Out April 16th

Naarm (Melbourne) based collective Butter Sessions celebrate over a decade in business with an extensive glossary of talented friends and affiliates pressed on a three-part compilation series. The label has always held the community closest, as exemplified by the 20+ artists featured over the three releases. Each 12” presents a grand soundscape anchored into the tenebrous energy of the dancefloor, with its inquisitive electronics and fierce pulse. If there was a definition for the Butter Sessions sound of ten years in the making, the answer lies here. 

The final compilation in the series commences with Time, a masterful blend of mid-tempo digi-dub and two step. Mosam Howieson gifts us Influx, a thick and hazy wedge of techno and Canada’s D. Tiffany serves up the mechanic and restless techno on a knife's edge in Cast the Trance. Ben Fester delivers Tumbo Rumblin, a leftfield slice of intergalactic electronics. Meanwhile, Furious Frank presents the electro and acid charged Blue Light while Makeda plays with genre expectations with the experimental composition Fable. Finally, the record's conclusion is Doordrms by Ben Keynes; dipping in tempo with acid drops, resulting in thoughtful IDM nuances.

Mastered by C. Kikos
Design by Lloyd Mst & James Vinciguerra

A1. Time - Turner Street Sound

The engine was silent as the cabin ripped through the arid, desolate, wasteland. While the closest star pierced its rays through the thin atmosphere, melting any unprotected life form in its gaze, the curious passenger still couldn’t help but take in the beauty of the sights. The bright red sediments outside appeared to glow with extreme heat. The mag-train would take him halfway around the planet in just a few hours. This journey was strictly business, but he made sure to carefully plan the train ride. Tonight, all three of this system’s stars would dip below the horizon, creating a spectacular atmospheric phenomenon. As the colours above him began to churn, he fixed his gaze upon the sky.

Yosh is quickly establishing himself as one of the fastest-moving producers in the scene. His upcoming Skyline EP with Dansu Discs marks his second appearance on the leading underground label this year, and follows his inaugural Holding Hands Submerged release earlier this year. Yosh impresses yet again with Skyline: a straight-to-business UKG variety pack with a dreamy visit from Angel D’lite, the lone remixer on the EP, who’s made plenty of noise herself recently, including drops on the sought-after Bristol hotbed, Banoffee Pies.

PREMIERE: Yosh - Skyline (Angel D'lite Remix) [Dansu Discs]

We’re so excited to announce our next release on Radical New Theory from none other than  LUXE. 
Her debut EP ‘Belonging’ caught our attention a few months ago and we haven’t stopped playing it since. 

It’s been amazing having already had support from 6music with several plays of A83 from Mary Anne Hobbs over the last week. 
LUXE’s first release on RNT is off to a flying start and we’re so excited for what the future holds for her. 

LUXE - Belonging ep is available now, across all platforms as well as a vinyl pre order on our bandcamp page. 

Love ya’s 💖💖

LUXE - May I Help You

Mantissa’s second venture into the label space comes from Bristol-born DJ / producer & radio host Bex. Percussive, heavy, bolty and jolty, the record is full of moments destined for those wanting to lose themselves on the dancefloor through Bex’s signature emotive soundscapes.

Her late 2021 debut EP release, “Feels EP” felt reflective and warm, influenced by the increased introspection during lockdowns over the past two years. Her second release, Mantissa 002, sees these emotions once again taking centre stage with added dance-ready grooves born out of the return and resurgence of the freedom to dance. The record combines those emotional notes with high energy sounds, futuristic harmonies and classic but experimental dance influences.

Bex is a Bristol native, the experimental and less orderly side to dance music a key influence to her creative efforts. Holding a dance show residency “Stocks & Shares” on Noods Radio since 2018, her sound has evolved through broadening her listening during the curation of monthly shows.

The whole style of the record is influenced by Bristol’s trademark sound, alongside this inspirations such as Om Unit or James Blake are subtly clear to hear. However, many of the moods projected throughout feel equally inspired by artistic influences beyond those of specific artists or locations. “Infinite Games” could just as easily soundtrack a sci-fi epic as it could move a dancefloor.

@bex_dj
@mantissa1

Buy:
https://mantissa.bandcamp.com/album/mantissa-002

PREMIERE: Bex - Infinite Games [Mantissa]

Buy & Donate on Bandcamp: 
https://hoerberlin.bandcamp.com/track/amy-dabbs-love-can-do-no-wrong-let-it-out

100% of the proceeds from this track and the full HÖR Berlin compilation will be donated to Bridges Over Borders, a community-based collective of fellow artists and volunteers that aim to support BIPoC, LGBTQIA+, and other marginalized individuals fleeing Ukraine.

Thank you for your support. 
Amy x

Full @hoerberlin compilation on Bandcamp: https://hoerberlin.bandcamp.com/album/hope-in-unity-va

Bridges Over Borders on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bridgesoverbordersberlin/

Donate directly to Bridges Over Borders: https://linktr.ee/bridgesoverborders

Love Can Do No Wrong (Let It Out) // Ukraine Fundraiser 💙💛

Pre-Order: https://thirtyyear.bandcamp.com/album/big-o-ep

...and we're back!

Club Designs head honcho and infectious beat impresario Garneau is joined by Vanouver Slab party series producer Max Ulis for the “Big O EP”. Both extraordinary producers and DJs in their own right, these Canadian underground stalwarts never fail to impress.

Breaks, beats, booms, and bass.

Big O EP

TYR010 - Garneau & Max Ulis - The Big O EP

https://soundcloud.com/tracy-pearl-751842115

Hailing from Southern Californian DJ and producer Tracy Pearl drops four eclectic cuts across their new project ‘II’ to mark the launch of Unknown Rec.

Lead track ‘II A’ is a bassy, wobbly affair, harnessing broken percussion and ghostly echoes, before rich, warm tones carry the slick ‘II B’ awash with lengthy, glistening pads which shape this deep production. Next, choppy vocals ride driving low-ends in the off-kilter ‘II C’ as harmonious keys are juxtaposed with drum and bass influenced breakdowns. To close, jazzy motifs and menacing hats get down with rolling low-ends and sweeping samples as a fitting finale to this rich tapestry of music.

Tracy Pearl - II A

Balamii resident and Sticky Tapes-founder Theo Everyday arrives with a huge debut on Cheeky Sneakers, seamlessly blending the worlds of jungle, electro and trance with his signature sauce of nostalgic and futuristic hyper-funk.

Having curated the Sticky Tapes mix series and label – supporting music from artists such as Stones Taro, Om Unit, Jossy Mitsu and Lobster Theremin label head Asquith – the DJ and producer knows a thing or two about merging differing styles and energies. The Holsten FM EP plays out like a three hour club set; placing classic UK sounds at its foundation and throwing multi-coloured paint all over them.

‘The Way You Feel’ makes use of the pitched-vocal, SoundCloud hyper-pop aesthetic with hardcore-piano stabs and heartstring-tugging cheese wrapped within a huge low-end swinging bassline. A great lights-up tool to leave them with a smile on their face. The classic rave energy is maintained on the EP title track - a stripped-back cut of ragga jungle-step that’s as meditative as it is devastating.

From golden-era rave and jungle future-mutations to heads-down club sounds, ‘Every Body_s Talking (well let_s talk) is a strobe-light power sequence for when things are in full swing, before 90s breakbeat and trance join forces on a ‘Six and Two Threes’ hands-in-the-air moments.

Breaks-littered dream sequences that feel like a warm hug follow on ‘Summer Lie In’ – its chopped melodies and stirring atmospherics causing ripples within the pond of paradise – before ‘Mod Cons’ closes with a squelching cut of acid-electro on a killer digi-only exclusive. 

>> @theo-everyday

Holsten FM

BUY RELEASE

CHEEKY006 // Theo Everyday - Holsten FM

Roadkill 
@roadkill_uk
https://www.instagram.com/yesroadkill/
U-A-V
@uavuk

Out January 20th via bandcamp on Roadkill UK
https://roadkilluk.bandcamp.com/album/roadkill-presents-006

Pre-Order

*PREMIERE* U-A-V - In Time

Stepping up for MANT004 is the one and only Ian DPM. This EP continues an impressive string of releases for him, including on his own imprints Scuffed Recordings and Definite Party Material, all exploring the edges of club music with tunes belonging slap bang in the middle of the dancefloor.

Proceedings start with an evening service, except the gospel choir have forgotten the keys to the church and instead take themselves and their organ down to the club for some heavenly amen breaks. The rest of the EP remains firmly on the dancefloor, but the club itself is launched into another dimension, powered by overcharged acid and off-kilter percussion riding over weighty, no-nonsense basslines.

@mantissa1

Buy:
https://orcd.co/mant004

Ian DPM - Evening Service [Mantissa]

Taken from the Pink Dolphins EP by @Sam_Interface (formerly known as SNØW)
Out September 25th - smarturl.it/pink-dolphins

Sam Interface - Pink Dolphins

Bookings:
UK/Europe - jw@constellatetalent.com
Asia/Australia/NZ - marc@untitledgroup.com.au

Amy Dabbs & Coco Bryce - Slightly Involved Vol. 2 - forthcoming on Dabbs Traxx - 12th April 2024 🌸 Pre-order on Bandcamp >> https://dabbstraxx.bandcamp.com/album/slightly-involved-vol-2

Only Breaks Can Love Your Heart on Heist Recordings 🌸 Bandcamp >> https://heistrecordings.com/album/only-breaks-can-love-your-heart

Into You EP on Aus Music 🌸 Bandcamp >> https://ausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/into-you-ep-2

The Bobcat Special EP on Shall Not Fade  🌸 Bandcamp >> https://shallnotfade.co.uk/album/the-bobcat-special-ep 

Four Track Mind EP on Dabbs Traxx 🌸 Bandcamp >> 
dabbstraxx.bandcamp.com/album/four-track-mind-ep

Love Can Do No Wrong (Let It Out) // Ukraine Fundraiser 💙💛

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