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Seventh candy delivery from Bardouin Music with an atmospheric and euphorythmic EP by Lyon-based producer Hyas. This new chapter presents a dreamy and acid story with 5 vault gems - going through electro, speed garage and breakbeat with cloud-grazing synthesizers and echoing effects in the ocean’s depths. Welcome to the unexplored Angel Island Zone.Mastering by Alden TyrellGraphic design by Clara CarpentierBardouin Music 2022

Leon Revol opens the record with “And If Forget”, a jazzy, downtempo ballad here offering a perfect introduction to the EP. Having previously released music for Church and Beats Of No Nation, Leon Revol brilliantly lands his first production on the BKD soil. Sydney-based artist Setwun is up next with “Lonnie”, a true journey into the mind of this multi-instrumentalist producer. The title opens up with glimmering melodies and kicks off strong with a lead bassline backed by a broken beat… all wrapped up with the beautiful keyboard performance from Daniel 'Planeface' Pliner. As a close friend of the 30/70 collective, Setwun here shows another side of the Australian jazz-influenced electronic scene. Closing the A-side, the Leipzig artist Duktus returns to the Broken District imprint with “Deep Downstairs”, a live-recorded nu-jazz session with the ODC Live Band. The band is named after the OverDubClub jam sessions and beat-making event series, which took place between 2012 and 2016 at the Distillery club in Leipzig. After a VA release on the O*RS label gathering productions from all artists involved in the ODC sessions, this one song is the last and only song left from this time period… and it’s quite an honor to welcome it on Broken District. Flip the record, press play: Italian talent Turbojazz opens the B-side, delivering his jazz-infused house music on “Pianodubrazil”. The prominent South-American influences bring even more sunshine to the EP and the live performance from Veezo on the keyboards has clearly something to do with it. Together with Parker Madicine, Turbojazz and Veezo have recently made a strong impression with their mutual project Jaxx Madicine… and magic happens again on this new track. Following-up is Jus Jam, one of Broken District’s co-founders. Through his new track “Memories Live”, he grants us again with an atmospheric house cut brought by mellow synth pads and a warm live-recorded bassline. It’s hip hop, it’s jazzy, it’s house music with a unique twist, it’s a true journey for the dreamers… as always.

It’s in this strange time that Bardouin Music born with some acid and club pieces with some great french producers. Started with "No More Acid" - a piano banger well cooked by chief Herr Krank. Followed by Esba and his very acid warehouse track "Tard" - Side A ends with the deeply pleasant "Correction d'Orbite" that Col. J realize. B Side Monsters Aurèle and Hyas attack with a glitched club track from V45 called "Elka 2020" in reference to the melody made with this analog synthesizer. Finish royally with "Acid Trap" bomb concocted by the respected and mysterious Renart - a mix between acid and bass trap rather surprising and very effective.

Die Orakel long time collaborator Edward gracefully reappears with a three track emission called Time Stretch. Edward’s appliance of the titular technique is not restricted to various sonic elements at all, as it extends to the tracks’ mental notes and their trajectories beyond the digital realm.Time Stretch fills the entire side A with vibrant sonic elements, a warm bassline along an eerie pad, all on top of a straight and punchy bass drum. La Grotta’s signature melody, plus chirps and cowbells, inject a slight touch of exotica to the musical meta-data, while time stretch artefacts refer back to a befittingly themed EP. Finally, the undercurrents of Black Sea evolve along a modulated melodic pad, a pulsating bass and beat structure, and a light 90s IDM morse figure on top of frequency sweeps.

Like a warm breeze drifting in over the sea to a white isle, Mazzo's six-track EP has summer written all over it.Gentle Winds is an apt title for the range of clearly Balearic-influenced tracks here, taking in hands-in-the-air piano house on Baby I Let You A Bath In, 80s-style hot-funk electro on Blue Field, blissed-out ambient on Cosmic Kiss, and sun-kissed conga-led downtempo on Natural Living.Across the EP Berlin-based producer Mazzo keeps the atmosphere sweet, smooth, and oh-so-hot. Perfect for the days we all wish would return: beach-bound, bar-side, and vibe-soaked.