Take the chief A&R therapist at the Turbo hit-making factory, team him up with an epic player from Australia's Bang Gang and Motorik party scenes, bathe them in trancetastic Goan waters, dry them out on the playa at Burning Man, feed them sacred cactus roots, align their chakras with psychedelic yoga, dress them in dashikis, teleport them to a spiritual studio in Montreal, add cowbell, shoot a double rainbow overhead, place a fractal cherry on top and you get MULTI CULTI, a movement born out of brotherhood.
Lovechild, record label, lifestyle consultant, carnival costumier, nutritional guru, vibe share-atarian, mother lover, we are all these things tied together in a musical friendship bracelet, hanging from the hammock you deserve to be lounging in, in the paradise that is our home and garden, Earth. Jah bless. Om shanti. Yolo.
Music to trip to. Music to meditate on. Music to heal the world. Music to upgrade your soul. Music to get your family dancing. Music to teach you. Music to live by. Music to die to. MUSIC TO MULTIPLY YOUR MIND.
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MC 016EP
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Israel's hottest exports follow excellent EPs on Hivern and I'm a Cliché (CLICHE 059EP) with Waiting for a Surprise -- rich, deep, trippy, and organic, yet precise and lethally effective in the club. "Waiting for a Surprise" builds around a mid-tempo disco bassline with tough percussion and rugged synth stabs, but it's the eerie vocals of Brazilian collaborator Abrao that bring everything together. "Hope (feat. Zidan)" kicks off with resonant, delayed toms and adds a haunting howl and synths before dropping into a wild, clanging, carnivalesque frenzy. "The Metal Bender" slows the tempo but ups the vibe into an elated, slow-burning space-disco anthem.
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MC 002LP
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Multi Culti drops its first full-length artist album with In Dreems, following a teaser single and beautiful remixes by Michael Mayer, Axel Boman, Valentin Stip, and Thomash (MC 001EP, MC 005EP, MC 009EP). Born in the Sydney sun, the well-traveled journeyman DJ and legendary party-man Dreems creates musical visions that draw inspiration from the shores of Goa, the cliffs of Scotland, the clubs of Europe, and the desert of Black Rock City. His influences are too abundant to pick out, and he doesn't sound like anything or even any time in particular. The sprawling 14 tracks of his debut come together as one immersive whole, much more of an ambient epic than a collection of dance tracks -- this is truly music to trip out to. There are beats studded through the languid soundscapes, but they seem more designed for leg-twitching REM exploration than dancefloor stomping. From the opening tones of spring reverb-drenched vinyl noise and deep breathing, this record plunges the listener into an expansive inner space. Hypnotic, exotic, dense yet sparse, it's an album that defies categorization -- simultaneously odd and familiar. If it bears any resemblance to other records, it would be to the equally elusive, psychedelic electronica of artists like Walls, The Field, or even The KLF. It's rich with samples, but everything feels played and natural, as if all the sounds were rolled up in a dusty carpet and taken on safari before being unraveled and enjoyed in the light of the setting sun. Limited double LP edition pressed on 180-gram vinyl; includes MP3 download code.
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MC 008EP
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"'The Throw' [is] a track that I had witnessed from birth to graduation onto the radio airwaves [and] I felt that there was a hole in the interpretations that others had taken... I saw so much more in that piece of music. A body that was beautiful, violent, joyous, loose, and free... I tried several times to capture this. Each time was a different approach using different elements that I saw as vital... I decided to skein them together [into] a tripartite that managed to capture what it was truly like to be a part of the band..." --Dreems
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MC 010EP
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Multi Culti present a vinyl sampler from their recently-released Japan-only compilation, featuring music from label stable-mates Thomash, Dreems, Colo & Xanga as well as appearances from Mickey Moonlight and Daniel Maloso. Featuring original artwork by Susumu Mukai aka Zongamin, the limited-edition vinyl release is a nod to the unique collector-heaven fun-market that is Japan. This collection of tracks is a psychedelically-concocted manifesto of multiplicity, drawing influences from around the world. These tracks showcase the label's free-spirited mission -- from cuicas to Caracas, from shackles to shakers, from cosmic disco to Afro-house, and beyond.
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MC 007EP
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Championed by the likes of Seth Troxler, Guy Gerber and Tiga, the former Footprintz member turned solo star has set his musical sights on the incense-filled Multi Culti chill-out room. Clarian continues a run of musically diverse, emotionally-resonant songs with this three-track EP. "Ma Shiva" is a mid-tempo pop ballad that takes as its refrain one of the most popular Hindu mantras. "Open Your Eyes" takes the tempo down even lower, into laid-back Talking Heads territory. "Dystopia" is a dragon-stick-juggling bazaar-ride of inner-exoticism. Invisible Conga People remixes the title-track.
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MC 005EP
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The psychedelic exoticism of Dreems' debut single, beautifully reworked by Axel Boman, Thomash, and the resident Multi Culti production team. The expansive soundscapes kick off with Multi Culti's extended dub of "We Shall Be Found," a meandering trip-out that strips back the original groove, adding layers of acid and percussion that stretch across 11 minutes of ego-less space. Axel Boman's remix of "In the Desert" follows up with rays of glowing warmth, building into an optimistic mid-tempo epic. Finally, label-compatriot Thomash transforms "With Shackles On" into a gentle, swaying, organic slow-burner anthem.
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MC 001EP
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The Multi Culti (new Turbo sub-label) adventure begins with a bold debut 12" from Dreems -- three dubbed-out visions from the depths of Australia's vibe country, featuring a collaboration with mystery mate Jagma. In advance of a full-length LP release, these tracks are DJ-friendly, though the exotic vocal samples and timeless Afro-tribal-world-rave sounds aren't meant for killing dancefloors, but breathing new life into them. "We Shall Be Found" trots out of the gates with enthusiasm, a gospel Rasta refrain soaring atop rolling synths and funky 808 rhythms. "In the Desert" is a sun-drenched epic that evidently drew inspiration from five full trips to Burning Man, the sonic proof of beautiful sun-dances, trained to a timeless walk-about groove. Finally, "With Shackles On" is a blissfully lucid chain-gang journey to the shimmering edges of your consciousness.
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