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VALE returns to its origins with the Autism Awareness fundraiser compilation Awareness Vol. II. This Bandcamp driven charity release was available in full on World Autism Awareness Day. All proceeds were donated to the charity, Music for Autism. The artists and label are honored to dedicate our time and effort to the community and improving the lives of others.

Awakened on the beachside in hazy repose, we gaze at the transient hues of the horizon sky ‘Sundowning in Blue’, a brief calm before being launched into an unexpected storm of rushing hyper glitch infused mecha-neuro grooves with sweltering sonic waves.  The sultry climate of this track, distinct latin instrumentation and raucously delightful breakdowns are enough to make anyone down their martini, deposit their monocle and commence to get their freak on.

- Frank Pomes, Rendah Mag

Art by Lost Signal & NIK P

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Sundowning in Blue

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Get it here: https://yukumusic.bandcamp.com/album/protect-me-from-what-i-want

"The phrase ‘Protect Me From What I Want’ comes from a Jenny Holzer piece that has resonated with me for a long time now. I can’t speak to her intent in conceptualizing it, but I always likened it to connecting to another person for safety: having someone who loves you to keep you alive. The idea that one could reach a level of indulgence into something so strong that they need help exercising restraint always frightened me. This ep is about falling in love with someone in that space, and losing yourself trying to fight their demons for them. Co-inhabiting a mutually destructive space alongside someone who’s navigating through a greater turmoil than you’re equipped to deal with, and not being strong enough to pull away when it damages you.

The last track on the ep, ‘I Can’t Live Like This’, is the moment of recognition that existing this way isn’t sustainable. It’s when you finally understand that you cannot heal alongside this person, but leaving their side feels like a betrayal; it’s dooming them to collapse under their own vices without you. Relinquishing that love and still being unable to let go. Within that moment of revelation, the hopelessness can feel infinite.

I don’t occupy that space presently, but I have multiple times in the past, and my lack of insight into how I ever left that space is terrifying to me, because it makes me feel like I don’t know how to avoid returning to it with someone new. It’s a disheartening cycle to be potentially caught in.

The cover and accompanying video were created utilizing both machine learning and Photoshop/After Effects."
— Shinra Knives

Protect Me From What I Want

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Shinra Knives — Protect Me From What I Want

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waveforms is a label from ASC & Presha, focusing on early 90's jungle. vinyl releases on 10"

https://waveforms.bandcamp.com/

waveforms 1-4

ASC - waveform 01

Taken from ASC - House of Leaves [SMDE37]

The final Samurai Music vinyl release for 2023 sees ASC return to the label with four new 160 BPM jungle excursions.

Conjuring the spirits of the more heady work of Photek, Source Direct, and Innervisions, ASC dives deep and transforms the breaks, bottomless sub, and eerie synths into 3 forever futurist head cannons.

Released on Limited Edition Vinyl in 2 variants and Digital

https://asc77.bandcamp.com/album/house-of-leaves

1. ASC - House Of Leaves
2. ASC - The Navidson Record
3. ASC - The 5 ½ Minute Hallway
4. ASC - Exploration #4

House of Leaves

ASC - Exploration #4 [SMDE37]

Who better to launch the new Samurai affiliate Jungle label Mindgames than the Future Retro general and Jungle machine Tim Reaper.

The two tracks on Tim's Mindgames 12" were the seed for the inception of the Mindgames label. Phonetics is unfiltered Amen Euphoria, with Tim's edits deftly embellishing the vocal earworm, while Changing Times wraps an ensemble of classic breaks around a pulsing b line.

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Mindgames is a new Samurai Music affiliated label aiming to capture the essence of the sound that magnetised label head Presha into Jungle/Drum and Bass in the mid 90’s. Experiencing this musical development as it happened lit a flame of passion and drive that forged a focused musical path that continues unabated today.

94/95 were pivotal years for Jungle with new approaches to production and musical shades that shaped how the music progressed. Light and Dark musical hues were working side by side more frequently in these years as the music found its way, and Mindgames will reflect this.

With the resurgence of artists absorbing this sound and creating updated versions with added production finesse, Mindgames mission is to enlist current-day producers who have successfully captured and reimagined the vibe and feel of these years into new forms that underline the foundation of our sound.

https://soundcloud.com/tim-reaper

GY96 X J-Jam - Trapped In Reaction

Artificial Red