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2020 repress !! about the bamboo recordings: jacobus derwort started exploring sonic soundscapes listening to his short-wave world receiver at the age of 12. there he would hear music from africa, china, japan, indonesia, south america and beyond. he started playing guitar, piano, percussion and saxophone. he met hanyo van oosterom in 1978 and they started the legendary cult rock band, the jones . derwort was playing the sax, van oosterom the drums. they started conducting sound experiments in hanyo’s small cellar in the dutch village of krimpen aan den ijssel. in the early eighties they made their first cassette, the kallikatsou . hanyo started the ambient collective chi in 1983. jacobus was the first musician to join chi. together, they went to the magic rock “the kallikatsou” on the island of patmos, greece. here, hanyo had stayed for months in a cave for some deep soul-searching. he heard the sound of chi in the silence of the night like a message from out of space. being together at the kallikatsou they shaped the foundation of chi, making handmade flutes from local bamboo and conducting field recordings of water, crickets, owls, goats, wind, etc...

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second kvalia release comes from abstract man, remixed by exos. limited vinyl only release.

ltd 2020 repress - 250 copies only - chi started in the late punk years in the early eighties. a time of change and mind-blowing albums. we started doing sound experiments in an old farm in moordrecht (thanks to jan van rhee and kees van der veer). in the summer, all the doors and windows were open, birds flew in and out. in the distance we saw the highway to rotterdam. in the winter we sat close together, no heating, only blankets, candles and brandy.

fusion of hip hop house and jazz

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up next on secret reels is an ep by frenchman leon revol. leon has previously released on monologues records alongside laurence guy, his style is laid back and dreamy, yet still holding a fantastic groove. this ep entitled astral plane is a subtly detailed and beautiful house music record. admin turns in a chunky groover of a remix on the b side, fresh from appearances on boogie café, banofee pies and kolour ltd. the proof is in the listening! dj support: nachtbraker, dj caspa, mike w (kolour ltd), roberto rodriguez, dairmount, goshawk, loz goddard, had & the ladyboy, saine, long island sound, replika, chocky, marcin krupa, martin hayes,

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having repeatedly proven himself to be one of the uk s most innovative rising producers, impey returns with his debut ep, midnight in little havana , on the critically acclaimed astral black imprint. the release follows his bangclap single which comes off the back of two prolific years that have seen the 20 year old producer crafting soundscapes for viral campaigns for converse, securing a residency on nts, tearing up radio sets alongside the likes of faze miyake, and having the likes of skepta, trim, capo lee and rocks foe bless his instrumentals on sets from slimzee, dj maximum, kahn & neek, murlo and plastician. midnight in little havana sees impey serving up a diverse five track collection that showcase his versatile production skills drawing influence from grime, jersey club and vangelis-esque synthscapes. the ep is as much for the dance floor as it is the after hours bus home. at its centre is long time crowd favourite bleepz which finally sees its official release, having been a go-to track exclusively for djs such as boofy & hi5ghost and kromestar. the track is framed by 130bpm dance floor melters pep talk and pong song as well as showing impey s more intricate side through its title track and inner , both of which resemble astral black releases by the likes of drae da skimask and jaisu moreso than its club-focussed vinyl releases. midnight in little havana is presented visually with another stellar effort from astral black in-house designer oscar whale, the 12- being housed in a full colour sleeve depicting an illustration of miami s little havana strip, as detailed & nuanced as impey s productions. midnight in little havana is set for release on october 14th on 12- vinyl & digital via astral black.

samuel walker aka deejay astral first emerged onto the scene in 2011 under the palace alias with a string of raw garage / house releases on dj haus’ unknown to the unknown & hot haus imprints. in late 2015 he made the switch over to his astral moniker to take his production in a deeper direction, since his switch he has released on shall not fade, w&o street tracks and now steel city dance discs. astral’s infectious brand of playful club music is perfect for the dance floor.

peter michael hamel emerged from the 70s krautrock scene dreaming of “the blue flower growing between the milestones on the road to a future world-music”. a truly visionary artist who worked and studied with john cage, morton feldman and terry riley, his 1980 colours of time lp - an epic, sprawling, 22-minute saga - was hailed by the guardian’s rob fitzpatrick as “an absolute masterpiece of skull-bursting, synth-led ambient minimalism”. thirty six years on, astral industries reinterpret hamel s original vision with remixes from two contemporary heavyweights - wolfgang voigt and rod modell (aka deepchord). each expansive interpretation invites you to step outside of reality and into an alternative imagination of hamel s future world, spiralling into the colours and slowly out of time itself. original artwork by theo ellsworth and a massive thanks to peter michael hamel & eckart rahn.

original version taken from the album tommaso cappellato & astral travel “cosm’ethic”, recorded at true colors studio in padova, italy. includes esoteric version “sitting under a tree donato dozzy remix” mastered by neel. the image sleeve by koto hirai, artwork by riccardo pirotto.
supported by dego, theo parrish, volcov, mark de clive-lowe, rabih beaini, mod21, svreca, marco shuttle, dino sabatini, luigi tozzi, gilles peterson, patrick forge, kevin beadle ...

after his first stomp in 2012 its time for the true first single astral projection out of his upcoming debut album micro mega (out in june)! for the new single strip steve is teaming up with the lucid and wild eyed dream-pop band puro instinct, young protégées of living legend ariel pink, straight outta sunny southern california. unlike his more dancefloor tunes stomp/mother circuit (bnr078), strip steve is taking us here on a trip painting lingering psychedelic-noir disco pop. astral projection goes more to the root and encapsulates musical influences from the beach boys, chic, and modern disco like amplified orchestra, highlighting the fact how versatile and multi faceted strip steves musical approaching can be. its the flirtyness with fragile lucency and the infantile embracement of the simple and still undiscovered popformula which leaves the song grow and breathe on its own. this cocktail is best served by the beauty of your own imagination. so relax & leave your soul wonder, cause astral projection will take you to a new dimension until youll have the pleasure to discover >micro mega< - strip steves debut album.

1st side with a pumpin chicago infecet funky house track, flipside with quirky acid house... played by yusef, alex flantner, d. graham, chris salt, anthony pappa...

ltd gold collectors vinyl edition, rawax proudly welcomes mr. gerald mitchell to the family! we are happy to present you in near future his own series on the motor city edition! this will include new releases and classic re-issues. starting with m5 - celestial highways from 1999. originally released on metroplex.

the berlin-based artist simina grigoriu debuts on dcltd

vol 7

tipp track 3 ! rocking !

tim gane from stereolab plus jeremy novak from dymaxion. 10 instrumental tracks - two previously released as a limited edition mail order only 7” via duophonic super 45s.

the sophomore album from discodelic soul band say she she on limited clear double vinyl.

the sophomore album from discodelic soul band say she she on classic black double vinyl.

packed richs warp fields lp depicts the journey of an individual traveling through

reissue of the 1984 album from brazilian singer and musician solange borges.

rawax proudly welcomes mr. gerald mitchell to the family! we are happy to present you in near future his own series on the motor city edition! this will include new releases and classic re-issues. starting with m5 - celestial highways from 1999. originally released on metroplex.

parabel omniform ii, second release on the labels v/a series, featuring dino sabatini, patrick siech, samuli kemppi and ritus, a new project from ray kajioka and eddie hale.

new imprint banlieue launches with their first release. benoit b provides four tracks of astral, vintage tinged house. machine beats clatter against moaning synths and shuffling, ghostly fx whilst solid grooves punctuate the settling dust. eyes down club fodder!

alphabets heaven delivers his fourth release everything stays the same, following last years critically acclaimed ep siamese burn

der ausnahmeproduzent flying lotus legt nach seinem vielbeachteten debutalbum los angeles den nachfolger vor! auf cosmogramma weitet er das spektrum der integrierten stile in richtung space-jazz aus und lädt ein zu einem kosmischen trip voller unendlicher liebe und begeisterung für musik in all ihren variationen. mit musikern wie rave coltrane, einem weiteren sprössling der coltrane-famile, dem bass-virtuosen thundercat und den gastvokalisten thom yorke (radiohead) und laura darlington (siehe debut) gelingt ihm der aufstieg zu schwindelerregenden neuen kreativen höhen. mit cosmogramma belegt flying lotus eindrucksvoll, weshalb ihn die matriarchin der globalen bass music, mary-anne hobbs, als den >hendrix seiner generation< bezeichnet.

hot chips sind in aller munde .. tolle cd incl extra dvd !! us-import

purple vinyl with full picture sleeve

first full-length record by the german artist and his romanian collaborator, released through the berlin based karaoke kalk label.

repress - ive never met rod modell (deepchord) in person, but we have met through music. he found an obscure cassette of chi music (from 86), sent it to astral industries and paved the way for the release (30 years later) of the original recordings in 2016. since then, weve exchanged ideas and good music. i sent rod a preview of the kallikatsou recordings - he really liked it - and here came the idea for a remix of lanterns. i started working on some random, lo-fi samples from youtube, using audacity, perhaps the simplest way of producing loops and samples. it’s the only computer based system that feels like the tape recorders i used to work with. i sent the first sketches to rod on facebook, but they ended up in the wrong inbox. i forgot about them, but months later he came back saying he loved them. i decided to go back to working on them, maintaining the lo-fi approach. i began manipulating the samples: time-stretching, tempo and pitch-shifting, mixing different layers and adding old-school monophonic old speaker effects, delays and loops. i used a few field recordings, voices and samples from my early ambient cassettes, and they matched. ario from astral industries got involved and the experiment turned into a plan a vinyl release - red lantern at the kallkatsou.

reissue of the in-demand 2017 release from goatrance pioneers astral projection.

2x 12 inch 180g black vinyl//gatefold cover // mastered by noel summerville // original artwork by theo ellsworth

180 g vinyl

cinematic soundscapes....

dubbed ambient

decks tipp

vinyl only, bobby. debuts on cabaret recordings for 29th release.

multicast dynamics returns to astral industries for ai-26, this time collaborating with sid hille, the german born, finland based instrumentalist and composer. ‘metamorphosis’ transmutes both artists’ unique styles into a synergistic blend of transportive storytelling, a delicate dance of light and dark.divided into two parts, ’metamorphosis’ originates from a live performance recorded at temppeliaukio church in helsinki on march 2nd, 2019. the material was then edited, where hille’s soothing keyboard work and haunting passages on the theremin, combine with processed textures and desolate sonic backdrops from dijk. in this voyage beyond space and time, the subtle dialogue reveals new and perhaps unexpected dimensions in their creative arsenal, finding fresh new boundaries and enriching the palette of both performers. encounters of sweet fleeting moments of lyricism emerge amidst the chilling outback, in which we re given some final consolation between the long lines of cavernous rifts and deep space tundra.

massive one for fans of quality uk club music such as hessle, timedance, parris, mosca etc

new astral industries lp

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born in times of confinement, tresydos fifth release travels all the way from paraguay. wil do s tracks hit different levels, toying with deep, acid and house elements for his first solo ep.

incl. previously unreleased remix by lfo at lfo studio

2x12” 180g gatefold vinyl//mastered by noel summerville//original artwork by theo ellsworth.