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The whole point of this record was to share every emotion that I feel, says The Soft Moon's Luis Vasquez. InchNo two songs are the same. It's about existing in the world as a human being and experiencing many emotions and experiences throughout life.Inch And so hence the title Exister, a record rooted in the ecstatic joys and crippling lows that life can throw up and how just hanging on and existing is sometimes all we have. InchExister is my way of saying 'I'm here, deal with it.'Inch Vasquez says. Sonically, this expression is a vast, expansive and potent one. The opening 'Sad Song', which unfurls with a dense brooding atmosphere, Vasquez describes as almost a ballad, while tracks such as 'The Pit' capture the opposite end of the musical spectrum, exploding as a thundering piece of industrial techno complete with gut-churning levels of bass. 'Monster' - a song that follows a human metamorphosis into an unrecognizable and destructive being - seamlessly combines a deeply melodic, almost electro pop, vocal hook with a slow build atmospherics to create something equally beautiful and unsettling. 'Become the Lies' explores the devastating consequences of being lied to by your own family and is a post-punk stomper, merging charging basslines, pummelling drums and snaking guitars, all of which combine explosively. Elsewhere the album runs the gauntlet of everything from ambient to dark wave - features ferocious guest contributions from fish narc and Special Interest's Alli Logot on 'Him' and 'Unforgiven' - all while retaining that distinct tone that unmistakably The Soft Moon Album Tracks 1. Sad Song 2. Answers 3. Become the Lies 4. Face Is Gone 5. Monster 6. The Pit 7. Nada 8. Stupid Child 9. Him 10. Unforgiven 11. Exister

Big Crown Records is proud to present Adult Themes, the latest full length offering from El Michels Affair. This album takes the band's InchCinematic SoulInch aesthetic literally and sends the listener on a journey through a whirlwind of moods and energies. With their 2005 debut album Sounding Out The City, EMA spearheaded an instrumental funk / soul movement that inspired a slew of bands and even lead to the creation of a few independent record labels. El Michels has since lent his signature sound to artists from Adele to Dr John, Lana Del Rey to Aloe Blacc, and a who's who list of others. In 2016 he co-founded Big Crown Records and has since produced the lion's share of it's output. A short stint as the touring band for Wu Tang Clan in 2007 led to the cult classics Enter The 37th Chamber (2009) and Return To The 37th Chamber (2017). Adult Themes marks the long awaited, highly anticipated return to an album of original compositions from El Michels Affair.In 2017 in between producing, playing, and recording on other artists' records Leon Michels began creating compilations of short interludes intended to be sampled by hip hop producers. Some of these wound up becoming songs by Jay Z & Beyonce, Travis Scott, and Don Toliver. These minute-long snippets were inspired by the dense moody work of '60s composers like David Axelrod, and Francois de Roubaix, as well as Moondog's brand of classical jazz. Michels was having so much fun creating these instrumental / orchestral nuggets that he decided to expand on some of the ideas and create what would become the soundtrack for a movie that has yet to be made, an imaginary film entitled InchAdult Themes.Inch The album plays like the colors on an artists pallet. Songs like InchRubixInch and InchVillaInch are densely orchestrated with the hard-hitting drums that El Michels Affair is known for. On InchLife of PabloInch, Leon's son m

Sutrah's sophomore Aletheia picks up right where Dunes left off, which an otherworldly approach to technical death metal, using some not-so-common instrumentation and diverse song structures. This is a must for any progressive or technical death metal fan. Album Tracks 1. Variation I.I - Umwelt 2. Variation I. II - Lethe 3. Variation II.I - Dwell 4. Variation II. II - Genèse