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The latest Kaiku Mix by Katerina is made of 100% Finnish material, including an exclusive preview from her upcoming label Kotarak. 

@katerina

Tracklist: clubkaiku.fi/mix/katerina

Kaiku Mix #003 - Katerina

By now it’s common knowledge that Etch is one of the brightest sparks working in the field of contemporary breakbeat mangling. The Brighton-based producer has the depth of knowledge about breaks, and the expressive affinity for how to slice and rearrange them, to rank among some of the greats. We’re talking Photek, Paradox, Source Direct levels of drum science here. Of course he’s more than just a break slicer too – look no further than last year’s Strange Days LP on Seagrave for a more widescreen angle on the Etch sound.

Toasting five years since we first carried some of Zak Brashill’s advanced junglisms on Sneaker, and three since his 2018 album Ups & Downs, we’re thrilled to welcome him back for an excursion into the heart of his drumfunk practice. On the A side of this single the sound field is sparse and taut, echoing the stripped-back, minimalistic atmosphere Paradox just brought to SNKR029. All emphasis is on the drums, and the staggering contortions they’re bent into. Where there is additional sonic dressing, it comes in noirish chord drops and distant celestial vapours that add to the palpable sense of tension.

By the contrast the B-side welcomes in a little more human warmth, with a vocal hook on ‘Shadows Passed By’ that calls back to Smith & Mighty’s flip of the Bacharach soul standard ‘Walk On By’, and a collaboration with Luo that trades in blue-tinted vibes and airy diva vocals. In both instances, needlepoint beat programming is still key and an overall sense of restraint guides the composition, lingering in a sustained mood rather than breaking out in excess drama. Etch sounds more accomplished and in control than ever on this 12”, and we’re honoured to be releasing such vital additions to the jungle narrative.

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Etch - Loose In The Asylum

Persona

Untravel

https://soundcloud.com/jodieoverland
https://soundcloud.com/pascaleproject
https://soundcloud.com/sigsaly
https://soundcloud.com/pepullipulsumz

ORDER
https://www.rubadub.co.uk/tiny-planet-vol-3

DIGI
https://planeteuphorique.bandcamp.com/album/tiny-planet-vol-3

Tiny Planet is back in business, Volume 3 returning to the geographical roots of Planet Euphorique. Four genre expansive tracks, hot-off-the-press Canadian content bringing all new artists to the PE sphere. The record is split from East to West, Montreal to Vancouver, providing an array of audio delights primed for diverse dance experiences. Starting in Montreal, the A side hosts a deep, sensual dripping opener, “Gutted Honey Dew Project” by duo Mutually Feeling. Steady, rolling breakbeats slung behind melt-in-your-mouth vocals of silk, the blooming bassline forming a modern day classique. The flirtatious essence carries to the A2 with Pascale’s “Fly Zone”, bubbling into an irresistible, bouncy analog jammer. Lights flashing; surging stabs of colourful harmony. A sleek, smooth and playful track ordering you to la discotheque stat! Heading West to the B side, the mood swing is sinisterly jacking in Vancouver. Sludge laden “Are You Done Yet” by Overland showcases a hot and distorted acid hypnosis, weaving in and around a driving repetition of drum-work, deceptively low tempo for the momentous percussive progression and evolving sonic squelch. Sigsaly busting in to finish it off with the fully fledged hammering techno hit you needed, “Carve” B2-big room, XL rhythmical head-rush. Stomp to the beat!

Tiny Planet Vol 3.
Cat: PE013
Format: 12”
Distributed by Rubadub
Artwork by Jenny Grant
Words: Katie Campbell
Preorder: 10.10.2020
Release date: 09.11.2020

Tiny Planet Vol 3.

Adam Pits lands on X-Kalay with three cuts of hard hitting, wigged out club music. Includes Bliss Inc. remix on the flip!

Pre order: https://bit.ly/31FG6Ro

Available 27th November 2020

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XK023 | Adam Pits - Piston Pump

Yosh joins the Time Is Now family serving up five bass driven, breaks heavy cuts.  

Limited edition vinyl:
shallnotfade.co.uk/album/one-more-time-ep

London based producer Yosh has been making some serious movements over the past 12 months with a string of killer sold out twelves for Vivid Recordings. His latest outing sees him unleash five weighty bass heavy tracks for Shall Not Fade sub-label Time Is Now, watch your bass bins.  

‘One More Time’ EP drops December 18th via Time Is Now.

One More Time

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TIN012 // Yosh - One More Time EP

Coming up next on Art-E-Fax, US artist James Bangura reels off a 6-track EP of breakbeat treats to make your head nod. Don’t be fooled by its more cool-headed cuts: dubby pumpers like “Interpretive Dance” and “Incoherent Response” will have you oiling your rave gears (...or reaching for the phone.)

E-FAX009 – James Bangura (Snippets)

Forthcoming on vinyl & digital.

Parcel size: 12”
Parcel weight: 180 g
Delivery Date: 05 February 2021 (Vinyl) & 22nd January 2021 (Digital)

Available from Bandcamp + Distributed by Unearthed Sounds

Manifest:
A1 Taking First A2 Rumble
B1 NOFM B2 Stam
X1 Rumble (Cando Remix) - Bandcamp digital exclusive!

Written, produced and engineered by Henry Greenleaf
Mastered by Eric James at Philosopher's Barn

Taking First

PAR004 | HENRY GREENLEAF - TAKING FIRST EP

Following a stellar run of jungle and breakbeat-oriented releases including the foundational Foul Play Origins set and the visionary proto-retro styles of X-Altera, Sneaker Social Club welcome a true master of drum science. 

As Paradox and Alaska, Dev Pandya has been setting standards and breaking new ground in breakbeat hardcore, jungle and drum & bass since the dawn of the culture. He was right there at the start of Moving Shadow, has graced seminal labels like Reinforced, Good Looking and Metalheadz and steered his own Paradox Music, Esoteric and Arctic Music as vessels for a huge body of work. Still toting his Amiga for live gigs and putting out bonus 12”s loaded with samples for producers, Pandya’s passionate commitment to the culture is evident in everything he does. Nowhere does that shine through more than in his needlepoint flair for break editing and drum programming – the calling card of the Paradox sound. 

It’s a huge honour to host two original Paradox tracks on Sneaker. We’re treated to full-fat Paradox percussion alchemy on “Octa4” as he teases out the intensity around a salvo of dancehall toasting samples, trickling each progressive layer of rhythm into the mix with the patience and poise of a true master. “Proceed” leans on dub techno atmospherics and a taut funk break that occasionally cuts loose into a ride-splashing fill, but once again the message here is one of heads-down restraint. Across both tracks the emphasis is on the fine print – each composed drum hit and subtle shift of FX – while riding deep in a masterfully constructed groove. Proof, if ever it were needed, why Pandya is the king of understated D&B excellence.

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Paradox - Proceed

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PRE_ORDER
https://www.rubadub.co.uk/records/artists/dj-girl

DJ GIRL’s latest EP on Planet Euphorique “Slsk Trax” shows us how it’s done with four head-turning techno-transanthems, bass bins bursting at the seams with fast & furious innovative aural onslaught. The Chicago based producer offering no zoom, main room, (more than) four to the floor visceral punishment of the highest pleasures. 

Immediate assault in the form of A1; “And the Crowd Howls” unstoppable rapid, rhythmic voltage racing through your veins, pulsating like the most dramatic, dark dancefloors should. Sliced with electro injections interrupting the hypnotizing drumwork, snapping you in and out of altered states, invoking vivid imagery of flickering smoke and sweat. Following the intoxicating opener, “The Runaround'' beams up to otherworldly tech-territory, a deliciously syncopated bass line rumbling below disciplined running snares, DJ GIRL eradicating expectations, her addictive percussive spontaneity and mutation of conventional structure nothing short of exhilarating. 

A 7 minute “Tunnel Vision” initiation on the B side starts with swirled panned percussion, a gritty foundation paving the way for scorched screeches and additional demented drums demanding your undivided attention. Rising and dropping, a fluidity and expertise in tension with subtlety amongst the filth. Closing up shop and slamming the door is the B2 “Untitled”, a fierce electro encore. Minimalistic instrumentation turns into an encompassing sphere of sonic evolution through processing and modulation. Metallic delays flair and decay over squelched tones and boot stomping kicks and claps.

PE014 comes dripping in saturation, DJ GIRL’s Detroit roots are infused into the indisputable groove seeping through the record, elevated by her subliminal, sapphic style, a personal touch that unleashes the freakiest of dancers.

DJ GIRL "SLSKTRAX"
Cat: PE014
Format: 12”
Distributed by Rubadub
Artwork by Logan Sturrock
Words: Katie Campbell
Preorder: 14.01.2020
Release date: 08.02.2020

DJ GIRL "SLSKTRAX"

Taking First is a follow up to 2018’s “Fold Together”, continuing from a flurry of releases on ARTS, Glasstalk and Wellstreet Records, Greenleaf goes into deeper exploration of his unique stylistic template.

The overleaf takes us further into the club with the soothing rave-tape nods of ‘NOFM’.

@henry-greenleaf
@paravionrecordings

Buy:
https://paravionrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/taking-first

PAR004

PREMIERE: Henry Greenleaf - NOFM [Par Avion]

***RELEASES 08.02.21 ***

https://12thisle.bandcamp.com/album/horizontology
https://www.rubadub.co.uk/records/catalog/product/view/id/13128

New school kosmiche style guitar and synth studies by Baltimore native and veteran underground music figure Tarotplane (PJ Dorsey). Across four cold, motorik movements Dorsey builds upon previous outings for Aguirre, Lullabies For Insomniacs and VG+ on the discs A side, combining trademark lysergic keyboard swirls with a heavier rhythmic approach than usual. On the B, he delivers an extended swan song for 12th Isle's single figure catalog and aims his guitar towards the heart of the sun, kick-starting the labels busiest year to date.

Horizontology

Tarotplane - Horizontology (ISLE010)

Brain Dance is the debut EP from Sydney artist and Velodrome’s resident dancefloor darling, Posture.

A bold and refined body of work, Brain Dance is a masterclass in brooding high-energy techno. Blending sombre tonal palettes with intricate driving percussion, Posture has crafted a suite of 4 peak-set techno cuts that retain a delicate, fluid energy throughout.

Written in isolation, Brain Dance is pensive in its mood while remaining wholly inspired by dance floor energies from past and future - a record that invites introspection in the peak of dance floor hypnosis.

Brain Dance is out via Velodrome Recordings on 11th Feb.
https://velodromerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/brain-dance

VEL003 | Posture - Brain Dance Previews

“When writing this EP, I was thinking about water and I was thinking about sweat. I was thinking about festival season and kick-ons galore. I was thinking about the crew out west and how the sun looks going down over the water there in summer. I felt really free then - a little buzzed, a little sideways - but free. I felt good then, and have a gracious amount of times since. Frivolous and free - like water, water, water. ”
 
Canadian born and Naarm (Melbourne) based Jennifer Loveless returns one year on from her debut release Hard/Soft (Pure Space Records) with Water, a 12” EP presented by Butter Sessions. Bestowing us with five tracks of dystopian dance-floor thump, Water is a bustling showcase of Jenn’s breadth as an artist. Reflecting on the contrast of Water with her first EP, Loveless comments “I wanted a hard contrast to the Hard/Soft release. I always had a plan to release an energetic frivolous fun type EP after Hard/Soft. I had a feeling people might see me as an ambient producer (although I wouldn’t really categorise Hard/Soft as that), and I guess this EP, Water, is my response”. 
 
At its core, Water is a hyper-charged cetacean maelstrom of electronic music, sampling weddell seals, humpback whales, pacific walruses and water itself. Water kicks off with the rumbling patter of Out/Under before moving into the unabating Syzygy (Scissor Me). Jenn stamps a joyful yet skittish imprint onto ECC, while fly on the wall Backroll Buddy sits on a sound bed of audio Jenn recorded at parties, capturing friends chattering and an edit of a Whitney Houston earworm she heard a DJ playing, paying ode to a night out. B L U YOU is a charming endnote; a fusion of fluorescent pop and a catchy bassline. The verdict here is that Water allows Jennifer Loveless to prove herself truly as a jack of all trades. Water takes shape as an engrossing palette of bold dance music. 
 
All tracks written and produced by Jennifer Loveless 
Mixed by Corey Kikos and Jennifer Loveless 
Mastered by Corey Kikos 
Artwork by Aida Azin 
Design by Maryos Syawish

Water

Jennifer Loveless - Water (BSR033) snippets

Yedgar - Life Cycle E.P.
TERR077

Canadian native Yedgar appears on Terrorhythm for an extended outing, after featuring on Plastician's Wavepool 2 and 3 albums successively.

Life Cycle is a selection of tracks which sit neatly in the gaps between Wave and Grime, in a time where the sound of Wave is pushing ever closer to a mainstage audience as it infiltrates pockets of the EDM community. Yedgar navigates soundsets that lean on influences from OG wave artists like Sorsari, whilst perhaps unknowingly also paying homage to the sounds of artists like MSSINGNO across the 5 tracks, which hover around 140 bpm - a tempo that has been synonymous with the Terrorhythm label, but perhaps less so in our outings within the Wave genre. With the influences from Sorsari in the mix, it's extra exciting for us to offer up a collaboration between Yedgar and Sorsari to open up the E.P. on "Mythic" before winding our way through 4 more tracks which explore an increasing energy and clever use of vocal hooks.