London-based Benncart returns with another instalment of his Heartcore series, which explores the legacy of British dance music through a footwork-inspired lens with humorously added romantic undertones. Focusing on the first half of the glorious 90’s when jungle reigned supreme, the second volume incorporates numerous tropes signature to the style at the time. Pout-inducing bass, heavily chopped-up breakbeats, dub sirens, and ragga vocal samples are married with futuristic sound design and syncopated rhythms, while simultaneously giving a small nod to golden era hip-hop. The two presented tracks are in significant contrast with each other – “Heartcore Theme” brings forth aggressive, distorted tones, while “That Heartcore Shit” mellows things out with ethereal pads and a more melodic approach reminiscent of the so-called intelligent strain of jungle prominent in the mid-90’s. Both pieces deliver an idiosyncratic take on both sides of the hardcore spectrum that should satiate all junglists and junglettes hungry for a fresh take on the classic UK sound.

Music & Mix by Benncart
Mastering by Dubsknit
Artwork by aflo

Heartcore Vol. 2

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Benncart - That Heartcore Shit

Fraxinus - Position [Displacement]
Label: Powerplant
Catalog #: POW1R
Format: 12” Vinyl & Digital Data
Release Date: 05/11/21

Pre-order: www.powerplant.link

Fraxinus emerges from temporary suspension with a monolithic 6-track offering on his new self-release label Powerplant. This is his debut EP Position [Displacement], carved from a solid block of Devonian granite.

After a 4-year dormancy, the Amsterdam-based artist returns with a 30 minute transmission of earth-shaking kick drums, thunderous percussion and razor-sharp sound design. The label’s inaugural release simultaneously marks the first proper outing for the artist, following a run of compilation features & special edition vinyl excursions dating back to 2014.

Position [Displacement] is a journey of divergent moods & cadences, from the wistful flutes of opener 'Overland' to final track 'Laced'’s uncompromising arpeggios. Billowing melodies & piercing stabs run in tandem with a pummelling & steppy rhythm section; 'Source Code' builds steadily, paving the way for 'Pass One'’s warehouse-ready assault. The blooming, fluorescent synths of '115 (Kondo)' — named for the mythical Amsterdam club — create a mid-way moment of euphoria, before 'Larch' marches on with its clattering drums.

The tracks clearly contain DNA from Fraxinus’ foundations with the Her Records cohort — lean, direct & forward-thinking. This time around the aesthetic is more focused, transferred to techno schematics but veering away from 4/4 fare. The sonics have been compacted into dense slabs of energy, primed for soundsystem dispatch.

Wholly original, crafted with precision; Position [Displacement] serves as a powerful statement of intent for both artist & label.

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Recorded 2015 - 2018

Built by Fraxinus
Mastering: Saif Bari
Artwork: Richard Fox / Enrique Arce Gutierrez / Cameron Leaf

Position [Displacement]

115 (Kondo)

Phrixus returns with the next instalment of Random Beats & Pieces, a series of hard drive extraditions manifested as self releases.

Effortlessly sliding between fragments of bmore, footwork, sci-fi film music, noise and IDM, the EP showcases the wildly rich tapestry of influences and sounds the London-based beat maker and sound designer is known for.

'Bmore>STAND UP!’ hits hard with an arrangement aimed squarely at the dance floor. A brutal brass line dominates the opening, with influences clearly discerned from Rod Lee and DJ Technic’s Bmore club productions, before the tune’s effortlessly simplistic and wickedly effective main focus pulls in.

@phrixusmusic

Buy:
https://phrixus.bandcamp.com/album/random-beats-pieces-vol-2

PREMIERE: Phrixus - BMORE...>STAND UP!

Allergy Season invited 3 of our favorites to remix Physical Therapy’s Teardrops On My Garage. aya revamps “Emotional Rescue” into a visionary Bassline fusion. New York’s Escaflowne flips “Circle Games” into candy coated 2-step. Introspekt turns in some dubwise low end with her take on “2 Tears. Finally Physical Therapy pushes “Chain Reaction” to its full club potential.

mastered by Kevin @ Valence Studios
artwork by atact.uk

Teardrops On My Remix

Physical Therapy - Emotional Rescue (aya petrichor version)

@djfarsight is back on Scuffed Recordings with three new transatlantic bass heaters on his El Mago EP.

Since his earliest releases, Farsight has become a go-to name for high-impact club tracks that defy categorisation. With appearances on labels like Femme Culture, Tropopause, and [Re]sources, the San Francisco-based artist has continuously evolved and embellished his sound across the course of his career, tapping into myriad global styles on each of his tracks.

El Mago is Farsight’s third EP with UK label Scuffed, continuing a relationship that began with 2019’s Oaktown EP and followed up with his Renegade EP in 2021. Most recently, Farsight appeared with his Breaka collab ‘Flow State’.

As ever picking from a wide palette of influences from across the club music spectrum, Farsight runs the gamut across the EP - variously taking cues from UK funky, drill, dubstep, techno, D&B and footwork over the release’s three tracks, all of which were showcased in Farsight's hyped Boiler Room set in June 2023.

Buy:
https://lnk.to/FarsightElMagoEP

El Mago EP

Farsight - Sorted

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Ragga Fog

In this new opus, we explore the magic of duality.
It's a bold introspection of how two individualities, meeting in the field of collaboration, can transcend their differences to create something magnetic and indivisible...An experience rich in nuances and complementarities that defies mathematical laws to give birth to a resolutely artistic equation.

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@danseaveclesfousrecords

Buy:
https://dalfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dalf-vol-1-1

PREMIERE: La Vase X Juli - Psycho Perreo [DALF Records]

https://wrack90.bandcamp.com/album/ohiya-ep

Ohiya EP

Ohiya

Original masters of the percussionary arts, reimagined in a UK flip.

Safri Duo - Fallin' High (UKG FLIP) - Free download

KILLER MANTIS - BRING IT ON

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PREMIERE: Phrixus - BMORE...>STAND UP!

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