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Bassline Highlands EP

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STRAY UTE DANCING [eclectic.]

Overexposure [Spinning Around]

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ARTIST: @Ekzander

Ekzander - Spiced Rum

Ekzander - Proper Bassline

Ekzander - Make Me Feel

Ekzander - Bassline Highlands

For your sake, we hope you’re up for a challenge. An outback jungle where distorted sonics and fast-pace rhythms are the sustenance on offer. On the surface, our dusty jungle appears a lovely haven for every head in the land.

What’s the matter? You look a little ‘Stressed’. ‘Nervous’ even. Could it be that persistent, spine-shattering sub wub? Catches up with you, doesn’t it? Add in an unrelenting 303 rendered rich in resonance. Feeling it now, aren’t you?

How about that in the other direction? Soul-shaking kick thuds, ear-pricking gated vocal pads, tenacious, shifting arpeggiated synths. You’d best do as you’re told and “Put the drums On The Shelf” if you know what’s best for you. See that over there? See, it belongs to the boss. He doesn’t like it when people aren’t Dancing around his Stray Ute. Sure, the jungle birds inside might sound cute but you'll change your tune when it’s coming nearer. Gaining velocity. Gathering steam. Barrelling toward you. Don’t you worry. Or do. Just be ready. Ready for drums befitting a true jungle. Ready for sliding and prodding bass notes; each more paint-peeling than the last. Ready for overdriven percussion smashes; each more sinister than their predecessors. Reverb-bathed idyllic cuts, striking hybrid synths. Really think you can handle it?

Maxy Cozy has other ideas. His euphoric chords will lull you. Trick you. Make you think the belligerence is behind you. Wrong. You’ll be brought back to earth with a smack in the mouth for thinking you’re capable of managing. Long bass notes fortify, stabbing with malice. Innocent-seeming sounds turn instantly unforgiving. You didn’t think you’d get through it without a scratch, did you?

PREMIERE : Ekzander - Stray Ute Dancing

For your sake, we hope you’re up for a challenge. An outback jungle where distorted sonics and fast-pace rhythms are the sustenance on offer. On the surface, our dusty jungle appears a lovely haven for every head in the land.

What’s the matter? You look a little ‘Stressed’. ‘Nervous’ even. Could it be that persistent, spine-shattering sub wub? Catches up with you, doesn’t it? Add in an unrelenting 303 rendered rich in resonance. Feeling it now, aren’t you?

How about that in the other direction? Soul-shaking kick thuds, ear-pricking gated vocal pads, tenacious, shifting arpeggiated synths. You’d best do as you’re told and “Put the drums On The Shelf” if you know what’s best for you. See that over there? See, it belongs to the boss. He doesn’t like it when people aren’t Dancing around his Stray Ute. Sure, the jungle birds inside might sound cute but you'll change your tune when it’s coming nearer. Gaining velocity. Gathering steam. Barrelling toward you. Don’t you worry. Or do. Just be ready. Ready for drums befitting a true jungle. Ready for sliding and prodding bass notes; each more paint-peeling than the last. Ready for overdriven percussion smashes; each more sinister than their predecessors. Reverb-bathed idyllic cuts, striking hybrid synths. Really think you can handle it?

Maxy Cozy has other ideas. His euphoric chords will lull you. Trick you. Make you think the belligerence is behind you. Wrong. You’ll be brought back to earth with a smack in the mouth for thinking you’re capable of managing. Long bass notes fortify, stabbing with malice. Innocent-seeming sounds turn instantly unforgiving. You didn’t think you’d get through it without a scratch, did you?

Magnetic. Energetic. Kinetic. Poetic. Unapologetic

https://eclecticsydney.bandcamp.com/album/stray-ute-dancing

https://soundcloud.com/eclecticsydney
https://soundcloud.com/ekzander
https://soundcloud.com/maxy_cozy

PREMIERE: Ekzander - Stray Ute Dancing (Maxy Cozy Remix) [eclectic.]

Ekzander 'On The Shelf' from his forthcoming 'Stray Ute Dancing' EP. It's a seamless blend of breaks/electro, a boiling pot of heavy kicks, over driven percussion, gated vocals, with a layer of acid lathered on for good measure.
Buy:
https://eclecticsydney.bandcamp.com/album/stray-ute-dancing

PREMIERE: Ekzander - On The Shelf [Eclectic.]

Ekzander - Stressed (Nervous)

Winding it back to May 20, we’re keen to present an unreal live set from our sold out Colour Club party.

Opening up the night, @Ekzander did not waste any time spinning this selection of high-energy Jungle and Break. Relive this hour of power from one of the most talented local producer DJ’s. 🔗 in bio!

If you missed out on attending, we have another event announcement coming very soon!

Ekzander // Live @ Strictly Drum n Bass

Melbourne breaksmonger Ekzander returns with the new EP Overexposure that goes from manic to monstrous.

Closing out is the wicked combination of breakbeat and footwork: Retripped. Icy PS1 synths arpeggiate over breaks a la Soichi Terada before cutting into wild twerk bass and catchy chopped vocals.

@ekzander
@spinning_around

Buy:
https://spinningaround.bandcamp.com/album/overexposure

Overexposure

PREMIERE: Ekzander - Retripped [Spinning Around]

Ekzander - Overexposure EP
BUY LINK: https://spinningaround.bandcamp.com/
Label: Spinning Around (https://soundcloud.com/spinning_around)
https://soundcloud.com/ekzander

Melbourne breaksmonger Ekzander returns with the new EP Overexposure that goes from manic to monstrous. He comes in the company of fantastic creatures with remixes by Fairie (Melbourne), Mincy (Sydney, Extra Spicy) and Sam Alfred (Melbourne).

HYPNOBODY

Hypnobody vibrates and draws you in with a magnetic contrast. Soaked vocals and melancholic chords bring in the rain over twitching bass and heavy breaks. A metaphor for the struggle between fear and yearnings of the heart.

OVEREXPOSURE

Title track Overexposure dominates the dancefloor with techno motifs and spoken word on the dance between indulgence and discomfort in the club. Pessimistic tones ring in panic over enormous thundering kicks in this grungy post-club anthem. 

RETRIPPED

Closing out is the wicked combination of breakbeat and footwork: Retripped. Icy PS1 synths arpeggiate over breaks a la Soichi Terada before cutting into wild twerk bass and catchy chopped vocals.

HYPNOBODY (FAIRIE’S BOUNCY MIX)

Fairie twists anxiety into madness in her Bouncy Mix of Hypnobody, featuring gorgeous otherworldly vocals scattered over warped drums for a multidimensional feel.

OVEREXPOSURE (MINCY REMIX)

Mincy lets darkness into Overexposure and produces an unforgiving hard club take on the original - feel the dread take over and morph you into acid goo.

RETRIPPED (SAM ALFRED REMIX)

Sam Alfred delivers a groovy speed garage remix of closing track Retripped. With chirps in an alien language and slide synths that take you straight to Mars, you'll feel right at home in the club when you're locked in to this.
DJ, producer, visual artist
Stray Ute Dancing [eclectic.] (2021)
Bassline Highlands [Extra Spicy] (2021)

Mastering: Suture Mastering
Photography: Hannah Griffiths
Art: Eben Ejdne

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PREMIERE : Ekzander - Overexposure

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/fairiesworld

Remixing https://soundcloud.com/ekzander

Label: https://soundcloud.com/spinning_around

Fairie twists anxiety into madness in her Bouncy Mix of Hypnobody, featuring gorgeous otherworldly vocals scattered over warped drums for a multidimensional feel.

Fairie is remixing Melbourne breaksmonger Ekzander, who returns with the new EP Overexposure that goes from manic to monstrous. He comes in the company of fantastic creatures with remixes by Fairie (Melbourne), Mincy (Sydney, Extra Spicy) and Sam Alfred (Melbourne).

PREMIERE: Ekzander - Hypnobody (Fairie's Bouncy Mix) {Spinning Around}

>< CRUDE Premiere ><

Artist:  Ekzander, Mincy
Title: Overexposure (Mincy Remix)
Label​: Spinning Around
 
>> https://spinningaround.bandcamp.com

@ekzander
@mincyaus
@spinning_around

CRUDE Premiere: Ekzander - Overexposure (Mincy Remix)

Buy link: https://spinningaround.bandcamp.com/album/overexposure

Melbourne breaksmonger Ekzander returns with the new EP Overexposure that goes from manic to monstrous. He comes in the company of fantastic creatures with remixes by Fairie (Melbourne), Mincy (Sydney, Extra Spicy) and Sam Alfred (Melbourne).

Hypnobody vibrates and draws you in with a magnetic contrast. Soaked vocals and melancholic chords bring in the rain over twitching bass and heavy breaks. A metaphor for the struggle between fear and yearnings of the heart.

Music by @ekzander
Mastering by @suture-mastering
Art by Eben Ejdne (www.instagram.com/ebenalekzander/)

Ekzander - Hypnobody

FREE DOWNLOAD: https://spinningaround.bandcamp.com/track/daft-punk-technologic-ekzanders-groove-bass-mix

After many months and requests, Ekzander serves the scene with his Groove Bass Mix of one of the greatest electronic hits of all time: Technologic. Featuring the classic vocals of the original over top, Ekzander pounds it underground with his signature percussion and groovy bass, moulding it into a rave-worthy banger that evokes the wildest of energies.

Catch it now // strictly on Spinning Around.

Music & production by Daft Punk, Ekzander
Mastering by Suture Mastering
Art by Eben Ejdne

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FREE DL: Daft Punk - Technologic (Ekzander's Groove Bass Mix)

Artist https://soundcloud.com/ekzander

Remixing https://soundcloud.com/fairiesworld

Label https://soundcloud.com/spinning_around

'Melbourne-based artist Fairie returns with their new dance single Break Up Song, featuring remixes by good friends Ekzander and Rachel Lime. 

Written as a drunken closing message to their ex, Fairie sings a passionate dream-inducing melody over production that weaves together hard dance, electronica and indie rock in an impossibly unique way. Their blend achieves the rarest and most powerful of musical experiences: aching sadness over joyful and energetic dance; highlighted by lyrics relaying the freeing yet painful realisation that you no longer wish to be with the one you love.

Spinning Around alumni Ekzander brings the heat as usual in this ghetto-influenced cut of Break Up Song. Expect fast and heavy breaks and twerk-worthy bass grooving under Fairie's vocals.'

PREMIERE: Fairie - Break Up Song (Ekzander Remix) {Spinning Around}

TRACKLIST:
Ekzander - Electron Displacement Map [Spinning Around]
Instinct - Check One [INSTINCT]
Boy Chanel - Rave in 99 [Nu KVLTURE]
Objekt - Theme from Q (Tommy2000 Remix) [Self-release]
Mani Festo - Immersion Tactics [Warehouse Rave]
TR-666 - Baphomet [JUKE BOUNCE WERK]
Ripley - Extacy [Corrupt Data]
Oall Hates - PCT-666 (Asmus Odsat Remix) [Of Paradise]
Jason Code - City 17 [Scuffed Recordings]
Mincy - Biscuit Inception [GALLERY RECORDINGS]
Will Hofbauer - Whiplash (Stones Taro Remix) [HOMAGE]
Bolam - Hype Shifter (Al Wootton Remix) [Cheeky Music Group]
Teklife, A.Fruit - PROPAGANDA [Teklife]
Ekzander, nickname - ???? [unreleased]
DJ Swagger - Noseblunt [Nerang Recordings]
Young Muscle - Slipstream [JUKE BOUNCE WERK]
Neve - This Is Acid (Neve REFIX) [The Dreamers Recordings]
Javano - Invaders [Boomerang Records]
Faerie - Break Up Song (Ekzander Remix) [Spinning Around]

YOUTUBE

Ekzander @ Sound Gallery (Spinning Around Takeover) 05/10/2022

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Ekzander - UNUNUN

@ekzander

welcoming the incredibly talented local producer and deej Ekzander for vol. 75 <3 <3 An expert of all things broken beat, Eben's productions and dj sets are always brimming with diverse and interesting sounds, bound together by hi nrg and tastefully crafted melodies. For their melt mix, Eben offers a wide selection from moody bass to pop-tinged jungle and more. Enjoy! 

Artwork by Andi O' Connor

melt mix vol. 75 - Ekzander

Bandcamp: spinningaround.bandcamp.com/album/portal-2022

Only one producer could make Break Thru heavier and it's Spinning Around standout Ekzander. Staying true to the UK influence, Ekzander bends the gravity of the original into a filthy dubstep remix bearing colossal weight, all while uniquely re-purposing its vital elements and percussion.

Music & production by Prizefight (@prizefightbeats)
Remixes by B.C. Slumber (@slumberbc), Caitlin Medcalf (@caitlinmedcalf), Ekzander (@ekzander), nickname (@nicknameee)
Mastering by Benji Colbourne
Art by Edan Strachan

Portal (2022)

Break Thru (Ekzander Remix)

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Prizefight - Break Thru (Ekzander Remix)

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Artist: @Ekzander

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[FREE DL] Ekzander - COMEGETURFREAK

Ekzander - 14.1.23 T-Break @Avalon The Bar (Live Set)

Ginger Metal

Nighttime Gin

Let's Get Back To Acid (Blue Flour Mix)

Let's Get Back To Acid (Break-A-Leg Mix)

Techno, Bass, Breaks. Lil' mix of some tunes for your Friday. Stay safe :)

Isolation Te-Ba-Bre Mix

A moody remix for a moody songstress. 
https://soundcloud.com/max329/gasoline

Max Lawrence - Gasoline (Ekzander 3am Sad Mix)

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B-52s - Give Me Back My Man (Ekzander Bootleg Rhythm Edit)

As Melbourne enters another 6 weeks of lockdown, I'm just glad music exists to keep me sane. See y'all on the other side.

(Excuse the glitches)

Quaratine 2.0 Innit

Step Right Up!

Ai-Mmh

(P)Leisure

Melbourne-based producer, DJ and artist Ekzander has been turning up the BPM in his selection of breakbeats and percussion, delivering a selection of jungle and D’n’B for this mix. Enjoy an hour of speedy tracks, ranging from emotional vocals to the fast ‘n’ dirty.

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contact: ebenalekzander@gmail.com

Producing and spinning tunes on the traditional lands of the The Wurundjeri people. 

releases on - Spinning Around // eclectic. // Extra Spicy // Backpocket Slammers // Fluxx

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