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31/7/2020 0 Comments

BOOF - REBIRTH OF GERBERDAISY (BUBBLETEASE)

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Maurice Fulton has always been one of these parallel dimensional producers. Everything sounds familiar, but it's somehow different & just that bit better, well apart from the cover art. Check out his latest jazz juiced & tripped out LP of dubbed up disco, house for the heads & mystical cosmic vibrations.
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Produced by Maurice Fulton
“An Original Dr. Scratch Mix”
Written by Maurice Fulton except for “Japanese Indian Shrimp Curry” & “ D To The A Train” written by Jimi Tenor and Maurice Fulton. Publishing by Buttrubb Music. Recorded and Mixed at BubbleTease Communications, Sheffield UK.
Players Maurice Fulton, bass drums keyboards guitars Shamisen and percussion
Jimi Tenor flute and percussion on “Japanese Indian Shrimp Curry” and Flute on “D To The A Train”
Special thanks. God,Mutsumi, Joi, Mim Suleiman, Danae, Sarah Ellison, Nelson Vercher, Karo Brandi, Jason Kincade & Paul, Luciana Galindo, Chantress, Michele Holcombe, Mona Diallo, Birgit Boogie, Mario & Soley, Naoka Fukumoto & Emi, Dj Nori, Dj Jnett, Cat Soulcat, Marcellus Pittman, Peggy Gou, Fiona Thwaites ,Lloyd , Dj Hogi, Rita Marmor, Abby Alvarez Kelly Cooke Tony Humphries and Tika.


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30/7/2020 0 Comments

Chari Chari - We Hear The Last Decades Dreaming (Seeds & Ground/Groovement)

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The new Chari Chari LP on Seeds & Ground/ GROOVEMENT(vinyl edition) is a summer suitable wander through balmy Balearic beats, New Age vibes & warm weather dance music for the mature clubbers with faded Ibizian memories & a twinkle in their eyes. Thanks to Ban Ban Ton Ton for the tip.
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After many years of working as a DJ and producer in the Japanese dance music scene, Kaoru Inoue has now released the new album under the name of Chari Chari after 18 years, a collection of organic-electronic compositions filled with an exotic designs welling up in the middle of nowhere. 

500 LTD self-mastered Compact Disc in paper sleeve + Digital. 
Bandcamp only / 48kHz-24bit high-resolution audio. 
The vinyl edition will follow from Groovement Organic Series (Portugal)

Everything, done by Kaoru Inoue 

except.. 
Luna de Lobos: 
additional e.guitar & gut guitar solo by Takamasa Tomae 
Fading Away: 
additional e.guitar & e-bow by Takamasa Tomae 
Black Shrine: 
percussions by Makoto Miyata 

9 & 10 Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi in 2016 
12 Mixed by Yoshiaki Onishi in 2000 

Artwork by Shun Horiki



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29/7/2020 0 Comments

Tukico & Julian Zyklus - Parallel Worlds (Hush Hush)

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Sonically sparring from afar via the WWW ether, Tukico & Julian Zyklus end up in deep space free port where cinematic Sci-Fi, neo-classical & the electronic outer reaches have fled to escape societal norms. Another exciting release from Hush Hush Records.
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Hush Hush is honored to present 'Parallel Worlds,' a mesmerizing collaborative effort between recent Hush Hush alums Tukico and Julian Zyklus.

Tukico is an alias of Berlin-based Japanese violinist, composer, electronic producer, and Tangerine Dream member Hoshiko Yamane. Following numerous releases under her own name on revered neo-classical label 1631 Recordings as well as a collaborative release with Icelandic musician Mikael Lind for Time Released Sound, Hoshiko unveiled her debut EP 'become' (HH122) under the Tukico alias earlier this year on Hush Hush Records that proudly displayed her bold fusion of traditional classical music with innovative electronic production techniques.

Julian Zyklus is an emerging Italian electronic musician who has been studying piano and synthesizers for decades. A student of engineering and electronic music, he's served as a member of the veteran Italian alternative rock band A Toys Orchestra since 2014, where he's enhanced the band's dynamic and theatrical sound as their primary piano and synth player. Last summer he joined the Hush Hush family for the release of his debut solo album 'Four Dimensional Waves,' an expansive and ambitious record that confidently mixed serene ambient passages and hypnotic neo-classical arrangements with propulsive techno rhythms in stunning fashion.

Drawn together by a deep mutual admiration of each other’s debut releases for Hush Hush, the two connected online earlier this year to discuss the possibility of bringing their evocative and cinematic styles together on a shared release. Working from their respective apartments in Berlin, Germany and Bologna, Italy, Tukico and Julian Zyklus each swiftly composed two original pieces for 'Parallel Worlds' and then entrusted each other to contribute their own unique interpretations. Although the works were written in their own independent silos during the COVID-19 lockdown, their shared transportive and whimsical sonic sensibilities – a key sonic element that unites Hush Hush’s international roster – find a perfect harmony alongside each other and symbolizes the beauty and power of collaboration, even when operating in 'Parallel Worlds.'
 
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All songs composed and produced by Hoshiko Yamane (aka Tukico) and Julian Zyklus.

Tukico 'become'
hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/become

Julian Zyklus 'Four Dimensional Waves'
hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/four-dimensional-waves

Mastered by Adam Straney at BreakPoint Mastering.
breakpointmastering.com
Artwork by Julian Zyklus.
Tape artwork and layout by Michael Tenzer.


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28/7/2020 0 Comments

Double Geography - The Indoor Gardner (Invisible Inc.)

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A great new release by Double Geography (Duncan from Weird Weather) for Invisible, Inc. as he stitches together a Balearic tapestry, from (light) industrial patches, new age of New Age scraps, found sound threads & Sci-Fi synths.

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To say we are "excited" to get this phenomenal album by Double Geography out would be a monumental understatement - it has been on rotation here at INVINC HQ pretty much constantly for a couple of months now and still never ceases to amaze and impress.

Double Geography is Duncan Thornley, one half of Weird Weather who have released on Emotional Response, Going Good and their own Whip+Lash imprint, exploring sometimes hypnotic, sometimes abstract experimental tech-tronica.

Double Geography, however, takes us deep into the undergrowth, into the world of plants. With tracks named after a variety of flora the music could loosely be described as laidback ‘balearica'. However, where much of that genre (if it can even be called a genre) has spawned so much insipid, mediocre coffee table ‘lounge music', The Indoor Gardener has retained that crucial element of tripped out psychedelia that transports us just that little bit higher.

The music feels warm, melodic, emotive.....but listen closely and underneath the surface is a complex depth where you'll find a lot more is going on and it gives the whole piece of work an edginess undeniably synthetic in nature. Like an organic, analogue paradise re-imagined through the mind of an artificial intelligence. The atmospheres created being less a hazy "dreaminess" than a dreamlike cinematic soundtrack to a mystical reality.

Technical wizardry is also very much apparent. Thornley's day job as an audio engineer has paid off well here. The unique character of many of the sounds we're hearing seem as rich, complex and diverse as the natural world that inspired their creation. His mastery of the equipment at his fingertips is obvious.

So relax, take a deep breath and take a wander round this botanic paradise - a psychedelic Garden of Eden for the 21st century.

Artwork by Penny Klein
 
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27/7/2020 0 Comments

Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Music for Artificial Island 1989 (Bandcamp)

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With a lot of 2020 holiday plans going awry, let Hirotaka Shirotsubaki transport you to his palm fringed artificial island. Avoid the summer crowds, feel the warm drones on your skin & bask in the crystal clear ambient waters of this special place.
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