The French artist is next on Rabih Beaini’s label with Blue As An Orange.
Raibi Beaini’s label will continue its adventurous output with Water Above Sky Below Now.
Brother I Prove You Wrong from the Buchla synth pioneer is due in May.
The Indonesian hardcore band will be formally introduced to Rabih Beaini’s cause with the upcoming Menjadi.
Rabih Beaini’s label will release a “paradoxical ode to Noise and Techno” from the producer in September.
The Philadelphia duo will release the Vertia/Tiled Eighths 12″ on Rabih Beaini’s label next week.
The US experimental producer will release a four-track EP on Rabih Beaini’s label next week.
Insider marks NYC-based deconstructionist Madteo’s return to Morphine, following 2008’s Memoria and last year’s Hieroglyphic Being rework of “Freak Inspector”. Insider is also Madteo’s most abstracted work to date, but the signposts for this EP can be seen all over his previous releases. The now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t kick that flickers through Insider can be heard on so much of 2012’s Noi No; the fuggy exhalations that form the atmospheric bed of the record were one of the signal qualities of Hinge Finger’s “Bugler Gold Pt 1”. Even in “Bangin On The Ceiling”, one of a number of collaborations with Sensational, the same sense of urban derealisation can be instantly pinpointed. Perhaps the clearest comparison, though, is with Madteo’s contribution to Workshop 11, which twists 4/4 to shattering point, subsuming the kick in bandages of quivering synths that seem stimulated only by their own internal logic.
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The amount of new music currently being released is verging on the unquantifiable; in any given week there is on average around 150 new twelve inches classed as deep house alone. As if it wasn’t hard enough to keep up with all this music, new labels have continued to pop up throughout 2013, with some presuming all it takes to successfully cloak themselves in authenticity is an increasing reliance on well-worn terminology and a sizeable PR budget.
That’s obviously not the case, but if not that, then what are the criteria for a record label to stand out in this well populated climate? A label with a strong sense of curation, a distinct aesthetic and conviction in the music they release tends to be key, all of which breed expectation in those that follow the label, and which encourages the artists involved with the label to dig deeper into their creative processes. The people behind the labels listed below certainly fall under this category, and regular readers of Juno Plus should find the ten inclusions make for perfect sense. As well as reflecting the overall enthusiasm for techno, house and more experimental flavours that have felt so prevalent in the underground this year, these ten labels came with a strong work ethic and a genuinely passionate view of music which has made it a pleasure to show them our support.
Hear the sinister, stripped back techno of “The Hiding Hand Principle” in full.
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More details have emerged on Morphine Records’ salute to the Philadelphia composer Charles Cohen.
Rabih Beaini’s label are to delve into the early works of the highly lauded Philadelphia-based electronic artist.
Morphine Records head the list for the end of year non-promotion awards with the arrival of the debut album from Metasplice.
The Morphosis-helmed Morphine imprint have revealed details of their next release, from noise-techno doyen Container.
As befitting a month where record companies applied the brakes on their release schedules, December saw a marked downturn in records worthy of inclusion in our monthly feature.
More fringe-dwelling electronics from Morphine Records, this time in the shape of Metasplice’s eight-minute slab of twisting metallic techno, “Decant”.
The superbly titled “Cosmic Bebop” marks an outstanding and typically singular return to Rabih Beaini’s Morphine Records for Hieroglyphic Being.