WARNING: Hazardously sour bangers!

Mani Festo joins the SweetBox ranks with two acid hardcore jungle tekno A-bombs: ‘Toxic Waste’ and ‘Warehouse 2.0’.

A true man of the moment, Mani’s finely tuned productions are in high demand right now. His catalogue boasts releases for the likes of Rupture, Hooversound, WNCL, E-Beamz and the Club Glow imprint he co-runs with Denham Audio, Borai and LMajor.

His SweetBox debut starts deceptively slow, building up a head of steam via an incessant pulse and faint industrial chug. Once ‘Toxic Waste’ lets loose its slamming four-to-the-floor kick, however, it’s on a one-way train to total mayhem. Blistering breaks burst through the gloom as the track hurtles onwards like an unstoppable juggernaut, finally taking control in the form of clattering percussive carnage.
Flipside ‘Warehouse 2.0’ sees a similar pairing of jackhammer kicks and a chunky breakbeat, this time sliced through by a ravenous acid line that rises and rises, until it threatens to swallow the track whole. Paired with gargantuan, psychedelic arpeggios, as the title suggests, this one’s foaming at the mouth for a warehouse to pack to the rafters.

Another two unstoppable weapons for both the Mani Festo and SweetBox arsenals, ‘Toxic Waste’ / ‘Warehouse 2.0’ will drop 30th April.

Mani Festo 'PICKNMIX018'

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WARNING: Hazardously sour bangers! 

Mani Festo joins the SweetBox ranks with two acid hardcore jungle tekno A-bombs: ‘Toxic Waste’ and ‘Warehouse 2.0’.

A true man of the moment, Mani’s finely tuned productions are in high demand right now. His catalogue boasts releases for the likes of Rupture, Hooversound, WNCL, E-Beamz and the Club Glow imprint he co-runs with Denham Audio, Borai and LMajor. 

His SweetBox debut starts deceptively slow, building up a head of steam via an incessant pulse and faint industrial chug. Once ‘Toxic Waste’ lets loose its slamming four-to-the-floor kick, however, it’s on a one-way train to total mayhem. Blistering breaks burst through the gloom as the track hurtles onwards like an unstoppable juggernaut, finally taking control in the form of clattering percussive carnage.
Flipside ‘Warehouse 2.0’ sees a similar pairing of jackhammer kicks and a chunky breakbeat, this time sliced through by a ravenous acid line that rises and rises, until it threatens to swallow the track whole. Paired with gargantuan, psychedelic arpeggios, as the title suggests, this one’s foaming at the mouth for a warehouse to pack to the rafters.

Another two unstoppable weapons for both the Mani Festo and SweetBox arsenals, ‘Toxic Waste’ / ‘Warehouse 2.0’ will drop 30th April.

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Toxic Waste / Warehouse 2.0

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MANI FESTO 'TOXIC WASTE / WAREHOUSE 2.0' [PICKNMIX018] ~ PRE ORDER

London producer Slacker’s rise has been steady. First announcing himself to the scene with the flurry of wonderful SoundCloud uploads, the producer has since released on Lobster Theremin and his own co-owned Pseudonym Records, winning critical acclaim from publications such as Resident Advisor and Ransom Note, and support from fellow exciting up-and-comers such as Otik (on Midland’s InterGraded label) and tastemakers such as Berlin based selector CCL.

The title track is a hard cut of malfunctioning electro; frantic, screwface energy designed for small spaces with no windows, while ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is a brooding, chugging cut of psychedelic dub-techno; something you might have heard Andrew Weatherall or David Holmes playing in the nineties. 

‘Mezcal’ sees the artist venture into newer, faster-paced territories as Slacker incorporates a Chicago juke aesthetic; sensationally bouncy, incredibly fun and captivatingly energetic, with just enough electro flavour for those who lack the ability to footwork to continue to dance. 

Rounding off the release is the most quintessential Slacker track on there - ‘Prototype’ - a cut of acid dipped, in-your-face electro; raw and uncompromising.

Also featuring on the record is digi-only track ‘Sacrifice of the Self’. 

>> @sam-black747

Twisted Heads

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CYBERDOME001 // Slacker - Twisted Heads

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Known for his omnipresence in the UK underground breaks/jungle scene rught now, Mani Festo is a producer in demand. The Club Glow co-head is now making an outing on SweetBox, following a string of releases on E-Beamz, WNCL, Hooversound and more. Take a listen to his coveted breaks banger 'Cheatin', featuring a vocal that you'll almost certainly recognise. Make sure you check out his Dummy Mix, too. Described in a press release as "hazardously sour bangers!", two-tracker 'Toxic Waste / Warehouse 2.0' is proper rave material, and we're premiering the latter below. Amid a frenzy of breaks and relentless kicks, the track spirals into an acid belter, handclaps galore and arpeggiated madness.

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Premiere: Mani Festo - 'Warehouse 2.0'

Following a killer trance-electro workout while on remixing duties for Not Gonna Get Us duo t.A.T.u - and releases on FTP, Mechatronica and Dark Net - Tbilisi, Georgia artist SALOME prepares her Lobster Theremin debut with four massive cuts of dark, rhythmic energy.

‘Stalker’ presses play with a cut of dystopian electro; sent spinning through a world much darker than our own, it's what Boba Fett would play through his helmet speakers when on a bounty hunting mission - sci-fi led electronica that packs a punch. Time-warped trance and a high velocity, psychedelic workout takes us into hyper-drive on ‘Misbehaviour’, before ‘Doppleganger’ plummets us deep into the earth's subterranean with a cut of melting, dungeon electro.

‘Terror’ rounds the original masters off with a broken-techno aesthetic; screeching at breakneck speed through ravey hardcore stabs and pounding energy. The remix comes courtesy of Jenson Interceptor, and is every bit as good as you would expect from the face of contemporary electro: uncompromising in-your-face. 

Also available via digital purchases only is ‘CRAVE’; a collaborative track made with Alien Boogie commander Volruptus. 

FATAL GLOW drops on Lobster Theremin on June 11th.

>> @salome-664218599
>> @jensen-interceptor
>> @volruptus

FATAL GLOW

LT085 // SALOME - FATAL GLOW

DJ Manny - Signals In My Head (LP out 23rd July)
https://planetmu.bleepstores.com/release/223122-dj-manny-signals-in-my-head
https://djmanny1.bandcamp.com/album/signals-in-my-head

DJ Manny is both known and unknown. Despite being firmly embedded within the Footwork elite and being regarded by many as a DJ's DJ, Manny has yet to receive the kind of attention his peers have. His joyous new album for Planet Mu "Signals In My Head" is set to alter that for good.

Born in March 1990 in Chicago but raised in Robbins/Harvey, IL, Manuel Gaines first encountered Juke/Footwork before he was 10 years old while out with his brother at a party he was too young to be at. Dancing became a big thing for him, then throwing parties, then meeting Rashad and DJ Spinn when he was in middle school, then making his first recordings at his cousin Jonathan's house (R.I.P.) using FL Studios. His first release "Kush On Deck" came about in 2010 with DJ Rashad's help, when he was already a ten year veteran of the scene.

Here we are eleven years later and "Signals In My Head" marks a long worked for new chapter in DJ Manny's career. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, where he lives with partner SUCIA! Manny's sound has widened out and taken on a more romantic edge. He openly admits that his goal for the new album was "to do something that nobody (in Footwork) had ever done before which is an R&B love type of album but still keeping it footwork, juke, house, techno, with a few breaks. I just want people to know it's love out there." Tracks like "U Want It", "Never Was Ah Hoe" and the title cut "Signals In My Head" are strong standouts that show what DJ Manny means when he says 'R&B love.'

"Signals..." also brings in a drum & bass flavour, something you'll find on cuts like "Good Love" and on "Havin' Fun" made with DJ Phil. When asked about D&B Manny shouts out LTJ Bukem as a inspiration. Tracks like "Club GTA" and "That Thang" also call back to the classic Chicago house of the nineties while "Smoke 'n' Fade Away" and album closer "At First Site" both recall the golden era of Detroit techno. Meanwhile "Wants My Body", created with DJ Chap, and "All I Need" are classic Footwork workouts sure to ignite dancefloors.

Looking back at the selection, DJ Manny says he was "actually able to get the sound I wanted." His set up, a mixture of MPC, Abelton, Boss drum machine and synths like the Triton and Omni has served him well. Well aware that some in the past have thought of him as a sleeper - he notes "It's not a problem to be low key at all with your music, when you trying to better yourself and your sound." DJ Manny has succeeded in moving himself forward. "Signals In My Head" brings us back to the joy of Footwork as a dance, as a mid-west American movement and most importantly as a mental and spiritual boost.

Signals In My Head

DJ Manny - Signals In My Head

[3FD004] Easy Touch x DJ I.D - Companion EP (Includes Remix from DJ Sports)
Release Date: 23.07.2021

3FD004 brings together two friends from Denmark for a split EP built around UK bass sounds with strong dubstep and UK garage influences.
Easy Touch (JONGPADAWAN’s fresh new ID) starts off the A-side with “Aerosol”—the voodoo-ish windswept voicy lead and the italo-birds are singing along with the sleek 2-step beat and the slow resonating sub. A2 “Vertikal'' speeds up the intensity: the punchy drums combined with the powerful steady bassline are hitting us right where they should while the vocal sample and the stabs are spreading an euphoric groove.
On the flip side, DJ I.D transports us into his dark universe. With a rolling beat, a crispy snare, and roaring bassline stabs, the B1 “Just Let It Happen” inhales and exhales a mysterious energy. To close the EP, the Danish artist is remixing himself, combining the heavy drive of DJ I.D with the hearty touch of DJ Sports.

Artwork by Melis Uğurlu
Mastered by Analogcut
Manufactured by MPO

3FD004 Easy Touch x DJ I.D - Companion EP (Includes Remix from DJ Sports)

London’s very own; Lavonz, Perception, Ollie Rant and Ell Murphy link up for an extra special project. Their ‘Beat City’ collaboration delivers everything you need and more for your 2021 ‘Summer of Love’. 

First up on the A side, 2 vocal UKG slammers, featuring stunning vocals from Ell Murphy, before the flip takes you into the slightly darker side. Classic 2-step for those peak time dancefloor moments…

[DSD029] Lavonz x Perception x Ollie Rant x Ell Murphy - Beat City EP

Artist: Yusuf & Loveys
Title: Only House Music
Label: Curated by Time
Cat No: BYTIME009
Format: 12” Vinyl

Tracklist: 
A1. For The Love Of ..?
A2. Born Again
B1. Infinite Groove
B2. Sea Horse

Curated by Time is happy to present the official reissue of Only House Music!

The prolific and respected UK producer Affie Yusuf teamed up with Trevor Loveys and made this timeless release back in 1997. 4 tracks blending a mixture of pure deep house and warm soft vibes.

Yusuf & Loveys - Only House Music (BYTIME009)

We’re incredibly proud to announce the details of the first release on our label - an 8-track debut album from our resident Adam Pits. Inspired by nature and written during the first lockdown, the album shows off Adam’s classical cello background as well as a broad range of electronic styles you’ll already be familiar with. In his own words:

“2020 became a year of turning misfortunes into new opportunities. The feelings of clubbing neglect and social deprivation were prominent and as a result I found myself locked away in the studio with nothing better to do than to write the music that I wished I was hearing on a large sound system in a room full of sweaty rave-goers. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by friends who were able to drag me out of the studio and get outside for some real TLC from nature. After copious amounts of elderflower picking and mushroom foraging I found myself at peace with the idea that maybe the studio wasn't my only safe place. This ended up being the catalyst for many of the ideas in the album, and in turn, helped me realise the similarities between the beauty of repetition in both music and nature. 
A Recurring Nature has come out as a genuine representation of where I’m at in my musical journey. Whilst seeking to express the aspects of music that most resonated with me, I wanted to also test myself against the elements where I felt least comfortable.”

The LP will come in both digital and 2x12” vinyl formats, with the latter featuring full art from Patch and mastering from the renowned Analogcut studio. Pressed at Record Industry and distributed by One Eye Witness. Out 16th July.

Pre order via our Bandcamp & your local record shop https://onrotation.bandcamp.com/album/a-recurring-nature

We’ve poured a huge amount of time into making this the best it can be, we’re very happy with the results and hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

We’ll see you on the next one! 

Special Thanks to: Rosie & Chris, Francis, Colino, Rapture Network, Skins, Chinggis & all the Leeds Crew.

Distributed by One Eye Witness
Illustration by Patch D Keyes
In Memory of Alex Theodossiadis


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Adam Pits - A Recurring Nature [ONRO01] - CLIPS

"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." 
~ Orson Welles

This is the final episode of Dexta's Lab for 2013. Full of loads of fun and beauty.

" So this is my final mix-tape for the year, it's been fun organising, and very useful for my record box. Thanks to everyone who's supplied music over the past ever, whether via shops, promo firms, demo's or just dub-plate business. This years been quite intense for me with the label, and to celebrate the end of the year, I've organised and put together a label album featuring artists from the past, present and future. It's called "Evolution Of The Giraffe" and will be out pretty soon, so make sure you keep your eyes and ears open for the clips, CD's and Vinyls!

PS: I hope you've enjoyed the music and the mixing form the Dexta's Lab series. There will be plenty more of this over my next few gigs (below). Until next time!""

Dates:
15/11/2013 - NURTURED BEATZ @ Plan B, Brixton, London.
16/11/2013 - NOISE @ Dogstar, Brixton, London.
01/12/2013 - SUNDAY SESSIONS @ Common Bar, Old St, London. (TBC)
06/12/2013 - DIFFRENTxGENESIS ALBUM LAUNCH @ Diffrent's House, Hoxton, London.
16/12/2013 - PHILTH RADIO SHOW @ OriginFM, FM+Online Radio.
18/12/2013 - NOISE @ Dogstar, Brixton, London.
18/01/2014 - FLEXOUT AUDIO @ Plan B, Brixton, London.
XX/XX/2014 - DIFFRENT @ Brighton (TBA)
XX/03/2014 - DIFFRENT BIRTHDAY @ Diffrent's House (TBA)

PS: For bookings please contact lucie@empressartists.com x

Diffrent Music Podcast

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Dexta's Lab #6

Cry Sugar

Bicstan

Set cheio de tracks que estão me inspirando e que eu estou tocando recentemente, espero que gostem <3

Zerky - Club Bangers Only #1

Kolectiv come with their first individual release for Diffrent Music after their track "Slow" which featured on the 'Evolution Of The Giraffe' LP last year. This EP shows off the London based trio's versatility in sound, with two new solo pieces which are both worlds apart from one another and a pair of collaborations with Dexta & Mauoq which explore two slightly different area's of the Drum & Bass world. The 'Immortalis EP' is being released as a digital package and a very limited edition CD run with handmade packaging and two 'CD only' exclusive tracks.

1. Immortalis
2. Make Me (w/ Dexta)
3. Sleeper Cell 
4. Killer Instinct (w/ Mauoq)
5. Immortalis VIP [CD Only]
6. Slow (Dexta's Time Machine Edit) [CD Only]
Cat. DIFF024CD / DIFF024
Release date: 10/11/2014 & 17/11/2014

Buy CD: http://shop.diffrentmusic.com
Buy Digital: http://diffrent.bandcamp.com

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Kolectiv - Sleeper Cell [DIFF024]

To say the release of this EP's tracks is long-awaited would be a terribly gross understatement, so it's with much fanfare and general HQ excitement that we announce the sophomore release from the monstrously talented Ross From Friends. 

Having been circulating on the net for a fair while now, 'Talk To Me You'll Understand' finally arrives with a fresh mastering, but still thudding along with those scuffed Reebok drums and soaked into fuzzy, stomach-squeezing low-pass filter. All soft chords, soothing vocals, deep-sea bass and skittering hats. 

Middle-man 'Gettin' It Done' is a solid label favourite. Less the full vocal flourishes and more the tinkered & chopped MPC underpinned by more dusty drum work that just grows in impact as the track goes on. One for late running and early morning truckin'. 

Last but not least comes the R'n'B-inflicted house jam 'Bootman'. Although it takes a good couple of minutes to get going, this is pure 2016 date playlist vibes. Slip the iPhone into the restaurant system and watch the silk melt down from the walls, the tables coat in velvet and ever-lasting passion effervesce from the heaving masses. Proper nawteeee.

HAWAII003 // Ross From Friends - You'll Understand

Vinyl & digital out now perctrax. https://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/psychoanalysis-shapes-ep

AnD - Psychoanalysis Shapes EP (TPT070)

A1 Fierce
A2 Detonate 
B1 Illusions 
B2 Where Are You Going To Take Me

Buy at Bandcamp

1. AnD -  Fierce (Perc Trax)

Sweely comes crashing through the windows of the Distant Hawaii beach house HQ with a humungous, stomping, NY-Jersey inspired EP that combines war drum level percussion with soulfully flowing vocals and lush pads galore.

All The Reasons has done the rounds for a while now and it's an absolute monster. Massive heaving kicks rumble under clattering hats and a soft, woozy pad and hawt-as-hell vocal flourishes.

Following on a similar tip, Around is a more extended affair, morphing from a brooding down-pitched moaner to a arm-throwing, hip-slinging Jersey banger straight outta NYC.

On the flip, Yes He is keeps the New York house vibes flowing on a slightly more low slung tip. One for the slow summer Sunday terrace dance. Lastly, Blue Faces takes a plunge into the deep blue, skin fizzing with the cold caress of salt-water and seaweed on freshly sun-kissed skin. One for the sunset and sea-lovers.

>> @sweelymusic

HAWAII006 // Sweely - All The Reasons

Everyone loves free stuff, so here's a load of music that has previously been made free to download...Feel free to donate to the cause, making a living from music isn't as easy as it seems!!

A bunch of original music, remixes, bootlegs, VIPs and collaborations! Big ups Clarity, Dan (LowRise), Gaunt, Mauoq, Medika, Silent Dust (None60), Tehbis (Medallion Sounds) - for the opportunity to work together on these tunes...

https://dexta.bandcamp.com/album/free-shit

Dexta - Choke [FREE]

Distant Hawaii’s 19th release comes from French artist and former CONCRETE resident, Sweely. Drawing from a far reaching pool of influences, Sweely swings effortlessly between electro, house, minimal and beyond. ‘You Can Try This’ EP is testament to Sweely’s innate ability to craft a groove. 

‘You Can Try This’ EP drops December 13th via Lobster Theremin’s Distant Hawaii imprint.

A1. You Can Try This
A2. Feeling Cosy
B1. I Do It Naturally
B2. The Never Ending Groove

>> @sweelymusic

You Can Try This EP

HAWAII019 // Sweely - You Can Try This EP

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Wukileaks!
Free Download: https://www.toneden.io/space-camp-1/post/wuki-s-castle

Free Download

Wuki's Castle

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The Harm I Dream For You

https://standard-deviation.bandcamp.com/

Nene H and Poly Chain are inaugurating the multidisciplinary label platform Standard Deviation, an offspring of ∄, the new club project from Kyiv. ∄ is a non-binary, safe space in Kyiv, vibrating to the sounds of techno and electronic music.

Standard Deviation is a newly formed, multidisciplinary label platform, working on the intersection of music, art and publishing operating from Kyiv, Ukraine. As an offspring of ∄, it aims to foster collaborative intercultural exchange between Ukraine and the world.

Standard Deviation

Premiere: Nene H 'Treatment For Figurative Love'

Originally a North London kid, Dexta’s new release is dedicated to the lands South of the River that have shaped his adult life. Brockley, Syndenham, Honor Oak, Deptford. The streets, buildings and sounds that have surrounded him as he fell in love and got married, turned his passion into a career, and found untold new friends and inspiration. 

Taking a trip down memory lane, the Diffrent boss unleashes two tracks from the archives. 
First comes ‘Tenz’, a dubbed-out halftime chugger with a sting in its tail. Like a Drunken Fist Master, Dexta’s signature wonky style is in full effect, landing a fatal combination of ungainly subs, below-the-belt bass stabs, and the harsh clang of metallic snares. As the track’s woozy elements appear to stumble into each other, they in fact neatly slide together to deliver the knockout blow.

On the flip comes a final hurrah from Conduct, the Blu Mar Ten Music-aligned duo who have now sadly parted ways. ‘Dissolute’, featuring Coma, originally featured on Dexta’s 2015 debut EP, ‘SE4’ — another love letter to South London — as a globular beats cut with a jittery footwork slant and wistful vox. Conduct’s sci-fi reconstruction chops, glitches and repeats like the controls of a malfunctioning spacecraft as it glides through deep space. Long sat as a secret weapon in the records boxes of a very select few, this is one for the Diffrent headz.

“It’s been quite the ride, hasn’t it? Thanks for sticking with me!” ⁓ Dexta

DIFF045 lands as part of a trio of releases from Diffrent’s core artists Dexta, Lakeway and BrandNewTrumpets, each in some way reflecting the past, present and future of the label to celebrate its 11th anniversary. All three are out 26th March on digital and limited edition 10” lathe cut vinyl. Pre-order from the Diffrent Music Bandcamp from 5th March.

Pre-order: https://dexta.bandcamp.com/album/tenz-dissolute-conduct-remix

Dexta:
https://dexta.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/dexta
https://www.instagram.com/chrisdexta
https://twitter.com/dirtydexta
https://www.facebook.com/dirtydexta

Dexta - Tenz

“Great minds don’t think alike. They think Diffrent.”

British independent record label exploring the experimental realms of Drum & Bass / Bass Music and beyond. Established in 2010, run by Chris Dexta, Ben Funks, James Hillah & Chris OneTen

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