Allergy Season alum Love Letters and label boss Physical Therapy team up to tackle new territory on Hunk. In two distinct versions, the duo explore prismatic soundscapes and gut-rattling bass.

Echoing across 13 minutes, the ‘Ouroboros Mix’ is an epic of dark dub in half-time. Layers of heady sound build and decay through the song’s several movements, while ballooning delays ricochet across syrup-thick low end. It’s a winding trip, weaving tension and release.

The pair buff things up for the ‘Herculean Mix,’ a stripped back techno interpretation, which builds Hunk’s heavy bass lines from squelch to squall. The mind-bending sound palette is glued to a breakneck 606 drum machine for a peak time potency.

Written & Produced by Daniel Fisher & Maxime Robillard
Mastered by Kevin McHugh @ Valence
Artwork by Jude Gardner-Rolfe

Physical Therapy & Love Letters - Hunk [ALLERGYFREE028]

'i remember' edit

2023 marks the expansion of traverse as a label, with the first volume of series “traversée” and an 11-track opus from Qetsy. We’re now back with the second edition of traversée - a space for producers to explore their own versatility. A border-free home for artists to share personal ideas, wherever they are from. 

For this second volume, we are welcoming nine artists who, altogether, shape the vision of traverse through its diversity of music and places. 

Laenz: "For this track, somewhere during a hot bike ride, I felt compelled to make something punk-adjacent. I used to make a lot of guitar-driven music and haven’t picked it up in a while, so it was nice to play it for this tune. I suppose the track still leans on the more experimental side, but I think the angst of a punk-like demeanor still comes through in the track."

Additional sampling from drums recorded by Naman Agarwal

Laenz - Skinned [traverse]

Hunk

Physical Therapy & Love Letters - Hunk (Herculean Mix)

Physical Therapy & Love Letters - Hunk (Ouroboros Mix)

Southern Italian producer & dj Silvia Kastel transmits an array of fringe electronics & contemporary club sounds every month. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/silvia-kastel/episodes/silvia-kastel-30th-october-2023

Silvia Kastel 301023

T5UMUT5UMU is a Tokyo-based producer whose music is characterised by an exceptionally diverse blend of elements that showcase a distinctive style. His creatively rich approach involves drawing inspiration from Eastern cultures and a variety of instruments, which he skilfully weaves into UK-style club tracks. The resulting sound seamlessly fuses elements such as HARD DRUM, dark breakbeats, grime and DnB to create innovative and captivating compositions. His releases on labels such as Hakuna Kulala, Eastern Margins, FunctionLab, TREKKIE TRAX, Ashida Park and Eco Futurism Corporation have attracted audiences from both the local and international scenes due to his eclectic musical style and imaginative approach.

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Sirens Steppa / Na Teng - Limited Edition 7'' Lathe Cut

Two hot cuts coming straight from the NPLGNN 2023 live sessions

Simply as that, straight out the valve machines into a polycarbonate 7'' cut - 100% both sides tested on the pit, run it!

Limited run of 50 copies
Handstamped
Cut at 33rpm

Programmed & Mixed by NPLGNN
Mastered by James Ginzburg
Logotype by Mon

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Na Teng

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/ZULI/episodes/zuli-4th-december-2023

ZULI - Best of 2023 041223

DJ SWEAT is the club-forward moniker of Tāmaki-based producer and DJ Lucía Mañetto-Munro (acoldplace, Badley Gang, INDEX:records, Tubertechno), offering a live recording of her opening set for Phys Ed’s legendary booking, DJ Assault, recorded at Mothership on 22/12/2023 alongside fellow support act and homicidal techno supervillains Go Nuclear.

☢ ☣ Tracklist ☢ ☣
DJ Tim Dolla - Number Advisory
DJ Tameil - Disco Stick
L.B. Dub Corp - Take It Down Again (In Dub)
LSDXOXO - XXX ANGEL DUST XXX
DJ Lilman - Bunny Hop (Ft. Prod K Shiz)
Lurka - Refresher (Gantz Remix)
Mark Pritchard - Be Like Water
Gunna - P Power (ft. Drake)
Davinche - F-Loote (Lolingo Refix)
Ojerime, Mura Masa - Keep It Lo
Debby Friday - Void
Basic Rhythm - Get Dark
Scratcha DVA - The End (TSVI Edit)
Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me
Kelela - Contact
DJ Rashad - In Da Club Before Eleven O' Clock
645AR - Ride 4 You
DJ Deeon - Werk Dat
Trax Man - Compute Funk
DJ Bake - Dump Thvt (Ft. DJ LilTaj and ChinaaGawd)
DJ Rashad - House 2006
Loraine James, Eden Samara - Running Like That
Samurai Breaks - Skippy
Deft - KOOVER IN '92
J Dilla - City Of Boom (Instrumental)
Ronan Keating - Life Is A Rollercoaster

RA MIX 045 - DJ SWEAT

BLUSH012 - @xivro

Blush aims to help soothe the queer spectrum and focus on the well-being of the community. Queer DJs are invited to submit a mix to showcase an alternative side to their music library outside of a rave and take us on a meditative journey. ✨

Notes on the mix:

"This mix has been informed by a few things relating to queerness, in the club and away from the club. Feeling like I've been experiencing the same kind of self actualisation as I felt as a teen; existing between the physical, public dancefloor and a fuzzy, hazy, internal world - coming to truths through chaos and/or chemicals. I wanted to respond to a short film I saw in October - Jamie Crewe's false wife 'a poppers training manual'. Thinking about the shedding of skin and brushing against other bodies as a way to better understand your own and how time can stretch out in unexpected ways. This mix is full of wide tempo, long blends, echo and has an overall cloudiness that I hope mirrors the headache, nausea + dizziness of liquid gold."

Xivro is a radio maker and sometimes DJ based across Scotland’s central belt. They run a party called Club Sylkie @clubsylkie, which focuses on making spaces for the girls, gays and theys within leftfield and bass forward club music.

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