Michel Lauriola - No Balance EP

Release Date: 26 March 2018

Label: Animal Farm

"Michel Lauriola returns to Animal Farm Records after making his European debut with us in Glasgow last year. ’No Balance’, his latest EP for the label, shows why he continues to flourish in the South American scene - with a European tour already under his belt and an always prolific studio output. 

Title track ‘No Balance’ is a typically well crafted roller from Lauriola, with woozy production details & an air of layered hypnotism - a supremely effective textural workout. ‘Zero Humility’ boasts a tight percussive groove, with cacophonous auras keeping things firmly steeped in the darkness. 

‘Close To Parabola’ sees him stepping into the peak time zone with, again, dense production - but a powerfully crafted low end. Unnerving synth tones and tense breakdowns make this the obvious selection for heavy ‘floor damage."

Tracklist:

1. No Balance 06:34

2. Close To Parabola 06:31

3. Zero Humility 06:03

Blut Own - Somnambula EP

Release Date: 27 March 2018

Label: IMMINENT

"Blut Own, whose credits include productions for Russian rappers Slim and Centr, introduces an atmospheric side of his music with a debut EP on IMMINENT titled Somnambula. 

Stylistically this release offers you a particularly well-crafted magic of the future garage sound, which despite a cold outlook gives you a vivid feeling of searching for your own place in this digital city of futuristic aesthetics. 

Opening track on this release is a stellar cinematic piece called Endless Space in Mirror. This track paints expansive landscapes and three-dimensional figures, emerging from a mixture of soft piano tunes, atmospheric synths sounds and tangible percussion patterns. The next track called Ghosts combines all the finest bits from the garage music, dubstep and ambient influences by bringing together sudden vocal samples, lush synthesizer patches, subtle transitions and urban aesthetics. This texture is augmented by the following track called Obscurity, which changes the pace making it softer and slower. True to the high bar of production set by the previous pieces, the track after called Paint Your Future is improving upon atmospheric side of sound and introduces bits of pleasant nostalgia and melancholia. The release ends with an ethereal ambient soundscape called Awaken, changing the focus of music visualization from a digital futuristic cityscape to starlit skies above, away from the earthbound fires and noises."

Tracklist:

1. Endless Space In Mirror 04:06

2. Ghosts 03:51

3. Obscurity 03:30

4. Paint Your Future 04:34

5. Awaken 03:59

Phattcut - Cosmic Hand EP

Release Date: 20 March 2018

I heard about Phattcut in 2014 for the first time thanks to 5:55 netlabel. I still like to listen to the raices ep. I posted about this material on my blog. Next i/o vert last year but it was not my style.
Few days ago Phattcut self released his new EP called Cosmic Hand. It starts quite slowly with weird chords and glitchy beats in Hadrons, then we have Elephant Walk with amazing ethnic percussions and flutes. My favourite track Etna is a trip from downtempo to deep house music. It was a cooperation with Essex. I also recommend his album 'Dualizm' which was released in a digibook with a special story written to his music. I'd really like to hear a whole material like 'Etna'. It remainded me of Cotton Claws 'Elusive' EP which I bought last year from Cascade Records bandcamp page.
Kalimfa slows down for a moment just to drop dubstep like drums onto these ambient, orchestral bells (or whatever they are) used in the song. In Kambo we can hear again some ethnic broken beats with flutes and vocals that sounds like taken straight from the hearth of Africa.

Highly recommended. I hope we will see a physical version soon.

Tracklist:

1. Hadrons 03:13

2. Elephant Walk 03:29

3. Etna w/ Essex 03:56

4. Kalimfa 02:59

5. Kambo 03:37

Lore - Down The Well EP

Release Date: 23 March 2018

Label: Kokeshi

Review from Juno : 

"Release 13. Unlucky for some but not for Kokeshi as they unearth a new name; Lore. Little is known about him besides that he's from Manchester and he's sculpting some seriously singular beats. "Down The Well" calls on us with a familiar vocal, subverted to smithereens over a spaced-out two-step, "Lillies" sweeps us away with strange rubber ball bass jitters and an alien drum arrangement that hypnotises at first click, finally "Many Faces" adds a little glam-swamp to the mix with its swaggering tripletty rhythm and eerie textures. Some Lores are made to be broken."

Tracklist:

1. Down The Well 04:09

2. Lillies 03:30

3. Many Faces 03:50

Various - Fractured Vibes (Part Two)

Release Date: 21 March 2018

Label: † ŦĦ€ ǤΔΜ€Ş Ŵ€ ƤŁΔ¥ †

Tracklist:

1. 10GRI - Reveille 03:41

2. aLone - Lost You 03:33

3. Cultrow - Underworld 03:10

4. Ennja - Without You 05:51

5. Kakjai - Brother 04:33

6. La Soul - Keep Calm 04:32

7. Mahlow - For U 05:23

8. SEQTAH - Hold On 03:27

9. Trastler - No More 04:38

10. WooDMooD - Untold 04:20

Rubik - Highlights

Release Date: 19 March 2018

Label: Cold Tear Records

Tracklist:

1. Creature 12:16

2. Inception 17:15

3. High 07:35

4. Dusk 09:21

5. Reflections 05:48

We Are The Sun - Introvert EP

Release Date: 17 March 2018

Tracklist:

1. Denial 04:06

2. Bargaining 04:50

3. Depression 03:58

4. Acceptance 05:16

Zerolex - Honesty

Release Date: 16 March 2018

Tracklist:

1. Honesty (Feat. Felp) 03:25

2. Patience 03:32

3. Conquest 03:40

4. Asmea (Feat. Holy Two) 04:17

Vesky - Living With Ghosts EP

Release Date: 3 March 2018

Tracklist:

1. Living With Ghosts 03:08

2. Take Me Away 03:08

3. Lost Without You 03:25

Svarog - Mood

Release Date: 22 February 2018

Label: Circular Limited

Tracklist:

1. Black witch 06:30

2. After prayer 06:05

3. Summer Rain 06:29

4. Birds 05:44

5. Intro 03:51

Entme - Noise EP

Release Date: 25 February 2018

Label: † ŦĦ€ ǤΔΜ€Ş Ŵ€ ƤŁΔ¥ †

Tracklist:

1. Lunar 05:25

2. Closed 04:20

3. Dead Rave 04:58

4. Saturn (feat. Drewmayrus) 04:41

5. So Far Away 04:34

1954 - A Part Of Me

Release Date: 26 January 2018

Label: Project Mooncircle

"‘A Part Of Me‘ is the debut album by Ivan Arlaud alias 1954, a young musician from Lyon, France. It’s an immersive journey between nostalgic and synthetic sounds, melancholia and hope, fears and confidence. He contrived to describe all the bright, warm, cold and dark moments of his restless imagination in rhythms without being intrusive. As the title says, it’s his personal disclosure." 

Tracklist:

1. Flowers Of The Dead Man 03:09

2. It Was Love 03:17

3. Hermann's Dream 02:58

4. Colored Lies 03:40

5. Pleiade 03:34

6. Blue Boy Feat. Loup Na 04:18

7. Finaly 03:06

8. To Die For 03:31

9. Mean Feat. Holly 03:44

10. Closer 03:10

11. We Used To Smoke Feat. Mt 04:19

12. Madame Toulouse 03:49

Gostes - Winterfell

Release Date: 5 January 2018

"It's getting dark. I look out the window of the bus, which takes me back to the weekly routine after the weekend in love and coziness. I know that I will return, but the fatigue of life by traveling prevails. 

Apathy, sadness, loneliness - now it is closer to me. Heat, joy and smiles went deep. 

I'm not a pessimist. With this introduction, I tried to set you up for the right wave. Today we get acquainted, and I sincerely tell you: welcome to the world of my music. I hope you find in it a corner for yourself."

Tracklist:

1. Tonight 03:58

2. Open eyes 04:23

3. Flashback 03:29

4. Never be mine 05:29

5. Fly 04:00

6. Sparrow 05:00

7. Burial 03:56

Lazarus Moment - Homebound EP

Release Date: 7 March 2018

Label: † ŦĦ€ ǤΔΜ€Ş Ŵ€ ƤŁΔ¥ †

Tracklist:

1. Forests Calling 04:14

2. Forget 03:55

3. Homebound 04:26

4. Grassy Plains 06:11

5. Will You 05:42

Nu:Gravity - Russian Dark​/​Fead

Release Date: 5 March 2018

Tracklist:

1. Russian Dark 09:36

2. Russian Fear 10:41

Ojüun - Emotional Waveforms LP

Release Date: 19 February 2018

Label: Harder & Louder Recordings

Tracklist:

1. Before The Light 02:50

2. The Hymn 04:17

3. Alpha 05:03

4. Simple Things That Want Us To Come Back In Time 05:04

5. Hybreed Groove Part I 04:31

6. Lost in the Pink City 04:34

7. The Caves 04:44

8. Hybreed Groove Part II 05:12

9. Homonculus (Petit être dans une Fiole) 04:46

10. Lost in Hemtipy 05:18

Sibewest - Variance. Part I

Release Date: 28 February 2018

Tracklist:

1. She was 17 05:04

2. Utopia (feat. Trastler) 03:59

3. Variance (Part I) 03:12

4. Thank You 03:15

5. Beyond the City 04:41

6. I Love You 05:10

7. Peacefulness 04:49

8. Don't Close Your Eyes 03:24

9. Empty 03:09

10. Don't be afraid 04:24

Irrelevant - Vague Memories II

Release Date: 2 March 2018

Label: Fauxpas Musik

"Here comes our next coup. Irrelevant returns to FAUXPAS MUSIK with the permission of „Absolute Loss“, We will release Vague Memories II as a Vinyl Edition. Two outstanding long players explore the deep, melancholy electronic soundscapes that he loves. Vinyl tastes better..."

Tracklist:

1. Vague Memories 3 17:23

2. Vague Memories 4 17:12

Twisted Psykie - I Remember When

Release Date: 28 February 2018

Tracklist:

1. I Remember When 06:00

2. You Don't Need Me 08:08

Nami - Shimmer / Moondance

Release Date: 2 March 2018

Label: Cascade Records

Discogs

"Nami is an Italian duo based in Bologna, formed by Riccardo Pestrin and Federico Tarozzi, two friends who met each other playing the violin in the same orchestra. Sharing the same passion for music, they gave birth to Nami a few months ago, trying to explore the more modern landscapes of electronic music. Their style is a mixing of hip hop, jazz and synthetic sounds. Riccardo and Federico have set themselves the goal of creating something unique, new and above 

all innovative. “The idea of the EP came out during summer. Then, the first experimentations with sounds made the project even more concrete, so that a few months later, the songs were ready. We wanted to reflect the meaning of the word "nami", or "wave" in Japanese. The songs alternate, in fact, moments of tranquility to more dynamic ones, conveying jazz chord progressions and beat hip hop in an electronic style.” "

Tracklist:

1. Shimmer 03:31

2. Moondance 03:12

Tomasz Mreńca - Peak

Release Date: 2 March 2018

Label: Nowe Nagrania

"Syntezatory, skrzypce, szumy oraz trzaski to paleta brzmień albumu "Peak". Kompozycje powstały podczas długiego pobytu Tomasza nad Bałtykiem. Rozwibrowane pasaże dżwiękowe zamknięte zostały w eleganckich, "arktycznych" formach. Pozorny chłód kompozycji jest jednak tylko oprawą tej osobistej i świadomej płyty."

Tracklist:

1. Man In The Fog 04:56

2. Pleasure 03:21

3. Canada 05:55

4. Silver Peak 01:46

5. Bent 05:21

6. Empty Hotel 06:14

7. White Garden 04:39

8. Viral 06:08

9. Leaving 03:37

Odeeno - ATR021: Blutobal

Release Date: 25 February 2018
Label: Autumn Theory Records

Tracklist:
1. Cristobal 01:49
2. Talkingabout 01:28
3. Holdon (feat. FarragoL) 01:31
4. Getclose 01:54
5. Beyndstllness (feat. Cöntigo) 01:48
6. Disorder (feat. Alsogood) 01:46
7. Whtcanido 01:45
8. Keepontrying 01:26
9. Summrfrst 01:34
10. Loseyuh 01:29
11. Sunsoff 01:40
12. Evrything 01:44
13. Magicwords 01:36
14. Smokeover 01:47
15. Timetogo 01:54

wuf - ATR020: #800080

Release Date: 25 February 2018

Label: Autumn Theory Records

Tracklist:

1. Lucid 01:54

2. Angel tears 01:51

3. Ako 02:00

4. Humbled 01:46

5. Angel reloaded 02:02

6. Howl 02:13

7. Distant 01:56

8. Remote 01:48

9. Shadows 01:28

10. Sun 02:00

11. Quiet 01:26

12. Talisma 02:01

13. Wolves [bonus] 02:00

14. Wolves instrumental [bonus] 02:00

Phelian & Bucky - Close EP

Release Date: 25 February 2018

Tracklist:

1. Close 06:11

2. Drift 04:22

3. Step Back 06:54

4. Stay 04:34

5. Stockwell 04:24