Published
Thu, Jun 25, 2015, 23:28
- The two imprints will debut in July with music from new artists Erkiu and Nastika.
Samurai Music is launching two new imprints on July 20th.
The Berlin-based label is already a pretty comprehensive concern, with sub-labels Samurai Red Seal (meant for "deeper" drum & bass) and Samurai Horo (a mostly vinyl-only imprint focusing on experimental electronics) are already well-established. Shiro, the latest to fall under the Samurai umbrella, will focus exclusively on new artists, giving them their first-ever vinyl releases. The inaugural EP features Polish artist Erkiu, whose YRA EP comprises "four tracks of techno-informed progressive drum & bass," according to Samurai.
The other label, Altar, is curated by Samurai but not meant as part of the official label family. The first release comes from Nastika, who offers a "fresh take on dark techno with shades of industrial."
Horo also has a new EP coming out the same day, this time from DiNT, and it's yet another debut from an unknown artist. This time the label describes the EP as "a pitch black corrosive vibe and sound like nothing else we have heard before."
Stream Nastika's "Immure" below.
Tracklist
Erkiu - YRA
A1 YRA
A2 Confession of A Fellow Citizen
B1 Hollow Idol
B2 The Vow Of Retaliation
Nastika - Incantation
A1 Incantation
A2 Immure
B1 Rapture
B2 Daeva
DiNT - The Black Drug
A1 The Black Drug
A2 No Way Out
B1 Visceria
Samurai Horo will release The Black Drug, Altar will release Incantation and Shiro will release YRA on July 20th, 2015.