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New Music Friday UK 23/05/2025

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@beat_roots

With an inscrutable focus on exploring the depth of electronic composition, the Welsh producer and songwriter Beatroots has an obvious and honed-in skill set that shines through a multitude of moods and styles. With nearly a decade of tracks marking his discography, the Beatroots sound has evolved alongside the evolving science of sound design and engineering fundamentals, making the project a veritable waypoint for the many congruent paths of electronic music. With that dynamic in mind, The Rust is incredibly excited to host the release of his latest LP, Reset Remedy.

Bridging all gaps between intense and pensive compositions, Reset Remedy is an expansive, meticulous expression of minimalism and instrumental interplay; few moments in any track involve a plethora of tones, utilizing the call and response between select textures and timbres. Where one synthesizer ends, another begins with choice overlap, giving an otherwise minimalist approach a very maximalist impact. Juggling a mixture of eclectic trip-hop, drum and bass, and downtempo rhythms, the album sets itself apart from the pack through its elaborative and evolving songwriting in both steady-beat and broken-beat motifs. For fans of provocative and expressive electronic music, Beatroots’ Reset Remedy has you covered across a wide and satisfying swath of sonic territory.

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Reset Remedy

Beatroots - Sad But True

Daphni - Sad Piano House [Unreleased]

B2TB

Aloka & Dave N.A. - BBQ & Vodka

From 'missed heaven' LP by Toma Kami

Out October 25th: https://tomakami.bandcamp.com/album/missed-heaven

Toma Kami - Fungi

Prod. wraith9

[Fakemink]
Louis V Sandals,
Crazy, hoes act scandalous 
Yeah, these supermodel bitches be fans 
Drop the pack off to her man, and then I go hold hands with her 

Louis V Sandals,
Crazy, hoes act scandalous 
Yeah, these supermodel bitches be fans 
Drop the pack off to her man, and then I go hold hands with her

[EsDeeKid] 
In a Kush coma, EsDeeKid fried I'm a fuckin' stoner 
Got a bottle full of tris kid, I'm never sober 
I don't push no shit lad I fuckin' told ya 
Never had an older 
I was doing day trips to the dam, wait damn 
Got a bally on me face, and I'm rockin' ray bans 
Wait man 
I don't fuck with no snakes, fake man 
Keep a stack up on me lap, got 20 in the waistband 

[Fakemink]
Louis V Sandals
Crazy, hoes act scandalous 
Yeah these supermodel bitches be fans 
Drop the pack off to her man, and then I go hold hands with her 

Louis V Sandals
Crazy, hoes act scandalous 
Yeah these supermodel bitches be fans 
Drop the pack off to her man, and then I go hold hands with her 

[Rico Ace]
I’m seeing mink on mink,
Catch him doubling the fur
Put my chain under the sink 
Cuz' i’m doubling the brrrr
Pussy pink, it’s on the brink 
Hit the tap and make her squirt 
Put a snake under the ground 
It’s like i’m doubling the dirt 

She fuckin' wit my raps 
I'm sounding very different 
Swallowing these tabs, big belly with it 
Two stepping in her loubs'
God damn, lelly kelly wid it

[Fakemink]
Louis V Sandals
Crazy, hoes act scandalous 
Yeah these supermodel bitches be fans 
Drop the pack off to her man, and then I go hold hands with her 

Louis V Sandals
Crazy, hoes act scandalous 
Yeah these supermodel bitches be fans 
Drop the pack off to her man, and then I go hold hands with her

LV Sandals

DGTL ANML

PAPARAZZI

You Made Me This Way

Do You Feel Sorry (feat. Bay Swag & Azul)

Following the launch of the Eyes series, Early Reflex welcomes back Ikävä Pii for “Eyes II”, the second entry in this exploratory two-tracker format. 

Possibly the darkest tracks Ikävä Pii has produced to date, ‘False Binaries Fight for Primacy’ and ‘Permaweird’ are two detailed and twisted club tunes, encapsulating the perennial state of frustrated urgency of our times. 
Uneasy feelings are conveyed in both tracks, and refracted through the artist’s signature playful approach.
False Binaries Fight for Primacy is driven by the eerie ambiguity of its major/minor harmony, and a relentless rhythmic section that nods to post-punk as much as the track’s distorted, shouty vocals. The unsettling main theme of Permaweird is hinged on an alteration of the Locrian mode (often deemed the “weirdest” mode), and its timbre, albeit recalling familiar patches from the Process Fatigue era, here paints a much darker picture. 
Topical and heartfelt, these tracks update Ikävä Pii’s sound with an uncanny mutation, material for a standout moment in a club set. Already secret weapons in Ikävä Pii’s live show for nearly a year, they’ve left heads spinning on dancefloors in UK, Europe and beyond, and now find their proper home on Early Reflex.

Ikävä Pii said:
“What’s the purpose of club music in a climate where alienation is the norm and outdated narratives are collapsing?
We live in the permaweird: reality gets increasingly absurd, and yet we adapt to it every day.
Nothing to fight for: digital vs physical, liberal left vs authoritarian right, old vs young - just false binaries. There must be another way. 
In the meantime, activate punk mode, shout in the mic, use stranger scales. 
The only real binary is rich vs non-rich (and that’s what clubs should be about).
Thanks Venkatesh Rao and David Rudnick for the inspiration.”

‘Eyes II’ is available on all platforms starting from Friday 2nd May 2025.

© & ℗ 2025 Early Reflex. All rights reserved.

All tracks produced and mixed by Ikävä Pii at Niche Studio, London § Mastering at CB5 Studios § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

False Binaries Fight for Primacy

OUT NOW

Ikävä Pii - False Binaries Fight for Primacy

Tresor resident DJs LNS and DJ Sotofett have for some years been developing a style at the club's Globus floor, and their new EP is a die cut of exactly the classic techno, electro, and house music they play. Here are no productions drenched in reverb, no hi-fi obsessions or generic algorithmic patterns – this is Globus Trax, the duo's third release on Tresor Records, four tracks consisting of real TR-909 workouts, rude and driving basslines, live runs through the mixing desk, and a Blake Baxter cover version with LNS on vocals. 
 
LNS & DJ Sotofett programmed an EP to perfectly fit their warehouse style of DJing, bringing out colour and variation in a spectrum more similar to a club compilation than a dogmatically reduced concept. With a single repeated vocal sample, Globus Trax opens bombastically with ClickClickClick, a dub-infused UK garage house track anyone in the world can easily describe in the course of a second.
 
Following this comes Gearbox which is a hefty slab of big room electro featuring a centerpiece arpeggio and the warmest harmonic pads on the EP's four tracks, which not-so-subtly makes reference to the pioneering band that shares a name with Globus and Tresor's home, the Kraftwerk. 
 
The house vibe returns on Destination 909, which is nothing but a manifesto for the TR-909, where the beloved drum machine's jacking beats meet galactic strings and synthetic bass, only to be ripped apart in a slamming break that sees the machine take centre stage as it cuts in-and-out of the mix, again a clear nod to the duo's sets in the club.
 
LNS steps up on vocal duties and DJ Sotofett keeps the 909 running for their final cut, taking a deeper dive into the realms of classic techno and paying tribute to "The Prince of Techno" Blake Baxter by covering his Reach Out originally released on Tresor Records in 1995.
 
The 12" was cut by DJ Sotofett himself at Manmade Mastering, where he resurrects the lost art of late-90s loud cuts with sonic presence and punch, optimal for the club-focused 12" format, and is the first to come in the new Tresor Sleeve, boasting an embossed logo on either side.

BANDCAMP

LNS & DJ Sotofett - Reach Out

Dark Nights

Tell Me What I'm Living For

Hope She Hears This

Insecure

SHINE BOX (OBSIDIAN GLASS REMIX)

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, artist Pannotia, under the Pure Space label, is releasing a five-track EP titled "Cell." This EP will be available on Bandcamp from 2nd May and immediately captivates with its own twang. This sound exists within a multitude of spaces, specifically in a realm called ‘Biozone’ in which this track is titled.

The music evokes a feeling of being recharged, discovering movements and forms that have always existed within but are now imbued with cosmic influence. Bionic and poetic, it offers an undeniably sexy slow groove that holds a special place on the dance floor, built upon bass-heavy foundations and a seductive, relaxed trance – a track capable of transporting us in any direction as it draws to a close.

@pannotia
@purespacefm

www.instagram.com/purespacefm/

Write up by @danpeplow

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PREMIERE: Pannotia - Biozone [Pure Space]

'EMPTY SPACE / LAST CHANCE REMIXES', out now on Foreign Family Collective: https://mildminds.lnk.to/spch-rmxSo

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EMPTY SPACE / LAST CHANCE REMIXES

EMPTY SPACE (CLUB REMIX)

@rigadelloettore - Ctenidio EP + poster

BUY: area127.bandcamp.com/album/ctenidio

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳? 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕒𝟙𝟚𝟟 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴.

𝘖𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘶𝘮. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴. 

art ~ https://instagram.com/tadasmajeris
text ~ https://instagram.com/justautas_
mastering ~ https://instagram.com/_ctrls

Ettore Rigadello - Ooteca [127DIG005]

A Minute, A Moment...

Gold

Download/Vinyl/Stream: https://toy-tonics.lnk.to/FantasyEP

Following releases for the likes of Toy Tonics, Aus Music, Rhythm Section and Kitsuné Musique, Berlin/London based producer Arpy Brown drops the first EP under his own name. Having previously released under the name Athlete Whippet, Arpy is not new to the scene. His music has been supported by the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Mixmag, DJ Mag and Resident Advisor.

2024 has seen Arpy Brown take his joyful, high energy sets that combine club music’s intensity with the charm and intricacy of non-electronic, organic music, to stages across mainland Europe, the UK and as far as Australia and New Zealand. 2025 is a year of next steps for Arpy, with him launching his new live set alongside his new EP 'Fantasy' on Toy Tonics. On this EP, Arpy has truly found his voice. After having dabbled with adding his own vocals into his productions on recent records, this 4-tracker features present lead vocals by Arpy on all tracks; an element that is also key to the new live show. Kicking the year off with some debut shows in Southeast Asia, Arpy is set to return to Panorama Bar, alongside other legendary venues such as London's Village Underground and Oslo's Jaeger.

Taking a communal approach to music making, Robin co-founded Athlete Whippet together with long-term friend and collaborator Aviram Barath, who he co-ran artist collective and record label Squareglass with at the time. In line with this ethos, he's also been hosting intimate nights with DJs from far across the electronic music ecosystem since 2019. Guest sets from the likes of Seb Wildblood, Jitwam, Rebecca Vasmant, Fouk, Amy Dabbs, Hidden Spheres, Will Saul and some of the scene's brightest new talents have made for some unmissable parties in London's and Berlin's cosiest venues.

Arpy Brown's releases have also come with reworks from Ross from Friends, Baltra and Max Graef.

Released 09.05.25

Arpy Brown - Are U Talking To Me

Manía

Manía (feat. Jazz Alonso)

Step into the vibrant rhythm and infectious pulse of "Firekilla – Afrobeats", an electrifying journey through the heart of contemporary African music. This powerful album is a celebration of Afrobeats in all its forms—from its deep Naija roots to its global resonance, drawing inspiration from pioneers like Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, and Rema. With every beat and melody, Wizchild fuses tradition with innovation, offering an authentic yet forward-thinking Afrobeat mix that captures the essence of the genre.

This album doesn't just ride the wave of Afrobeats—it dives deep into its cultural soul. Each track delivers an Afrobeat type beat layered with dynamic percussion, seductive rhythms, and infectious hooks that transport listeners to bustling Lagos streets and sunlit beach parties alike. With lush instrumentals and emotionally charged vocals, Firekilla masterfully explores themes of love, ambition, identity, and resilience—echoing the lived experiences of a modern African youth.

"Firekilla – Afrobeats" pulses with sonic textures drawn from highlife, dancehall, hip-hop, and R&B, blending them seamlessly into a uniquely Afrocentric groove. The album flows like a carefully curated Afrobeat DJ mix, offering smooth transitions between laid-back vibes and dancefloor-ready anthems. Whether you’re chilling with friends or turning up the energy at a party, these tracks speak the universal language of rhythm and soul.

Fans of Wizkid’s sultry style, Burna Boy’s conscious grit, Davido’s melodic storytelling, and Rema’s futuristic flair will find familiar echoes in Wizchild’s sound, while also being introduced to a fresh voice that confidently stakes its own claim in the global Afrobeats movement. From club bangers to introspective ballads, this album is both a tribute to the genre’s icons and a bold step into its future.

Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the genre, Firekilla – Afrobeats is your passport to the heat and heartbeat of African music today. Get ready to dance, vibe, and feel every note—this is Afro beats like you've never experienced before.

Ice Block

Market Girl

Flow State

TILL L4TE

Reverberotic

Reverberotic (Edit)

Atom

Memory Foam

BITE ME

Leave Me Alone

Bloodline (with Jelly Roll)

dreams

TaTaTa (feat. Travis Scott)

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Gentle Gaze

Buy and stream

Cortese - Steven Charles

"Drifting Away" is a little song I made with my friend Thando (thndo)—a soul singer from Melbourne with this knockout voice (you might’ve seen her on The Voice AU a while back). We go way back—used to play in bands together, and she’s always been one of those people who just gets music.

I wanted her vocals to sound like a worn-in soul sample, so we tried something fun: recorded them slower, then pitched them up to sit in the track all warm and fluttery. It’s got verses and a chorus like a proper song, but it bumps enough for the club, which felt like a fun balance.

A mate joked it was “the Bohemian Rhapsody of speed garage,” which is… generous, ha. But mostly, it’s just nice to make things with old friends. Hope you like it.

Drifting Away

Drifting Away ft. then

Drifting Away ft. thndo

Freiheit

Expression

Bristolian producer Otik steps up on Dext Limited with a rowdy concoction of breaks and smack-to-the-jaw bass. Tuck in. 

Dead Man's Chest gives it a jungle touch on the remix. 

Pre-order: 

www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/93089-dextltd002-otik-dead-mans-chest
www.juno.co.uk/products/otik-hunga/675706-01/

Hunga

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