Following her contribution to Superclásico Vol. 2, we’re thrilled to welcome Closet Yi to the Clasico family properly with Cloudborne 888: four tracks of psychedelic but focused electronics.

We’ve been long-time admirers of Closet Yi’s work – from early gems on No Bad Days through to standout releases on Hotflush, Honey Badger and Peggy Gou’s Gudu label. Hailing from Seoul but increasingly active across the UK and Europe, she’s graced booths at Village Underground, Corsica Studios and Lost Village with the best of them, and made her Boiler Room debut alongside firm friends of the label Finn, Anz, Mogwaa and Sharda — need we say more?

Written in the wake of a Chinese tour last year, where Closet “played music in some places that really expanded my vision,” Cloudborne 888 takes cues from cities the size of small countries to mountain towns like Dali, where, in her words, “the nature was bizarre.” The result is some of the trippiest, most immersive music we’ve released yet: hazy synth washes, endlessly delayed textures and percussive grooves that feel like they’re unravelling and reassembling themselves in real time.

But while it drifts and bends, it never meanders — each track carries a pulse, a direction, and a restless momentum. It’s club music built on movement and memory, tension and release, with a sense of spatial depth that opens up new corners on every listen. Rhythmic storytelling between structure and spontaneity, made for open roads, dark rooms, and anywhere else you might find yourself lost in thought.
In Closet’s words: “the piece is a reflection of movement – physically and mentally – and I hope it gives people space to zone out for a bit and wander and imagine.”

All tracks written and produced by Closet Yi in Seoul.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Pilkyu Jung.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO009

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CCO009 ☆ Closet Yi – Cloudborne 888

@jasoncode's Nervous Growl wasn’t born in a club. It started on a cold, rainy day in Seattle, when he pulled out some hardware to shake off a creative rut.

Let’s backtrack: Jason first learned to produce at 16 after falling for the bass and energy of early dubstep, fascinated by its overlap with hip-hop. After years of honing his sound – including releases on Scuffed Recordings, Ommaya Records and Future Everything, plus his self-released 2022 EP JC01 – he moved back to Seattle and began working as a lighting tech for after-hours parties like Research, High+Tight, and Second Nature. Those nights, with their long-form, hypnotic grooves, would have a huge impact on the production of Nervous Growl. Around the same time, he started throwing his own parties, investing in a soundsystem with friends, and creating a DIY space to help bolster the local scene and strengthen the city’s underground dance community.

It’s that same spirit – inclusive, DIY, and fiercely proud of its scene – that fuels Nervous Growl: as he puts it, “a rising tide lifts all ships.” Bringing together that formative love of proggy house and techno with the deep womps, think breaks, tripped-out vocal chops and breathy ASMR moments that have become his signature (put it this way: he’s not beating the ADHD allegations any time soon), Nervous Growl feels like the record that brings together all aspects of Jason’s musical make-up into a disharmonious whole.

This EP also features his best mixing work yet – tight, bass-forward club tracks that balance silliness, darkness, and sultry energy. The low end is king here – especially the chest-rumbling “growl” at the core of the title track – but there’s a wry humour running throughout the EP with details that reveal themselves on repeat listens. Nervous Growl is a record built for big systems and packed dancefloors, with Jason’s personality stamped all over it. 

'Nervous Growl' releases in full on August 28, 2025

All tracks written and produced by Jason Code in Seattle.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Digital Cadence.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO010

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CCO010 ☆ Jason Code – Nervous Growl

Closet Yi’s Cloudborne 88 EP inspires fresh takes from Ikonika and James Bangura, who deliver two remixes built for very different corners of the dancefloor.

Ikonika leans into the EP title track's innate tranciness, pairing an amapiano-inspired rhythm with haunting chimes – pure pressure cooker music. The tempo's slower but without losing any of the OG's hypnotic power.

James Bangura meanwhile picks up the pace with a stripped-back techno flip of 'Haewool' – letting pitter-patter percussion ride big kicks and pads in the sort of club-ready style he's made his own.

All tracks written and produced by Closet Yi in Seoul.
Cloudborne 888 remixed by Ikonika in London. 
Haewool remixed by James Bangura in DC.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Pilkyu Jung.
Styling and creative direction by JiJi.
Hair and makeup by Yuna Oh.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO009R

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Closet Yi – Cloudborne 888 (Ikonika & James Bangura Remixes)

Buy: https://clasico.lnk.to/coffintexts

Local Action is proud to announce a new sibling label, Clasico, curated and operated by ELEANOR.

Clasico will be focused on cutting edge global club music, and was inspired by a series of label trips to North America in 2022 and the energy, community and friendships that we built there. The inaugural release on the label comes from Coffintexts, an ascendent Miami-based artist who has quickly become a key figure in the city’s current hotbed of club music talent. 

A steady stream of releases across the last few years, both solo and collaborating with the likes of INVT and Jonny from Space, have seen Peruvian-American artist Coffintexts emerge as one of the most exciting new names in contemporary club music, with DJ support coming from Pearson Sound, Dixon, Charlotte de Witte, Volvox, Eclair Fifi, Nick Leon, Florentino and more. 

As well as contributing to compilations from the likes of Femme Culture, Coffintexts was behind one of the stand-out tracks on Danny Daze’s scene-setting Homecore! Miami All Stars compilation last October, and recently performed her first Boiler Room and Keep Hush streams, on top of recent festival appearances at Okeechobee, III Points and more. Press-wise, she’s had glowing write-ups in Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, Mixmag, Crack, Untitled 909 and more. 

Driven by flawless percussion throughout and punctuated by her own vocal hooks that stay with you from the first listen, Touch is a perfect summation of what makes Coffintexts so special. Opening track ‘Ur Body So Smooth’ feels like the perfect intersection between contemporary Miami, classic UK Funky and mid-2000s US house, with vocals from collaborator Gaby G. Title track ‘Touch’ takes things harder with big 909 hats over a warehouse bassline, while ‘Toxic’ hones in on the hypnotic combination of voice and percussion which has felt like a trademark of previous Coffintexts releases. Finally, ‘Activo’ slows things down for a Latin percussion workout, heavy on atmosphere and automation. 

All tracks written and produced by Coffintexts in Miami
Vocals and writing on Ur Body So Smooth by Gabriela Guerrero
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios
Artwork by All Purpose Studio
Cover photo by Yana Gueorguieva
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO001

Tracklist: 
01. Ur Body So Smooth
02. Touch
03. Toxic
04. Activo

Listen to @coffintexts on Soundcloud

Touch

Coffintexts — Ur Body So Smooth

Buy: clasico.lnk.to/coffintexts

Local Action is proud to announce a new sibling label, Clasico, curated and operated by ELEANOR.

Clasico will be focused on cutting edge global club music, and was inspired by a series of label trips to North America in 2022 and the energy, community and friendships that we built there. The inaugural release on the label comes from Coffintexts, an ascendent Miami-based artist who has quickly become a key figure in the city’s current hotbed of club music talent.

A steady stream of releases across the last few years, both solo and collaborating with the likes of INVT and Jonny from Space, have seen Peruvian-American artist Coffintexts emerge as one of the most exciting new names in contemporary club music, with DJ support coming from Pearson Sound, Dixon, Charlotte de Witte, Volvox, Eclair Fifi, Nick Leon, Florentino and more.

As well as contributing to compilations from the likes of Femme Culture, Coffintexts was behind one of the stand-out tracks on Danny Daze’s scene-setting Homecore! Miami All Stars compilation last October, and recently performed her first Boiler Room and Keep Hush streams, on top of recent festival appearances at Okeechobee, III Points and more. Press-wise, she’s had glowing write-ups in Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, Mixmag, Crack, Untitled 909 and more.

Driven by flawless percussion throughout and punctuated by her own vocal hooks that stay with you from the first listen, Touch is a perfect summation of what makes Coffintexts so special. Opening track ‘Ur Body So Smooth’ feels like the perfect intersection between contemporary Miami, classic UK Funky and mid-2000s US house, with vocals from collaborator Gaby G. Title track ‘Touch’ takes things harder with big 909 hats over a warehouse bassline, while ‘Toxic’ hones in on the hypnotic combination of voice and percussion which has felt like a trademark of previous Coffintexts releases. Finally, ‘Activo’ slows things down for a Latin percussion workout, heavy on atmosphere and automation.

All tracks written and produced by Coffintexts in Miami
Vocals and writing on Ur Body So Smooth by Gabriela Guerrero
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios
Artwork by All Purpose Studio
Cover photo by Yana Gueorguieva
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO001

Tracklist:
01. Ur Body So Smooth
02. Touch
03. Toxic
04. Activo

Listen to @coffintexts on Soundcloud

Coffintexts — Touch

Coffintexts — Activo

A key part of New York’s club music underground, WTCHCRFT will release his next EP on Clasico, Local Action’s new sibling label curated and operated by ELEANOR.

Titled Sleepless in Brooklyn, the four-track EP sees WTCHCRFT continue to hone a distinctive take on techno — typically driven by acid basslines, minimal 808s and vocal hooks that reflect his hip-hop background — that’s seen him supported by the genre’s brightest sparks: Ellen Allien, Marie Davidson, TSHA, VTSS, Francois X, SPF DJ and Paula Temple.

A live fixture in the US and Europe, both solo and as one half of Madness Of (with regular b2b-partner KYRUH), WTCHCRFT has previously released on Balkan Vinyl, Sorry Records, Noise Manifesto and more.

Started during the pandemic and finished at the start of this year, Sleepless in Brooklyn is “dedicated to my time in Sunset Park Brooklyn, staying awake every day during the pandemic making music until 7AM."

All tracks written and produced by WTCHCRFT in Brooklyn.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Karla Del Orbe.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO002

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WTCHCRFT — Wait!

Baltimore's rising star JIALING returns to Clasico (Local Action sibling label), following her 'FREAKY HORNS' EP (one of the biggest dance tracks of 2024, called "song of the Summer" by Resident Advisor, DJ support from Pangaea, Bradley Zero, Nikki Nair, Miley Serious, Jossy Mitsu and more). 

Here she teams up with rising West Coast star Farsight, who has previously released on Rinse, Scuffed, Cloudcore & Dusky's 39 Steps label, for a stripped back, direct new club record - heavy on the breaks and carnival vibes.

WHISTLE TIP

JIALING & Farsight – WHISTLE TIP

SLAM CITY, the second single from JIALING and Farsight's collab EP is available to stream and download now!

The full EP releases September 26, 2024

All tracks written and produced by JIALING and Farsight in Brooklyn and San Francisco.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Sasha Klu.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO005

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JIALING & Farsight – SLAM CITY

Last May, we launched Clasico with ‘Touch’, an EP by Miami’s Coffintexts and our very first release. 17 months and five releases on, we’re back in business together.

Since releasing ‘Touch’ last year, Coffintexts’ star has only risen. She’s toured the world, her music’s been in rotation with everyone from Overmono and Mall Grab to Ben UFO and Pariah, and she’s fleshed out her catalogue in every direction: who else can say they’ve released on both Florentino’s Club Romantico and Chris Lake’s Black Book labels? This is real ‘girl who can do both’ shit.

This new release is the first in a pair of Coffintexts two-trackers scheduled for release on Clasico in the coming months. A-side ‘Todo Mi Cuerpo’ continues to hone and develop the musical language that Coffintexts has made her own in recent years: Latin percussion, pumping sub and dubby FX narrated by her own hypnotic vocals. B-side ’88 ST’ meanwhile takes things a little harder: it’s Coffintexts in her dark garage bag, womps and all. Atmospheric 2003 vibes on this one, in the best possible way.

In Coffintexts' words: "I love this pair grouped together. They're both different, yet they emphasize and enhance one another". Slinky, sexy and slamming club music from one of the most exciting dance scenes in the world? That’s Coffintexts’ MO — and in so many ways, that’s Clasico’s too.

Coffintexts – 88 ST

Coffintexts – Todo Mi Cuerpo

Baltimore's rising star JIALING returns to Clasico (Local Action sibling label), following her 'FREAKY HORNS' EP (one of the biggest dance tracks of 2024, called "song of the Summer" by Resident Advisor, DJ support from Pangaea, Bradley Zero, Nikki Nair, Miley Serious, Jossy Mitsu and more).

Here she teams up with rising West Coast star Farsight, who has previously released on Rinse, Scuffed, Cloudcore & Dusky's 39 Steps label, for a stripped back, direct new club record, for a high-energy club, grime and bass hybrid.

JIALING & Farsight – TWISTER

Baltimore's rising star JIALING returns to Clasico (Local Action sibling label), following her 'FREAKY HORNS' EP (one of the biggest dance tracks of 2024, called "song of the Summer" by Resident Advisor, DJ support from Pangaea, Bradley Zero, Nikki Nair, Miley Serious, Jossy Mitsu and more). Here she teams up with rising West Coast star Farsight, who has previously released on Rinse, Scuffed, Cloudcore & Dusky's 39 Steps label, for a stripped back, direct new club record - heavy on the breaks and carnival vibes.

JIALING & Farsight – WHISTLE TIP (FARSIGHT FLIP)

JIALING – PERCOLATE ON ACID (Sister Zo Remix)

A big record deserves a big remix package — and JIALING’s FREAKY HORNS was always destined for an extended life on the floor. So we called in friends, family, and freaks to give it the flip it deserved.

WTCHCRFT answers the call and takes ‘ADDY’ to the afters, adding his own vocals and ramping up the claps with all the frenetic energy of a sweaty back room.

On ‘PERCOLATE ON ACID’, Sister Zo channels her love for the original into a late-night propulsive heater: vocal chops, filtered synths and just a whisper of Benny Benassi. That one was always hers to remix.

Baltimore’s own Kade Young & S.DOT take the reins on ‘GET OFF MY JOGWHEEL’, chopping the vocals with the kind of effortless instinct you only get from years in the scene. Friends, collaborators and comrades-in-club, their version is a love letter to home turf — one for the local legends.

And finally: a rare remix from JIALING herself. A first for her, nudged along by a late-night text thread and a dumb joke too good not to run with. “Freaky Horns for Horny Freaks” became the mission statement — and the result is a VIP that dials everything up, from the bass to the brass to the mischief. Suitably ambitious, it sounds like it was made for an NBA arena. Sometimes the title comes before the track, so we had to commit to the bit.

releases May 1, 2025

All tracks written and produced by JIALING in Brooklyn.
Remixed by JIALING, WTCHCRFT, Kade Young & S.DOT, Sister Zo.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Ie-Ming Shih.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO004R

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JIALING – GET OFF MY JOGWHEEL (Kade Young & S.DOT Remix)

JIALING – HORNY FREAKS (JIALING VIP)

Coffintexts makes it a perfect hat-trick with her third release for Clasico – a submarine-deep pair of tracks from our regular Miami correspondent.

A sequel of sorts to last autumn’s ‘Todo Mi Cuerpo’ / ’88 ST’, these new tracks dial down the tempo but turn up the atmosphere. “It’s deeper, and dreamier than the last two tracks I released on Clasico,” she says. “Felt right to follow up with something along those lines.”

A-side ‘Mas Fina’ steps out with dubbed-out vocals, sonar bleeps and stuttering snares - club music for the bottom of the ocean, or at least for that moment in the night when everything feels a bit detached from gravity. It’s one of those tracks that feels simple on the surface, but reveals extra detail and submerged layers with every play.

B-side ‘Vamos Al Club’ ups the pressure: it’s Coffintexts in pumper mode again, with pitch-shifted hats, cheeky woodblocks and a wriggling bassline made for fogged-out rooms. Vocals come from fellow Miami resident Le Poodle. “I made the beat first, then reached out to Natalie to see if she had any vocals lying around. I chopped up some of the recordings she sent, and boom – it sat perfectly on the beat. Love her voice.”

The pair first crossed paths through mutual friends Paperwater back in 2017. At the time, Alex and some other local artists would pull all-nighters in Airbnbs and studios around Miami for makeshift writing and beat sessions – and you can hear that ease and chemistry woven into these tracks.

As for where these tracks belong? “Like 4-5am in a medium fogged out room – could be a club, a house party, even a Getty" (that's a get-together for the uninitiated). "Everything washed in a soft red light. Everyone’s still dancing, it’s that in-between moment where the night’s turning into morning.”

“These two beats are meant to capture a feeling. A moment that felt right in the studio. I’m excited to share it, and see how it connects with people.”

releases May 15, 2025

All tracks written and produced by Coffintexts in Miami.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Yana Gueorguieva.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO008

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Coffintexts – Mas Fina

Coffintexts – Vamos Al Club (feat. Le Poodle)

Closet Yi – Nomlas

Superclásico, Vol. 2

Seimei – Switch It Up

Tailor Jae – Alryte

Farsight – ROK HUDSON

JIALING – BIG J FALLS

We’re buzzing to welcome Sobolik to the Clasico family with ‘Prance' – the first single to launch our forthcoming compilation, Superclásico Vol. 2.

A vital force in New York’s DIY club underground, Sobolik’s music blurs the lines between many genres across the spectrum of dance music – but it’s their restless sense of rhythm and love of texture that truly defines their sound. Their productions carry a physicality and playfulness, full of offbeat details that turn club tracks into conversation pieces.

‘Prance’ is the first single from Superclásico Vol. 2, the second edition of Clasico’s annual Various Artists compilation collecting upfront club heat from across the globe.

The full compilation is available to pre-order now and features new music from JIALING, Third Self, Farsight, Bianca Oblivion, Seimei, RITCHRD, Closet Yi, Sister Zo, Ariel Zetina, E_E_E, Coffintexts, Sobolik, nextdimensional, Tailor Jae, Chris Flannigan and KOOXLA:
clasicorecs.bandcamp.com/album/supercl-sico-vol-2

Written and produced by Sobolik in Queens.
Mastered by Wordcolour.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: SUPERCLASICO002A

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Pre-order

Sobolik – Prance

RITCHRD – BLINK

Third Self – Baby Back Bass

Bianca Oblivion – Move It

Chris Flannigan – ENTROPY

Coffintexts – Tropichop

Erhigh

Following her contribution to Superclásico Vol. 2, we’re thrilled to welcome Closet Yi to the Clasico family properly with Cloudborne 888: four tracks of psychedelic but focused electronics.

We’ve been long-time admirers of Closet Yi’s work – from early gems on No Bad Days through to standout releases on Hotflush, Honey Badger and Peggy Gou’s Gudu label. Hailing from Seoul but increasingly active across the UK and Europe, she’s graced booths at Village Underground, Corsica Studios and Lost Village with the best of them, and made her Boiler Room debut alongside firm friends of the label Finn, Anz, Mogwaa and Sharda — need we say more?

Written in the wake of a Chinese tour last year, where Closet “played music in some places that really expanded my vision,” Cloudborne 888 takes cues from cities the size of small countries to mountain towns like Dali, where, in her words, “the nature was bizarre.” The result is some of the trippiest, most immersive music we’ve released yet: hazy synth washes, endlessly delayed textures and percussive grooves that feel like they’re unravelling and reassembling themselves in real time.

But while it drifts and bends, it never meanders — each track carries a pulse, a direction, and a restless momentum. It’s club music built on movement and memory, tension and release, with a sense of spatial depth that opens up new corners on every listen. Rhythmic storytelling between structure and spontaneity, made for open roads, dark rooms, and anywhere else you might find yourself lost in thought.
In Closet’s words: “the piece is a reflection of movement – physically and mentally – and I hope it gives people space to zone out for a bit and wander and imagine.”

Petal Pedal

Following her contribution to Superclásico Vol. 2, we’re thrilled to welcome Closet Yi to the Clasico family properly with Cloudborne 888: four tracks of psychedelic but focused electronics.

We’ve been long-time admirers of Closet Yi’s work – from early gems on No Bad Days through to standout releases on Hotflush, Honey Badger and Peggy Gou’s Gudu label. Hailing from Seoul but increasingly active across the UK and Europe, she’s graced booths at Village Underground, Corsica Studios and Lost Village with the best of them, and made her Boiler Room debut alongside firm friends of the label Finn, Anz, Mogwaa and Sharda — need we say more?

Written in the wake of a Chinese tour last year, where Closet “played music in some places that really expanded my vision,” Cloudborne 888 takes cues from cities the size of small countries to mountain towns like Dali, where, in her words, “the nature was bizarre.” The result is some of the trippiest, most immersive music we’ve released yet: hazy synth washes, endlessly delayed textures and percussive grooves that feel like they’re unravelling and reassembling themselves in real time.

But while it drifts and bends, it never meanders — each track carries a pulse, a direction, and a restless momentum. It’s club music built on movement and memory, tension and release, with a sense of spatial depth that opens up new corners on every listen. Rhythmic storytelling between structure and spontaneity, made for open roads, dark rooms, and anywhere else you might find yourself lost in thought.
In Closet’s words: “the piece is a reflection of movement – physically and mentally – and I hope it gives people space to zone out for a bit and wander and imagine.”

The title track is available on July 16th before the full EP is released on July 31st.

Cloudborne 888

Haewool

Jason Code’s Nervous Growl wasn’t born in a club. It started on a cold, rainy day in Seattle, when he pulled out some hardware to shake off a creative rut.

Let’s backtrack: Jason first learned to produce at 16 after falling for the bass and energy of early dubstep, fascinated by its overlap with hip-hop. After years of honing his sound – including releases on Scuffed Recordings, Ommaya Records and Future Everything, plus his self-released 2022 EP JC01 – he moved back to Seattle and began working as a lighting tech for after-hours parties like Research, High+Tight, and Second Nature. Those nights, with their long-form, hypnotic grooves, would have a huge impact on the production of Nervous Growl. Around the same time, he started throwing his own parties, investing in a soundsystem with friends, and creating a DIY space to help bolster the local scene and strengthen the city’s underground dance community.

It’s that same spirit – inclusive, DIY, and fiercely proud of its scene – that fuels Nervous Growl: as he puts it, “a rising tide lifts all ships.” Bringing together that formative love of proggy house and techno with the deep womps, think breaks, tripped-out vocal chops and breathy ASMR moments that have become his signature (put it this way: he’s not beating the ADHD allegations any time soon), Nervous Growl feels like the record that brings together all aspects of Jason’s musical make-up into a disharmonious whole.

This EP also features his best mixing work yet – tight, bass-forward club tracks that balance silliness, darkness, and sultry energy. The low end is king here – especially the chest-rumbling “growl” at the core of the title track – but there’s a wry humour running throughout the EP with details that reveal themselves on repeat listens. Nervous Growl is a record built for big systems and packed dancefloors, with Jason’s personality stamped all over it. 

'Nervous Growl' releases in full on August 28, 2025

All tracks written and produced by Jason Code in Seattle.
Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Digital Cadence.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO010

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Jason Code – Rude Lil Guy

Jason Code – HI-C

Jason Code – Nervous Growl

Jason Code’s Nervous Growl wasn’t born in a club. It started on a cold, rainy day in Seattle, when he pulled out some hardware to shake off a creative rut.  

Let’s backtrack. Jason first learned to produce at 16 after falling for the bass and energy of early dubstep, fascinated by its overlap with hip-hop. After years of honing his sound – including releases on Scuffed Recordings, Ommaya Records and Future Everything, plus his self-released 2022 EP JC01 – he moved back to Seattle and began working as a lighting tech for after-hours parties like Research, High+Tight, and Second Nature. Those nights, with their long-form, hypnotic grooves, would have a huge impact on the production of Nervous Growl. Around the same time, he started throwing his own parties, investing in a soundsystem with friends, and creating a DIY space to help bolster the local scene and strengthen the city’s underground dance community.

It’s that same spirit – inclusive, DIY, and fiercely proud of its scene – that fuels Nervous Growl: as he puts it, “a rising tide lifts all ships.” Bringing together that formative love of proggy house and techno with the deep womps, think breaks, tripped-out vocal chops and breathy ASMR moments that have become his signature (put it this way: he’s not beating the ADHD allegations any time soon), Nervous Growl feels like the record that brings together all aspects of Jason’s musical make-up into a disharmonious whole.

This EP also features his best mixing work yet – tight, bass-forward club tracks that balance silliness, darkness, and sultry energy. The low end is king here – especially the chest-rumbling “growl” at the core of the title track – but there’s a wry humour running throughout the EP with details that reveal themselves on repeat listens. Nervous Growl is a record built for big systems and packed dancefloors, with Jason’s personality stamped all over it.

Jason Code – Glitching in the Wraith

Following their contribution to Superclasico Vol 2., Sobolik officially joins the Clasico family in a major way!

Five new tracks from one of the US underground’s most exciting voices, Heavy Eyes finds Sobolik refining their sound while reconnecting with their roots. Written over eight months between June 2024 and February 2025, the record came out of a moment of recalibration. After a run of dense, chaotic releases, Sobolik stripped things back and turned their focus to groove and percussion, gravitating towards techno, tribal house and dubstep for inspiration – but never long enough for any one genre to define them.

The result is a set of tracks that balance dissonance and playfulness, with a renewed emotional core. “I wanted to hone things down,” they explain. “None of them are straightforward bangers, but they’re all playful, charged, and connected to the deep reverence for pop music that’s always driven me.”

Musically, the EP takes influence from Trekkie Trax, 85 Acid and Yaleesa Hall, late-‘00s dubstep pioneers like Appleblim and Peverelist, and the DJ worldbuilding of CCL, Gigsta, Objekt, and Kiernan Laveaux. But at its heart, it’s rooted in Sobolik’s most formative experiences in the North American underground, channeling the unbridled spirit of DIY raves like Montreal’s Layer05 and STM, Philadelphia’s Chrysalis and Concréte, New York’s Groovy Groovy and TOSSD, and of course Sobolik’s own Antidote nights. “This music is for those floors,” they say. “The places that captured my heart.”

As their seventh EP, Heavy Eyes feels like a sure step forward. “It comes from me DJing more, deepening my knowledge of how dance music works on the body and on a crowd,” Sobolik reflects. “I feel more confident now, put less pressure on myself – and I think the tracks are cleaner, more distilled.” That maturity doesn’t come at the expense of personality, though: this is still music full of texture, humour, and an air of “why the fuck not?”

The EP closes with a remix from Swedish innovator Peder Mannerfelt – ‘business (techno) in the front, party in the back’ personified and one of Sobolik’s earliest inspirations. “He’s been flying the flag for freaky, fun, bassy techno for years,” Sobolik says. “His tracks set my gold standard for dancefloor music – I did not expect he’d be so immediately down to remix my material, and I’m really humbled by his support.”


With Heavy Eyes, Sobolik delivers their sharpest and most focused work yet: club tracks that are fierce and frenetic, but also deeply earnest.

The title track is out September 4, before Heavy Eyes drops in full on October 2.

Heavy Eyes

Sobolik – Heavy Eyes

Following their contribution to Superclasico Vol 2., @tomsobolikmusic officially joins the Clasico family in a major way!

Five new tracks from one of the US underground’s most exciting voices, Heavy Eyes finds Sobolik refining their sound while reconnecting with their roots. Written over eight months between June 2024 and February 2025, the record came out of a moment of recalibration. After a run of dense, chaotic releases, Sobolik stripped things back and turned their focus to groove and percussion, gravitating towards techno, tribal house and dubstep for inspiration – but never long enough for any one genre to define them.

The result is a set of tracks that balance dissonance and playfulness, with a renewed emotional core. “I wanted to hone things down,” they explain. “None of them are straightforward bangers, but they’re all playful, charged, and connected to the deep reverence for pop music that’s always driven me.”

Musically, the EP takes influence from Trekkie Trax, 85 Acid and Yaleesa Hall, late-‘00s dubstep pioneers like Appleblim and Peverelist, and the DJ worldbuilding of CCL, Gigsta, Objekt, and Kiernan Laveaux. But at its heart, it’s rooted in Sobolik’s most formative experiences in the North American underground, channeling the unbridled spirit of DIY raves like Montreal’s Layer05 and STM, Philadelphia’s Chrysalis and Concréte, New York’s Groovy Groovy and TOSSD, and of course Sobolik’s own Antidote nights. “This music is for those floors,” they say. “The places that captured my heart.”

As their seventh EP, Heavy Eyes feels like a sure step forward. “It comes from me DJing more, deepening my knowledge of how dance music works on the body and on a crowd,” Sobolik reflects. “I feel more confident now, put less pressure on myself – and I think the tracks are cleaner, more distilled.” That maturity doesn’t come at the expense of personality, though: this is still music full of texture, humour, and an air of “why the fuck not?”

The EP closes with a remix from Swedish innovator Peder Mannerfelt – ‘business (techno) in the front, party in the back’ personified and one of Sobolik’s earliest inspirations. “He’s been flying the flag for freaky, fun, bassy techno for years,” Sobolik says. “His tracks set my gold standard for dancefloor music – I did not expect he’d be so immediately down to remix my material, and I’m really humbled by his support.”

With Heavy Eyes, Sobolik delivers their sharpest and most focused work yet: club tracks that are fierce and frenetic, but also deeply earnest.

Perc Loop Princess is the second single on the EP, before Heavy Eyes drops in full on October 2.

All tracks written and produced by Sobilik in Queens.
Mastered by Alex Gordon.
Remix mastered by Wordcolour.
Artwork by All Purpose Studio.
Cover photo by Thomas Sobolik Sr.
Released by Clasico Records | Catalog #: CCO011

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