Darkroom Magazine

Italian magazine Darkroom, recently published a review of 'Duality'.

You can view/read the original Italian version here -
http://www.darkroom-magazine.it/ita/107/Recensione.php?r=2223

Below is the English translation

"...Beginning in 2007 with the 'Noise In the Neurons' EP, five tracks released in digital format, this year has finally welcomed the expected second round. Throw in a cover that has clear messages with intelligence, for those who know / want to take it. Spread out over ten tracks is a good mix of trip-hop, funk, downtempo, electronic exotica that is broad and varied, embracing a variety of stylistic currents. In the new release, cards are shuffled with wit to create an even more successful and credible experiment of crossover between genres. Without doubt, the massive, sinuous basslines push the whole sound of great penetration into dub territories, where the pace of the movements, enveloping and sophisticated trip-hop/downtempo, including shades of IDM/industrial and scratches, while touching on guitar of course - sometimes deliberately awkward and disturbing, but necessary to capture the feelings and needed to complete the wall of sound - to make the roughness of the metal, fortunately leaving patterns and excesses. Samples, synths and even voice ( the experimental hip-hop artist Black Saturn, the microphone on 'Iron Communique') are the "spices" to flavor a sound that's sinuous and heady, able to seduce a great time with the Middle East stretches from what is 'Disrupting The Ghost' as well as bring down the dark with a "light-apocalyptic" thick 'Refuge'. Sterile exercises in style made to stir among different kinds, maybe with frayed results, but the welcome realization of a vision that is at the ideal crossroads of musical currents of thought, framed by a production worthy of so much creative effort. An artist to watch for all lovers of the more experimental sounds and border, hoping for a career in the future, not episodic..."

Many thanks to Roberto Alessandro Filippozzi (Darkroom Magazine's Director) for publishing the review!

Alrealon Musique Mix

dj lgcc - Alrealon Musique Mix by Alrealon Musique

Chicago (US) based DJ/producer/remixer/radio host, dj lgcc aka dreamlogicc recently completed a mix for Alrealon Musique which gathers selections from our catalogue. The mix aired on dj lgcc's WNUR radio show, Sat. Aug. 6th, 2011 and again on Sat. Aug. 13th, 2011.

Featured in the mix are tracks by DJ Phys, Black Saturn, FluiD, John 3:16, Black Saturn vs. subduxtion and PAS.

dj lgcc on Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/djlgcc
dj lgcc on the radio - http://djlgccmix.blogspot.com/2011/06/dj-lgcc-on-wnur-radio-chicago.html
dreamlogicc on Soundcloud -  http://soundcloud.com/dreamlogicc

Monsieur Delire

From Monsieur Delire, who writes about 'Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD' -

"... In the vein of Scorn and Dälek, FluiD delivers instrumental hip-hop (except for a collaboration from Black Saturn) blended in with noise and dub. Abrasive but beat-driven, techno-sounding though nothing simplistic or formulaic, multistylistic and multiethnic though coherent, with a rebellous attitude to boost. Sure-footed...".

http://blog.monsieurdelire.com/2011/08/2011-08-2930-mccormick-duo-fluid.html

Machinist

Belorussian electro, industrial, noise webzine Machinist has published a review of  'Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD'.

Below is the fully translated review:

"...The debut album 'Duality' by Chicago artist FluiD contains music that you often aren’t used to hearing in the electro-noise-industrial genre. FluiD’s music can be best described as dark and viscous, and as a mix of heavy addictive Dub, Industrial, Dark-Ambient, alternative Hip-Hop, Metal, Grindcore and Noise. The sound can be clean and enlightened or it can sometimes be dirty and rough. In fact, the whole album represents a slow wandering in the darkness, with a cold and harsh rhythmic sound. It sounds like a soundtrack for a city with a disused tunnel that leads to a dead, post-apocalyptic future. Combining acoustic parts with noisy and electronic elements, bits and samples, this album shows a certain creativity and the spontaneous nature of it surely had a positive effect on most of the tracks. You can also note an unexpected melodic music, due to the successful use of a synth ('AIC'), some Arabic vocals ('Disrupting The Ghost') or even sounds coming from some kind of bagpipes ('Sublimination In The Zero Hour'). The only collaborative track 'Iron Communique' , includes vocals from another Alrealon Musique artist Black Saturn.

In this album, guitar riffs are pretty well included into the whole mix and they don’t take over the tracks. The guitar sounds are smooth and beautiful, and sometimes, they can be lost in distortion, creating some looming Metal riffs. These riffs don’t intend to change the mood, instead they add a spicy taste to the entire thing. FluiD managed to create powerful tracks with an efficient rhythm.

The good thing about this album is that the influences aren’t clearly visible at first. 'DH-1', 'Disrupting The Ghost' and 'The Absent Present' combine perfectly, energy and Ambient elements, which produce very good Industrial tracks with a Hypnotic/Trance/Shamanic dancefloor identity. When you listen more carefully to the tracks, you realize that a lot of details and nuances have been introduced here. Most of the time, the Ambient/Drone, Sludge, Grindcore, Industrial thick layers cover these subtle elements, or they might be drowned into the concrete gloomy rumbling texture.

 'Envisioning Abstraction: The Duality of FluiD' is an interesting album with haunting parts and a lot of good surprises. This album tries to push the genre boundaries. The Experimental Dub-Noise-Industrial tracks are definitely worth checking out, especially for fans of Scorn, Dalek, Techno Animal, The Bug, Lustmord, UNIT: 187 and the production works of French label Audiotrauma..."

7/10
vAlien/DJ Commando LABELLA
http://www.machinistmusic.net/reviews/fluidcd2011.html

Welcome to 2011!

Alrealon Musique starts the new year with two significant events!

First, the Alrealon Musique store is now online -
http://www.alrealon.co.uk/catalog/index.php

Now you can purchase Alrealon releases, directly from Alrealon.

Second, we start the new year with a new release, 'PAS - Reconstruction'.

The latest Alrealon release sees Brooklyn, NY collective PAS , deconstruct and reconstruct, audio fragments, vocals and beats from Alrealon artists, Black Saturn, FluiD, LAX, John 3:16 and Zilmrah into new compositions.

Listen to a track from, 'PAS - Reconstruction', here

PAS - Here Ing Voices by Alrealon Musique

La Frisson de la Basse (The Pleasure of the Bass)

Two weeks ago, I performed at 'Night World 2010: Alive in the Afterlife'. Before departing for Kansas City and the Night World 2010 event, I put together a new mix called, 'La Frisson de la Basse'.

La Frisson De La Basse by Tundra. on Mixcloud



Alrealon Update 11.01.10

First up, is the latest podcast in our long running podcast series. This months podcast comes from Sascha Muller and is titled 'Mix it Up Mix'.

About Sascha:

"Sascha Müller aka Pharmacom start his career with djìng and producing in 1990. He was inspired by Projects like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and stuff like Sven Väth played in his dj sets. The musical style reaches from ambient chill out, house and techno music in his own special way. His way of producing is the use old analog equipment in the same way as the newest Software in digital producing. The greatest thing for him is to create new soundcollages and wicked samples for his tracks. As a Dj he played in several european locations and events like love parade and thunderdome. At the moment he is also playing as a vj and is involved in multimedia productions with some other global video and grafic artists."


Look for Sascha's upcoming 'Move My Body' EP on Alrealon Music (release date 12.13.10).


We've also uploaded to our Soundcloud page with a track from the ARU meets FluiD release, 'The Sickness'

ARU meets FluiD - The Sickness by Alrealon Music


Last month Alrealon artists Zilmrah /O\ and Robert Pepper of PAS performed together at Silent Barn in NYC. You can view video of their performance here.




Other Releases from Alrealon Artists:

FluiD, PAS and Zilmrah /O\ feature on a newly released compilation from Babylon Projects, 'By the Rivers of Bablyon: Always/Forever',  

DJ Phys, mNIPK and Sascha Muller all have releases available from French techno label, Milligrid Records.

FluiD and Ghoul have a new split EP, 'Ghoul + FluiD' on Tundra Dubs, available here.

Ghoul has also done a new 30 min. mix, 'Vnholy Ground Vol. I' for Tundra Dubs. You can listen to the mix here. 


Current Alrealon Music Releases:

ARU meets FluiD - Fearless Empire Killers
LAX - Deep Water b/w cREEPYsHEEP (incl. remixes from Ghoul and FluiD)
mNIPK - Paul Auster's Tears
 
Upcoming Alrealon Music Releases:
 
FluiD - Duality 
PAS - Reconstruction (featuring contributions from Black Saturn, FluiD, John 3:16, LAX and Zilmrah /O\)
Sascha Muller - Move My Body
 

Alrealon Music presents: Tomorrow's Universe

Alrealon Music presents: Tomorrow's Universe

Alrealon Music presents: 'Tomorrow's Universe' (ALRN016)

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Pre-release Hype!

                                                                  

                                                                                                   

Alrealon Music presents: Tomorrow's Universe (ALRN016/ALRN-NS001).

We have now an official release date!

It will be out on Track It Down and Gogoyoko.com on the 21st of March 2010 and out everywhere else (itunes, audiojelly, amazon, etc) on the 5th of April 2010.

So what's the difference between ALRN016 and ALRN-NS001?

- ALRN016 is a "classic" retail version: it contains 15 tracks (including two remixes and The Subliminal Restless Syndrome: DJ Restless Alrealon Megamix) and it will be available at the Alrealon Store, Track It Down, itunes, etc in 320k mp3 and wav format.

- ALRN-NS001 is a free-to-download version of the compilation: It's a 12-track version which will be available at alrealon.co.uk only (192k mp3).

FluiD's New Year Business

I have a new EP nearly finished, due for release on Alrealon Music in and around March. It's entitled, 'Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD' and contains 9 songs. This will be preceded by the release of a single entitled, 'Disrupting the Ghost',

I've also finished a remix of DJ Phys', 'Bury Mx Dxxp in Lovx'. The remix will appear on 'Alrealon Music presents: Tomorrow's Universe' (Alrealon Music). 'Tomorrow's Universe' is a compilation of new songs and remixes from Alrealon Music artists and associated artists. The remix will be part of the expanded version of  the compilation.

I've also been working with Black Saturn (Black Saturn vs. subduxtion) on some new tracks as well. We have a new EP finished, due for release on Alrealon Music in and around Feburary. It's entitled, 'Cosmic Karma' and contains 4 songs.

Other projects in the works include collaborations with spoken-word artist Jason Covelli, DJ/producer Ghoul and an experimental theatre piece with travis. More info on these very shortly.

Alrealon Music 2010

Alrealon Music released so far:

John 3:16 - John 3:16 (ALRN001)
subduxtion - Un:mxd and Manipulated (ALRN002)
LaptopAcidXperience - Work Trax vol. 1 (ALRN003)
Black Saturn vs. subduxtion - Ancient Kingdom (ALRN004)
LaptopAcidXperience - Work Trax vol. 2 (ALRN005)
John 3:16 - The Solemn Truth (ALRN006)
LaptopAcidXperience - Work Trax vol. 3 (ALRN007)
DJ Phys - Poisonous Gxm (ALRN009)
DJ Phys - Songs From Loftus Road (ALRN013)

Check our Releases section for details
http://alrealon.co.uk/shop.html

The best way to support our artists is to buy directly from our Store. All the money we are getting from it is used for promotion.

In 2010, Alrealon Music will release:

FluiD - Envisioning Abstraction: the Duality of FluiD (ALRN008)
Black Saturn vs. subduxtion - Cosmic Karma (ALRN010)
mNIPK - Paul Auster's Tears (ALRN011)
Black Saturn - Ned Jackson Is My Little Brother (ALRN012)
John 3:16 vs. mNIPK - Revelation 2:18 (ALRN014)
FluiD - Disrupting The Ghost (ALRN015)
Various Artists - Alrealon comp. 1 (ALRN016)
DJ Phys vs. EGGBLOOD - Bury Mx Dxxp In Lovx (ALRN017)
and more from TOXIC TABOO, John 3:16, EGGBLOOD, LaptopAcidXperience, etc.

Also this year, Alrealon is going physical. We'll also start this month our series of Alrealon Net Samplers, an exclusive compilation of old and new songs, B-Sides, Remixes and live songs. The first one ALRN-NS-001 will include tunes from FluiD, Black Saturn, Toxic Taboo, Black Saturn vs. subduxtion, John 3:16 vs. mNIPK, DJ Phys, EGGBLOOD, P.A.S., [Distopia], Zilmrah /O.., Connected Locus and Etiket 0.

STAY IN TOUCH...

ALREALON MUSIC

Zeppelin 2009

Black Saturn has contributed a sound piece to the Zeppelin Festival. The festival takes place in Barcelona, Spain, December 10 - 12 2009

http://sonoscop.net/zeppelin2009/index.html

Zeppelin 2009 - Sounds of Power / Listening to Fear "is dedicated to thinking about issues that have been insidiously encircling us for some time. We are concerned about signs that might suggest we’re going backwards in terms of hard-won social and intellectual achievements and freedoms".

Bass Bringing Zombies...

The new four-song EP from Toxic Taboo is now available for download. Toxic Taboo is a collaboration between Black Saturn, DJ Restless and FluiD.

You can download the EP here -

http://rapidshare.com/files/295716190/Toxic_Taboo_ep_2009.rar

http://www.myspace.com/toxictaboo

New EP from Toxic Taboo

Coming October 31st... The new EP from Toxic Taboo. Toxic Taboo is DJ Restless aka Finger Painted Death, Black Saturn and FluiD. We've been working together for the past year and are now readying our first release, an as yet untitled EP.

http://www.myspace.com/toxictaboo

New Playlist from Black Saturn

Checkout Black Saturn's playlist @ Alrealon Music. Saturn lists some of his favorite websites - unusual musical instruments, dub, hip-hop and social issues, the history of recorded music and vintage cassette recorders.

Check the knowledge, repsect the science...

http://alrealon.co.uk/playlists.html

Black Saturn's, 'mAyy dAyy' podcast

A new episode of Alrealon Music's artists podcast series is online!

Black Saturn offers up 30 min. of noise/experimental/hip-hop.

You can download the podcast here -

http://www.alrealon.co.uk/podcast/Alrealon_pc05_MAYDAY_BlackSaturn.mp3