84TH SELECTION – A new one every Monday
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Here’s what you should currently not miss 🫶
IN THE BAG
OUR FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE MOMENT
NILS EDTE & EAFHM
[PREDAWN RECORDS]
ATMOSPHERIC TECHNO
ILAYRUNI
[PHASE.CTV]
TEKNO
WSMN
[CIRCULAR LIMITED]
ATMOSPHERIC TECHNO
REIGN.
[VIRESCENCE RECORDS]
ATMOSPHERIC TECHNO
DJ DATCH
[ALCHEMISTA RECORDS]
DRONE-ISH TECHNO
VARIOUS ARTISTS
[PROFUNDO COLLECTIVE]
TRIBAL TECHNO
MASSIVE
SOUNDING STRONG DOESN’T HIDE THE SCARS…
DJ KRUSH
[DJ KRUSH RECORDINGS]
ABSTRACT BEATS
SCIAMA
[AUXILIARY]
DARK AMBIENT
YUTANI
[FERMA]
DARK BREAKS
GOLDEN RELEASE
A SPECIAL MENTION
POLAR INERTIA
[NORTHERN ELECTRONICS]
This album inspired us a…
FROM THE VAULT
RESURRECTING A DOPE RELEASE FROM THE PAST
Released in 2021, the album shall not be used for a podcast, as it came out on Columbia Records and Sony Music, particularly febrile on copyright infringement…
“Amazônia” is also a technical prodigy, as Jarre integrated a smart 3D effect in the binaural version, which you can experience here:
Just out of nostalgia, one of his insane live shows:
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE [COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC]
Our nose is so deep into the underground scene, that sometimes, we are embarrassed about not knowing what respectable big names such as Richie Hawtin, Robert Hood or Jean-Michel Jarre have been into in the past years. Happily, at times, some music lovers fill the gap of our ignorance by sharing a release we were unaware of. In this case, it’s the one & only Dino Sabatini, so passionate that in the middle of a chat, he shared “Amazônia” with us, out of nowhere. Typical Dino…
“Amazônia” is probably one of the most immersive experiences we’ve been into, on the forestal side of atmospheric music. While reminding works from Dominick Fernow (via his alias “Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement”), Adhémar and Richard Devine, the album is originally a score for an exhibition on the Brazilian Amazon, by photographer and filmmaker Sebastião Salgado.
Rarely the jungle has been so well-depicted musically. We have its rich life, illustrated by the numerous elements of field recording, gathered from archives of Geneva’s Museum of Ethnography. We have the tension, built in the sudden changes of moods; light VS dark, quiet VS threatening… With all that, “Amazônia” is definitely an artefact of the jungle…
* Page’s cover picture: Oye Kreuzkoelln in Berlin, a record shop from a member of our community.
