Release Date - 18th March 2022
Distro - https://www.unearthedsounds.co.uk/products/design-default-takama-ga-hara-w-sputnik-one-remix-10-vinyl

For the first release of the 10” series, we welcome Design Default to the Dome with an EP that effortlessly orbits a beautiful yet precisely constructed world. The release encapsulates the atmosphere of his previous ambient works with the energy of his left of centre club releases demonstrating the depth of output this Parisian producer is capable of.
 
On the A-side, we dip into his distinctive approach to sound design with glistening melodies, flourishing through an array dreamy soundscapes on Eta Aquariids. We welcome back PD favourite Sputnik One whose rework ups the energy levels with a flip certified to move the floor while maintaining the euphoria and bliss of the original.

On the B, we are again transported to unexplored worlds on the uplifting journey of  Kagura where fragmented particles collide on the backdrop of uplifting otherworldly atmospheres.

Takama-ga-hara reflects the lofty sacred world from which the name implies - weaving through a haze of influences giving us something beautiful, engaging and unique and following on from a tough couple of years, a positive look into the future as we move towards more freedom, connection and positivity. 

Mastering – Ten Eight Seven
Pressing - MPO

Design Default - Takama-Ga-Hara (PD10001) [clips]

Kouslin returns to Livity Sound with a second collection of slippery club tracks after the 2020 Vision E.P. With an emphasis on head-twisting sound design and a detailed line in percussive programming, the London-based producer continues to reach into intriguing new areas without forsaking soundsystem-ready physicality.

The tracks which make up the Patterns E.P. stemmed from a period of personal experimentation, where Kouslin returned to making music for its therapeutic benefits rather than a fixed purpose. The loops and sketches he returned to and expanded upon for this EP bristle with originality at every turn.

There is a continued exploration of dancehall rhythms on ‘King’, while ‘Five Four’ toys with time signatures for a jagged, fast-paced abstraction of techno. ‘Why Don’t You Don’t’ is harder to pin down thanks to its knotty beat and mutant synthesis, and ‘Michael’ flips the script further with an unexpected swerve into pearlescent melodic lead lines – the perfect demonstration of the honest and instinctive approach Kouslin took when making these tracks.

Kouslin - 'Patterns' EP (LIVITY059)

Day Of The Tentacle

Day Of The Tentacle (feat. Radar Stanna)

Tim Karbon remixes RAVL's futuristic jungle on Nü Kvlture and the result lives up to our expectations: a frenzy of percussive patterns oscillating between IDM and juke.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/tim-karbon-ravl-nu-kvlture

Article

PREMIERE: RAVL - I'm High On Life And By Life I Mean Drugs (Tim Karbon Remix) (Nü Kvlture)

undercurrent - Beliefs EP

Mastered at Scape Mastering (Berlin)
Pressed at Optimal Media (Berlin) via Handle with Care (Berlin)
US Distribution by Stellar Remnant (Los Angeles)

https://newpalm.bandcamp.com/album/undercurrent-beliefs-ep

https://soundcloud.com/under_current
https://soundcloud.com/newpalm

PREMIERE: undercurrent - No Data [New Palm]

Weighty number taken from the No Border Vol 2 Comp:

--

Proceeds go to Safe Passage International, who support unaccompanied children seeking asylum to reunite safely with their families across Europe, and campaign for more accessible, safer routes. 

Tracks also from:

Al Wootton, Bex, CA$TLE, Cable!, DaisU, Dubrunner, Einerlei, Elsa, Eusebeia, ex.sses, Gavnlig, Hannd, Izzy Locke, Karmel Jäger, Kitsta, Korin Complex, Law, Mercy System, Michael Iwatsu, NICEUP, ona:v, passer, Pathogen, Penstkart, Polyphemus, Rawtrachs, Sarah Farina*, Space Biology, Shokunin, Sicknote, Skins, Slacker, Sofia El-Harifi, SPD, SPEKTRALSOUND, St. Amp, Tamlin, TentaGhoul

Debba - Palindrome (No Borders Volume 2)

Phasmid - Middle Man

MOVELT HOUSE PARTY 5

Stream / Download

DJ MANNY - Attack Da House

noRecall - Kinda Squishy [OMM011]

@norecall
@mirin_doja
@jasoncode
@octoptic
@3phaz

Just in time for the season of air-so-thick-you-could-cut-it-with-a-knife, Ommaya co-founder noRecall is back with an icey haul of season-ready tracks. His third EP on the label - dubbed 'Kinda Squishy' - focuses all of his efforts on what he knows best - otherworldly sound-system music. The four original tracks - 'Blah,' 'Fake a Smile,' 'Squish,' and 'Look Man' - are classic noRecall, worming their way into your mind and feet.

Supporting him are four of contemporary club music's most provocative purveyors, all hawking their brand of high-octane, unrelenting styles for the dance floor.

Mirin Doja, a fellow Seattleite and celebrated high-bpm academic, making appearances on labels like Juke Bounce Werk and Delusional Records, takes the track 'Look Man' and gives it her gun-finger treatment, flipping it into a heaving UKG slammer.

The similarly Seattle-based Jason Code (a Terminal 8 alumni and co-head of Seattle's rising club night Data Club - a who's who of IYKYK dance music energy helping to revitalize the city's scene,) lends his signature Jason Codification to 'Squish,' imbibing it with the energy of a grinning, toothy, ear-to-ear grin.

CDMX's own Octoptic - co-founder of WavaWava - returns to Ommaya after his fan-favorite contribution to Ommaya's Solstice compilation in December 2023, bringing along a non-stop, high-energy rendition of 'Look Man' with enough momentum to break through peak-time in a packed room.

Last but not least, Egyptian club music wizard 3Phaz - fresh off a year of features on labels like TraTraTrax, YUKU, and Low Income $quad - graces the label with his flip of 'Fake a Smile' - upping the pace by more than a few notches and turning it into a chugging, metallic heater sure to find its way onto plenty of USBs this Summer.

Download

noRecall - Blah

03 Nice Flow

YUKU // Kaizen // CloudCore // Control Freak // RSP // Eclipse Tribez // +++

debbamusic@gmail.com