Pre-order:
https://scuffedrecs.bandcamp.com/album/spiral-ep

Maya Q (@mxyi) releases her debut EP for Scuffed Recordings, weaving together her own unique take on influences from across the UK dance music spectrum. The New England-born, London-based DJ and producer has been building momentum throughout 2021, both with her productions and as a resident of the Co-Select collective. 

The ‘Spiral’ EP follows Maya’s appearance on the Scuffed Presents 005 compilation in early 2021 with her track ‘Belief’, which saw support from Jaguar and Jess Iszatt on BBC Introducing, among others. 

Since then, Maya released her ‘I Just Wanna’ EP through DJ Pitch and Simkin’s All Centre label, which further established her esoteric production style and her place as an artist to watch in the UK’s electronic music scene. 

On the EP’s title track, Maya comes straight out of the blocks with a jungle-inspired warper that pairs heavyweight bass with an unearthly melody and frantic breaks. 

Next up is ‘da2’, which eases off the pace in favour of atmospheric effects and chiptune-esque synth work. 

Closing out the release is ‘Drumpack’, with Maya’s eerie melodic pads and veering synth line dancing over a skippy garage-inspired beat, before introducing a grinding bassline in the second half of the track. 

Early support from India Jordan, Addison Groove, Emerald, Tom Ravenscroft.

Maya Q - Spiral EP (Previews)

Straight outta Dundee, J Wax is the producer every DJ has locked and loaded on their USB. So it was about time we invited on APECAST as our 17th guest. We also asked him some quick-fire questions over on Instagram, check it out via the links below and get to know him. 

Now based in Edinburgh, J Wax aka Jace Bryan burst onto the UK club circuit after the release of the lively dance-floor essential ‘Uber’. Since then DJ / Producer has been laying it down with gigs across Manchester, London, Edinburgh and of course Newcastle. Jace fully immerses himself into the underground culture by also co-running the Scottish night Palidrone which has hosted some heavyweight lineups such as DJ Stringray & Solid Blake, VTSS B2B SPFDJ, Sync24 and Giant Swan. 

Taking influences across the realms of fierce breakbeat, old school electro and techno, J Wax delivers us a 1-hour mix. Remember to always double-knot your shoelaces before pressing play. 

J WAX:
@jwaxmusic https://
www.instagram.com/j_wax_/

Ape-X: www.ape-x.club
 www.instagram.com/apexncl/ 
www.facebook.com/apexnewcastle 
https://ape-xrecords.bandcamp.com/

APECAST017 - J WAX

They say that one man's trash is another man's treasure: that was certainly true of today's find. The streets were lined with cardboard boxes and tables, some neatly organised and labeled, others thrown together in a hasty mess. Trinkets, books, photos and old clothes were amongst the sea of unwanted items that cluttered the tables; to the untrained eye most would never have made that golden discovery. But for him, this was the missing part of a puzzle that he'd started long ago. 

The last year or two has been very fruitful for Rotterdam-based duo Black Cadmium. Since their debut solo EP on Ovum Recordings, they've dropped music for Vault Wax and Violet's Naive imprint, channeling their love of Detroit and London sounds into their output. Now they make their way to Wanderist's Transient Nature imprint, the label set up by one half of Dam Swindle, Marteen Smeets, to spotlight the best in machine funk, techno and everything in between. Like Black Cadmium's previous releases, the four tracks on ‘Inertia’ bridge sounds and eras, encompassing electro grooves, twilight house jams and dreamy acid cuts.

Inertia EP

PREMIERE: Black Cadmium - Gold [Transient Nature]

Coast to coast, top to bottom, sea up to the scarp. Any deliberate movement from one place, real or imagined, to another can always be broken down into minuscule moments that blesh together to form a coherent mass. Tiny thoughts, fractals of emotion and gentle changes in direction all contribute to an overarching picture. Tape 71 appears in the afterglow of a life affirming weekend, drawing introversion out from moments of extreme extroversion and reformatting them into dance music.

This week, right before our very ears, Sleepy J sketches out an extra deep hour-long composite of your mind’s most inner dancefloor. There are no hurried changes in this mix, no uncomfortable cardiac arrest bass drops and no misplaced or unaligned track selections. Simmering pseudo-alien basslines, dubbed out percussion and gentle injections of uptempo house permutations are dished out with care and in perfect sequence, a dancer’s mindful stomp curated with excellence.  

One part mong-out-in-a-beanbag and one part close-your-eyes-and-plant-yourself-front-left, “Sea To Scarp” is 100% quality.

Track list:

Marco Shuttle - Acrobat
Konduku - Mantar Kaya
Human Space Machine – Danz7
JS-01 – JS-01(R)
Alex Falk - Fuchsia
Aubrey - Orbit Of Oberon
Kangding Ray - Salt and Iron
Rosati - Polymath (Volpe Remix)
Rene Wise & Rødhåd - 190209.2.
Wata Igarashi - Cylinder
D'wachman & HD Substance - Move my body
ADMINISTRATOR - brilliance@world
Sunju Hargun - Phaya Naga
Rene Wise - Raptor
Skee Mask - CZ3000 Dub
The Alchemical Theory - Tribale

Mixed by Sleepy J (@jaymebentley) on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 71 - Sleepy J - "Sea To Scarp"

Spinning Around Ep 47: Hedchef - 11 October 2021

🏋🏽‍♂️ Breaking in the 2022 Canapé Mix Series, we are honoured to present a weighty 80 from Bristol's fast-expanding Out Of Sorts. 

Label co-owner, Symeon, leads us through a seamless curation of driving left-field club sounds, ranging from UK Techno to Breakbeat, Acid, Electro and beyond.

💿 Ears out for some exclusive first plays of forthcoming O.O.S. riddims!

Support @outofsortsbristol here: https://outofsortsrecs.bandcamp.com/music

CNPMX018 - Out Of Sorts

Fresh breaks and dubstep from No Remorse on Cleveland's Miracle Drug Recordings. The ep features a collaboration with Nixsin, a remix by Korin Complex, and 2 original tracks by No Remorse.

OS Premiere 
www.originssound.com/premiere 

Release Date: 
18th March 2022

Artist Name - No Remorse
EP Name - Into The Dark
Cat Number - MD006
Track Name - Shadows
Label - Miracle Drug

BUY: https://miracledrugrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/no-remorse-into-the-dark

Follow: 
https://www.instagram.com/noremorsedubstep/
https://soundcloud.com/noremorsesound
https://www.instagram.com/miracledrugrecordings/
https://soundcloud.com/miracledrugrecordings

We want to hear your new music. If you have something you want us to listen to, please email danielle@originssound.com

OS Premiere: No Remorse - Shadows [Miracle Drug]

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Deydad - Easy and Groove (Samay Records)

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