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joemuggs · 4 months

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Albums of 2023 part 2

And so, on from part 1, we continue. This is more dreamy synth-dub that sits perfectly next to the Harrow album: Richard Norris is another artist with an extraordinarily long and illustrious career but who also has never lost the exploratory urge and total delight in sonic finesse.

Honestly Uruguayan-in-Ireland Lila Tirando a Violeta is right up there with the very best of the "deconstructed club" generation - dark, gothic, complex, VERY WEIRD - and this collab with Berliner Sin Maldita is up there with her best. It's really, REALLY intense!

Just impossibly beautiful elegies from ambient harpist Mary Lattimore which builds towards the final track collaboration with Slowdive's Rachel Goswell that is so lovely it will single handedly bring back swooning as a popular pastime.

Officially an EP but there's enough here to cement Nia Archives's place as a heavyweight - add "Off Wiv Ya Headz" and that Jorja Smith remix, and she's had a humdinger of a 2023....

Saw some discourse suggesting that Burna Boy is resting on his laurels here, but I don't hear it. Maybe it's the fact that the cover looks dashed-off? But musically, this bangs: it expertly joins so many dots but keeps his voice and personality right at the heart of it.

I mean come on there was no way a collab between Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist was going to be anything but good, right? Just purest essence of deep and dreamy stoner hip hop. Yet another small (27min) but beautifully formed album - definitely a trend there.

Feels kind of (literally) sacrilegious to say I prefer Cleo Sol's more personal, less scriptural records (e.g. Rose in the Dark) - and this is, top to bottom, a gospel album - but the conviction to her performance and the whole realisation of it here is still really magical.

From Coventry via Skopje, man like NOT_MDK's first album in 23 years, and he's zooming into the deep flows that join grime and dubstep into the longer, deeper electronic funk continuum... These tracks are so crisp and crunchy!

She's from Turkey but Ahu's been plugged into the London Plastic People / NTS / etc scene for years - file this with Yazmin Lacey and similar LDN soul-jazz, also it's very Boho and vibesy and incensey, definitely one to light your best candles for.

Can't remember who put me on to this, possibly Radio 3? Anyway if cold wet misty Scottish hillsides are your jam Claire M Singer has you covered - these slower-than-slowly unfolding organ-led pieces practically smell of wet moss, and are extremely beautiful.

He's lent vocals to a who's who of electronic music, but it turns out Paul St Hilaire's own studio craft is the equal of just about any of them - this is just a stunning, ocean-deep album of dub abstraction and subtly potent lyricism.

Icelander Eva Jóhannsdóttir aka EVA808 has already made a name in the dubstep/grime world but this is her really spreading her creative wings. Mad psychedelia, elemental abstraction, movie-theme composition - there's not much she can't do. Big things beckon!

There's still SO much to say about amapiano, and so much incredible UK, SA and wider world stuff last year (this isn't even the only great DJ Maphorisa album - he had THREE out in 2023, including a mini album with Shino Kikai and a 25-track one with fellow originator Kabza De Small!!). Suffice to say this has gorgeous songs, primal grooves, endlessly sophisticated mixdowns and bass that'll take your breath away.

Just gonna link to my review for this one (it's got the music embedded) - but TL;DR Darren J Cunningham aka Actress is the holy prophet of the era of enshittification, yet for all that his music is constantly "off" and made for a world that is "off", he alchemises it into real gold.

Yeah I'm going to be THAT space-jazz hipster and say this is the record I wish Andre3000 (who is on it, and Carlos Niño co-produced his album) had made. It's just a more lavish, free, FUN way to cavort with the five-dimensional fractal machine elves.

Zoning in on the platonic breakbeat mathematics that underly Jersey / B'more club Chicago hip house, UK rave, trip hop etc, Bored Lord could seem arch or retro if her beats weren't so gloriously functional and bumping.

Fed up of generic records? You will never EVER find another one that sounds like IFS MA. Polish abstract slightly Autechre-y footwork / drum'n'bass with Japanese rapper MA sounding like a cyborg beat poet Taliban Trim and I.... 🤯

Every man jack and their dog are doing high bpm retro rave lately but you can trust Meemo Comma to put a fresh and uneasy twist on it. These tracks will get you proper buzzing up loud! I got to DJ for her live performance of this at Spiritland earlier in the year, hearing them on that system was a real treat.

You get a twofer with this one. Phil Kieran's ode to Belfast is gorgeous in studio form here, but he also recorded and released a version with the Ulster Orchestra that single handedly revivifies the idea of electronic music done classical style!

Two true underground troupers teaming up here - Jordan GCZ from Juju & Jordash and David "Move D" Moufang with some otherworldly good-dream ambient, deep house and space-soul jams heavy on the Fender Rhodes, fuzzy reverberation and sensually sweeping portamento.

My musical safe place for so much of this year. Brooklyn "electronic jam band" Purelink somehow burrowed into electronic music history and found the softest, happiest, warmest fur lined chamber and then invited us in. I cannot emphasise enough how LOVELY this record is.

More modular synth grooves from E Ruscha aka Secret Circuits, but no over-indulgence here and the grooves REALLY DO GROOVE. Trippy as a weasel circus and twice as funky.

Talking of trippy, here's Optimo Music's second acid-drenched entry, from the man formerly known as TB Arthur and the mighty Magda trading as Blotter Trax, it's a kind of parallel universe early 80s alt disco where everything gurgles and melts.

More from South Africa - King Mzaiza Sound via the reliably tough Parisian PSSNGR label - not 100% sure what you'd call this though it definitely has some gqom sonics, some trap drums, and some strident rap vocals... It's HARD AS NAILS is what it is.

EVEN HARDER - Nyege Nyege brought us a sampler of this (and I don't use mental health language lightly) FUCKING MENTAL shrieking, raging, solvent-huffing sound from São Paulo stewarded by the young DJ K, and it's extremely funky and scarily thrilling.

OK there we go, part three is here.....

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fuchinobe · 1 year

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(1990, Nutmeg, NC-2018)

VERY cool Japanese lover’s take on Manuel Göttsching’s E2-E4.

#Chieko Beauty #reggae #dub #acid #balearic #E2-E4 #Manuel Göttsching #Japan #said i'd stop posting music but really couldn't help myself here

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lobotomiija · 7 months

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𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 https://insaneindustry.bandcamp.com/

𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥'𝐬 "𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬" 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬.

“𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟓, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒𝟎 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝐄𝐏'𝐬, 𝟕 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟒𝟎 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲, 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚, 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐔𝐒𝐀, 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲, 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

:𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮…”

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭: Various Artists 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Army Of Chaos / 8th Label Anniversary 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥: INSANE INDUSTRY RECORDINGS 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Techno 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞: Industrial / Raw 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭: Digital & Limited USB Key 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞: II008VA 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞: 26 Sep 2023

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫: Altro Codice, Anxiety, Asmodeo, Ba§ik, BSTIJ, CØDE, Cris Oliver, Darkness in Eldorado, Delincuencia Juvenil, Dysfunction, GREEDS, HEMPTOTE, IZNMI, Kalvin Schlag, KILL YOUR IDOLS, KNOLZ, Likikon, Lobotomija, Nicola Virnicchi, NMLS, Noise Not War, Norberto Lusso, Notax & KTS, REMUS, Rorganic, Rythme Boy, Sasha Storm, Sema Operator, Slash.Untitled, Tangerine Dreamer, TMMW, Voyager.

𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 & 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭/𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐣𝐚, 𝐃𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐂𝐚𝐭. [𝐈𝐈𝟎𝟎𝟖𝐕𝐀]

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨: @merciless_techno // @daskollektive // @texture_records // @instruments-of-discipline

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:

𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐚.𝐜𝐨𝐦

𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: 𝐈𝐓𝟗𝟕𝐓𝟎𝟓𝟑𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟐𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟒𝟎𝟗𝟔𝟎𝟒𝟑𝟏

"𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎" 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈.𝐑.𝐂.𝐂.𝐒. 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐋𝐎 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞.𝐢𝐭

𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: 𝐈𝐓𝟑𝟔𝐉𝟎𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖𝟎𝟐𝟐𝟒𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟏𝟔𝟑𝟐𝟖𝟓𝟎𝟒

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘:

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫: https://ra.co/labels/18615 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐬: https://discogs.com/label/1708715-Insane-Industry 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩: https://insaneindustry.bandcamp.com/ 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝: https://soundcloud.com/insane-industry 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚: https://formaviva.com/insane-industry 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RH6HUqAL…p4mg&dl_branch=1 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝: https://mixcloud.com/insaneindustryofficial/ 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: https://facebook.com/insaneindustryrecordings 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: https://instagram.com/insaneindustryrecordings/ 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: https://insaneindustryrecordings.com/ 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩: https://facebook.com/groups/insaneindustry 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞: https://teespring.com/stores/insane-industry-store 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨 & 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬: https://[email protected]

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dj-bouto · 8 months

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01. The Orb "Little fluffy clouds" 02. Chriss Joss Orchestra "By night" 03. Wamdue Project "Neburu" 04. Stone Roses / Rabbit in the moon "Fools gold" 05. Acid Rain / UR "Cyberwolf" 06. R.L. Burnside "Don't stop honey" 07. R.L. Burnside "Shuck dun" 08. Dj Guitar "Fill me with cotton" 09. J.B. Hutto "Leave your love in greater hands" 10. XXX "Red wine" 11. Yush 2K "Outlaw robot" 12. Earnest Honest "Scratch mass" 13. 9 Lazy 9 "Big six" 14. Wamdue Project "XXX" Stories mother never told me #02 : mixed by Dj Bouto #triphop #house #dub #blues #chillmusic

#the orb #Chriss Joss Orchestra #wamdue project #stone roses #rabbit in the moon #acid rain #ur #r.l. burnside #dj guitar #j.b. hutto #yush 2k #earnest honest #9 lazy 9 #triphop #house #dub #blues #chillmusic

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postex · 5 days

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5050 DUB (excerpt) - Recorded September 2023 with; Digitakt, swEnigiser, DinSync RE303, DinSync Gilbert, Buchla 200 Eurorack system from tiptop, DSI Evolver, BeniDub SpringAmp, Empress EchoSystem, Boss BX8 Mixer, EHX BadStone, Error Instruments Noise Lab

Available at Bandcamp: https://postex.bandcamp.com

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iamlisteningto · 8 months

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Varg’s Misantropen

#varg #varg2tm #misantropen #northern electronics #music #electronic #techno #house #acid #deep house #dub techno #minimal techno #ambient #ambient techno #bandcamp

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burlveneer-music · 10 months

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Om Unit + TM404 - In The Afterworld - acid / dub crossover

Om Unit and TM404 have both been researching production and compositional elements in the crosshairs of dub and acid for the last few years - Om Unit most notably with his Acid Dub Studies 1 & 2, and TM404 with his Acidub album in particular. Om Unit has been a longtime fan of TM404’s use of the TB-303 and the deconstructed space he brings to the house and techno template. Meanwhile Om Unit’s own leaning towards breaks and reggae instrumentation has offered a different approach to the acid sound they both love so much. So an LP with Acid Test seemed the perfect opportunity to combine those approaches and see what kind of mutations could be discovered. The result is a primordial soup that is in parts acid, dub, breaks and ambient, full of spaced-out synths and psychedelic bass, where the pair enjoyed building tracks with a feel for where the music wanted to go, irrespective of stylistic constraints. Written and produced by Jim Coles & Andreas Tilliander

#om unit #tm404 #electronic #dub #acid #2023 #acid test #Bandcamp

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drops-of-moonlights · 2 years

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WINX REDUX AU SUMMARIZED: SEASON 7 (The Huntress of the Wild Source)

Or, in which I give the basics of what I’ve changed about the story for the AU. It was originally way more descriptive but if I kept it in that style I would have finished in 2039 and I ain’t got time for that. AFTER LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF THE S7 SUMMARY IS FINALLY FUCKING DONE PRAISE THE LORD, ENJOY

WINX REDUX AU SUMMARIZED - SEASON 7: The Huntress of the Wild Source

After the last adventure, everyone but Roxy was able to enjoy some proper vacations for once, no further issues appearing beyond celebrating Stella’s birthday. Now, the Winx start their 5th and final year at Alfea, and after all their adventures, they still can’t believe they haven’t graduated yet.

It’s still a week before classes officially start however, and while the girls start to settle in their dorm, Roxy comes in alongside Dia, wanting them all to come with her to a special place.

Everyone follows the younger Fairy, who keeps suspiciously quiet during the way, before stopping at a door leading to the back garden of campus.

They find a new path having been built, and as they go over it, Roxy starts to explain that this took the work of a lot of the Animal-source fairies in the school, even having to call in a recent graduate (Katy) to further help this project.

It’s then that Roxy, alongside Faragonda, Palladium, Wizgiz and a couple more students, showcase the Alfea Natural Preserve, a large expanse of nature, seeing a variety of the local fauna and magifauna species coexisting.

Faragonda then elaborates that this is actually a special section of the Magica Natural Preserve, which occupies part of the giant forest around Lake Roccaluce, dedicated to the study of the environment and the local flora and fauna for school purposes.

As everyone does a tour of the place, they don’t notice a large bird entering the area, at least, not until it suddenly swoops down, taking one of the rodent-like creatures.

As Roxy and Katy explain that it was a digmole, Faragonda also mentions that the bird was not native to Magix, and that it was also certainly not a bird, but a magi.

Everyone then transforms, and after witnessing an impressive amount of fairies following them, the bird decides to drop the digmole and escape, not having expected such retaliation.

Once back, Faragonda pulls the Winx and Roxy aside - it’s been 5 years of knowing them, she knows how this plays out.

She then tells them that the bird was Kalshara - a former classmate of Faragonda’s, who was kicked out in her last year due to her experiments on Magic Animals. She had gone incognito for the last century and a half after having been chased for close to 700 years, and last she knew, she had roped her younger brother Brafilius into the whole mess, who was once one of the auxiliary professors in all three schools. (Info on them here!)

Her plans with said Magic Animals was never completely clear to Faragonda, outside of wanting to manipulate Wild Magic beyond the level Silvestrix magi could. Faragonda herself suggests for the Winx and Roxy to obtain Silvestrix, as if Kalshara’s active again, it’ll be effective to fight her with her own powers.

With this info, everyone revisits the Grimoire of Source Transformations, looking for ways to obtain Silvestrix. They discover Butterflix, a somewhat ignored nature-themed transformation that can also deal with Wild Magic, in the process. The book offers a couple options (which surprises them as they didn’t expect the form to have so many ways to obtain it), but before they can make a decision on how to get it, the school is attacked.

The Winx plus Roxy go outside and see a giant creature made of rocks trying to break the barrier, and can also see an elderly fairy and relatively-young sorcerer nearby - Kalshara and her brother Brafilius. Kalshara was in Silvestrix, while Brafilius was in a form they couldn’t recognize quite well. Brafilius then gives some sort of command to the creature, and after a quick spell covering it in noxious-looking moss, they both disappear

Most of the freshman fairies go hide, while the rest start to attack it, the Winx plus Roxy and Dia soon joining them. Diaspro is taken out of the fight quite quickly however, and resorts to acting as defense for the freshmen.

As the Winx try a convergence, and most things seeming to fail, Roxy comes up with a strategy - instead of direct magic, they should concentrate their powers on different factors to better take down the creature, as direct attacks seem to increase the moss on its back and everytime it falls off it affects some of the inexperienced fairies.

The plan is successful, and as everyone goes back to the ground, they feel a rush of power covering them, having earned Butterflix without meaning to.

A few days later, Flora gets a call from Miele, urging her to come back home - because Amarok is sick.

After an incredibly fast Teleportia forced by Flora with Stella’s help, they arrive at Flora’s house - where most of her family were taking care of many of the magiwolves in the sanctuary. Flora zeroes in on a younger-looking wolf, lying on a makeshift stretcher and with a seemingly-high fever - Amarok, her childhood friend and pet.

As she uses whatever healing magic she has to alleviate his symptoms, Flora’s dad explains that this was a result of a sudden sprout of wild magic-infused fungi that overtook a good chunk of the neighboring woods.

Upon hearing this, and with determination in her eyes, Flora immediately starts walking into the woods, wanting to erase the fungi by any means necessary. Miele comes with them.

After a while they find a giant mushroom overtaking an incredible amount of space, even more spreading around. Tecna casts a protective bubble around them all so they don’t get affected by the spores, and concludes that they have to find the source of the Wild Magic to eradicate the fungi and help the magiwolves.

Amarok appears to help them even when sick after the Winx fail a couple times, and this just fuels Flora’s anger against the fungi, making her attack it further even when it doesn’t work.

After a couple more tries, they resolve to attack it via using their powers to manipulate the environment around them, destroying the giant fungi.

After this, Flora manages to heal the tree that it was covering, diminishing the wild magic and metabolizing it, removing the effects in the entire area and healing Amarok instantaneously.

This act earns her her Silvestrix, surprising everyone yet not really, knowing of the love Flora had for him.

Once they get back, they find most of the magiwolves are healing, and after some careful consideration of a total of 5 seconds, Flora decides to take Amarok with her to Alfea for the remaining time - both because having a Magic Animal will help them in their fight and in everyone else’s quest for Silvestrix, and because she does not want to risk something bad happening to him when she’s away again due to paranoia. The girls also agree to still use Butterflix as a group until everyone has achieved Silvestrix, as a way to throw off Kalshara and Brafilius.

Amarok settles down fairly well in the dorm, and gets along with Kiko decently as well, even if the rabbit is not that happy about having to share space.

After a few days later, Aisha is called back to Andros as a similar issue is happening on Mount Ondina, the mountain closest to Andros’s capital - strong Wild Magic was detected, and sightings of people matching Kalshara and Brafilius worry everyone.

Once there, Aisha finds an injured gryphon, affected by the sudden changes - a giant, seemingly endless rock slide is going on in the affected area. Roxy does a quick spell on him to let him talk and give them more info, revealing his name is Squonk and that he saw a fairy and a sorcerer extracting some sort of energy out of the slide.

After a bit of searching they find Kalshara and Brafilius, and they can now tell he’s in Cinabrix.

Brafilius makes another construct and leaves it to fight the Winx, as he and Kalshara teleport away again. During said fight, the baby gryphon tries its hardest to help everyone else and protect Aisha, which endears the princess to him.

After a short fight, Aisha uses the nearby water to neutralize, diminish and metabolize all the wild magic in the area, which seems to render the construct powerless, letting Musa and Tecna destroy it in one blast. This also helps heal the gryphon.

Once this is done, the girls try to find Squonk’s family, but after no luck, Aisha decides to then take him to Alfea, wanting to help him further, charmed by his shyness and apparent bravery. This bond is enough to earn Aisha Silvestrix.

Squonk and Amarok live in the dorm, and while they didn’t seem to get along at first, they quickly became good friends. Kiko on his part is a bit fed up with acting as Squonk’s babysitter, and complains about it often, but still does it for some reason.

A couple days later, Musa is called by Jian, her brother, and asks her if she could come by Melodeus for a day or two - their dad is a bit sick, and while his job lets him take care of him, a sudden emergency means he has to be away all day and wants him to be properly cared for.

Musa agrees, and with the Winx plus Roxy tailing behind her in case Kalshara and Brafilius appear. They start to set up to take care of Huan when everyone hears a hurt meowing followed by a couple of pained hisses.

They all go to the backyard and find a quillcat, with a hurt leg limping towards the door, before falling and passing out. Musa recognizes the cat as a stray that comes and goes through the neighborhood, and has been doing so for the past year or so.

Everyone rushes the cat in, and start to divide their attention between Huan and the cat. Musa finds herself the most attuned to taking care of the cat, and surprises everyone by how much she knows about the Quillcat species, more than even Roxy.

Huan then tells the story of Musa’s childhood cat, Lollie. She was actually Marina’s quillcat, and while she could be moody, she loved the family a lot. She passed away shortly after Marina did, seemingly out of sadness. The hurt quillcat reminds Musa a lot of Lollie, and after finishing the story, it starts to wake up.

Roxy puts a speech spell on it so it can tell them its story. She introduces herself as Critty, and that she was hurt by a duo of magi that seemed interested in her species, wanting to take some of her quills by force. It’s at this point that they can hear a loud explosion in the backyard, and fearing the worst, they all rush out - all but Stella and Tecna, who stay behind to look after Huan.

Once outside, transformed, they see that it’s Kalshara and Brafilius, going after Critty. Musa leads the attack against them, and while it’s relatively easy at the start (Kalshara is old and is not as agile as she once was when not transformed into an animal, and Brafilius is suspiciously disinterested), it gets harder when Kalshara forces Brafilius to make a construct out of the trees around the house, leaving immediately.

The construct is not a hard fight, as with Bloom, Flora and Musa using their natural powers it’s relatively easy to take it down. It does try to get up again, but Critty, still hurt, comes out of nowhere and bashes its head in with her tail, like a flail. Musa attempts to heal Critty after the fact, and this earns her Silvestrix.

A few hours later, and with Jian coming back, everyone leaves back to Alfea, taking Critty with them - not only so she’ll be safe from Kalshara and Brafilius, but because Musa got attached to her, and Critty to Musa.

The same can’t be said for everyone else though, as back in the dorms Critty is a bit territorial, being fed up with Squonk’s shyness and being territorial with Amarok, only Kiko managing to balance her out with his own arrogance.

After a couple more random fights with the sibling duo, Stella is called to Solaria, to help a bit with the wedding preparations.

The wedding will be in a couple months, and Radius needs his daughter’s eye to coordinate a couple of the decorations, as well as craft him his wedding outfit. Stella’s ecstatic at the prospect, and immediately starts to take measurements.

As she finishes the measurements and starts sketching, Radius tells her that the other reason he called her was because of the aviary - a new bird has appeared suddenly and pretty injured - it’s fine now (Radius isn’t a fairy for nothing), but given the animal-based shenanigans Stella’s involved in, it felt too coincidental.

After finishing some sketches, Stella and the rest go into the aviary, and find Chimera caring for a very bright-colored bird.

Roxy uses her talking spell and the bird introduces himself - he’s Shiny, a lumibird, who was recently being hunted by two weird people who tried to steal his tail feathers.

Stella realizes what might happen, and decides to take Shiny back to Alfea, to ensure Kalshara and Brafilius do not disturb the castle, especially in such stressful times.

Shiny does not get along with anyone, clashing very often with both Critty and Kiko due to its penchant to flaunt himself and bother people with his presence. Amarok keeps him in line thanks to using his size as an intimidation tactic, but Shiny does get along with Squonk and tries to guide him regarding his more bird-like attributes.

The gang fights with Kalshara and Brafilius a couple more times, Dia joining in this time, worried about Bloom and the rest. During one fight taking place outside Alfea after Kalshara and Brafilius left another construct and escaped, Kiko intervenes, and after being hurt by an attack protecting Bloom, her love-fueled rage at his harm earns her Silvestrix.

However, Kalshara had managed to kidnap Shiny. Everyone traces their magic to their hideout, and after a long fight and rescuing some other Magic Animals they had captured for experiments and research, Stella and Shiny manage to bond and earn Silvestrix after Kalshara and Brafilius leave another construct to fight for them.

After a few days of random encounters, Tecna is called back to Zenith to oversee the reformation of the Core of Energy, taking the rest of the girls with her.

As they arrive, they are brought to the Core of Energy, Tecna explaining that it’s the main power source of most of the country, powered with a mix of solar energy and magic. Once there however, Tecna is surprised by the presence of a variety of magic animals.

The chief of reformation explains that Electrobats and Storm Foxes, the species present, generate a lot of electricity in their fur collars, and so they’ve decided to see if that could be added as part of the source.

Before Roxy starts to get heated, they also elaborate that they don’t plan to kill or hurt the animals, it would be shearing their excess fur for that purpose, like with sheep.

As everyone checks out the process, a malfunction occurs, and one of the Storm Foxes is swallowed by the Core. Everything is immediately powered down and just in case, the Winx transform.

As they approach the Core they’re hit with a blast of darkness, and Kalshara and Brafilius make their presence known - stealing energy from the various animals and leaving again, taking the chance of everyone being stunned. Brafilius leaves behind an electrical construct to entertain the Winx as they escape.

Most of the girls focus on fighting the construct, while Roxy and Tecna manage to get inside the Core to rescue the Storm Fox. It’s badly hurt, but still alive, and while Tecna never was one for healing magic, thanks to her and Roxy’s convergence they manage to heal the creature completely. Once they get out of the Core, the construct has been defeated, and Tecna has earned Silvestrix.

Whatever Tecna did on the Core also managed to fix the damage caused by Kalshara and Brafilius, and it’s able to be properly powered back on.

As they’re leaving, the Storm Fox comes up to Tecna again, and after a quick spell from Roxy, the animal introduces herself as Flitter, who wants to go with them as thanks for saving her, especially since she has bonded with Tecna. They all agree, and with one more animal, they go back to Alfea.

However, trying to get a Storm Fox into the dorm is the last straw for Griselda, and decides to relocate most of the animals to the sanctuary, too big for the girls' rooms. The exceptions are Kiko and Amarok - the first one because he’s been here for 5 years and he’s not leaving now, the second one because Flora’s pleading look managed to win her over.

After a few more days, Roxy is called by the Black Circle, telling her of the discovery of a new Magic Animal on Earth and they want her to take a look at it.

Once on Earth, Ogron explains that the newly discovered species seems to take after ferrets or polecats, and that the place it was discovered is also filled with Wild Magic. As they know the Winx have earned Butterflix and Silvestrix, they’re hoping they can stabilize and disrupt the source, as it has apparently also affected other beings in negative ways.

The place in question is a waterfall in southern France, and after a short look they find a specimen, noticing its golden hue and two tails.

A quick spell by Roxy introduces the animal as Galila, and she’s escaping from monsters. The Winx are baffled until they are attacked by reptilian creatures.

A fight ensues, and both Roxy and Stella manage to heal them, removing the Wild Magic from them as Aisha does the same for the waterfall. A bonding moment between Galila and Roxy as they each try to protect the other earns the latter her Silvestrix.

The monsters turn out to be poachers that were trying to hunt Galila as a rare specimen before being turned by the waterfall. The Winx hold Roxy to stop her from murdering them and send them to prison, and with no other place to go, Galila goes with Roxy back to Alfea.

She remains in Roxy’s dorm, as she only has to deal with Artu, and both animals seem to get along. She’s later introduced to the other Magic Animals, and seems to get along well with Amarok and Flitter while the rest intimidate her.

It’s a few days later during a date held by Bloom and Diaspro that they manage to run into a wild qilin-unicorn, causing mayhem in the forest with its fire powers.

Both girls transform and, after calling Roxy, manage to subdue the beast, finding it hurt and under the influence of Wild Magic.

Bloom leaves to find the source, and since Diaspro doesn’t have Butterflix and as such does not have a way to purify it, she’s left to take care of the animal (and with a small bubble protecting her from the Wild Magic), noticing that it was hurt.

After an hour or so of attempts to pacify and heal the qilin-unicorn, Dia manages to bond a little bit with it, and even though the Wild Magic was starting to break through her protection she manages to hold on and keep the creature calm.

It’s then that Kalshara and Brafilius arrive, and even though she was outnumbered, and even risking her bubble breaking, Dia stands her ground and protects the qilin-unicorn, itself even managing to get rid of the Wild Magic affecting him a bit and attacking with her, sending the siblings running.

Bloom and Roxy arrive, having found the source in a nearby tree and already neutralized it, and with the origin point gone both Roxy and Bloom manage to get rid of the excess Wild Magic on the qilin-unicorn. Roxy uses her magic and lets the unicorn speak, introducing himself as Elas and wanting to stick with Diaspro after caring and protecting him at her own risk, and with that, he also comes to the Alfea Natural Preserve.

This manages to unlock Silvestrix for Diaspro, surprising her.

Elas proves very soon to be annoying, only getting along with Shiny and taking a lot of enjoyment out of bullying Kiko, who loses a bit of his authority over the rest.

After this, Kalshara and Brafilius start to drain part of the energy in powerful natural fonts of magic around the realms. First they steal part of Pyros’s Fire and Earth font in the volcanic area, being restored by Bloom and Kiko alongside Diaspro and Elas; next they drain the Water and Wind font in Paradise Bay on Earth, restored by Aisha and Squonk.

After that they mess with the Sound and Fauna font of Graynor, also endangering the Manticore of the Rainbow Mantle, being restored by Musa and Critty alongside Roxy and Dalila; soon after draining the Electricity and Ice fonts of Ethiopia, restored by Tecna and Flitter.

Soon after, Brafilius calls it quits, tired of having to help his deranged sister in her weird schemes and leaves her alone. However, Kalshara is faster, and soon ends up casting a spell and turns him into a dog in revenge, using part of the font energy she stole.

She uses the same magic to power herself up and manages to attack Alfea single handedly, draining the Flora and Light fonts that helped power up its defenses, being restored in a joint effort from Flora, Amarok, Stella and Shiny.

Soon after, they find the transformed Brafilius, who, seeking his humanity back, informs them of Kalshara’s true plan: once she finds “the Source of Wild Magic”, a theoretical corrupted Fauna and Healing font, she can artificially create Magic Animals at will to use and aid in different experiments, projects and construction, ignoring the lasting damage that could cause both the environment and the animals forced to gain magic.

He also informs them of her current hiding spot in the cave system under Magix, also populated by the digmoles, which seem to be her final target in an attempt to find the font, also in those caves.

Everyone rallies to the cave system (requesting assistance from Amentia and her people for better coverage), and after a couple days of searching they manage to find Kalshara. A battle ensues, Kalshara using corrupted and mutated digmoles to aid in her fighting. The digmoles are soon overpowered by the Winx’s Magic Animals, and Kalshara is pinned down by Roxy herself, who defeats her and gives her up to the authorities, who also confiscate her research notes.

Kalshara is sent to prison, and everyone considers this a final victory, now dedicating their attention solely to Radius and Alessandro’s wedding, coming up in a few days.

Unbeknown to them, however, Kalshara managed to escape, and fueled by rage and the residual wild magic inside her, she sets off to Solaria, not before kidnapping Brafilius once more, still in his dog form.

The wedding preparations seem to go fine, Chimera and Stella charged with presenting the rings to their respective parents. However, right before the start of the ceremony, Kalshara strikes, aided by a variety of corrupted magic animals, mutated to a point beyond recognition.

While most of the people present run to hide, the Winx, the guys, and most other magi and warriors transform or don their armor, starting a counterattack. The Winx, led by Stella, chase after Kalshara directly, beyond pissed at her father’s ceremony being interrupted.

A final battle starts, with the Winx using Silvestrix to its full potential and soon overpowering Kalshara. However, she uses Brafilius for a deal - either they give her her research back and let her be free, or she kills him. Everyone is unsure of what to do, and briefly consider letting her get away scot-free.

However, Daphne decides for them, soon hitting Kalshara in the back and letting Luna and Radius rescue Brafilius. With the man now dog safe, the fight continues, and in one last ditch effort, Kalshara uses all of her Wild Magic to generate an explosion, just looking to kill everyone at this point.

It takes the effort of every magi present to create a forcefield to contain the explosion, and while some of the structure around them breaks, the force of it is only dealt to Kalshara, forced out of her transformation before dying.

A couple days pass. Brafilius is successfully a human again, and while slightly mourning his sister, he knew this was the only outcome that could have come out of the whole situation, and leaves not before striking a deal with Alfea to help maintain the Natural Preserve as a way to atone for what he did while helping Kalshara, after his short stay in prison is over, of course.

All of the Magic Animals that Kalshara had used in her final attack are quickly contained and start the process of removing the extra energy placed on them, though it will take a while and there’s no ensuring it will be a fully beneficial process to the poor animals. Roxy joins on this effort, vowing to help them all.

The wedding is picked back up a couple days after, and soon enough, Radius and Alessandro are properly married, a big celebration encompassing all of Solaria. During the reception, Daphne and Thoren take the chance to formally announce their own relationship to their parents and fellow royals.

Everything seems to be going well, and Bloom soon enough starts to make plans to once again take the chance of the winter break to go back home to Earth, wanting to tell her parents of everything that transpired, and once again bringing Dia with her.

However, Dia is soon called by her mother, who wants her back in Quarzis as soon as possible to discuss a certain event transcurring in their kingdom…

#Winx Club #Winx Redux AU #Winx Redux AU: Summarized #Winx AU Detailing #Y'ALL THIS TOOK SO FUCKING LONG SIMPLY BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND A GOOD WAY TO WATCH S7 #(in Latin Spanish to clarify because I refuse to touch the English dubs)#it wasn't until somewhat recently that I got a way to do so #and honestly I forgot how much of an acid trip this season is #It's still obviously second-worst to me after S3 but I can kinda appreciate it a bit more after re-experiencing it #also fun fact I was TEMPTED to make Banana Day happen but since I axed the time-travelling aspect it just couldn't happen and it saddens me #because that episode is terrible but iconic lmao

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