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RSN 050LP
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Ransom Note Records welcome illustrious French electronic duo Froid Dub to the fold for their new vinyl release, Tears Maker Chant. Head honchos of the wonderful Delodio label, Stéphane and François mark the 50th release for R$N Recs, and this is without a shadow of a doubt an incredibly special one. So, sit back and ready yourself for some inimitable Froid Dub cuts; laid back but pounding, graceful yet aggressive but above all, thoroughly danceable. Opening proceedings is the acid tinged "Just One," a masterclass in making people dance at under 80bpm. Achingly gorgeous polysynth chords rain down, hovering like a film overhead the saturated 303 line that wobbles along in the low end. First single "On The Nose" enters next, with a delightfully soft, round bass that feels like bouncing around a padded room. Inside a Zorb. On MDMA. More echoed, analogue motifs dart from left to right, confirming with strong conviction that the chaps from Paris put the Dub in Indubitably Fantastic. "Digital Pond" closes side A, a low slung, nonchalant piece of mood music. Idiosyncratically "French," brittle chords piece the sound stage, evoking past Italo Disco spaces, but remaining conscientiously chug-dubbed out. Second single "Control (Special Mix)" opens side B with a capital B. For Banger. Another Space Echo heavy workout in the lower frequencies of the audio spectrum, this is testament to the old adage that less is often, a hell of a lot more (to paraphrase). The titular "Tears Maker" glides into view next, with its frantic 808 patterns and spacey melodica, setting the scene for the majesty to follow. This epically proportioned tune is probably going to be a little passe come the end of summer, because it's going to be played at festivals the world over relentlessly. Be warned! Finally "Terri's Dub" brings matters to a close with its angular, stands and woozy vocals. Artwork by Sylvia Tournerie, mastered by Krikor Kouchian.
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RSN 012LP
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Pinned is the much-anticipated follow-up to debut album My Friend. Released via Ransom Note Records, Pinned sees C.A.R. -- aka Chloé Raunet -- refine her palette of glimmering electronics and post punk angles. With Raunet taking on the mantle of producer, singer, and songwriter, the album is a journey inside her inner world. Part French pop chanteuse and part cold wave androgyny, Raunet's vocals spin out mysterious stories over hazy claustrophobic synth pop and epic, widescreen electronica vignettes. From the whispering creep of "VHS" to the android John Foxx-esque machine march of "Cholera," Pinned keeps its secrets close, offering both flashes of bittersweet joy -- as on album closer "This City's" exhortation that "I'm still drunk on life, so I won't sleep tonight" -- and numb, world-weary ballads. "Sitting on your broken bones, the years have slapped around," Raunet laments on standout lead single "Daughters," an elegy to the faded. After a career that has seen her formerly leading the feted electro outfit Battant, collaborating with trend setters including Maceo Plex, Ivan Smagghe, Krikor, and Red Axes, C.A.R. is now blossoming as an artiste in her own right. Her enigmatic, electronic pop is packed with intricate left turns and tiny details flickering away at the edge of hearing. Aided by a restrained mix from Steve Osborne (Happy Mondays, Simple Minds, and New Order), Pinned has found the rarest of sweet spots between underground innovation and pop immediacy.
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DMFPE 001CD
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From 1989 onwards, Richard Sen was an obsessive collector of house and techno music, frequenting legendary London record shops such as Fat Cat, Silverfish, Trax, and Red Records. He took record buying trips to New York to find second-hand disco, house and techno 12"s, which were lying around in bargain bins. The selection for this compilation is his own personal favorites from that era. Back then, electronic dance music was young, innocent and fun; it hadn't been analyzed, theorized, and fragmented into the multi-genre industry it is today. What you hear on this compilation reflects what he was playing at that time; joining the dots between ambient, techno, tribal house, breakbeat and early trance productions from the UK. Much house and techno from the US, Belgium, Germany, and Holland has been well documented, but some of the more obscure British productions are lesser known and need to be showcased. Hopefully, these tracks will inspire and educate a new generation of electronic music fans who weren't born then and also trigger some acid flashbacks for the older ravers as they take a trip down memory lane. Features Centuras, Bandulu, Strontium 90, Orr-Some, Biff'um Baff'um Boys, Epoch 90, Mind Over Rhythm, Dream Frequency, As One, and UVX. Double-CD version contains the same tracklisting; CD 1 is unmixed, CD 2 is mixed.
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DMFPE 001LP
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Double LP version. From 1989 onwards, Richard Sen was an obsessive collector of house and techno music, frequenting legendary London record shops such as Fat Cat, Silverfish, Trax, and Red Records. He took record buying trips to New York to find second-hand disco, house and techno 12"s, which were lying around in bargain bins. The selection for this compilation is his own personal favorites from that era. Back then, electronic dance music was young, innocent and fun; it hadn't been analyzed, theorized, and fragmented into the multi-genre industry it is today. What you hear on this compilation reflects what he was playing at that time; joining the dots between ambient, techno, tribal house, breakbeat and early trance productions from the UK. Much house and techno from the US, Belgium, Germany, and Holland has been well documented, but some of the more obscure British productions are lesser known and need to be showcased. Hopefully, these tracks will inspire and educate a new generation of electronic music fans who weren't born then and also trigger some acid flashbacks for the older ravers as they take a trip down memory lane. Features Centuras, Bandulu, Strontium 90, Orr-Some, Biff'um Baff'um Boys, Epoch 90, Mind Over Rhythm, Dream Frequency, As One, and UVX. Double-CD version contains the same tracklisting; CD 1 is unmixed, CD 2 is mixed.
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RSN 029LP
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Ransom Note stalwart Bawrut presents a new sound in his debut album In the Middle, a striking eleven-track journey through sunset pop, electronic melancholia and delusive migrations taking place around the Mediterranean. The album features several guest vocalists, including the stadium-packing phenomenon LIBERATO hailing from Napoli, the Moroccan-born Paris-based DJ and singer Glitter٥٥, the catchy Italo pop artist Cosmo as well as Chico Blanco, a young singer and producer at the forefront of Spain's new generation of independent pop music artists. In the Middle is a reflection on recent years. A story about movement and migration around the Mediterranean but also the notion of a moving identity. It's about the luck of the drawer, finding yourself born in the middle of the "west", whilst others strive to get here with the hope of a better life. It's about being in the middle of music and cultures and the beautiful accidents that this movement has produced over the years. Above all, it's a celebration of the beauty of the movement to a better life, to create something new, with hope and optimism whatever the circumstances. It's a celebration of diversity and inclusivity. For fans of Skream, Catz N Dogs, KiNK, Axel Boman, Alfredo. Translucent blue vinyl.
Bawrut: "I was born in Gorizia, a city with a centuries-old, multi-ethnic identity literally split in two by a border (Italy and Slovenia) after the Second World War. Perhaps for this reason I have always felt closer and more aligned with the encounters between cultures and people, instead of the rigid idea of nationalism and the notion of a unique identity. Through my music I try to combine languages and sounds to make a record that celebrates the union, the meeting and crossing of experiences."
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RN 021EP
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Madrid-based producer Bawrut returns with his fourth EP for Ransom Note Records. "Pronto Arpeggio" is a prog techno labyrinth of fake-outs, tempo switches, thwacking kickdrums, and huge synths. "Shooreee" is classic Bawrut with a psychedelic twist, like spiking your own Negroni with mescaline. "Atchu" carves its way through laser bleeps and dub FX, built around an unforgettable vocal sample that'll be lodged in your skull for months. KiNK chisels "Pronto Arpeggio" into a lean slab of high-velocity machine funk, while Ruf Dug teases out the gentler side of "Shooreee".
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RN 023LP
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Canadian-born, London-based producer, songwriter and vocalist Chloé Raunet, aka C.A.R., releases her third album, Crossing Prior Street, on Ransom Note Records. Full of bruised-but-ultimately-hopeful electronic art pop, the album tells Chloé's story of escaping a broken childhood in Vancouver, and finding her way to the lonely streets of East London, at the tender age of 16. "The one time in my life I lived alone, it was on a street called Prior. I was halfway through my teens and the place had lasting impact. This was a tiny, creaky flat, high in the eaves of an old wooden townhouse. Damp and cold, run down, sparsely furnished. Bare bulbs dangled from the ceiling, eyeing up the midnight visitors who'd come knowing at my fire escape. I'd let them in and lie limp as they crawled all over me. Thin mattress on the floor, welcoming whatever company I could get." An endorsement of the personal journey, Crossing Prior Street is the sound of Raunet reconciling different sides of herself emotionally, artistically, and sonically. The sparse production of minimal elements gives the album a direct punch. Booming drum machines, dissonant cold wave, skewed post punk, and esoteric pop juxtapose but join in strange and interesting ways. Chloé cites this clash as a defining characteristic of the album, which was equally catalyzed by her love of raw machine music and the catharsis of song. Like the sun breaking through clouds, shining onto a grey rainy day, the album glistens. Although proudly pop, there's nothing idealistic, fake, or saccharine here, as Raunet captures realistic glimpses of beauty found in everyday life, mixed amidst the gloom.
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RNPT 002EP
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"The results are immediate and obscure all alternatives. The most miniscule motion portends a proliferation of susceptible affects dancing across an amaranthine fold. I am at that particular physical place within the anatomy of doubt where distance has little to do with the movement between two points. The distinctions between objects and their naming is merely the residue immediacy that courses like a doomed circuit all through and around me. A fractured Anima. An Apostate waning. The waves ever shortening. If I do return it will be through no force of my own."
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