"Unethical behavior within organizations is not rare. Peev & Realitycheck investigate experimentally the role of status-seeking behavior in sabotage and cheating activities aiming at improving one's performance ranking in a flat-wage environment. They find that average effort is higher when individuals are informed about their relative performance. However, ranking feedback also favors disreputable behavior. Some individuals do not hesitate to incur a cost to improve their rank by sabotaging others' work or by increasing artificially their own performance. Introducing sabotage opportunities has a strong detrimental effect on performance. Therefore, ranking incentives should be used with care. Inducing group identity discourages sabotage among peers but increases in-group rivalry."

Beginning life in February of this year, French label Music For Commercials' mission is focused on environmental preservation, recycling old materials like floppy discs and VHS cassette tapes to house the music. After a compilation featuring around 14 artists, they're returning with their sophomore release, an EP from Realitycheck and Peev, which will be available on VHS. The two French producers—the former known for his releases on Unknown To The Unknown and Renascence and the latter for his ambient productions and Rinse FM residency–come together for three original tracks that match their tastes for mysterious atmospheres and tight drum work.

PREMIERE: Realitycheck & Peev - Demand Generation [Music For Commercials]

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/dyslecta
Track: Thresher
Label: https://soundcloud.com/outofsortsbristol
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital, EP
Release date: 19/08/22
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mF2Xum0WpKI

For Dyslecta's debut on vinyl, and follow up to his contribution to Out of Sorts' inaugural VA, he serves up four slabs of rugged, UK techno, with influences from the early swamp sound, 2000s hard groove and classic tech house. Thresher kicks off the release with a high-energy, claustrophobic affair topped off with rattling percussion and synths which turn your head inside out. Available on a limited run of 100 vinyl and digital worldwide from 19th August, via the Out of Sorts bandcamp.

PREMIERE | Dyslecta - Thresher [Out Of Sorts] 2022

Buy Now: https://controlfreakrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mindforms

Since his last outing on Control Freak with the sold-out Bunzunkunzun EP, Syz has built a reputation as one of the UKs most distinctive club producers, weaving playful, percussive techno with soundsystem-driven bass music.

Much of this acclaim started with 2020’s Mindforms - a self-released mini-LP which saw the young producer step away from the dancefloor to explore an expansive sonic world, ‘balancing the tranquility of the ecological world with the immediacy of the digital one’.

The original  release was accompanied by a highly limited run of just 10 dubplates. Deeming this 6-tracker too good not to receive a proper pressing, Control Freak are proud to present the first ever complete vinyl run for Mindforms.

Alongside the record, Syz & Control Freak have curated Clubforms, a collection of remixes from some of our favourite producers, each bringing the original release firmly onto the dancefloor with their own production flourishes.

CLUBFORMS - Mindforms remixes from @henry-greenleaf, @daisymoon, @tammohesselink, @keplrr:
https://controlfreakrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/clubforms-daisy-moon-henry-greenleaf-tammo-hesselink-keplrr-remixes

Buy Now

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Out June the 16th on Caninal records
Buy: https://caninal.bandcamp.com/album/va01-echoes-of-zygomorphy

Artist: @anacronymdj
Label: @caninalrecs

[Premiere] Anacronym - Karima Say Hey (out on Caninal Records)

Following "How To Make Good Music and Be A Happy Person", an album of early unreleased tracks dropped in November, 2022, Canadian producer Hrdvsion returns with "Captivated Heart: Remixed", a collection of remixes.

This new EP features reworks from carefully selected artists such as SHE Spells Doom, efemme, Sinistarr, Nathan Fake, Shanx and themselves as Hrdvsiovsivosvsiosvin. All remixers offer their very own version of the original track taken from Hrdvsion’s critically acclaimed second album "Where Did You Just Go?", released in 2010 on Wagon Repair.

Hrdvsion
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/hrdvsion
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hrdvsion
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hrdvsion/

efemme
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/efemme
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/efemmemusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/efemme_/

Creaked
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/cloudcreaked
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creakedrecords
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creakedrecords/

CRDS77

PREMIERE: Hrdvsion - Captivated Heart (efemme remix) (Creaked)

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Oracool, a Ukrainian label currently operating from Berlin, is releasing its first compilation, "Sins".

Oracool started in 2017 as a party series in Kyiv. Back then, its founder, music producer and dj Adelina (Banoffee Pies Records) got together with some friends to throw a party. Gradually, a close-knit community gathered around the project. The events of the last two years have disrupted Oracool’s activities in Ukraine. Today, its community is scattered over the world, yet it remains connected as ever.

In 2024, Oracool transformed into something more than just an event - Adelina registered the eponymous record label with an intent to release musical prophecies featuring Ukrainian and international artists, with a focus on supporting musicians at risk.

The imprint’s debut release is a compilation named "Sins". It’s a tribute to the Oracool’s friends, and those who have been upholding its community from the very beginning. The compilation brings together tracks from various artists from around the globe, with a special focus on Ukrainian young talents.

The 13 tracks compilation is dedicated to the exploration of broken sound. All tracks are united by an essence of loud and insightful dance rhythm, amplified by an otherworldly layer of mystical melodies. The record is saturated by foolproof tight grooves, making it a perfect tool for keeping the dance floor engaged. It’s a special collection of Electro, Bass, and Techno that marks a new beginning for the Oracool imprint.

Featured on the record are prominent figures of the Ukrainian scene, including Bite Records , Standard Deviation and ∄ resident, Nastya Vogan, reknown producer and rave legend Koloah, founder of Strila Artists agency - Travis or Alice, Polygon Records affiliate SVZZ, pioneer of Ukrainian electro sound Radiant Futur, vinyl connoisseur Rustam, rising star from the depths of Carpathians - Cristopher Bo, founder of Nowa event series Ewa Nomad, as well as a promising newcomer - offgridn3ss, and, of course, Adelina herself.

Additionally, the release highlights the co-founder of the ДРОБ collective and event series, German sound artist and producer N.Y.N, Inken, UK-born, Berlin-based maestro of old-school production techniques Aezron, as well as up and coming Egyptian producer 5amaseen, influenced by mahraganat and folkloric music of the Arab world.

The compilation will be available on all platforms on June 1st.

PREMIERE: Aezron - Sinner City Pressure

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my new EP 'Rebuilt' is released today on XL Recordings - here is a track from it 'Pillars'.

http://x-l-r.co/rebuilt

Rebuilt

Pillars [XL Recordings]

Another self-release to rub salt into our club deprived wounds

Kanassa

Use Your Ears. 

Independent record label & DJ duo Est. 2019.

Aka @faulteruk & @customerdjservice

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