12.12.13 Rössli Reitschule Bern, doors 9 pm.

We’re proud to call local bass scientist Bit-Tuner part of our roster. «Brutal Funk» stands for Bits very own signature, velvet yet pressing bass lines, on point melodies and scrunching drums.

The EP starts off with «Bach Is Not Dead». It relocates you in an unknown indoor parking enlightened by subdued flickering lights. Supposedly barely sane melodies tied to a striking bass line and tattered structures will assist you to actually enjoy the situation.

«Bad Combination» is a bleak, chasing and clicking composition, absolutely spot on. Abusive and nervous, it carries a solid cloud casting body adorned with psychedelic references. Consider yourself a stowaway on a lurching hover craft at serious speed.

Entering the second half of the EP with «Empty Hole», you’ve managed to silently sneak on a aged steamboat uncompromisingly floating and wallowing its predefined way towards an empty hole at the end of shaded waters.

The circle is completed by «Lucid 8», thanks to the bubbling bass and agile theme a forgiving, confident creation, despite the lyrically well placed scraping sounds. A soothing, temporary end to a versatile and eventful journey.

Mastered by Adi Flück at Centraldubs Bern. Edition of 125 in silk screened covers on beautiful vat paper with artwork by Simon Walter. Includes download code for WAV & mp3. Due to some unforeseen circumstances this one is pretty pricey. We’re sorry but also confident that you will really like this deluxe item once you hold it in your hands and give it a spin.

Check out the first two tracks here:

«Sleep Deprived Pessimist» by Montréal based producer Morti Viventear is shoegaze reminiscence featuring picturesque scenes, moony epic melodies reframed by strutted drums. 36 copies in existence.

Deadly Stare is Scott Da Ros & Vid Cousins. Thoroughly cinematic, ingenious psychedelic neck breaker production style.

80 copies in hand made covers with original vintage photos from the 40ies & 50ies, art concept by Flurina Schuler.

Frkse returns with his partner in savageness Khlyst, while the incredibly talented (in various matters) madman Tewz releases his first split 7″.

106 copies on clear/clouded vinyl, mastered by Deeskee. All covers are different as they are unintentional collaborations: the artists are unaware discarded remnants of artist projects unintentionally superimposed, salvaged from oblivion offset printed on a Hamada printing press.

Video proof frkse by Lisa-K.

Split c40 by Tenshun & Jacken. Lo fi wizardry & beautiful sample/beat syncrisis, partially remembering some classic trippy & heavy beats. A strong and perfectly connected assemblage of crushing rolls.

Rotten Flesh produced by Tenshun, Heavy Vibrations produced by Jacken. 43 copies on clear tapes with artwork by Khlyst. Home-dubbed with good care.

Some of the shells were damaged while being shipped to us, sorry about that. All cassettes still work. Sold out.

The second album by swiss pals Rotkeller, «Herr Vodmar». They’re back with luscious sounds on entangled groundworks and delicious ideas for harebrained melodies. Eight firm & heavy weight tracks on 12″ vinyl and digital, officially released on sept 27. There will also be a couple live shows, check the Live section on our site. For bookings, please get in touch.

«Herr Vodmar» is released as collaboration with Everest Records. Limited to 300 copies with artwork by Amadeus Waltenspühl, mastered by Calyx Berlin. The vinyl version includes a personal download code for the digital release. If you wish digital only, go to Everestrecords.

We also have two different shirts made, get involved with the preorder (click and scroll down) now and save some $$$. Click on the image for full size.

We are stoked to present «2nd July», a new track by Feldermelder, alongside a stunning animation by the fellow Luis Sanz of indefinitevj («it’s all about generative audio reactive animation»). Check out the full video:

«2nd July» was recorded and produced in New York in Summer 2012. Mastered by Adi Flück at Centraldubs Bern. Grab the track for free here:

July 2nd (wav, 28.8 MB, right-click save as…)
July 2nd (mp3, 6.7 MB, right-click save as…)

The crispy, dubby bits flanking the thoroughly worked out drums are one of a kind. We are sure to hear more ahead of his time works by Vlnc Drks in the near future.

This 10″ vinyl EP is dedicated to Valance Drakes’ step dad Kenneth Knight (R.I.P.). Limited to 87 copies in silk screened covers with artwork by Soumy. Mastered by Deeskee. Sold out.

Thanks to Tom is the bastard for the design!

This one is on graphite/anthracite, not black. Fully fair trade, which hopefully explains the cost. Only 1 size extra large left.