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WE ARE BEYOND EXCITED TO BE CELEBRATING OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY. THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE KEPT US FROM FULLY EXPRESSING WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO AS A COLLECTIVE. THANKFULLY, WE HAVEN’T LOST OUR PASSIONS AND INTERESTS. SO, THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING STOPPING US FROM HAVING THIS CELEBRATION - A FIRST STEP YET A VERY IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT! 5-TO-HYPERSPACE IS A SPECIAL PROJECT EMBODYING AN 8
TRACK COMPILATION AND A COLLABORATION WITH OUR DEAR FRIEND AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER YURI KABAN, WHO HAS FRAMED OUR INFAMOUS CATHODE-RAY TUBE AESTHETIC IN A T-SHIRT DESIGN. ________________________________________ • 8-TRACK COMPILATION • 12” VINYL 300 LIMITED COPIES WE’VE GATHERED A CREW OF NEW AND GOOD OLD FRIENDS WHO EMBODY WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED DURING OUR JOURNEY SO FAR, POWERED OFC BY OUR SOUND DIVISION FUNCLAB RECORDS. THIS PROJECT COMES TO LIFE THROUGH THE EVER GROWING AND EVOLVING SOUND-VISION AND VISUAL RESEARCH OF OUR COLLECTIVE. ________________________________________ • TRACKLIST A/B 1. FUNKYCAN - ILLUSION OF LOVE Berlin based producer and DJ, aka Am Kinem. He’s Max Graef’s live-set associate and sonic ambassador of Tax Free Records. — DREAMY AND HYPNOTIC HOUSE 2. MINIMONO - INVISIBLE DAY Fabio della Torre & Ennio Colaci (Bosconi Records) Minimono was born in Florence in 1997 as a multimedia project involving experimentation through music installations, graphic design and theater performances. — HARD-DRIVEN MOODY BREAKBEAT 3. UFFE - U-DOLLAR Blending dusty-sounding samples and live instrumentation into jazz and downtempo-inflected house music, Amsterdam-based Danish producer Uffe Christensen began making music when he was ten years old. He resisted going to his piano lessons but loved experimenting with samples and music- making apps on his father’s computer. — JANGLING DUB TECHNO 4. KID SUBLIME - THE MUSIC Growing up in Amsterdam, Jacob Otten, aka Kid Sublime, started to play drums and piano at the early age of five. As a teenager he founded his first band with schoolmates, dedicated to hardcore punk, and short after was heavily attracted to skateboarding and hip hop. — MELLOW LOUNGING DEEP HOUSE 5. RADIUS - BUILDING A STAR Radius aspires to inspire, heal and bridge community by any means necessary Many influences with nature in the forefront Improvisational Aesthetics South Chicago B-boy Live PA/electronics Founder of Etc Records, with releases on D81, Mathemathics Recordings, The Secret Life of Sound, Beyond Luck Music. — SOULFUL BROKEN BEAT 6. OHBLIV - FLOWING WITH TIME Oddly hypnotic, mesmeric visions of a musical utopia where hip hop flirts with RnB, makes love to Jazz, and travels with ambient. Timeless, ethereal. Traditional but not purist. Sometimes experimental, these healing tones are cosmic sound therapy for generations. — DUSTY AND SYNCOPATED SWEET BEAT 7. PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE. - BOOM!!! Psychedelic ensemble is a London based beat wizard! See also Psyche Nah! — KNOCKING DRUMS AND DEEP SYNTHS 8. DELPHI - CAT PARADE Valerio Del Prete aka Delphi - his Hip Hop moniker - is a DJ and producer from Rome. Also member of the eclectic House duo Tiger & Woods, together with Marco Passarani, a veteran in the Italian Dance scene. — CHILLED OUT LO-FI HIP HOP ________________________________________ • 300 limited 12" vinyl