Our sixth VA compilation continues in the collective spirit at the heart of Pressure Dome; here taking its fullest form. The first of its kind in the label catalogue, ‘Two [Is Greater Than] One’ sees a selection of PD regulars and friends of the label put their heads together across eight atmospheric tracks, equally as suited to the club as to solo listening. 

Those who have followed the label for a while will be no stranger to the comp’s first collaborator. Human Resources teams up with London dub techno specialist, Keplrr, on ‘Spring’: a mood-led composition where the impact is contained in atmosphere. Fragmented drum breaks are engulfed by airy synth pads and punctuated by a dancehall-indebted rhythm that marches at 90BPM. ‘Yuppel’ welcomes Noods Radio mainstay Sid Quirk aka Keppel into the mix. He is joined by label boss, Yushh, on a ruminative percussive tool, guided by cavernous drums that fabricate a vivid, immersive environment. With the guidance of Brighton’s Caldera, the journey continues with Süss Choc. The reverb-laden synth plucks on ‘evoke water droplets, and hallucinatory details echo around them to create the illusion of being in a mountainous cove.

Delay Grounds – an audiophile in the truest sense of the word – is next to take the baton. Together, he and Yushh take it up a notch on ‘Telomere’ – a full-bodied club-ready track packed with glitchy chords and giddy drums. A gnarly, Pariah-esque breakdown segues into the track’s second wind where pitched-up vocal chops accelerate it to the compilation’s energetic climax. With the help of London drum specialist, Syz, ‘Fuzbidun’ keeps our feet firmly on the dancefloor. Breakbeats are chopped and rearranged, flitting between double and half time whilst a distorted mid-bass roughens things round the edges, prepping the ground for the compilation’s move to a more inorganic feel.

Bristol don, Forever, joins Yushh next on ‘Passing Notes’ – a groove-driven club track where skittish percussion ricochets from side to side, so palpable it tempts the touch. ‘Crash Bash Party At BUFOs’ is no different. The link-up between Delay Grounds and dance music’s stalwart of musique concrète, Wordcolour, is completely idiosyncratic to both artists: the perfect combination of found-sound percussion and skillfully rehashed vocal samples. It’s up to two PD mainstays – Roy Mills and Human Resources – to close proceedings. A chugging rhythm bubbles under the surface of ‘Sycophantasy’, sending us on a dubbed-out trip before picking the pace back up again.

Copy – Annie Parker
Artwork – Jesse Webb
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

Crash Bash Party at BUFO's

Delay Grounds X Wordcolour - Crash Bash Party At BUFOs (PDCOLLAB001)

Vienna's Filthiest is a multi-purpose platform for modern electronic dance- and bodymusic. In their newest compilation 'BIRTH OF THE FILTH VOL​.​1', the label showcases Viennese artists and sound to a wider audience.

Dirty Maria and Parule join forces as EVUL and bring you 'Unlucky Year'. With a snippet of Otoboke Beaver's vocals morphed into a mesmerizing rhythmic vocoder synth, consistent percussions, wet hi-hats and a wonky bassline, the track creates an undeniable bouncy vibe for the audience.

Dirty Maria
@dirtymaria
www.instagram.com/dirty.maria

Parule
@parule
www.instagram.com/paruule

Vienna's Filthiest
@viennasfilthiest
www.instagram.com/viennas.filthiest

BIRTH OF THE FILTH VOL​.​1

Unlucky Year

Premiere: EVUL (Dirty Maria & Parule) - Unlucky Year | Vienna's Filthiest

GTEP04 excitingly welcomes german producer Kid Kun to Ghosttown Records. These three productions beautifully display Kid Kun´s personal take on modern, UK schooled techno hybridity. “Creep” introduces the listener to an industrial soundscape, spiced by eerie vocal chops. It’s undeniably dark, but powerfully driving energy continues to evolve with “Recharge” whose grimy claps fuse with thundering basslines. “Saturn”, finally, takes Kid Kuns sound to the faster paced realms where it hypnotically nods at DnB infused steppers. To round off the EP in style, Berlin based Cocktail Party Effect takes on “Creep” and transforms it into the ultimate uptempo roller. All through, a powerful display of high-end dancefloor-tools. GTEP04 is out 24th of May via Ghosttown Records.

Kid Kun
@kidkunmusic
www.instagram.com/kidkunmusic

Ghosttown
@ghsttwn
www.instagram.com/ghosttownsound/

GTEP04

Recharge

Premiere: Kid Kun - Recharge | Ghosttown

My track from the first installment of the Obligated Records annual compilation, entitled 'Vol.1'. A 15 track instrumental comp of Grime, Techno and everything in between.

https://obligatedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/obligated-records-vol-1

credits
released May 31, 2024

Artsts:

- 1oo1o
- Bianca Oblivion
- Bluetoof
- Burna
- Chamber 45
- Henry Greenleaf
- JLSXND7RS
- Jossy Mitsu
- Lozzy
- MJK x Impey
- Sister Zo
- Skee Mask
- Swimful
- Syz
- Toura

Mastering: Joker
Artwork: Oblig

Obligated Records: Vol.1

Noceros

Bandcamp

Makenzi - Sound Of London (Bandcamp)

I Need To Know

Fuzion -  Levels  (Jack Rowley, Louca's Groove EDIT)

Boorloo's prime mover, Button, surfaces on Backtrack with a beautifully austere collection of music that moves like he. 

A husky drumbeat leads into the shallows of the Aqualoop EP. Days Gone By showcases Button's consummate approach to sound selection. The dancer-producer spares no effort on the finer details of their output.

Zippy and fervent with a positively psycho groove, where the orphic opener eases into the release, the rampant bass and jackin' perx of tune deux demand dancefloor attention, posthaste! Horns of war and feral screams are rinsed out and cut short as the tune spirals further and further into mach one madness. 

Safe and sound on the digital flip, the eponymous original. A melancholic odyssey of hydrothermal synths bubbling away under the surface of tops and bobbing congas.

Good pal and Backtrack CTO, Aphid, closes the circle with a deep-as-abyssal, clean-as-a-whistle rework of the title track, rounding out an already exceptionally well-rounded release. 

Button - Aqualoop EP is now available for all listening environments.

Produced by Button.
Mastering and Remix by Aphid.
Released on Backtrack, 2025.

Button - Aqualoop

COP ENVY - CRY002
OUT AUGUST 2018
Global distribution via Rubadub.

Sydney via Melbourne-sider Cop Envy brings forth two heartbursting, patient and effective tools to mark the return of the Cry Baby imprint - long silent after their debut exploration with Dan White.

The anachoic, blistering tones of Balanced push the vinyl medium to it's absolute limits with Heavy, HEAVY bass and incredulously well produced embellishments making this a DJ tool for the year 3000. 

Leisure laces the flip with something a little closer to the present day no thanks to  barely melodic musical structures peeling away to reveal the rhythmic intricacies and soul rattling subsonics that roll effortlessly through to the bitter end. REWIND.

Cop Envy - Leisure

Thoden - Lip Therapy

My track Servo from the https://soundcloud.com/a_m_radio compilation. This ones a wigged-out techy bit of dancefloor gear. Enjoy :)

"Having been forced to pause the events in the spring, Accidental Meeting's restlessness has manifested itself in the form of their debut label release: a 21-track genre spanning compilation.

The crew chose to work closely with friends and family, artists that have an affiliation with AM, each expressing themselves in their freest forms from broken-techno, glitchy breakbeats and mutant dancehall, to IDM & electro.

AMF&F001 is out on November 6th across all digital platforms as well as a ltd edition bandcamp exclusive cassette & print from the label’s graphic designer Ciaran Birch."

Art direction by Ciaran Birch
Mastering by Brendan Zacharias @ Cirrus Audio

Button - Aqualoop

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