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@ccl-url's debut solo record, Plot Twist EP, remains true to everything you’ve read or heard about their artistic approach, balancing production which immerses, intrigues and surprises. A record which connects fantastical, fanatical and referential sonorous elements creating moments of emotional outpouring when we’re all alone together, on the dancefloor.

Plot Twist

CCL - Plot Twist

𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔀𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓾𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓼?

interview live on –>–>–> www.wav.world/ –>–>–> @darwinspec

wav.world emerged out of a long-running chat exchange of mixes, tracks, and some playful speculation: If you were going to make a platform for DJ mixes in 2024, what would it look like?

Mixes are a unique type of musical expression. They capture a specific moment in time, determined by the knowledge and style of the artist. A mix is as important a creative statement as an album, remix or EP. One mix can change an artist’s career, one mix can open a listener’s mind to something completely new.

𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝔁𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼.

We miss the importance that mixes used to have. So, we made a platform for mixes.

Each wav.world mix gives one artist the time and resources to create whatever kind of mix they want, to share something sonic about who they are and what they love.

Every wav.world mix will feature a longform interview with the artist which gets to the heart of what moves them—in music and in life—through text, video and image. Each edition of wav.world will feature the commissioned work of music journalists, visual artists and graphic artists.

𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓿.𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭

∿∿∿ WAV•WORLD • DARWIN.wav

The second release on GRACE comes courtesy of @keplrr. Following Katiusha’s EP in spring, ‘False Awakening’ extends the label’s vision for mind-blurring techno flavours. 

The UK artist showcased his ear for unusual ceremonial techno on his recent ‘Plumes’ record for Midgar. On GRACE002, Keplrr goes deeper into that style. What’s now becoming his signature psychedelic elegance unfurls over two 8-minute journeys, run through with hallucinatory ebbs and flows. 

‘False Awakening’ releases digitally on Friday 8th November 2024.

Keplrr - False Awakening EP (GRACE) [Snippets]

Samurai Music presents it's 100th Vinyl Release with Hyaku

The medium is the message! Vinyl has always been our preferred medium for releasing music and without this tactile form of presentation, Samurai Music would not continue in its current form. Vinyl is the ultimate personification of what the label wishes to represent. Music always comes first, but the vinyl artefact is king for us.

Hyaku is the 100th Vinyl release on the Samurai Music label. Through the many twists and turns of the industry in our almost 17 years of existence, the Samurai Music vinyl releases have maintained their aspiration for quality, unique design that stands the test of time. Praise and thanks always to our long time designer Ryan Quinlivan and the many pressing plants we have worked with over the course of our labels lifespan.

To celebrate this milestone we have assembled a gang of producers that best represent the Samurai Music sound of now to contribute tracks that they feel best encapsulates their take on our sound.

1. Dom & Roland - Going Solar
2. Eusebeia - Psychoid
3. Presha - Ratcatcher
4. Hoji - Umbra
5. ASC - S100
6. Reeko - Codex Gigas
7. Sam KDC - Mutilate
8. Torn - When The Light Was Born
9. Brendon Moeller - Walking On Glass
10. The Untouchables - Temporal Rift
11. Mako - Get Away With It
12. Ancestral Voices - Night Skies Of Eden
13. Last Life - Edena

Hyaku

The Untouchables - Temporal Rift [SAMURAI100]

Taken from SBKT067: 96 Back - tender, exit
Release date: 27th November 2024
Limited vinyl + digital

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For his sixth 96 Back LP, Evan Majumdar-Swift found himself writing “a long form eulogy” to his years living in Manchester while preparing for an imminent move to London. Initially intended as a series of technical exercises, which saw the artist radically stripping back his established production setup, over the last two years tender, exit gradually took on the form of an emotional landscape, mapped in transit between two cities. “The overarching concept of the record is cycles, recognising them, loving them, and tearing yourself away from them,” he says. Heard together, the project takes on the pace and cadence of a passionate conversation with a loved one.

Full press release - https://svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/tender-exit

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Photography: Ana Radtsenko
Design: Luke Griffiths
Mastering: Raphael Valensi

tender, exit

Preorder

96 Back - Rubber Knife

Pre Order - https://bit.ly/INTLPDCOMP003Buy

Back with the second instalment of the 5th Birthday series – INTL.PDCOMP003 features both returning artists and some new faces at the dome, with a huge rage of sounds from across the globe. 

Christian Coiffure and Elsa get things going, both returning to the label and submerging us with their downtempo explorations before we welcome Heling and Knopha – both integral heads in the Chinese club and radio scene with some beautiful, headsy additions to the catalogue. Continuing to explore the chug zone, ophélie joins the PD fam with a moody, introspective take before we get hit with the more up front contributions from pq and newcomer EYRA. 

Picking up the pace, Design Default’s “Million Knives” is certified to bring a dance floor moment while Sha Ru, Odd Shy Guy and Tano all provide their excursions into bass in that 140-150bpm space a with deep half time cut from our fave NY duo, a heavy bass bin rattler direct from Italy and signature playful, percussive piece from Tano. Fels completes the line up with a cinematic return to 100bpm.

After starting with a focus of pushing local artists 5 years ago, we feel so blessed we’ve been able to make connections with so many incredible artists from all corners of the planet as we’ve grown over the years. 

Here’s to the extended fam <3

Available on Bandcamp and other digital platforms.

INTL.PDCOMP003

Pre-Order

INTL.PDCOMP003 - Various Artists [clips]

Etch - The Drowned City

A1. Liz's Track
A2. Asami
B1. Jacks Design
B2. Clockwork Romance

Unbridled introvert scooter crushers on 180g vinyl.
Mastered by Tangible Air.

ITX034 ETCH - THE DROWNED CITY

With an ever-growing and insanely exciting back catalogue, including his Negative Space EP, which was released on the label in 2023, Melbourne-based artist Pugilist returns to Of Paradise, this time linking up with fellow Australian musician Pod on their shapeshifting album Iridescent, the duo’s debut collaborative release.

Comprised of nine pulsing and explorative productions, including one digital-only bonus track, Iridescent is a masterful and quietly nuanced excursion through contemporary dance music, one that sees Pugilist & Pod cultivate a unique and timeless sound of their own that varies tremendously in form, shape, and texture.

Totemic in its imaginative scope, Iridescent offers listeners a truly immersive experience that will blissfully wash over them in the safety of their own homes or take them in a transcendent grasp and guide them on a new journey through the club.

A1. Haus
A2. Iridescent
B1. Myriapoda
B2. Mystic
C1. Crisps
C2. Sun-Dialled
D1. Swamp
D2. Pentagram
Digital Bonus. Incandescent

https://soundcloud.com/pugilistmusic
https://soundcloud.com/podimension

Iridescent

OP029 // Pugilist & Pod - Iridescent

[BSUN011] Formant Value - Funzione EP (incl. Valentino Mora & Notte Infinita Remixes)

[BSUN012] Jay Duncan - Catalyst Curve EP

"The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull"

Distro by Honest Jon's

12" Master & Cut @ D&M Berlin

[BSUN012] Jay Duncan - Catalyst Curve EP

Baroque Sunburst