Each part has its own story to tell with all kinds of shades of dark and light journeyed throughout, the general tone set by fluttering lead guitar, shifting percussion, wandering bass and swirling keyboard. Part One introduces us to a sparse calmness, patiently growing into a quiet storm before Part Two explodes into bursting wah-textured guitar, sounding like the result of utilising Omar Rodríguez-López's pedal collection. Bright piano and double bass kick off Part Four before a Godspeed-like build up winds down to the cosmic funk of Part Five. The lengthy Part Seven is delightfully gradual, truly highlighting the wonderful nature of Orange Tree's freeform approach. The final part completes the story in such an uplifting manner as plinky keys float above bending brass and constantly moving percussion.

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Step Into A Dream is the debut album from Midmir, collaboratively written and produced by Jonathan Jindra (Trills) and Frank Dambra (Arctier, Track53). The respected talents of both artists fuse together to produce a spark flurrying with a sparse palette of colour-changing, genre-morphing tracks.

Newport Riverbed eases us in with bendy synths stretching around deliciously laidback beats and melodies which eventually navigate into wavering atmospheric ambience. Erazi shines through elements of jazz whilst Step22 and Acidto dissolve into wide-open halls soaked in distant house chords and dripping with acid. The journey peaks with Cathode Blue and I Remember Her Handwriting, both epic in scale and build-up, ultimately climaxing in a spirit-lifting experience, leaving an urge to revisit and peel back the inner depths underlying this entire piece. The great variety of shades and styles provided by each unmistakable artist meld together harmoniously. A sublime listen!

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Lithium Enchantment has landed to bring us into the New Year with Remnants, a beautifully crafted and re-crafted album which proves more than worthy of marking our 10th release. Coated in textured, grainy synths that swirl around goosebumb inducing melodies, Remnants is a truly striking piece of music. Projection is a shining example of what spine-tinglingly beautiful melodies sound like, with Fallen sounding like it's taking you on a trip through some sort of retro space dimension.

How apt an album title for a record partly re-constructed from the remains of destroyed master tapes caused by a tape deck malfunction. Remnants tells a story of rescued artifacts, with tapes intricately spliced and parts re-recorded resulting in this ultimately mesmerising journey.

As ever, this release is available for free download. Happy New Year to all!

Boreal Network

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1992 In An Igloo is the debut release from Wisconsin originate Peter De Sanctis. As the title hints, this record is the perfect accompaniment to the up and coming winter months with glistening soundscapes and shimmering percussion. Delicately crafted ambient pieces settle in perfectly, piecing everything together to take the listener on a hypnotic journey, possibly sat atop a lighthouse, watching over the glaciers as they reflect in the moonlight.

If that wasn't enough, we've also been provided with 1992 In An Igloo Remixed, featuring Boreal Network, Trills, Phasen, Treefingers, Five Step Path, Xurba and Brand New Retro who all contribute wonderful and varied takes on the record.

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Step in Dutch musician Paracat, reknowned for his mind-melting, Autechre-esque percussion and toasty distortion on highly respected records such as Copied Betamax and Growth. His latest effort, Killing Your Darlings, is a delightful progression which explores more of a hip-hop influence in parts. Sleep Hiking and The Past Of Tomorrow would sit nicely on a Brainfeeder release, with local acquaintances Tex & Spike providing an excellent rapping track to beat-laden Wedden. By contrast, Paracat provides extremely catchy melodies and vocal tracks to Memories and Just Called To Say I Love You, with deliciously hazy vocals contributed by Florence Touliatos on Miles Away.

Kick back and let Paracat's sound fizz around your ear canals like a soundtrack to a long lost movie reel, tarnished to perfection.

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Following his awesome work on the collaboration with GABRIEL, Cole Johnson of Boreal Network follows up with this offering, a full-length release which is captivating from start to finish. Dos Image is tinged with the distant blips, beeps and whirs echoing around the arcades of yesteryear, conjuring up majestically fuzzy and warm imagery.

Cole's fascination with educational PC game diskettes and the vast landscapes of Minnesota really shine through - both natural and synthetic textures are explored here, combining perfectly for your listening pleasure.

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GABRIEL is no stranger to the online musical underground with numerous great quality digital releases and remixes under his belt, along with his work on The Whisper Foundation. Well, at last Retronym are very proud to present his much anticipated and long awaited first full length LP release, Roads We Travel.

GABRIEL's beautifully organic sound provides the perfect soundtrack to the unique path of life each individual follows, and also features fantastic collaborations with Norwegian experimental artist Orange Crush.

Roads We Travel marks our second hard copy release here at Retronym and carries no less than fourteen tracks made up of picks from the digital release, along with new exclusive tracks and pristine quality versions of GABRIEL's tracks featured on The Motion Range EP. Supplied on compact disc in all their high quality audio glory, lovingly packaged and uniquely numbered in a tasty slimline jewel case for your listening pleasure.

As always, the album is available for free download in mp3 format but do remember that the CD comes with tracks unavailable elsewhere, and is a great way to own everything GABRIEL produced last year - so show some love, head over to our shop and add Roads We Travel to your collection, you'll be glad you did! Limited to 50 copies.

The beautifully crafted Sunsetter EP from 17 year old Californian downtempo artist Will Hitz, AKA 91plus, marks his debut release here at Retronym. His skillful production allows the emotions of the listener to intertwine and become one with the delicate rhythms and textures, creating a lush landscape of hazy skies and smooth, floating melodies.

Featuring equally amazing guest remixes from both 2% and GABRIEL, along with mastering by Simon Cookson (AKA Cilocub) this collection has left us eagerly awaiting more from this talented young producer.

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