Banlieue enters 2022 with a bang courtesy of Mortimer Dubaton’s Athens VS Predator EP. Behind this monicker is Louis De La Gorce, an Athens-based French producer, notorious for his duo The Pilotwings and his solo project Eiger Drums Propaganda.

De La Gorce’s well-documented jocularity seeps through this release, right from its title to the track names and actual productions. This idea is approached through another angle with NEED FOR SPEED, a tune where car-related sounds are brilliantly used by the producer. Layering samples and building a tribal groove sprinkled with chopped up breaks, thick low-end bass, and a zest of vocal samples, this mutant track fit for a car chase in the eponymous video game finds its influence in modern hip hop vibes, but the spirit of rave music is never too far. The result is playful, forwarding thinking bass music that will elicit a response from listeners and dancers without fail.parallels with hard drum purveyors.

Words by Ed Isar
Mastering by Mathieu Berthet
Illustration by Nicol Bolas

Athens VS Predator

PREMIERE - Mortimer Dubaton - Need For Speed (BR014)

Out on YOUTH: https://theyouthlabel.bandcamp.com/track/emma-dj-toma-kami-julia-bashmore

@emmadeejayy
@yyyooouuuttthhh

Emma DJ & Toma Kami - Julia Bashmore

Atrice Work Series Part I
self-released & digital only

1. Tinnitus Tonight Is
2. s3-GZ
3. Anomaly

Production, writing, composition: Atrice
Master: Brian Sanhaji at Calyx Mastering
Artwork by Joana Huguenin & HANK SERVICES
Funded by Kulturpauschale Basel-Stadt

Bandcamp

Tinnitus Tonight Is

Fa:act - Rolling like beez bzzz

Capiuz returns on the label with a new club-ready album that slashes through a nocturnal forest
landscape with fluorescents and violent bursts of color. Taking its name from a series of paintings
called “Bande di Fiori Notturni” by Italian artist Alice Visentin, the project goes through a wide array of
influences and bpms. Terra Nuda (naked earth) acts as an opener fusing a foggy drone with drum
breaks and dance hall syncopations. Hectic follows up with a more bass oriented attitude incarnated
in a heavy pounding kick pattern and driven by metallic drums with a restless spirit. The sounds and
textures of Fiori Notturni are heavily inspired by the works of John Cage and his use of percussive
instruments for both rhythmic and textural purposes. These influences become pretty clear in slower
cuts like Black Needle and the title track, where jingles, rattles and other high-pitched instruments
create a moving bed for the rhythmic section. Other works such as 0400 and the collaboration with
label head B E N N, Lunar Eclipse, bring a faster pace to the project with a higher focus on rhythmic
layering. Before giving its way to the Ancestral Vision remix, the “night” is closed off by Hallucinogen,
a longer track driven by a steady kick that plays with different odd timed patterns to create an exciting
and enveloping trip.
Tracklist:
01 - Terra Nuda
02 - Hectic
03 - Fiori Notturni
04 - 0400
05 - Black Needle
06 - Lunar Eclipse feat. B E N N
07 - Hallucinogen
08 - 0400 (Ancestral Vision remix)
Release date: 17/05/2024
All origins produced by Capiuz (Luca Favaro)
"Lunar Eclipse" produced by Capiuz & B E N N
Mixing & Mastering by Capiuz
Visual by Asdrúbal Gómez

NÜ PREMIERE : Capiuz- 0400 (OVER MY BODY)

from 'Reading Steiner' EP by Oyubi

out May 24th: https://mbstudio.bandcamp.com/album/reading-steiner

@oyubi

Oyubi - wrkhall

The Marseille-based multidisciplinary artist Vanda Forte is showing their bold production palette with a club track taking its roots in MENA traditional percussions and instrumental drill, to be released via Lyon’s own PRISME label and party collective.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/vanda-forte-falconidae-all-i-can-think-of-is-you-prisme

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PREMIERE: Vanda Forte - All I Can Think Of Is You (PRISME)

@e-saggila
@elp4c

Bristol based producer Elpac has been emerging onto the scene at quite some pace. These past two years have introduced a host of releases to the artist’s toolbox and there’s no sign of that slowing down. Markham Road Records is happy to announce Elpac’s fourth full EP in the form of a colossal speaker weight ready to test your home system and your neighbours ability to put up with it. Boasting a strong five track makeup, the EP lands true with three original tracks and two remixes from E-Saggila and Henzo.

www.instagram.com/markhamroadrec/

Late Night Bribe [MR004]

BANDCAMP

Elpac - Late Night Bribe (E-Saggila Remix)

buy at https://temet.bandcamp.com

Simo : 'This is the first installment of a new serie called ‘Simo Live Cuts’. It will feature tracks taken from my live set. Those who attended Rewire, Sustain Release, Atonal or Blockhaus DY10 this year will recognize some parts of it :)

I'm currently exploring a spontaneous and lively sound with more dynamic and movement.The tracks have this jam vibe in their structure that I love.'

Simo Live Cuts I

Simo Cell - Vitesse

Something a bit more modern with this track im a big lover of UKG if you couldn't tell already.. It kind of has an almost Jump Up feel to it in how it switches between the intro and the drop, love how this one sounds hope you do too!

Sublux - Underground (Free DL)

from a few years back but never saw the light of day

neesnu - dippin

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