Molécule releases Sila remix package - reworkings by Madben, Torb and Sayem.

Intrepid explorer and electronic music producer Molécule, recently released a remix package of his track ‘Sila’ with reworkings by Madben, Torb and Sayem.

Head of independent Parisian label Mille Feuilles, Molécule  has released numerous remixes, singles, EPs and seven full-length LPs, including an eighth on the way. Nature is a strong theme in his work - his concept effort titled 60°43’Nord was recorded over 36 days on an ocean-going vessel, and recent single 'Violence' with accompanying music video was inspired by a life-changing, perception-altering expedition to the Tundra.

The remix package brings a new element to an interesting track. Madben grew up in Northern France and discovered electronic music at the end of the 90’s. He began DJing in 2000 and composing in 2007. Hailed by Trax Magazine as “techno's last hope,” he has received support from a host of influential names such as Laurent Garnier, Agoria, Dave Clarke, Carl Craig, Skudge, John Digweed and Ben Sims. His reputation was cemented through a few acclaimed releases in 2013 and 2014: ‘We Want To Rave On’ on Astropolis Records, ‘Dual’ with Ian O’Donovan, ‘Neighbours’ on Bedrock, ‘My mad strings’ on Goldmin music. 2016’s tracks ‘Into The Woods’ and ‘Tension’ received airplay from BBC Radio 6 Music’s Tom Ravenscroft,  and he is a well known name on the club circuit throughout France, including Transmusicales (Rennes), Scopitone (Nantes), Marsatac (Marseille), I Love Techno (Montpellier), as well as Montreal’s Piknic Electronik. His take on Sila delivers a beat driven sound, covering a juxtaposing sonic scope.

Sayem is French DJ and producer, known for his affinity for vintage synths - Minimoog, JX3P, Juno 60 and SH101. He has a string of releases in his wake, and has worked alongside artists such as The Girls and Boys, Rocky, TORB and Domestic Dictatorship (Julien Briffaz Bot'Ox.) He recently composed the score for short film Qui Vive, and has produced music for Don Quichotte at Trocadero, José Montalvo's ballet show, which went on to run for several weeks at Théâtre National de Chaillot, before touring across France. Sayem’s remix radiates maturity and a cool, sometimes poignant atmosphere.

TORB’s work on the track is a techo-centered delivery of intricate grooves. The French duo are some of Motorbass Studio’s hip dissidents, known for their use of modular analogue synths to create a sound reminiscent of the rave age scene. Their 2014 tracks ‘Fatohm / Fever’ received support from Noisey, and their “low-fi” techno sound is owed to bespoke machinery, and preferably played at live sets.

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French experimental artist Khaled Hejira releases two-track single 'Arrivée / Born From A Wish'

Khaled Hejira has released his debut two-track single titled Arrivée via Neo Atlas. After years of mindful experimentation, the 25-year old self-taught musician Khaled Hejira has produced an intricate, thought-provoking body of work based on fragments from different explored paths. Comparative to the flowing tranquility and kaleidoscopic arrangement of artists such as Floating Points, Hejira has triumphed forth breathing new life into an already vibrant formula.

Growing up in Vitry-sur-Seine, a city near Paris, during his adolescent years, Hejira encountered the active hip-hop scene with an adventurous yet ambitious mindset, and a burning desire to find that “perfect sound”. From early ‘60s Electronica, to ‘90s hip-hop and it’s current incarnations, Khaled Hejira also cites artists such as Steve Reich, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Joni Mitchell as influential, as well as Guitar-based jazz, Japanese film & video game scores, and all of the un-joyful material by late French composer François de Roubaix.

Inspired by natural environments, abandoned places and dystopian landscapes, Khaled Hejira has shaped these influences into something unique and personal, creating electronic music to mimic acoustic sounds and merging together inspiration from all sects of life, metamorphosing into Hejira’s now developed, flourishing resonance.

Khaled Hejira’s latest single ‘Arrivée’ is heartfelt venture into the minds of the fragile. Dense, layered soundscapes linger amidst creeping synthesizers and distanced percussion, rich string-work akin to that of digital harps and textured atmospheres, following a film score-esque structure destined only for the silver screen and other great endeavors. Backed with the single is the mesmerizing b-side ‘Born From A Wish’, complete with crashing synth-waves and strings, broad percussive beats and kaleidoscopic colour to compliment Hejira’s already distinctive and refreshing palette.

On ‘Arrivée’, Khaled Hejira comments: “This two-track single introduces this project after ten years of experimentation through different genres. It started to take form last year when I genuinely did the music i like without over-thinking during the process of creation. A synthesis based on fragments from the different roads I’ve explored.”



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Nathan Fake announces new EP 'Sunder' via Ninja Tune

Nathan Fake will release a brand new 4-track 12”/Digital EP 'Sunder' via Ninja Tune on 23rd February 2018.  Methodologically and sonically very different to his 2016 album 'Providence' which was characterised by crisp, widescreen sonics and meticulous arrangements, 'Sunder' is rougher, more urgent and raw and definitively more beat-oriented, but retains the same warmth and emotive character.

“These four tracks are like snapshots captured in a single moment. They were all recorded on an old Marantz tape deck, Jupiter 6, broken Akai drum machine and a Yamaha Reface DX,” explains Nathan. “Basically just hitting record and seeing what happened, not worrying about making mistakes etc. There are no post-edits - they are left completely as they were recorded - so they're quite messy but I love that energy.”



Nathan Fake Live - Tour Dates
20/01 Festival Electropolis 2018 at BPS22, Charleroi BE
09/02 Génériq Festival 2018 at La Vapeur, Dijon FR
15/02 Goa, Rome IT
22/02 Róisín Dubh, Galway IE
23/02 Cyprus Avenue, Cork IE
24/02 Button Factory, Dublin IE
23/03 Gretchen, Berlin DE
01/04 DGTL Festival 2018 at NDSM Docklands, Amsterdam NL

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