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Objekt #5

UPROOTED, the sound of here and there.Uprooted is a project curated by Vidal Benjamin. The concept behind the project comes from hisown personal experience of being uprooted. Under the wing of Versatile Records, he has decided to launch a collection of double-sided limited edition, vinyl only, celebrating the dualityof people who take their roots from a place and embrace another culture.The idea is to ask an appreciated music activist with a double cultural pedigree to choose two tracks. One track that incarnates the place where he or she comes from (the sound of there,side A) and anotherNo digital for this série.Vinyl only.#1-Vladimir IvkovicFrom Belgrade to Düsseldorf, uprooted or not, I compiled 2 tracks from my 2 cities.Tracks that were always meant to be released on one 7“.On the Belgrade side there are Rex, Vejvoda, Milan. Rex Ilusivii, Goran Vejvoda and Milan Mladenović.Summer of 1984, a short nighttime session on an improvised 4 track 1/4¨ tape studio setup in Goran’s parents small living room in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Three young men getting away from their dry intellectual framework at the tail end of the influence of „My Life in the Bush of Ghosts“. Maybe. Maybe not. A recording that should not exist, from the city that does not exist, from the country that could have shown the world how a melting pot can blend and stick together, no matter how countless obstacles lay ahead. On the Düsseldorf side there is CHBB. Chrislo Haas and Beate Bartel. One track from the first of their four tapes, recorded and self-released in Düsseldorf in 1981. Rough powerful electronics with attitude, the future that happened more than 40 years ago and that is yet to come. Untitled licensed courtesy of Ruža Subotić, Goran Vejvoda and Zadužbina Milana Mladenovića.NbkE licensed courtesy of Beate Bartel CHBB-Musik.14.9.2022Vladimir Ivković

We’re more than proud to present the first album on our label. A few words from themaestro, Anton Kubikov:What was the first egg or chickenremains a mystery to me. But what is absolutely clear-the first was the sound. And to this day, the defining in my settings is one or another waveripple. After many of my dub releases, I decided to follow the big bang path and create analbum from one point and bloom like a flower bud, filling it with different shades, micro-changing the waves of each track, adhering to the monochromeof the first point, or ratherthe chord. Ambient Occlusion is not a sound concept, but one way or another defining thesound of the album, when the missing is filled with the drawing algorithm. And yet, with allthe technogenic description, the feelings and sensations of the surrounding space and timein which the creation took place were at the forefront. It remains personal and I hope I wasable to convey the invisible that appears at the fingertips when a spark occurs. Separately, Iwant to note the history of the creation of the album cover by Anja Kubik, since it is alreadya separate art object in itself, made by hand on canvas using a unique embroidery techniqueand complementing the sound system of the album.

We hit the No. 20 and celebrating 10 years of Traffic Records.Thanks to everybody and get your copy!

Up next, Marginal Returns is happy to finally unveil Gwenan’s debut EP. Already familiar to many via her DJ sets at various notable events over the past years - from festival main-stage techno to backroom boutique ambient - 2023 finally raises the curtain on Gwenan’s studio output. Activation Energy presents an elegant, particular and personable take on rhythmic electronic music, taking in A1’s downtempo, dub shrouded ‘Rhythm Delay’, the sneakily effective plucked lilt of A2 ‘Foundation’, the contemplative, emotive glide of B1 ‘Control Change’ and B2 ‘Attention Movement’s brooding syncopation.

Bringing his signature heavy freak crunch to the label, Cocktail Party Effect's "Oscilloscope Detachments" is the latest addition to the Midnight Shift catalogue. Instructions: Follow the oscilloscope to jack into the EP's pulse from start to end.Headliner A1 '77' dazzles in melodic glory paired with glitchy underfoot and a high-voltage wire running hot. Next, '88' lets it all loose with classic breaks twisted on its head and with its core intestines spilling out. Unexpected turns in this effect-heavy club composition recalls the phrase that "you've gotta know the rules to break the rules" and CPE is undoubtedly a master of that. '99' takes it further down South London style for the heads, while ambient closer '111' visualises the previously underscored oscilloscope in full spectrum.

Heading up the next outing on the sought after OPIA imprint is Argentine wonderkid, Richer. The Calypso Dream founder steers you on a journey of blissful progressive grooves, and classic house energy, uplifting as each track of the “Klub Kontrol” EP develops into a pure dance floor emotion.All of the tracks take a strong nod towards the sounds of years gone by, heavily influenced with the 90s heyday of house but containing a modern twist that Richer implements into his productions. Sincere emotion surrounds the whole of the EP urging your thoughts to wander to a dream like state of mind, capturing distinct love fuelled atmospheres from beginning to end. An essential record for the peak hours of the night.OPIA are setting up for a bright 2023 with the rising talent Richer delivering above and beyond, a dreamy follow on from the dynamite Man/ipulate EP last year.