L-Vis 1990 "Compass" / "Zahonda"
Posted 10/8/2009 11:32 AM by Institubes
Tags: greena, christian martin, dirtybird, institubes, sound pellegrino, l-vis 1990
L-Vis 1990. English bloke. One of the most innovative and talked-about producers of the year, with the talent, creativity and artistic vision to back it up, not only through music but also video and artwork (he is responsible for the massive Riton and Dance Area videos, as well as his own, supported by Michel Gondry's production company Partizan). Championed by blogs, sitting on top of a pile of hypemachine and resident advisor charts, the buzz on L-Vis' releases (on Mad Decent, Dress 2 Sweat) and remixes (for Riton & Primary 1, Buraka, Crystal Fighters, Gucci Vump) is the kind that comes once a year and changes the face of underground club music. We could spend hours explaining how he is the new incarnation of UK bass / club culture and how he blends years of garage heritage with post-modern tribal house, but it's a lot simpler than that: L-Vis 1990 is his own music genre. He's a true phenomenon, and the sensation that we are witnessing the imminent explosion of a massive success has never been so tangible.
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Slightly heavier than your average Sound Pellegrino release while still maintaining focus on groove as our primary criterion, this single marks our first exploration of "riddim" territory, AKA we're definitely taking the Eurostar to this one. Somewhere in between UK funky and dark African rave lies Compass, a strong, obvious, destructive and fierce hit that could be interpreted as a punchy follow up to L-Vis' previous single United Groove. Already played by the whole universe from big name BBC Radio 1 DJs to Grenoble techno aficionados, Compass is bound to become a must-play, and we'd like to apologize in advance for the loss of your dear little bedroom speakers. On the infamous "virtual flip", Zahonda serves as the bubbly, quieter yet lethal house tool. Obsessive, repetitive and muddy, it's the chant of Mother Earth reclaiming the dancefloor, or something to raise your arms and worship the Sun to.
The Compass remix is provided by none other than Christian Martin, half of the notorious Martin Brothers and one of the heads of best-in-class San Francisco-based house label Dirtybird. This is another case of "we are so psyched to have one of the inspirations behind the creation of Sound Pellegrino do a remix for us". His take on Compass results in an amazing slice of detailed, elegant and vicious electro-tech that will surprise and win the favors of DJs from all around the spectrum. London's Greena remixes Zahonda into an immediate funky DJ friendly stomper that will leave crowds all shook up, wrapping up this essential single that will undoubtedly give to young underground prince L-Vis 1990 the well-deserved title of "King of Bass".
- Teki Latex
L-Vis 1990's ep Compass / Zahonda is available right now on Beatport here:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/196878/compass_zahonda
> Download Christian Martin's remix of Compass here
Free downloads - ROB - Dodecalogue vol.1: Pierre/Peter
Posted 7/23/2009 12:58 PM by Institubes
Tags: subscription, godsploitation, apostles, peter, institubes, unsunned, rob
A word from Rob
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I am glad to announce the opening of my Dodecalogue.
Each month, for a year, I will release a new record dedicated to studying the Gospels and the apostles.
Join me for a deep, modern, musical and mystical exegesis. Free from classic liturgy, I am embarking upon a tender and chaotic and wandering journey into time immemorial.
In order to make this somewhat easy for you, Institubes and I thought you would like to subscribe to the series.
Welcome to you all.
ROB.
A word from Unsunned / Institubes
Rob has released two albums: Don’t Kill in 2000 and Satyred Love in 2002.
We loved these records.
He has kept out of the public eye since then. We convinced him to come back.
From June 2009 to June 2010, for twelve consecutive months, Rob will write, record and produce an unknown number of songs, following the occult logic of his own inspiration and the meandering path suggested by the Gospels. Each month, a new record will be released, bearing his name and the title "Dodecalogue"--vinyl and digital formats. Each record will discuss one of the twelve apostles. Twelve records. Rejoice!
The whole thing is ambitious, highly elusive and perilous. What if nothing comes up? Is the New Testament a relevant theme? Should we, in the reign of Benedict XVI, risk being mistaken for Christian lackeys? What if the label folds? More importantly, in the age of instant obsolescence, of dwindling life expectancy, what the hell do we think we're doing? Should we trust you?
As of today, I do not know if these recordings will ever be compiled. One could argue that it doesn't matter. That the right way to experience the Dodecalogue is to follow the work as it unfolds. That you should hop in as early as possible and stick with it. It requires a modicum of discipline. And I think it's good that it echoes the discipline that will be required of Rob. And I think it will be glorious.
This is a pledge. Let's meet once a month for a whole year and see what happens.
As an exclusive treat for all RCRD LBL readers, here's the first volume of this project, dedicated to Peter.
” Rise, Peter; kill and eat. ”
Acts 10:13
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Rob - Ouverture
Rob - Talking to God
Rob - Transfiguration I : Douce
These three tracks will be available as free downloads only for a limited time.
This volume is already available on iTunes with the long-awaited 12" vinyl following next week.
To subscribe to the Dodecalogue project and read more about Rob, go to institubes.com/rob
- UNSUNNED / INSTITUBES
Crystal "Initiative!" video out in HD!
A few months back we introduced you to Crystal, we introduced you to their self produced video clip and we'd like to think that you were amazed.
We're now proud to put out the long overdue HD version of "Initiative!", it does the Japanese bred visuals the justice it deserves.
Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team: Rainforest Frog Symphony Mix
Posted 7/16/2009 9:42 AM by Institubes
Tags: Orgasmic, Teki Latex, Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, Sound Pellegrino, Institubes, House, Techno, Electro
It's that time of the month again, no not THAT time of the month,
Although I'm sure that wouldn't stop our main men Teki and Orgasmic from "stunting on hoes", they're not that naaaasty and they ain't no pussies, ya heard? The time of the month we're refering to is more about the resulting joy you experience after having heard the awesome mix that the Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team spent cooking up in ,what I can only imagine is, a sweltering hot Parisian basement. There's so much heat canned into this 50 odd minute mix that when Teki tried to upload it the internet broke...True story. With exclusives from every promising act of the moment, from our Island bound companion L-vis 1990 to the elusive Gucci Vump, this here mix is guaranteed to get you all sweated up. Ladies get buck naked, fellas do you best to keep your clothes on. Please. For god's sake.
Get your mix here
Momma's Boy "Give It Up"
Posted 7/14/2009 7:14 AM by Institubes
Tags: institubes, sound pellegrino, mommas boy, mikix the cat
Mike Gnacadja is the type of producer who needs balance in his life. When Luca aka Curses! aka Drop The Lime introduced him to us under the name Mikix The Cat, little did we know that a week later he would start bombarding us with a neverending stream of amazing tracks, each belonging to a cryptic, unheard-of subgenre of house. While unleashing his hard bass-driven rave bursts as Mikix for Luca's label Trouble & Bass, Mike kept his lighter, more playful side away from the public ear, but not from the Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team's hard drives. Influenced by the sparse sounds of the house music of Now, as well as a rightful return to the African rythms of his Beninese roots, channelled by his move from Paris to Berlin, a new face of Mike Gnacadja was born, we decided to name it Momma's Boy (after the restaurant in Curb Your Enthusiasm).
Instantly praised by world class DJs such as Edu K, Andy George, Worthy (who will soon drop another Momma's Boy release on his wonderful imprint Anabatic) and many more solely on the basis of his remix of Douster's "For Weirdos Only" and a couple of Myspace tracks, Mike is ready to show the world what Momma's Boy is made of with the release of his Sound Pellegrino EP: Wedouwedou / Give It Up.
ling a drunken cross-eyed bird's tweet with a build up that would make Magilla Gorilla jizz strawberry-banana-flavored smoothie in his pan
"Wedouwedou" was the track that made Orgasmic and I jump out of our seats and scream "Mike is ready". A slow-burning tech-funk groover that turns into a pumping mini fuzzy synth freestyle resembling a drunken cross-eyed bird's tweet with a build up that would make Magilla Gorilla jizz strawberry-banana-flavored smoothie in his pants.
Orgasmic and I had an argument about whether "Give It Up" should be the A side or not, but things like that don't really matter anymore with digital releases, do they? Anyway I believe "Give It Up" is the hit of the EP. Banging yet subtle, evil yet pointing towards the direction of "a fun jam", this track is like a sprinkle of hagelslag on an already delicious piece of toast in the middle of a well-furnished musical Dutch breakfast.
Speaking of Dutch, Rotterdam's Kid Kaio has been a hero to us for quite some time now, precisely since his collaboration with Lucky Charmes on the hit "Plain Dots", which we banged all year with unbounded pleasure. His remix of "Wedouwedou" is as tribal and bubbly as one would expect, while introducing a surprisingly deep and dubby mood. Here's what twitter-happy gangster house DJ Brodinski had to say about it:
brodinski @TekiLatex kid kaio Rmx amazing Prog House trance deep crack mafia music. love it. @MIKIXTHECAT
As a matter of fact Brodinski likes this EP so much he decided to include bonus track "Betowe" on his freshly dropped Bugged Out mix-CD. "Betowe" mixes deep minimal rhythms with tribal drums and chants, much like a lot of house music being released this year, except these chants are sung in the very dialect spoken by Mike's family, and I'm not even trying to get all "authentic" on your asses but Momma's Boy flips those vocal samples like no one will ever be able to, period.
- Teki Latex.
New Songs up on fairtilizer
So for the past few weeks, you might of noticed, we've been on an updating spree, getting back in touch with our inner internet geeks. Trawling up and down the web tying up loose ends here and there, making sure you, the public, get the correct dosage of Institubes. Amongst our other web-based ventures we've decided to put some new material up onto our Fairtilizer account.
Please go check it out. Lots of exclusive streamable material for your ears' pleasure.
Tekitek - Mes Pelures Sont Plus Belles Que Vos Fruits
Since "Party De Plaisir", accompanied by Gonzales and Létang, Teki Latex showed his true colours as a lover of french pop and Italo-disco, but he's back for a sporadic show of his rapping excellence. "Mes pelures" is a manifestation of the man's amazing generosity, stealing from some to give to others, delivering his idiosyncratic flow over a variety of "borrowed" beats old and new and making them his. It's a compilation of freeflowing, arrogant and brave pieces put forward in the way only Teki can. It's the only proof needed to crown Mr. Latex emperor of all things rap. Teki The Emperor, sets fire to Rome and sings amongst the flames, you wanted rap? Here's some bloody rap! The album's out now and available at Arcade Mode and the Fnac.
Stunts Records
Posted 6/18/2009 10:54 AM by Institubes
Tags: Institubes, Stunts, Genevan Heathen, Orgasmic, Cuizinier, So Fresh Squad, Tekitek, Craiz, Manar, Joke, Young Pulse, Mixtape
Stunts is one of our brand spanking new sublabels and it specialises in rap, french rap to be precise. Curated by patron saints Genevan Heathen and Orgasmic, the label plays home to Cuizinier, So Fresh Squad, Tekitek, Craiz, Manaré, Joke, Young Pulse and Orgasmic himself. The Stunts Dj's' first mixtape came out at the tail-end of march to much acclaim and we're now preparing the label's second outing with a fresh new mixtape, expect it to be ready by september. Stunts' own mic controller Joke has prepared an EP that might be at your doorstep very soon.
Sound Pellegrino : Havard Bass + Renaissance Man = MONTHS OF FUN
Posted 6/18/2009 10:27 AM by Institubes
Tags: Institubes, Sound Pellegrino, Harvard Bass, Renaissance Man
Surely you've heard of our stove-hot sublabel Sound Pellegrino, Zombie Disco Squad and Douster's releases have been blazing dancefloors worldwide since the beginning of the year now it's time for men of the moment Renaissance Man and American housemaster Havard Bass to get a turn. We've sanctioned two heavy releases to get your body jacking throughout the summer months, both are out now exclusively in digital format, get buying!
Renaissance Man
First up are Renaissance Man, who's "Spraycan" (out on Dubsided) absolutely blew up the WMC this year, the finnish duo deliver a massive EP to add to your Sound Pellegrino collection.
How catchy is the tongue-in-cheek vocal sample in "What Is Guru"? Soon, even your mother will ask you to burn her a CD of "that Krishna song". But once the novelty's gone, what makes this track a hit is the impeccable and original production, serving a groove reminiscent of Akufen's early radio-chopping work.
It's so good that Riva Starr, one of artists who helped define this new sound we keep writing about, came up with an infectious percussive remix which will prove itself more than useful for DJs who aren't feeling the whole vocal/spiritual breakdown thing.
Harvard Bass
We got to know Harvard Bass through Johnny Love from Guns 'n' Bombs back in december 2007 when TTC flew to California on a quest for the perfect hamburger (shout out to In & Out). We closely followed his career since then, inviting him to remix our "Sixpack Anthem" on Institubes and watching him gather massive support from DJs like Crookers, Brodinski, Christian Martin, Jess & Crabbe, Acid Girls, Fluokids and many, many more. It's finally Harvard Bass's time to shine
CHATEAU MARMONT X APC
One of the coolest French brands approached us to do a tee-shirt with them and behold: the APC x Chateau Marmont tee, designed by our very own House of Kids. It's on sale at all APC stores, along with the other tees from the series, featuring Koko Von Napoo,The Teenagers and Housse de Racket.
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