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Lyon's @ComicSansRec have long been one of our favourite underground labels, ever pushing their singular sound forwards. Their latest blast, 'Osseous Labyrinth', courtesy of @VinaKonda, sees them leap further forwards than we've seen yet.

Osseous Labyrinth

Vina Konda - S.N.C Modulation [Comic Sans Records]

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For our seventeenth addition We are graced with the presence of London's own aircode, whose electronic obscurities have been found on such labels as DJ Pitch's 'Tobago Tracks' along with a recent EP on 'Alien Jams'. Julia's productions are truly worthy of being heralded by a label with the word 'alien' in the title - her work is enigmatic and astoundingly unique. It beckons notions of a faraway entity who occupied her mind and attempted to craft their world's music through her eyes using earthly soundscapes.

It is pensive and moving throughout, where aircode has used the absence of space and an unlikely palette of reverb-drenched, distant sounds to accentuate a sense of alienation. Nods to dubstep and UK-influenced genres leak through at times to reinforce the still-present movability and flow that Julia effortlessly melds into the sound design she has mastered. The tracks loop in and out of themselves, where she has broken down each track skilfully into a concise selection of resonances that undergo a perpetual sense of motion that subvert the tropes of contemporary club music. There is an uneasy air of endlessness and repetition throughout; a spiral further and further into an unknown unknown.

Artwork by Alessia Gunawan and Gregorio Nordio
Mastering by Hamza Robati

Spiralling - EP

aircode - Eye Roll

For the next release on Early Reflex we welcome Frankfurt-based producer and composer Lorica (formerly known as Avbvrn), following his debut EP on Display and a split on Destitute.

Lorica filters a surgical attention to detail and sound design through a wide-scope approach to atmosphere and the spatial qualities of music. The resulting work conjures up dramatic, vivid, and tactile sonic landscapes that recall classical forms and techniques, while drawing upon contemporary textures and approaches to rhythm and memory.
Inspired by renaissance arts and their creative process ‘Adaptive Radiation’ [EYX005] stretches further Lorica’s experimental and oblique musical approach to the club-focused context of Early Reflex. The result is a 5-track EP blending cinematic sound design with traces of dubstep, drill, dancehall, trap, and more which is going to hit the listeners both physically and emotionally!

The opener ‘Baikal Rediscovered’ is a great example of Lorica’s production style where the composer blends together orchestral and atmospheric pads with incessant grimey beats and a deep bass-line making it a suitable tool for the club.
A storm of otherworldly sounds in contrast with its trapp inspired rhythmic session protrude in ‘Ochre Skeleton’ originating a surrealistic and peculiar atmosphere.
Approaching the end of the first half of the EP there is ‘Petrified Butterfly’, a dreamy and spooky interlude where synthesised flute melodies, fast-paced percussions and effected field recordings repeat and alternate themselves continuously while evolving every time differently in a never-ending loop until every sound dissolves in empty reverberated spaces.
Entering the second half of the release, listeners get hit by the drilling kick drum and the twisting sound design of ‘Sodiumglanz’, which lead to the closure of the EP.
In ‘Breccia’ Lorica explores further his blend of cinematic effects with the pronounced attitude for the club, delivering a track characterised by pitch-shifting electronic percussions and the harmonic progression of orchestrated instruments and strings.

‘Adaptive Radiation’ is available across all platforms starting from Friday 5th of November.

© & ℗ 2021 Early Reflex. All rights reserved. All tracks produced and mixed by Lorica § Mastering by Andrea Prato § Drawings by Giuseppe Cavuoto § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

Breccia

Only the label’s second ever release, Vief bursts into 2022 with a whopping 17-track compilation spanning breakbeat, jungle, techno, hard drum and much, much, more. All proceeds from the release will be donated to Refugee Action, a charity that aims to build safe, happy and meaningful lives for refugees in the UK.  

London and Taiwan based B E N N’s addition to the release is a perfect representation of the unique space he fills as an artist. Showcasing his sound that draws from techno, UK funky, Bass music and hard drum, Abyss Chant is four minutes of unadulterated explosive energy that you do not want to miss out on!

B E N N
@bedoublensound
www.instagram.com/bnnw_tw/

Vief Records
@viefrecords
www.instagram.com/vief_records/

Refugee Action Compilation

Abyss Chant

Premiere: B E N N - Abyss Chant | Vief Records

Taken from Nahash (@nahashisalive) new EP Tides, out February 22, 2022, via POLAAR (@polaarsounds)

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After releasing the very tense and politically charged Flowers Of The Revolution album on SVBKVLT, Nahash returns home to France for an EP on POLAAR.

Tides talk about ebb and flow. It is also a symbol for what is taken. When the tide is high on the shore of Western Europe it is low in Haiti. When nations are impoverished in western Africa, wealth is created on the east coast of the USA. Tides continues with Nahash's brand of anti-imperialist electronic destruction, taking tempos faster as we come closer to extinction-level events.

The sounds of this EP works in contrast between heavy drum sound and airy pads and synths sounds mashing together into a sort of mutant Jungle music built from recycled drum loops and 2nd hand Trance CD samplers.

Nahash is joined on two tracks by a prominent French player of the 160-game, SNKLS (@snakeleserpent), who blends his supple modular textures and abstract vision into the nostalgic rave atmosphere of the EP.

Artwork by Zeynep Aǧcabay & Luke Griffiths

Mastering Cedric Ifa

Released by POLAAR

Premiere: Nahash & SNKLS - Tides [POLAAR]

To My Beat

SINAIS - WYS [FREE DL]

📱 Swipe Right – Featuring Jessica & Dillan

Swipe Right is a vibrant collision of sounds made for the now — an energetic blend of hyperpop, bubblegum pop, trap, and rap that pulses with youthful spirit and fearless creativity. ⚡🍭🔥 Jessica and Dillan bring fresh, dynamic vocals and sharp flows that capture the highs, lows, and everything in between of today’s digital age.

From infectious hooks to hard-hitting beats, this album is a colorful, genre-bending ride through modern emotion and culture — playful, bold, and impossible to ignore. Whether you’re scrolling, vibing, or living loud, Swipe Right speaks your language with style and swagger. 🎤🎧💥

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C Powers - Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?
CD002 | Out January 29

Georgia-born C Powers is the second artist to join the fledgling Contagion Discs imprint. 'Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?' is their first release of 2021 and collects four compound tracks that scratch and bump through breaks, house and garage. C Powers has been making tracks and DJing in the South and around the world for well over a decade, while recent releases have come via labels like Sorry Records and Sweat Equity.

Now based in Portland, C Powers has both refined and expanded their vision of a groove-based, in-your-face electronics over the years. 'Which Ad Experience' consolidates that vision, utilizing a sequence of hard breaks, shuffling 2-step and tight, playful basslines across its four tracks. Dub and psychedelia flit throughout the title track and “FishWash”, while “Tinea” and “Lost Extract” channel martial rhythm into seductive dancefloor anthems.

C Powers uses they/them pronouns. 'Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?' is out on January 29 via Contagion Discs.

Artwork: Adele C. Winn (www.adelecwinn.com)
Design: Caleb Ali Miller (https://www.caleb.world/)
Mastering: Will Mitchell

Which Ad Experience Do You Prefer?

C Powers - Lost Extract [CD002]

Benbo's 'W for W' implores shimmering vocals and proper low end with dizzying effect, creating brace-for-impact moments without ever losing its groove. Forthcoming on @looseemusic.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/benbo-w-for-w

Premiere: Benbo - W for W

CD001 out now: https://contagiondiscs.bandcamp.com/album/augmented

C Powers - Lost Extract [CD002]

Contagion Discs

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