We once again call upon Jorg Kuning for his sonic offerings. In answer, he has delivered four bubbling, pulsating tracks that ooze with organic vitality. The fruit of Jorg’s labour comes shrouded in morning mist from the Black Mountains, their meticulous details expanding and collapsing like dew drops in earthly pools.

The record begins with ‘Simmons’. Deep, amphibious sub bass drives the elements in perpetual forward motion. Atonal squeals wriggle through the undergrowth, cutting swathes of space to make room for the chords; whose arrival descend like manna to nourish us in all their microtonal glory.
We then ramble onto ‘Transplant’. Joyful squelches tumble around an Entish kick drum; the healing vibrations of which swell with the clinical serenity of the jazz indebted stabs. Pads swell and shine above the vegetation, leaving fractal trails in their wake.

The B side marches on with ‘Dripgroove’. The crystal clear, angular elements are playfully squeezed out of Jorg’s machines. The rhythm section approaches us with primeval generosity, until the quaking tension is finally released and the dam is open.
The holistic ‘Bodyscan’ concludes the trip. Beginning with gentle warming movement, the energy quickly takes a decidedly more twisted turn. When the sun sets on the shimmering keys, Jorg’s synthetic seagulls signal our return to the murk; the ensuing groove driving us deeper towards the earth’s core.


A1 Simmons
A2 Transplant
B1 Dripgroove
B2 Bodyscan


Releasing on Vinyl/Digital formats May 2022.

Mastered at Curved.

Artwork by Sam Tomson.

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Jorg Kuning - BH005 clips

Our next aural libation comes in the form of two generous trips from our twin Bakk Heia ritual masters (you guessed it) Schuttle & Jorg Kuning. This time both cosmic travelers have the chance to explore a more longform mode of expression, with ninety minutes of continuous, hypnotic production, all of which is entirely original and previously unreleased.

Schuttle takes the A side, and approaches it with their characteristically collage-like palette. Stylistically, it encapsulates the full spectrum of Schuttle’s esoteric ideas. Broken Atari yelps slide into swampy acid murk, whilst complex percussive weight drives beneath perfectly cromulent and ever shifting pads. After a deep-sub brain massage, the side concludes with the emergence of a trance inducing, pleasure loop that could drift on indefinitely.

Turn over for the B side, where Jorg Kuning has captured forty-three minutes of freeform, dancefloor communication. Akin to his fabled live sets, the naturalistic arrangement flows seamlessly like water over stone. Patterns shift about playfully, with moments coalescing briefly before they dissipate and evolve. It is progressive in the purest sense of the word; the momentum driving forward, gently drip-feeding us climatic spells.

Side A - schuttle (44:52)
Side B - Jorg Kuning (43:25)

Recorded in Levenshulme, and Welshpool respectively.
Reproduced by Tapeline Stockport.

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schuttle / Jorg Kuning - Bakk Heia Tape 001 Clips

"According to Barbarian legend, the world was created when a pine cone fell from the World Tree. All life sprung from its fruit, and still does."

For his next sonic sacrament, schuttle travels gallantly forward, unearthing the seeds sowed by the Ancients, to plant them anew in the shadow of the Mystic Mountains. The quest begins with ‘Shadout’. Fractured celestial voices materialise from a mist of frosted
percussion, a merciful kick drum splutters above the surface, bringing with it the viscous swamp murk from whence it came. Thereafter begins a holy union of shimmering light and cave dwelling darkness. 
Onward then, to ‘Souvlaki’. Playful impish chatter stumbles
over the moss covered bass line, whilst cascading snare hits tumble down abandoned wells; a gentle guiding presence through the forest

Thus the traveler emerges from the undergrowth, bleary eyes are rubbed clear to reveal that most rare of sights, the ritual of the ‘Swords Dance’. The Drum of Victory reverberates menacingly around the standing stones, entrancing a hoard of wayfaring Goblins - heavily intoxicated on honey mead and fungus. As the sacred bones are
ground, the Dance begins. The orkish revellers are joined presently by a local mage who unveils his mouth harp and enters the fray wholeheartedly. Then at long last the Sword is unsheathed in all its cosmic glory, conventional momentum is henceforth abandoned in favour of complete ecstatic, unbridled chaos.

After the dust settles on this fiendish bacchanalia, ‘Junkman’ creeps into the fore. Caustic mire oozes into focus, mist rising sluggishly from the reeds. An elemental pad sweeps across the terrain, cleansing our traveler, and warming their weary bones.

A1 - Shadout
A2 - Souvlaki
B1 - Swords Dance (Parts 1 & 2)
B2 - Junkman

Releasing on Vinyl / Digital formats April 2023

Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven

Artwork by Sam Tomson.

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schuttle - BH006 clips

*VINYL SHIPPING MID OCT*

“Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependance and are nothing in themselves.”

It seems to us that Jorg gives birth to music like the process of amphibian metamorphosis. When the eggs that he so painstakingly delivers are ready to hatch, they morph into fully realised life forms. The hatchlings breathe the sweet air and begin to expand into the universal whole, their tendrils burying deep into the immaterial realm; fulfilling their role in the never ending cosmic dance.

Our dance begins with ‘Klarneto’. A joyous moss sprung bassline flings us readily on our ride down rainbow road, the benign cloud creatures that line its path encourage us humorously along with gentle slaps of their glittering percussive tails. Just as we begin to settle into our trip, the kaleidoscopic tiles beneath us give way, but fear not! Jorg’s interdimensional Klarinet swoops out of the clouds beneath us, catching us gracefully on its tail.

‘Rodeo Romeo’ plucks us out of the clouds into Jorg’s boggy pastures below. A flock of low flying digi-gulls glisten in the sheen of the moon, casting shadows above the writhing grass. Until some unruly marsh-dweller gleefully lifts the lid on the Robo-Drip machine, unleashing a chaotic staccato liquid which bubbles happily out, before Jorg calmly guides it back into its box for another night.

Over to ‘Robotomy’. Here Jorg enlists the services of some of his friendly trans-dimensional machine elves, who revel in the opportunity to play a vocal call and response with Jorg’s rhythm section. The dance climaxes with the riser from heaven, dragging us backwards through the pond portal and spitting us out the other side shrieking with joy. We’re not entirely sure what has just happened, but it felt so good.

Finally then to ‘Quirl’. A thigh burning exercise in sub-aquatic dance meditation, urged forward by Jorg’s tentacle laced chords. All encompassing, deeply hypnotic swirls of colourful keys dance across the vista, occasionally breaking out of their melodic confines to make friends with a twisting serpentine resonance. Ultimately our eyes open too soon, but we take comfort that all the phases of continual being will disseminate infinitely.

A1 - Klarneto
A2 - Rodeo Romeo
B1 - Robotomy
B2 - Quirl

Released 7th August 2023. Vinyl editing coming Autumn 2023 
credits
released August 7, 2023

All tracks by George Cunning.

Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven.

Artwork by Sam Tomson

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Jorg Kuning - BH007 Clips

Bakk Heia Podcast No.1 - Vladimir Ivkovic (Live at The White Hotel) 

We begin our podcast series with a recording from one of the great DJs of our time, Vladimir Ivkovic, playing the final 3 hours of Bakk Heia at The White Hotel in May 24. 

In typical Vlad fashion there is a distinct and unique narrative quality to the mix. Whilst genre defying psychedelia churns into spikey IDM, and wailing post punk iterations flow into mainline acid stomp, there is an over arching sense of tenderness to the selection. Vlad told us after the lights came on that it was his intention to hold and take care of us that night. Transforming the spiralling chaos of the club environment to one which nurtures, rather than obliterates, our frenzied minds. 

We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did dancing.

Bakk Heia Podcast 001 - Vladimir Ivkovic (Live at The White Hotel)

Bakk Heia Podcast 002 - Bitzer & Herc Live from Club Cosmos  

For our next podcast we have a 3.5hr recording of Bitzer & Herc’s set from Club Cosmos in Leeds. Here we have the Bakk Heia brother’s in their natural habitat. Drifting slowly through the gears for an audience of astral travellers, who lay about sprawled on beanbags on a Sunday evening. The recording moves through chakra aligning drone, 70s electronic experimentation, star gazing psych, 80bpm acid, mutant dubs, wrong speeders, space rockers and a couple of unreleased Bakk Heia moments :)  

Draw thy curtains, ingest thy poison and burrow down.

Bakk Heia Podcast 002 - Bitzer & Herc Live from Club Cosmos

Bakk Heia Podcast 003 - Pigeon Steve

For our third podcast we are delighted to share a 2 hour trip from an artist we hold in the highest esteem - Pigeon Steve!

The Glaswegian head bobber is the force behind Seated Records, a label which shines a light on forgotten Scottish New Wave and Post Punk oddities, whilst also producing his own brand of sluggy, trance juiced downtempo club wrigglers as Pigeon Steve. 

During the mix, Pigeon Steve pecks his beak into weirdo new beat, acid chonk and trance sludge, moving gracefully into trippy midtempo flighters, before ending in all out, gloves off raveaggedon. All impeccably tied together with the playful ear that defines his unique productions. 

2 and a bit hours of eccie beats from Glasgow's finest. Flap thy wings enthusiastically cru!

Bakk Heia Podcast 003 - Pigeon Steve

Bakk Heia Podcast 004 - FROND

We are very happy to share our latest podcast from one of our favourite DJs - FROND. 

We are a great admirer of FROND's work, both as an DJ across the UK's subterranean/swampy rave scene, and through her precise production style, displayed in her recent People & Places release. We also have v fond memories of her masterful set at Bakk Heia last year, where she gracefully tunnelled through the gears towards collective joyful chaos.

This mix is a reflection of FROND's ability to toe the line between driving body movers, and euphoria inducing tear grabbers. It's a powerful combination, and one that drives straight to the heart. <3

Enjoy this trip friends :)

Bakk Heia Podcast 004 - FROND

*RELEASING 14th MARCH 2025*

“Where is this? It looks like the grounds of a shrine. Like a deep, dark, forest. I'm wandering
around. I can't get over the feeling that I've been to this place before. The temple and the tower
look much bigger than usual, and I feel as if I were lost in a world of immensity. It's very dark
with no sky up above, like being in the depths of the Earth. Anyway, it's a world I know.”

- Leisure, the Sonorous Dream

For schuttle’s next unearthly contribution, we invite you to slip into the reassuring comforts of the
simulated realm. Herein lies an open invitation to all of those tentative travellers willing to join us
as we revel in four slices of post-biological optimism.

The world building begins with 'Splan'. schuttle’s navigation vessel hovers steadily above a
fractal landscape until a divine arp propels us skywards. We burst through the latent
cloudsphere to marvel at the boundless synergy of the interlocking polygons. The sunburst
gradient barely has time to load before an oscillating wriggle plunges us into a strangely familiar
stomping ground. Hedonistic NPCs begin spawning at random, splurging joyful machine funk at
each other before walking gleefully into walls. Finally, with a little help from a well known toad,
schuttle unleashes the full might of his Mana on the nascent gathering.

We dock next in ‘Melonweed Musick’. Our vessel gently stirring the reeds as we descend into
the marshland. The potent aroma of the swamp fills our nostrils, various apparitions seem to
wriggle into view. What have we been inhaling? No time to consider, the loose murk of the
breakbeat is starting to take effect and it’s all we can do to keep one foot squelching after the
other. As we submit wholeheartedly to the sheer depth and clarity of the bassline, a kindly angel
sweeps above the sphagnum, spraying a succession of cleansing chords over our slimy bodies.
Refreshed with some useful navigation advice we continue.

In ‘Kitchen Sync’ our craft’s speedometer is tickled up to a cruising 120bpm. The world outside
our window begins to swim with colour, prickly forms materialise then dissipate around us. The
familiar shape of our old friend, the high priest 303 appears before us, steadying the ship. Its
resonant flame warming our hearth, and our hearts too. Then begins a beautiful communion of
the domestic and the otherworldly, through the interplay of acid under glimmering keys.
Provoking within us an uncontrollable desire to open our curtains, to cast off our slippers and
embrace the infinite morrow.

Our voyage concludes with ‘Inspo 2000’. Scintillating landing lights guide us toward our
destination, our descent beckoned by woody and playful percussion. We tumble through the
troposphere, our landing cushioned by the buoyancy of the gated chords, the kicks juicing
what's left of our dwindling fuel supply. A luxurious breakdown brings the ground into focus.
Perhaps this is home? The simulation is now so accurate that it seems pointless to question it, it
is a world we have always known.

A1 - Splan
A2 - Melonweed Musick
B1 - Kitchen Sync
B2 - Inspo 2000

Releasing in full 14th March 2025 in vinyl & digital format. Vinyl limited to 100 copies.

All tracks by Johnny Phethean.

Mastered by Lawrie at Curved, Hastings. Pressed with Vinyl Press, Yorkshire.

Artwork by Sam Tomson.

schuttle - BH008 Clips

Bakk Heia Records has evolved as an extension of Manchester/Salford based club night Bakk.Heia. The label mirrors the party’s ethos: blurring the lines between ambient drones, performance, abstraction, hedonism, and house music. 

The label’s debut offering comes in the form of a 4 track EP from Newcastle-born Johnny Phethean aka Schuttle, now based in Manchester.

The A side starts with the fractured and angular expanse of 'Grade 1', which gives way to the meditative percussion of 'Speke'. Over on the B, 'Utensil' delivers a club focused acidic tonker, with 'Grade 2' providing the gentle reprise. 

Schuttle’s music is as much built for the dance floor as it is shaped for the introspective listener - raw and tender in equal measure.

Releasing on vinyl format Feb 2019

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B2 Schuttle - Grade 2 (CLIP)

B1 Schuttle - Utensil (CLIP)

A2 Schuttle - Speke (CLIP)

A1 Schuttle - Grade 1 (CLIP)

Bakk Heia Records' second offering comes in the form of a 4 track EP from their own Jorg Kuning (@jorgkuning) . Based in Wales via Manchester, Jorg has been instrumental in the development of both the party and the labels sonic aesthetic. Having played the inaugural Bakk Heia several years ago in the now defunct Bunker in Salford and at various parties at the White Hotel since then.  

Jorg Kuning’s music explores the symbiotic relationship between the biological and the electronic; inspired as much by the raw natural beauty of the Welsh valleys as it is by dark rooms with massive sound systems. Live hardware jams evolve and mutate, incorporating intricate percussion and sparse organic melodies.

The A side begins with the deep and earthy broken beat patterns of ‘Hibbert’ - a track which is weirdly unsettling in its familiarity. Following this is ‘Tunnels’, perhaps the most conventionally ‘club focused’ track on the EP - hypnotic and dubby grooves roll out with humanistic functionality. Over on the B side, the cybernetic counselling session of ‘Algotherapy’, gently reminds us of the absurdity of the human/robotic condition - all set to a heavy-as-lead bass line under redemptive chords. ‘Bumrush’ finishes the job in fine style - woody percussion moves over earth shattering kick drums; dance music at its most primordial.

B2 Jorg Kuning - Bumrush (CLIP)

B1 Jorg Kuning - Algotherapy (CLIP)

A2 Jorg Kuning - Tunnels (CLIP)

A1 Jorg Kuning - Hibbert (CLIP)

A1 Jorg Kuning - Vera (clip)

BH003 comes in the form of another 4 track EP from our own Jorg Kuning. Drawing as much from the collective euphoria of the dance as his expansive surroundings in the Welsh valleys; these four carefully crafted tracks evolve and pulsate with a driving, essential life force. 

The EP starts with ‘Vera’ - a joyful and tender exercise in dance floor functionality. Round kicks and an undulating bass line lay the cement for flowing and idiosyncratic melodies. This is followed by ‘Quixo’, where sparse metallic percussion is peppered with life affirming bleeps, topped off with transcendent chords that could roll out indefinitely. 

The B side begins with ‘Spirals’. Here Jorg temporarily ditches his characteristic playfulness in aid of a thunderous dance floor destroyer. Psychedelic, atonal yelps twist around a powerfully dubbed out rhythm section - willingly forcing us into a cosmic dread march. Closing the party is ‘Aevr’ - fluttering synth arpeggios echo into cold, glassy percussion and moody bass lines, a perfect example of Jorg’s distinctive style: at once meditative and floor-focused.


A1 - Vera
A2 - Quixo
B1 - Spirals 
B2 - Aevr 

Released on Vinyl/Digital formats on June 1st, 2020.

https://bakkheiarecords.bandcamp.com/album/jorg-kuning-bh003

B1 Jorg Kuning - Spirals (clip)

A2 Jorg Kuning - Quixo (clip)

BH003 comes in the form of another 4 track EP from our own Jorg Kuning. Drawing as much from the collective euphoria of the dance as his expansive surroundings in the Welsh valleys; these four carefully crafted tracks evolve and pulsate with a driving, essential life force. 

The EP starts with ‘Vera’ - a joyful and tender exercise in dance floor functionality. Round kicks and an undulating bass line lay the cement for flowing and idiosyncratic melodies. This is followed by ‘Quixo’, where sparse metallic percussion is peppered with life affirming bleeps, topped off with transcendent chords that could roll out indefinitely. 

The B side begins with ‘Spirals’. Here Jorg temporarily ditches his characteristic playfulness in aid of a thunderous dance floor destroyer. Psychedelic, atonal yelps twist around a powerfully dubbed out rhythm section - willingly forcing us into a cosmic dread march. Closing the party is ‘Aevr’ - fluttering synth arpeggios echo into cold, glassy percussion and moody bass lines, a perfect example of Jorg’s distinctive style: at once meditative and floor-focused.


A1 - Vera
A2 - Quixo
B1 - Spirals 
B2 - Aevr 

Released on Vinyl/Digital formats on June 15th, 2020.

https://bakkheiarecords.bandcamp.com/album/jorg-kuning-bh003

B2 Jorg Kuning - Aevr (clip)

As the Great Conjunction of Thra’s Three Suns draws ever closer, schuttle casts his sonic offerings out into this dying World in an attempt to restore balance and offer us all a chance to ascend to a higher level of existence.  

The record begins by conjuring up the 'Ritual Master'. Stuttering vocals dance over ceremonial strings; the great Unifying kick drum clears the undergrowth for a bassline so life affirming that it could raise UrSu himself. 
The quest continues with ‘Heretic’. After consuming a hero’s dose of Urdrupe berries, a righteous vision of a writhing, divine dancefloor comes into focus. The soundtrack to the collectively imagined communal space. 

The B side begins with 'Ekt'. Angular, fractured percussion marches on, shrouded in cold, dew soaked pads, climaxing with a chord as deep as it is wide. Then, just as the three suns begin to align, ‘Weaver’ makes its gentle presence known. Finishing the journey with crystalline clarity and warmth. Luxurious chords disperse over elegant synthesis, whilst a powerful kick caresses our hearts. Perhaps it isn’t too late to restore our Vital Essence?

A1 - Ritual Master
A2 - Heretic
B1 - Ekt 
B2 - Weaver


Out now on Vinyl/Digital formats via https://bakkheiarecords.bandcamp.com/

schuttle - BH004 Clips

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