Hard Fist "Dust of Life": the 5 years birthday compilation

We are happy to tell you that Dust of Life test press has been validated, and it sounds reaaally good! Production of copies is now starting at the factory

Because we strongly believe in the liberty of people to dispose of themselves and in support to those who take risks to create and share spaces of liberty and mind openness of all kinds, religions, colors, we have donated 15% of the acquired fund-raising of Dust of Life, our 5 years compilation, to the K41 Community The K41 Community Fund aims at: • Supporting cultural people in need in Kyiv and Ukraine; • Organizing transport within Ukraine and abroad (cars, trains, buses); • Organizing shelters; • Facilitating jobs in the EU; • Organizing housing; • Psychological help; • Financial support; • Structuring vitally important information. You can read more about their actions & support them here: https://k41community.fund/ And here is an article about the K41 club wrote by our friend Laurent before the war : https://weare-europe.eu/in-kyiv-a-club-that-doesnt-existdetermines-the-future-of-the-local-scene/?fbclid=IwAR0W1L_IKLZpxQT11tF0REucFsdpuZU329Oj5UZT4h2QzkPryExlK_HfkZU

➤ SNIPPET MIX : listen to 1 minute extract of each track THIS IS HAPPENING! One more week to pre-order our 5 years compilation DUST OF LIFE, and we have to say this compilation sounds like a very grown up version of us 👊 Looking back at the 5 past year, the highs and lows were so big that it is even impossible to describe what we've all been through, but 5 years after, we have to admit that we are still here, with the same fire in the heart, and the same fist in the sky. 21 artists are involved in this tracklist, and they are all part of who we are today, a part of the label history.

Each track from our 5 years compilation is an exclusive collaboration by two artists that have made a mark on the label's history these past 5 years: friends, peers, people that inspired and gave us the urge to create HARD FIST A1. Deena Abdelwahed x Matias Aguayo - Ghita Before collaborating on this track, Deena & Matias did not know each other. Not personally at least, because each one nourished however a respect and a sincere interest for the productions of the other. It is thus a true meeting that comes for the writing of this piece: a meeting between two continents ; the Latin America of the Chilean Matias Aguayo and the Maghreb of the Tunisian Deena Abdelwahed, a meeting between two generations of electronic musicians ; and above all a meeting between two legendary producers. With Ghita - whose title refers to the rhythms of the same name that served as a basis for the track - the two artists deliver a sensitive but tense sonic journey, where the melodic arpeggios of the synthesizers embrace the saturation of the percussion, where nostalgia and optimism resound in the dark light. Love and violence playing their first dance. Heady, hypnotizing, Ghita is a master stroke, a universal UFO, a singular piece as we like them so much at Hard Fist.

Tracklist is ready! A1 - Cornelius Doctor & Omri Smadar - Ayawaska A2 - Bawrut & Philou Louzolo - MadAm B1 - Matias Aguayo & Deena Abdelwahed - Ghita B2 - A-Tweed & Balam - Kiricocho B3 - Tushen Raï & Juan MacLean - Vanity Dub (Skank Mix) C1 - Fantastic Twins & Sascha Funke - Junk Good Baby No C2 - Errortica & Curses - Hangman C3 - Roe Deers & Omar Joesoef - Slap! D1 - Pletnev & Fargo Devianti Feat Vongold - Future Perfect D2 - Strapontin & MR TC - Metal Layer