Zenial - Minotaur

2016-01-10 (News)

Zenial presents their next vinyl release which is the next full-length album by Łukasz Szałankiewicz, who returns after a well-received in 2014 album "It Came from Outer Space" as Aabzu, a duet with Maciek Szymczuk.
"Minotaur" is 40 minutes of recordings that will appeal to fans of experimental electronica, as well as well as its contemporary trends. Five of the seven compositions were recorded during the second artistic residency of Łukasz Szałankiewicz in the well-known Stockholm EMS studio.
Additional songs are part of the collaborative German show with a Norwegian artist Jørgen Knudsen, the co-founder of an iconic ambient project Information.
The vinyl album is strictly limited to 200 pieces.
The mastering process was overseen by Marcin Bociński (Legato Recording).
The cover is adorned with the paintings of Wiktor Jackowski, who is also the the designer of the cover.
The release is also supported with the occasional DVD, where most of the composition are accompanied by videos.

Rapoon - Seeds in the Tide vol. 04

2016-01-09 (News)

Together with a new publishing album entitled "Blue Days", Zoharum releases the fourth part in the series of Rapoon's archival recordings entitled "Seeds in the Tide".
Like the previous three, this album is divided into two parts. In the first one we find songs from the years 2005-2007 from rare, limited releases, various artists compilations plus a remix of Rapoon made by the project Xela.
The first disc, almost 75 minutes long, features a variety of recordings presenting Robin Storey's project from different angles.
The second one is a recording of the next concert from Rhiz in Vienna. This time it is a little shorter, only 45-minute-long appearance, very consistent, strongly contrasting with the first disc.
The CD's are housed in a digipak sleeve and the album is strictly limited to 500 copies.
The cover was designed by Maciej Mehring based on Robin Storey's paintings.
"Seeds in the Tide Volume 4" was mastered by Paweł Bartnik (Centrala Studio).
The whole production process was overseen by Michał Porwet.

Cynical Existence - Wasteful Scum

2016-01-08 (News)

Cynical Existence is an unstoppable machine which recently released their latest EP called "Echoes". Now a little while later to celebrate a new year of musical mayhem and also to announce, that they've joined forces with Hungarian label Advoxya Records. A new single has been released called "Wasteful Scum" and to accompany it, a lyrics video has been posted here.
The song is straight forward club hit which mixes trance and metal. And of course featuring Fredrik's spine chilling screams. The new style is something called Trance Core a mix of trance and metal core.

Rapoon - Blue Days

2016-01-08 (News)

After three well-received, new albums: "Time-loop Anomalies" [2012], "To West and Blue" [2013] and "Fall of Drums" [2014] and a series of reissues and archive collections, Rapoon returns with a brand new album. "Blue Days" is completely different from those previous releases. While on those three albums long, slowly developing compositions dominated, here there are as many as fourteen of them with the longest being less than eight minutes long, and the two shortest only forty seconds long. This is a record of ideas, sketches. The album is dominated with conciseness; however, all the songs create one bigger piece. They show that Robin Storey is constantly looking for new artistic paths.
The CD is housed in gatefold sleeve in the vein of Japanese-style vinyl replica and is strictly limited to 500 copies.
The cover is based on paintings by Robin Storey and the design was handled again by Maciej Mehring.
"Blue Days" was mastered by Maciej Bartkowiak who was the mastering engineer on previous Rapoon releases.
The whole production process was overseen by Michał Porwet.

Clicks - Glitch Machine

2016-01-07 (News)

It is rare that it takes as long for a band from being discovered to getting signed as in the case of Clicks. However, the Polish trio has been working on its debut album "Glitch Machine" for almost three years after gracing the underground with several nifty compilation tracks and remixes. "Glitch Machine" was well worth the wait, though, since the three musicians, Controlled-Collapse-mastermind Kr-lik amongst them, have created an original piece full of modern vibes and minimalist nonchalance. The album is a hybrid of traditional EBM, Electro clash with reserved vocals and a pinch of timeless club feeling. Nitzer Ebb, Daft Punk and Anthony Rother may serve to describe the stylistic path that Clicks explore. 
Poles responsible for this are: Kr-Lik (vocals, synth, programming), Tomek (drums, programming) and Lukasz (synth).
The title "Glitch Machine" is reflected within the music on the album, balancing perfection, improvisation and digital recklessness. Clicks are indeed the ambitious, slightly within the concept of Dark Electronics.

Dawid Bowie - Blackstar

2016-01-06 (News)

★ (pronounced "Blackstar") is David Bowie’s 28th studio album and his first since stunning the world in 2013 with the critically acclaimed "The Next Day". The release date for ★ coincides with David’s birthday. The album’s title track is the first single, and is accompanied by a short film visual directed by the acclaimed Johan Renck. Music from the ★ single has been featured in the opening title credits and trailers for the new TV series "The Last Panthers". The series, also directed by Johan Renck, began airing across Europe in late-October and will premiere in the U.S. on SundanceTV in Spring 2016. CD housed in a special 6 panel digipak design with 16 page color booklet with special varnish. In addition to the CD and digital albums, a special die-cut vinyl LP package will be available.