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SKILL-SET, the debut EP from Naomi Mitra Ruby, reworks conceptions of self improvement. It's a playful and oblique take on the gamification and socialisation of work and ambition. As suggested by the artist, all proceedings go to The Okra Project. The Okra Project hires Black Trans chefs to cook healthy, home-cooked meals for Black Trans people in their homes. “Go On Then” video by Reid Calvert. ➦ SRS13 page

Soundcloud	Court Rat's all-tape mixtape, recorded at Summertime Offline, August 2019, Tallinn.

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Order via Bandcamp	A collection of verses and scarves, a performance piece by Sandra Kosorotova. Worn or folded into a quasi-leporello. Non-violent 100% silk dyed with food scraps. Silkscreen print, hand-hemming. Custom font made by writing with mouth. 20 x 175 cm Edition of 4.

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“Maximes was a club in the north of England that played hardcore. Everyone had the cdrs, some Bonkers ones too. It was in the blends between songs, or when I was older, the half memories of music you get when you’re not really there for the music. Or when I was younger ideas of music I thought could exist. Memories of music I thought existed but never did. Hardcore ephemera.” COVER BY DIANE ASSIRI @odd__di

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Ratkiller’s newest musical riddle “Threnody to Smaug” – originally issued on a split tape with Danshoku Dino and limited to only ten copies – found it’s home at Serious Serious. Available both digitally and as limited tape edition. The sense of worn-out psychedelia in Ratkiller’s music as well as his obsessions with all kinds of obscurities might ring many bells in listener’s imagination, but it is foremost the playful dialogue between “zeitgeist” and “obsolete”, the constant shifting of forms and their meanings, that leaves us wonder – how does something so unimportant and unsexy ends up being so stimulating and cool? Mihkel Kleis (aka Ratkiller, Edasi, and most recently Court Rat) has been releasing music under numerous underground labels since late 90’s, witnessing and shaping the forming of Estonian experimental music scene, all of this while maintaining his distinctive and somewhat obviously unexpected approach. Recorded in Spring 2018, Tallinn, Estonia Artwork by Mihkel Kleis Tape edition manufactured at Vinylplant, Tartu, Estonia Limited to 50 copies

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Listen / Buy	Moving between various monikers and formats, Berlin-based monsieur franz ka delivers his “holzalbum” – a line of ten tracks recorded back in 2007 (with an additional John Cage remix from 2018), which explore EDM’s stubborn aesthetics.

Listen / Buy	Regret’s debut EP brings forth rebellious pop experimentations by London's young producer and visual artist Grete Ly Valing. “BAD PUBLICITY” ON YOUTUBE.

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“State and Design” is the third release by Estonian electronic music duo Cubus Larvik (Karl Saks, Hendrik Kaljujärv), and is based on choreographer Karl Saks’ award-winning solo work premiered at Kanuti Gildi SAAL in 2016. With the new album Cubus Larvik continue their exploration of dark electronica, this time also incorporating non-musical areas and encrypted occult messages from the worldwide cinematic archive. The release is available both as digital download and limited edition 12" vinyls cut at Deepgrooves in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Mastered by Amir Shoat in London and designed by Sandra Kosorotova. Supported by Kanuti Gildi SAAL and Estonian Authors' Society

Listen / Buy	"Our way is that of drum, bass, and unfriendly rapping." “Rap Music Rocks” on YouTube. Produced by Benzokai & Tont Mastered by Oliver Kuusmann

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How often must we listen to a sound before we realize it? One time, one million times? Can one single sound be the same twice? How long shall it be? One minute, one eternity? How can we still sense ears wide open when the crunch of worldly affaires lays flat and dry in front of our hearts? Everything has already happened. All emotion has passed. ​ Of course, there were all those Ligetis, Hendrixes and Pärts. We’ve had it all, so close, so far. Walls covered with microbes, microphones, clicks, cuts, traces of gestures, edges, magnets, charts. Ages of what once would be accomplished, almost, ages of what could never last. Thus, we reach the island, it suddenly unfolds in front of us. Clear, transparent, wide open, organ of fulfillment, straw of harmony, glimpse of a very moment, point of no return. ​ More. Colors. Stillness. Emptiness. Synchronicity. Ambivalence. Persistence. Mirrors, doors, glass. Leaves, leaflets, leafless. Vast – In other words: Astrov has created an astonishingly decent, pure & present surprise. It seduces our attention to let go of conventional acoustic consumption. It is of great joy to be reminded, that art shall start at the point, where unconceptualized playfulness and serious, serious professionalism tend to explore the yard. Liner notes by SSMIDD All by Artjom Astrov, except melodica by Savva Terentyev on ‘Nothing Happens’. Recorded in Viljandi, August 2016. Mixed and mastered in Tallinn, January 2017.

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The negative space, the ambience, or simply said the very surrounding of a busker’s routine captured by a pair of microphones is both the method of and what you hear on ‘Tunnel’. The three components – the underground, the passersby and the melodica player – form an ambient portrait, manifesting itself as a free play of social and aesthetic hierarchies. One part of it is the unintended listener, trapped in the bardo (intermediate state) of travel, with one way in and one way out. The other part is the constanta-like presence of the street artist; although perceived as an object himself, he’s the one with an overview of what is happening. One can tell it by his gaze and body posture. But even the artist’s presence is relative in it’s scope. The tunnel regulates itself day and night, effortlessly and without judgement. Performed by Savva Terentyev Produced / Liner notes by Artjom Astrov Designed by Sandra Kosorotova Transcribed notation by Terentyev Music Publishing Recorded in December 2015 Supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia