Gene On Earth
The Velvet Edge

The mighty Schatrax label drops a reissue of a reissue, which was a reissue that we'd been keen to have back on our shelves for a while! If that all sounds a bit complicated, don't worry, we just mean to say that Josh Brent (label founder and purveyor of the Schatrax music) has decided to press a new edition of 2008's Vintage Vinyl 2 reissue. The tracks are all the same, of course, starting with the swinging and bumpy stride of "Restless Nights", followed by the dusty highs and deranged bleeps of "Turntribal" on the flip, and finally the woozy chimes of "The Almighty" as a final act. Green vinyl with hand-stamped Schatrax logo. Yes

Active for over 25 years as a music journalist, writer and author of books, Giosuè Impellizzeri was, for a period, also a composer. Through several records recorded since 2002 as DJ Gio MC-505, he has developed a sound obtained on the crossroads between chiptune, electro and synthetic disco with a few glimpses of funk, techno, house and EBM. Now completely dedicated to journalism, Impellizzeri has stopped creating music for over a decade. In the drawer, however, he still had unpublished tracks, written and produced in the past, and five of them now end up in this EP entitled "Saved From Oblivion": from the cinematic "Il Bacio" to the legoweltian "Jupiter Lander", from the biting "Picnic On Pluton" "to" Sexy Song "that plays with 80s synth pop up to cybernetics" The Eyes Of Memory "in which you can see trails of SID style. Made between 2005 and 2006 and recorded live in a combination of hardware and software instruments, the tracks of the EP are subject to an adequate and effective mastering.

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.

This time round it’s a 3 track VA from Serbian artists Marko Nastic and Bosko Balos, plus another Banger from the UK producer Len Lewis.‘Music Is the Highway of Shared Experiences’A1 The Void, Len Lewis: “This track is a sinistertechhouse representation of when I died and went down to ‘the void’ in 2017. Then clawed my way back up through the earth to now!”B1 Thinking, Marco Nastic feat. Ryan James Owens: “One playful jam session in my studio resulted in this house/techno oriented track with Ryan’s vocal on top”. B2 Bag Me Up, Bosko Balos: “Starting 2022 I lost all of my projects from the last two years. Among a handful of wavs was Bag Me Up which marked a change in my sound. A combination of electro-break and old techno / house style”.