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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Upcoming EP7, Game Theory in CA, First Full Length Album, and Anomalistic in Switzerland!

We're half way through June, but still have lots planned for YOU the rest of the summer!

Stay posted here on our site as we've got something coming up every month between now and September. New summer EP? Yup! First full length? Absolutly! Upcoming events you don't want to miss? Oh indeed!

Thursday June 21st EP7

We are super excited to have all the mastered files for EP7, and will drop it this week on our Bandcamp - for FREE!!! Tracks from Walpurgisnacht Project, Plankton, Tzu-Jan, and K-Owl will make you want to hit that repeat button! Our seventh EP is available to everyone on Thursday June 21st!

1. Walpurgisnacht Projekt -...In Space
2. Plankton - Abstract Poetry
3. Tzu-Jan - Quantenverschränkung
4. K-Owl - Cutting Smalls

Saturday July 21st Game Theory

A little over a year after our first event, Demente, we are teaming up with Open Channel Productions at Area 101 in CA for our second event, Game Theory! The line-up is stacked with some of our favorite artists; Invid Mind, Luuli, Mubali, Quasar, Konvndrvm, Samyaza, Dfectv, and our own Herbert Quain are all set to play some sick sets! Keep posted on our website for details on time slots, gate hours, ticket fees, deco, sound and all we have planned for the event!

August 2018 FIRST FULL LENGTH - Into the Starless Night

After 7 EP releases, and 3 artist albums, we are releasing our first ever full length album! We've got final versions of tracks coming in, and they sound SO GOOD!! Our first ever full length has some first-rate artist with some incredible tracks. We are so very grateful to have Datakult, Maleficarvm, Silent Movement, Setu Ketu, Carlos Em, David Cindervomit, Aqua Fortis, Gangore vs Groovality, and Sectio Aurea / Argot Digamma / Anficlavis be a part of this album. For more details and release date, keep posted on our website here: www.absolutshitrecords.com/music.

September 21st - 23rd Anomalistic in Switzerland

To wrap everything up, we're heading to Switzerland in September for the Anomalistic Party! The line up is already full of amazing artist from around the world, but the team's still got more artist to announce before the event to make this one of the sickest line ups we've seen in a while! Keep posted on the event here: www.facebook.com/events/723168787873442; keep posted on all things Anomalistic here: anomalisticrecords.com.

Confirmed, announced acts as of today:

https://soundcloud.com/angra-mainyu-

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Demente Gallery

Only A Dream, A Dream of A Madness and of Darkness

Absolut Shit Record's first event was a benefit for the SIMS Foundation, and nonprofit organization, an Austin group that provides access and financial support for mental health and addiction recovery to Austin music professionals and their family members.

The event was hosted at the ScratchHouse in downtown Austin May 12th, 2017, and featured Yoshua EM (Mexico) with Discordia CREW and Anomalistic Records. Yoshua E.M. Absolut Shit has released two tracks of Yoshua's; Yoshua EM - Miranda (CinderVOMIT rmx) from EP5, and Yoshua E.M. - No Expectations from EP6.

Demente also featured creator and founder of Absolut Shit Records, Herbert Quain! Herbert Quain has been in the psytrance scene as long as I can remember; I met him throwing an event in his living room, over 13 years ago! Impeccable taste in music, which made for quite the slamming set at Demente.

We also had musical support from Nivlem with FYB and Samana Records! Nivlem's set sounded great and was the perfect start to the night.

Visual artwork was provided by the talented Tony and Caleb from Prismatic Productions, and we had the most amazing sculpture art on stage by Haven Meadows. With both creative productions in collaboration with the music, the ScratchHouse became a unique beast that night unlike their regular nights!

For more music samples and images from Demente, head to our gallery and events page. We look to host more events in the future, so keep posted here on our website for updates!

EP6 Out Now With New Artwork!

Absolute Shit EP6 recently dropped, and is already listed on Goa Gil's Divine Dozen CD Chart for 2017.

Our newest EP is another free download, and has some fantastic sounding tracks by Datakult,Yoshua E.M., Oroboro, and Anficlavis. Listen to the album here: https://asrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ep-6.

EP6 has new artwork created by the talented Sharon Elaine. Find more of her wonderful images on her Flicker account here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101231683@N03.

We have plenty of exciting things in the works including more music and artwork. Stay tuned here for updates on all the surprises in store for 2018!

The 2017 Absolut Shit Wrap Up

As 2017 draws to end, I find myself thinking about what an AWESOME year it's been for psytrance. Between the music being released, parties that are happening, and creative ideas that are circulating, there's an excitement that I haven't felt since around 2003-2005. This year has been a powerful reminder of why I fell in love with psytrance in the first place. 2017 was full of uncategorizable tracks that were danceable yet strange, dark yet melodic, and raw but powerful. Tracks ignored subgenre restrictions and many artists produced at a wide range of bpms. I could go on and on about my favorite tracks and releases, but instead I'll highlight five tracks that grabbed my attention in 2017:

Anficlavis - LunaScorpio
&lt;a href="http://sectioaurea.bandcamp.com/album/remembering"&gt;remembeRing by Sectio Aurea&lt;/a&gt;

This track is contained on the incredible album "Remembering," which features tracks by three projects from the same Switzlerland-based duo: Argot Digamma, Anficlavis, and Sectio Aurea. The release is a reminder that artist albums at their best cover a wide range of tempos and sounds, taking the listener on a journey that develops and changes over the course of the album. This track stands out because it's at a classic proggy tempo and features classic (non-psy) trance sounds that come in starting at 4:18. Between that and the groovy baseline, in the hands of a lesser artist these elements would result in cheese. Instead it's combined with a phenomenal sense of pacing and sound design, making for an intensely psychedelic listening experience.

Walpurgisnacht Projekt - No Dream Sequence
&lt;a href="http://paradelika.bandcamp.com/album/va-the-last-trip-30"&gt;VA - The Last Trip 30 by Paradelika Recs&lt;/a&gt;
Mexico-based duo Walpurgisnacht Projekt's track No Dream Sequence was released on on the terrific compilation Paradelika Records compilation The Last Trip 30. Superficially it contains many structural elements of traditional darkpsy, but with Walpurgisnacht Projekt's trademark killer sound design and baselines. But what makes this track special is the beautiful melody that bookends the track. It's the perfect melody-not dark, not euphoric, just right. Incredible at home and on the dance floor.

Tzu-Jan - The Day We Met in Shaman's Garden

Another duo (I'm sensing a pattern here) Austria-based Tzu-Jan self-released an EP this year that was definitely a highlight of 2017 for me. This track is actually not my favorite from that release. That would be their Baudelaire-referencing, Asa Chang & Junray sampling masterpiece Le Fleurs du Mal, my favorite track of 2017. That one is only available on the EP. Fortunately, the title track is available online and it's fantastic as well. For many years, a criticism of psytrance I've heard from followers of other genres is that psytrance lacks low end. The Tzu-Jan project does not have that issue. Clean production with awesome sound design and deep bass makes their music stand out in the best way possible.

Hutti and Uttu - The Crack of Thunder
&lt;a href="http://yggdrasilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/good-vibrations-compilation"&gt;Good Vibrations Compilation by Y G G D R A S I L R E C O R D S&lt;/a&gt;

Traditional forest psy is a subgenre I've largely drifted away from over the last few years. Hearing this track that sits comfortably within the forest psy tradition makes me want to delve back into that style. Pretty much forest psy at its best, with a wicked and distinct melody thrown in to give this track a little something special. It was released on Yggdrasil Record's triple-CD release of foresty downtempo and trance Good Vibrations.

Ankur - Nonno vs G2
&lt;a href="http://ctcdrope.bandcamp.com/album/koinophobia"&gt;Koinophobia by Ankur&lt;/a&gt;

Ankur's album Koinophobia blew me away. It's fairly traditional psytrance in its core elements, but still creates a unique sound by drawing on a variety of influences. One of the great things about the album is that each track is distinct. Nonno vs. G2 reminds me of a period of psytrance before full-on, darkpsy, and prog became the three primary categories people spoke of, and artists were making what was simply called "psytrance." Plus there's some techno aspects to my ears, which is always a plus. What's especially exciting and forward-thinking is that Ankur will be releasing most or all of the tracks as stems for people to remix, and will be releasing the three tracks made in Ableton as project files, creating an amazing educational opportunity and potential for remixes. It's hugely inspiring to see artists helping push the genre forward, and I hope we all work together in this spirit in 2018!

What were your favorites in 2017? What were you blown away by that was unexpected? What was most nostalgic? Discuss your thoughts with us in our forum here: absolutshitrecords.com/forum/music-reviews/2017-music-review-now-up-on-our-blog, and keep posted here on our blog for all of the Absolut Shit upcoming releases, as well as information on releases from around the globe!