Next up on Soft Raw!

Austrian maverick Toupaz mints the latest Soft Raw with a grip of rhythmically dexterous, highdefinition firecrackers for the club. Keisaku is a continuation of Danielle’s commitment to highlight the most innovative emergent talent striking a sweet spot between elegance and intensity on her label.

If you’ve kept your ear to the ground these past few years you might have come across Graz resident Timo Bürgler’s outstanding transmissions as Awo Ojiji which landed on well-respected labels like Eclipse Tribez and Control Freak. He debuted as Toupaz last year with a drop on the equally on-point Well Street, and now he builds on the promise of that release with this fiercely inventive four-tracker.

The magic in the Toupaz sound lies in the way he manipulates drums, using non-standard palettes of percussion and making them move in mind-bending ways. The wild rhythmic displays are matched by a virtuoso approach to synthesis and sound design which ducks, dives and darts around the many-limbed beats.

It’s not a simple case of studio shock and awe, though — Timo understands how to maintain subtlety and intrigue even in the most complex, fizzing peaks of his tracks. That’s why, from the bashy strains of ‘Hiccup’ to the high-pressure piledrive of ‘Tubular’, he delivers a sound absolutely in line with the Soft Raw ethos. It’s volatile, daring material, but in the right hands it has an unreal power to unleash on an unsuspecting dancefloor.
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releases March 21, 2024

Written & Produced by Timo Bürgler
Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Design by Atelier Superplus
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Artist: @djstrawberrymusic
Titile: Beyond
Label: guides
Release date: 15.03.2024
Format: digital / cassette (edition of 70)
Additional mix and mastering: Mateusz Wysocki
Artwork: Marta Sieczkowska

Released in 2022, the debut album "Cycles" by Turkish producer DJ Strawberry brought a surprising mix of genres. The tracks, which were kept at 160 bpm, combined the Chicago footwork tradition with its hybrid formula inspired by Japanese minimalism and spacey dub techno in a highly inventive way.

Two years after the release of his debut album, DJ Strawberry, returns with a follow-up to "Cycles" entitled "Beyond". The process of making the album was accompanied by many difficult moments. In February 2023, his country was hit by the largest earthquake in its history that significantly affected his family and loved ones. What brought the producer respite from these hard times was to dive into making music. "Beyond" is therefore a story about suffering, anxiety, but also about the process of coming out of these difficult emotions towards something constructive that brought joy and relief.

The album begins with crystal and delicate sounds in "following you". We see some idyllic and jittery imagery, which lightly jumps to the rhythm of complex rhythms. The character and atmosphere of the album transform with the second track. In "soyut", a noticeable tectonic shock is triggered by nervous percussion loops and the deep intensity of the infra-pulse. This physical aspect of experiencing sound and the vibrations it generates constitute the primary foundation that binds the music of "Beyond". The low-pitched, rough bass that appears in "soyut" also resounds in the next anxious track "çıkmaz", its dirty, earthy sound referencing footwork productions dedicated to competing dancers. The change in atmosphere doesn't come until "euphoria." After the first half, echoing the emotions of earlier tracks, the second half of the piece, DJ Strawberry, transports the listener into a space of liberating relief and affirmation. Ending the album, "feedback loopjuke" is a minimalist coda with swirling looped drums and juke claps fired off in the final part of the track.

The therapeutic aspect of the music contained on "Beyond" places DJ Strawberry's actions in close proximity to the similar sonic practice of another representative of the outlines, Jana Rush. Her album "Painful Enlightenment", released on Planet Mu, also used footwork to deal with difficult emotions. Once again, then, a musical genre whose prior function was mainly to "serve" competing dancers has transcended this traditional format to become a vehicle for DJ Strawberry's personal narrative.

DJ Strawberry - Beyond (preview)

Italian duo FLVXXX arrive on Local Knowledge with a double drop of hi-detail, lo-hertzing corkers.

All eyes are firmly fixed on the horizon, FLVXXX have turned the keys and gripped the wheel – Ripping through the psychotropic and suitably energetic roads of the Knowledge zone with down-tempo don A-Tweed riding shotgun.


A-Side ‘Murdah’ twists half-time drum-and-bass into a weaponised wall shaking mutation. A big time sound for the fast/ slow freaks.


The flip-side ‘Chant’, which steadily rolls on a 98 BPM tip is a tripped out Dembow beat with expansive FX, rocked proper by heavy low-end and XL ballistics. A complement in energy to the A-side’s pace

Murdah / Chant

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25% of label profits will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians www.map.org.uk

releases May 3, 2024

All music by BFTT
Artwork by www.missridd.biz
Mastered by Joker

Horsin' Around!

BFTT - Brian, lost Brian

Interview and words over at: https://www.asifnoway.com/feature-laenz

@woozydublin
@laenzzz

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Premiere: Laenz - wiL (Woozy)

Vief Record’s next charity compilation is raising money for Palestine Solidarity Campaign to aid their work in building public support for an end to the atrocities currently taking place in Gaza. As part of the 14-track compilation, Brooklyn-based artist Martini brings 'Eyes On Me' – an excellent downtempo electronic exploration.

Martini
@martini_glass
www.instagram.com/m_a_rtini/

Vief Records
@viefrecords
www.instagram.com/vief_records/

Palestine Fundraiser

Eyes On Me

Premiere: Martini - Eyes On Me | Vief Records

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”no pare, sigue sigue" our annual and favorite popurrí is back. If you remember what we did in 2022, you will know that there is not much to explain here. It is pure boom boom boom, 18 explosive cuts, club-ready, certified-bang-bangs, at different tempos and rhythmic structures but with one thing in common: hi-tech design, lots of sonic adventures by new and old acquaintances de la casa.

There is something for everyone here: cult legends like Siete Catorce, 3Phaz, Doctor Jeep or Maoupa Mazzocchetti share the lineup with exciting new talents like Surusinghe, Entrañas, Atrice or WOST. Furthermore, you will notice the evident emphasis on this bridge we are trying to build between Sur América and the UK.

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released February 9, 2024

All NRG programmed by sound designers from Latino América, África and Europa.

Artwork__Julián Guzman
Mastering__ Seph
Catalogue No.__ TRA017

V/A — no pare, sigue sigue 2 — TRA017

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https://maoupamazzocchetti.bandcamp.com/album/cilicio

We welcome to the label one of our favorite sound explorers in the world, Belgian-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Maoupa Mazzocchetti. After creating the intro for our last compilation, Maoupa delivers us Cilicio, an EP that ensures a high point in his cult catalogue, exploring tracks that guarantee devastation in any risk-taking set. Four of the tracks belong to that unique universe where the unpredictable artist always sets his own rules. The other two consist of stellar collabs- an essential featuring his friend Clara! and the other made with an old amigo of the label, the Venezuelan Cardopusher aka Safety Trance.

On the remixes, we went all out with 'también'. Our papi Nick León returns home with a melancholic 140 roller that has the trademark, dembowish-techno sound of the Miami producer. Finally, we are delighted to have on the label the Mexican who is breaking all the rules of this "industry", Regal86. As usual with his work and in line with only the greatest producers, the Monterrey artist essentially gave us a loop, one where we could stay forever.
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released March 29, 2024

Artwork__ Callum Bridge
Mastering__ Seph

Maoupa Mazzocchetti — Cilicio — TRA018 (Nick León + Regal86 remixes)

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