As part of Pollination's second 'Open Culture: No Borders' volume, Yorkshire-born, London-based Kitsta delivers the track 'Tendrilla' as part of the 40-track compilation. The slow-paced but heavy weight cut takes you on a hypnotic, mind-melting realm while at the same time it caters dancefloors all over.

Open Culture: No Borders is a campaign demonstrating solidarity with refugees and asylum seekers, as an ongoing response to the UK government’s ‘Hostile Environment Policy’. The policy has involved a slew of regressive legislations, intended to create a deliberately challenging environment for migrants to settle. In the process, we are seeing cruel approaches to the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, the use of provocative language intended to create division and the adaption of laws which offer protection of human rights for all.

Proceeds go to Safe Passage International, who support unaccompanied children seeking asylum to reunite safely with their families across Europe, and campaign for more accessible, safer routes.

Read more
Safe Passage - www.safepassage.org.uk
Campaign webpage - www.pollination.uk/projects/open-culture-no-borders  

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Open Culture: No Borders, Vol. 2

Tendrilla

Premiere: Kitsta - Tendrilla | Pollination

Amsterdam based molecular biologist, producer and rising talent Teqmun debuts on Flippen Bits with five bits of his warm and uncannily organic sound. 

Organic Oscillations EP is a fresh blend of melancholic IDM, dreamy vocal chops, punchy rhythms and playful break-beat techno. The perfect representation of Teqmun’s approach to music: Energetic, highly emotional and musically wide-open, willing to take inspiration from all realms of contemporary music.
To complete the pack Pariah joins the party and delivers an excellent wobbling roller remix.

The nature inspired track titles of the EP establish a connection between the tracks and the organic world. 
The term - oscillations - refers to the rhythmic, wave-like patterns found in various biological processes such as the beating of a heart or the swaying of plants in the wind. Organic Oscillations suggests that the music captures the essence of these natural patterns, creating a sonic experience that resonates with the organic world.

While Aphid Walk refers to the infrastructural challenges and solutions of the insect world, Parachute Kernel is a seed that has developed a specific structure that allows for it to be carried by the wind. Balsa parallels the sounds of the track with the features of a kind of wood that goes by the same name: it’s one of the lightest woods we know yet incredibly solid. Blossom reminisces the different stages of a flower while developing (just like the track) and And Nettle Dweller, well, you have to be really brave to want to live on stinging nettles, rather appropriate to the stingy track that it is.


Music written, produced and mixed by https://soundcloud.com/teqmun-tijmen-b
Nettle Dweller remixed by https://soundcloud.com/pariah_uk
Mastered by https://soundcloud.com/traceymusic
Artwork by Pablo Perez

Organic Oscillations EP

FLIPPEN BITS 004 Teqmun - Organic Oscillations EP SNIPPETS

After debuting on 3024 in July 2021 with "I See Faces in the Trees" on the label's first Artist Mentorship Compilation, we are very proud to present Talik's Firefly EP. 

On this record, the London-based producer explores and experiments with the twitchy, flickering movements of animals of the night, their behaviors perhaps analogous to our own in dark and loud rooms surrounded by strangers- alone but together.  Through four beautiful tracks we are shown a more energetic side of Talik's music, layered with the moods of her earlier work for Intercept, Pressure Dome and Control Freak.

Enjoy!

Music w&p Charlotte Denman
Mastering Bob Macc @ Subvert
Artwork Jeroen Erosie

https://www.instagram.com/char_talik/

Firefly EP

Buy on Bandcamp!

Talik - Snake (3024-TAL1)

Sound @beatricemasters
Artwork : Valentin Fontaine
https://krakzh.bandcamp.com/album/beatrice-m-quarrels-ep

BEATRICE M. - QUARRELS EP [KZH09]

Pre-oder here: https://nervecollect.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-line-2

End of Line

NC003 // Bastian Benjamin, French II "End Of Line EP"

Impurity emerges from the shadows and makes his presence felt with Matsutake, an intricate, dynamic, and constantly evolving journey through the darker recesses of electronic music. Comprised of four LSD-soaked shots of experimental and industrial-leaning bass and dubstep, Matsutake slowly unfolds to reveal a complex anatomy of sound that strives to form a symbiotic relationship with the listener. 

Matsutake is a rich study of dance music and its many facets. A thought-provoking collection of contemporary music that stands out as Impurity’s most mature and accomplished work to date.

1. Strip Down To Blood
2. Matsutake
3. See Inside
4. Eaten Alive

@impurity-1

Matsutake

BAD004 // Impurity - Matsutake

pre-order via: awkwardlysocial.bandcamp.com/album/a-ha…-is-a-foul


It’s been a hot moment, so we can’t wait to finally announce the next EP on our Awkwardly label, “a hack is a foul“ by @dadan11.

Safe to say he’s been on our radar for a while, so we’re mighty excited to welcome the Wrocław-based producer on AWK005. After a strong debut release on his co-owned SPLOT imprint, an equally solid LP on Regime Brigade as well as contributions to various compilations, dadan is back with his signature moody, bass-bin shaking sound. 

Hitting the sweet spot somewhere between dubstep, grime, breaks and ambient techno, these 4 tracks provide a somber yet seductive quality that invite the listener to get lost in a hazy amalgamation of stylistic elements. Rest assured, this combination of low end and rhythm heavy explorations contains the right formula to cause some damage on the dance floor. 

DJ picks ups and plays by: DJ Voices, EMA, Ehua, Kassian, HAAi, Ila Brugal, Jaye Ward, Mani Festo, mi-el, Nala Brown, Om Unit, Peder Mannerfelt, Pinch, Stenny, Sybil, Tom Ravenscroft, Toumba et al.

AWK005 is set for release on Friday, October 20th 2023. As always, many thanks and much love for everyone’s support and feedback!


Artwork by Cihan Tamti & Maria Gysi

Mastered and cut by @loop-o

Physical and digital distribution by @wordandsound

For press inquiries, please contact katia@hype-filter.com

AWK005 - a hack is a foul EP by dadan karambolo // snippets

Woozy delivers its most ambitious statement yet in WZY3.5; a bumper-packed compilation that features ten talented artists from across the globe who are championed by the label’s founder
EMA for their exhilarating cross sections of dub-futurist club sounds.

MSJY commences the dance, wrapping some deft breaks around a steamy reggaeton shell. Viiaan douses the loose dembow groove with a hypnagogic mood and chuggy bassline. Dåser maps out an itchy labyrinth of percussive electro that relentlessly mutates. Mossambi unfurls a futurist digi stepper brimming with excitable technoid energy. Octoptic indulges late 00’s dark
2-step but updated with remarkably modern sound design. Elpac and Mulholland combine to burn twisted breaks within an all-consuming rave menace. Baitface provides us with a loving
throwback, an unreleased gem from 2012 fit with dub momentum and snappy snares for the headbangerz. Henzo flicks the hood up and gets nasty for a dialed-up skankstep wonder. Soreab opens his third eye with a haunted drumtastic half time chug. soltura sees us out with an icey wub finale of stirring synth-etic emotions amidst a melodic wonderland of sound.

Pre-Order: https://woozydublin.bandcamp.com/album/wzy35
Releases October 19th 2023

Tracklist:
1. MSJY - Shrimp Walk ( @jockey_jay )
2. Viiaan - Esther ( @viiaan )
3. Dåser - Doabey ( @djdaser1 )
4. Mossambi - OLED ( @mossambi )
5. Octoptic - Neblina ( @octoptic )
6. Elpac x Mulholland - SugaBoo ( @elpacuk @mulhollanddd )
7. Baitface - Disrobe ( aka Maribor)
8. Henzo - The Boy That Can't Sit Still ( @henzotrax )
9. Soreab - Jamma ( @soreabuk )
10. soltura - Insight @solturamusic )

Preorder

WZY3.5 (Previews)

As we fall back into club season, Typeless looks to the Parisian producer, Trois-Quarts Taxi System, for its tenth release. 

This 4-track EP is lined with hypnotic melodies, complex rhythms, and organic textures that converge to create a well thought out and layered piece of production. Trois-Quarts Taxi System explores deep and dark tones throughout whilst simultaneously keeping it bouncy and fast moving, giving it a strong place in the club.

Pre-order

Trois-Quarts Taxi System - 'Rat' [TPLS010]

In a debut EP that transcends genre boundaries, Seta Loto guides us through the soundscapes of 'Earth-Related System’ forthcoming on the Lyon-based label Comic Sans.With a sophisticated fusion of minimal bass, atmospheric and UK-style techno, dub and dancehall, each of the five tracks develops its own ecosystem, distorted by alterations of reality as if on psychedelics.

All tracks written, recorded, produced and mixed by Seta Loto
Mastering by Lorenzo Targhetta
Artwork by Seta Loto, Matteo Duccoli, Sleek fata
A&R Sleek Fata

Out 29th of november : https://comicsansrecords.bandcamp.com/album/earth-related-system

Earth-Related System

Seta Loto - Pivotal Scape

onceitsleft

Auditory hallucinations and far out soundscapes.

🕷 Contact: badlandslabel@gmail.com
🕷 Parent Label: @ofparadiserecords

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