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July 06 2012

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UPCOMING: Kuedo - Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space 12" (PLANET MU)

Written By 1 - July 06 2012

Due out late July, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

After last year’s very popular and widely acclaimed album 'Severant', Kuedo returns with this emotionally epic, dancefloor detonator of a track originating from the same sessions. 'Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space' starts with huge symphonic synths, half-speed kicks, trap style hi-hats rushes and flammed 808 snares, slowly building up with giant whooshes of gaseous noise before breaking out into an intense trancey Moroder-esque synth that totally fills the track, making it sound absolutely vast and a little bit frightening, running it through effects to give it an aggressive, spacey rush that takes your breath away. It’s the sort of track that connects Kuedo’s past to the newer music he made on 'Severant', with a fierce emotive grace and intense power. This will absolutely destroy dancefloors and headphones alike. First up on the remixes, Laurel Halo takes the track apart, adding sutured strings and bubbling sounds inside a pressurised dub space, before dropping a gorgeous, bittersweet melody into the space that’s left. It’s an appropriate re-imagining of the title, almost aching and groaning under its own pressure. Next, Claude Speed re-interprets the track as a beatless evocation of space, building graceful warm strings into a vision of symphonic beauty before the whole piece coalesces into building trancey bass synths over racing live drums, mirroring the original version but taking it in a totally different but equally breathtaking direction.

A1. Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space   A2. Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space (Laurel Halo Remix)   B. Work, Live & Sleep In Collapsing Space (Claude Speed 'Infinity Ultra Rework' ft Jivraj Singh)

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April 16 2012

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GIG: Sicko Disco Presents Ben UFO (HESSLE AUDIO/UK)

Written By 1 - April 16 2012

► BEN UFO ►Saturday 21st April With able support from: Chaos in the CBD, Tommy Flowers, Mike E, Aroha, MTron & Adventuretime DJs.

- SICK DISCO - Every Saturday - 10pm - LATE! - Cassette Nine -

This April Sick Disco is proud to present the Co-founder of Hessle Audio & one of the worlds most respected and exciting DJ's –BEN UFO.

Alongside DJ Oneman, BEN UFO is considered the most consistently freshest and most exciting dubstep/bass music DJ in the world.

As one of the co-founders of Hessle Audio he has been responsible, alongside Ramadanman and Pangea, for some of the most varied and groundbreaking releases of recent years. Including but not limited to, early appearances by James Blake & Mount Kimbie. Coming from the still emerging dubstep scenes in London & Leeds in 2005, his musical taste was shaped primarily by the DMZ & Sub Dub nights taking place in those cities. However as tastes have shifted and scenes fragmented, BEN UFO's approach to the music and Hessle Audio itself has developed. He was one of the first DJ's to break Joy Orbisons era-defining Hyph Mngo & has DJ'ed at most of the world's greatest club music festivals, including the Outlook Festival (Croatia), Sonar (Barcelona)and countless others. He remains one of the few DJ's in the UK to have made an impact with a production career to fall back on, and as such his reputation is solely the result of his skill as a selector and as a mixer. He was the first DJ to play Joy Orbisons massive Hyph Mngo, only a year old but already considered a classic, and hisbi-weekly slot on London's leading ex-pirate radio statio, Rinse FMis considered by the wider scene as one of the only places to hear the most exclusive new music by both new and established producers.

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February 19 2012

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UPCOMING: Burial - Kindred EP 12" (HYPERDUB)

Written By 1 - February 19 2012

Due out soon, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Anyone with access to the internet probably already knows that a new EP by Burial appeared as a download release on the Hyperdub website a couple of days ago. A vinyl version is in production, but at the time of writing we are unable to confirm an exact release date while quality control checks are still being completed. Watch this space for more definite news, hopefully very soon. In the meantime, the pre-order hotlines are open. Featuring three new tracks pressed on high grade 180g vinyl for optimum sound reproduction, and running beyond 30 minutes, the ‘Kindred EP’ is an ambitious work that pushes further into the unique musical territory Burial occupies.

Tracks:

A. Kindred

B1. Loner

B2. Ashtray Wasp

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October 28 2011

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UPCOMING: FaltyDL — Atlantis EP 12" (NINJA TUNE)

Written By 1 - October 28 2011

Due out mid November. to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz


 

Drew Lustman aka FaltyDL releases his debut EP with Ninja Tune and it’s an absolute cracker. Over its four tracks he shows the range and grasp of rhythm, atmosphere and melody which have made him one of the most exciting producers in electronic music right now.

Title track “Atlantis” is distinguished by a complex, swinging, relentlessly danceable beat, unfeasibly low bass hits and a melancholic tune which sits somewhere between Four Tet and classic rave. “Can’t Stop The Prophet” shows the DNA of Wagon Christ (an early influence) spliced with the sonics of post-dubstep and the restless energy of an ADHD toddler, ending with a first-love junglist wig-out. “My Light, My Love”, seemingly sampled and built out of the sonic spaces between notes and beats, is perhaps the deepest moment on an incredible EP, while “The Sale Ends” takes us once more back to the skipping feel of a fractured, interplanetary two-step.

FaltyDL is one of the hottest names in electronic music right now and the Atlantis EP shows why. Immersed in the old New York and Chicago sound yet creating a more subtle and ultimately futuristic mash-up of influences, Lustman takes his influences and makes them fresh. The sometime sushi-chef and now New York resident has been turning heads since 2008, when Mike Paradinas signed his US-ified versions of UK Garage to Planet Mu and released it on an unsuspecting world. Since then, Lustman has looked to expand and evolve his signature sound over two albums, an EP and three singles for the label. In addition, he has released an afrobeat-inspired 12”, Mean Streets Pt 1 with Loefah’s Swamp81 label, a single on Ramp backed with a remix from Jamie XX, plus remixes of his own for the likes of Mount Kimbie, The XX, Scuba, Photek, Anthony Shake Shakir and others.

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July 30 2011

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Mount Kimbie - Carbonated EP 2x12" (HOTFLUSH)

Written By 1 - July 30 2011

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After releasing their debut album ‘Crooks and Lovers’ last summer to huge critical acclaim and racking up numerous end of year lists including the shortlist for Guardian’s First Album Award, plus sell out tours in North America, Australia and Europe, London duo Mount Kimbie announce the news of their next EP ‘Carbonated’. Set for release on 27th June on their label Hot Flush, the EP follows the release of the ‘Blind Night Errand’ EP and will be the final release from the album.‘Carbonated’, the lead track on the EP is joined by two previously unreleased tracks, the buoyant, effervescence of ‘Flux’ and ‘Bave’s Chords’, which showcase the lush, elegant percussive sound Mount Kimbie have become known for.

‘Bave’s Chords’ was recorded around their early EP ‘Maybes’ and ‘Flux’ was created during the album recordings.Airhead, who’s shortly releasing his own album on Brainmath and is member of James Blakes’ live band, subtly twists ‘Carbonated’ with his remix, while Belgian producer & DJ Peter Van Hoesen creates a six minute dark techno rework for the dancefloor. ‘Adriatic’, also from ‘Crooks and Lovers’ is transformed completely by Klaus with his style of detailed production hitting the mark once more. ‘Crooks and Lovers’ defined Dominic Maker and Kai Campos as an original and exceptional duo whose musical output refuses to be pigeonholed. Abundant in paradoxes, the album floats through dubstep and hip-hop, jazz, techno, post-rock, UK garage, shoegaze, indie and film scores to startling effect.

a Mount Kimbie – Carbonated b1 Mount Kimbie – Flux b2 Mount Kimbie – Adriatic (Klaus Remix) c Mount Kimbie – Carbonated (Peter Van Hoesen Remix) d1 Mount Kimbie – Bave’s Chords d2 Mount Kimbie – Carbonated (Airhead Remix)

 

Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers LP

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