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PURCHASE ‘A RAVER’S DIARY’ ON VINYL HERE
ISOLADE
DUSTY KID – ‘A RAVER’S DIARY’ VINYL RE-ISSUE
OUT NOW
One of Italy’s most talented electronic music exports, Sardinian Dusty Kid makes his return with a vinyl re-issue of his 2009 classic Techno album – ‘A Raver’s Diary’. The LP is being made available on vinyl for the first time and arriving as a double LP package completed with digital remixes, singles & b-sides, following digitally at a later date. Since its original release in 2009, ‘A Raver’s Diary’ has set the mark for groove ridden melodic techno LPs. Now, as it surpasses its 10th Anniversary, Isolade (Kompakt) help to deliver the full package.
First appearing in the early-00’s with a string of well received releases, Dusty Kid was one of many sparks that helped usher in a new era for electronic music. With releases on globally esteemed labels such as Systematic, Bpitch Control and Mau5trap, he saw himself catapulted into the spotlight and gained support from international artists such as Ritchie Hawtin. Dusty Kid had grown organically into his global position and saw himself become a permanent fixture on the international touring circuit.
Upon its release in 2009, the album demonstrated Dusty Kid’s extraordinary flair for producing intelligent dance music. A truly versatile and classically trained musician, his eclecticism and ability to embrace diverse sounds is what made his music so timeless, seeing ‘A Raver’s Diary’ continue to electrify and inspire.
Merging direct dancefloor tracks with deep and hypnotic productions ‘A Raver’s Diary’ inspires trance inducing atmospheres, that make the music engaging from the first beat. ‘Here Comes The Techno’ and ‘The Underground Persistance’ command the attention of the listener and capture the essence of peak dancefloor moments.
Next track ‘Klin’ embodies electro beats, meanwhile ‘America’ is a 17-minute long opus filled with melancholy. ‘Cowboys’ slows down the tempo on the album, layering synths amongst dreamy tones. ‘Moto Perpetuo’ builds on the energy with melodic chords and electro bassline. ‘The Fugue’ pays homage to Bach’s experimentation with monothematic instrumentation involving eerie synths and a progressive build.
Demonstrating Dusty Kid’s use of experimentation, ‘Agaphe’ switches up tempos. As he continues to build atmosphere with ‘Lynchesque’, ‘Pluk’ offers a chopped electro sound. And on ‘Nemur’, Dusty Kid changes up his style as he utilises lyrics and vocals in a folk-pop inspired techno crossover.
Available now for the first time on vinyl, ‘A Raver’s Diary’ is a reminder of Dusty Kid’s prodigal rise through the world of underground techno, a stark reminder of the Sardinian’s talents in production as an electronic music artist.
Dusty Kid’s ‘A Raver’s Diary’ Vinyl Re-Issue is Out Now on Isolade (Kompakt)
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What is your name and role within Dadub?
Daniele Antezza: Post-shamanistic deconstructed recursions
Marco Donnarumma: Infinite old school dub resampling via metamorphic anime sagas.
Where are you currently based and what is the music scene like there?
We’re atm both Berlin based, and as you might guess there’s pretty much everything your taste could be hungry of.
How did you first start playing music?
We were both playing in bands since we were kids, since then our interest in music creation has grown exponentially. You just do it, really. There isn’t any particular reason.
What’s been happening recently?
A massive pandemic which is making pretty clear how the neoliberal system we live in is totally inadequate in terms of sustainability and prone to exploitation of everything that lives (or not). Besides the full dystopia we’re going through, we’re doing our best to keep on and to feed Dadub. And more dystopia, of course.
Please tell us about your up coming EP, influences, where you recorded, who with..?
The EP is the result of a really long process. The influences are too many to be listed, but include artists in Dub, Metal, Trap and ritualistic music. These are tracks we have been composing, mixing and remixing several times throughout a few years. What’s interesting about the EP is that it marked our loving relationship with metal distortions and their insane richness when plugged in dub feedback systems.
You’ve also had a recent line up change, how and why did this come about? That happened about three, four years ago. Daniele and Giovanni did amazing work together and then came the time for each of them to take different directions. Since a few years now Daniele and Marco have joined forces to bring the Dadub sound beyond its comfort zone and explore new sonic territories.
What’s planned for the April 9th launch at Tresor with SCORN!?
Well, we were very excited about this, Scorn is a hero. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, at the moment all public events are blocked due to the COVID-19 Emergency. We truly hope the show can happen some time in the near future.
What do you think about the current state of world affairs and how is it effecting you and your music?
It’s a dangerous times, especially for people living precarious lives. Life in capitalistic societies is going to change for good. We don’t think anything right now, other than caring for our loved ones. It’s very important that people worldwide do not take this pandemic lightly. We recommend to read less news and more science. Virologists have the most useful things to say these days.
What do you like to do away from music?
Have mystical experiences through combinations of vapors and fluids. Read books. Loads of ‘em.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Scorn. Empress Sativa. Blasphemer. Daighila. Griselda Records. Mønic. Ena. Swarmm. Lemna. Death Qualia.
What’s planned for 2020?
We had shows and other public outings which at least for now are obviously not happening any more. So we will try our best to convey frustration, desperation and perhaps hope into new music fitting these times.
Favourite food and place to hangout?
Dadub Studio with homemade Parmigiana.
www.instagram.com/dadub.music/
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Cat: OHM 53M
Release Date: 20 Mar 2020
Format: 12″ EP / Digital
Tracklist:
The Time You Killed
I Would Gladly Die (For the Same Reason)
Past Times, Present Ruins
It Was Too Soon
Dadub is a project synonymous with the deepest rhythms from the interior of the human psyche. Low-end mysticism. Tribalist periodic audio patterns. The Berlin-based Italian producers behind the project, now constructed of sonic warlock Daniele Antezza and performance artist Marco Donnarumma, supply an unmistakably unique vision of post-apocalyptic dub landscapes. Past, present, and future blend into one, backed by the supremely sublime BASS of the creators.
A Sun Called Moon is a synchronous first representation on Ohm Resistance, detailing their ongoing mission of creating bass-present music, regardless of dancefloor conformity. The Time You Killed opens as a psycho-acoustic audio film, depicting the unknown world from which the EP emanates. I Would Gladly Die… introduces heavy rhythmic patterns, completely alien to identified structures, while unmistakably pushing a groove that entrances hypnotically. Past Times Present Ruins lowers the tempo and continues extrapolating into new rhythmic territory – or is it ancient? It Was Too Soon follows with beat driven hednod, as influences from Scorn to Autechre are subsumed into the universal language that comprises Dadub. Feeling both familiar and foreign, both modern and eternal, this Dadub appearance on Ohm Resistance is a fascinating drama played out in 4 acts. Spliff recommended – subwoofer required.
All tracks Written and Produced by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma
Mixed by Daniele Antezza and Marco Donnarumma at Dadub Studio, Berlin
Mastered by Xergio Cordoba @ Eternal Midnight Studio, Madrid
Photography by Flora Schwartz
Layout by Machine™
Title: Feel Alive
Label: Warner Music/Atlantic Records
R3HAB teams up with NJ-based trio A R I Z O N A for their new single “Feel Alive,” a breezy and feel-good anthem that will be your go-to track for the warmer months. After a winter that seemed to be longer and darker than ever, R3HAB and A R I Z O N A provide some hope of normalcy and good times ahead. “Feel Alive” delivers uplifting melodies and soulful vocals that evoke images of balmy days and evenings spent on “balconies in the summertime, a pack of cigarettes and a little red wine,” then builds into a groovy progressive drop that is guaranteed to lift your mood. The single is part of the “Scoob!” movie’s official soundtrack, which stars Mark Wahlberg, Zac Efron, Tracy Morgan, Simon Cowell, and more. “Feel Alive” as well as “Scoob!” are out now via Warner Music Group. “Feel Alive” follows R3HAB‘s “911” with Timmy Trumpet.
Over the last eight years, the Dutch/Moroccan artist Fadil El Ghoul – better known as R3HAB – has established himself as a leader at the forefront of modern electronic music. His talent has been called the “future of the craft” by the likes of Forbes and Billboard, and he’s circuited the globe’s best clubs and festivals, all without the backing of a formal record label. In 2017, R3HAB independently released his debut album “Trouble” through his imprint CYB3RPVNK, which amassed over a half-billion streams globally and officially placed R3HAB among electronic music’s heavy hitters. He made number 14 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 list in 2019, topping the charts with tracks like “Lullaby” and “Hold On Tight,” while his sophomore album “The Wave,” revealing more complex, emotional and experimental layers of himself, has amassed over 250 million streams on Spotify alone. In 2019 R3HAB‘s “All Around The World” with A Touch of Class quickly became his biggest ever record already topping 200M streams across platforms and achieving gold & platinum status in 8 countries. It was followed by “Flames,” R3HAB‘s collaboration with ZAYN. Stay tuned to see what this ever-evolving artist has up his sleeve next!
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“The litany of nuanced styles and the inspiration picked from so many different places and worlds of music makes for something that feels truly unique.” – CLOUT
“Gillbanks has a fondness for trailing different paths while creating a serene cut of clarity.” – DIY
Normal Average People, a project led by songwriter Sam Gillbanks and producer Emil Lloyd started life whilst the pair shared a flat in South East London and performed together in Sam’s project Gillbanks. Sam and Emil ended up writing a collection of demos that had a bolder, more aggressive sound to them and were heavily focussed around the live recording process.
Normal Average People pulls from a wide range of influences and sounds and follow up single to genre bending debut ‘Kolla Ögon’, ‘Baggy Ankles‘, cements that by showcasing a much grittier, punchier and harder side to their sound.
‘Baggy Ankles’, will be the second of four singles to be released this year via AWAL. All four tracks were recorded live in the same session with a full band in an old warehouse space in Peckham, London.
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To celebrate the release of MorningMaxwell’s new single ‘Complications’, MorningMaxwell will be conducting a 2-week campaign with the Partae celebrating the topline over alternative beats (One new beat a day) from samples the legend has recorded around his house.
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If you are looking for production tips, inspiration, or just honest feedback then the best place to go is those that have already successfully beaten a path through the industry.
We also offer tailor made coaching-consulting packages to advise emerging artists about how they should face their careers, setting areas to improve and including services such as song curatorship, track commissioning and label management. The Miracle MGMT master classes offers a backstage passes to the producers you listen to.
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Adelaide’s Paradise Club are thrilled to announce the release of their sublime debut album, Paradise Club, out on July 17 via their new home, Farmer & The Owl.
Alongside the news comes their new single “All You Got”. An intoxicating and richly textured ear-worm, “All You Got” sees Paradise Club draw on their dream-emo foundation and layer it with lush pop flourishes, glistening guitars and musings on life, loss and appreciating every moment with those who are still around.
Frontman Gere Fuss explains: “At the end of 2018 I learnt about some family stuff that was going on. At the start of 2019 a close friend passed away. A month later my dog died. It was one of the worst times of my life but I learnt a lot from what had happened. The song is about that period of my life, how I should never take the time I have with people for granted, and how thankful I am to have a supportive network of family and friends. It’s fucked up how certain things can make you feel helpless and isolated, yet how resilient and understanding of the world you can become.”
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I OH YOU are also thrilled to share a collaboration made in dancefloor heaven, as Willaris. K brings his signature soundscapes to his remix of DMA’S single ‘Life Is A Game Of Changing’, and delivers what is sure to be a crowd favourite. Taking the original – a song dripping in 90s rave references – he catapults it into a dystopian future, adding a dark and alluring undertone.
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After an extended hiatus where they spent their time away from the touring circuit, travelling, writing and recording new music, Pierce Brothers have today announced the release of their new single Kanko. A mellow acoustic, harmony-based single with a driving beat, Kanko calls to a freedom found in the mountain air, reminiscing on that free feeling and remembering it will come again after this time of isolation. Pierce Brothers have also released a clip that throws back to their extensive time on the road travelling, together with performances filmed in isolation at their homes.
Co-written over a weekend with singer/songwriter and producer Garrett Kato (Ziggy Alberts, Pete Murray) who has recently released another co-write with Julia Stone (Breath It In), mastered by Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering (The Tesky Brothers, The Cat Empire) Kanko has catchy hooks and an uplifting message. For fans of the chilled folk vibes or Angus and Julia Stone, Ziggy Alberts and Garrett Kato, Kanko is a smooth, beat driven track that calls out to easier times to come.
The first release from Pierce Brothers since 2018, Kanko recalls heavily back to their acoustic roots beginning with two acoustic guitars; something that they really wanted to reach for again. “We’ve done a lot of varied styles over the last few releases and we really wanted to get back to our folk roots, simple songs with heart and a basic message behind them,” Jack says, “We’ve taken some time off touring for the first time in 8 years and this song is about going to that place. Going to be free. Finding solace and freedom in the mountain air – that’s what ‘Kanko’ is; a mountain I visited while travelling in Japan, when we came home I loved it so much that we used the name for my dog.”
The clip for Kanko was a bit of a process in the time of COVID-19. With the music video shoot in New Zealand (and Jack’s wedding) cancelled, brothers Jack and Pat had to get creative in how film the new clip for Kanko. Setting up in Jack’s home studio, they ran footage taken from their extensive touring around the world with Tash Sultana in 2019. “We had big plans on making a little trip while we were in New Zealand and getting some of the beautiful landscapes and mountains as a feature, but then we had to cancel it all, so we had to improvise,” Pat recalls. “The song is about holding on and knowing that those times will come again so we used the footage from tours we’ve done over the last few years, and filmed new stuff in our little home studio, with a cast and crew of just the two of us. I think it reinforces that feeling, that we will get through all this, that this isolation won’t be forever, and we can always make do!”
Whilst touring plans have been heavily impacted, the brothers will be doing several Live from the Loungeroom livestreamed single launch shows on Friday May 22 at 7pm AEST and Monday June 1 at 7pm – to kick off a warm winter for all with Pierce Brothers. “Playing live has been the most important aspect of our career and now that that has changed we’ve wanted to set up our home studio into a stage of sorts,” Jack says, “it has given us an opportunity to try new instruments like the banjo… sparingly!”
In addition to the new music they’ve been working on, Pat Pierce (along with social worker friend Prue Walker) has started Balancing Act, an initiative providing online sessions to persons with a disability. The platform connects artists, musicians, performers, and entertainers with children and young people who need support to engage in community or social activities.
KANKO will be the first 100% independent release from Pierce Brothers since they jumped onto the scene with 2014’s It’s My Fault and is the first single from a larger body of work being released throughout 2020. “We’re going to be releasing a new single every 6-8 weeks this year. We can’t tour these new songs at the moment, so we’ll be slowly rolling out songs from the new album all year. We’re so stoked to be finally releasing music again, even if we can’t play live,” says Jack. “To be releasing independently again is so exciting, we’ve found ourselves more excited now with the songs we have coming up than we’ve felt for years! We can’t wait for you all to hear it.”
KANKO is out today, May 15 through Ditto.
KANKO LIVESTREAM SINGLE LAUNCH SHOWS
FRIDAY 22 MAY @ 7PM AEST | LIVE ON INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/
MONDAY 1 JUNE @ 7PM AEST | LIVE ON INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/
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