Krake Festival Second Announcement

Following up on the first reveal of Krake Festival 2019, we are pleased to present the second round of artists. Amongst the additions, we find AnD playing a 4- hour live set, Regis with a very special Jungle set, the Noise Manifesto line up, including SØS Gunver Ryberg and Lady Blacktronica under her Femanyst alias as well as The Lady Machine, who will also be contributing a new mix to our New Brvtalism series very soon! Another exciting announcement is Mark Reeder and a screening of his film 'B-Movie' + Q&A.

Also don’t forget about the independent label and synth market, DIY synth workshops and much more. Happening from Monday, July 22nd - Monday July 29th, Krake (presented by Killekill) has become one of Berlin’s most vital festivals, involving both local and international artists and communities from across the electronic music spectrum. The events will take place at some of Berlin’s most iconic locations from the opening night at Silent Green Kulturquartier, Griessmühle and Urban Spree. See below for dates and lineup. For more information and tickets visit: https://krake-festival.de/

-JRS

New Brvtalism No. 185 - Bloody Mary

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Bloody Mary. The French-born, Berlin-based artist is an accomplished producer, live act, label-owner of Dame-Music and DJ - stunning clubs, festivals and crowds all over the world with her killer vinyl sets for well over a decade. Her installment for New Brvtalism is an electrifying journey through her vast musical spectrum which includes techno, wave, acid, electro and beyond.

Below we also take a look at the upcoming release on Dame-Music by Tim Taylor and DJ Slip.

Tim Taylor and DJ Slip - Pleasure Unit

Next up on Dame-Music is not only an incredible track but also a fascinating backstory. Originally released in 1998, Pleasure Unit was born out of a collective of artists in Minneapolis, MN. A year earlier, Tim Taylor was building a mobile studio and collaborating with local modular systems freaks. Pleasure Unit is the result of one of these collaborations and the artists always intended to revisit the project and track again. 21 years later Dame-Music gives this hardware masterpiece a new release, freshly remastered by Thomas Heckman and now with new remixes by Bloody Mary and Jerome Hill.

The original is a timeless hardware sonic assault, capturing the listener with tractor beam like force, leaving no one alive. Bloody Mary blows off the lid with even more raw energy and Jerome Hill provides a commanding work which hypnotizes the mind. This one comes out on vinyl July 5th and digital July 19th. For more visit: http://www.dame-music.com/

-JRS

New Brvtalism No. 184 - Mick Harris

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Mick Harris. The Birmingham-born artist has become one of the most prolific and inspirational figures of the past four decades - originally as the drummer for Napalm Death and then on to other innovative projects like Scorn, Fret and much more. For this installment, we get a fascinating glimpse into the mind workings of Harris as he digs into his collection of influences and interests in this exclusive mix for Brvtalist. Nodding at various reference points with some curveballs and surprises thrown in, which, in retrospect, make sense as to what shapes his sound.

Also be sure to pick up Mick Harris presents Fret - Salford Priors Versions, out now on Combat Recordings / Opal Tapes, featuring remixes from Fausten, Stormfield, Monster X and Scald Process. Order the record here: https://combatrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/salford-priors-versions

-JRS

Track list:

CAPITOL PUNISHMENT = SMILE = DESTINY RECORDS
THE CRAVATS = THE STATION =CORPUS CHRISTI RECORDS
ARCANE DEVICE = DEAF MEN HEAR NO TALES = REC REC
DREXCIYA = BEYOND THE ABYSS = UR RECORDS
EROSION = ONE = CHAIN REACTION RECORDS
BRUCE GILBERT = MUSIC FOR FRUIT = MUTE RECORDS
GAUZE = LOW CHARGE = SELFISH RECORDS
DJ REFLEX = SENSI = DUBTRONIX RECORDS
THE STRETCH HEADS = I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY = MOCKSHA RECORDS
SLEAFORD MODS = DONKEY = HARBINGER SOUND RECORDS
U R = SONIC DESTROYER = UR RECORDS
HERBIE HANCOCK = WATER TORTURE = WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS
THE VARUKERS = ANOTHER RELIGION ANOTHER WAR = RIOT CITY RECORDS
TWISTED ANGER = FISH OF FURY = PENNY BLACK RECORDS
SCORN = LIVE INTRO MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 2005
ANSTAM = AETO B1 = ANSTAM RECORDS
TERRY BURROWS = LOOP 1 = HAMSTER RECORDS
ASMUS TIETCHINS = KRYPTOPHONIE 2 = HAMSTER RECORDS
OLHO SECO = DESESPERO LIVE = NEW FACE RECORDS
LULL = DRONE 763 1998
SMUGGLYSSNA = SEPTEMPERATURE = PLUG RESEARCH RECORDS
LULL = DRONE 2 1998

New Brvtalism No. 183 - DJ Sacred

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from DJ Sacred. Considering the current state of affairs in the art of music on the Internet, it seems that any boundaries between mass and elitism, the mainstream and the underground, have long since been destroyed - especially when looking at modern hip-hop. Dropping the conveyor product from our sample, you hardly notice the difference between an average popularity artist and a simple self-taught artist who sells his or her music through Bandcamp. However, there is a very small proportion of people for whom there is a single border that is really worth breaking. This border does not lie in the market or media plane. This is the border of genre - and these people are trying to destroy it with the help of experimental music. Today we are talking about Ukrainian artist Alex Yatsun, also known as DJ Sacred, a musician who tries to exist regardless of the current state of affairs.

Starting his career as a producer for Doomshop Records, he worked hard on his sound. It seems that the quality of performance leaves much to be desired, however, as Alex says, progress is not in technology, but in developing a more accurate interpretation of ideas. “The manner of performance doesn’t have an ideal. We are aware of this in contemporary visual art at an intuitive level. Now it’s time for music.”

His last work, Dungeon Rap, is a junction of two genres close to each other: Memphis Rap and Dungeon Synth. Moody, drawn out from cheap cassettes, the melodies are rather eclectically combined together, pour it all on top of the escapism taken from the CRPGs and Roguelikes games.

Introduction to Dungeon Rap is out now on Manchester’s Natural Sciences.

-JRS

New Brvtalism No. 182 - Ciarra Black

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Ciarra Black. The Berlin via Brooklyn producer and DJ brings raw, noisy influences to both her live and DJ sets. In New York, she began label and event series No-Tech and more recently has brought her crushing live hardware and DJ sets throughout Europe. We can look forward to a new EP in 2019 and if you’re in London, be sure to catch Ciarra at Blanc x Under My Feet on June 14th.

-JRS

*photo by Lena Shkoda

Track list:

51717 — Techelet (L.I.E.S)
False Witness — Cruel Optimism (E-Missions)
SSTROM — Drenched 8 (Rösten)
Ontal - Simulacron (AMOK)
Rune Bagge - - D Line (The Slave)
Varg — Death.Toggle / CheatingIntensityBuff_Fearless ft. Fatal & Chatline (Northern Electronics)
Ireen Amnes — Insurgent (Instruments of Discipline)
Aquarian - Hamburglar Helper (Aquarian & Deapmash Remix) (Hanger Management)
Rommek — Deadly Nightshade (Leyla Records)
Susumu Yokota — Tune For A Replicant (Harthouse)
Samuel Kerridge & Taylor Burch — Transmission 7 (Downwards)
Chloé Lula — Hakan (Unreleased TBA)
Caterina Barbieri — Fantas (Editions Mego)
Corin — Refracted (Bedouin)
Antenes — Pilot (MORD)

New Brvtalism No. 181 - Pursent

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Pursent. The French producer, DJ and co-founder of the Rengaine imprint has been releasing powerful, genre shattering material over the past couple years. His mix for New Brvtalism showcases his vast sonic arsenal. Coming up on Rengaine, a huge V/A tape release featuring tracks from Further Reductions, Enrique, Soren Roi, Pursent, Terdjman, Religius Order, Verge, Maximus, Yanamaste, Lei & Imnh, Lakav and Lewis Murray.

For more visit Bandcamp.

-JRS

Krake Festival 2019

The Brvtalist is pleased to present the first announcements of Krake Festival 2019. For the second year, we are proud to be an official media sponsor of this vital Berlin festival organized by our friends at Killekill. As the name implies, the festival spreads its tentacles out over multiple days and venues across the city, presenting different styles and challenging the genres of electronic music.

This year’s festival opens on Monday, July 22nd at Silent Green, a former crematorium which is now used as an art and cultural space. Night one will host Dasha Rush, one of the most important contemporary techno artists. For this event she will perform an experimental collaboration with a live instrumentalist - the perfect fit for the octagonal domed room. On Wednesday, the festival moves to Griessmuehle, where Paula Temple will present the first showcase of her label, Noise Manifesto, which will feature a lineup that is at least 50% female, trans, non-male, non-conforming or queer identifying.

On Friday, July 26th, we are back at Urban Spree for the always important label market which will feature over 100 labels offering an eclectic array of sounds. The same night will feature an all star lineup at the venue which will see Berlin’s body music heroes Schwefelgelb, The Horrorist, Petra Flurr and more. The next night we’re back at Griessmuehle for a massive event which will go through Monday and feature some of our favorite artists of the past, present and future. The lineup includes:

Dopplereffekt *live
Otto Von Schirach
Jensen Interceptor
Alienata
Jasmine Azarian
Tara in Tibet *live
and many more…..

In addition the all the acts, you can also expect DIY synth workshops, giveaways and lots more. As a sponsor, The Brvtalist will run some great features and special mixes from participating artists. You can also expect some great promos and other great things in store. The best news is this is only the first announcements with even more madness to be revealed in the coming weeks.

For more information visit: https://krake-festival.de/

-JRS

UY Studio Backstage

The Brvtalist is pleased to present exclusive backstage photos from UY Studio. Recently, our longtime collaborators and Berlin-based fashion label released, Berlin Waves, a new campaign showcasing their Spring/Sumer 2019 collection. The campaign celebrates the core values of the label which include freedom, queerness and gender fluidity. In addition, Waves is particularly special as UY invited the models the style themselves in order to bring their own personalities to the UY experience. The backstage photos capture some of the raw energy and candidness of the shoot while also beautifully displaying the clothes.

The Spring/Summer 2019 collection carries a certain freshness while staying true to UY’s dark, monochrome stylings. As always, the items are gender neutral and use a variety of quality materials all handcrafted by some very talented designers and seamstresses. We love the look of the khaki trenches and of course the headgear looks fantastic.

For more and e-boutique visit: https://www.uy-studio.com/

-JRS

Credits

Production / Fashion: UY Studio (@uy.studio)
Creative Direction: Idan Gilony
(@idan.gilony)
Photographer: Lexi Sun (@gieesio)

Models:
Ruoyi Yi (@yiruoyii)

Dieter (@_devilsprettyboi)

Marina Krizanic (@mana_zanic)

Max Fletcher (@maxfletchxr)

New Brvtalism No. 180 - Kander

The Brvtalist is proud to present a new mix from Kander. The UK duo seeks to deliver pace and power in equal distribution. Their high intensity sets and raw, driving techno instantly caught our attention New Brvtalism No. 180 is puts their sheer force on full display. We look forward to hearing more from this great new project.

Coming up you can catch the duo in Manchester on May 31st as part of a huge line up for Drone.

-JRS

WLDV - "The Cellar" Video Premiere

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new video from WLDV. "The Cellar" comes off the Bilbao-based artist's new album, The Belief, out now on Eclectic Reactions. Active since 2012, WLDV explores everything from italo, dark wave, synth pop and more. Since 2014, he has released some standout material on labels like Giallo Disco, Bordello a Parigi and other well regarded imprints. “The Cellar” is a dark, haunting tale of two entities below ground with music inspired by minimal synth, B-movies, horror disco and beyond. The combination will send shivers down your spine.

The Belief is available now and you can pick it up here.

-JRS

*Directed by Axel Casas.
The Entities: Didac Alcaraz & WLDV