To kick Allergy Season back into gear we've called upon the Mr Dependable of Appalachian Techno, @Alex-falk .

Those of you who heard OOF will know the pedigree that Alex brings, but Movefast ups the ante, breaking and reassembling his bass-heavy techno sound in new ways. The opening cut “Movefast” is, a little paradoxically, the only track on the EP which doesn’t start with an immediate ten-ton kick. Once the song gets going it is unstoppable, propelled forward on a breakbeat jetstream to the other side of a distant horizon. "EBE" keeps up the pace, a straight-up head-down thumper without a moment’s relent.

“HG12” breaks the spell, only to introduce a cut-up, printer-jamming rhythm that could step toe-to-toe with any rough ’n ready banger you care to name. Clipped loops recur in “Know”, this time applied to a vaguely ecstatic vocal with a wisp of UKG, and a resonant low-end that carries a trace of Miami’s 808s and sub-shake. Movefast rounds out on a number that brings the action closer to Falk’s Knoxville home. The combination of mechanical repetition and delicately-layered piano and vox on “U Won’t” combine to something beautifully hypnotic: like breaking through the clouds while ringing an endless stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Movefast is as thick as late summer air, as rough-edged as present reality, fearsome yet kinda nice with it – a moment of release as we slide into the third Season of 2020.
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released September 10, 2020

All tracks written & produced by Alex Falk
Mastered by Kevin McHugh @ Valence
Artwork by Bad M.

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EQUISS - Live At The Gas Station

Label mix 013 celebrates the 10th anniversary of @allergy-season, a crown jewel of the New York dance underground. Founded in 2013 by Physical Therapy, the Ridgewood, Queen-based label was born out of a moment of frustration with the existing label ecosystem. 

Physical Therapy told Nina: “I wanted to see if I could come up with a better way to do things, as well as take control of my own musical output.” This led him to structure Allergy Season in ways that lets artists on the label retain more control of their music and gives them favorable terms.

The Allergy Season label mix highlights many of Physical Therapy’s favorites from the over 200 tracks out on the label. He said, “I was surprised though, I always thought of the label as just mirroring my own personal tastes at any given time, which are constantly shifting, but sorting through the tracks to make the mix—so much of it works together cohesively.”

You can collect the label mix for free on Nina: https://www.ninaprotocol.com/releases/allergy-season-nina-label-mix-013

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Nina Label Mix 013: Allergy Season

out now on Physically Sick 3 presented by @discwoman and @allergy-season -- all proceeds benefitting Equality For Flatbush. Go grab it!!

mastered by @dj-swisha

The past months have seen long overdue eruptions of sadness and rage directed at bloated, militarized, racist police forces and iniquitous government spending around the world. The puzzle pieces are assembling and fresh eyes are examining corrupt practices that Black & brown communities have criticized for decades. It is time to defund the police and invest in communities that have been systemically attacked.

For the third volume of Physically Sick, we are focusing on local efforts and raising money for Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013. Equality For Flatbush mobilizes direct aid when necessary, recently ensuring Brooklyn residents have groceries and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Techno, house, and all the sounds at the root of electronic dance music, are born from Black communities. Dance music can only be sustained by an inclusive joy for the marginalized and the dispossessed. As we rally in support of Black lives and the struggles against police violence and inequality, it is the responsibility of every person, from DJs to dancers, not to let things slide back to business as usual.

Physically Sick 3 is a fundraising compilation from Discwoman & Allergy Season curated by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Umfang, and Physical Therapy. All proceeds from the compilation will go to Equality For Flatbush. Out Thursday July 3rd, 2020 and available exclusively through Bandcamp.
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Listen to the Compilation and Support on Bandcamp:
https://physicallysick3.bandcamp.com/

Physically Sick 3

KMRU - Physically Sick 3 - Oloolua

from "Physically Sick 3" compilation by Allergy Season & @Discwoman

"Ok yes… the world is sicker than ever, but that doesn't mean we get to stop. 
 
The past months have seen long overdue eruptions of sadness and rage directed at bloated, militarized, racist police forces and iniquitous government spending around the world. The puzzle pieces are assembling and fresh eyes are examining corrupt practices that Black & brown communities have criticized for decades. It is time to defund the police and invest in communities that have been systemically attacked. 
 
For the third volume of Physically Sick, we are focusing on local efforts and raising money for Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013. Equality For Flatbush mobilizes direct aid when necessary, recently ensuring Brooklyn residents have groceries and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Techno, house, and all the sounds at the root of electronic dance music, are born from Black communities. Dance music can only be sustained by an inclusive joy for the marginalized and the dispossessed. As we rally in support of Black lives, the struggles against police violence, and inequality, it is the responsibility of every person, from DJs to dancers, not to let things slide back to business as usual.

Physically Sick 3 is a fundraising compilation from Discwoman & Allergy Season curated by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Umfang, and Physical Therapy. All proceeds from the compilation will go to Equality For Flatbush. Out Thursday July 3rd, 2020 and available exclusively through Bandcamp. Artwork by Jordan E. Moss. All tracks mastered by DJ SWISHA excluding tracks 4, 13, & 17."


1. Anz - Body + Mind
2. SHYBOI - Eat That
3. MoMA Ready - Portal Step
4. Dreamcrusher - Vitality
5. AceMo - I Feel Like Dying (Phenomenon Mix)
6. UMFANG - AngelBeat
7. CCL - Tachyon Frog
8. AYA - a fflash gun for ffiver
9. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Gravitational Pull
10. Savile - You Will Be The Maker Of A Better World
11. Pent - intra7
12. KMRU - Oloolua
13. Low Jack - Skin Riddim
14. OSSX - DON’T CARE, DIDN’T ASK
15. KIMIKO - Early Reflections
16. Davis Galvin - Erlo
17. DJ Bone - E.T. Brother
18. Physical Therapy - Pig
19. Syanide - RASH
20. BEARCAT - SHRILL
21. Special Request - Wallabies
22. Venetta - Black Paradox
23. Olive T - What Comes After
24. DJ SWISHA - Stardawg
25. Korea Town Acid - Body Clock
26. Surgeon - A Prayer For Something Better
27. DJ Python - 7000

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you will be a maker of a better world [from "Physically Sick 3"]

Track 16 from Physically Sick 3, a compilation curated by Discwoman and Physical Therapy

"Ok yes… the world is sicker than ever, but that doesn't mean we get to stop.

The past months have seen long overdue eruptions of sadness and rage directed at bloated, militarized, racist police forces and iniquitous government spending around the world. The puzzle pieces are assembling and fresh eyes are examining corrupt practices that Black & brown communities have criticized for decades. It is time to defund the police and invest in communities that have been systemically attacked.

For the third volume of Physically Sick, we are focusing on local efforts and raising money for Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013. Equality For Flatbush mobilizes direct aid when necessary, recently ensuring Brooklyn residents have groceries and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Techno, house, and all the sounds at the root of electronic dance music, are born from Black communities. Dance music can only be sustained by an inclusive joy for the marginalized and the dispossessed. As we rally in support of Black lives and the struggles against police violence and inequality, it is the responsibility of every person, from DJs to dancers, not to let things slide back to business as usual.

Physically Sick 3 is a fundraising compilation from Discwoman & Allergy Season curated by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Umfang, and Physical Therapy. All proceeds from the compilation will go to Equality For Flatbush. Out Thursday July 3rd, 2020 and available exclusively through Bandcamp. "

Erlo

black paradox featured on the Physically Sick 3 compilation

100% of the proceeds will go to @equality4flatbush a local brooklyn organization fighting police brutality and gentrification.

mad love to @discwoman & @allergy-season for curating this iconic compilation <3 

available thru bandcamp:
https://physicallysick3.bandcamp.com/album/physically-sick-3

black paradox

Track 14 on the 3rd 'Physically Sick' Compilation brought to you by @Discwoman & @Allergy-Season, Proceeds are going to Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013.

Artwork by Jordan E. Moss 
The Compilation was mastered by @DJ-SWISHA excluding tracks 4, 13, & 17

DON'T CARE, DIDN'T ASK

https://physicallysick3.bandcamp.com/album/physically-sick-3

Physically Sick 3

Ok yes… the world is sicker than ever, but that doesn't mean we get to stop. 
 
The past months have seen long overdue eruptions of sadness and rage directed at bloated, militarized, racist police forces and iniquitous government spending around the world. The puzzle pieces are assembling and fresh eyes are examining corrupt practices that Black & brown communities have criticized for decades. It is time to defund the police and invest in communities that have been systemically attacked. 
 
For the third volume of Physically Sick, we are focusing on local efforts and raising money for Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013. Equality For Flatbush mobilizes direct aid when necessary, recently ensuring Brooklyn residents have groceries and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Techno, house, and all the sounds at the root of electronic dance music, are born from Black communities. Dance music can only be sustained by an inclusive joy for the marginalized and the dispossessed. As we rally in support of Black lives, the struggles against police violence, and inequality, it is the responsibility of every person, from DJs to dancers, not to let things slide back to business as usual.

Physically Sick 3 is a fundraising compilation from Discwoman & Allergy Season curated by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson, Umfang, and Physical Therapy. All proceeds from the compilation will go to Equality For Flatbush. Out Thursday July 3rd, 2020 and available exclusively through Bandcamp. Artwork by Jordan E. Moss. All tracks mastered by DJ SWISHA excluding tracks 4, 13, & 17.


1. Anz - Body + Mind
2. SHYBOI - Eat That
3. MoMA Ready - Portal Step
4. Dreamcrusher - Vitality
5. AceMo - I Feel Like Dying (Phenomenon Mix)
6. UMFANG - AngelBeat
7. CCL - Tachyon Frog
8. AYA - a fflash gun for ffiver
9. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Gravitational Pull
10. Savile - You Will Be The Maker Of A Better World
11. Pent - intra7
12. KMRU - Oloolua
13. Low Jack - Skin Riddim
14. OSSX - DON’T CARE, DIDN’T ASK
15. KIMIKO - Early Reflections
16. Davis Galvin - Erlo
17. DJ Bone - E.T. Brother
18. Physical Therapy - Pig
19. Syanide - RASH
20. BEARCAT - SHRILL
21. Special Request - Wallabies
22. Venetta - Black Paradox
23. Olive T - What Comes After
24. DJ SWISHA - Stardawg
25. Korea Town Acid - Body Clock
26. Surgeon - A Prayer For Something Better
27. DJ Python - 7000

BEARCAT - SHRILL - PHYSICALLY SICK 3

Ok yes… the world is sicker than ever, but that doesn't mean we get to stop.

The past months have seen long overdue eruptions of sadness and rage directed at bloated, militarized, racist police forces and iniquitous government spending around the world. The puzzle pieces are assembling and fresh eyes are examining corrupt practices that Black & brown communities have criticized for decades. It is time to defund the police and invest in communities that have been systemically attacked.

For the third volume of Physically Sick, we are focusing on local efforts and raising money for Equality For Flatbush, an organization that has been fighting racist police abuse and gentrification since 2013. Equality For Flatbush mobilizes direct aid when necessary, recently ensuring Brooklyn residents have groceries and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Techno, house, and all the sounds at the root of electronic dance music, are born from Black communities. Dance music can only be sustained by an inclusive joy for the marginalized and the dispossessed. As we rally in support of Black lives and the struggles against police violence and inequality, it is the...  more
credits
released July 2, 2020

Artwork by Jordan E. Moss
All tracks mastered by DJ SWISHA excluding tracks 4, 13, & 17.
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Portal Step [Physically Sick 3]

To kick Allergy Season back into gear we've called upon the Mr Dependable of Appalachian Techno, Alex Falk.

Those of you who heard OOF will know the pedigree that Alex brings, but Movefast ups the ante, breaking and reassembling his bass-heavy techno sound in new ways. The opening cut “Movefast” is, a little paradoxically, the only track on the EP which doesn’t start with an immediate ten-ton kick. Once the song gets going it is unstoppable, propelled forward on a breakbeat jetstream to the other side of a distant horizon. "EBE" keeps up the pace, a straight-up head-down thumper without a moment’s relent.

“HG12” breaks the spell, only to introduce a cut-up, printer-jamming rhythm that could step toe-to-toe with any rough ’n ready banger you care to name. Clipped loops recur in “Know”, this time applied to a vaguely ecstatic vocal with a wisp of UKG, and a resonant low-end that carries a trace of Miami’s 808s and sub-shake. Movefast rounds out on a number that brings the action closer to Falk’s Knoxville home. The combination of mechanical repetition and delicately-layered piano and vox on “U Won’t” combine to something beautifully hypnotic: like breaking through the clouds while ringing an endless stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Movefast is as thick as late summer air, as rough-edged as present reality, fearsome yet kinda nice with it – a moment of release as we slide into the third Season of 2020.

Mastered by Kevin McHugh @ Valence. Artwork by Bad M.

Alex Falk - Movefast

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