Body Promise returns to the tape format with a 12 chapter missive from the Australian underground. 
With this stellar survey of corporeally-minded music, they compile some of the most interesting mutations of modern dance music. Smooth Sensation marks the third and final installment in the Body Promise compilation series. 

As the reels begin to spin, Fia Fiell (One Third of Jaala) builds to a textured wash of sound that eases the listener into the varied and exhilarating world this tape compiles. The leisurely, dubbed-out atmosphere of Low Flung and Freda & Jackson's contributions preface the bass-heavy boisterousness that both HED Ardennes (Fishing, Body Promise) and Letabruthaknow (aka Setwun) favour. Fishing's The Ghan opts for a hypnotic approach that slowly binds the listener in its spell until they realize it's time to flip over the tape. 

Waterhouse collates broken filaments of sound into a fissured mirror,  reflecting odd visions and ghostly presences. Lou Karsh's electro transmission has a spacey, introspective edge that it shares with the dissociative acid Andy Garvey has programmed for her return to the label. Both Lucy Cliche and DJ Yoni (Holy Balm) have been working at the nexus of DIY production and unruly electronics for aeons, each contributing demented dancefloor directives that are shot through with personality. We close with Emily Glass’ alien oddity, a pendulum that swings from shuddering intensity to eerie ambience until the tape stops spinning.

Smooth Sensation

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/dyslecta
Track: Engram
Label: https://soundcloud.com/outofsortsbristol
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital VA
Release date: 21/5/21
Purchase: https://outofsortsrecs.bandcamp.com/

Blurring the lines between UK techno, bass and breakbeat, Out of Sorts present their first release, The Crescent VA. Despite being newcomers on the scene, the Bristol-based label pulls in five artists who are by no means newcomers themselves. Dyslecta teams up with the label after a string of releases this year on Dim Sum, Gated Recordings and Ape-X. Heading up the B-side, Engram is a bouncy, ryhthmic affair packed with intricate percussion, rich sub-bass and vocals that wouldn't go amiss in the heights of the rave era. 
With Dyslecta joining artists Will Hofbauer, An Avrin, Bobo and Farr on this VA, this track sets the pace for the rest of the release. With pre-orders available now ahead of the full limited press release on 21st May, this is a release that isn't set to stick around for long. Head over to the Out of Sorts bandcamp to grab yourself a copy.

The Crescent VA

YouTube

PREMIERE | Dyslecta - Engram [Out Of Sorts] 2021

https://ceadcead.bandcamp.com/album/mmxxi-inferno-v-a

Artwork by Patrick Savile
Mastered by Larry McCarthy

Supreems - Two Faces

Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Artist: Hassan Abou Alam
Title: Fasla
Catalogue Number: BP020
Genre: Techno / Broken Beat
Release: March 2022

Tracklist:
A1 Kesibt Ft. SHBL-LBSH
A2 Fasla Ft. SHBL-LBSH
B1 Mawkif
B2 Hanshoof

Banoffee Pies Records, in its eighth year of operating, hit the 20th release milestone in their Original Series. Joining the roster, Cairo based producer Hassan Abou Alam steps up with a 4 track solo EP entitled “Fasla”. A decisive selection of attitude packed wormhole bass lines and dark basement jams.

The A side was produced in a special collaboration with local artist SHBL-LBSH who’s vocal works feature across “Kesibt” + “Fasla”. The B side delivers sharp cutting synth lines in “Mawkif” and breakneck low end rumbles in “Hanshoof”. After a series of works on the likes of Naive, Not For Profit and Rhythm Section, Hassan fittingly joins the Berlin based, Bristol born label with more boundless sounds that slice through the fabric of styles that BPR have fostered since inception. Tailored club music from one of Egypts new wave of producers. Hold your hats and check your Bass bins. BPR. X

Mastered: Optimum
Distributed by: KUDOS Records

Banoffee Pies 020 - Fasla

Kesibt

Buy 12" / Digital

PREMIERE: Hassan Abou Alam -  Kesibt Ft. SHBL-LBSH

Mysterious supergroup Protect Ryan (@protectryan) make their HOMAGE debut with the 'Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed' EP, featuring four original rave bangers paired with remixes from five of the scene's most trusted underground producers. 

Protect Ryan unites three friends (all veteran producers) that first came together through their shared love of '90s rave culture. Their debut EP arrived on DJ Die's GutterFunk label and introduced the world to their distinct ethos, producing club-ready cuts that inject the dancefloor with big energy. Now they expand on their story with the purest form of their dynamic sound, the 'Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed' EP on HOMAGE. 

Leading off with 'Bro Magnum', Protect Ryan launch into an all-out assault of banging breakbeats and growling bass before a squelching acid line takes over. Then comes 'Liam Features', a track also forthcoming on TSHA's fabric presents compilation, which follows with more rouged rhythms paired with playful stabs transporting listeners back to the golden age of rave. Next is 'Senhor Whep' and its nostalgic drum breaks that lay the foundation for an absolutely naughty acid line building into peak time euphoria. Finally, rounding out the Protect Ryan originals is 'Unfinished BTEC' delivering the trio's most refined sound, with tight percussion and chopped vocals stacked on top of a smooth, deep, and emotive bass line. 

While the originals are enough to satisfy anyone's thirst for rave-ready anthems, the release is complete with a staggering collection of remixes. Building on the energy that was already laid out, Apparition (@apparition-noise) speeds up the bpm with their version of 'Bro Magnum' for a hyper bass banger. Then Club Glow's own Denham Audio (@denhamaudio) takes on 'Liam Features' with his signature breakbeat NRG before Boulderhead (@boulderheaduk) flips the same track into a bumping house cut highlighting the original's infectious bassline. Finishing off the release are two remixes of 'Unfinished BTEC', first by HOMAGE label co-founder Ryan Clover (@ryanclover) who's hard-hitting version highlights the deep squelchy bass and chopped percussion while Davis Galvin (@davisgalvin) delivers a sublime and ethereal downtempo chugger.

PRE-ORDER

HOMAGE017 // Protect Ryan - Self-proclaimed Critically Acclaimed

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/preimere-slow83-angophora

Australian imprint @startlocalrecords next EP arrives courtesy of Sydney newcomer @slow83, delivering Junglist musings, percussive heaters and dreamy melodies on his ‘Angophora’ EP.

Angophora

Slow83 - Angophora [Start Local Records]

Ｂａｄ Ｔｉｐｓ🔸https://linktr.ee/badtips
𝕽𝖊𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖘 👉🏾 badtipsaudio@gmail.com


⏬𝐁𝐔𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 & 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐒⏬

https://bodypromise.bandcamp.com/album/smooth-sensation


Check Low Flung
https://www.facebook.com/lowflungmusic/
https://soundcloud.com/lowflung
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4469793-Low-Flung

Check Body Promise
https://www.facebook.com/bodypromise/
https://soundcloud.com/bodypromise

Low Flung - Pay It Forward [Body Promise]

@fredaandjackson

Taken from Smooth Sensation out Friday 15th March 2019

Freda & Jackson is the uncategorizable joint project of two musical omnivores - blending house, jazz, downtempo, broken beat and a few secret herbs & spices into a unique mode of self expression that transcends any genre boundaries. Their contribution “Flux” is a scattershot sample collage of diced breaks, booming voices and spiralling echoes that drift outward and coalesce together into a hallucinatory miasma as they’re dubbed in and out of the mix.

Freda And Jackson - Flux

@letabruthaknow

Letabruthaknow is another moniker of the multi-talented composer and bandleader Setwun. With this pseudonym, they seems intent on burning the signifiers of the UK’s soundsystem continuum down to a few red-hot embers. On “DANCEFLOORPULLINUP”, sirens wail and disincorporated MCs cut over the massive bassline and breakbeats, conjuring up the sweaty exhilaration of a rammed dance even on a quiet commute. In its element, unleashing this would be utter MURDERATION!

Letabruthaknow - DANCEFLOORPULLINUP

@hed-ardennes

Hed Ardennes happens to be one-half of Body Promise, the lovely people who put this compilation together (They’re not the ones writing this, lest you accuse them of massive egotism). Before you write “Acid Funk”’s inclusion as mere nepotism, your well-hewn cynicism will be torn to shreds by this RIPPER. The rippling bassline is underpinned by taught, sinewy drum programming, particularly the steely slice of a incredibly sharp hi-hat, that balances out the shuddering low end to make for a lithe dancefloor killer.

HED Ardennes - Acid Funk

@fiafiell

Fia Fiell is the moniker of Carolyn Schofield, who channels her virtuosic skill as a pianist and refined understanding of timbre into visceral electronic music that evades the posthumous toe-tag of “ambient”, creating broad and shifting soundscapes that retract and expand, from tender melodies to dense walls of sound.  "Ladder" opens proceedings: the watery figures dance like sunbeams reflected by the sea, the parts forming together like shimmering threads intertwined into a gorgeous filigree.

Fia Fiell - Ladder

Thoden - Lip Therapy

Mala

My track Servo from the https://soundcloud.com/a_m_radio compilation. This ones a wigged-out techy bit of dancefloor gear. Enjoy :)

"Having been forced to pause the events in the spring, Accidental Meeting's restlessness has manifested itself in the form of their debut label release: a 21-track genre spanning compilation.

The crew chose to work closely with friends and family, artists that have an affiliation with AM, each expressing themselves in their freest forms from broken-techno, glitchy breakbeats and mutant dancehall, to IDM & electro.

AMF&F001 is out on November 6th across all digital platforms as well as a ltd edition bandcamp exclusive cassette & print from the label’s graphic designer Ciaran Birch."

Art direction by Ciaran Birch
Mastering by Brendan Zacharias @ Cirrus Audio

A&F001

Syz - Servo [Accidental Meetings F&F001]

London label, Control Freak have made quite the impact since their first release last year. Welcoming Keplrr alongside debuts from Guava and label-head Customer Service so far, they pride themselves on a love for intricate sounds on wax. Seeding techno sensibilities with UK bass twists.

With yet another label debut on the way, this time we see Syz landing with solo EP 'Bunzunkunzun'. A trio of complex dancefloor rippers, it's an all-rounder with shades of brightness pitted alongside thick skanked up textures. 

The title track is the bounciest of the three. Showcasing Syz's clear aptitude for freaki rhythms, it's destined for show-stopping dancefloor moments. Heads down, hips twist, jaws swings. We can't wait to hear this fired up on a system to the masses.

Read more: https://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-syz-bunzunkunzun-control-freak-recordings/

@syzuk
@controlfreakrecordings

Bunzunkunzun

Syz - 'Bunzunkunzun' (Control Freak Recordings)

@keplrr

With a glimmer of optimism on the horizon, we’re delighted to announce our second V/A compilation Psycho/Soma - the first of many exciting releases for 2021.

12 tracks to move body & mind, spanning a full spectrum of UK club music - from introspective, tripped-out rollers to intense percussive workouts and frantic 160(ish) action.

Stream/Buy 'Full Contact' now - the full compilation drops 02/04.

Psycho/Soma

Keplrr - Full Contact

Label curated by @djscorpion3000

BP005 Roy Batty Jr - city livin' means pillow crying', June 2, 2023
BP004 - Command D - Clone Dialogue, March 18, 2022
BPVA003 - Smooth Sensation, March 15 2019
BPVA002 - Fantastic Effects, November 24 2017
BPVA001 - Harmony From A Dominant Hue, October 28 2016

Contact:
amelia@bodypromise.club

HED Ardennes - Acid Funk

Body Promise

Recent comments

Lamp DX

Edwige

James the Seventh Sun

D3U5E

Related tracks