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Monument – Around The Tree of Peace [2022-03-14]


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Affin’s crew, Blazej Malinowski, Polygonia, Artefakt, Svreca, Fernie and more: the greatest names of our scene have attended the cause, most of them with an exclusive track. Unsurprisingly, the VA is sublime, consistent, with tracks that are globally all profound and contemplative. One of the best mastering services in the scene, Enisslab studio, has generously offered its work on the beautiful project.

Kyiv in Ukraine, photo by Bbarker0625

System Revival Recordings – Rust [2022-03-03]


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Lebanon label System Revival Recordings has originally been created to support the city of Beirut after the explosion at the main port. It then opened up to other important charity causes outside the country. The label systematically proposes high-quality music in its compilations, and “Rust” presents twelve charismatic well-produced tracks, by talented artists such as Polygonia, CØRE, Archaic Intellect, Qalamy and many more.

Ukrainian Carpathians, photo by mryoxter

De Lichting – DLUA [2022-03-11]


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Dutch label De Lichting has a big place in our hearts: since its creation in 2017, it succeeds to bring dusty dub techno to new territories, tainted of microhouse and colourful synth music. Besides the music genre, it shares some common points with IO Records: the elegance, the freshness, the originality, and the fact that it’s also a collective. Beautiful tracks are waiting for you in “DLUA”, in the image of the label.

Tchernivtsi in Ukraine, photo by SofiLayla

A Strangely Isolated Place – Portals: Energostatic (For Ukraine) [2022-03-13]


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The compilation, evolving mainly in the ambient and dub techno genres, is extraordinarily consistent. It feels like the tracks could be mixed together and unsurprisingly, the album ends with a mixed version… Such precision is what potentially happens when a label has a long experience in the ambient aesthetic, especially since this one develops the passion both in a blog and in its notorious streaming radio 9218.live, favourited by artists such as Joachim Spieth and Markus Guentner…

Mamayeva Sloboda in Ukraine, photo by oleg_mit

Analogue Network – Kyiv February 24th V​​A / Vol 2 [2022-03-03]


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Second volume of a five parts compilation, containing massive dancefloor bangers, in the continuity of the first one that we introduced on the previous page.

Chornobyl in Ukraine, photo by Wendelin_Jacober

Inigo Kennedy – Thinking Of UA [Asymmetric, 2022-03-08]


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The British artist’s long experience in the production can be sensed in the confident melodies and crystal-clear rendering of the tracks. The beatless version of “Trees Fell In Brody”, set as the opener, is an undoubted masterpiece, where the musician pushes his artistic boundaries to the classical music world. Reaching such a level is a wonderful accomplishment, important and palpable in the whole release.

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