Ifriqiyya Electrique - Laylet El Booree [Glitterbeat Promo]

Scheduled for release on April 5th, 2k19 via the ever active Glitterbeat-imprint is Ifriqiyya Electrique's new album named "Laylet El Booree", a project born as the brainchild of its founding members Gianna Greco and Francois R. Cambuzat after and meanwhile they ventured to the Tunisian Djerid desert to explore the local Banga ritual in which they both took investigative as well as participating roles. Teaming up with local musicians and performers the project ripened mostly through, partly ritualistic, live performances until it took its final shape, a mesmerizing combination of heavy Rock guitars and chants, resulting in muscular DesertBlues anthems like "He Eh Lalla", powerful outings for highly active moshpits like "Beesmeellah Beedeet", hefty Alt.Rock / Metal crossovers like "Habeebee Hooa Jooani" or full on acapella chants found in the less than two minutes spanning cut that is "Danee Danee". A fascinating fusion, this.

Thighpaulsandra - The Goat Owl

A first, well-captivating, Phonk- as well as SynthPop-influenced glimpse into the musical realm explored by the new Thighpaulsandra-album "Practical Electronics With..." which has been released only recently.

Dr. NoiseM - Studio Works 31 [Dr. NoiseM Tapes]

Fresh from the vaults of the mysterious producer that is Dr. NoiseM is his new album "Studio Works 31", a new 60+ minutes album bringing a total of ten previously unheard tracks to the table... or the listeners headphones, maybe. Opening with "Untitled_Still_02" the artist greets us with a monolithic, ten-minutes-spanning wall of brutal HarshNoize before the "Candy Girl" brings outerworldly spookiness from cold, transdimensional realms whereas the "China Syndrome" indicates the absence of soul through ever morphing realms of ethereal trademark DeathAmbient and "Jingle Ass Bells" combines echoes of its predecessor with grinding, electronic Noize feedbacks and heaps of distortion to a great effect. The follow up "Nuke Rudolfs Nose" explores super minimal low frequency drones, the "Plastic Corporation" produces more freezingly cold, clean and sterile structures, keeping in line with the artists preferred trademark sound whereas "Santas Bad Trip" results in even more frosty respiratory sounds and a desolate, yet spatial attitude. Finally the conceptual triple pack closing this album starts with "Schweinegulasch", a steady maelstrom of screaming midrange Noize, "Schweineklöse" brings forth more transdimensional sound warps and the concluding take "Schweinekotelett" employs more of a chill, relaxed variation of classic, yet minimalist Ambient for a goodbye.

Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø / Daniel Lercher / Julie Rokseth - Inside Elements

A ten minutes outtake taken off the conjunctional album effort "Off The Coast" which we've reviewed on these pages in early March, 2k19.

Sascha Müller - 01100110011100100110010101100101011001 000110111101101101 [Pharmacom Records Ltd. 024]

Fresh on the circuit via Pharmacom Records Ltd. is Sascha Müller's latest longplay outing cryptically named "01100110011100100110010101100101011001000110111101101101", a limited to seven - sic! - copies one track album stretched out over roughly 56 minutes. Exploring the Clicks'n'Cuts genre from a dark, droning and slighty Industrial-infused angle we see the Uelsen-based artist dissolving our perception of space and time with a regularly irregular structure of clicks musically resembling the albums well cryptic title effortlessly, bringing forth a soundtrack for a cold, robotic, dystopian and surely inhumane future. A collectors item for die-hard fans of experimental electronics, this is.

The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe [Ninja Tune]

Back on track after a twelve years period of silence is The Cinematic Orchestra, coming at us with their new seven track album "To Believe" via Ninja Tune these days which has already been announced on these pages via posting the official Youtube audio version of their track "A Caged Bird / Imitations Of Life" in mid-February 2k19. Opening with the title track we see the group providing a deep, tender and even romantic start into the album, bringing forth a stripped down variation of contemporary Soul featuring Moses Sumney on vocal duties whereas their "Lessons" seems to be influenced by military marching band drum rolls, mixing these up with a well uplifting vibe and a widescreen panoramic string section for a sweet balearic dancefloor experience before "Wait For Now / Leave The World" featuring Tawiah harks back to a seductive bedroom Soul vibe for intimate moments, relying on a foundation of large piano chords, strings and tenderly strummed guitar rhythms. Furthermore "The Workers Of Art" indulge in classic Ambient / ChillOut / (Neo)Classical territories, "Zero One / This Fantasy" featuring Grey Reverend even touches base with Indie / Folk despite being soulful and electronic and the final song "This Promise" featuring Heidi Vogel stretches out over the course of 11+ minutes, bringing forth more highly cinematic arrangements for a closing day on a terrace after a hot summers day.

Luc Ferrari - Music Promenade (Excerpt)

Thrilling collage works from an installation of four standalone tape recorders back in the 1970.

Hainbach feat. Dylan Trigg - The Body (Music Video)

The darkest of dark in terms of Body Horror Techno. Someone please sign this for a vinyl release!

Stale Storlokken - The Haze Of Sleeplessness [Hubro Music]

To be released via Hubro Music on April 24th, 2k19 is "The Haze Of Sleeplessness", the new album by Norwegian artist Stale Storlokken who's aiming to explore the realms of deep synthesizer music and Proto-Ambient with this seven track outing. Opening with the "Prelude To The Haze Of Sleeplessness" we're falling back into soft cushions of vintage pads and a warm, organic, highly relaxed atmosphere garnished with dreamy, partially krautsy synth lines whereas "Orange Drops" provides a blueprint in minimalist, hyper-calming Space Music, the "Reality Box" adds some seemingly field recorded rhythmic textures to the crystalline Ambient vibe and "Stranded At Red Ice Desert. Remember Your Loved Ones (In Memory Of My Dear Mother)" amalgamates darker, brooding and sci-fi sounding vintage bass pulses with ruminant, slightly Asiatic melodies performed on wind instruments. The short interlude named "Turbulence" mixes the melodic structures of its predecessor with raw scraping sounds, entering the "Skyrocket Hotel" we're experiencing a panoramic, widescreen view overlooking vast, colossal, yets lighty distorted sonic landscapes partially shaped by ChillOut / Downtempo rhythms and the final ride into "Nitro Valley" reveals more spaced out, space themed sparkles alongside yearning Cosmic strings and raw, brooding bass waves emerging from the deepest depths of the unknown universe.

Album artwork on Instagram!

Brian Harnetty - Amanda (Youtube Slideshow Audio)

An interesting blend of authentic ethnographic recordings and melancholia-infused Chamber Music taken from Brian Harnetty's debut album "Shawnee, Ohio" that's about to be released via Karlrecords in late April, 2k19.

El Caballo Semental 001 - Distribution Update #1

NO MORE - 123456789 *baze.djunkiii & Herr Brandt Dream A NuDream Remix (El Caballo Semental 001)

limited to 200 one-sided, hand-stamped purple / violet whitelabel 7" vinyl copies is now available via

- NO MORE (official bandcamp page)
- Otaku Records / Hamburg

click links to proceed.

Grosso Gadgetto - Onslaught

Beautifully grinding Illbient / Downbeat for a dystopian future. We dig this!

Ritual Howls - Rendered Armor [Felte 056]

Put on the circuit via the ever active Felte label on March 22nd, 2k19 is "Rendered Armour", the latest longplay outing created by Detroit's Industrial Rock-dubbed outfit named Ritual Howls which cater a quite surprising opener with "Alone Together", a well-twangy, seductive and more DesertRock / DesertBlues infused song effort, a vibe that's kept well alive in the more uptempo and Wave-infused, David Lynch'esque follow-up "Mother Of The Dead". With "Love Cuts" the band showcases their darker, muscular side with hefty beats and screaming synth crescendos for those loving bands like Sisters Of Mercy, "The Offering" offers quite anthemic qualities amalgamating massive low frequency bass waves and electrified Americana with mesmerizing vocals whereas "Devoured Decency" brings forward a mixture of raw electronic DeltaBlues and an Industrial'esque for those loving Depeche Mode's "Delta Machine" and similar albums to death. Furthermore "I Can Hear Your Tears" kicks proper ass with a marching 4/4 attitude and stripped down, captivating main guitar motif, "Thought Talks" is on a deeper, romantic and still anthemic Industrial meets Dark Pop-tip and the concluding cut "All I've Known" unites all vantablack, but loving souls for a final dance in dark. Proper good. Recommended.

Album artwork on Instagram!

Kindstod [Dangerous Diskettes 003 Promo]

Coming in as a pre-release promo on the hyper underground imprint Dangerous Diskettes is the labels cat.no. 003, a new floppy disk single crafted by the artist known as Kindstod. Sporting one single track named "Preteen Deathfuck (A Noise Tribute To Nattefrost)" we see Kindstod providing a beautiful, highly dynamic excursion into the realms of Noize / Rhythm Industrial in a mostly scraping, grinding uptempo manner before turning towards warmer, and somewhat even harmonic, structures after approx. two minutes, introducing a certain warm and hellish but welcoming feel to a genre usually associated with stone cold darkness and ultrabrutality. Is Ambient GrindNoize a genre claimed yet?

Floppy artwork on Instagram!

Out now: NO MORE - 123456789 *baze.djunkiii & Herr Brandt Dream A Nudream Remix [El Caballo Semental 001]

NO MORE don't need much of an introduction – the legendary Kiel-based (No)Wave / PostPunk band project took the worlds dancefloors by storm with the release of their seminal single „Suicide Commando“ in 1981 which was later re-introduced to the Techno / Electro youth of the world, when Munich's DJ Hell famously reinterpreted the tune in 1998.

Still actively touring and releasing on a regular NO MORE are now making their debut on the freshly launched Intrauterin Recordings-offshoot EL CABALLO SEMENTAL.

The labels cat.no. 001 is a first time on vinyl release taken off NO MORE's „The Return Of The German Angst“ digital mixtape and sees one of the bands hit tunes being reworked in a unique, highly captivating manner, pressed exclusively as a limited to 200 copies whitelabel edition on purple / violet vinyl.

„123456789 (baze.djunkiii + Herr Brandt Dream A Nudream Remix)“ exceeds the bands natural musical realm by far and transfers the song into MoombahGoth / DubWave territories previously unheard of, not only for a classic band like NO MORE. The rework picks up latest developments from the urban and bass music world whilst keeping the haunted vibe of the original songs chorus intact, slighty references NuBeat / PostPunk and Dub, adds lush, dreamy Cosmic guitar textures and even winks to the underground whistle and rave posse with a sweet as candy piano breakdown.

In their conjunctional remix work we see Intrauterin Recordings-founder baze.djunkiii, quality electronic music activist and prolific DJ for more than 20 years, and Herr Brandt, founding member of the classic German Wave / Indie / Alternative outfit The Convent as well as of the praised underground Synth Pop / Minimal Wave band Sonnenbrandt, effortlessly merge the best of two musical worlds to create something new and captivating, like they used to do on the decks with their former BETA-ZERFALL parties which were the main and initial reason the two of them and NO MORE came together in the first place.

Maverick Sabre - When I Wake Up [FAMM / The Orchard / Sony]

To be released on March 22nd, 2k19 via FAMM / The Orchard is "When I Wake Up", the latest album by now North London-based Michael Stafford a.k.a Maverick Sabre which we've already announced on the pages with the advent of the first video outtake "Her Grace" in late December, 2k18. Catering an overall selection of thirteen tracks the former rapper now turned songwriter delivers a timeless, dramatic take on (Neo)Soul on this longplayer, opening with the killer widescreen arrangement of "Preach" whereas beat foundations prevalent in tunes like "Drifting" or "A Mile Away" still bear witness of his original HipHop roots in their overall sample-informed dopeness and smoky, vintage, yet dancefloor kicking attitude that is well related to the genres golden era whereas more laid back cuts like "Nirvana", "Don't Talk About It" or the highly dynamic "Weakness" provide a sweet crossover between still club functional beats and heartfelt emotion, oftentimes garnished with a good portion of Blues and the overwhelmingly touching feel of a hot desert sunset. Good stuff, this!

Promo artwork on Instagram!

Alexandra Spence - Waking, She Heard The Fluttering [Room40 Promo]

Fresh on the circuit via the Australian Room40-imprint is Alexandra Spence's nine track album "Waking, She Heard The Fluttering", a 45 minute journey into sound influenced by both her conversations with David Toop in 2018 as well as by her own take and reflections on textures both in material and sound. Coming from this angle we see Alexandra Spence create a sonic realm built on various Field Recordings from all over Europe intermingling with raw, oftentimes buzzing and slightly electric sounding structures or, on the other hand, beautiful Ambient textures touched by echoes of the Clicks'n'Cuts genre, especially prevalent in the digital crackles of tunes like "Bodyscan". Furthermore tunes like "A Soft Crackle" bring on the exact flutter and partially unpleasant feedback Noize that one would possibly associate with the albums title, "Sleep In Nothingness" comes at us with a psyched out, tense unease meets multilayered ASMR-attitude and the 15 minutes spanning title track brings forth a highly textural, ever evolving take on Deep Listening Music partly reminiscent of Scanner's seminal 1994 "Mass Observation" piece just to pick a few tunes off of this longplayer which will be released on April 5th, 2k19.

Christian Winther Christensen - Almost In G [Col Legno]

Put on the circuit via the Col Legno-imprint on February 15th, 2k19 is "Almost In G", the latest longplay work by New Music composer Christian Winther Christiansen performed by the 12 piece orchestra known as Scenatet. Consisting of an entirety of seven compositions, these being split into a total of 16 tracks spread over the course of roughly an hour the opening title piece "Almost In G" seems to be touching on highly experimental FreeJazz and Free Improvisation with an alarmingly, explosive, eruptive and unsettling percussive undertone found in its oftentimes extremely dynamic arrangement going from near silence to maximum loudness on a regular whereas the follow up "Sextet" relies on repetitive, saw-like string scrapings and echoes of a rural, naturalistic approach towards folk'ish structures which have a quite calming effect on the listener. With "Chorale" we see Christian Winther Christiansen entering formalistic, structural, yet multilayered and somewhat meandering visions of courtly music performances in a future societally asunder, his "String Trio" extends the realm of Contemporary Classical and "Nachtmusik" brings forth a minimalist rhythmic foundation submerged by wildly plucked strings and short harmonic episodes before working its way towards a climaxing crescendo. Finally "Being Apu Sarkar" provides more of a stripped down, calm take on classic (Neo)Classical compositions for advanced listeners and the concluding piece named "Four Hyper-Realistic Songs", which btw would be a well-fitting title for a new, forthcoming Björk EP, caters a selection of tender, yet not less demanding musical works of a slighty tongue-in-cheek nature. Demanding stuff for a musically trained expert audience.

Album artwork on Instagram!

Gramm - Type Zwei

20 years after its initial release on Source Records the debut album of Jan Jelinek's GRAMM project will be re-issued via Faitiche in early April, 2k19. One to watch out for!

22.03.2019 Mojo Kingdom @ Mojo Jazz Cafe / Hamburg

decks:
baze.djunkiii [Intrauterin Recordings / Combat Dubs]
Bahr

file under:  UK Bass / Grime / UK Garage / Dubstep

doors: 21oo gmt+1

Mojo Jazz Cafe
Reeperbahn 1
Hamburg St. Pauli
Germany

William Basinski - On Time Out Of Time [Temporary Residence Promo]

Put on the circuit via the Temporary Residence-label on March 8th, 2k19 is William Basinki's most recent album "On Time Out of Time" which is comprised out of compositional works for installations taking place throughout the year 2017. Whilst the nearly 40 minutes spanning title track brings forth a beautiful, calm take on classic, and classy, slowly moving sci-fi Ambient utilizing actual sounds derived from a double black hole merger happening 1.3 billion years we see the second cut on this longplayer, "4(E+D)4(ER+EPR)", presenting a deeper, blurred out variation on heartfelt Ambient melancholia for die-hard genre heads as well as followers of the so-called PopAmbient movement and even, though beats are absent over the course of the tracks 10 minute playtime, DubTechno fans. Highly recommended, this.

Yann Novak - Scalar Fields [Room40 Promo]

Released via the Australian Room40-imprint on March 8th, 2k19 is "Scalar Fields", the latest album outing crafted by sound artist Yann Novak. Comprised of two compositions of 20 minutes length each, created from the idea of slowing down video and brought to life as a Los Angeles-based audiovisual installation in 2016 from which the audio is drawn the album starts with "Scalar Field (Yellow, Blue, Yellow)", a beautiful static flow of time dissolving, slow motion Ambient that provides nothing but a soft, calming, conceptional pillow enabling the user to enter new, previously unexplored realms of perception whereas the follow up "Scalar Field (Orange, Pink, Orange)" is taking a similarly timeless route whilst bringing forth a slightly more ruminant, inward-looking and melancholic touch in droning Ambient music over the course of its playtime.

Gintas K - M [Gk Rec. 002]

Coming in straight from Lithuania is "M", the second album released by Gintas Kraptavicius a.k.a. Gintas K through his very own label Gk Rec., exclusively set up to be a channel to release his own musical output. Split into two main pieces, the 2012 composed "M" and the more recent, 2017 work "Mimicry" the nearly 70 minutes longplayer provides a total of seventeen tracks with "M" containing six, of which "4m" was previously released on a Sub Rosa compilation back in 2013, and "Mimicry" eleven of them. Opening with the title piece we experience Gintas K exploring a world of chaotic, hectic, buzzing and bleeping Digital Noize structures which bring us back to the early days of Max/MSP through its glitching, ever morphing and demanding, yet non-repetetive nature with the aforementioned "4m" being the most structured, calm and somewhat Electronica-oriented out of the six parts whereas "Mimicry" focuses on a more scraping, dry, electric and minimalist aproach and even adds occasional sparse and abstract percussive elements to the highly artificial sound structures which, therefore, could be referred to as a glimpse of what could be a Digital FreeJazz / Future Jazz sound of a far flung future even though cuts like "Mimicry 4" weigh in some Ambient references and widescreen panoramic elements at times and "Mimicry 8" tends to resemble a morphed, ever warped take on Clicks'n'Cuts especially throughout its opening sequence. Defo a special interest release, this.

Arg The 909 King - 808 Acid Inferno

DJ Arg kills it with this 11 minute raw, jacking Acid inferno. Tune!

Sascha Müller [Supersix Records Extra 082]

Soon to come from the vaults of Uelsen's ever active Sascha Müller is cat.no 082 of the Supersix Records-imprint, a new twelve track album bringing forth more electronic music greatness, this time opening with a tune named "Classified Human" which comes across as a monotonous highly, brutally compressed take on oldskool-oriented ToolTechno whilst "Come Shot" stays on the path of raw, brutal compression, yet adds spiralling Acid elements, unprocessed hi-hats and epic, well uplifting Trance string arrangements turning the tune into a massive HardTrance / AcidTrance burner before "Computerrider" indulges in killer, slightly Acid-infused Dope Beats reminiscent of Fauna Flash's legendary 1996-released single "Please... May I Sniff Your Klompen Kloqquen" for those who know. With "Crispy Crackers" Sascha Müller delivers a blueprint of twisted, bleepy killer Phonk accompanied by trancey modulations, the "Cyborg Wars" are a thrilling uptempo AcidTrance affair and entering the "Dark Room" we're facing an ecstatic crowd enjoying uplifting and slightly electroid, stripped down and deep, stab-focused House Music that is not minimal at all. "Das SETI Projekt" is a playful, intelligent variation of ever morphing Spacenight Electro, "Das Spiegelbild" evokes memories of masterly scored sci-fi / horror movies in combination with classic, slightly Tribal-infused Intelligent Techno whilst the follow up named "Datentransfer" fuses clumsy, Speedy J-alike Electro Drum'n'Bass with beautiful, cascading Trance-pads to a great effect. Furthermore "Deep Space One" feels like acidic, slightly off-kilter Italian Sawtooth Techno around approx. 1992, "Deleted" fuses filtered DubTechno-chords and most miltant uptempo basslines compression and the concluding cut named "Der Augenblick Des Moments" finally waves goodbye in a soft, friendly DubTechno meets Ambient House manner. Good stuff in here.

Marja Ahti - Vegetal Negatives [Hallow Ground Promo]

Scheduled for release via Hallow Ground on March 29th, 2k19 is "Vegetal Negatives", the four track debut album created and realized by the Turku-based artist Marja Ahti which draws inspiration for this album from a text written by French writer Rene Dalves, dabbling with the idea of turning animals inside out which hypothetically will reverse organ functions as well. This said, the composer opens with "Coastal Inversion", an excursion into calm Deep Listening Music / Ambient territories mostly based on timeless, levitating harmonies and several layers of field recorded water sounds progressing into sonically darker, uneasy and slightly brooding realms of minimalism over the course of 12+ minutes before "Rooftop Gardens" relies on a collage of unprocessed Field Recordings to create an environmental acoustic fingerprint of a world which, in this form, never existed. With "Symbiogenesis" we see Marja Ahti explore a cold, futuristic, sci-fi environment in which silent, steadily working machines have replaced all human interaction and the final cut "Chora" brings forth a slightly retrofuturist and score'esque variation of Ambient minimalism in combination with modular sweeps and a steady stream of unintelligible background announcements as a thrilling closure for a well interesting album firstling.

A$AP Rocky ft. Skepta - Praise The Lord (Da Greeze) *Lewi B Remix

A killer dope tune this is. Them beats, though!

Jennifer Touch - Chemistry (Official Video)

Maybe this is the most beautiful, yet most desolate SynthPop tune around in 2k19.

Jana Rush - Ohhhh

A raw Juke / Footwork banger with a touch of Soul. We really do dig this

Ingar Zach - Floating Layer Cake [Sofa Music]

Scheduled for release on March 29th, 2k19 via the Norwegian Sofa Music label is Ingar Zach's new album named "Floating Layer Cake", presenting two new extended solo compositions derived from collaborations with Kim Myhr, Caroline Bergvall and the Canadian string quartet Quatuor Bozzini. Opening with "The Lost Ones" we see Ingar Zach entering a world of ever oscillating, scintillating Ambient with a harmonic, Contemporary Classical-infused touch, well score'esque, brooding and mystical qualities as well as some slightly tongue-in-cheek moments accompanied by Caroline Bergvall's intense lyricism before resolving in a huge end of track climax whereas "Let The Snare Speaks" serves multiple layers of static, ever buzzing midrange drones alongside warm and comfy Ambient pad structures over the course of 20 minutes. Recommended for late night listening.

Album artwork on Instagram!

baze.djunkiii Chart Haul 03/2019

Lan Cao / Gregor Seidl / Wolfgang Seidel - Optimistic Modernism [Moloko+ 102]

Recently released via the German imprint Moloko+ is "Optimistic Modernism", an acoustic homage to the interchangeable modernist design approach of the 60s, interestingly oftentimes aimed at female consumers, built and condensed from 3.5 hours of material created by Lan Cao, Gregor Seidl and Wolfgang Seidel over the course of three recording sessions at the former Rotaprint factory in Berlin Wedding in 2017. Coming with an extensive 48 pages booklet and a special cardboard slip cover the album itself caters a menu of eight tracks in total, opening with "Jettatura", a tense, 4:44 minutes spanning excursion into retrofuturistic electroacoustics with score'esque qualities whereas "East Anglia" explores full on minimalism garnished with echoes of echoes of Post-PostRock and swampy modular bleeps. The follow up "Tarantism" explores more of a nervous, scraping, percussive, abstract and somewhat FreeJazz- / Tribal-infused vibe, "Robin Hood Gardens (Steal The City From The Rich)" brings more score'esque, brooding, feverish and this time slightly Asian vibes to the table, fusing eruptive outbursts and calm, yet tense and spine-tingling background tones whereas "Zugzwang" is steadily working towards a climaxing, polyrhythmic crescendo. Using "The Sixth Sense" we see the three musicians continue to follow the polyrhythmic path whilst adding some intense piano chords and strummed string instruments to the well threatening melange, their homage to the "Barbican Estate" is as stripped down as it is thrilling, providing a Western / Morricone'esque tension for the concrete architectural desert and the final cut that is "Ghibli Garden" brings on a trundling, slightly chaotic take on highly experimental Indietronics for a confusing, yet well interesting closing.

Album artwork on Instagram!

Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø / Daniel Lercher / Julie Rokseth - Off The Coast [Sofa Music]

Released on the Norwegian Sofa Music-label on March 1st, 2k19 is "Off The Land", the second conjunctional album effort by musicians Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø and Daniel Lercher which are joined by harpist Julie Rokseth for their sophomore longplayer. Recorded, produced and finalized in the small fishing village of Sula / Norway the now trio presents a new serving of four tracks, opening with the title track "Off The Coast" which combines what seems to be an altered, processed Field Recording of a chugging motor with deep, yet minimalist Ambient modulations and a tender, overall approach of creating Deep Listening Music for highly focused headphone sessions whereas the follow up "Inside Elements" features the singing 80 year old Sula-resident Aksel Johansen, a regular visitor throughout the production sessions, atop a foundation of breaking waves and seemingly naturalist swell before exploring realms of electroacoustic composition, slowly moving vibrations, deep klaxon'esque sonic events perfectly aligned with the village's history and single harp chords over the course of ten minutes. Furthermore we see "Farther Away" bringing forth the calmest, most organic and all embracing low frequency Ambient vibe we've come across in ages and the final cut "Winding" relies on sinewave-based harmonies alongside single piano and harp notes to create a fragile, mystical and enchanting take on highly ethereal, levitating Ambient which works best experienced on an audiophile P.A. system in total, late night silence. Beautiful.

Album artwork on Instagram!

Sascha Müller - Traxxx Vol. 10 [SM Traxxx 33-2019]

Scheduled for release via the SM Traxxx label on March 21st, 2k19 is Sascha Müller's new digital two track single, "Traxxx Vol. 10". With the opening "Track 19" we see the ever active artist catering to the needs of those longing for storming, tool-oriented Techno bangers for maximum dancefloor impact whereas the second cut "Track 20" keeps up with the overall tool approach, yet relies on a combination of multiple layered Acid lines to create a spiralling, trance-inducing effect directly aiming at ravers minds and movements. 

Freddy Fresh - Epiphany *Freestyle Mix

What a lovely, melodic and positive glimpse on what's to expect from the new Freddy Fresh album seemingly scheduled for spring 2k19.

Sascha Müller [Supersix Records Extra 081]

Just released on Supersix Records as the labels cat.no. 081 is Sascha Müller's latest twelve track digital album piece which, as usual, brings a lot of musical goodness to dancefloors worldwide. Opening with "Astronaut" we see the Uelsen-based producer provide a dope, well bleepy and ever morphing take on shuffled Electro with a trancy twist which immediately takes us back to the UK scene of the 90s whereas "Black Widow" brings forth a hypnotic, electroid Acid swing bordering Intelligent Techno and "Blipp" goes deep into fever'ish, slightly tribalistic ChillOut territories over the course of eleven minutes. The subsequent "Bones And Congas" doesn't bring exactly this but more of a thrilling, spine-tingling AcidTrance vibe for purists, "Born Trippi" brings forth a happy, melodic Techno vibe accompanied by deep, beautiful House pads whereas "Brainbug" pleases the needs of those still loving the raw, unpolished Rave approach of the Italian Techno scence in the first half of the 90s. Furthermore "Breath Of The Stars" combines (Neo)Cosmic, Synth and retrofuturist Space Ambient, "Bubblegum" caters a menu of dry, compressed to distortion bassdrums garnished with swampy Acid modulations and raw claps and the following "Bürgerradio" amalgamates a massive bassline groove, razor sharp hi-hats and a muscular Techno pump for high energy primetime workouts. Finally there's the "Chamber" in which we're about to come across a subaquatic, stripped down and hard hitting variation of raw, bouncing AcidTechno / MonoAcid, "Chikatetsu" goes back to the days of breakdance / b-boying and ElectroFunk beatwise and the concluding cut "Choco Beatz Delight" provides a brutally compressed take on mechanical TechnoPhonk for a closing. Bang.

baze.djunkiii Charts 03/2019

01. The Criminal Minds - Baptized By Dub [Whitehouse 008]
One of the biggest Oldskool / Breakbeat / UK Hardcore anthems of the year 1992 finally repressed and remastered and it still hasn't lost any of its power and fascination. An absolute killer and an early lead into what was to become Jungle in years thereafter. An essential piece of electronic music history, this.

02. Hellfish & Bryan Fury - Fuck Everybody / Outcasts [PRSPCT XTRM 043]
Yes, Hardcore! The Dutch PRSPCT-offspring PRSPCT XTRM presents a hard banging, no bullshit-cooperation between two of the genres praised veterans on lovely petrol-colored vinyl. Whilst "Outcasts" meanders in between banging Hardcore and so-called Crossbreed it's the A-side "Fuck Everybody" that's a massive party banger for all Contemporary Hardcore-fans as well as for oldskool oriented gabbernauts. Hard as nails.

03. DRS - Space Cadet EP [Space Cadet 002]
The first single / EP taken from DRS' "Man From The Deep" album is great, yet pretty misleading. Three tracks of beautifully rolling Liquid Drum'n'Bass well fitted for the mans skills on the mic plus a deep Future Soul love song named "Falling For You" seem to imply that the album to come would be a Drum'n'Bass album mainly which it totally is not. But despite this minor flaw all collaborations with the likes of Glxy, A.I, Skeptical and Dogger & Mindstate fully live up to the quality standards and expectations one might have for a release by one of the scenes most prolific MC's and will be found in many a DJ's crate for a long while, especially for cuts like "Overdose" and the razor sharp, yet tender "Forget All This".

04. Basic Rhythm - Slewage [Type Recordings 133]
A slightly mysterious release - somehow. Originally released in 2k16 as a limited edition of 300 stamped whitelabel copies this 12" was popping up at the recordstore on a regular again, either because it has been repressed without any announcement or some lost boxes have been rediscovered somewhere in the labels original archives. No matter what, the sound of the four tracks on this EP is excellent, ranging from raw and dark Instrumental Grime riddims that sent us back to the early days of the genre - remember Emalkay's massive "Grimecore EP Vol. 1" on Morphic Sounds in 2005 ??? - to vantablack excursions into Cold / Death Ambient. Defo a good one, this.

05. Juan Atkins - Dimensions [Life's Good Records 001]
The motor city originator Juan Atkins comes straight us with the first release of the Metroplex-related Life's Good Records imprint. With "Dimensions" we're exposed to some of the most playful, positive and uplifting Electro / ElectroFunk we've come across in ages whilst the previously unreleased "Flash Flood" on the flip caters a banging blueprint of complex, masterly crafted Detroit Techno that cannot be missed for many a reason. Killer.

06. Eva Be - Belight EP [Poker Flat Wax Only 008]
Quite a surprising release for the Pokerflat Recordings-camp, this. Whilst both tracks on the A-side of this violet / white-translucent vinyl only release seem to pay a slowed down, yet bass heavy homage to the long gone heydays of SpeedGarage we see "Pills" on the flip even delivering some actual breakbeat-loops and a kinda NuSkoolBreaks-influenced vibe which defo slays on the dancefloor. Proper good.

07. Xotox - Silent Shout [Pro Noize / Dark Dimensions]
See review for details..

08. Paal Nilssen-Love - New Brazilian Funk [PNL Records 042]
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09. Ake Hodell - Verbal Brainwash And Other Works [Fylkingen Records]
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10. Various Artists - Far Away But Ever Closer: Young Lithuanian Composers Abroad [Music Information Centre Lithuania]
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Eau Rouge - Fear (Official Video)

Our friends of Eau Rouge are back with a new video, bringing forth what possibly is their most tender, fragile vulnerable musical outing so far.