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SOHASO 028LP
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Switch on your receiver and tune in to Far Out Radio Systems for another essential transmission. A lengthy one this time, since On Boolean Plains is the debut album of this Belgium production unit. Station master of Far Out Radio Systems is the Genk based producer Thomas Neyens, who keeps a cinemascope view on electronic music and has previously released on the SoHaSo label as Kiani & His Legion. On Boolean Plains takes you back to the IDM hey days of labels like Warp and Skam, back when the Artificial Intelligence-series got praise from electronic music lovers around the globe. Neyens manages to reshape that magic and make it his own, thanks to more than a handful of intricate melodies and the occasional distorted beat. Edgy electronic dance music about a world in distress. It will bring you both comfort and concern. The title track is a melancholic Bola-esque affair, with beautiful gloomy strings, eerie breakbeats and enough space to hide yourself in. But you will also find beautiful ambient bliss ("Beta Ceti"), bleepy techno with a firm nod to Plastikman ("Queen Of The Streets") and soothing percussive house ("Do We Have a Cosmic Connection"), a track that will lure you to that sweet spot on the dancefloor. While Neyens knows his classics, On Boolean Plains is not a retro album. Far from. It's both a personal leap from what was to what will be and an imprint of current affairs. Hence titles like "Theme For The Lockdown" and "Tears in Code". Far Out Radio Systems truly lives up to its name. Strong vibes in every direction.
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SOHASO 024EP
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Google for Proxyan and you quickly get lost in the world of Bitcoins and proxy servers. Don't go there and simply accept the fact that this illusive Dutchman does not want his true identity to be known. Embrace the mystery and focus on his music, which is a tight fit between Detroit infused electro and the melodic wonders of Brits, like Silicon Scally and Mark Pritchard. The fascination for Motor City funk is most apparent in "Network 313" but shimmers throughout. Amsterdam-based, knob twidler Tracey delivers a spot-on remix of "Human Error Processor" which combines melancholica with crisp production.
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SOHASO 022EP
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Never underestimate the power of a good bassline. Mark du Mosch certainly doesn't. This veteran from Rotterdam lets his vicious bass line creep up on you from behind on "202 AC Ra". A dark and jacking club belter with clear Chicago roots. The five track EP The Heavens is Mark's debut on Something Happening Somewhere. His versatile style draws on sounds that evoke strong mental imagery and a sense of eternity, which clearly shows on the introspective "Resonance Delay (She)" on the B-side. In which a melancholic melody is supported by muffled slow motion beats. Artwork by Joost Stokhof.
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SOHASOMRG 001EP
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Something Happening Somewhere and Mary Go Wild combine their forces. Two cuts by Presk and remixes by Locked Groove and Nuno Dos Santos. "2BXPRZD" is an ode to night life. Presk provides funky drums, a dark and sinister bassline, and pitched vocals. Locked Groove takes this celebratory dance and turns it into an even darker and hypnotizing affair. The more uplifting "Starets", with unsettling melodies and dissonant atmospheres, propels forward before restraining the whole thing and letting broken chord stabs seep through the system. Nuno Dos Santos reworks the original into a more skeletal structure, adding a poignant arp melody.
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