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The Eclair-Mauskovic story began in late 2016 when both bands shared a stage for the first time during the Face Z Festival in Geneva. Since then, the two bands have spent their time touring and crafting their own visions of crunchy space future dance music. It seemed logical to join forces in order to produce a collaborative split 7 inch that would blend both bands’ identities.

“Homo Sapiens” is a slick latin L’Eclair groove augmented by mighty Mauskovic timbales and otherworldly vocal oddities.

“Take The Money (Octopus Version), with its multiple layers of organic and electronic drums, is a heavy Mauskovic rhythm filled with L’Eclair’s cosmic synths and lap steel guitar.

Both tracks almost have the same tempo and feature some classic Mauskovic slang. You won’t resist that sleazy laidback groove, wether you’re playing this record at home or at the club.

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Recorded and mixed by Benoit "Gerard" Erard
Mastered by Tim Stollenwerk

Welcome to the latest show for the lovely people at Music For Dreams. A real cosmic exploring electronic opening gives way to some ethereal jazz experiments before I reveal one of my guiltiest of pleasures before attempting to regain credibility with some killer South African hip hop, Balearic vibes and Afro boogie. A deep chugging outernational house triptych finish things off nicely.

Midori - Some Things (Menace)
Sofie Birch - Driving Towards The Deaths Mycelium (Constellation Tatsu)
Abro - Meantime Springtime (Raw Tapes)
Jamael Dean - Kronos (Stones Throw)
Ryan Teague - Verboten Fold (King Tree)
Lucy Dacus - In The Air Tonight (Matador)
Laliboi - Mancane (Teka)
Zatua - Nun Vuelvas Mas (Music from Memory)
Francois N'Gwa - N'Kene (Into The Deep)
VIDEOTAPEMUSIC - Sunset feat. Kim Na Eun (Kakubarhythm)
Space Dimension Controller - Gifted Sentience (R&S)
Sunlightsquare - Oyelo, Atjazz Astro Remix (Self Release)
The Quiet Ones feat. Sergio Perere (Bandcamp) - Matamba (Bandcamp)

Don't forget our daily social media recommendations. No information overload, one recommendation a day, only the good stuff. We've also got a podcast and mad playlists on various services - link to them all from the website.

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Madison McFerrin is an independent singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. In December of 2016, she quietly introduced her soulful take on a cappella to the world when she self-released Finding Foundations: Vol. I.  After one listen, tastemaking DJ, Gilles Peterson, snatched up her standout track, “No Time to Lose,” for his Brownswood Bubblers compilation. Leading up to her sold out debut show at Joe’s Pub, the New York Times remarked how her sound “shows wonderful vocal dexterity, deftly swerving from sharp, clearly enunciated staccato bursts to fluttery, free-form melismata.” 

In February of 2018, she gave her listeners more of her distinctive sound that Questlove dubbed “soul-appella” when she self-released Finding Foundations: Vol. II. Her SXSW 2018  debut led legendary KCRW DJ Anne Litt to remark, “there’s some sort of joy and beauty in the way that she performs that really drew me in all that much more.” Pitchfork Magazine followed this up by declaring, “Madison McFerrin is making a cappella cool again” in a Rising Artist profile. She subsequently performed at Pitchfork’s Rising Artist showcase at Northside Fest, OctFest, Paris Avant Garde showcase and inaugural Midwinter Event at the Art Institute of Chicago. Along with these noteworthy performances, Madison has also dazzled European crowds with her one-woman show of looping hypnotic harmonies live from London to Poland.

After releasing two critically acclaimed a cappella soul EPs, rising Brooklyn singer songwriter, Madison McFerrin, debuts her first body of work that marries her timeless vocals with modern production on her new EP, You + I.

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Executive Produced by Madison McFerrin + ned levy jr.
EP cover art photography: ned levy jr.

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'Until We Fall' is a collaboration between Sven Laux & Harry Towell. Laux is a renowned composer from Berlin, while Towell records under the alias Spheruleus and hails from Lincolnshire, UK. In 2018, both artists discovered that their partners were expecting the birth of their first child - Sven in July and Harry in September. Even though they’re 500 or so miles apart, populating a country on the European continent and a small island on the other side of the sea, the two musicians share the same human experiences: the same anticipation, patience, longing, and joy.

Until We Fall is a dove in music form, bringing a peaceful lullaby to the ears of their children, tracing the long weeks and longer months which led to the arrival while also walking with the two artists in the run-up to the birth. Described as a ‘restful sonic story to play to their babies as an audiobook without words’, light drones swell up and engage with the birdsong of a peaceful place. Second track ‘Kites’ inhales and exhales, announcing a new soul to the world with the early rhythms of respiration. Even though we come into this world kicking and screaming, both musicians want to welcome their children into the world with a calming fanfare, a soft-clothed ambient and a place of security to rival that of a womb from which they have fallen. The dawning, artificial light is too bright, and unfamiliar eyes and smiles focus in on the new arrival, but the world is instantly familiar with the music of a mother’s voice.

Field recordings, guitar drones, and string arrangements all pepper the music. One will hear the sounds of distant rain, falling upon an English field in the Lincolnshire countryside, merging with the city sounds of Berlin. The music is a resting place – no more hard labour is required, and there’s no more stress to endure. Until We Fall is an album of sweet unity and longed-for dreams coming to completion, not only uniting the two musicians, but uniting parents to their children, and children to their parents.

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This is another beautiful 'Book Editions' presentation...

With this release, we return to the concept of fragility and family. Old books have once more been dissected and reassembled to present a new creation. 'Until We Fall' is unique in that its collection of old books, photographs, and film negatives all come from the same family, unifying the album perfectly! The design also features vintage prints, hand numbered library cards, stamps and book-marks that all rest inside stitched glassine bags. Once again, this is very limited... only 100 copies for the world. Each copy is completely unique and different from the next. Truly limited edition! 
Credits
Music written, recorded and produced by Sven Laux & Harry Towell
Mastering by Tim Diagram
Design by Daniel Crossley
Additional art support by Ian Hazeldine

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“The idea of getting together Orquesta De Las Nubes with Glen Velez, Layne Redmond and Miguel Herrero in a recording studio arose when Glen and Layne visited Spain to hold a seminar on frame drums techniques. We had met Glen some years before during an event that took place in the amazing “Aula de Música de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid”. Glen came to Madrid playing with Charlie Morrow as part of an event about Fluxus with Alison Knowles and Philip Corner. On that time Glen played in Steve Reich Ensemble and our mutual love for repetitive music and ethnic music allowed us to build a very good friendship. When Glen visited Madrid we always get together in our rehearsal space and we played, talked and drink for hours. In 1985, during one of those sessions, Miguel Herrero joined us. On that time Miguel and meI used to play together in a club each week, where we made a bizarre fusion between pop and repetitive music. The sessions sounded so good, our ideas flowed so easily that after one session, I called Track Studios to ask if they have free rooms to make a recording during next days and as they told yes, I booked it immediately. The recording was made with an incredible fluency and about 12 hours after, we had recorded Música Esporádica. Fluency, spontaneity, close friendship was the fuel that fed us. After 34 years everything remains the same. Some of them are not with us any more but Música Esporádica keeps the unselfish spirit that encourages to share without objectives. Música Esporádica never step on stage and the 6 never met again altogether.” - Suso Saiz