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ATMV 080LP
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$26.50
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 9/11/2020
Pascal Terstappen, aka Applescal, has released his new artist album, Diamond Skies on Atomnation. The nine-tracker is a collection of expertly-produced, instrumental melodic house with lush, ambient soundscapes and a nod to the analog sounds of the '90s. The album has received heavy support from key names in underground electronic music community and is Applescal's sixth studio album to date. Terstappen has been running Atomnation full-time since his early twenties and has shaped it into one of The Netherlands' leading independent labels and a home for an eclectic mix of electronic music including signed artists such as Gidge, Polynation, Tunnelvisions, and Sam Goku. Diamond Skies exemplifies the vibrant sound of Atomnation, a lush, colorful album which journeys through melody, ambience, and emotion while offering an occasional surprise to the senses. The album was written and produced through 2019 and completed in the early days of March 2020 when dark skies were looming. Diamond Skies represents a creative optimism and brings a sense of something to look forward to. Applescal has created a musical dreamworld for a listener to step into as an antidote to troubled times. Diamond Skies is an album which feels uplifting and effortless, a confluence of melodic house, occasional breakbeat, and ambient energy; the sound of a producer at the height of his powers.
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ATMV 076EP
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Milio is one half of the duo Tunnelvisions. His solo debut EP is the result of experimenting with sequencers, tape machines, and wires. The four tracks meander in the deep house and melodic techno genres. The last bits of the mix and recordings are done at the prestigious W2 studios that host producers from all over the world.
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ATMV 075EP
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Mordisco is a Spanish duo hailing from the southern part of Spain (Granada). Their tracks will make many dance floors move with raw, resonating synths and beats. The scat vocal samples in "Odissi" and "Ventura" are right on the money and give the music that unexpected twist. The EP is produced with excellent technique and many synth layers/percussion. This is essential material for people that play between 116 and 121 beats per minute.
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ATMV 073EP
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Coloray's Real Life Cinema infuses powerful, unpolished sound aesthetics with relentless energy. After cutting his teeth on both the Dutch and international DJ circuit, and nurturing his production skills as member of the Tunnelvisions duo, Raynor de Groot his solo project Coloray translates an inwards desire to create and explore off the beaten path, and does so with a compelling '80s attitude. This strong backbone in musical undertaking, together with his background in songwriting and vocal work, transmits a unique sound that drifts somewhere between the hazy lines of contemporary electronics and early EBM.
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ATMV 074EP
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Sam Goku's music showcases bonds of ambient, acid, house, techno, and melodies. It's perfect for both club environments and home listening. The modern production style in combination with old-school elements/non-repetitive vocal sample work give Goku's music a unique, trippy twist that is topped off with Chinese percussive instrumentation.
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ATMV 071EP
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"A work of searching, and in many moments, finding" Maggie Thornton as Sky Civilian is set to release her second EP via Atomnation: At the Seams. It's a stepping stone, from the lyrical, gentle, genre-agnostic electronica of Open Door (ATMV 065LP), to Maggie's own rounded and angelic take on acid-house. Maggie's cinematic, synth-heavy style emerged after a decade of orchestral French horn playing and classical studies. She combines this brass-inspired, synth-forward approach with her weightless, almost-whispered vocals, and dancefloor ready beats. The melding of influences present in her work make Maggie a fresh and promising new artist in the electronic music scene, an artist we hope to hear more from for many years to come.
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ATMV 051LP
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Tunnelvisions (Raynor de Groot and Emiel van den Dungen) originated from a shared vision of contemporary club music. They believe that the club scene -- that is often focusing on a colder, abstract high-tempo sound -- needs to go back to a more organic approach. It's one of the goals of their newly created Tunnelvisions project: "We aim to bring back the fun to the dancefloor again". This vision brought the two musicians together -- through hypnotic, exotic and grooving productions they tend to offer something new. In the studio, Tunnelvisions combines elements from South American, Caribbean, and African sounds. With a background in house, techno, and pop, they've created a nine-track double-LP that takes you to different places in the world. Each track title is based on a river or desert. "Guava", for example, is a Jamaican river: "This song is a sort of naive interpretation of reggae, pop and club music". Tunnelvisions already performed at the legendary Melt Festival, Georgie's Wundergarten, and various festivals in the southern parts of The Netherlands, the place where Emiel and Raynor are currently based. Double-LP comes in gatefold sleeve.
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ATMV 072EP
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Tunnelvisions released Channel Tropico in the summer of 2019. It's now topped off with three massive dancefloor remixes from some of great producers in the field: Whitesquare, Eagles & Butterlfies, and Super Flu.
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ATMV 069EP
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Tunnelvisions third original outing since 2018's The Celestial Ritual (ATMV 060LP) and 2017's Midnight Voyage. Channel Tropico offers six tracks that show the diverse sound from the Dutch duo of producers. A must have for fans of percussive sounds and the analog vintage synth work.
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ATMV 068EP
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Three new tracks by eccentric Japanese artist boys be kko. "Oreinspotting" is a floating track with a big bass line that keeps going -- well produced as always. "got type B" is a track with a big intro and "Home Run Bat", the title track, shines the way it's arranged. All around, a great EP with a 100% signature sound from Tokyo, Japan.
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ATMV 066LP
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Polynation set to release their debut album Igneous on the Dutch imprint Atomnation. Stijn Hosman and Hessel Stuut worked on a double-LP that surpasses older work, such as Allogamy (2015) and Sufi (2016). The new double-LP, Igneous, is a perfection of their signature of acoustic drum sound, impressive synth work, and unheard-of arrangement skills/dreamy soundscapes.
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ATMV 065LP
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Santa Fe, New Mexico based artist Maggie Thornton, aka Sky Civilian, joins Atomnation and releases Open Door. The productions from Sky Civilian evoke a lust for the future and the far-away, but she grounds this lofty mood in familiar territory, with nostalgic, detuned synth instrumentation and four-on-the-floor percussion. Her weightless, almost-whispered vocals capture a hyper-natural feeling. The overall lyrical message is one of raw sincerity, as listeners confront unmistakable themes of loss and longing. Strange yet playful vocal production techniques grant the work a subtle pop tilt.
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ATMV 064EP
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Three massive tracks by eccentric Japanese artist Boys Be KKO with a remix from Gerd Janson. EP title track "Big Boys Don't Cry" is a well-crafted house track with many layers and produced with analog synths. Gerd Janson simplifies the original to an uplifting track that would do great on festivals. The B side shows the rhythmic track "FUMIKIRI" and indie-dance sounding "By Ada".
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ATMV 062-2EP
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Part two of the Tunnelvisions remixes include four artists: Fort Romeau, David Mayer, Yor Kultura, and Bawrut. Fort Romeau's remix is a typical track you will hear back in clubs such as Robert Johnson, Bawrut's remix is a big-room beast and David Mayer shows his typical tribal sound. Yor Kultura finishes this remix EP and Tunnelvisions' The Celestial Ritual project (ATMV 060LP, 2018) with a downtempo version of "Umai's Dance".
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ATMV 023LP
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One of the most beautiful albums of the 2010s gets a reissue on double-vinyl -- in 2014 the Swedish duo Gidge released their debut: Autumn Bells.
"The very beginning of 'I Fell In Love' are the most passionate and emotional couple of notes I have heard."
"An incredibly organic listen from start to finish, Autumn Bells is the season's distilled feeling put in song. Gidge successfully captures microscopic moments of decay and beauty within the framework of pop and ambient-inflected techno."
"An utterly captivating piece of work. Each new listen only enriches the songs."
"One of the finest, most enjoyable electronic albums I have heard in recent times. Every sound is so well thought out and sculpted, some seriously head-tingling music."
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ATMV 062-1EP
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Rising duo Innellea deliver two remixes of Tunnelvisions' "Imaja's Drum", one of the highlights of their previous release, The Celestial Ritual (ATMV 060LP, 2018). Edition of 200.
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ATMV 057EP
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Munich based producer Sam Goku is up next on Atomnation, delivering Tanggu EP. Inspired by eastern instruments and percussion samples, Wang uses the Minimoog as the base of his productions. Edition of 125.
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ATMV 060LP
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The Celestial Ritual is another release from Tunnelvisions, one of dance music's most exciting acts. Tunnelvisions again highlight their forward-thinking and organic productions as some of the best in the industry. On their second full-length album for Atomnation, The Celestial Ritual, the Dutch duo deliver 11 unique club tracks that are bundled in a beautiful four-record box set designed by visual artist Merijn Hos.
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ATMV 059LP
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Inner River delivers their self-titled debut which is a ten-track journey of beautiful ambient, down-tempo rhythms and otherworldly atmospheres. This mysterious dream world sounds complex, emotive, mystic and elegant. It's a personal story that remains interesting until the very end.
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ATMV 058EP
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David Douglas has been a mainstay of the Atomnation label since day one, releasing several EPs, albums, and remixes from 2012. David gained an international reputation as a producer, DJ, and live performer. On Mountain Pink he displays a sound heard at his DJ sets and live shows.
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ATMV 056EP
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Olaf Stuut returns to Atomnation with a new EP titled Crown Shyness. In his elegant, dark improvised style, Olaf created three tracks that are ready for both dancefloors and home listening enthusiasts. Olaf is known for his album Run (2016), the EP Siren (2013) and his remix efforts for The Acid, Max Cooper, and Sasha's Last Night On Earth label.
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ATMV 054EP
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Gitanes is Olde Gods' longest output to date. Gitanes brings echoes from Spain's not-long gone golden club era. All four tracks are trippy yet solid-grounded, spacey voices and strings leads all flying up and magically suspended over gross rhythmical foundations. "Dear CZ" is built around a moody Casio CZ synth stab topped up with acid videogame-like craziness. "Gitanes" brings entrancing vocals intertwined with more CZ pad action. "All Around" is a foggy and paranoid late-night drive, and "None Of These Bitches" is a homesick folks' walk around Tokyo's Daikanyama area. Olde Gods are JMII and Guillamino.
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ATMV 049EP
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Willem Bijleveld, aka Axefield, is the man behind the 49th Atomnation release. The Dutch musician -- that produced a melancholic, dusty, and clubby four-track 12" -- is also the co-owner of the mysterious imprint Who's Susan.
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ATMV 010EP
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Gidge is the production duo of Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman. Based in the northern parts of Sweden, their main source of inspiration is the vast, snow-covered woodlands of the North. Gidge have, for instance, recorded all of their percussion in the forest, using only the sticks and rocks that can be found there. For Seoul came about after the duo went on a trip through Asia, and spent a number of days in the South Korean capital. Applescal provides a remix on the B side.
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ATMV 043LP
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Deltawerk is the Amsterdam based project of Pascal Terstappen, aka Applescal, and Polynation member Hessel Stuut. Together they present their debut full-length album Passages through Atomnation. Applescal has, to date, released on labels including Ghostly International and Traum Schallplatten, while the efforts for his own label Atomnation have seen him welcome music from the likes of Gidge, Weval, David Douglas, and Sau Poler, amongst others. Voted at a very respectable third place for XLR8R's coveted "Best New Act" in 2015, Hessel Stuut is a member of Polynation and has significant experience not only playing live music, but as a producer, visual artist, and designer too. Together, they form Deltawerk, a dynamically electronic duo whom, when united, create human and lucid music, which feels as much at home in an underground rave as it does in an open-air live performance. While there is a faint echo of artistic collision, the album undoubtedly provides an eerie sense of unity for both Pascal and Hessel's own discographies, conserving the warm subculture of analog and modular instrumentation. Features remixes by Marvin & Guy and Audiojack. Comes in deluxe outer-sleeve with four printed inner-sleeves; Edition of 150.
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