AFX (APHEX TWIN) / BJARKI / NINA KRAVIZ / VARIOUS ARTISTS

Brand new doublepack from Nina Kraviz's label featuring an extremely rare track from Aphex twin from 1993 - essential release!!

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

A1 Bjarki - Baepolar A2 Nina Kraviz - Don’t Mind Wrong Keys B1 AFX – P-string C1 Bjarki – Naked Naked C2 Barcode Population – Temple Ball D1 Biogen – Untitled D2 PTU - Taorak

трип 006 is an album constructed with the songs of a varied collection of artists; fast and furious rhythms at times exceeding 140 bpm, live cuts, tracks with a song structure. “The idea behind the album was born the other night from a very broad conversation I (Nina) and Tombo had on the way people form their opinions and criticisms. That opinions are reflecting the inner world of the people who criticise and an opinion should be based on something… what it depends on and how this process has to do with growth, knowledge, self assurance and self improvement. That all things are relative and all eyes are different. That in the end it’s important to grow and shape your opinion, make up your own mind. This was the point of inspiration for Tombo - his artwork representing two worlds and two young boys who are affected by the ‘outside’, controlled and manipulated. One manages to escape by shaping his own desires, growth being a matter of choice. Learning that what enables one to see and understand more, is the freedom from anyone's opinion but your own.” трип 006 continues the tradition of gatefold double EPs as conceptual album. All tracks are selected around a particular story, a trip, and presented as a continuous sonic landscape. All tracks are structured in a way that they can be mixed one with another an endless amount of times making a continuous loop, a trip, that needs only end when the party stops.

A1 Bjarki - Bæpolar The recent bass heavy work of prolific Icelandic artist is an interesting hybrid of IDM and drum-n-bass with Bjarki’s incredible ability to create signature atmosphere on the edge of minor and major keys, and place them around weightless perfectly incorporated sounds. Recorded in February in Iceland.

A2 Nina Kraviz - Don’t Mind Wrong Keys “This is a 5 minute cut of a live recording that I made in February using a simple set up of Volca drum machine, Yamaha piano and a reverb. I am not musically trained but like to fool around with keys recording whatever comes out of it. I love edgy keys that are about to jump off piste but change their mind last second keeping the nerve naked” The wonky keys capture Nina’s mood in February perfectly. Barely edited it perfectly represents the label’s antiperfectionist approach with the biggest value in music human feelings.

B1 AFX – P-string The alias of Aphex Twin aka Richard D. James, this track was recorded when he was only 19 or 20, around 93-94. It first appeared on Aphex Twin’s second session for John Peel in 1995 as ‘Untitled’. The strong and extremely emotional work combines signature robust rhythm juxtaposed with the dreamy melodics.

C1 Bjarki – Naked Naked A furious, emotional quick recording that captured the artist at a challenging moment.

C2 Barcode Population – Temple Ball One more previously unreleased ruff live cut from probably one of the most mysterious electronic project from the 90s affiliated Subvert label. 

D1 Biogen – Untitled Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson was an electronic musician best known under the pseudonym Biogen. A pivotal figure in Iceland’s electronic music scene, whether it was during his early forays into electronic music as a member of the legendary hardcore techno band Ajax or through the many collaborations and side projects he was involved with, Biogen had a personal hand in shaping the last two decades of Icelandic music. “Untitled” is a previously unreleased work, probably from late 90s period

D2 PTU - Taorak PTU are a Russian duo from the city of Kazan- Kamil EA and Alina Izolenta. PTU’s music is a blend of related genres; an abstract joint where bass music meets techno with this mixture being spiced up with break beats, acid lines, pads, futuristic concepts and sounds.