Ozel AB 001

06/05/22

OZ001 // Ozel AB - Ozel AB 001

Blu Terra - The Q

Livity Sound presents a special collaboration with Ukraine's Monotronique. All profits from this release are split 50/50 with the artist, of which the label half will be donated directly to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. https://donation.dec.org.uk/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal

Sparked by a fresh batch of demos Monotronique landing in the Livity Sound inbox, this EP is presented as an act of solidarity with the wider UA club community.

Born and raised Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monotronique aka Roman Kurhan made his first steps into electronic production in 2013 and has since released on and contributed to labels such as Opal Tapes, Banoffee Pies and Hyperboloid Records. 

As a DJ he is known on the Kharkiv club scene making regular appearances at clubs such as Zhivot, where he is a resident, spinning his eclectic selections with a focus on underground house, techno and bass leaning dance music.

Livity Sound kindly thank the excellent people at Optimum Mastering, our incredible resident artist Tess Redburn and the amazing team at No More Words for waiving their fees to contribute to this release.

Monotronique - Picture In A Cloud

Benoit B conjures lush, autonomic drum & bass pressure under a new alias.

'Lovebite' is out April 25th on Step Ball Chain.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3jUhgWX

Premiere: blu:sh - Recess [Step Ball Chain]

Careering through the dense black of night the ship cruised against a desolate backdrop. They were floating through the deepest, darkest corners of outer space in search of a magical world they'd once been told about long ago.

Quasar was out there somewhere but they hadn't found it yet. On board the crew were getting restless, missing the life they'd left far behind on earth down below. Up here in the murky abyss there was little to keep them company but for the somewhat reassuring rumble of the engines powering them through the night sky.

Looking out from the window at the flickering stars and the wild unknown, it was hard not to feel small.

Walton is a singular producer who draws upon elements of UK bass culture, drum & bass and abstract electronics. This new EP on Sneaker Social Club demonstrates his love for big hitting, punchy dance music with a futuristic twist. This one comes highly recommended.

SNKR035

PREMIERE: Walton - Quasar [Sneaker Social Club]

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-ozel-ab-beneath-the-eye-of-the-rye

Having remained silent over the past three years, South London-based producer @ozelab marks his return in May with the launch of his self-titled imprint alongside the first in a series of 12-inches inspired by UK techno, distorted textures, rolling sub bass and his trade mark dubbed out atmospherics.

Ozel AB - Beneath the Eye of the Rye [Ozel AB]

Unit 18

Stinky

Coming on hand-numbered edition of 666 copies, randomly assigned marbled red or blue heavyweight 180g vinyl.

On Bandcamp, 25th May 2022
In shops, 30th May 2022

Tracklist:

A1: Drugs Here
A2: No Time To Lose
B1: Uhmm 
B2: Run It Bak Attak

Cat. no BV48
@wtchcrft2

Brooklyn NY producer WTCHCRFT returns. His I Love Acid debut last year sold out in under an hour, since then he's remixed Posthuman, been featured in pretty much every dance music magazine and website going, done a DJ Mag HQ show, played alongside the likes of Stingray, Umfang, Volvox and Lauren Flax, had his b2b with KYRUH show picked as RA mix of the day, and last month played his first I Love Acid party (a 7 hour set at Goodroom Brooklyn)

DRUGS HERE is a four tracker of hyper-energetic jack & acid, with WTCHCRFT's signature vocal edit style throughout. Proper gear, already heavily club-tested (B-side track "Uhmm" recently featured on TSHA's Fabric compilation)

BV48 WTCHCRFT - Drugs Here EP [preview clips]

Sons of Slough - Live EP
 Release Date - 17th June 2022

Vinyl: https://rubadub.co.uk/products/live-ep
Digital: f-e-l-t.bandcamp.com/album/live-ep

A1 – Snares and Temptations 
A2 – I Can't Hear the Stereo
B1 - Boxhead
B2 - Say It, Don't Do It

All tracks recorded 100% live by Duncan Gray and Ian Weatherall.
Originally released on Sprüngcartellwachs in 2001.

Remastered from original DATs.
Audio Restoration by Conor Walker at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image & Sound Archive.

Distributed by Rubadub.

Sons of Slough - Live EP (FELT002)

Following a debut Berghain performance and Rinse FM Culture vs Reality residency, Overthinker Mob founder Bloomfeld prepares the genesis of his digital art renaissance. Meeting at the intersection of ethno-futuristic braindance and hedonistic club heat is LT-BLOOM-01, the artist's debut on Lobster Theremin and a release that marks new sonic territory for the important UK label.

As the founder of the Overthinker Mob research label, the Berlin based artist has “rejected conventional formats for releasing music” (FACT Mag) by “putting out unfinished or overthought music from artists anonymously” (Resident Advisor), compiling “a diverse range of anti-ego club tunes and sombre atmospheres'' (Electronic Beats). While allowing for the heads to over-intellectualise, Bloomfeld’s output often exposes what comes out of the speakers as just wiggly hair. After all, existence is a cosmic joke.

“My debut release is an introspective work documenting some of the characters I slipped into since my teenage years,” he says. “It’s named LARP OS - LARP being short for live-action role play - because role-playing is how I interact with my environment. And how everyone else does.”

“For my part, I am blessed with the ability to distinguish and compartmentalise the characters I adopt to navigate my circumstances, and I have a strong bond with all of them.”

Glueing together the personas that live inside the creator’s skull, LARP OS is a deconstructed trip through trap-laden hi-hats, screw-face grime, and IDM-electronica that walks the tightrope between functional and malfunctioning. ‘Beep U’ kicks things off with a melting cut of 140bpm fuck-step; weightless, slow-mo atmospherics give off a vintage music-box vibe that when blended with pitched vocal samples is reminiscent of the golden-years of Plata, Mssngno, and those artists associated with emo, R&B-laden electronica.

‘Osmosis’ maintains the grimey aesthetic and sky-rockets it into the time-ahead; a future-facing cut of vibrant melodies and distorted basslines that do not sound unlike the excellent, mind-bending productions of Strict Face. With gun-shot samples a-plenty, it’s as tropical as it is dark.

That darkness is followed on ‘Solid’; a wub-driven cut of underground bass-weight that sounds like it was taken straight out of a Mumdance set. Squelching slime, stabbing lasers and scattered breaks make for a gritty and raw experience, before that ‘Everyday I’m Hustlin’ energy comes through on ‘Yeah, Cool’; Memphis-trap elements and old school arcadia rolling around the broken soundscape.

Much like Loraine James’ excellent Reflection, the A-side comes to a close with zero-gravity basslines and Sonic The Hedgehog-like samples that sound like an old gaming machine is being sucked through a black-hole, before the B-side begins and the future-dancehall riddims of ‘Need More Sky’ play out.

‘Simulation’ and ‘Voodoo Bref’ capture the delicate essence of chaos, beauty and nuance - elements essential to each character that we shapeshift into in our short time on this rolling planet.

‘Where Were U Rly Born’ is an emotional piece of wordless social commentary subtitled by glitching kicks, emo-atmospherics and protest, defiant-like energy, while ‘Mondainai’ hears the cries of one-more-tune before ending on a devastating cut of distorted, hip-hop fused dub. 


>> @bloomfeld

LARP OS

BUY RELEASE

LT-BLOOM-001 // Bloomfeld - LARP OS

@kincaidofficial returns to Control Freak for a main label release with the Sugar EP - 4 saccharine, club-ready weapons from a producer at the top of his game.

Drawing on an array of club sounds from trance to UK garage and the best in contemporary leftfield techno, the EP marks our most rave-ready statement yet, with percussive drum tracks and soaring euphoric pads - carefully crafted for dark rooms and packed dancefloors.

On the A-Side, Air-ism and Sugar bubble with peak time energy - a pair of secret weapons which haven’t left our record bags for months now. B1 E is a pounding, energetic 4x4 pumper, whilst Sycamore closes things out with moody, shuffling drums and powerful low end pressure.

Pre-order

Kincaid - Sugar EP [CTRLFRK006] - Previews

Label founded by Posthuman in 2010

Sub-labels include 'I Love Acid' & 'Rave Wars'

We are not currently looking for demos.



BV48 WTCHCRFT - Drugs Here EP [preview clips]

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