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Since our first contact with NYC based producer Thavius Beck in 2018, he sent us over 100 unreleased tracks, or beats, as he calls them. 25 of them have been selected for releases on U-TRAX, good for over 2 hours of music, across this album and the Lovesick EP.Growing up in LA, Thavius Beck entered the hip-hop scene as member of Global Phlowtations, and released several solo albums under the Adlib moniker. In later years, he released five albums under his own name on labels like Mush, Big Dada and Plug Research, and also produced albums for artists like Saul Williams and K‑the‑I???, and did some remixing for amongst others Nine Inch Nails.Nowadays he combines making music with a career as a succesful certified Ableton and Bitwig trainer and as a music teacher at Berklee NYC.The tracks vary in style a lot, but what they have in common is that they either are moody – in U-TRAX lingo: deep - or they are drum heavy. The common denominator would probably be 'experimental/instrumental hip-hop', reminiscent of producers like Flying Lotus. People have tried all sorts of comparisons to pinpoint Thavius' sound, ranging from 'between DJ Shadow and Orbital' and 'a mix of Massive Attack and The Orb'. None of these are spot on, yet quite a few of these tracks feel like a happy marriage between hip-hop beats and techno sounds.Despite the fact that some tracks are 20 years old and have been made with widely different gear (one track was even made on a PlayStation 2), this selection sounds remarkably balanced, yet diverse.From the irresistible single 'Lovesick/Still Sick' to the dark and massive 'Birdsong' (that echoes the sound of his popular song 'Atmos'), and from the head-nodding 'Work!' to the soothing 'Reunited With The All' - if this collection showcases anything, it's Thavius' brilliant production and composing skills, as well as his wizard-level sampling techniques. The result is a luscious electronic music album with a broad appeal.Available on double 180 grams colored vinyl vinyl, comes in gatefold picture sleeve.

Plaisance Records est fier de présenter sa nouvelle release en collaboration avec le label et collectif Jungelen : le producteur et rappeur norvégien Lars.Connu sous l’alias de Lars B quand il s’agit de beatmaking, de Kamuflars quand il s’agit de sortir des projets house ou broken beat sur le label Mhost Likely, Lars utilise son vrai nom pour révéler l’un de ses nombreux side-projects. « Nordnes » a été produit 3 ans avant sa sortie, par pure coïncidence, alors qu’il se plonge dans le memphis rap et qu’il découvre des projets comme Kryptonite (Pink Siifu, Liv.E & Lord Byron) ou aille en vacances dans des bains chauds naturels quelque part en Scandinavie. Naturellement, peu de temps après, il commence à produire dans son home studio des morceaux inspirés par le memphis rap, mais aussi le chopped’n’screwed auquel il rajoute ses claviers.« Nordnes » est un projet qui ne devait pas quitter son disque dur, un projet qui a été produit sans l’intention d’être sorti. En 2020, « Nordnes atteint les oreilles des deux co-fondateurs de Plaisance Records, Tom Manzarek et OG Maxwell. Quelques heures plus tard, Plaisance s’associe avec Simon Alejandro du collectif et label norvégien Jungelen pour sortir le projet en France et en Norvège, avec une édition limitée de 100 cassettes.« Nordnes » est un projet qui a été entièrement produit par Lars. Il inclut un featuring avec le rappeur et DJ norvégien Simon Alejandro aka Brun Viking.All tracks produced and performed by Lars - Track “Hon e Cool” featuring Simon Alejandro - Mastering by Qant - A&R by Thomas Berthelot, Maxime Ryckwaert, Simon Alejandro - Cover by Thomas Berthelot

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