Abdulla Rashim, Rainer Veil, Ron Morelli & Svengalighost, and Basic House feature across two 12″ singles due on the French label.
The French collaboration will release its debut record on Desire in April.
Scott Wilson rounds-up October’s essential reissues, including classic ’90s IDM, German tape music from the 1980s and a timeless Italo disco classic.
Desire will release a second single from the Chilean producer’s debut Treillis LP with remixes from two UK artists.
Releases from Firecracker Recordings, Ghostly Intl, Emotional Response and Desire feature in this month’s selections.
There’s been such a flurry of recent activity relating to the various no wave endeavours undertaken by Stuart Argabright from the late ’70s onwards that it’s hard to keep a cap on it all. Argabright’s work in Ike Yard along with Kenneth Compton and Michael Diekmann has been a focal point of all this, and whilst a series of remixes based around their debut album isn’t the most original of concepts, you can’t fault Desire’s approach given who they have worked with. Regis, Konrad ‘Monoton’ Becker, Camella Lobo, and former band member Fred Szymanski have previously contributed, but this third and final edition of the series throws the gauntlet down to a younger generation of artists and offers some of the most compelling results.
Tropic of Cancer have remixed Ike Yard with expectedly maudlin results.
Desire Records will open up the Ike Yard discography for further contemporary re-evaluation with a second remix 12″ featuring Tropic of Cancer and Arnaud Rebotini.
In the first of a two part feature on the Italians Do It Better label, we speak to Johnny Jewel, the creative spark behind the imprint, responsible for everything from the vinyl and flyer artwork to production for the likes of Desire, Mirage, Glass Candy and Chromatics. In a rare interview, the Montreal-based producer spoke to Juno Plus editor Aaron Coultate about the new After Dark series, the pitfalls of hype and why he is an artistic caveman.