Releases

Animalia presents the first in a series of 2 x 12” compilations… For volume one, comes Microevolutions… An homage to the label’s continued growth and evolution, a label dedicated to authentic celebrations of talented local artists. Here, Animalia returns to its roots with a release compiled by the members of Menage (plus special guests Ebbs n Flow), all compiled in the northern suburbs of Naarm (Melbourne).  The compilation showcases the various moods and facets that make up the deep yet somehow undefinable Animalia sound.  From deep techno to UK garage and everything in between, Microevolutions is an earnest reflection of the diversity of sound that makes Animalia so special.

A1. Sam & Jack Brickel - LSB 
A2. Dashiell - Recoil 
B1. Eugene Pascal - Logic Eclipse 
B2: Dashiell - Under the Ice 
C1: Ebbs n Flow - Skeptik 
C2: Ebbs n Flow - Spy Kids 
D1: Eugene Pascal - Cici 
D2: Sam Brickel & Dashiell - Mars 

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@dashiell
@pascalsone
@menagerecords
@undergroundcityloop

Artists: Sam & Jack Brickel, Dashiell, Ebbs n Flow, Eugene Pascal (Melbourne/ Naarm, Australia)
Title: Microevolutions
Format: 2x 12”
Distributed by: Clone (Rotterdam, NL)
Artwork by: Kavil Patel (Canberra/Ngunnawal, Australia)
Design by Tara Sydney (Sydney/ Eora, Australia)
Mastered by Mark Klon (Berlin, Germany)
Release date: 15th March 2021

Vinyl available via our Bandcamp + Clone, Oneyewitness, Redeye, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital via: https://animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/microevolutions/

Microevolutions (previews)

Cheeky new duo Ebbs n Flow reveal their DnB abilities on the C2 of our forthcoming Animalia compilation, Microevolutions. 

@dashiell + @undergroundcityloop

Due out March 21. 

Pre-order now via the Animalia Bandcamp, Oneyewitness, Clone and more.

https://animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/microevolutions

C2: Ebbs n Flow - Spy Kids

Dashiell - Going Nowhere, Fast

Format: 12” & Digital
Distributed by One Eye Witness (NL)
Cover Design by Lou Karsh
Photography by Aaron Claringbold

Mastered by POLE @ Scape Mastering

Remix From Rudolf C

Release date: 17th September 2021

Vinyl Pre-order available via Bandcamp + Oneyewitness

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Dashiell - Going Nowhere, Fast   12" (Previews)

Melbourne based artist Dashiell debuts on Felt Sense Records with five hazy cuts, including a remix from Salt Mines co-founder Rudolf C. Dashiell is a Melbourne born and raised DJ & Producer and a member of production group Menage alongside Sam Brickel, who released a track on Kia's Animalia imprint back in June 2020. Dashiell is a devotee to glitch & minimal musical styles, which shine through in his 'Going Nowhere Fast' EP on Melbourne label Felt Sense Records. The EP features a collection of tracks recorded over several years in some of Dash's ever-evolving bootleg studio setups like laundry spaces, and leaky tin sheds. The EP opener 'Aspect' sees Dashiell invite Steeplejack artist Sam Brickell to feature. The track offers fluttering grooves, hypnotic pads and spacey, humming low frequencies before 'Going Nowhere Fast' lays down breaky rhythms, tripped-out fx and twinkling synths underneath. Up next, 'Oxy' takes things into minimal territories as the shimmering bassline fuse delicately with moody textures and dubbed-out vibrations whilst 'Scratching The Surface' features ambient atmospheres, breezy soundscapes and glistening melodies. To finish, Berlin-based Australian producer and Co-Founder of the Salt Mines label rolls out a loopy remix of 'Going Nowhere Fast' as he blends trippy electronics and murky tonality.

Going Nowhere Fast

PREMIERE : Dashiell feat. Sam Brickel - Aspect

Ménage are back with another compilation of club ready cuts, comprising of 7 tracks written between 2019 and 2022.

https://menagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/back-burners-vol-2

Mastered by Joe Buchan, except for Hey Avalon, Alpini Stallion and Mischief, Mastered by Corey Kikos

Art by Belski

Menage Backburners 2 Snippets

Pollinate Records founder Dashiell offers his first LP "This Colourful World" to the label. 

The album was recorded at his home studio in Coburg, Melbourne and features field recordings of the surrounding area. The process began at the beginning of 2020. Originally intended as an ambient album, the project morphed over the course of two years, adding and subtracting rhythms and varying tempos until coming to its conclusion, a sonic rendition of an uncertain future, equally as optimistic as it is cynical.

Pre-order/Buy: 
https://pollinate.bandcamp.com/

Follow: 
https://soundcloud.com/dashiell
https://www.instagram.com/dashiell.one

Dashiell - This Colourful World (Snippets)

Dashiellʼs debut LP on his own imprint Pollinate Records is set to hit the virtual
shelves this August.
Recorded from 2020 - 2022 in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg, the album
features field recordings of the artists local area and surroundings, as well as
experimental synthesis and drum patterns. Unlike his more dance floor
orientated releases on Felt Sense and Animalia, the album exposes a deeper,
more personal reflection of the artist.
Undefinable by a single genre, Dashiell explores varying styles and narratives
throughout the piece, revisiting familiar glitchy territories and exploring foreign
ambient soundscapes. The work delivers a sonic rendition of an uncertain
future, as optimistic as it is cynical.
Dashiell has just recently returned from a string of European shows with his
band Ménage, including gigs at The Breakfast Club party in Amsterdam and
Harmony Records party in Prague. With more time now to focus on his Label
Pollinate, Dashiell is determined to shine light on Melbourne based producers
and artists with more releases from the label expected this year.
The album will be released on CD and digital formats available through the
Pollinate Records Bandcamp.

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dashiell
https://soundcloud.com/pollinaterecords

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PREMIERE : Dashiell - Casey's Theme

Preorder Vinyl & Digital via Bandcamp:
https://bit.ly/3vEyIrM

One Eye Witness:
https://bit.ly/3Jaen0w

The Oyster Cult’s Naarm continent grows larger with the addition of Ebbs N Flow. The unholy alliance of Dashiell and Will Holden of Hybrid Man touching down with some precision-tooled tech house variants, and considering their only previous collab came on an Animalia compilation back in 2022, this has been long in the making. 

OYSTER56 marks the first full release from this lesser spotted project. The handiwork of two producers, both accomplished in their own right but transcending their respective styles for a 4-track dose of late nite propulsion. Seductively stripped-back and engineered for optimum impact. 

Flexing a deftness of touch, and a far cry from the smudged, dubby FX Holden tends to deploy under the Hybrid Man banner, these tracks set the duo’s stall out as purveyors of the nocturnal and club-ready. Sultry, sleek, and sumptuous like only the dankest cuts can sound. 

It’s fitting that a track with the title 'Deeper Dream' might feature on a release feeling like a transmission from the other side; a parallel dimension where the after-hours never end.

Ebbs N Flow - Bunch Of Amateurs | Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER56)

Four perfect-served house crackers with forward-thinking imagination. Pre-order here: bit.ly/4d4eSqg

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[TNCD005] Various - Stop Wondering EP 12''

Finally, after much anticipation, Dashiell’s 'Dfuse All Tha Tension' EP is hitting the shelves. Tried and tested on systems around the world, this stomping two tracker is set to ignite the dance floor. Cut to 45 on heavyweight wax.

Pre Order - 
https://foulplayrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dfuse-all-tha-tension-ep

(FOUL002) 'Dashiell - Dfuse All Tha Tension EP' snippets

https://foulplayrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dfuse-all-tha-tension-ep

@dashiell
@foulplayrecordings

Premiere : Dashiell - Dfuse All Tha Tension (FOUL002)

https://menagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/back-burners-vol-1

Back Burners Vol.1 Snippets

The inaugural release of Animalia....a label dedicated to exploring the lesser known artists of Melbourne, curated by Kia. 
The first release comprises of psychedelic, bass driven music, all produced in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, providing a small window into the studios of the city's deeper side. This is the vinyl debut for Ménage, Sam & Jack Brickel, and Dashiell, introducing their trademark sound with trippy vocals, rolling basslines and breaky percussion

Artist Various Artists (Menage, Sam Brickel, Jack Brickel, Dashiell & Iota)
Title: Animalia One
Format: 12”
Distributed by Clone
Artwork by Tara Sydney 
Mastered by the Herbalist
Mixed by Eugene Peloza
Release date: 1st June 2020

Out now.
Vinyl available via Clone, Redeye, Bordello a Parigi, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital via: animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/animalia-one

Animalia One (previews)

The heavenly A1 that teases a little slice of personality from each seperate member of menage, from our forthcoming debut release.

Pre-order now for the release end of May
Vinyl available via Clone, Redeye, Bordello a Parigi, Decks, Deejay, Juno and more.

Digital pre-order via: animalialabel.bandcamp.com/album/animalia-one

Ménage - T.O.A

New! What, an adjective. Entirely subjective, or objective depending on your perspective. The harbinger of quality perhaps, or simply that of a flash of brilliance, gone quicker than the blink of an eye. New can be used for many things, however, today’s focus of an oft favorite adjective falls on the shoulders of Melbourne based DJ, and producer, Kia, her label, and a cadre of fellow artists. 

Animalia as a label is new in every sense of the word, and in every sense, the best possible. Much like her mixes, Kia has curated an intricate selection from the thriving Melbourne scene that ticks every box for a burgeoning label. A proverbial shot across the musical bow if you will.

Our shot for today comes in the form of Dashiell & Sam Brickel and ‘Run Out Groove’. Nestled nicely among the other breakish tunes of Animalia 001, ‘Run Out Groove’ provides just as the name implies. Grooves with undulating synths and flashy acid highlights, persisting throughout to provide a top tier atmosphere. We’ll be watching, with ears wide open here at Delayed for what new things come out of Animalia, and we hope you do as well.

‘Run Out Groove’ is available for instant download with pre-order of the whole release (scheduled for release on May 30th) via Animalia’s Bandcamp page 

write up by https://soundcloud.com/huedj

Dashiell on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dashiell
Animalia on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/animalia-label


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PREMIERE: Dashiell & Sam Brickel - Run Out Groove [Animalia]

1/2 - Ebbz 'N' Flow
1/3 - Ménage 
Pollinate & Foul Play records curator. 
contact: dashiell.pollinaterecords - gmail.