Bottom Forty Releases

Recorded live at Hot For You, Parkside Lounge June 29, 2025. 

Hot For You Pride Part 1

Shanti is a veteran and expert in four to the floor dance music - tune in once a month for a considered two-hour selection of the best house and techno around, transmitting direct from the NTS studio. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/shanticeleste/episodes/shanticeleste-11th-september-2025

Shanti Celeste w/ Ezgi 110925

Jubilee @ MAKING TIME ♾️ 2025

Host Sam O.B. takes you from your living room hi-fi to the club and everywhere in between - all styles! Often featuring special guests.

https://www.instagram.com/sam_o.b
https://soundcloud.com/samobmusic



SWAY RAYDIO @ The Lot Radio 10-21-2025

Ariel, AKA ANTIICS, a NY mainstay and Raw Phonics resident will be hitting a full 2 hours of vinyl, presenting a multitude of sounds that represent what are heard on the dance floor under his control today. 

https://www.instagram.com/antiics
https://www.soundcloud.com/antiics



NITECAP with ANTIICS @ The Lot Radio 10-30-2025

The Soul Clap Records show is a monthly exploration of all things funky and deep with label head Eli Goldstein aka Bamboozle.

https://www.instagram.com/soulclapeli
https://www.instagram.com/soulclaprecords
https://www.instagram.com/soulclapofficial 

Soul Clap Records Show with Eli aka DJ E-Cology @ The Lot Radio 11-18-2025

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-zaltsman-26th-november-2025

Moxie w/ Zaltsman 261125

A sonic journey facilitated by a mix of ambient, slow-mo chug, post-punk infused dance, psychedelic Techno and House.
 
https://www.instagram.com/thejuanmaclean

Ritual Device with Juan MacLean @ The Lot Radio 12-01-2025

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-10th-december-2025

Moxie - Best Of 2025 101225

The Carry Nation’s Nita Aviance & Will Automagic play together in their signature B2B style or take turns hosting guests from near and far.

https://www.instagram.com/justincudmore
https://www.instagram.com/thecarrynation_nyc
https://soundcloud.com/the-carry-nation
https://majorrecords.bandcamp.com

The Carry Nation Show with Will Automagic and Justin Cudmore @ The Lot Radio 12-11-2025

American electronic duo Cid & Fancy are an anti-establishment production outfit dabbling in the dark arts of analog to digital production. Their sound has been described as "raw," "unfinished," "naïve," "overly-complicated," and even "pretty good." The act consists of Futurewife (Venice, CA), Rob Hanlon (Seattle, WA), and sometimes DJ ShmeeJay (Port Angeles, WA). 

Their first EP with Bottom Forty carries a late night beach dub vibe with chugging synths and soft airy voices. The Vrtual and Gotta Get It tracks tug on nostalgia while the twirling Cam remix brings Gotta Get It into an active dance floor track.

Buy on Beatport

Cid & Fancy - Gotta Get It

@bottom_forty Vinyl Release - @DocSleep EP, Out February 27th everywhere - free download of First Solar (La Fraicheur Remix) available here on the 27th

VINYL AVAIL NOW: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/doc-sleep-ep/640535-01/
DIGITAL AVAIL 2.27 - PREORDER NOW: https://www.beatport.com/release/doc-sleep-ep/1953681

Berlin-based Doc Sleep's debut EP on Bottom Forty is a record that pulls no punches and plays no tricks; it is instead a sophisticated, gorgeous array of minimal techno inspired by the darkest of dance floors. Doc Sleep's ear for sound and rhythm set the tone for your moments of eyes-shut dancing, giving you the chance to hang onto every subtle but flawlessly executed fragment of noise.

“First Solar” opens up with a contrasting blend of dark, rolling hills of bass and bright pads that quickly pick up a dangerous amount of momentum. The moment the track “Between” pounds its first kick, you can't help but be immediately sucked in by Doc Sleep’s ear for sophisticated, minimal, beautifully engineered sounds. Between is a track that stays on its groove while soft gorgeous pads pass over you like waves, it's the perfect time for patrons of a dingy basement dance floor to connect in the dark. Lastly, “Ampere” is a track that lays out a solid techno soundscape that is mixed up at the listeners surprise with heavily reverb’d snare hits and brooding sweeps. 

On the B side, two remixers bring Doc Sleep's EP into a different dimension. Bottom Forty label head @Nark extracts the gorgeous pads and pulls them to the forefront of “Between”, starting with a long ethereal intro sure to stop and sway any dance floor before continuing into a grimy minimal 303 bass line as the subtle rubs to Doc Sleep's original sounds lend it an exasperated grinding element. The second remix from Bottom Forty artist @CidandFancy takes “Ampere” into a place of rhythmic organized chaos with synth stabs that shoot off like metal sparks.

Our third remix, a digital only exclusive available for free download on soundcloud.com/bottomforty after February 27th, comes from forthcoming Bottom Forty Berlin-based artist La Fraicheur. We love @La-Fraicheur for her emotionally rooted and minimal grooves, and she doesn’t dissapoint with her take on “First Solar”, a driving, linear rhythm with unexpected analog twists and turns and the most heated breakdown on the record that we’ve personally witnessed energize many Berlin dance floors into a dancing frenzy. 

Tracklist-
1. First Solar
2. Between
3. Ampere
4. Between (Nark Remix)
5. Ampere (Cid & Fancy Remix)
6. First Solar (La Fraicheur Remix) [Digital Exclusive, Free Download]

The artwork for Doc Sleep’s EP was made by Bottom Forty’s label head Nark by converting raw image data into soundwaves and altering with sound effect algorithms.

www.bottomforty.com

Doc Sleep EP

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Bottom Forty 04 - Doc Sleep EP Preview

Out 6/12/17 on Vinyl and Digital, links below-
Bottom Forty's fifth release and second vinyl press showcases two French producers living and banging the drums in Berlin; a long time Bottom Forty favorite, @La-Fraicheur, teamed up with veteran producer and Leonizer record label owner @Leonard-de-Leonard. La Fraicheur, a producer of emotional and story-telling minimal techno, is seen here paired with Leonard de Leonard to turn up the heat on our first club-banger release track, "Afraid of the Groove". La Fraicheur and Leonard de Leonard beat the hell out of their analog Elektron to lay out a relentless whipping melody that demands a twirling dance floor while a classic minimal bass line, rhythm and "she's uh-fraid of the groove" sample keep this track dark, dirty and underground. 

In a beautiful contrast to the heart-pounding A-side, flip to the B-side for "Une Place au Soleil". Literally translated as "a place in the sun", the saying is more about conveying the emotion of 'your hard work is putting you in a good place in life'. "Une Place au Soleil" is a gorgeous deep house track filled with teasingly melodic stabs and subtle hardware sounds that come and go, crashing on the record like powerful but soothing waves on the hot beach sands. While "Afraid of the Groove" may twist a peak-hour dance floor into a frenzy, "Une Place au Soleil" will entrance them in the after hours, reminding dancers why electronic music is so beautiful and why dance floors can carry so much emotional release.

Yet another contrasting track, the remix of "Afraid of the Groove" by the Milan based Elisa Bee, is what makes this record compact yet powerfully diverse for many dance floors. Entering the realm of ghetto-tech with pounding and distorted toms and kicks and fervent stabs, Elisa Bee's remix is like a rollercoaster that keeps ascending, building tension upon tension as it rides further into the sky, taking everyone along for the ride with it.

Vinyl: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/la-fraicheur-leonard-afraid-of-the-groove/649987-01/

Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/afraid-of-the-groove/2017149

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/afraid-of-the-groove-ep/id1232475439

La Fraicheur And Leonard De Leonard - Afraid Of The Groove

Argentinian DJ and producer @shittechno delivers his ‘Solo En La Pista’ EP on Seattle’s @BottomForty Records this June, accompanied by remixes from Ali X x Ximena and Fausto.

A renowned event series and DJ collective formed in Seattle, comprising of artists Nark, Pavone, Sappho and Hyasynth, Bottom Forty has rapidly established itself as one of the cities key names within underground dance music through their carefully curated, fully inclusive warehouse events and forward thinking parties. Having released their fifth EP on the newly formed label in mid-2017, here we see the imprints first release of 2018 delivered by Buenos Aires raised producer Nicholas Larransio, aka SHIT, in the process welcoming the first EP in a series set to focus on unearthing and showcasing the ever developing sounds of South America, with remixes courtesy of Mexican talents Ali X & Ximena, and fellow countryman Fuasto.

‘Elle Quiere Ser Raro’ takes things into darker territories, with a hypnotic and entrancing lead synth guiding programmed 909 drum shots and eerie chants throughout, unveiling a production made for hazy, early morning dance floors.

Tracklist;
Solo En La Pista (Original Mix)
Elle Quiere Ser Raro (Original Mix)
Solo En La Pista (Ali X x Ximena Remix)
Elle Quiere Ser Raro (Fausto Remix) 

Release Date – 05/06/18

Solo En La Pista EP

PREMIERE - SHIT - Ella Quiere Ser Raro (Bottom Forty Records)

Chile’s Alisú joins Bottom Forty Records to release three hypnotic cuts entitled ‘Rompiente’ EP including a remix from In Flagranti.

Alisú is a producer and graphic designer from Viña del Mar, Chile who started her musical journey when founding her Manziping project back in 1998. 
Alisú released her first solo album on the Chilean imprint Imprar in 2007 and has since gone on to release on labels such as Tropic, Yukiyaki, Pueblo Nuevo and her Modismo label. 
Her productions naturally balance a combination of ambient soundscapes, field recordings and rhythmic grooves which can also be heard in her performances all over South America. 
Alisú’s ‘Rompiente’ EP sees her join the Bottom Forty Records family following releases from Doc Sleep, Leonard De Leonard, La Fraicheur, Ali X x Ximena, SHIT and Cid & Fancy.

Alisu
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alisu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Alisumusic/

In Flagranti
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/inflagranti
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inflagrantiofficial/

Bottom Forty Records
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bottomforty
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BottomForty

PREMIERE: Alisu - Rompiente (In Flagranti Remix)(Bottom Forty Records)

https://soundcloud.com/alisu  https://soundcloud.com/bottomforty
Chile’s Alisú joins Bottom Forty Records to release three hypnotic cuts entitled ‘Rompiente’ EP including a remix from In Flagranti.

Alisú is a producer and graphic designer from Viña del Mar, Chile who started her musical journey when founding her Manziping project back in 1998. Alisú released her first solo album on the Chilean imprint Imprar in 2007 and has since gone on to release on labels such as Tropic, Yukiyaki, Pueblo Nuevo and her Modismo label. Her productions naturally balance a combination of ambient soundscapes, field recordings and rhythmic grooves which can also be heard in her performances all over South America. Alisú’s ‘Rompiente’ EP sees her join the Bottom Forty Records family following releases from Doc Sleep, Leonard De Leonard, La Fraicheur, Ali X x Ximena, SHIT and Cid & Fancy.

‘Cyberspace’ gets things rolling with resonating bass rhythms, alleviating melodies and fluttering percussion before ‘Rompiente’ delivers dubbed-out sound design floating around scattered drums and warming vocals to form meditative atmospheres throughout.

‘Wake Up’ then fuses crunchy modulations, pulsating low frequencies and weaving synth pads until In Flagranti, the Swiss duo with releases on Codek Records and Phantasy Sound finish with a low slung remix of ‘Rompiente’ as the rolling bass grooves bounce delicately off hypnotic tones and deep riding percussion.

Alisú ‘Rompiente’ EP drops on Bottom Forty Records on 1st May 2019.

Rompiente EP

PREMIERE: Alisú - Wake Up [Bottom Forty Records]

Co-Owner and booker of Massive Club (Seattle), head of Bottom Forty Records, clumsy smooth brain

Nark // acid queen
aka Young Hearts // disco queen

Young Hearts, a trans-galactic cross-generational discotheque residing monthly in San Francisco.

Desertopia, an alternative pride and memorial day weekend festival in Palm Springs in co-horts with Victor Rodriguez, Perfect Lovers and Anthony John.

Bottom Forty, a record label, queer collective and driving force behind the underground queer music scene of Seattle.

Massive, a futurist gay club in Seattle opened in 2023 by Nark featuring a diverse array of queer talent.

Label Releases: NEIN, 2MR, MR INTL, Get Up, Bottom Forty, Soul Clap, Acid Camp

Booking/Contact: kevin@narkmagazine.com
Bottom Forty Records : @bottomforty

Out Now : Nark - Queer Acid Energy
www.bottomforty.bandcamp.com

Bottom Forty is a world-inspiration-powered, dance-centric, multi-media art project, record label and sensory enhancing mix series and party brought to you by Nark, Pavone, Sappho, and Hyasynth.
“Bottom Forty is a mirror ball in New York, a basement in Chicago, a cruise in L.A. and a night in the desert.”

Bottom Forty DJs:
Nark // Hyasynth // Pavone // Sappho

Our new home, Massive
www.massive.club

Records:
www.bottomforty.bandcamp.com

Contact:
Nark: kevin@narkmagazine.com

La Fraicheur And Leonard De Leonard - Afraid Of The Groove

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