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XM 007EP
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"Written and produced by Nothus (Milan, 2019). Mastered and cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analogcut, Berlin. Design by Linking Bios."
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XM 005LP
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"Journey at the End of the Brain is the second release by Gianluca Salvadori, aka Pushlock, after his debut album on cassette, Healing Process. Gianluca is based in Treviso and is a real drum 'n' bass, dubstep and UK sonorities addict since always. His new album comes as a reinterpretation of these sounds, with a fresh approach to sound design and the ambition to redefine those genres through an introspective vision. This LP is a promenade across Pushlock's brain synapses, showing his multi-genre sonic architecture across echoes of UK oriented electronic music. Journey at The End of The Brain opens the A side with an uplifting dose of breaks; the tech junglish assault of Ghosting gets scanned by cutting drumz and large hall reverberated reese bass, perfectly fitting the soundtrack of the dirtiest dream of the perfect night out in the club. 'Chaotic Neutral', a wild tune reminiscent of early Source Direct, acts as the amen track of the LP which burns bright before slowing down into the mental trip-hop excursion of 'Purple Leaf'. The A side ends with 'Skyline', a virtual soundscape designed with broken stabs and hypnotic atmospheres. 'Hexacomb', a 160 bpm half beat driving force opening the B side represents a unique blend of synthetic textures with a dirty beat giving only a minute of breath with the entrance of those celestial strings and classic piano phrases. Urania and Cannonball cover the 140-150 BPM zone of the LP, showing the mutant dubstep infused side of Pushlock characterized by 3/4 progressions, leftfield inspired atmospheres and distorted basslines. 'Common Ground' acts as the perfect outro, leading the listener through a cathartic path to the end of the brain."
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XM 004EP
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"New limited 12" from XCPT posse coming under label headz new alias: Sativa Club. Three tracks exploring a wide spectrum of jungle inspired club music. 'Phonato Riddim' spreads instantly a bulging bag of breaks merged harmonically with heavyweight drum patterns, room quaking subs, and synapse bending vocal samples emerging forcefully from hazy soundscapes. 'Sound of Silence' opens the flip side in a beatless smoky environment where blurry hypnotic frequencies quickly get squashed in a rolling drum break. Finally, the 176 bpm full-throttle payoff of 'Amen Drake': slabs of processed amens, paradroid percussions, gently layered synth lines and fucked up wet-dream vocals. Hypnotic dubwise galore on both sides."
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