On december 6 we welcomed Ship Sket, manchester&amp#39;s cursed genious dj-producer. Today he delivers a loaded mix of drill, dubstep, footwork; noisy club beats. 


ONE-OFF  w/ Ship Sket (17/12/24)

TRYCE @3yyccee and Xenia Reaper @xeniareaper collaborate on Dream-Fighter, a limited 7" lathe cut, due for release on Unguarded February 14th.

Drawing from a collection of recordings made throughout 2021, the two producers bring to life a cold, icy two-track single spanning precision-cut breaks, breezy pads and fluttering digital arpeggios, laced together by laser tight impacts.

Written, produced & mixed by TRYCE & Xenia Reaper
Mastered by Tim Roth
Artwork by TRYCE
Cut by Disc Archive

Fighter (Echo Mix)

FLORAS is the new album from katharsis founder jjjacob, releasing on May 21st to mark the five-year anniversary of the label’s first output. A celebration shaped by time, patience, and transformation, FLORAS is an assemblage of seven tracks - each with its history. The oldest dates back to 2018; the newest bloomed only months ago. Initially intended for other projects or collaborations that never fully took root, these compositions have been reworked, reimagined, and refined - transformed by years of quiet attention. Stylistically, the release moves between the physical and the introspective - crushed drumbreaks, poignant basslines, grand synth melodies, and obscure granular vocals.

Each track is like an ancient, fluorescent flower rediscovered in a distant cave, alien in form yet deeply familiar. Cyclical in structure, they mirror the seasonal processes: emerging, flourishing, decaying, returning. There’s a strange botanical logic at play, as patterns and shapes reappear like genetic echoes, and even discarded stems sprout new life. Melodic ideas and textural procedures reverberate across tracks like shared ancestral material, connecting them like a hidden underground network. Some tracks still bear traces of feedback or collaboration that never fully materialized - ghost limbs and branches that helped shape the whole.

Built from ambient textures, hard-hitting percussion, and sonic details that reward deep listening, FLORAS is a meditation on growth, time, and potential. The release reflects not only a shift in jjjacob’s personal process, but also a new chapter for katharsis itself: after five years of near-monthly releases, the label now turns toward a slower rhythm - giving each release more space to breathe, settle, and take root before moving on.

releases May 21, 2025

artworks & mastering by jjjacob

FLORAS

WARSH

pre-order

premiere: jjjacob - WARSH

https://soundcloud.com/ole123456 for @eliasqz & @jassintio

www.retreatradio.net/event-horizon

Listen 24/7 at www.retreatradio.net

Event Horizon #5 w/ olé (16/04/25)

Fourth and final premiere "Ciphercut“ by @genus-aix is out now. In "Ciphercut", Genus Aix reveals a new facet of his sound, leaning into a bass-heavy, raw, and darker sound aesthetic. The track adds a post-dubstep-tinged edge to the compilation, evoking the feel of a slow-motion moshpit.
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Artwork: Alexander Turovsky (www.instagram.com/alexanderturovsky)
Mastering: Christoff Riedel (www.instagram.com/christoff.riedel)
Catalogue Number: cime010
Release Date: June 16th, 2025

Genus Aix - Ciphercut

Kwia 12.06.25 (Guitar set)

@lolito89

The winds are blowing. Bringing fragments of phrases, half-faded memories.
Tune in to the frequency — B Station is calling. Waves of new hope and tender recollections move through the soft melodies and lingering reverberations.
With gentle distortion and melodic drift, the artists trace moments suspended in time: the warmth of a voice, the ghost of a phrase, the glow of distant hope. Echoes of the past, and dreams of a distant future.

The compilation is available for purchase via Nina Protocol and Bandcamp.
DSP release arrives on September 4.

Mastered by FMSAO
Cover by jacksheartt

Lolito - Colo Dept 89

Premiere : music lovers anonymous @emellay - I Can Feel You Through the Screen [katharsis] @katharsislabel

“Emellay” is the second EP released by Upstate NY-based artist music lovers anonymous (MLA). The project can be seen as a sort of sequel to his first EP, “Wherever Chance Leads Me, I Will Go As A Friend,” released on formforum earlier this year. There are familiar sounds: humble field recordings, string-like textures, with an increased emphasis on controlled discord. Samples from important periods in his life are re-contextualized into something individualized: an interpretive dance between the weight of life and the bliss of insignificance. A pseudo-self titled project, “Emellay” functions as an unfinished self-portrait. Or maybe rather, a blind contour. These tracks were created without an end—with closed eyes—like a story being told as it is written...a story taking place in a bedroom, at a laptop, with a MIDI controller. It is an ode to an undeveloped identity, leaving melodic artifacts in its wake.

This is music for headphones.

Premiere : music lovers anonymous - I Can Feel You Through the Screen [katharsis]

{roca005} இ︎

𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮

🌾♡︎

⤑. compilation for the slow summer｡𖦹°‧. Thank you to the amazing amazing artists.ೃ o

"The end of art is peace
Could be the motto of this frail device
That I have pinned up on our deal dresser—
Like a drawn snare
Slipped lately by the spirit of the corn
Yet burnished by its passage, and still warm." 

from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘸 by Seamus Heaney, 


artwork by @nunez______
mastered by @boy.lucid

Sunchaser - Test Your Luck

WEATHERWAY (Interlude Remix)

Figure of Eight

Space for interdisciplinary practice

est. 2020

Genus Aix - Ciphercut

Cime