Various Artists - Elsewhere XX

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: OYSTER35
Release Date: 25 Feb 2022
Genre: Leftfield, Downtempo, Synth-pop, Wave

A1 - Radio Hito - Credo
A2 - Sam Media - Simple As Fuck
A3 - Şeytan Tüyü - Anita
B1 - Volga - Na Gorushke (Live at DOM 2002)
B2 - Electronic Body Girl - Walk Away
B3 - Dame Area - Dis-umani
C1 - Cilin - An Abhainn Mhor
C2 - δρ - Fifty Fifty (Anatolian Weapons Rework)
C3 - Romain FX - Guanmu Cong
D1 - Mytron & A von F - Confiture
D2 - Tagliabue - Riso Amaro
D3 - Eylul Deniz - She Can't Die (Twin Peaks Instrumental Cover)

Exploring hybrid music styles and outernational, borderless musical influences, DJ soFa’s Elsewhere compilation series continues with a sixth instalment, and the second to appear on Kalahari Oyster Cult.

Always ahead of the tide, the Kalahari Oyster is a fine specimen when it comes to the discipline of next-level sound-snooping. Meticulously curated by Belgian sonic globetrotter soFa, Elsewhere XX showcases a dozen outstanding tunes, each dwelling in their own personal space between the imaginary worlds of post-kraut, DIY synth-punk and odd-pop ballads.

Melting these genres with contemporary club music is the mission here. Doused in a thick fog of arcane machine talk, tribal rhythms and cosmic synths, Elsewhere XX is an invitation to escape the hall of LED-backlit mirrors that we’ve so mistakenly come to call our “reality”.

Gathering artists from all corners of the globe – including Radio Hito, Anatolian Weapons, Eylul Deniz, Dame Area and Electronic Body Girl – soFa’s curation lays the groundwork for a unique and thoroughly immersive listening and dancing experience. Through a carefully selected suite of like-minded, yet diverse joints, we run the gamut from distorted funk (“Anita”, “Confiture") and cross-pollinated electroid blueprints (“Walk Away”, “An Abhainn Mhor") to oddball synthpop (“Credo” & Twin Peaks cover "She Can't Die"), reverb-soaked audio safaris (“Fifty Fifty (Anatolian Weapons Dub)") and static-filled postpunk (“Umani”).

soFa's Elsewhere series started in 2017 and this is the sixth compilation to date. Shifting focus with every new instalment, the compilations have previously appeared on labels likes Music For Dreams, Emotional Response and Crevette Records.

More From This Artist: A von F Cilin Dame Area Electronic Body Girl Eylul Deniz Mytron Radio Hito Romain FX Sam Media Şeytan Tüyü Tagliabue Volga δρ