Artists: Low Manuel & Local Suicide Title: Vespertines Unite Label:Nothing Is Real Distribution: Rebirth Cat No: NIR007 Format: Digital Release Date: December 24, 2018
Nothing Is Real celebrates its second year with a special compilation that includes seven unreleased tracks by producers who have collaborated with the label and really interesting up and coming artists.
Alberto Iovine and Alessandro Fumagalli aka Modular Project have personally taken care carefully of the selection, selecting carefully every single track. 2018 was an important year for their artistic growth and their career. They made their debut on Rebirth with the anthemic track ‚Leaving‘ remixed by Acid Pauli and Kasper Bjørke, and Nothing Is Real is slowly gaining such an high reputation in the international electronic music scene.
Their opening track is Modular Project tribute to their label, which represents their sound, a mix of 80s New Wave, indie electronic and techno with powerful drums, driving synths for an emotional impact. The compilation also feature productions by Eleonora, Alejandro Mosso, Low Manuel, The Mansisters (Kasper Bjørke and Sexy Lazer), Local Suicide and Dharma !
Downloads: Download EP Artwork HERE Download Info Sheet HERE
Radio Airplay: Oscillator, Vibe 105,5 FM, Byte FM, Mutant Disco, Pioneer DJ Radio, Space Radio FM, MixpeopleFM, Dinamo FM, Kanal K, BR Zündfunk, Vibration FM, WAVES,
Selected Quotes: „cut of caustic but cautious EBM-influenced techno“ Resident Advisor
„Built on a delicious, driving bass line, Vespertines Unite, the collaboration between Low Manuel & Local Suicide, sounds like a contemporary update to some long forgotten Kittin track, particularly with the distinct European accent chanting the song title. This is easily the strongest track here.“The Letter
The diverse UK-based white label imprint Tusk Wax is releasing four heavy-fueled cold wave-tinged space disco cuts courtesy of Berliners Local Suicide and Curses. While 2019 has already seen killer releases for sub-labels Trance Wax and the newly-formed 90s Wax, the new collaborative EP marks the infamous parent label’s 28th release and comes on the back of a run of fantastic electro-tinged house and techno records from the likes of Younger Than Me and Pixelife.
Born and raised in New York City, Curses is known for combining elements of new wave, industrial, and psychedelic synth-music with a distinctly DIY punk ethos. Curses maintains a busy release schedule, with EPs on labels such as Bordello A Parigi, Throne Of Blood, and Ombra International, as well as releasing his hotly anticipated debut album, Romantic Fiction, last year on Dischi Autunno.
A collaboration between Curses and the otherworldly ‘technodisco’ duo Local Suicide seems all too natural, as both artists are known for exploring dark elements of acid-inspired deep space disco. The prolific Berlin duo has recently co-produced other scorching records with the likes of Theus Mago, Mijo, Rodion and Franz Matthews, and have released on innovative synth-focused labels such as Bordello a Parigi, Duro and Eskimo Recordings. ‘Magia’, a seductive slice of silky cold wave meets slo-mo disco, kicks off the EP in a chilling fashion. Mystical vocals delivered in both Greek and Italian, spacey synths and flutters of synthesized percussion eventually give way to a huge psychedelic breakdown. In the latter stages, an alien acid line takes over the mix before eventually disintegrating into the ether, as if swallowed by a black hole. The psychedelic vibes continue on the A-side with the driving Italo cut ‘It All Sounds The Same’. Huge riffs, desert melodies, reverberated vocals and wolf howls all combine to great effect on this new wave belter.
On the flip, the percussive ‘Walk With Me’ combines warped leads, sultry vocals and a chugging bassline with machine-driven clavs and claps to create a richly textured, tripped out, acid house mutation. Final track ‘Secret Friends’ closes the EP in suitably freaky fashion, with horror-theme melodies, reversed cymbals, unnerving vocals, and processed percussive swells that dominate the mix. Like the preceding tracks, ‘Secret Friends’ manages to connect the dots between new wave, disco, and techno, in the process producing moments of pure euphoria in equal measures with sheer horror.
Tusk Wax 28 will be released on March 22nd as 500 hand stamped, 12″ records.
Downloads: Download EP Artwork HERE Download Info Sheet HERE
„Yes!“– Tiga „Great stuff guys“ – Mixhell „Super cool“ – Solar „Sweet EBM. Thanks“ – Vladimir Ivkovic „Loving all 4 cuts“ – My Favorite Robot „Dope“ – Perel „Top Class release“ – Damon Jee „These are all wicked“ – Cabaret Nocturne „Great EP“ – Tronik Youth
Selected Press Quotes:
„Simply titled Tusk Wax 28, the EP, much like each artist’s respective back catalogs, explores the darker end of the electronic spectrum, mining the sleazy allure of new wave of post-punk and fusing it with modern disco and techno tropes. Each of the four cuts provides a different take on this aesthetic, from the stoned cold-wave grooves of „Magia“ to the more driving „It All Sounds The Same,“ the chugging and sultry „Walk With Me,“ and the sinister new-wave-techno fusion of „Secret Friends.“ XLR8R
„…new wave meets Italo laced with signature low strung guitar and wistful vocals. A great collaboration that we hope to see more of in future.“The Ransom Note
„…steadfast and seductive piece of slo-mo disco with spaced out synths and eerie vocals that wouldn’t be out of place in an 80’s horror movie“ Discobelle
„..the 4-track record finds the artists doing what they do best, which is pump out dark and husky disco, hedi EBM, acid and synth wave, all spawned with a post punk sensibility. A complete soundtrack to late hour clubbing in Berlin..“Colorising
Supported By:
Dixon, Tiga, Solar, Âme, Marcel Dettman, Vladimir Ivkovic, Silicon Soul, Damon Jee, Leri Ahel, My Favorite Robot, Perel, Alexi Delano, Acid Washed, Carl Craig, ROTCIV, Skelesys, Red Axes, I-Robots, Erol Alkan, Craig Bratley, Radio Slave, Tronik Youth, Mixhell, Maceo Plex, Cabaret Nocturne, Justine, Ilario Alicante, Gabriel Ferreira, Markantonio, Tulioxi, Raphael Dincsoy, Paul Ritch, Moderna, Naduve, Hybrasil, Simon lebon, My Favorite Robot, Mystery Affair, Johnson, Cannibal Ink, Third Son, Sexy Lazer, Beaner, You Man, Last Waltz
Multi Culti conclude their cosmic compilation series with MOON FAZE III, featuring RODION & LOCAL SUICIDE feat. MZ SUNDAY LUV, Argentine THOMASS JACKSON, Voodoohop native THOMASH and shamanic house guru LUM. Hot off his album release, Rodion crews up with Local Suicide and Mz Sunday Luv on ‚Owl & Wizzle,‘ a witchy romp summoning after-hours spirits from the deep. Mexico city resident Thomass Jackson rocks up with a punchy mid-tempo workout that manages to be both light and spooky at the same time, all the while staying funky. Cult favourite Thomash reworks Calando Fumando Palho (released on his 2015 ep) into a hauntingly beautiful lunar version, balancing organics and synthetics like a psychedelic boss. Finally, Lum joins the familia with Rosa, a ritual offering to pacha mamma, a gentle tribal call to realignment with our mother, the earth. Downloads: Download EP Artwork HERE (Credit: Ventral Is Golden) Download Info Sheet HERE
Selected Quotes: „This is obscure dance music from an Italian western in the remote future, recorded in an eerie Spaceship wreck. And the moon is shining purple today.”Thump Germany
Chart Results (Peaks): Juno: Balearic / Downtempo #2 Soundcloud: Disco Charts #15 Beatport: Indie Dance / Nu Disco #35 iTunes: Overall Single Charts: #73 (Hungary) iTunes: Dance Single Charts: #24 (Hungary) Supported & Charted By: The Hacker, Kaspar Bjorke, Jennifer Cardini, Arnaud Rebotini, Markus Gibb, RSS Disco, Kezokichi, Juan Soto, Switchst(d)ance, Jamie Stevens, Gemini Brothers, Gameboyz, Richard Rossa, Craig Bratley, Man Power, Hardway Bros, Eskimo Twins, Red Axes, Christian S, DC Salas, dOP, Paco Osuna, Thomass Jackson, My Favorite Robot, Inigo Vontier, Ledisko, Pilooski, Khidja,
Info: Artist: Local Suicide Title: We Can Go Everywhere EP Digtial Release Date: June 24, 2014 Physical Release Date: August 4, 2014 Label: Bordello A Parigi Distribution: Clone Format: 12” / Digital Cat No: BAP032
Tracklist: A1. We Can Go Everywhere (Original Version) A2. We Can Go Everywhere (In Flagranti Remix) B1. We Can Go Everywhere (Iñigo Vontier Remix) B2. We Can Go Everywhere (Richard Rossa Remix)
Artwork & Photos: Download the Cover Artwork HERE (Photo: Dina Pascal / Artwork by Otto Kraanen) Download new Press Photos HERE (Credit: Tim Dobrovolny)
Bio (written by Matt Oliver, Clash/Factmag): Local Suicide are a Berlin love story. Meeting over a common passion for dance floors, DJing and production, Brax Moody and Vamparela have been bringing their Greco-German soundclash attitude to clubs worldwide since 2007 and their debut EP We Can Go Everywhere officially rubberstamps their partnership.
The duo have been dominating Berlin’s top clubbing spots and have filled their passports from New York to Tunisia, Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Barcelona while simultaneously organizing parties, running a respected music blog (http://www.localsuicide.com/) and getting noticed whenever they get their hands on a set of decks. Safe to say that Local Suicide are not usually found without their hands to the pump.
EP info (written by Matt Oliver, Clash/Factmag): Chanting into a Balearic underworld, We Can Go Everywhere melds synth-pop, disco-house and indie dance brought back from the future. Just when you think the track is about to bust out a set of 80s shoulder pads, with the synth injections screaming out from a bygone era of bigger equals better (the same can also be said about the drop-down bass), the pair roll out the beats with a caution, turning the vibe into something best served come witching hour. Sprinkling the glitz and glamour with grit and candor and a touch of Gallic groove sensibility, the track paves the way for three remixes by Inflagranti, Iñigo Vontier and Richard Rossa.
The future-retro scale is further determined when you have the expertise of In Flagranti (Kitsuné, Phantasy, GOMMA, La Belle, Domino) to truly quantize the boogie, looping the chorus just behind a mix of digital distress signals and road trip guitars until it becomes something close to an incantation of Bananarama. Alex Gloor and Sasha Crnobrnja complete two halves of basement seriousness and a hop down a yellow brick road, giving off sharp catwalk glances before breaking out the worm in the name of Factory funk.
Iñigo Vontier (NANG, Pizzico, Turbo, No Static)trains tracky, fractal-examining synths for a deep tech-disco hustle. Powered by low-slung electro-house blips that cram and gang up on the dance floor, the Mexican producer simultaneously makes the original song sound intensely alone and on the run, the vocal not daring to speak its name until it rushes from the ground on the breakdown with a sense of release. The flashes of those kitsch-tipped synths again keep reminding you of the package’s Euro destination.
Tom Tom Disco’s Richard Rossa (GOMMA, Discotexas, Young Society) is the last one to bring sounds back and forward, putting spit and shine on mainframe sequences so the mirror ball can spin once more. With the ubiquitous synth shunts and bongo percussion not losing sight of the fact that there’s still a pop-ish party going on, the Scandinavian revels in the dust and debris that his machinery comes colored in, coming up with a snippy slice of incessant analogue disco ensuring Local Suicide’s original revels in its retro roots to the last.
Selected Quotes: ‚the perfect cabrio song!‘ NOISEY ‚…lacing retro chord stabs with a seemingly never-ending array of disco-minded percussion and a good deal of Moroder-indebted synth work.‘ XLR8R ‚…this claptastic tune will make you wanna put your hands up in the air!‘ VICE THUMP
Radio Airplay: RTRFM 92.1 (AUS), chry105.5fm (CA), Radio Carleton CKCU 93.1 FM (CA), Piooner DJ Radio (CRO), Space RadioFM (CRO), MixpeopleFM (CRO), DinamoFM (CRO), Wreck This Mess Radio Show (FR),House Nation Radio (FR), WOMR College Radio (GER), BLN.FM (GER), Deutschlandradio (GER), FM4 (AT), Additan Radio (GER) Flux FM (GER), Radio Zusa (GER), Ct Das Radio (GER), Radio Fritz (GER), Westradio (GR), The Zone (IT), AltroVerso Radio (IT), Tunnel FM (SWE), Kiss FM Ukraine (UKR), Manchester Global Radio (UK), Space Radio (Kenya), Mix People FM (Spain), Radio Studio B (Serbia), VIRUS SRF (CH), 101,5 FM Montreal (CA), Space Radio FM, Mixpeople FM, Dinamo FM, WTM Radio Paris, House Nation Radio, Byte FM (GER), Freies Radio Freudenstadt (GER), Kiddaz FM, XLR1505, Aditan Radio, Up N Loud Radio, A, UNK Fm, Clubbing FM, Soe FM, Ibizaglobalradio, Kiss FM Ukraine, Pulse Radio, Subdivisions Radio Show, Relisten FM
Supported By: Tensnake, Tiga, Oliver Schories, Michael Mayer, Hermanez, Arnaud Rebotini, Acid Washed, Club Bizarre, La Mverte, DJ T, Baby G, The Emperor Machine, Alkalino, Bufi, Gameboyz, Disko Selectors, Slam, Maceo Plex, Heretic, Carlos Nilmmns, Rick Prior, Future Feelings, Machinegewehr, Juan Soto, Grizzly, Jamie Stevens, RSS Disco, Neil Terry, Jens Holmes, Phil Downey, Sexylazer, Elie Eidelman, Nadja Lind, Electrosexual, NYMA, Egyptian Nipples, Chris Ex, GK Apsis, Jonathan Kusuma, Alfred Bros, Rui Vargas, Horatio, UMEK, Nori, Peter Adkins, Nick Warren, Simon Lister, Kalidasa, Bryan Zentz, Tony Kasper, Annie Hall, Submerge, DJ Polina Y,
Chart Results: iTunes Electronic Single Charts (Spain): #17 We Can Go Everywhere (Inigo Vontier Remix) iTunes All Genres Single Charts (Spain): #189 We Can Go Everywhere (Inigo Vontier Remix) iTunes Electronic Single Charts (Finland): #7 We Can Go Everywhere (Original Version) iTunes All Genres Single Charts (Finland): #54 We Can Go Everywhere (Original Version)
