DMZ, or De Militarized Zone, is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization’s external services to a larger untrusted network. There’s a certain noir comic vibe to this release, although, musically speaking, there’s no escaping the comparisons to Burial, Mount Kimbie and Sepalcure. Some league to be in though! Sounding somewhat like a mix between the three pioneers within experimental and perhaps more subtle dubstep isn’t exactly a negative feat, it’s a pretty incredible accomplishment in my book! The good kind of spine shivers. There’s a hazy and frail fidgeting feeling over this, slightly skipping with off-beat jazz-like rhytms, but the textures and melodies are oh so warm and comforting.
I’m really honored to release this 6-piece on the label, and like so many other releases on the label, it really deserves a vinyl release. So, if you feel like sponsoring or lending us money, give me a holler! Artwork by Morten.
Preview the track ‘Cease All Creation’;
Tracklist;
1. Cease All Creation
2. Encourage His Arrogance
3. Bolstering Lost Ground Fortress
4. A Golden Bridge To Retreat Across
5. Penetrating Spies Cannot Pry
6. Secret Ops
When I in a few minutes will press ‘submit’ to free Thomas Bergsten’s latest contribution to the human race, I will take great pride in knowing that the level of weirdness in the world just increased by 36. On this phenomenal record, we have nothing less than 12 exceptionally outlandish, beautiful pieces of music made for a film that is just around the corner. The fabulous thing about this movie is the fact that the movie itself was shot with the intention of describing the sound, yet not making it a mere music video, but a full fledged Jim Jarmusch-like flick with lots of awkward people doing whatever it is awkward people do. You’ll see, you’ll see.
‘New Orleans Vampire’ opens the show with a strange african/mexican-sounding blues track that suddenley drops into a stripped down 80’ies hip-hop beat, before the title song, ‘Jesus Was Walking On The Water’ rips your head open with some Nick Cave-like aesthetics, and then Oscar (from the movie), or what have you, takes it too far (honey), and has to cool down on the beach. Et cetera! It just goes on! I’m finding it very difficult to choose one track for preview on this, because they are all so different. A personal favorite it is though, ‘Subway (Club Scene)’, which is absolutely sublime! Artwork by Thomas.
Preview the track ‘Subway (Club Scene)’;
Tracklist;
1. New Orleans Vampire (Vampire Band Scene)
2. Jesus Was Walking On The Water (Title Song)
3. Honey I Went Too Far (Beach Scene)
4. Disney (Turn The Page)
5. Don’t Drink And Drive (End Credits)
6. Fuglane (Last Scene)
7. Indianarane Kjem! (Theme Song)
8. Subway (Club Scene)
9. Subway (Praying Scene)
10. The World Is Burning (Birth Scene)
11. The Dada Priest (Preaching Scene, Amazing Grace)
12. Aix Sponsa
A walk through the dire mud of everyday life, sprinkled with the occasional sunshine penetration. Mental dwarfs looking for pussy behind doors, blow pads, metal piece nose separation. A neurotic cartoon ‘Nirvana’, oozing sprays of sticky aromas, clinging to matter like tar sand. To enjoy light, one must also appreciate darkness. Balancing on the thin line stretching over the nuclear waste covering parts of a flourishing meadow. The king of snooze-techno has returned, and it’s an LP! 12 new tracks, damn!
Ulf/Phlu produced this record over the rainy summer, which gives us a few pointers to its ambivalent nature. There are some wonderfully warm melodies on show on this record, as well as some much welcomed rhythmical experimentation. ‘Juxtapositive Minds’ skips along like a slightly damaged old record, while ‘Another Re-Detached Surface of Thought’ explores a different musical realm altogether. Artwork by Ulf.
Preview the track ‘Juxtapositive Minds’;
Tracklist;
1. Weak End
2. Blabbering Of The Quitter
3. Hippielusions Of Grandeur
4. Psychobabble Theft
5. Juxtapositive Minds
6. Five Joints Left
7. Disconcerted & Discombobulated
8. No Use For A Brain
9. Another Re-detached Surface Of Thought
10. Decomposed Soil Of The Soul
11. Dark Lights
12. End Station
Ok, ok, I don’t really know how to mix to save my life, but today I made a mix anyway, and these tracks are damn fine for summer. Stream it from Soundcloud or download it from the link below the tracklist. Dedicated to the late Gil Scott-Heron and Sup Kubb.
Tracklist;
Matthewdavid – Audio Track 14
Jeremiah Jae – $easons
Madvillain – Horny
Mane Mane – Just Called 2
Young Montana? – Suchbeats (feat. Stainless Steele)
Frank Ocean – Songs For Women
heRobust – Shawty Swing My Way (Busted)
The Soul Investigators – Soul Investigators Theme (Mike Slott Remix)
Thomas Fehlmann – Berliner Luftikus
Beach House – Silver Soul
Sumsun – Colors
Kona Triangle – Air Lock
Jar Moff – Uknown Track
Ous Mal – Aamubussi
Bibio – Great Are The Piths
Blockhead – The Prettiest Sea Slug
SSaliva – Moonblood
Alborosie – Sound Killa
Collie Buddz – Come Around
Sepalcure – Love Pressure
Oriol – Night And Day
Opiate – Snow Story
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX – My Cloud
Simbad – DNA Metamorphosis
G.R.I.T – Hope (Dub Edit)
Lucky Dragons – Don’t Lie (Bonus)
The Ruby Suns – Kenya Dig It
Beach Fossils – Daydream
Boards of Canada – Olson
