooy has shown to be a talented producer over the last few years. the man from rotterdam has stayed true to the darker sound of pure techno. radial sky-rocketed due to their dinner releases and global airplay. jeroen liebregts and laurens van der starre produce a crystal clear sound filled with impressive sub tones by the likes of surgeon, christian wunsch and oscar mulero
incl piemont rmx!! after the overwhelming initial outing by amir (bodymusic one) on suchtreflex, the fresh new hamburgian label signed none other than german minimal act lars wickinger, who already had a bunch of mind-blowing releases on reference labels like traum, opossum and liebe datail. lars, who describes his musical style as techno with a spirit from minimal and house, produced 2 extraordinary and modern sounding tech house tunes, which will definitely cause huge waves of response - so watch out! for even more musical variety, each with 2 remixes were added: the hamburg based producer duo piemont (mbf, hi freaks) reinterpreted >spooky farm< on the a1 and the very talented el carlitto (artminimal) of belgium remixed the flipside >quiche<!
in the middle of november we have a fresh and exciting new release from label-head mikael jonasson. after a hectic summer and fall with major releases onto labels like audiomatique, 852 and upstruct, it is now time for yet another release on mikaels own imprint. three stunning tracks on this forthcoming release prove that this man is indeed a guy to look out for
big with todd terje, munk, danny wang , after his releases on players paradise and dirt crew, the young italian dj marcello giordani shares with us his love for the boogie/funk/italo disco once again! two tracks on this >cosmic communications< e.p.: >bronx dogs< is an 83s flavoured house/boogie track with a moog bassline and fm synth sounds in a metro area mood. >alice< is a deep italo track with an intense arpeggio and live drums, inspired by the cosmic sound of the early 80s - the real underground movement at that time in italy. a timeless piece of cosmic sound!
sleazy mcqueen and the nasty fruits make their boogie farm debut with an e.p. full of tripped out detroit-influenced disco-funk! on the a-side we have the detroit influenced >neurotic city<. it s smooth pads and eerie percussives blend well with the breathing bass line and chaotic melody making it the most clubby track of the release. on the inside, we find >things i do for you<, a heady deep house workout that will appeal to fans of late night debauchery! we ve been told that it was written late at night after a few bottles of wine, when sleazy mcqueen woke up the next day, there it was on his desk top. we think he should get drunk every night if this is the result! on the flip its remix time courtesy of one of the hottest guys and label at the moment: philip lauer and brontosaurus! the >brontosaurus< remix of >gimme a kiss<, with its smooth running bass line and great pulsating rhythms keeps a good disco vibe reminiscent of kano! boogie on!
the third enliven music release is based on minimal techno and contains propelling sequences and nicely rolling basslines. the raum and opossum artist >sweetn.candy< added a remix and round down this debut of >phony pinch<. there is a further youngster of elm doing a remix of operator, called >peedge<, the studio and live partner of phony pinch
incl. thomas andersson rmxs, welcome to boogie farm - giving you some hot house, techno, disco, oldschool, newschool. boogie farm 01 is made by olle cornéer aka dibaba from sweden. in your hands right now is >all we need (emergency)< and it s a punch in your face. it s about the state of today. remember that: >all we need is emergency. but don t forget to stay free.< the original is rough, punchy and bleepy. tomas andersson (bpitch control) delivers two smashing remixes.
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