For our seventeenth addition We are graced with the presence of London's own aircode, whose electronic obscurities have been found on such labels as DJ Pitch's 'Tobago Tracks' along with a recent EP on 'Alien Jams'. Julia's productions are truly worthy of being heralded by a label with the word 'alien' in the title - her work is enigmatic and astoundingly unique. It beckons notions of a faraway entity who occupied her mind and attempted to craft their world's music through her eyes using earthly soundscapes.

It is pensive and moving throughout, where aircode has used the absence of space and an unlikely palette of reverb-drenched, distant sounds to accentuate a sense of alienation. Nods to dubstep and UK-influenced genres leak through at times to reinforce the still-present movability and flow that Julia effortlessly melds into the sound design she has mastered. The tracks loop in and out of themselves, where she has broken down each track skillfully into a concise selection of resonances that undergo a perpetual sense of motion that subvert the tropes of contemporary club music. There is an uneasy air of endlessness and repetition throughout; a spiral further and further into an unknown unknown.

Artwork by Alessia Gunawan and Gregorio Nordio
Mastering by Fausto Mercier

Spiralling - EP

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aircode - Concentric

Une Tendance à Remplir

Boka

Alec Pace returns on the label for EYX007 with mind-melter ‘Future Now?’ EP, his first release since 2020’s single ‘Collider/Juno’.

In this release the Italian producer delivers three dark fast-paced club tools portraying different aspects of a dystopian futuristic world. ‘Future Now?’ takes inspiration from the implications for human society driven by the impact of new technologies, artificial intelligence and the current pandemic state.

The opener Future Now? kicks off as loud as a wake-up call. The initial tension, built by the musical dialogue between modified vocal samples and an LFO modulated saw-wave, releases as an explosion when the first kick drum drops. An intelligently engineered D’n’B rhythmic session and the alternation and ringing synthesisers generate new elements of surprise for the listener throughout the development of the whole track.

Lanes follows next, where a jazzy drum kit and sweeping effects anticipate the start of an energetic stomper. An unpredictable yet very danceable hard kick drum drives the beat of the track where a consecution of up-lifting noises and effects takes control of the melody, embellished by 90’s style vocals and panning snare rim-shots, the Italian producer delivers an incredibly contagious and syncopated tool for the club.

The EP closes out with the frantic and claustrophobic atmosphere of Permutations, where vocals spoken in a mysterious language and metallic synthesisers bring the listeners into an imaginary dark club located on a foreign planet. The track builds around an incessant powerful kick drum and clangy industrial-like percussions which are making it the perfect rave tool to numb the dancefloor in the late hours.

‘Future Now?’ is available on all platforms starting from Friday 25th March 2022.

Permutations

Alec Pace - Permutations

NERVOUS HORIZON VOL.4
Cat No. NHVA004
Release Date: 8/4/22

East London’s most forward-thinking record label is soon to release Nervous Horizon Vol. 4, the latest addition to their notorious various artists compilation series.
Known for bringing together regional club sounds from all around the world, this time label heads TSVI & Wallwork focus on dancehall influenced instrumentals but also throw fast paced percussive club works in the mix.
Nervous Horizon’s core members DJ Plead, Ehua, DJ JM, SIM & Seven Orbits are all back with killer dubs and Vol. 4 also sees the introduction of some brand new signees: Montreal based Mexican producer Ultima Esuna, Bristol’s rising star Josi Devil and congolese Nyege Nyege affiliate Chrisman. Techno prodigies Happa and Aquarian make their debut appearance on the label as well with compositions that blend intricate sound design with explosive low end.
Opening at 90 BPM and ending at nearly 160BPM, Nervous Horizon Vol. 4 is definitely going to be one of the most effective tools on the dance floor this season!

1. TSVI - Tambo
2. Ultima Esuna – 7 Salidas
3. Josi Devil - Breathe Easy
4. Wallwork - Slime
5. Ehua - Deepstaria
6. Happa - Glacial Breaks
7. Aquarian - Saule Dub
8. SIM - Hollow
9. Seven Orbits - Tallinn
10. Chrisman - Mediocre
11. DJ JM - Rammed
12. DJ Plead - RB C
13. TSVI - Drama Demon

TSVI - Drama Demon (taken from NH V/A VOL. 4, out 8/4/22)

In 2020 the first release in guides, a new publishing initiative set up by outlines owner Pawel "Paide" Dunajko, was released. guides is intended to be a label less burdened by formal requirements but - like outlines - still trying to present the most interesting and innovative music at 160 bpm.
 
The second tape in the guides catalogue is the result of a collaboration with Japanese producer otomoni. The Tokyo-based sound artist owns the Minzoku Tapes label, where his original productions have mainly been released.

otomoni's "super u" tape consists of nine tracks for which Chicago footwork is the starting point. However, the Japanese producer creates his own individual version of this genre, using such compositional techniques as sound design, field recording and musique concrete. otomoni's sound palette is extremely rich and characterised by a multitude of details. The rhythmic layer is non-obvious, driven by a microcosm of sound particles and melodies.
 
The very beginning of the release ("mizurizu") presents before us evocative images of some undiscovered anime world, in which a delicate impressionistic narrative merges in the finale with noise blurring details. "hanoi" relieves this moment of tension with a melodic intro that, after a while, launches into a footwork groove. "kenka" is a sweet miniature with echoes of reggaeton rhythm. Finishing the A side of the cassette "misago" is a futuristic minimal footwork set on an ear-piercing synthetic sound, around which surprising noises are lit up.

In the opening B-side title track "super u" otomoni continues to create his sound world. It's transformed vocal samples, expressive and juicy rhythmics, on the background of which unexpectedly appears the sour sound of Roland's 303. "ooree" takes the listener to a different, but equally surprising corner of otomoni's world full of plasticity and colours. In "amenoi" the listener lands in the middle of a jungle of sounds creating an unreal scaffolding for an alternative reality. From its very beginning "mikudro" fits into the narration started in "amenoi", but it tries to burst this created structure with a vibrating stroboscope of sounds. Seemingly chaotic percussions create a new physics of music. The album's closing "akumu" begins with a vast looped drone, against which ritual simple vocalizations are sung. After a while the drone and the voice are joined by other sounds of a new world coming to life.

otomoni's music has an extraordinary gift for illustrating alternative realities. However, this does not happen with a flourish, pathos or overload of meanings. The sounds he uses are characterised by subtlety and minimalism of expression. It is an autonomous and living world. Footwork in its basic form is a musical genre which is supposed to accompany the movements of dancers competing with each other. otomoni's Footwork is music detached from this tradition, but using the components of this genre to create a completely new reality.

super u

otomoni - super u

Welcoming another addition to the ever-growing NHS roster, we introduce the sounds of Matteo Coffetti with an erratic audio collage of sonic madness that toys with the fringes of Latin rhythm patterns and proto-fairy-tale sound palettes into a coagulation of ultra-syncopated bass music.

'Delphinine Capriole' takes form as a significant progression from much of Matteo's previous works through the increased broken sense of flow that can be found on this NHS debut. A seriously vast and intricate universe of sonic motifs and quarks can be found across each track, keeping each piece tightly woven into the last. A garbled sense of playfulness is offset by the fever dream presence that the release conveys so terrifyingly well. Matteo's sound feels like a deconstructed version of a previously existing genre of music from a distant world.

Releases February 17, 2023
https://soundcloud.com/matteocoffetti

Mastered by Fausto Mercier
Artwork by Federico Spini

Delphinine Capriole - EP

Matteo Coffetti - Bombicyne Labyrinth [NHS021]

Pre-order : https://earlyreflex.bandcamp.com/album/flex004
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Flex004

[Premiere] B E N N - Coming forth by day (out on Early Reflex)

From the album, Voyage available on Bandcamp @ https://undergrounddancemusic.bandcamp.com/album/wormhole-open-your-mind

Voyage

Wormhole (Open your Mind)

Wormhole (Open Your Mind)

Begin

Begin (Cassius Select Remix) [feat. Nobel]

OKS003 "Soilstretch"

A Yre Den - Soilstretch
B Yre Den - Glitterer

Design by Profi Aesthetics
Mastered by Beau Thomas

OK SPIRIT 2020, Frankfurt am Main

Yre Den - Soilstretch

Out November 27, pre-order it here: https://timedance.bandcamp.com/album/sharpen-moving

'Sharpen, Moving' celebrates five years of the @timedance imprint, blending the labels original aesthetic and opening it up into new corners of leftfield club music.

The compilation showcases Timedance's evolution from 'Bristol techno' to a more global conscious sound, incorporating energies from different scenes and synthesising them into new modern forms.

@akikoharuna contributes the jittery, sub-rattling 'Die & Retry'.

Begin (Cassius Select Remix) [feat. Nobel]

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