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AUS 184EP
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Otik drops the four-track Xoul Trap EP on Will Saul's Aus Music. Otik, aka Ashley Thomas, has been steadily making himself known as one of the finest exponents of leftfield UK club music since his debut in 2013 through a string of heavy releases on the likes of Midland's Intergraded, Martyn's 3024, and his own Solar Body imprint. Arriving now on Aus Music, the London-based DJ/producer brings a set of atmospheric, breakbeat-laden techno tracks for his first appearance on the label. "Xoul Trap" kicks off the A-side with moody vocal chops, emotive pads, and thunderous kicks combining to form a hair-raising late-night affair. Following is the shuffling "Temptress", which sees sharp and detailed percussion fuse with dusty chords and speaker-rattling subs. On the flip, "Inertia" begins with a pumping 4/4 pattern as washed-out synths reverberate alongside shining plucks and warm, inviting low end. "Unorthodox" sees shimmering leads swirl around choral samples and UK Funky-tinged drum hits, rounding out yet another standout record from both Otik and Aus Music.
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Mark Hawkins readies Venn Diagram album for Aus Music. Mark Hawkins's early releases on labels such as Djax Up Beats and Ugly Funk lit flares in the world of underground techno, with a sense of humor and tougher-than-thou sonic palette enforced via his jacking live sets. Across the following decades, Mark has delivered razor sharp cuts that encompass pretty much anything that has an electronic heart -- leaving his own unique trail for others to follow via his work for labels as diverse as Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Sonic Mind, Mistress Recordings, Houndstooth, and Aus. With his latest album, it feels like Mark has pushed ahead with a change of direction he started with 2021's The New Normal. Venn Diagram carries on this journey into uncharted lands; molten, distorted drum assaults weave around glistening melodies, kitchen sink soul glides below fractured sound pools. Opener "Verblex Oscillos" immediately demands your attention grabbing, with a so-happy-it's-sad melody spiraling around a cascade of tough-as-fuck dance floor destroying beats, along with the urgent combination of strings, acid, and Chicago-tough electro beats on "Isolated". Other cuts on the album share a similar approach, the restless energy of "Maladayfun Friction" derives from a fusion of skittering drums and deranged synths and the dreamy super saw pads and plaintive vocal of "Still Have Time" espouses a kind of wasted elegance, roaming the city nightlife in a Gucci dress and Doc Martin boots. "Nlasckhdsjk" and "Frederikalstublieft" propel forward with such a sleek and effervescent aesthetic, recalling fast drives along picturesque European highways or heady take-offs to unknown urban territories. The aesthetic becomes more elegant on the album's centerpoint tracks "Rebula Conundrum" and "Nlasckhdsjk", where optimistic bleeps, bass and 707 drums underpin jazzy chords and soaring leads. Other tracks show the arc of Mark's direction of travel, with soulful vocals that share a well of deep-rooted optimism that was so evident on his breakthrough 2016 Social Housing album. "L.O.V.E." breaks into post-Sophie territory with a catchy modulated vocal joyfully two-stepping across to the nightclub bar and "How Do I Know" providing a heart-rending torch song for 6am kicking-out-time refugees to help them find their way back home.
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AUS 016LP
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Damiano von Erckert's The Past The Present The Future lands on Aus Music. TPTPTF is Damiano's third studio album and sees him perfectly balancing rave euphoria with more cuddly intimate moments moving effortlessly from deep Detroit techno to the spacious kraut sounds associated with his homeland. The Past The Present The Future has depth substance and timelessness all packaged beautifully by design and art legend Eike Koenig. The Past The Present The Future is for all independent thinking romantics and specialists looking for urban melancholy and the feeling of freedom and security. It is for those who find themselves in the dust and rain of the night darkness. It serves people who are determined to conquer their inner fears and readjust the orientation of their minds to banish stress, anger and despair from their lives. Finally, it is the soundtrack for lovers and fighters who want to slow down time and create new patterns to open up new dimensions in their lives as ravers, dancers and people of the night. It is about forgotten fragments of past sounds and the simplicity of clubbing.
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AUS 176EP
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Life and Death founder Manfredi Romano aka DJ Tennis debuts on Aus Music with Repeater -- here he delves deep into his own cosmos creating two cuts that are uniquely spacey whilst playful and powerful. DJ Seinfeld needs no introduction. His DJ Kicks mix and debut album for Ninja Tune have both been critically acclaimed. His rave-y mix of "Repeater" is a tension builder, his version simmers away for seven minutes patiently dropping metallic stabs and Detroit FM synths licks. Manfredi's career spans over two decades as agent, manager, promoter, label owner, DJ, and producer. His releases are few and far between so.
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AUS 175EP
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Hermione Frank aka rRoxymore has spent the past decade cherry picking the labels she works with whilst building up a totally unique signature sound -- DBA, Timedance, and recently Ideophone. Hermione's Aus Music EP sounds soft and intricate yet punchy and powerful. Beautiful synth licks and crunchy drums melded together with plenty of UK attitude. A daydreamer's delight, it offers restrained weight and it's the perfect elixir for any morning dancefloor.
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AUS 173EP
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Earth Trax's Afloat EP follows his third LP for Bristol based Shall Not Fade. Earth Trax aka Bartosz touches on trance, techno, and deep spacey electro. B's knack for building tension is infectious, here you see his production skills on full display each track has so much clarity you can feel the space it's broody and beautiful and always delivered with a unique touch of class.
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AUS 148EP
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Aus Music's first release of 2020 is from Nachtbraker. Fatoe Morgana has a sound that draws from obscure Dutch techno and trance as well as vintage UK tech house with a maturity and class of an artist who understands how to move a dancefloor, the Night Hawk's latest release will prick up the ears of those that have come before him as well as let his previous listeners know where he's headed.
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AUS 145EP
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Marquis Hawkes returns to Aus Music after his second album for Houndstooth (HTH 100CD/LP), a slew of EPs for Unknown To The Unknown, and a 12" for Bassiani's in house label, Horoom. Hashtag Life Goals is a three-track EP that's deep, raw, and timeless.
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AUS 147EP
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Not content with defining the sound of minimal techno in the nineties, Robert Hood has more recently fine0tuned his own gospel-tinged take on the genre. It comes under the Floorplan moniker, the genesis of which is said to have come to him when awakened by a late-night vision. Since 2016, it has been a collaborative duo between Hood and daughter Lyric, and never fails to lead to religious experiences on the dancefloor. With roots in the Detroit techno scene in which Hood first emerged, Floorplan's sound is embellished with the heartfelt emotions and unbridled passions of Chicago house music. It is heavy and analog and filled with vigor thanks to the expert drum programming and ever rising sense of euphoria that comes from the well sculpted synths. But it also speaks to the heart and soul and has done since first standout cut "We Magnify His Name". The pair's endless quest for the perfect groove continued through albums like 2013's Paradise (MPM 016CD/LP) -- which spawned anthemic singles like "Let's Ride", "Baby Baby", and the massive "Never Grow Old" -- and 2016's Victorious (MPM 028CD/LP). The same year saw Hood's daughter Lyric officially become part of the project. Since then they have taken Floorplan to endless headline shows at high profile clubs and festivals everywhere from New York City to Ibiza, London to Amsterdam. Their electric sets leave crowds feeling uplifted, spiritually awakening and totally in awe. Part of the success of Floorplan is the combination of Robert's old school excellence and Lyric's new school innovation: their music, with its big chords and even bigger vocal samples, could be 30 years old or fresh from the pressing plant, such is its universal sense of appeal. It is rare to make music as stripped back yet emotionally enriched as Floorplan, but this pair do it with ease and a firm focus on durable grooves. Functional but full of form, tense but atmospheric, loopy but ever evolving, Floorplan truly transcend the dance music spectrum. Features Carol Otis.
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AUS 144EP
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Finally returning to the production fold with his first full-length album in thirteen years, Will Saul's Open Too Close is a condensed trip through the influences, discovery and sense of history that have helped shape his career and drive a forward-facing, unblinking passion for new music. Open Too Close draws on the timeless futurism at the heart of the music that drew Saul into electronic music culture. Simply put, futuristic, melancholic sci-fi soundscapes meets stripped-back, raw sample-driven house music, all executed with the precision and panache of an artist who truly understands how to move a dancefloor.
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Finally returning to the production fold with his first full-length album in thirteen years, Will Saul's Open Too Close is a condensed trip through the influences, discovery and sense of history that have helped shape his career and drive a forward-facing, unblinking passion for new music. Open Too Close draws on the timeless futurism at the heart of the music that drew Saul into electronic music culture. Simply put, futuristic, melancholic sci-fi soundscapes meets stripped-back, raw sample-driven house music, all executed with the precision and panache of an artist who truly understands how to move a dancefloor.
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Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets, aka Detroit Swindle, make their Aus Music debut with the Rhythm Girl Swing EP. The classy duo continues the sonic exploration heard on their superb 2018 album High Life (HEIST 001CD/LP) and deliver three electronic cuts varying from warm and soulful to raw and pumping.
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Berlin's Cinthie has rapidly become one of the most in demand DJs and producers in recent times, a staple in the electronic music scene of the German capital she heads up a number of imprints as well as a record store and touring the globe. 2018 saw her debut on Will Saul's Aus imprint (AUS 134EP) and the start of a new direction musically, here Cinthie continues this, returning to the label with three more disco-tinged, sample heavy house cuts.
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AUS 138EP
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The 10961 EP is Haider's debut for AUS Music following his breakout EP on his own Breaker Breaker Recordings. Having picked up support from a wide range of incredible DJs from Leon Vynehall and The Zenker Brothers, to Annie Mac and Moxie, he caught the attention of Will Saul with his eclectic talent. The 10961 EP again features a real range of sound from classy melodic electro to dusty, trippy deep house at its finest.
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Tom Ruij aka Tracey's palette of influences is wide and far-reaching, from the far-sighted futurism of Detroit and the deep space pulse of electro, to left-of-center electronic experimentalism and the alien world of British and European IDM, all of which are showcased on Metamorphosis.
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2020 repress. Cinthie joins the roster of Aus Music with Trust, comprising three original cuts from the Berlin artist. Recent months have seen Cinthie build her own studio and dedicate her time to carefully crafting music. Trust is a product of this time spent and marks the next phase. "Trust" is fuelled by an infectious marimba-style percussive melody, bright tension-building strings and a bumpy bass hook. "Lost At Sea" employs a loosely-flowing organic drum groove, jazzy Rhodes chords and resonant moog style synth licks, while "Hip Swing" closes with up-tempo drums at the forefront whilst murky bass reverberations flow in the depths.
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Will Saul returns to AUS following By Your Side (AUS 130EP, 2018) Arps & Early Starts sees Will take things deeper, trippier and once again in another direction, continuing to move things forward. This is his third release in the past six months and sees the AUS label head enjoying the studio and DJing more than ever, he's on the road extensively over the coming month, visiting the legendary Rex in Paris, London's Printworks, Barcelona's Nitsa, Elsewhere in NYC and putting on his own ADE party alongside Jeremy Underground and Bradley Zero, to name a few.
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Gerd returns to AUS with The Prophetess, a four-tracker that showcases a producer capable of soundtracking peak-time moments anywhere and everywhere. The A-side leans towards breaky drums and punchy melodies whilst the flip includes two acid bombs. If you're a fan of Gerd's much-loved NY Stomp and Geeeman monikers then this release should be no different.
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Following the release of 2017's The Brane 001 EP (BRANE 001EP), Youandewan returns with Ideal Passage.
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Aus Music welcome Matt Karmil to the label. The Sourced EP follows his critically acclaimed Will on Smalltown Supersound (2017). Matt delivers two classily edited cuts and two off-kilter deeper tracks, a perfectly balanced EP with a track for all times and moods.
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AUS 130EP
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By Your Side is the second solo release of the year from Will Saul, following his 12" Bugs (AUS 125EP). Never content to sit still in one style or genre BYS see's Will exploring his love for electro, acid and tripped-out, left-of-center house.
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AUS 128EP
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Following a string of tour dates with his good friend Joy Orbison and setting up his own Well Street Records imprint, Fold returns to Aus Music with the Aegean Sea EP. Rob Glassett, aka Fold, delivers three '90s Peacefrog-inspired deep percussive house jams, accompanied by a big room broken beat Mall Grab remix.
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AUS 125EP
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Bugs is Aus Music label owner Will Saul's first solo EP since 2014 and follows his inaugural release on new Aus Music compilation series, Inside Out. Here's Will: "'Bugs' is inspired as much by dancing at Plastic People/Co-Op to the Bugz In The Attic as is it is by Carl Craig's Innerzone Orchestra track 'Bugs In The Bass Bin'. Hopefully I bring my own twist to these key influences... 'The Map Room' tumbles with big, swinging drums as a fervid sense of tension burns throughout before Matt Karmill takes 'Bugs' off on a linear dubbed-out excursion..."
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AUS 127EP
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EP#2 carries forth much of the same classiness Tee Mango's well known for. "Come A Little Closer" samples "Make It Last Forever" by Inner Life which is paired with playful drum rhythms and smooth Rhodes chords. Prototypical opts for punchy drums and a swinging bass, a track that would work as well peak-time as it would warming up. "Wazoo" is a deep cruiser with a pinch of acid.
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AUS 124EP
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Inside Out is a series that invites DJs and producers to blur the boundaries between traditional artist albums and mix compilations. Each instalment will feature 100% new and unreleased music. Depending on who is at the helm, Inside Out will take different forms: producers may wish to represent their own sound with only music they have made themselves or with close collaborators, while DJs and label heads may wish to reflect the sounds and scenes that surround them. Features Komon, Will Saul, Gerd, Primitive Trust, Floorplan, and Juxta Position.
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