Dye In Sound – Extended by Nightforce
The latest track from Dye In Sound is well underway, this time with a real oldschool Twisted Freq sound. Built around a classic Kreatrix synth and breakdown, Extended definitely has one of the darkest atmospheres we’ve heard for a while.
Dye In Sound – The Storyteller by Nightforce
Promising ‘experimental, innovative and futuristic’ freeform, Dye In Sound could be one of the most exciting things to happen to freeform for a long while. The group has been set up by Twisted Freq and Nightforce, and this preview of their first DIS track is showing all the signs of being a bit special.
The Storyteller already has an amazing breakdown – even if I’m not usually the bigest fan of long voice samples in freeform, once the kick and lead come in the ‘It is the exception…’ also works really well. So far there seems to be just the right balance of dark, nasty synths and melody, so (as you might have noticed) I’m really looking forward to this one.
Nightforce & Twisted Freq – Kill You Slowly by Nightforce
I was meaning to catch up on some recent happenings yesterday, but at the last minute decided to go to Illegrrrls after all – some video coming soon.
A lot of people will have noticed this one up on SoundCloud already, a really nice new track from Nightforce and Twisted Freq. Kill You Slowly blends the two styles together brilliantly, with Nightforce’s melodies playing behind a brutal Kreatrix-style lead, and it has definitely come on a huge amount since I heard an early version. Of course it’s great news that TF is making a return – looks like there is more nastiness on the way, so stay tuned.
No, I haven’t gone mad yet – the craziest post title for quite a while is actually an intro mash-up from none other than Twisted Freq. If you’re not a DJ, this one will just be for novelty value (it’s only a minute or so long), but for anyone looking for an offbeat set-opener, you’ve come to the right place. Just earlier I was imagining this leading into Android Lime’s Sex and Violence..it might just work…
Big thanks to Twisted Freq for the permission to put this online – download here.
There’s now an extra button on the left of the site – a new ‘Tracks’ section for anyone who missed the three free tracks from earlier this year, plus the 320kbps mp3 of my Hell’s Gate remix. Once (if?) I work out how to get some better sounding leads out of Reason I might have another try at the second half of the tune, but for the time being feel free to do whatever you like with this version.
If I can round up some other tunes, this section might grow a bit, so watch this space…
Just in case you missed the original post, here’s an updated version of Twisted Freq’s new track. Now called New Born, this one has a few improvements on the original (though the quality isn’t too high, so listen carefully). Thanks again to TF, and don’t forget to check out Suicide Club, too.
The last week has been eaten up completely by the Hybridize/NRGetic Romancer mix I’m working on, but I’ve got a few really interesting things to post up in the next day or two…
The first big piece of news is two new tracks from Twisted Freq himself – and if that wasn’t enough they’re both downloadable here on TYFTH. Big thanks of course go to Twisted Freq, it’s great to hear what he’s been up to lately.
New Soul is a relatively low bpm vocal breakbeat track with elements of drum and bass, freeform and old skool (how’s that for genre-defying?). I really like this one, watch out especially for the nasty bassline. Vocals come courtesy of TF himself, and although I’m not always a big fan of lyrics in dark electronic tracks, these sit really well with the rest of the tune.
Next is Suicide Club, a more conventional freeform track with a particulary dark intro in proper Twisted Freq style. There are some nicely chosen Japanese samples, some warping tempo changes leading into/out of the breakdowns, and a nicely twisting lead as you’d expect.
By the way, the image at the top of the post is work by Finnish photographer Susanna Majuri – I went to an exhibition of Helsinki School artists this week when my ears couldn’t take any more mixing. Extremely cool stuff, and highly recommended if you’re in Tokyo now. This one’s titled Metsä, one of the few Finnish words I know, luckily.
Take a look at the Electronica Exposed site and you’ll see that a lot of vinyl and CD releases are being discounted on a pretty huge scale…£2.00 for a CD album?? Definitely worth checking out, and there’s plenty of Finnish/Japanese freeform there too, of course (including Guld’s Solid State Scouter on Kreatrix Evilution Volume 6).
Thanks again for about the millionth time to Decion, this time for letting me know about a nice mix of freeform from around the world that includes a few Japanese tunes. It starts off with Eternal Cannon….it’s tough to find anything to follow that, but the set has a lot of energy and would definitely be a good one to hear live.
Decion found it in a thread on the Hullabaloo forums, which also very kindly bigs up my mixes and Decion’s Metaform.
RaverRoseTF – Eternal Cannon
Dok & Ponder – Ribcage (Oli G Remix)
Nomic – Holocaust
MINAMOTOYA – Miss You
Betwixt & Between – GENSHI KURAGE
Mark Smith – Bring On The Noize
Oli G – Cordelia
Ephexis & Seventy-7 – Psymbiosis (Blistering Breaks Mix)
EFM-7 – Dream Machine
Kevin Energy & K Complex – Suck My Rock
Tazz vs. Digital Anarchy – Kickin It Ruff
EFM-7 – Pulse 2
Addiction – Senselessness NRG
Oli G – Gir (Arkitech Remix)
Ephexis – Nan Chuan
Teranoid vs Betwixt & Between – AYAKASHI
Electronica Exposed definitely doesn’t do things by half measures. As well as the long-awaited release of Full Circle Recording’s Big Kisses and Darkness, we have the sixth and final release in the Kreatrix series, a wide selection of interesting looking tunes in Plundered Vaults, UK freeform in Electromagnetic: The Complete Works, and finally volumes 3 and 4 of Electronic: The Complete Works. That’s an almost unbelievable list, and just shows what we’re going to miss when EE finally shuts up shop. There are too many great tunes to list in their entirety, but check out the Electronica Exposed site for enough tracklists to sink a very big ship.
Incidentally, Big Kisses and Darkness’ release means that DJ Yousuke and Buzzmasta’s awesome Spiral Life (plus the Invader remix) has finally seen daylight – it’s definitely up there with Halcyon as one of my favourite Full Circle tunes.