Winter is behind us and the days are slowly getting longer again, yet this low heat season continues. Climates fluctuate, heads hang low; but enough heat remains to keep the motor running. The cycle goes on.

Icey drifts & fire sirens, De Grandi (Paradoxe Club) & Realitycheck (Renascence) share the wheel on this fifth Electroménager release.

@de_grandi
@realitycheck-4

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Release date: 14.06.2021
Pre-order: https://electromngr.bandcamp.com/album/em005-de-grandi-realitycheck-low-heat

Music composed & produced by De Grandi & Realitycheck
Artwork by Jessica Coifman & Yanni Caloghiris
Creative direction by Yanni Caloghiris

Low Heat

EM005

EM005 - De Grandi & Realitycheck - Low Heat (SNIPPETS)

The latest drop from Low End Activist finds him teaming up with East London’s Razor for a blistering, mutant grime throwdown. Razor has been coming up for some time now, and the clue is in his name. Staggering, swaggering, diamond-sharp lines bending and flexing over LEA’s 10-tonne beat. Stepping on from past work with the likes of Filthy Gears and Trooh Hippi, this is as clear a statement of Razor’s skills as you need to hear. His versatility reaches beyond purist grime to become something more malleable – the perfect fit for the grey area of bassbin pressure LEA occupies.

On the B side, the first remix comes from John T. Gast, who dubs ‘Get Dark’ out in superlative fashion. The downcast lead lick interplays with a warm, rounded sub and Razor pings through the echo chamber for a dreamy flip of the original. Oxford-rooted producer Silas brings something more slippery to his version, teasing a weightless lead-in which drops anchor in devastating fashion around a bass that curves time and space. Low End Activism continues to yield rule breaking sonic matter ruder than the rest.

A1 - Get Dark ft.  Razor

Skenghis Kahn joins Shubzin with a beautiful serenade of twisted up transients and bouncy bass.

 This compilation is supporting Sisters Uncut a charity who have proved to be vital in the previous months rallying support and leading the Kill the Bill marches against new draconian changes to policing and prison laws.
This charity challenges gendered violence by challenging the government cuts to a number of social and community/health based services.
Austerity is a political choice with fatal consequences. 

Release day Sept 30th
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SHUBZINVA004

Skenghis Kahn - Breakthru Juice

Off "Kirkstone Pass", the new EP from Henry Greenleaf, coming out April 22 on Redstone Press.

Buy: https://redstonepress.bandcamp.com/album/red004-kirkstone-ep-henry-greenleaf

Label: @redstone-press
Artist: @henry-greenleaf

Kirkstone Pass EP

[Premiere] Henry Greenleaf - Put By (out on Redstone Press)

Artist: Low End Activist
Title: Hostile Utopia
Label: Sneaker Social Club
Cat No: SNKRLP009
Release Date: 14th June

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.

Mastered by Beau Thomas
Collage by Clayton Burke
Design by DR.ME

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Next entry on TEMET comes courtesy of Victor Praud alias Second., a producer raised in Rezé (very close to our basecamp Nantes) who's previously made a name for himself through Society of Silence, the duo he co-operates alongside fellow French musician Tite.

Second’s debut for TEMET is ideal for both unbothered raving and mental unshackling from reality’s murky thrall.  Coined by Praud himself, the title for the EP - “Rasuba” - is a neologism without meaning that precisely stands for what can not be put into words.

Second. - Katies Visions

Dites Safran returns to the fold with some extra heat for this summer’s dancefloors, serving 2 heavyweight cuts infused with his signature mix of organic and impactful sound design, starting with the mesmerizing dancefloor oddball ‘Fila’ and the galvanising comtemporary dancehall hit ‘Raole’ on the flip.

Fila / Raole - MNBN014

Dites Safran - Raole - MNBND014

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{Premiere} K Jah & Sola - Gulf Stream (Grand Theft Audio)

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UIpman masterfully seasons Discarga's original grime version with eerie techno hi-hats. Metallic howls weave together with a candy-coated melody and padded bassline, whilst Jinani keeps the bassy distortions and bouncy static of the initial version intact. The perfect soundtrack to post-modern dreams.

Kuthi Jinani - Discarga (Ipman Remix) [Beat Machine]

Our last release for 2019 comes from a formidable newcomer to the bass music world. It is with great pleasure that we welcome Stafford-shire originated, now London based producer Debba with a home for his first ever debut EP.

First heard via Minor Science's debut Boiler Room, this EP has an already weighty backing from L U C Y, Darwin, Madam X, Ganesa, Jossy Mitsu, Klose One & Formally Unknown to name a few. 

This debut EP is a rapturous, dense & eerie blend of UK Techno/ Breaks showcasing Debba's understanding of club culture. As he enters the music industry with these 2 flawless tracks set under his belt, we can't wait to see how his talents will reward him in 2020.

Stream / Buy: http://smartlinks.cygnusmusic.net/l/GB8KE1955234/5dfdedf5297f13271a2aba22

Artist Bio (@Debba01 ) 
Originally born in Staffordshire’s county town, Debba relocated to the south-west of the capital only a few years ago. Undertaking a bachelor’s degree in sound production, the 24-year-old producer/DJ promptly immersed himself amongst London’s vibrant coterie of accomplished talent.

Although a relatively new figure on the circuit, the London-based producer has already made his festival debut appearance. Performing at governing UK music festival Boomtown last summer, Debba was situated on grass-roots backing, innovative music-tech company Pirate Studios’ festival stage, alongside a multitude of industry figureheads including; Skream, Plastician and Addison Groove.

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Debba - Echo

Here's my remix for Pavel's remix album which is out today !

DL/Stream : https://snd.click/x0kz9uk2

A.V.V.(Realitycheck Remix)

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Bookings contact: Dan@eminentagency.co.uk
Monthly show on @Komunal_radio Sat 8pm

CJAW001: Weighty Sound
CJAW002: Arma, Denham Audio & Nuvaman
CJAW003: Yak
CJAW004: Phrixus
CJAW005: Weighty Sound Vol. 2
CJAW006: Yilan
CJAW007: Agrippa & Ltd Colours
CJAW008: Ltd Colours
CJAW009: Nuvaman
CJAW010: zorenLo
CJAW011: Hedchef
CJAW012: Circuit 900
CJAW013: Pluralist 
CJAW014: Avernian
CJAW015: Kahter
CJAW016: Debba
CJAW017: Pluralist (Hedchef, Doctor Jeep Remix EP)
CJAW018: Vexxe 

Bookings, Demos, Inquiries: circularjaw@gmail.com

Debba - Echo

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