Mai 2020

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Product Toss joins the NHS for 'Plug Gulp,' a 4-track walk through the springy, sonically-gouged production style that the Newcastle-based artist has offered to the electronica world over the past few years. Disparate in BPM, structure, and inspiration, drawing idiosyncratically from Dubstep, UK Bass, and UK Funky, the vibe is profoundly dynamic and versatile in its engineering. Occupied with mid-frequency hums and inflections, bouncing against tight, syncopated percussion made seemingly from hollowed-out origins.

The journey across the collection follows the progression of mood and atmosphere akin to leftfield club music nightlife, with the artist drawing inspiration from their own experiences across many moments found only after dark. A desire to capture the evolution of such tracks' natural habitat is what informed Product Toss throughout their conception, and the 4 tracks nestle comfortably into this space - functional, DJ-ready tracks destined to influence movement.

'Bile' enters with a swung force characterized by pushing sub pulses, sparse drum patterings, and dripping, fluttery notes, both organic and inorganic in nature. Sensuous and dubby, the piece maintains a healthy homeostasis, shifting subtly with a droning layer of low-end that feels wholly reminiscent of Master Chief's shield recharging. Perhaps appropriate given the track is a weapon.

@ptoss
@nostro-hood-system

Buy:
https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/plug-gulp

Plug Gulp

PREMIERE: Product Toss - Bile [Nostro Hood System]

Out 26th July.

@theotheorist

Buy:
https://theotheorist.bandcamp.com/

PREMIERE: Theorist - Tall Order

Faux Poly welcomes more newcomers to the label this summer, this time with a heady collaboration between Vancouver’s underground mainstay Max Ulis and Bristol-based Nina (aka 1/2 of DE-TÜ), featuring a bonus track with Adam 2.

Their EP Mythra was born out of opportunistic collaboration in Vancouver, while Nina was in town for a show. 

Finishing off the EP is the stellar dubstep curveball Testify, a collaboration between Max & Adam 2 using the unique Soma Enner synth alongside vocals from Nina.

@maxulis
@adamtwo
@nina_wav
@fauxpoly

Buy:
https://fauxpoly.bandcamp.com/album/mythra-ep

Mythra EP [FP010]

PREMIERE: Max Ulis & Adam 2 ft. Nina - Testify [Faux Poly]

Hassan Abou Alam is next to step up to the unconventional Nerve Collect label with six tracks of futuristic club-ready chaos. The finely crafted EP arrives in August and comes on 12" vinyl and via all digital platforms.

Hassan Abou Alam has established himself as one of Egypt's most innovative underground musicians over the last 10+ years. His music is a meeting of disparate worlds - organic and synthetic designs, digital and analogue tools, the traditional and the futuristic, and it has come on the likes of YUKU, Rhythm Section, Banoffee Pies and Casa Voyager. His versatile sound pulls apart existing genres and reconstructs them as something entirely new.

Opener '3asabi' is a stylish sonic assault with thumping rhythms and trippy oscillations that will get any dance floor bouncing. It's fun yet functional, serious yet seductive.

Hassan Abou Alam's blurring of the lines between the real and the imagined is second to none on this EP. It's a sub-heavy mix of the human voice, machine-made sounds and inventive rhythms that make for something new, weird and wonderful. 

@hassan-abou-alam
@nerve-collect

Buy:
https://hassanaboualam.bandcamp.com/album/mesh-mafhoom

NC007

PREMIERE: Hassan Abou Alam - 3asabi [Nerve Collect]

Vancouver’s Destrata returns to Scuffed Recordings with three new tracks on his Keepsake EP, backed by a remix from SUCHI.

Originally appearing on London-based label Scuffed in 2023 with his Mutationist EP, Destrata picked up support from the likes of Leon Vynehall, rRoxymore, and Anz among others. Having also released with a ‘who’s who’ of electronic labels in his short career including 3024, SPE:C, and Of Paradise, Destrata was also named an artist to watch in 2024 by Mixmag.

Now returning with his Keepsake EP, Destrata describes his latest work as being altogether more melodic than his previous releases, while keeping drum work front and centre - or as he puts it, “My bass music friends think I make techno & my techno friends think I make bass music.”

Destrata’s melodically-focussed outlook is obvious from the outset, with lofty synths and vocal chops contrasting warping bass and skippy percussion across the EP’s three tracks.

@destratavan
@scuffedrecs

Buy:
scuffed.lnk.to/Keepsake-EP

PREMIERE: Destrata - Keepsake [Scuffed]

Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare) [feat. MGMT & Ratatat]

Connected via Berlin’s feminist collective Mint in 2015, La Fraicheur and Eluize’s paths continued to cross on festival and club line-ups across the country. Sharing mutual love for the dance floor and sparkling conversation, their production pairing was inevitable. 

Written in a studio on the outskirts of Berlin in stolen moments during one of the city's fleeting but electric summers, “Alle” combines the pair’s sonic predilections for building, euphoric and emotion-driven tracks. Frenzied hats, cavernous claps and a thumping kick lay a sturdy
foundation for hazy synthesised voices and menacing church bells teased out of a Roland JV2080 to move between quivering acid tones and churning synth lines.

Artist: @Eluize, https://soundcloud.com/La-Fraicheur
Label: https://soundcloud.com/nighttideaudio
Buy: https://eluize.bandcamp.com/album/alle
Us: www.fourheadsmusic.com

Alle

PREMIERE: Eluize & La Fraicheur - Alle [Bermuda Series]

PPR010: La Fleur - Ravenwaves EP

The 10th release also celebrating 10 years of Power Plant!

Release date: 24th of April 2020.

Ravenwaves EP

Stalker

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La Fleur - Stalker

Artiste : @redaxes feat @autarkic
Album : Red Axes
Label : @darkentriesrecords
Date de sortie : 8/5/20
Acheter : https://bit.ly/3b6kwHF

Red Axes

Tsugi Premiere : Red Axes - Brotherhood (Of The Misunderstood) (feat Autarkic)

pre-order: https://atomnation.bandcamp.com/album/far-east-express
release date: 15 May 

Tokyo based producer and live-performer https://soundcloud.com/boys-be-kko returns to Atomnation with his third EP, titled Far East Express. It's another miraculous collection of works with outstanding drum programming, harmonies, vocal samples, and iconic cover art. From the more laid back, warm chilled track Tapisl - to the wild, uplifting track TYPE A - and the more dubby title track Far East Express: This EP is on spot from the first until the very last second. It's topped off with a remix from Tunnelvisions who have been a fan of the Japanese producer since day one. They stripped the original mix of Tapisl and delivered the perfect club filler.

boys be kko 
https://www.facebook.com/boys-be-kko-810532719291726/
https://www.instagram.com/boysbekko/
https://soundcloud.com/boys-be-kko

Atomnation
https://www.facebook.com/Atomnation/
https://www.instagram.com/atomnationrec/
https://soundcloud.com/atomnation

Premiere: boys be kko - TYPE A [Atomnation]

Jorge Caiado is one of the most vital and recognisable figures on the Lisbon music scene. Proprietor of dance music record shop Carpet & Snares, alongside a number of associated labels, Caiado is perhaps best known for his huge knowledge of house history. Following the release of his full-length album ‘Time and Space’ in 2019, Caiado presents a no less deep but altogether different trip into techno and IDM, returning for the second time to his ‘Conversion’ alias.

Analogue intent is at the heart of the studio operations of Conversion, as indicated by the track titles; 2.1, 2.2, 2.3… The EP opens with gentle birdsong, soon mutating into luminescent, liquid funk, growing in intensity but still very much grounded on earth. Conversion 02 then heads off in a number of cosmic directions. 2.2 wraps Detroit-friendly analogue noise around a barrelling kick, whereas 2.3 oozes pure interstellar romance from the softer, assured edges of Caiado’s optimistic style and signature sound.

Dancefloor potential increases significantly on 2.4, a big-room friendly centrepiece built around urgent, bleeping basslines and billowing passages of soft, ethereal synths. Concluding with 2.5, the Conversion project reaches the outer-limits of it’s palette, awash in submerged chords and notes of melancholy acid, each interlocked with a powerful rhythm structure.

Deep, wide-eyed and undeniable, Conversion continues to demonstrate Caiado’s stellar versatility as a DJ and producer with rare nous in respecting and evolving some of dance music’s most enduring sounds.

@jorgecaiado

Buy:
https://carpetandsnaresrecords.bandcamp.com/album/2-ep-conversion02

Conversion - Conversion 02 EP

PREMIERE: Conversion - 2.1 [Carpets & Snares]

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PREMIERE: Conversion - 2.1 [Carpets & Snares]

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