#1 Feat. Hype in Electronica

2024-04-18 Nous'klaer Audio

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#2 Feat. New Releases in Electronica

French producer and hardware specialist Amandra returns to Nous'klaer with four stoic, minimal club tracks that are so delicate and deftly produced that they beg to heard as loud as possible and as quietly as possible, allowing the listener to inspect every nook and cranny of Amandra's sonic tapestry. Opener "Lavanvilla" rides a simple drum loop that's filled out by gated, beautiful noise that gets punctuated by vibey Rhodes 7th chord and a constantly evolving 16th percussion pattern that gracefully pushes that song forward. "Palette Doree" and "Edition Collector" are Amandra's most swung offerings, lively sampled percussion and lush synths that offer endless breathing space for these beautiful numbers to exhale. "Pana Ondine" is the dance floor workhorse with a soft and punchy kick, rough stabbing bass hook, wispy ride and a mesmerizing arpeggio, the track never calls your attention loudly but instead gently lures you into its grasp.

Amandra

#6 Feat. Hype in Electronica

Nous'klaer Audio and Sound & Vision's RE:VIVE initiative have teamed up for the third and final ALBUM in their film scoring trilogy. The collaboration invites two musicians to compose for these archival films from the collection of Sound & Vision, the national media archive of the Netherlands. This final instalment features through and through Rotterdammer, Kems Kriol and the Amsterdam based Turkish composer, pianist and DJ Loradeniz. Kems Kriol accompanies the amateur documentary collage film ''Rotterdam in de Jaren 90'', a dark period of strife, economic and social crisis for the now booming metropolis, with the compassion and empathy of someone who experienced those years first-hand but with enough time removed to reflect with heart. Loradeniz angularly and precisely moves her way through the delicate film ''Tegenlicht'', a surprisingly colorful and fluid educational film about painting, a bold juxtaposition that propels the film into the 2020s.

Loradeniz, KEMS KRIOL

#15 Feat. Staff Picks in Electronica

Nous'klaer Audio and Sound & Vision's RE:VIVE initiative have teamed up for the third and final ALBUM in their film scoring trilogy. The collaboration invites two musicians to compose for these archival films from the collection of Sound & Vision, the national media archive of the Netherlands. This final instalment features through and through Rotterdammer, Kems Kriol and the Amsterdam based Turkish composer, pianist and DJ Loradeniz. Kems Kriol accompanies the amateur documentary collage film ''Rotterdam in de Jaren 90'', a dark period of strife, economic and social crisis for the now booming metropolis, with the compassion and empathy of someone who experienced those years first-hand but with enough time removed to reflect with heart. Loradeniz angularly and precisely moves her way through the delicate film ''Tegenlicht'', a surprisingly colorful and fluid educational film about painting, a bold juxtaposition that propels the film into the 2020s.

Loradeniz, KEMS KRIOL

#28 Feat. Banner in Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

French producer and hardware specialist Amandra returns to Nous'klaer with four stoic, minimal club tracks that are so delicate and deftly produced that they beg to heard as loud as possible and as quietly as possible, allowing the listener to inspect every nook and cranny of Amandra's sonic tapestry. Opener "Lavanvilla" rides a simple drum loop that's filled out by gated, beautiful noise that gets punctuated by vibey Rhodes 7th chord and a constantly evolving 16th percussion pattern that gracefully pushes that song forward. "Palette Doree" and "Edition Collector" are Amandra's most swung offerings, lively sampled percussion and lush synths that offer endless breathing space for these beautiful numbers to exhale. "Pana Ondine" is the dance floor workhorse with a soft and punchy kick, rough stabbing bass hook, wispy ride and a mesmerizing arpeggio, the track never calls your attention loudly but instead gently lures you into its grasp.

Amandra

#57 Feat. New Releases in Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)

Fluid, perspicuous, hypnotic, deep, Amsterdam's Human Space Machine, co-founder of the renown De Lichting collective, offers up a Swiss Army Knife of poignant techno tracks perfect for the mid-day festival set when the afternoon sun beats down and for the dark corners of the night when all you want to do is disappear. Record opener ''Mopo'' thuds hypnotically with a digital, crystallized, acid-tinged bass line into the second track ''Arp'', whose squishy chord stabs punctuate a mesmerizing rolling shuffle. Penultimate track ''Lyf'' plays out like a high speed pursuit- where pulsating tension propels the listener deeper into the groove while record closer ''Newendam'' bubbles around a bouncing bass hook offering teetering glimpses of light and bliss as the sun rise teases.

Human Space Machine