@Will Hofbauer debuts on Aus Music with ‘Four! Beats!’.
Will Hofbauer has been carving out his idiosyncratic niche in dance music for the past few years, with releases on Rinse FM, Wisdom Teeth and his Third Place seeing critical acclaim as well as high-profile co-signs from the likes of Ben UFO, rRoxymore, Lukas Wigflex, Dr Banana and now, Will Saul and his indomitable Aus Music imprint.
Hofbauer’s ‘Ah! Bats!’ is up first on ‘Four! Beats!’, featuring a speedy dembow beat, rowdy vocal chops, and call-back, signature use of subtle animal sounds that fit right in. The aptly named ‘8 Bar Baile’ is next, a baile funk track built up like 8 bar grime, swapping rhythm in every section for a high-energy, peak-time affair.
Smooth and introspective house cut ‘Scrumble’ then sees whimsical bursts of synths splash on top of delicate drums before Will Hofbauer’s ‘Moss On’ dives deeper underwater with loose arrangement and tripped-out instrumentation.

Four! Beats! EP

Will Hofbauer - 8 Bar Baile

Pre-order: https://bfan.link/other-means

@batuuk kickstarts 2024 with 'Other Means' via A Long Strange Dream, delivering another twisted mind-bender, equally rooted in both psychedelic and UK techno continuums.

Packed with bass weight and laced with metallic echoes of dub, this reckless club cut moves forward at a dangerously spiralling pace.

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Premiere: Batu 'Other Means'

As part of LOCH INN's v/a compilation 'V​/​A LOCH INN at De School', Rotterdam's SAMWHO taps into a musical lineage that traces back to his Cape Verdean roots. 'Candy's Comfort' is a futuristic clubtrack that accentuates these influences.

Raised on a healthy diet of reggae and dub, SAMWHO knows a thing or two about rhythm and bass. With these two fundamentals he produces numerous sonic worlds, from the UK to West Africa, and defy conventional genre labels.

About the compilation: It's a collection of tracks that resonates with the spirit of its environment. Crafted as a snapshot of the LOCH INN series hosted at De School, 'V/A LOCH INN at De School' encapsulates the diverse talent that contributed to the collective exchange during these events at Het Muzieklokaal.

SAMWHO
@samuellwho
www.instagram.com/__samwho__/

LOCH INN
@lochinn
www.instagram.com/l_o_c_h__/

V​/​A LOCH INN at De School

Candy's Comfort

Premiere: SAMWHO - Candy's Comfort | LOCH INN

@all-centre-504822953
@mossambi
@holloway-95

BC: https://mossambi.bandcamp.com/album/the-ai-told-me-to

Mossambi makes his return to All Centre to follow up the stunning debut Resurf EP from the beginning of 2023. On The AI Told Me To, he delivers 3 more experimental techno exertions backed by a heavy-duty club remix from Holloway.

pi pi pi premiere: Mossambi - Reptate (Holloway Remix) [ACEN056]

We are very excited to welcome DJ QGB to the All Centre fold for ACEN057. After releasing two exceptional LPs in 2018 and 2022, he steps out from his own label Present Tense for the first time to explore a club-ready approach to his singularly intricate sound. Across the four tracks, he strips his work down to basics and chases “expensive sounds”.

Kicking things off in a wonky half-time groove, Animus Type Beat guides the listener through a heady, dubbed-out soundscape with forceful, stuttering kicks. Mechanical vocal chops and dub sirens give way to a tense, urgent melody which sounds and then submerges back into the track’s compelling percussive explorations. 

The Truth, featuring Freesound uploader Roses1401, takes on classic UKG ideas and transposes them firmly into the future with intricate, optimising sound design. Heavily swung drums hold down a hypnotic groove while subsonic basslines dive below. Meanwhile, haunting vocal samples and powerful string swells add a dramatic edge to the track.

Powpowpoww lives up to its name with a rushing, high-energy groove punctuated by synth swoops and oddball percussive sounds. An understated bassline makes its way to the fore with the addition of a glitched-out M1 organ patch, which plays out a haunting harmony to the addictive sub pattern.

QGB closes the EP with Halloween Track, a tense, kickless excursion. A stuttering, percussive melody lays the groundwork for the track, whilst manic samples and percussion build the tension to increasingly strained levels. The arrangement gives way to a heavy reese-bass breakdown before simmering out with repeated vocal chops.

Expensive Sounds is available across all digital platforms from March 8th.

DJ QGB - Expensive Sounds [ACEN057] (PREVIEWS)

20 Minute Mix for Martha on NTS

DJ Polo returns to Livity Sound with an EP that moves beyond the UK funky styles he established alongside Tribal Brothers on The Link Up EP in 2021. Through his productions and steady online radio presence, the Bristol-based producer has been flying the flag for lean, punchy rhythms with a low-end focus, but on If The Glove Fits Polo has branched out to explore different tempos and sounds taking influence from gqom, techno and Afrobeats. 

Much like his approach to funky, this isn’t a set of genre exercises but more a celebration of the shared qualities which bind together dance music from different parts of the world. The result is four sharply-defined club workouts unique to DJ Polo that balance tension and release, flair and subtlety and a consistent physical weight true to Livity’s emphasis on soundsystem suitability.

If The Glove Fits E.P.

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DJ Polo - Bloodhound

Rizla Ops joins the NHS orbit with his debut EP release 'Aphid' - An offering of functional, mechanical crawlers that hit disparate BPMs and creep into the territories of many genres of club music that predominantly hail from the shores of the UK. The brief collection highlights a generous dose of maximalism and pairs this with a microcosm of jittering, insectoid syncopation.

Rizla Ops emphasises the magnification of the world that lives in between the cracks of our existence through this collection; he examines the harshness as an inevitable aspect of nature with an scathing and uncompromising lens. The steady march throughout is definite; pacey, systematic rhythms are the focal point of the cohesive selection of tracks that make up this impressive foray into the world of collectivized, paired dance tracks.

Artwork by Antidote 3000
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/aphid-ep

https://soundcloud.com/rizlaops
https://soundcloud.com/mafouu
https://soundcloud.com/nostro-hood-system

Aphid - EP

PREMIERE: Rizla Ops - Aphid (Mafou Remix) [NOSTRO HOOD SYSTEM]

Gimme A Break Records have proudly announced their first release of 2024, teaming up with London-based producer An Avrin to deliver his “Spelunkerer” EP, a collection of mind-boggling leftfield-club productions accompanied by an equally spectacular remix from Leeds-based Stolen Velour. With previous releases on Scuffed Recordings, Slippery Sounds and Erbium Records, An Avrin has developed an unmistakably unique production style characterised by clean sampling, intricate detail, heavy bass and contorting rhythms. Alongside his highly-acclaimed label releases, An Avrin has also garnered substantial attention from the underground club scene through his self-releases and edits, with his flip of Darude’s “Sandstorm” dominating the summer DJ circuit in 2023.

 Following a deceptively innocent introduction, “Conduit” descends into a raucous leftfield take on the Breakbeat / UKG crossover style that has dominated the UK’s underground club scene in recent times.

@4navr1n
@gimmeabreakrecords

Buy:
https://4navr1n.bandcamp.com/album/spelunkerer-ep

PREMIERE: An Avrin - Conduit [Gimme A Break]

On ACEN 058, label boss DJ Pitch teams up with Berlin-based artist MLE to gether an EP of energetic, stripped-down dance floor cuts. MLE, Rhythm Section affiliate and Refuge Worldwide resident, presents her first released productions; DJ Pitch puts out his first offerings on the label since 2022's Scared. 

Wicked Cool Mega Safe ramps things up into a high-intensity groove. Whilst stripping things down to percussive basics, the track remains endlessly compelling, with forceful four-to-the-floor clap patterns surrounded by ecstatic snare rolls, percussive grunts and syncopated tom hits.

@djpitchdj
@can_u_feel_ml3
@all-centre-504822953

Buy:
https://allcentre.bandcamp.com/album/cheap-gifts-for-your-boyfriend

Cheap Gift For Your Boyfriend

PREMIERE: DJ Pitch & MLE - Wicked Cool Mega Safe [All Centre]

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