NSR007: Dyslecta – Lemon Tek [free download]

Next up Dyslecta brings his undefinable signature sound. Infusing experimental percussion and broken beat rhythms, you already know this is gonna sound good on system. 

Track by:
Dyslecta
Soundcloud: @dyslecta
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dyslecta

Artwork by:
Paige Bayley
Soundcloud: @paigecbayley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/paigecbayley

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NSR007: Dyslecta - Lemon Tek [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Casting a self-reflexive lens over his roots via the medium of crushing, future-rushing soundsystem sonics, Low End Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a full-length of monumental proportions.

When the Low End Activism 12” ignited on Sneaker in 2019, it paid tribute to the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, UK, where LEA originates from. In the shadow of social inequality and strengthened by the unity of the multi-ethnic community, Blackbird Leys still imposes a powerful influence on LEA’s work, even as he’s stepped out onto Seagrave for last year’s Game Theory album and notched up the first couple of releases on his own self-titled label.

On this new album, Hostile Utopia sums up the conflicting emotions attached to memories of home – how it’s possible to feel nostalgic for the griminess of urban and suburban Britain, its ordinary tales of bitterness and frustration, but also its intrinsic passion and solidarity. At a time when social division is actively engineered by Machiavellian forces, real conviviality at street level feels like an impossible dream.

LEA communicates these tensions through a style which is becoming his signature – dynamic bass torsion and chiseled, fractalised rhythms slugging around the 130 mark. It’s moody like a UK-themed record ought to be, but it’s not morose. There’s fierceness in every snap and rumble, as the legacies of hardcore, jungle, dubstep and grime pour into the casing prior to the gunpowder lighting.

On previous LEA releases, the MC roll call has pointed to some of the most vital voices touching the mic in the present day. Flowdan, Sikka Rymes and Trim all had something different to impart over the riddims, and now Hostile Utopia expands on that with the most extensive show of lyrical strength yet. Mez lights up the woozy, abstract grime swerve of ‘Mercenary’ in a musical style. Emz brings a ruthlessly sharp verbal steez to ‘GetGet’, Killa P gets busy toasting over ‘DFRNT STYLE’ and ‘Superhighway’ carries the dexterous hip-hop flow of Cadence Weapon.

In between those standout tracks, LEA expresses just as much in the production. Tracks brimming with stories to impart, laden with symbols masquerading as samples and draped in aural garb that firmly places Hostile Utopia in a place, a mood, that could only belong to the UK. It’s a hybrid sound just like the society it sprang from, and therein lies its power.

Low End Activist ft.  Emz - Get Get

Label: Banoffee Pies Records
Artist: Herman
Title: Unlocked
Catalogue Number: BP021
Genre: UK Techno / Dubstep / Grime
Release: June 2022

Tracklist:
1. Unlocked
2. Echo Trip
3. Solitary Breaks
4. Gevangen

Banoffee Pies Records welcome Herman to the label with "Unlocked", a 4 track collection of neatly crafted sub heavy productions focusing weaving drum rhythms and percussive oddities. Breaking through the 20th release land mark on the original series with BP021 - more UK centric broken beat club tools. BPR xox

Mastered: Optimum
Distributed by: KUDOS Records

Banoffee Pies 021 - Unlocked

Unlocked

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BP021 - Herman - Unlocked - CLIPS

San Francisco based DJ and bass extraordinaire Farsight knows how to make an entrance, first bursting onto the scene with his adventurous and daring EP ‘Wisdom’ back in 2016. At the time Farsight's music sounded like it had been beamed from another planet and has played an important role in the cross-pollination of genres we’ve seen in recent years. Farsight has gone on to release on Scuffed Recordings, Maloca and Noire State, remaining firmly fixed on the future of club music. Now his blend of trap, jersey club, reggaeton and dancehall makes its way across the Atlantic with six mind-sizzling cuts for Brakes ‘N’ Pieces vol. 23.

Opening track ‘Triangulation’ combines rolling drums with party-starting vocal samples and steady whistles, letting listeners know we’re really off! ‘Mr Right’ then enters the fray with throbbing subs, ravey stabs and a vocal that sits halfway between fun and outright menacing. The A side comes to a close with ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ a dubstep infused cut of choppy breaks and wide-eyed melodies. A masterclass in raising tension, this track will shut down any club, please use wisely. 

‘Lesser Light’ shows Farsight’s love for bass exploration; it’s looming shadow pressing amongst some of the darkest corners of electronic. A unique brand of grime infused techno. ‘Water Margin’ delves even further, adopting a more measured pace for those heads down moments. The record comes to a close with ‘Fulminous Edge’ and is a reflection of the artist’s darkest material. The drums still have a familiar spring in their step but the track’s melodic bassline is mesmerizing; resulting in a melancholy trance that deserves a second play.

>> @djfarsight

Triangulation EP

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BRKN023 // Farsight - Triangulation EP

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Dutch producer @french_ii returns to Coloray’s @interceptrecords with 'CD is Dead' featuring the dark-side garage of ‘Shot Caller’, a track filled with ample bass pressure and huge cavernous reverb.

CD Is Dead

French II - Shot Caller [Intercept]

Featuring Artists Pugilist, Caldera, Dawn Razor, Lithe & Imitation Therapy, Hartta and Barley. Branch Points first V/A is a exploration into functional leftfield club sonics.

@hartta
@branchpoints

Buy:
https://branchpoints.bandcamp.com/album/various-artists-1

PREMIERE: Hartta - NRG Tool [Branch Points]

Longtime Scuffed family member Farsight joins forces with friend of the label Breaka for a bouncing, UKG-influenced collab on 'Flow State'.

@djfarsight
@breakaleeds

Buy:
https://lnk.to/FarsightFlowState

Farsight - Flow State (ft. Breaka)

Brighton-based producer @tamlinspeaks brings his Bitter Fruit EP to Scuffed Recordings, showing his broad approach to production across four varied tracks.

Although the EP is Tamlin’s debut on Scuffed under this alias, he has previously appeared as part of the duo Heritage, whose releases have included some of the most defining tracks on the label. In comparison to the high-energy breaks and bass-led production of Heritage, the Tamlin alias shows a more introspective sound - spanning melodic electronics, broken techno, hybrid dancehall, and soaring breakbeats.

Opener ‘Bitter Fruit’ - focussed around a hypnotic marimba melody - was debuted by label owners Wager and Ian DPM on Rinse FM back in 2020 and has been the subject of countless track ID requests since.

Buy:
https://lnk.to/BitterFruit

Tamlin - Bitter Fruit

We're back with another charity VA - this time in support of FareShare Southwest 

ANY BPM Vol.2 releases 09/09, available to pre-order now! 

1. @leftleftdbg - Watchen
2. @whambolam - Chugugga
3. @user-182838783 (Yoosee)- A Little Bit Dark
4. @fiyahdred - The Shuffle
5. @ruffkaval - Pileup
6. @sickarone - Leaves
7. @van-wilkins - Concentrate
8. @yourboykiran - I Can See It
9. @tvsmiffland - This Ain’t a Place for the Living
10. @slinkiuk - Godfruit
11. @dai-su - Again
12. @etraetra - Kyoho
13. @k-65uk - Dispatch
14. @roamingdataa - Boxwerk 
15. @djsideswipe - Plantlife
16. Goldman & @djlazergun - Set U Free 
17. @norazion1 - It’s a Pity
18. @cazzztle - Remember
19.  @qqantt - Deep Breath

Preorder here - https://excessbristol.bandcamp.com/album/any-bpm-vol-2

AB002 - ANY BPM Vol. 2 [Clips]

PRE-ORDER: https://infared.bandcamp.com/album/infa001

Pummelling percussive rhythms and a grooving yet tense soundscape make up man like Blutoof's debut release for his new label Infared. Recently featured in Breaka's Impact mix for us and getting radio play from the likes of Emerald, Fauzia and Oneman it's bound to be a future classic.

BRKN023 // Farsight - Triangulation EP

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