Distant Lands EP

Premiere: Terrestrial Access Network - Distant Lands [LDI Records]

@kasra-v
@radiantrecords

Kasra V’s Hyperdelic EP, his first release on Radiant Records, showcases the producer’s attentive ear for textural and rhythmic play. His last EP from 2018, Akasa, was a collection of dreamy, break-driven pieces, and a more ambient collaboration with Dopplereffekt; timbre and meticulously tuned sonics were also in focus then, but we now hear a reduction of form, and with it, a saturation of style.

“Voice note to self” kicks off the EP with a boom-bap drum loop. The rhythm continues as percussive elements are added and removed, adhering to the groove and its growing complexity. A warm bassline chugs along, pitched vocals mumble into the static, and an ascendant pad begins to give the track a gorgeous depth: a horizon. Following is a remix of the same track by Byron B. Yeates and Roza Terenzi, adapting certain samples from Kasra V’s production and looping them up to a brisk 142 BPM. As can be expected from these two, the kick’s punchy 4/4 structure is buttressed by crisp percussion and clever, unexpected rhythms.

On the B-side, “Vesper” takes us back to downtempo. Bumping on at around 80 BPM, Kasra V builds upon a drum-machine loop with processed percussion samples: a snare-roll one could hear in a jungle track, chopped claps panning across the break, and so on. And the slow, warm gurgle of an 808 comes in just at the point of fracture, holding it all together. “Night Prime” extends the EP’s principle of a drum loop serving as the skeleton – with greater drama, somehow. Like in “Voice note to self”, we hear vocal samples, but here they swerve in and out of clarity; we break into unexpected moments of silence, and the loop restarts; 3 minutes in, a huge, minor piano chord breaks upon the track like dusk. “Warm up great” closes the EP with the blend of left-field groove and dissonance one might associate with Future Sound of London or early work of The Chemical Brothers. The textures and tunings of each sample are so dense, so delicious, Kasra V lets us savour them for the last 20 seconds of the EP, lost in the reverb of a singly struck piano key.

pi pi pi premiere: Kasra V - Voice Note To Self (Radiant Love)

Leo Janeiro presents Tempo, his debut album on Cocada Music - a journey that celebrates over two decades devoted to house music.
Across eight tracks that explore deep, jazzy, dub-infused and Brazilian-tinged grooves, the album showcases his versatility in blending classic influences with a fresh, contemporary touch.

Featuring Jhayam, Nathan Flutebox Lee, Jon Dixon, Mona Lee, Zopelar and From House To Disco (FHTD), Tempo moves between organic, laid-back moments and full dancefloor energy.

A work that embodies movement, maturity and the creative essence of Leo Janeiro.

Leo Janeiro Feat. Zopelar - Som Na Caixa (Original Mix) (Snippet)

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RELEASE DATE Digital + Vinyl 26/01/2018

Yaleesa Hall is back on his home label Will & Ink with two EPs in quick succession. After releasing his debut album in 2016 this is the first solo output from the Amsterdam based producer on the label. This first EP is entitled Zoe Hayley Laura and features a trio of tracks that melt electro, techno and broken beats in arresting ways. Opening up the EP is Zoe Price, a silky electro track with shooting synths and big downward bass strikes that add real depth. It's a urgent and arresting affair to wake up the floor. Hayley Roach then has much more forceful drums that come in one two punch combinations to the gut. Synths writhe and gurgle up top as pads rise up and down the scale and the whole thing is brilliantly large. Laura Pomeroy then rocks back and forth on its heels, with train track like percussion and malfunctioning machine stabs. It’s a real tussle between different elements and locks you right in as a result. Once again then, the irrepressible Yaleesa Hall leads from the front.

Zoe Hayley Laura

Yaleesa Hall - Zoe Price (WNK012)

Wow, how time flies. I can’t believe I am putting out record number five already. This release comes from star of the future @adampits. I have known Adam for a long time as he was a few years below me at school and then proceeded to go to uni in Leeds like I did. He is from the same crew as Breaka, and there must be something in the water up there because these guys and the rest of their mates are producing the best shit in town right now. 

It is a privilege to put out Adam’s first piece of wax because these two tunes are dynamite from start to finish.
Socket Power, simply put is what you would call a bomb. I have been playing it out for the last six months and without fail it destroys the dance floor every time. That second drop hits, people go nuts, and the ID crew come straight over with their phones at the ready. Danger danger...

As is customary on Holding Hands the B side doesn’t slow down in the slightest. Balance Beam is a combination of spacey European techno mixed with South London 2-step. I hope you like getting repeatedly pummelled by sub bass hits because that is what you are signing up for when you give this one a spin.

For the B2 I have enlisted the remix duties of one of the baddest people in the game. @junq has been putting out the electro tinged bangers for many a year now, and he has truly smashed this remix out of the park. You should have seen the stank face that I was pulling when I first heard it in the studio. As cool as it gets...

All three tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms.
Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...

HHANDS005

Socket Power / Balance Beam

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B2. Socket Power (Rewired) Junq Remix

Wow, how time flies. I can’t believe I am putting out record number five already. This release comes from star of the future Adam Pits. I have known Adam for a long time as he was a few years below me at school and then proceeded to go to uni in Leeds like I did. He is from the same crew as Breaka, and there must be something in the water up there because these guys and the rest of their mates are producing the best shit in town right now. 

It is a privilege to put out Adam’s first piece of wax because these two tunes are dynamite from start to finish.
Socket Power, simply put is what you would call a bomb. I have been playing it out for the last six months and without fail it destroys the dance floor every time. That second drop hits, people go nuts, and the ID crew come straight over with their phones at the ready. Danger danger...

As is customary on Holding Hands the B side doesn’t slow down in the slightest. Balance Beam is a combination of spacey European techno mixed with South London 2-step. I hope you like getting repeatedly pummelled by sub bass hits because that is what you are signing up for when you give this one a spin.

For the B2 I have enlisted the remix duties of one of the baddest people in the game. Junq has been putting out the electro tinged bangers for many a year now, and he has truly smashed this remix out of the park. You should have seen the stank face that I was pulling when I first heard it in the studio. As cool as it gets...

All three tracks are produced and sculpted for the club. They want big sound systems and dark rooms.
Close your eyes, hold hands and experience transcendental space flight...

A. Adam Pits - Socket Power

Am v happy to present u with the A2 from my upcoming EP with @craigie-knowes ...

Pre order links below:
Decks - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Decks
Bordello A Parigi - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Bordello
Clone - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Clone
Bleep - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Bleep
Red Eye - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Red-Eye
Juno - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Juno
Deejay.de - https://tinyurl.com/CKNOWEP15-Deejay

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The sixth release on InterGraded by EM+STAV. (@em_stav)
Mastered and cut by Matt Colton @ Metropolis. Vinyl and Digital out July 3rd.
Buy/download/stream here: smarturl.it/INTGRD006

Afterglow

EM + STAV - Orbit Groove [INTGRD006]

DJ Normal 4- Return Of The Hooligans

Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of @reptant_the_lizard s track „Ultra Violent Light", taken from the „The New Adaptive Lacerta” EP on Die Orakel. Released digitally and on Vinyl on March 19th.

Read our introduction here: http://bit.ly/3rfBaxG

A. Adam Pits - Socket Power

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