Metro Area producer Morgan Geistis reissuing his classic 2001 solo record Super through his Environ label next month.
The three-track 12-inch was released a few months before Geist and Darshan Jesrani’s seminal Metro Area track ‘Miura’, but the lighter electro-disco sound of Super has arguably stood the test of time just as well.
The record was also marked out by some notable guest appearances: ’24k’ features live strings from the Kelley Polar Quartet who would go on to release several records of their own on Environ, while ‘Lullaby’ features trumpet from New York’s James Duncan. Remastered and cut by the award-winning Matt Colton of Alchemy Mastering.
Brussels-based experimental two-piece Razen, whose new album Endrhymes comes out on KRAAK, with a mix-tape for Sterrenplaat of their influential records. This mix include tracks from Rahayu Supanggah, Charlemagne Palestine, Razen, Pauline Oliveros & Miya Masaoka, Jlin and more.
Track list //
Razen – Sorcerer [Endhrymes]
Bryan Lewis Saunders – Killed A Snake [87 Dreams Of A Sociopath]
Pauline Oliveros & Miya Masaoka – Hirusugi [Accordion Koto]
Rahayu Supanggah – Rantaya [Anané Ånå (Raison D’être)]
Howard Shore & Jajouka – The Cell [The Cell Soundtrack]
Razen – Rode Hond [Razen / Sheldon Siegel Split]
Charlemagne Palestine – Sine wave study [In-Mid-Air]
Burning Star Core – A Curse On The Coast [Blood Lightning]
Razen – Randa Mount (Llullian Circles – Excerpt) [Rare Undressed Mare]
Jlin Narlei – Unknown Tongues [Dark Energy]
Razen – Sleeper [Endhrymes]
Endhrymes will be released to the stores at the end of March.
Making Chill Music On An Island Is Just As Amazing As You’d Imagine.
Mark Barrott traveled the world and ended up centered. Hear how he did it, before a new Sketches From an Island comes out this summer.
Vinyl shoppers wise enough to buy Mark Barrott’s 2014 album Sketches From an Island might notice a sticker, affixed to its tropical bird cover art, that reads “MUSIC FROM IBIZA.” And it’s truly that, though Barrott’s tranquil spin on the Spanish island feels miles away from the fizzy rave-Gomorrah that probably first comes to mind. In fact, he is miles away—25 miles down Ibiza’s only road, living in the fertile countryside beyond the famous clubs.
Brimming with New Age arpeggios and field recordings of local wildlife, Sketches was the first thing that Barrott, 48, ever released under his given name, but his career had been illustrious long before. He came of age in England, making zoned-out drum & bass, before moving to Germany, where he founded a music consultancy firm that almost single-handedly introduced the world to chill-out lounge music. When business life started to drive him crazy, he decamped to the beach—first Uruguay, then Ibiza. As he explains, sometimes a little distance can make a world of difference.
Read up before July 1, when he’s releasing Sketches’ long-awaited, just-announced followup. Read full story.
Satin Jackets tease debut album ‘Panorama Pacifico’ with an exclusive mix for Clash – opening with a lucid Flume re-work, expect some flouro-charged electronics with plenty of bite…
Debut artist album Panorama Pacifico released 8th April 2016 on Eskimo Recordings.
Mike Silver’s love of uncool sounds has always made him a square peg, but it’s also earned him a cult following and a Grammy nomination. Shawn Reynaldo catches up with the Canadian producer. Read CFCF feature over at Resident Advisor.
Antonin Jeanson (a.k.a Antigone) has announced the release of an upcoming EP landing this month via Token Records. Named Saudade, the record follows the Cantor Dust EP—Antonin’s popular seven-track double-record that saw release in May of last year—marking his debut on the Belgian imprint. Saudade is set to land via Token on March 11, 2016. To learn more about how it came about, we spoke with Token label head, Kr!z. Read full feature here.
