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JIAOLONG 025EP
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Back in 2010 Caribou's Dan Snaith hosted a remix competition for his track "Sun" from his then-new album Swim. The winner was an unknown producer called altrice. Hailing from Tucson, Arizona of Iranian/Mexican descent, altrice took the bright euphoric highs of the original and crumbled them into rumbling lows, the crystalline edges becoming rough and undefined. Along with a bursting goody-bag of prizes, Snaith also provided altrice with the stems for the rest of Swim and the offer to remix the whole album track-by-track, creating "stem". Aside from a dream remix of Radiohead, this is largely the last from altrice in the past 12 years. A year and a half ago, altrice began sending new material. With encouragement from Snaith he eventually wound up with an EP which has since become essential DJ material for Snaith and the cohort of friends he's shared it with, as well as appearing on a few mixes. Compciter EP is a collection of music that for the first time is entirely altrice's own sound, alluring and off-kilter, a wealth of sounds and styles that are tied together by an irresistible warmth. Speaking of the EP, altrice says: "This EP is the result of allowing my stylistic boundaries to be nudged in a new direction, putting away a self-inflicted notion that I'm only fluent in certain subgenres of electronic music. I made some production choices that, for better or worse, will make this project stand out. I've been overwhelmed by the reactions in clubs and at festivals, and individuals reaching out with kind words about the music. It's surreal." From the huddled and obscured yet comforting vocal samples of "bda creature" to the swinging '90s Eurodance drums of "places faces" and the way the welcoming guitar melody and soulful vocals of "eyes" gives way to a full-on bass pummel, the tracks that have been released so far from the EP are already causing a stir both on and off the dancefloor. Today, the chopped up vocals and vast roomy sound of "yoni" along with "1609km" -- which would almost be straightforward house if it didn't pull the rug out to make way for delicate piano and harmonica flourishes -- complete a set that fulfils a promise 12 years in the making.
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JIAOLONG 024LP
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2023 repress; double LP version. Daphni aka Caribou aka Dan Snaith announces a new album, Cherry, his first album since 2017. Cherry will be released via Snaith's own Jiaolong label. Whether in the studio or the club, Daphni has always been a pursuit where Dan Snaith lets the music find its own path. With Cherry this is more evident than ever, this sense of the tracks as objects with life and desires outside of Snaith's control has now become a driving force in their creation. "There isn't anything obvious that unifies it or makes it hang together," Snaith says. "I think it was good that it was made without worrying about any of that. I just made it." Recorded over a prolonged period, Snaith let the music go where it wanted to go. It wasn't until he put everything he'd been tinkering with together that he realized what he had. "It's weird that when the tracks were put in what felt like the right order it took on a new coherence," he says, "where it pings quickly from one idea to the next and, at least for me, hangs together in way that feels unified. Maybe because it's hard to avoid the musical fingerprints I leave on the music I make, whether I want to or not." The component parts have this same sense of independence, the essence of Daphni always present over music that is more free-wheeling than it's ever been, almost escaping Snaith's grasp as it tumbles and spirals. "As is often the case when you're working quickly and intuitively, new pieces of equipment played a part" he says. New gear and ways of working meant Snaith was able to sit at the center of the music but let things get away from him a bit more as equipment began to make its own decisions before reeling it back in to suit his purposes, or as he puts it "getting the snake to eat its own tail".
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JIAOLONG 024CD
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Daphni aka Caribou aka Dan Snaith announces a new album, Cherry, his first album since 2017. Cherry will be released via Snaith's own Jiaolong label. Whether in the studio or the club, Daphni has always been a pursuit where Dan Snaith lets the music find its own path. With Cherry this is more evident than ever, this sense of the tracks as objects with life and desires outside of Snaith's control has now become a driving force in their creation. "There isn't anything obvious that unifies it or makes it hang together," Snaith says. "I think it was good that it was made without worrying about any of that. I just made it." Recorded over a prolonged period, Snaith let the music go where it wanted to go. It wasn't until he put everything he'd been tinkering with together that he realized what he had. "It's weird that when the tracks were put in what felt like the right order it took on a new coherence," he says, "where it pings quickly from one idea to the next and, at least for me, hangs together in way that feels unified. Maybe because it's hard to avoid the musical fingerprints I leave on the music I make, whether I want to or not." The component parts have this same sense of independence, the essence of Daphni always present over music that is more free-wheeling than it's ever been, almost escaping Snaith's grasp as it tumbles and spirals. "As is often the case when you're working quickly and intuitively, new pieces of equipment played a part" he says. New gear and ways of working meant Snaith was able to sit at the center of the music but let things get away from him a bit more as equipment began to make its own decisions before reeling it back in to suit his purposes, or as he puts it "getting the snake to eat its own tail".
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JIAOLONG 023EP
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"The Sizzling EP first appeared earlier this week as a white label, though Dan Snaith has since tweeted that the title track is a rework of the 1981 song 'Sizzlin' Hot' by Bermudian band Paradise. The EP, out via Snaith's Jiaolong label, also features a radio edit of that one plus three other new songs: "'f', 'Romeo', 'Just' ... Daphni last put out new music in 2017, when he mixed the all-originals FabricLive 93 (FABRIC 186CD) and released the Joli Mai LP (JIAOLONG 022CD/LP." --Resident Advisor
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JIAOLONG 022LP
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Double LP version. Earlier in 2017, Daphni (aka Caribou, aka Dan Snaith) released a very special FabricLive mix (FABRIC 186CD) made up of 23 original, unreleased Daphni tracks and four new Daphni edits to widespread critical acclaim. He follows up this mix with the new full-length album, Joli Mai, comprised of extended versions of the tracks from the mix as well as the new, unreleased track "Vulture".
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JIAOLONG 001EP
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2017 repress. Out of print classic, back with a very limited repress. First release from Daphni's (aka Dan Snaith/Caribou) new label. The A-side is a remix of Cos-Ber-Zam's "Ne Noya" from Analog Africa's Afro-Beat Airways compilation (AACD 068CD/AALP 068LP, 2010).
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JIAOLONG 014EP
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2017 repress. Following Our Love (2014), Caribou reveals a gloriously layered remix of "Your Love Will Set You Free" by Carl Craig. Dan Snaith on the remix: "I've dreamed of having [Carl Craig] remix one of my tracks for ages. He was one of the first people to publicly mention how much he liked Swim (2010) when it was released and we've been in touch since then. Before I'd gathered up the courage to ask him to remix a track on this album he got in touch and suggested it himself. The result is superlative and speaks for itself."
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JIAOLONG 022CD
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Earlier in 2017, Daphni (aka Caribou, aka Dan Snaith) released a very special FabricLive mix (FABRIC 186CD) made up of 23 original, unreleased Daphni tracks and four new Daphni edits to widespread critical acclaim. He follows up this mix with the new full-length album, Joli Mai, comprised of extended versions of the tracks from the mix as well as the new, unreleased track "Vulture".
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JIAOLONG 021EP
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New Daphni 12" featuring full-length versions of two highlights from his FabricLive 93 (FABRIC 186CD, 2017) that have both seen action in Dan and his comrades' recent DJ sets.
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JIAOLONG 020EP
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The Daphni edit of the Luther Davis Group's disco classic "You Can Be A Star," which Daphni first released on his 2017 FABRICLIVE 93 mix (FABRIC 186CD), backed here with the evergreen original version in all its glory. Hand-silkscreened sleeve by Tazelaar Stevenson.
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JIAOLONG 019EP
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The new 12" from Daphni (aka Caribou, aka Dan Snaith) -- the first release in over three years -- featuring tracks appearing on his FabricLive mix (FABRIC 186CD).
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JIAOLONG 018EP
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Jeremy Greenspan & Borys' second 12" on Dan Snaith's Jiaolong label. Recorded in Hamilton at Jeremy's studio. This release sees the two attempting to make dance music without payoffs; creating tension without release. This is "new age" music for the neurotic.
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JIAOLONG 017EP
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"Big Black Coat", the title track of the celebrated Junior Boys album, has received praise for its unconventional mix of techno elements and the signature laid-back Junior Boys sound. Detroit techno legend Robert Hood was an obvious choice for a remix, but with this reworking of the track he has once again outdone himself. As much as the original is in parts a nod to him, Hood's remix in turn gives "Big Black Coat" special treatment. Rather than opting for an all-out techno banger, he carefully deconstructed the original material, rebuilding it as an essentialist industrial club anthem.
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JIAOLONG 015EP
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"JIAOLONG015 features two mixes of Caribou's 'Mars' by Head High ( aka Shed aka WK7 aka WAX etc.)"
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JIAOLONG 011EP
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"JIAOLONG011 sees Daphni teaming up with composer/arranger Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy/Arcade Fire/Beirut etc..). The A-side has been a staple in Daphni's DJ sets for the last year delivering bassweight worldwide. 'That track's an enigma - when I listen to it at home it seems relatively innocuous but when I play it out all hell breaks loose', says Dan. The B-side is something even more strange and special - 'Tiberius' is perhaps the world's first microtonal electroacoustic violin techno track."
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JIAOLONG 010EP
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Repressed. "A Shangaan electro 12'' from mastermind producer 'Dog' Nozinja."
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JIAOLONG 009EP
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Repressed. "Jeremy from Junior Boys collaborating with some Canadian modular synth masters on some great techno tracks."
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JIAOLONG 007EP
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2014 repress. Nozinja from Honest Jon's Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa compilation (HJR 052CD/LP). "From the mastermind behind all the Shangaan electro music - this time under the alias Xitsonga Dance."
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JIAOLONG 002EP
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"Feted kosmische synthesizer wizards from Cleveland OH, Emeralds, have never had any of their music remixed before. Let alone having the title track from their acclaimed 2010 album reworked (twice) into a floor-filling behemoth by Daphni (aka Dan Snaith aka Caribou). 'We toured together in 2010 and since then I've always wanted to play their music in my DJ sets. So I did my own version of this track,' says Snaith. 'It's one of those tracks that whenever I play it I can feel the energy in the room lift.' Luckily, Emeralds were equally enthusiastic, and so this unlikely hybrid sees the light of day... or rather, the dark inside of a club." Last copies.
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