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Control Freak co-founder Customer Service returns to the label with his second EP, Amygdala. As both a DJ and producer, Hong Kong-born, London-based Customer Service thrives in a genre-defying nether zone - rooted in familiar dancefloor grooves, but with a distinctive, off kilter sense of rhythm and melody that instantly mark his productions out.

With previous music supported from the likes of Ben UFO, upsammy & Oceanic, Tom Ravenscroft, Solid Blake, dBridge, re:ni and more, this record follows the thread of previous Customer Service releases, exploring deep, trippy and murky textures rooted in techno & electro soundscapes. Rounding off the record, @pugilistmusic remixes Lean Forward, adding a murky, broken groove to the detailed fabric of the original, and Customer Service collaborates with CF cofounder @finnaman on a similarly richly-textured closing track, Useless Knowledge.

Customer Service 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/customerdjservice
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/willbradbugram/

Pugilist
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pugilistmusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pugilistmusic/

Control Freak Recordings
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/controlfreakrecordings
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/controlfreakrecordings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/controlfreakrecordings/

PREMIERE: Customer Service - Lean Forward (Pugilist remix) (Control Freak Recordings)

Sub Basics debut album releasing digitally on Temple of Sound

1. Sub Basics - Internet Explorer
2. Sub Basics - Encryption
3. Sub Basics - Bandwidth
4. Sub Basics - Configuration
5. Sub Basics - Database
6. Sub Basics - Firewall
7. Sub Basics & Pugilist - Integer
8. Sub Basics - Mainframe 
9. Sub Basics - Network
10. Sub Basics - Sentient Machines
11. Sub Basics - Binary Code
12. Sub Basics - Nodes

Release Date 15/12/2023

Pre-Order: https://templeofsound.bandcamp.com/album/sub-basics-sentient-machines

Sub Basics - Sentient Machines (Showreel)

Pre-order: https://ofparadise.bandcamp.com/album/found

Explorative bass meets hypermodern techno and hypnotic dubstep explorations on 'Found', the latest V/A from @ofparadiserecords.

'Found' brings together a cluster of artists across eight new tracks, including this pristine club cut from @pugilistmusic, 'Sinkhole'.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Pugilist 'Sinkhole'

A vibey lil beat that has been sitting on my HD for a min. Thought I would give it away as a freebie as a thank you for all the support recently!

Pugilist - Support Request (Free D/L)

AN ATLAS OF LOSS

Do minerals dream of becoming semiconductors? Do they yearn to carry charges, amplify, switch, and convert energy into emotions comprehensible to humans? And what if, from the darkness of the underground, they had been listening to us sing in caves before the emergence of the first flute? Could they have guided us, through the course of history, to find them, extract them, and create new sounds through sinusoidal waves, to form valves and bend circuits?


If so, minerals would transition from what philosopher Eugene Thacker defines as the ‘planet’—that virginal and unreachable realm for humans that we study through geology, paleontology, and environmental sciences—to the ‘world,’ the space we inhabit, interpret, and synthesise in our daily lives. Sadly, we only remember the world when it erupts violently, through climate catastrophes or when a new virus emerges. Sometimes a tsunami collides with a nuclear plant, or viruses are cultivated as biological weapons in high-security laboratories, provoking a deep biological anxiety, hard to quell, which we all feel beneath our skin.

There exists a third realm, disconnected from both the world and the planet: the ‘earth’, an immense, dense rock floating in space alongside other planets, situated in the cosmological dimension. Relating to the earth is so complex that we only do so through theoretical speculations of a scientific nature or through science fiction, interweaving until one becomes the prophecy of the other, in an infinite, pendular dance. Beyond the darkness of space and Lovecraft’s cosmic horror, the fantasy of human extinction is the most recurrent: to reach a collapse so devastating that we do not survive it, even though the earth does, without us.

In a world where we quantify everything through body sensors, financial algorithms, nanometre-scale robots, and surveillance drones—a world in which everything that can be domesticated and controlled can also be commodified—a superior artificial intelligence would survive the collapse of the species (some speculate it might even cause it) and learn from our mistakes, thanks to our obsessive gathering of data.

Long after our voices fade, minerals will persist in the darkness of screens, in the silicon of chips, and in their pure form, still unexploited underground. Over the millennia, this intelligence might piece together fragments of our reasoning, as if an alien civilization finally connected with one of our spacecrafts loaded with messages cast into the void. It would sort through endless streams of data, unable to grasp the depths of emotion behind what it quantified, recreating simulations of our past, stripped of the nuance that once defined us and conducting experiments in sandboxes.

Some remnants of our existence—faint echoes of forgotten beauty—would be pieced together in an atlas of loss, buried beneath layers of numbers, decayed bots, and corroded hard drives. What will follow? Perhaps bison will once again roam—trotting to the strange pulse of techno, their ancient forms framed by the ruins of our cities. Buildings will crumble, slowly dissolving under the soft touch of ambient music, and a thousand flowers will bloom with that ancient music created through electrical signals and computation.

7 songs for a future both improbable and inevitable—a final message from a world lost to itself, from planet Earth to planet Earth.
A1 by Alex Dickson, Joe Baker.
A2 by Olivier van der Lugt.
A3 by Andre Lira.
B1 by Flore Morfin.
B2 by Jdotbalance.
B3 by Charlie “Eric” Baldwin.
B4 by J. Coles, P. Tipler.


Mastered by Pedro Pina.
Artwork by Aleix Font.
CEEXYZ05.
©️ & ℗ 2025 Lapsus Records.
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Pugilist & Forest Drive West - Polygon [CEEXYZ05]

Donae’O - My Circle (Roska Dub)
Snøw - 3 Wheels
BIGGI - Hey
D-Malice - Gabryelle Refix 2
Roska & Serocee - Gimme That ft Nané
Leda Stray - Vibe Lane
Roska - Wha Dem Seh
Roska - Feeline (Murder He Wrote Remix)
Enur - Calabaria 2007
KKing Kong - Drenas
Toddla T - Magnet
Roska - Cool Down
Heatwave - Closer To Me ft Stylo G (Roska Remix)
Roska - Level Up
Motu - Screwball
Roska - Lose Ya Mind ft Alesha Lee
Murder He Wrote - Halloween Riddim
Redlight - Zum Zum ft Sweetie Irie
B15 Project - Girls Like Us ft Crissy B & Lady G (Dreem Teem v Roska Remix)
Chris Lorenzo - Bad Ass Bitch
Roska & Champion - Flame Grilled
Roska - Go ft Mz Bratt
Roska - Jammed
Roska & Jammz - Jamm
Jook 10 - Darker
Murder He Wrote - Nasty ft Tasty Lopez
Roska - Killin’ It ft TT The Artist
KDA - Rumble (Toddla T Remix)

Shambhala 2018 Official Mix Series 02: Roska

London's Mina drops a party-ready blend of Afrobeats, dancehall and R&B, with Epic B, Gage, The Heatwave, Sheck Wes and loads more.

For more info and tracklist, head here: http://www.factmag.com/2018/11/27/mina-fact-mix-enchufada/

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 682: Mina (Nov '18)

Back for round 2
Originally aired on my Rinse FM show, downloads are on.
Techno Dancehall 1 - https://soundcloud.com/mrmitchmusic/techno-dancehall

Mr. Mitch - TECHNO DANCEHALL 2

Driving basslines and moments of euphoria twisted with introversion from Awo Ojiji's Eternal Ocean debut.

'Static Flow' is out January 31st on Eternal Ocean.

Pre-order: bit.ly/2NWnJRE

@awo_ojiji
@eternalocean

Static Flow EP

Premiere: Awo Ojiji - Grainhive [Eternal Ocean]

Will Lister joins us for mix no. 116 in the LT Podcast series with a special mix of Electronic goodness, sit back and let Will take you on a journey. 

In Will Lister's Own Words:

when putting mixes together I try to play with ideas of building tension and release, and then sections of allowing the listener to zone out and back in. This mix is an attempt at that with music that has been inspiring me in the studio recently; a mix of downtempo, warped screeches going into early dancefloor grooves which then builds into deep polyrhythmic blends between songs, ending in something a bit more euphoric. One thing I suck at is playing the same music for an hour. No matter how hard I try my brain can’t handle it. Hope you enjoy!

>> @willlister

WILL LISTER

LT Podcast 116 // Will Lister

Mother’s Finest launch their new label with a diverse 15 track compilation curated by Hodge and Franklin De Costa. Fusing cutting edge experimental with twisted techno and broken beats, acclaimed regulars are joined by buzzing newcomers and underground heroes, reflecting Franklin’s out of the box parties at Berlin’s Griessmuehle

@karimakarima
@mothersfinestpod

Mother's Finest Compilation

Premiere: Karima F 'Falconhoof'

Lobster Theremin continue a string of euphoric, rave ready techno and trance cuts with a release from Germany’s Rove Ranger that’s hard, fast and effective. Straight off the back of his latest release on ravey UK imprint 10 Pills Mate, and his incredible track ‘Stutenlove’ on Lobster’s PLUR Compilation Volume 1. Rove Ranger is the dancefloor gift that keeps on giving.  

Opener ‘1998’ conjures up earlier release Rave Memories, with loopy, psychedelic, thundering 140+ techno, hurtling us from acid car ride into full flight across a sunset-burnt sky. Hefty percussive techno with an old skool sound, waves or rave drift over pacey heat and compelling kicks. Then we arrive at ‘101010’. 100% warehouse body music on this driving title track. Organic, clinking, clattering shell percussion clops over a dark, endless beat. True Berlin warehouse spirit channelled into the machine. 

The uplifting ‘In My Mind’ is a proper chunky club pumper, blending lush vocals, squelchy bass lines and housier elements. The peak of euphoria and a nostalgic trip back to 90’s fusion dance music. Rounding out the EP on a eurorave tip, ‘Schaltkreis’ launches down a swirling, mesmerising wormhole. Pulling together urgent trance-synth stabs, racing pulse drumwork and crushed production taking us headlong into the abyss. 

‘101010’ EP drops 1st May, via Lobster Theremin. 

A1. 1998
A2. 101010
B1. In My Mind
B2. Schaltkreis

>> @itsroveranger

101010 EP

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Aussie based party starter Subjoi brings sunshine with this super warm EP - marrying emotional house, catchy riffs and vocals - pure 90s vibes to put a spring in yer 2-step. Shifting into more effervescent sounds from his lo-fi beginning, following his releases on Dansu Discs, Lost Palms and 13th Hour, we’re delighted to have Subjoi join the Distant Hawaii family.

Lead track ‘Fairfax’ is the big hitter here - Subjoi takes a classic sound and steps it up a notch with ravey vocals, piano stabs, rollin’ over a killer beat to make you move your feet! Romantic jam ‘Like It Was’ is an emotional house number, one you’d hug your pals to at a festival as the sun comes down. Drownin’, despite the name, is a dreamy, stripped back 2-step number - DJ Tool Tip! Next up, ‘Shelter Me’ is a groovy, club ready treat - slick, sultry house that’s synonymous with the Distant Hawaii imprint. Rounding out the release, ‘When You Love Me’ is a divine slice of rolling house, with elements influenced by far-flung corners of the world

‘Fairfax’ EP drops May 29th via Lobster Theremin’s Distant Hawaii imprint

A1. Fairfax 
A2. Like It Was
B1. Drownin’
B2. Shelter Me
B3. When You Love Me

>> @subjoi

Fairfax EP

HAWAII021 // Subjoi - Fairfax EP

🆕 Klubfiller & Friends Podcast 08 - Nocturnal By Nature Guest Mix
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Artist: Pugilist, Otik, Appleblim, Commix
Title: eleVAte Vol.1
Label: DEXT Recordings
Cat #: DEXTVA001
Format: 12” Vinyl & Digital
Release Date: 5th June 2020

A1: Pugilist - Eclipse
A2: Otik - Apollon
B1: Commix - New Moves
B2: Appleblim - Hydrothermal Vents

Boasting a discography of over 18 releases, inclusive of composers such as Special Request and Mark Broom, through to Nightwave and Hodge, DEXT Recordings celebrate 5 years with a V/A compilation from label affiliates Commix (Endian), Appleblim, Otik, and Pugilist.

'eleVAte Vol. 1' explores the more profound and invigorating, sonic excursions that the label's artists have to offer.

Fresh from an EP on Midland's Intergraded imprint, Otik returns for a disjointed offering with paranoid synth work and an arpeggio that fizzes through the tweeters.

Pugilist offers up dub stabs, analogue sirens with blips of space echo on 'Eclipse', with a garage swing and Rhodes, contrasting a ruff and ready sound palate of bass weight.

Metalheadz signee Commix, (AKA Endian), returns to DEXT for a tumbling UK bass track with swung percussion and side-chained textures of rising crackle.

Skull Disco, Applepips boss and dubstep icon Appleblim, returns from a recent album on Sneaker Social Club, offering 'Hydrothermal Vents', that sees him taint a 126bpm framework with his dubstep-tinged roots, providing room for the groove to move.

eleVAte Vol.1

DEXTVA001 - PUGILIST, OTIK, COMMIX, APPLEBLIM  - eleVAte Vol.1 (CLIPS)

DJ Zitkus (UK Hardcore) - I Am A Raver 005

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Dutch DJ and producer, Coco Bryce, makes his Lobster Theremin debut with an incredible offering of jungle, hardcore and broken beats that conjure up feelings of warm, nostalgic euphoria. Over 25 years in the game, recently it feels Bryce is unstoppable - unleashing killer cuts on Dead Man’s Chest’s Western Lore, 7th Storey Projects and Fresh 86. Nodding to the sound of the Netherlands he was enamoured with in the 90’s - hardcore, gabber, breakbeat - and channelling the spirit of the UK hardcore scene; Lobster Theremin imprint LT White is the perfect home for this extremely vibesy, playful EP. 

Title track, ‘Ma Bae Be Love’ sees saccharine sweet vocals, bouncy broken beats and jungle energy come together - an uplifting cut you’ll want to keep on loop. A2, ‘Blue Tile Lounge’ marries intricate drum patterns full of sunkissed grooves, with warm pads and uplifting vox lines. On the flip, ‘Smoke Screen’ reaches further into hardcore terrority with acid lines bubbling up, frantic percussion and whirlpool electronics swirling throughout, with timeless rave references - watch ya bass bins! Finally, ‘Get Schwifty’ is a total crusher. Hectic, old skool jungle that still sounds fresh as hell, one to shake the floor to the core, a total stonker! 

‘Ma Bae Be Luv’ EP drops 26th June, via Lobster Theremin’s LT White imprint.

A1. Ma Bae Be Love
A2. Blue Tile Lounge
B1. Smoke Screen
B2. Get Schwifty

>> @cocobrycebeats

Ma Bae Be Luv EP

LTWHT019 // Coco Bryce - Ma Bae Be Luv EP

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