Tom Bruce has long kept his nose to the club grindstone. A Sydney stalwart, T.B has worked tirelessly in his efforts to further the harbour city’s dance landscape. From steering his own label ship Start Local Records, to releasing records via clipp.art and Paradiso plus delivering mixes for online radio shows such for Balamii and Area 3000, it’s fair to say Tom’s been putting in work! 

Until recently, Tom had called Nottingham UK home. Over two years, he soaked up all there was to learn about how those in the Northern hemisphere navigate the rave. Now, back on home soil, the dude is spilling over with creativity and vigour. Welcome to ‘Cloudy Days Often Have The Best Sunsets’.

This optimistically titled EP certainly lives up to its name, gliding along like a puck on ice. Straight out of the gate is ‘Faux Personality’, a jolly bongo number with acidic licks and 80’s synth play. If you’re looking to break the world record for the longest light jogging distance, throw this on repeat. In addition, Dutchman and label friend HATT.D lathers on more acid with a tidy remix. 

For seconds we have ‘Get In Line’, a well-brewed grind that like its name suggests should focus you on the task at hand. Clubbing. Consisting of squelchy keys and industrial tones, this one encourages all to join in the collective dance. Taking the subs down a rabbithole, Joe Morris steps in too, reimagining ‘Get In Line’ as something a little more late night (or early morning), however you want to look at it. 

As we roll over to the B side, Tom introduces a hit of melancholy. ‘Cry Club’ is a puller of heart strings. Defined by scuttling percussive elements and angelic vocal calls, this record’s reminiscent of work from the likes of Louf & Tom VR. A gentle ride that’ll make you tear up and smile simultaneoulsy. Here’s proof of a producer with versatility, a man destined to make his audiences feel a melting pot of emotions. Featuring on this one with production credits is Max Cozy, a pal who has rode shotgun with T.Bruce on his journey since day dot. What’s more, FBI Radio host Caitlin Medcalf, offers up her own aggressive take on the matter.  A flip that’ll have techno folk licking their chops. 

Quickly drying our eyes post ‘Cry Club’ comes ‘North of the Underground’. A loungey runner with a spritely edge. Full of comfy chords and rubbed out bass born of a warm weather system, the closer’s jolly as all get-out. 

It’s clear Tom Bruce has a knack for writing top-notch dance music and a crew of talented close contacts, who are gunning with him all the way! Go on...hop on the bandwagon.

PREMIERE : Tom Bruce - Cry Club (Feat. Maxy Cozy)

Anika - Critical (Lauren Flax Remix)

Community Theater (Chrissy and Maria Amor) - Let Me Party (Lauren Flax Remix)

Delírio I Jota Januzzi @function.fm

O nosso quarto episódio traz um artista que faz da seleção e costura de uma narrativa coesa e atmosférica alguns de seus traços mais marcantes. Raffonic @_raffonic é hoje um dos nomes a soprar nova e colorida vida a um cenário já incrivelmente variado e a força motriz por trás do coletivo @colokadas, um movimento LGBTQIAP+ que está redefinindo o campo da música eletrônica para artistas emergentes. E é através dessa essência coletiva que um feixe de luz se difunde em um prisma de possibilidades, que o faz ampliar espaços artísticos ao invés de disputá-los, à medida em que reconfigura não apenas sua rede, mas também todo seu espectro curatorial: sua pesquisa musical, assim como seus projetos, sem dúvidas, fazem da música eletrônica um lugar melhor para se estar.

** TROPICAL PUNK é um projeto audiovisual inspirado em narrativas como cyberpunk, submundo latino-americano e poesia marginal. Nascida em São Paulo, a festa está atuante na cena underground desde 2016, realizando edições em clubes, galerias de arte, centros culturais, pubs e ocupações urbanas, onde incentiva encontros compostos por música eletrônica, performances, decoração imersiva, projeções de videoarte, exposições e instalações interativas. É influenciada por autores como William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac e Allen Ginsberg, o Manifesto Antropofágico, obras de Helio Oiticica e Lygia Clark, Tropicália, o cinema de Glauber Rocha, David Lynch, Pedro Almodóvar, Rogério Sganzerla, o techno de Berlim, a filosofia de Nietzsche e Hakim Bey.

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Radio Disorder Convida: @gamago__ para apresentar sua pesquisa feita com bastante sensibilidade e sentimento trazendo uma experiencia nostálgica e bem energética. Integrante do coletivo @colokadas

Radio Disorder convida: Gamago EP 21

Camila Isabel [Kubebe / Camila Isabel] [30.05.2303]

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Djs Pareja - Kenia

In the wake of the ongoing Australian Bushfires that have devastated areas of New South Wales, the music community - both in Aus and further afield - have come together in spectacular form to raise funds for Bushfire relief. Be that through releasing new music, throwing parties or donating Bandcamp profits, we've seen a wealth of artists, labels and promoters use their platform as a means to spread awareness and gather much needed funds.

The likes of Mall Grab, Lou Karsh, Jensen Interceptor, Carla dal Forno and Animals Dancing have rallied behind the cause, and now Sydney-based label Moonshoe are joining them by bringing together 16 artists for a various artists compilation. The release features contributions from RAMZi, Freda and Jackson, Rings Around Saturn, Ben Fester and our premiere from French duo Nummer.

100% of the profits from the compilation will be donated to wildlife relief and conservation so please donate what you can.

PREMIERE: Nummer - Dobe [Moonshoe]

SUPPORT THE ARTISTS -> mamiesrecordsparis.bandcamp.com/album/la-…rip-vol-1

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DJ/ pesquisador musical, escritor, artista visual, produtor e fundador dos projetos audiovisuais Tropical Punk, God Is Gay e La Santa Sangre. Em seus DJ sets compõe uma atmosfera envolvente que transita entre gêneros como New Beat, Jazz Fusion, Indie Dance, Synth/ Cold/ Dark Wave, Electro, House, Avant-garde, Italo/ Dark Disco. Como artista, já produziu eventos e instalações em galerias de arte, pubs, centros culturais e clubes em São Paulo, Maceió e Belo Horizonte.

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Besides playing, Dmitry is also an avid cultural promoter of brazilian electronic scene, a writer, visual artist and mainly the founder of a variety of underground focused projects. Dmitry founded Tropical Punk and God Is Gay, both of those being audiovisual projects and also created his podcast series La Santa Sangre, a platform that gives a huge number of very talented local and international artists. In his DJ sets, he builds an involving atmosphere that transits between genres like New Beat, Jazz Fusion, Indie Dance, Synth/ Cold/ Dark Wave, Electro, House, Avant-garde, Italo/ Dark Disco. As an artist, Dmitry produced events and installations in various art galleries, pubs, cultural hubs and clubs in São Paulo, Maceió and Belo Horizonte.

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