Local producer and DJ At Capacity glides into the sunset on Shell Tape 98—“Coastal Pimela” is a line tracing mix of house, techno, mid-tempo breakbeat and even a couple of cheeky echoes of electro-clash.

The flower the mix borrows its name from—the Coastal Pimela—grows in sand dunes and rocky heads from Geraldton down to Esperance. It’s a low and dense bright pink shrub that is native to Western Australia’s southwest region and is home to stunning native flora and biological assemblies. Monolithic old-growth forests give way to dense, piquant bushland that borders coastlines and surf breaks so picturesque it’s almost cliche. The land can be stark, cold and unforgiving but running throughout it is a tangible sense of beauty and levity that runs deep through it. You only need to spy patches of the hardy and happy bright pink Pimela to see the proof.

This mix, the 98th Shell Tape, has that same innate sense of wondrous light. It’s overt and easy to pick up on at times; deep groove and bright italo-house grooves dominate the start, giving way to Reese bass rollers drawing from the ‘ardcore continuum and lysergic bush-doof eye wigglers. This pivot towards more pressurised sounds ups the intensity but doesn’t break the mood. 

Aerodynamic melodies and vocal cuts freewheel over club cuts as the mix hits its stride; entering ‘peak time’ in our imagined e-cloud chronology. Bass builds, shoulders roll, smiles widen and nestled amongst crags of hard electronica and synthesised sound At Capacity’s Pimela-esque resplendecy never fades.

Tracklist:

Tell - I Lost 200€ In A Club 
Fort Romeau - Emu II
Mad Rey - Double Jeu Part II
Montauk - The Gum Thief
Platzdasch & Dix - En Plein Air
Clive From Accounts - Bisou
At Capacity - Natural State
Rampa - 2000
Carlo - Cute & Fluffy
Sam Brickel - Mystique
Planar Traits - Deeper Plane
Warren G - Make It Do What It Do (Sharam Jey Vocal Mix)
Madonna - American Pie (Victor Calderone Vocal Dub Mix)
Alexkid - Come With Me (Tiga’s Aciddeathrave Remix)


Mixed by @at-capacity on Noongar Country.

Shell Tape 98 - At Capacity - "Coastal Pimela"

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@acemo on production
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Where They At??? (ft. John FM)

Hailing from Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Maruwa makes first contact on SCDD010 with broken retroactive sonics that implore body movement.

A classically-trained pianist and child of the 90’s / early 00’s, Maruwa’s debut EP is an interplanetary mission; linking emotive IDM atmospherics and early rave tropes with energetic breakbeat. 

Extraterrestrial synths, off-world melodies and thumping bass tones throughout. One listen will have you convinced!

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Mall Grab with Jacq Jill - 20th March 2019

There is an effectiveness and simplicity to Mall Grab’s house music
that very quickly made him a star. The artist from an Australian town
makes tracks as dusty as homeland, but imbued with feel good melodies,
irresistible drums and smart samples that elevated them above pure
tools. This raw, instinctive, unfussy sound has found him on labels
like Looking For Trouble as well as the Steel City Discs label he runs
with Jarred Kennedy and Jackson Fitzsimmons. Back in February he
stepped out with an EP under his own name in a mission of
“self-discovery” and it’s a journey the world continues to be closely
tuned in to.

His mix is a high octane selection of brilliantly physical sounds.
From supersized house to throwback breakbeats, he slams it all
together with a fist pumping efficiency that means two hours race by
in a flash.  It’s a fun mix, too, with old school rave flavours, saw
tooth stabs and bumping kicks all brimming with the sort of life that
makes Mall Grab such an appealing and accessible talent.

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After locking himself away in a studio for the past year and a half, The Leeds-born house and garage expert Eliphino has re-emerged with a new, dark and dancefloor savvy sound with his 'Realistic Sex' EP. His first solo release in three years, the five-tracker drops via Meda Fury on May 26.

Eliphino has handed over the cut 'NSPG' ahead of the EP's release - a galloping and jaunty dancefloor tune that curls classic UK sub-bass pressure into the mix when it hits the two-minute marker. It's a hefty and brilliant track that shows the sheer prowess and depth of Eliphino's production techniques.

Realistic Sex EP

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Mall Grab b2b Overland - 19th June 2019

Strap yourself in and take 4 mind-blowing hits of @viers!

Bass to break skin and torrents of drums flow through the bloodstream. Synth stabs up the spine. Hi-NRG surges within. Straight-to-the-face warehouse sonics with techno vertigo to elevate your heart rate. You can expect withdrawals.

Hit the 12" or take it digitally on our Bandcamp → fanlink.to/SCDD012
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Mall Grab - 21 August 2019

Malta: Few have been making as many headlines lately as wunderkind Mall Grab, wrapping up an amazing first day at Glitch Festival - live from the island of Malta!

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