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[xs-57] Various Artists XS compilation coming next week

[xs-56] egotron - egotron
Katarina Magalhães is egotron and vice versa. Both share kellogs froot loops fashion design and listening and making music. Has sound artist, she learned by her self to use Ableton Live software for her musical creativity process. In term of influences one can find reminiscences of electro/punk/pop totally electronic, in an almost low fi tronica sense. It can be recognized different sorts of influences from mylo, uclic, stereoboy, metronomy, the faint, cabaret voltaire, goldie or tricky. The symbiosis between music and fashion design is a key element to egotron, and although the world will lose someone with a potential for music maybe someday we can see her in the catwalk.
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[xs-55] lotus mecanica - the live sessions and jack d
In the last years in Portugal there has been recurring manifestations of the rockabilly movement, most of them centered on Coimbra. Bands, such as The Legendary Tiger Man, Wraygunn, and later, Nicotine Caffe Orchestra have come to the forefront of the underground Portuguese scene and extrapolating (at least the first two bands mentioned) to the mainstream. Choosing to publish a rockabilly band with a creative commons license is part of the xs premises of breaking all barriers in avoiding the choice to publish specific types of music, such as, electronic projects. Having said this, we present you Lotus Mecanica, a band that we believe has what it takes to be a rockabilly band. This is a live recording act, in which we can listen to Lotus Mecanica style, a kind of rockabilly blues dirty punk. Also to note, is the fact that we are discussing the idea of distributing a limited edition in digipack or cdr of this ep, so if you’re interested, just let us know.

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Test Tube: Segundo volume em DVD

E pouco mais de um ano depois, é editado novo volume em DVD+R com todas as edições test tube a partir do lançamento 076 até ao 124, a sair oficialmente perto do final do mês de Maio - O volume anterior terminava no lançamento 075. Disponível desde já em pre-order, esta edição é apresentada em 10 novas capas ilustradas com belíssimos desenhos de seres aquáticos da autoria do Prof. Ernst Haeckel.

Mais detalhes e visualização de todas as capas aqui.

Abraço a todos :)

News on xs records

[xs-14] Tiago Morgado - Playing to GhostsYou are in the middle of nothing.you are surrounded by the darkness and the emptiness of your mind, surrounded by ghosts. your ghosts, not the ghosts of anyone else. you want to run, but you cannot hidde from yourself. and then, at the end of a tunel, you see yourself highlighted with a piano, in the middle of a theatre. you want to play, but you cannot because there is not anyone to listen to you. only your ghosts are sitted in the middle of the audience. then, when the concert ends up, you wake up. you see that you were not sleeping. and then you want to continue with your routine, but you are not able to because you feel empty and tired of living and bleeding the dreams of someday.

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About the [xs-09] Minson Hidden Monster EP release
We’re glad to anounce that the minson Hidden Monsters EP, released in March, is finally available for listening. here we have a text present on the cover which induces us in the mtihologycal theme of the album.

“Beneath us was nothing now to be seen but a black tempest, till looking east between the clouds & the waves, we saw a cataract of blood mixed with fire and not many stones throw from us appeard and sunk again the scaly fold of a monstruous serpent: at last to the east, distant about three degrees appeard a fiery crest above the waves slowly it reared like a ridge of golden rocks till we discoverd two globes of crimson fire, from which the sea fled away in clouds of smoke, and now we saw, it was the head of Leviathan, his forehead was divided into streaks of green & purple like those on a tygers forehead: soon we saw his mouth & red gills hang just above the raging foam tinging the black deep with beams of blood, advancing toward us with all the fury of a spiritual existence.”
BLAKE, William, The Marriage Of Heaven and Hell

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