UK techno 8 (août 2022)

SALT-LICK-ACID-MOO

High Grade

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.

Next up is ‘Diazemax’, which comes across like a sequel to some of Heritage’s earlier work such as ‘What U Wearing’ - all at once heavy, percussive, and floatingly melodic, while third track ‘Flutter in Blue’ slows the tempo to 100bpm for a weighty, dancehall-influenced roller.

To close out the EP, Tamlin recruits fellow Brighton producer Parry on ‘Rush’, the most intricately-produced track of the release - with reflective pads swirling around winding percussion.

Buy:
https://scuffedrecs.bandcamp.com/album/bitter-fruit-ep

Tamlin - Bitter Fruit EP (Previews)

Out now!
Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
bit.ly/3OkExQv

2023 - OYSTER50
@kalaharioystercult

Reptant 'Polygrams' [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

Crepuscular

All proceeds from this release will go to Not A Phase, a trans-led, grassroots charity committed to uplifting and improving the lives of trans+ people in the UK, through awareness campaigning, social projects and funding trans+ lead initiatives.

Available on my bandcamp.

Lazarus - Bearing Load

Listen to "Screech" by Leah taken from VA "Trigger·Response - curated by ergen101" out on June 27th via Craquages Collectifs

Pre-order: https://craquages-collectifs.bandcamp.com/album/trigger-response-curated-by-ergen101

'Trigger·Response' is the third V/A released by Craquages and the first of their curation series, in which their residents share their own artistic vision.

ergen101 made this project a space where artists could freely explore the intrinsic contradictions and connexions of themes like oppression & freedom, softness & harshness or trauma & resilience, through an experimental, deconstructed club (or not club) & bass aesthetic.
It tells a story of humanity, of past experienced as present and how we can now act on it : Trigger & Response.

Links:
Leah
https://soundcloud.com/leahdj
https://www.instagram.com/leah__dj
Craquages Collectifs
https://soundcloud.com/craquages-collectifs
https://craquages-collectifs.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/craquages.collectifs
Mastering : Le Dom
Artwork : 1.5L
Press Officer : HI ROSIE

pre-order / bandcamp

Leah - Screech (Craquages Collectifs)

Carré debuts on Woozy with Meltdown, the label’s third instalment on wax. An exciting new iteration for the dubstep blueprint, three weighty and heady half steppers in the proudest one-forty tradition with a modern dub-club twist. Comes with two striking remixes from legends dBridge and NVST.

Label: @woozydublin
Buy: https://woozydublin.bandcamp.com/album/meltdown

PREMIERE: Carré - Crawler [Woozy]

Rhassoul: https://lnkfi.re/TECLP027C
Tectonic Sound: https://lnkfi.re/TECLP027
SICARIA steps up with her deep bassweight energy for the third single from the forthcoming Tectonic Sound compilation. Having made serious waves in dubstep over the past few years, SICARIA has recently found herself playing b2b with Skrillex, tearing up Coachella, Boiler Room sets and generally setting dancefloors and festivals on fire, worldwide. Her track for the comp, ‘Rhassoul’ lands as a proper dubstep cut—one foot firmly rooted in the UK’s original sonic lineage, the other venturing into bold new terrain. It feels as fresh as it does faithful to the genre. A true shoulder-roller, it delivers scattering bursts of sub-bass science at earthquake intensity, rumbling through the mix with precision and power.


https://lnkfi.re/TECLP

SICARIA - Rhassoul

"Relief is something that you would mention".

As heard at Golden Plains, this is the B1 off my 'Supernature' EP out now on Salt Mines.

@salt-mines

Phonica: bit.ly/2TP2oLu
Redeye: bit.ly/2NnTLX2
Rekkids: bit.ly/2TRtmlA
Juno: bit.ly/33O9Rz9
LT: bit.ly/2Zbu7fy
Decks: bit.ly/2MOidBI
Coldcuts//Hotwax: bit.ly/2ZsSlC2
HHV: bit.ly/2ZL4q0p
Bandcamp: bit.ly/2Z5vr3u

https://soundcloud.com/salt-mines/salt012-escape-artist-supernature-ep-1

Supernature EP

Escape Artist - Silicone Valium [Salt Mines]

@sputnik_one
Modern sounds coming from Dublin's young and promising new talent Sputnik One. Ethereal pads swell beneath quirky perks and a slamming Breakbeat rhythm. Peak floor stuff.

Out Now!
Clone: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Clone
Redeye: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Redeye
Juno: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Juno
Lobster: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Lobster
Deejay: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Deejay
Decks: tinyurl.com/LKR008-Decks
(More to come)

Digital Pre-Order: tinyurl.com/LKR008-BC
Releasing 10.02.2020

Exertion VA II

B1 // Sputnik One 'Isolator'

A1 Bufo Bufo 'Metal's Winning' - out 14/9 on Furthur Electronix

Pha·​sic / ˈfā-zik /
Reacting rapidly and strongly to a stimulus but quickly adapting and having a short period of excitation.

Re·​flex / ˈriːflɛks /
Performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.

Title track from the new Kalahari Oyster Cult EP out June 15.

Pre-Order.
https://kalaharioystercult.bandcamp.com/merch/reptant-phasic-reflex-12-w-roza-terenzi-remix-oyster25-2

Reptant - Phasic Reflex [Kalahari Oyster Cult]

First Second Label drop their first 12' of the year from sub-tech stalwart and Woozy resident Sputnik One. Four tracks scaling intense percussive workouts and low end mutations. Early support from the likes of Ben UFO, re:ni, Peach & more.

Releases August 29, 2020

All tracks made in Dublin by Jim Richard
Artwork by Bentley Allison
Design by DC FSLMan

Kerosene EP

BUY NOW

FSL010 - Sputnik One - Kerosene (Clips)

Ripped from Mary Anne Hobbs' show on BBC 6 Music 06/11/20:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p2m2

Forthcoming on Control Freak Recordings [WLFRK001] 04/12/20.

Kicking off our new white label series is Brighton-via-Bristol producer @Syzuk. Drawing on a diverse range of touchpoints from across the spectrum of UK club music, this trio of dancefloor destroyers encompass precision-engineered soundsystem techno, mutant 2-step and West Country bass.

Wrapping things up, Pressure Dome founder @Yushh returns to Control Freak with her own flip of title track Bunzunkunzun, bringing down the BPM for a menacing rework that’s punctuated by her signature wonky rhythms.

Strictly limited vinyl release for these essential DJ weapons - get them while they’re hot!

Syz - Circulate (Mary Anne Hobbs BBC 6 Music Radio Rip)

Rose Bonica - Disengage

RENT003: Another one from the (fairly recent) archives... Tight bass driven technoid steppas thing with a dash of swung UKG flavour >>>

Big weight on this one - soundsystem killer :)

134bpm

Crepuscular

Connor Wrong